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  Satipe (satipe) 3-Pundit Username: satipe Post Number: 65 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.185.84.74 |
Hello Everyone and I hope all of you are smiling and feeling good! Concerts have changed a great deal as it used to be live bands, live vocals and 3-5 members doing choreography next to a microphone stand (Tempts, Dells, Marvelettes, etc.). Then it was still a live act but there were 10 or more members (EWF, Kool and the Gang, Lakeside, etc.) doing the same but with special effects. Now it is a group, 15 dancers, the earphone/microphone head set, a few band members, taped music, lights, fireworks - a Broadway show in the end. I'm not criticizing the new concert format as pizzazz sells tickets and people should enjoy a show! It is sad for the earlier artists who had the same pizzazz, did it live while actually singing, dancing and trying not to knock their front teeth out on a microphone. Plus, they did it for a lot less money and those who attended the concert did not have to pay an arm and a leg. All of us here at SDF know that the classic groups put on a great show. Are there any newer groups that can do the same? | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2770 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
What's up Satipe!! I hate to say it, but I can't think of one. If they were still together, I would have said Tony! Toni! Tone! & Mint Condition. They were bad!! | ||
Ralph Terrana (ralph) Moderator Username: ralph Post Number: 705 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 209.240.205.63 |
I can't stand the headset microphones! It takes a certain amount of style to handle a traditional microphone on stage. When an artist is good at it, it enhances the act. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2772 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Aaaaah Ralphie, Could you possibly be thinking of the microphone tricks of James Brown, Joe Tex, Jackie Wilson & The Temptations??? | ||
Ralph Terrana (ralph) Moderator Username: ralph Post Number: 707 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 209.240.205.63 |
Juice, Right on the money. Not to mention the cool way Tom Jones would hold the mic with what looked like his thumb and forefinger. | ||
Erik T (erik_t) 3-Pundit Username: erik_t Post Number: 70 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.228.108.25 |
The last show I saw was the Vote For Change tour in Cleveland and Detroit last week end. The opening act were called 'Bright Eyes'; their music was acceptable boring light-ish rock, the singer sucked like just about every singer I see under 40 or 50 these days... I really think it's a dying art which is especially sad because it is the hardest part of music to fake with technology in my opinion. I hadn't seen REM since 1989, they were pretty good. On the other hand Bruuuce and the E-Street Band and John Fogerty (on stage all too briefly) were the best live acts hands down and the best singers as well. The New Orleans funk act Galactic have had 2 excellent singers (Houseman and a female whose name escapes me), India Arie and Jocylyn Brown were hot on Nu Yorican Soul, especially on 'Runaway' which holds its own against any disco-era classic, but there really aren't many younger acts that have turned me on... then again there's Antibalas, not a gifted singer in the Levi Stubbs sense but they're a super hot, fantastic live afrobeat band who're touring. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2773 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey Ralph, That's not unusual!!! | ||
BJL (bjl) 4-Laureate Username: bjl Post Number: 71 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 217.205.87.151 |
Not a group, but Anthony Hamilton really impressed me at his London show a month or so back. An excellent singer with some fine songs and good stage presence. Lee Fields and Sharon Jones (Daptone funk artists) put on great shows, too... | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 399 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 152.132.8.197 |
You know what I tried and tried to come up with a group and for the life of me I can't..... I kept repeating to myself..... Stylistics Dramatics Temptations Dells Ojays Whispers (very high energy) Harold Melvins Bluenotes Morris & The Time Chi-lites Frankie Beverly & Maze and then I thought dam these guys aint new ! | ||
Destruction (destruction) 6-Zenith Username: destruction Post Number: 474 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.24 |
I personally don't care what kind of mikes they're using....as long as they are singing LIVE into them. I paid for live...I expect to see live. Now I'm not gonna pull an Elton and say those who lip sync at live shows should be shot (not that he's wrong...lol) but.... If you can't do it live...don't FAKE it live. Do something else...or keep your ass home. | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 252 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.137.120 |
Newer groups that are good live? Here's some you might want to check out: Alicia Keys Me'Shell Ndegeocello India Arie Soulive and a group here in Chicago called Liquid Soul is great fun live. They might be broken up now, but I'm not sure. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2779 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Thanks for the list Chi D! I knew that there had to be some quality artists out here. I'm not one who believes that there are no longer good performers. They're just getting harder to find. Thanks for the reminder! |
