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09-25-2005 11:45 PM |
Aloha !
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Originally Posted by RockGod
I did only see the webcast unfortunately, which I know doesn't even come close to the atmosphere of being at a gig, nothing does, but I actually think you can make a better judgement of a vocal performance when you listen to a recording rather than being at a gig listening to the band through a huge PA, surrounded by a screaming audience....of course that's the whole great thing about gigs but I don't think they're the best way to judge. Just my thoughts anyway, you might disagree with that.
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And I do. For the first time in my live I heard a show in person, and afterwards in the soundboard quality the Bon Jovi sound engineers deliver. What I've always thought is simply true, the soundboard "quality" they deliver nakes Jon sound like he's out of breath, while audience recordings of fans give a much better showcase of what Jon is capable of. Simply never judge Jon's vocals from a soundboard bootleg, as most of the cases he sung a show much better, Amsterdam being the perfect example for that. Jon was very good that night. Ofcourse, he struggled here and there, but there's no way that the webcast showed what it actually sounded like there: At times brilliant, at most times good and only a few times average or simply crap.
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Originally Posted by Krycek
Sorry to double post but I wanted to ask you, since you obviously know your stuff, would it not be possible for them to lower a few songs like Always or These Days for example, while still keeping them recognisable, so that Jon could start singing these songs alot more often?
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Yes it is, but it makes songs lose a lot of their power, the perfect example for that is the version of In These Arms they play nowadays. It's normally in E, then in 1993 it was played half a key lower meaning it's in D#, now it's in C#. One and a half tone lower. The song simply has lost all it's power due to the chords simply not being as powerfull as they are in the original version. In the end, In These Arms is still recognisable, but in no way it matches the studio version, which is that great because of the way it builds up. Now it's a song that's as simple to sing as Captain Crash, which has made it one of the least favourite songs live, while it's one of my favourites on the Keep The Faith bootlegs.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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