Re: (TV) "live" music

["Cliff McLenehan" <klif@volny.cz>]

I was in the PA pit at Bowie's last concert in Prague in 1997. Of 
course, there was a DAT running. In addition the lighting engineer 
had a Roland keyboard plugged into his desk. At points he was 
certainly triggering things off. Maybe even playing. I'm not sure.  

Now of course Bowie and band were playing live, but a substantial 
percentage of guitar lines, keyboards and backing vocals were on 
tape. I'd guess around 25%. Probably explains why all the Gabrels 
and Garson's "backing vocals" sounded like Bowie singing. 

Am I pissed off at this? Not really. There was still enough there to 
give it an edge and prevent it becoming formula. Not all songs had 
the tape running. Having said this I much prefer Bowie's recent live 
performances, where he went back to a more basic live band feel. 

As Raymond has suggested there's just no substitute for live 
performance. 

Cliff
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