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Originally Posted by Alex
When it comes to Chris, it sounds like you were looking at and listening to a whole other man! I remember him being full of energy from the first song on and his interaction with the crowd was great.
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Took him a while to get his interaction with the crowd work both ways. The crowd was his from the start, but it looked like he didn't really have anything to say or do until the 7th or 8th song. That's about when he realised he could actually jump and walk around the whole stage, up near the drummer's kit and all.
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Good to hear that your overall impression was good, but I did think you would have more of a blast.
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That sound thing was really a spoiler.
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Originally Posted by Spunkywho
I find your clothing observations very funny. True, Tom Morello seems a bit dorky, but neither the drummer nor the bass players seemed out of place at all... In fact, I always found it awesome that they didn't seem to care about their image/outfits/cutsiness - they are there to rock the joint and most of the time they do. No need for ass shaking, tight pants, and designer shirts. I love them for that Even Chris, who would still be hot as hell if he wore a potato sack, isn't much into his looks. The feel I get from the audience is that they don't care either - they want sound, not pretty boys shaking asses. Unlike the band you referred to
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I know it's not important. I got over it quickly but when the curtain fell, it really looked a bit weird. I don't care what style they're in, I just think it would be a little plus if they all had the same.
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Originally Posted by Spunkywho
Like Alex, I found Chris to be an exceptional frontman and I don't think he stood still for more than two seconds - his interaction with the audience is like nobody elses, plus it is original. Green Day have a great audience interaction, but all their shows are the same, almost down to what they say to the audience. Just for comparison purposes, I thought JBJ should go and see a few AS shows to get the hint and realize he isn't even half as good as he believes he is. It must be the shows we've seen.  |
What he said and how he was once he got started (half way through the show) was indeed cool and original without seeming fake. But that sound thing etc...
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As for the sound. The last show I've seen was in a venue where the sound is notoriously bad, but I was surprised to see AS pulling off a pretty good sound. However, if I don't know the songs, I pretty much never get the words to them during a concert - except for a Joe Cocker concert maybe. The rest just sings too fast...
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It definitely wasn't because of the venue, since Seether had a huge sound vocals included. And it was really the vocal settings too, because the guitar, bass and drums were perfect. And thinking of it now, backing vocals were fine too. I heard other people being very happy with the sound, but people around here enjoy it when it's as loud as they can take, rather than loud AND enjoyable.
I forgot to mention, starting the encore with an acoustic medley on his own, he slipped in a song with French lyrics. Didn't recognize the song but thought it was cool from him to do it for the Montreal crowd.
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Anyway, I am glad you are going to check out their studio stuff - it's well worth it.
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Listening to them now
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