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Originally Posted by Matrix15
For what it's worth, saw Def Lep in 2013 and thoroughly enjoyed. The sets are pretty static and it is very polished (including Phil Collens chest) but their distinctive sound is deliberately overproduced so I think it's to be expected, it's part of the charm. When you see them they sound like Def Leppard. Joe Elliott still sounds like Joe Elliott. So you feel you're getting the real McCoy if you're a fan.
Bon Jovi are a different breed. More successful but with a singer whose voice has just not held up anywhere near what it was in the 80s or 90s. Nevertheless, they continue to produce a lot more new music and fill stadiums. Maybe it boils down to Jon having whiter teeth. 
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I understand that their albums sound polished and that should be translated into their live performances somewhat but I just felt that it sounded too clean and too polished.
Live performances have to have something else to them to set them apart from the record or else what's the point?
Muse for example have very polished and layered albums but their live performances are littered with little improvisations and it sounds bigger live than on record.
Def Leppard just went though the motions. I was thoroughly unimpressed. If that's some people's cup of tea then so be it but I thought Whitesnake made them look very mundane.
I did have a good laugh when the guitarist came out with his bare oily chest though.
06-11-2019, 05:14 PM
