Flew up to Canada from Dallas last Thursday to see Chris de Burgh in concert in St Catharine's, just north of Niagara Falls. It was well
worth the trip. Excellent show., Played pretty much all the songs I
wanted to hear and I got a few I'd never heard before and a few from
the Robin Hood album. Very entertaining and engaging even if it does go
on a political tilt from time to time.
Flew up to Canada from Dallas last Thursday to see Chris
de Burgh in concert [...]
That would have been fun... tell me Nigel, how is his voice
holding up? I ask as I see some artists over time whose
vocal chords start to fail them and/or they seemingly start
to sound off-key or similar as age/time/repetition catch up
with them :(
Flew up to Canada from Dallas last Thursday to see Chris
de Burgh in concert in St Catharine's, just north of
Niagara Falls. It was well worth the trip. Excellent
show., Played pretty much all the songs I wanted to hear
and I got a few I'd never heard before and a few from the
Robin Hood album. Very entertaining and engaging even if
it does go on a political tilt from time to time.
Flew up to Canada from Dallas last Thursday to see Chris de Burgh in
concert in St Catharine's, just north of Niagara Falls. It was well
Avon wrote to Nigel Reed <=-
That would have been fun... tell me Nigel, how is his voice holding up?
I ask as I see some artists over time whose vocal chords start to fail them and/or they seemingly start to sound off-key or similar as age/time/repetition catch up with them :(
Didn't know he had a new album out.Well, not exactly new...new to me. The Legend of Robin Hood came out in 2021.
How much were tickets? What was your seating location? Was it
a good visual stage performance with any special effects?
Wow. Chris de Burgh. The only song I know from him is 'Lady in Red', and whenever I hear it I am *instantly* transported back to the 9th grade, to
It's funny how some songs that were sort of just the background music of your life (i.e. I never owned a Chris de Burgh album or really paid much attention to his music) can evoke such memories.
...I wonder where Karen O'Rourke is these days?Facebook is the friend of stalkers :)
I saw Roxy Music during their 50th anniversary tour. Bryan Ferry's lost
some of the high range he had (it was his 75th birthday!) so some of the newer songs were in a lower key. They sounded OK, just not what we'd remembered from countless plays. Oddly enough, Roxy Music's older works
were in a lower key, and he nailed them perfectly.
That would have been fun... tell me Nigel, how is his voice holding up? I ask as I see some artists over time whose vocal chords start to fail them and/or they seemingly start to sound off-key or similar as age/time/repetition catch up with them :(
He is a great story teller. If you happen to like Mark Knopfler or Dire Straits, you'll probably like more de Burgh stuff. They're both great storytellers with this music and it's easier to imagine the scene
they're singing about, more so than other sings in my opinion.
...I wonder where Karen O'Rourke is these days?Facebook is the friend of stalkers :)
I do like Knopfler / Dire Straits quite a lot, so I'll hit up my local streaming service and check out a few de Burgh albums.
Yeah, I don't do Facebook/Meta. "You can never go home again, but I guess you can shop there." Some things, like Karen O'Rourke, are probably best left to memories, anyway. :)
I saw Roxy Music during their 50th anniversary tour. Bryan Ferry's lost some of the high range he had (it was his 75th birthday!) so some of the newer songs were in a lower key. They sounded OK, just not what we'd remembered from countless plays. Oddly enough, Roxy Music's older works were in a lower key, and he nailed them perfectly.
De Burgh is 74 so some of his higher notes were more falsetto and weaker than on the album but he's still got a pretty good range. I'm sure
I have no real complaints. He's 74. He can sing better than I can at any age. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
You have to wonder how long they should be performing as their voices start to falter etc... the last Elton John concert he did in the USA (it's on Disney+ here in NZ) is rather sad IMHO.
Fair enough... I tend to limit my singing to bathroom solos - heh :)
You have to wonder how long they should be performing as their voices s to falter etc... the last Elton John concert he did in the USA (it's on Disney+ here in NZ) is rather sad IMHO.
If they can still travel and people want to buy the tickets, then let
them perform as much as they want. Even if they can't sing that well,
it's still nice to see an artist you enjoy up close.
Fair enough... I tend to limit my singing to bathroom solos - heh :)
Well, some things are better not spread around the FTNs....;)
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you, you're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When your pants fall down in the middle of the town
It's tragedy...
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I went and saw Robbie Williams when he came to town back in 2019 I
think it was, and he was a very good entertainer. Knew how to get the crowd wound up (in a good way) and by the end we we're all having a
good old sing along. I really enjoyed his show not just because of the music but because of the way he engaged with his audience and the fun
had on the night.
Avon wrote to Nigel Reed <=-
Fair enough... I tend to limit my singing to bathroom solos - heh :)
I lived in a studio apartment in a 9-story building in the 1990s. The
One of my neighbors on an upper floor sang opera in the shower every morning. I'd know if I was running late if he was singing, since I was
out the door before him.
It's tragedy...
You would make Wierd Al proud.
He's very entertaining. His appearances on "The Graham Norton Show" are worth tracking down. Especially the one with Emma Thompson.
I lived in a studio apartment in a 9-story building in the 1990s. The building was built in the 30s, and had light wells that the bathrooms shared - they doubled as ventilation for the bathroom, too, before electric fans were a thing.
One of my neighbors on an upper floor sang opera in the shower every morning. I'd know if I was running late if he was singing, since I was
out the door before him.
You would make Wierd Al proud.
I think Weird Al may have been listening :)
He's very entertaining. His appearances on "The Graham Norton Show" are worth tracking down. Especially the one with Emma Thompson.
I check it out thanks :)
Oh man. Opera? That would make me nuts. I'd probably knock on his door and punch him the face. I hate Opera!
I saw Roxy Music during their 50th anniversary tour. Bryan Ferry's lost some of the high range he had (it was his 75th birthday!) so some of the newer songs were in a lower key. They sounded OK, just not what we'd remembered from countless plays. Oddly enough, Roxy Music's older works were in a lower key, and he nailed them perfectly.
Alonzo wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Instead, we expect them to be
human juke boxes, cranking out "the hits" and sounding exactly like
they did on a decades-old recording. It's not really fair, from a musician's point of view but hey... I'm an old musician so I'm a bit biased. :)
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape was Rush.
Something about the way they performed made them sound the closest to
recording of any band I listened to.
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape was Rush.
Something about the way they performed made them sound the closest to
recording of any band I listened to.
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape was Rush.
Something about the way they performed made them sound the closest to
recording of any band I listened to.
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape was Rush.
Something about the way they performed made them sound the closest to
recording of any band I listened to.
I went to an Alice Cooper concert about 5 years ago and it was an amazing show. If anything, I thought it was even BETTER than when I saw them play back in the old days. Cooper's voice was still as strong as ever.
esc wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Interestingly, if I see a band and they play exactly what was in their recordings, I get a bit disappointed. I prefer some degree of chaos and improvisation. I can appreciate the attention to detail and the
precision required to recreate the album experience, but it's not my preferred idea of live music. To each their own, though!
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape was Rush.
Something about the way they performed made them sound the closest to
recording of any band I listened to.
Interestingly, if I see a band and they play exactly what was in their recordings, I get a bit disappointed. I prefer some degree of chaos and improvisation. I can appreciate the attention to detail and the precision required to recreate the album experience, but it's not my preferred idea of live music. To each their own, though!
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape was Rush. Something about the way they performed made them sound the closest to recording of any band I listened to.
Until Geddy got older and still tried to hit those hi notes - I was like, drop 1 octave and we wouldn't care.
I like that Rush stayed together for as long as they did. Even after the rough patch Neil Peart had around 1996-1997 when both his wife and his daughter died and he took some time off, he still got back together with Geddy and Alex and they kept doing Rush. Back when I heard about that stuff happening, I wondered if Rush was going to permanently break up.
I don't mind a bit of improvisation at live concerts (and in some cases, it can actually make for some fairly cool versions of songs), but I wouldn't want them to stray too far. Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits)
said something about that in one of his live performances - He commented something like when recording the intro to Brothers In Arms, the initial few notes didn't come out quite as intended, but he tries to play it
like that in live concerts because the music people listen to tends to become a sort of soundtrack for our life, with memories we associate
with it, etc.. I'm paraphrasing, but his idea was that he didn't want to stray far from the songs people know and love and come to see him
perform.
Myself... I prefer to hear a band play their music totally different from the album... anything from extended jamming to a complete re-imagination of the song. If I want to hear the album, I'll play the album.
Re: Re: Chris de Burgh
By: esc to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jul 13 2023 01:08 am
The only band I expect to hear the same in concert as on tape
was Rush. Something about the way they performed made them
sound the closest to recording of any band I listened to.
Interestingly, if I see a band and they play exactly what was in
their recordings, I get a bit disappointed. I prefer some degree
of chaos and improvisation. I can appreciate the attention to
detail and the precision required to recreate the album
experience, but it's not my preferred idea of live music. To
each their own, though!
I don't mind a bit of improvisation at live concerts (and in some
cases, it can actually make for some fairly cool versions of songs),
but I wouldn't want them to stray too far. Mark Knopfler (of Dire
Straits) said something about that in one of his live performances -
He commented something like when recording the intro to Brothers In
Arms, the initial few notes didn't come out quite as intended, but he
tries to play it like that in live concerts because the music people
listen to tends to become a sort of soundtrack for our life, with
memories we associate with it, etc.. I'm paraphrasing, but his idea
was that he didn't want to stray far from the songs people know and
love and come to see him perform.
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