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Originally Posted by Rdkopper
It's obvious that most of you are internet fans... The fans that steal music and just watch concerts on YouTube... if that's your thing, cool...
However for those of you who actually attend live concerts, there is a certain magic that happens that can only be experienced being there live in person with decent seats... not the best but you can't sit-in the last row either...
When I saw GnR this past summer, I was sure as shit that Axl sounded exactly like the album... I mean every song was spot on... when I got home and watch the show on YouTube, I couldn't believe it was from the same show...
It's like watching a sports play in real time and then seeing it a second time in slow motion... not as captivating... or taking the professionally done make-up off a celebrity and wondering why she's not as pretty...
Call it an illusion, I call it magic but the voice we hear on YouTube is not good enough to fool 30 thousand people every night along with all critics... no one is that good... When you watch vids on YouTube you are stripping it back... You're taking the makeup off the model... True me, I know it's not perfect but it's tolerable...
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To be honest I can't recall anyone stating that the current Bon Jovi isn't enjoyable in person. Of course a live concert by this big standard are great. I always have a great time on concerts. C'mon, you are in a stadium/arena with thousands of other people with the same musical taste, having a few beers, dancing and singing and witnessing a show with visuals in top class. How can you not love that? Of course, there are better and worser shows, Bon Jovi in Horsens 2011 were only OK for me, but I still had a good time.
But this is a board for die hard fans, most people knows Bon Jovi better than any other band and have spent hundreds/thousands of hours watching and listening to BJ shows. How can it come as such a suprise that we watch and analyzes the shows? What's the meaning of having a PBP thread if it's only purpose is to praise every set list and every performance because the people whose there are enjoying it.
Of course people will react when Mr. Jon Bon Jovi is stuck behind his mic stand for almost the enitre show and actually sounding very poor on a lot of songs. It's not like we don't praise where praise is due. The Always clip from Greenville was highly regarded even though it doesn't sound that great. Of course we will react when we know that Bon Jovi has a catalog of songs to choose from that many bands would die for and still decides to play the same 24 songs each night.
I would love to be at one of the shows, I would have a great time but I'm not. I'm on the other side of the world and the best I can do is to the watch youtube videos and discuss them with you. And if the discussions are only meant to be a one way road, then I don't really see the point of a fan forum for die hards.