Why don't they play so many great songs?

ponrauil · #41 10-19-2005, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Walrus

Just to prove I have no life:

Heinz baked beans in tomato sauce, 4x415g = £1.60

Sainsburys Baked Beans in tomato sauce, 4x420g = £0.69

You even get more in each tin of the Sainsburys one! And its still less that half the price

So if Heinz can rip off beans in tomato sauce fans, than BJ can do the same... is that your point?

Ponrauil

Captain Walrus · #42 10-19-2005, 08:01 PM

Exactly! Now you get it!

Lol

No, just that no matter how high they put the price up (within reason), the big names will still sell. Therefore, put the price up as high as possible = mucho money for the tour promoters. And band I suppose. And crew ... man, there's a lot of mouths to feed. They probably have to charge quite a bit just to make a profit

ponrauil · #43 10-19-2005, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Walrus

Exactly! Now you get it!

Lol

No, just that no matter how high they put the price up (within reason), the big names will still sell. Therefore, put the price up as high as possible = mucho money for the tour promoters. And band I suppose. And crew ... man, there's a lot of mouths to feed. They probably have to charge quite a bit just to make a profit

It's the difference between the price ticket and that "quite a bit" that I'd like to know. I wouldn't be surprised if that difference was close to double SOAD's.

Ponrauil

Supersonic · #44 10-19-2005, 08:38 PM

Aloha !

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Originally Posted by Krycek

Yes and no. I completely understand what you mean and I agree to a point, I guess I'm just trying to stay positive. But they have done accoustic performances, complete re-arrangments (TLFR and Runaway 2000), they've changed the intro to Prayer, lyric changes here and there, added solos etc. so give them credit where it's due, although they could do more, especially Richie, they do make little changes here and there that keeps things interesting.

Acoustic performances huh? From all the shows on the Bounce tour, 7 had half that acoustic set and only one had a full acoustic show. And it wasn't for the fans. It was done to complete the acoustic album. Not because they wanted to give the fans that something special. Sure, it was a nice bonus, but if that one album would not have been promised to the record company, the acoustic sets would not have been there.

The complete re-arrangements all sucked, or do you really want to hear those re-arrangements from TLFR? The acoustic version of Runaway is just boring live and would only work in a club or something. And the TLFR project is something almost every fan tries to forget as soon as possible. A changed intro to Prayer isn't really that hard, instead of the talkbox improvising you get some guitar improvising, for the rest it's played the same way since 1988, with the exception of the shows from 1995 that had no a capella beginning. The lyric changes can be counted on one hand, same for the added solo's.

The examples you give are poor, which shows exactly that it's all automatic pilot, and not interesting at all most times. They rehearsed 1 week for the Bounce Tour, and we all know what the result was. Almost every show the same songs, like usual. And the same core of the setlist. Again. For the 245324th time.

In the end they're just lazy ****ers. If they wouldn't be lazy, they'd do something special every show. It's all about the "people visit is anyway, why try harder?" attitude.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Why don't they play so many great songs?

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