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Green Man
robbiex wrote: I saw Miley Cyrus at Leeds Arena in 2014, it was like a big Broadway show, but with better music. Flying hot dogs, giant puppies, dancing dwarves, and Miley sliding down a giant tongue. I saw Britney in 2018 and it was rubbish, she was walking through the choreography and looked generally disinterested. The bain of all concertgoers is people holding up phones and not being present in the moment. Bob Dylan had the right idea and confiscate all phones before people are allowed into the concert. These big outdoor concerts in Hyde Park are a rip-off, with people paying around £90 just to be inside the park, and then there are various tiers of pricing depending on how near to the stage you are. People least interested in the concert (i.e. VIPs ) get the best view because they are the only ones able to afford or have the privilege. The only big concerts I have been to recently have been the 80s revival tours. You can get quite close to the stage, most acts just play their hits, so you don't get bored listening to album tracks, and they have a great party atmosphere. Jason Donovan is probably one of the best performers at these events because he puts his heart and soul into it, whearas others like Nik Kershaw give the impression that they would rather not be there, and would rather be playing their new album, which virtually no one bought. He often jokes that he is going to play a track from his new album, with the crowd sighing in dismay, then revealing that he's only joking. I can't imagine going to see Bruch Springsteen, 3 hours of anything is too much.
Nik Kershaw should just perform the new songs, the general public are fools anyway and ignorant. Real fans love to hear new material.
Getting too close to the stage these days is crap, the sound is too muffled. I now go for the cheap seats. The view is not great always but the sound is. Does The Boss play for 3 hours or is there a major interval to fill up time they seem to last forever these days?
I keep my phone in the glove box, it's a burner phone for work anyway. I talk to my clients not message them. I can live without fancy tech. I still use Windows XP. It's only for emails, web browsing and Excel.
I wish Steve Hackett played for 3 hours live.
robbiex
I saw Miley Cyrus at Leeds Arena in 2014, it was like a big Broadway show, but with better music. Flying hot dogs, giant puppies, dancing dwarves, and Miley sliding down a giant tongue. I saw Britney in 2018 and it was rubbish, she was walking through the choreography and looked generally disinterested. The bain of all concertgoers is people holding up phones and not being present in the moment. Bob Dylan had the right idea and confiscate all phones before people are allowed into the concert. These big outdoor concerts in Hyde Park are a rip-off, with people paying around £90 just to be inside the park, and then there are various tiers of pricing depending on how near to the stage you are. People least interested in the concert (i.e. VIPs ) get the best view because they are the only ones able to afford or have the privilege. The only big concerts I have been to recently have been the 80s revival tours. You can get quite close to the stage, most acts just play their hits, so you don't get bored listening to album tracks, and they have a great party atmosphere. Jason Donovan is probably one of the best performers at these events because he puts his heart and soul into it, whearas others like Nik Kershaw give the impression that they would rather not be there, and would rather be playing their new album, which virtually no one bought. He often jokes that he is going to play a track from his new album, with the crowd sighing in dismay, then revealing that he's only joking. I can't imagine going to see Bruch Springsteen, 3 hours of anything is too much.
Green Man
Honey wrote: Joe Turner wrote: Concerts need to be selected carefully. Nobody sings along when Bob Dylan sings. With Bruce Springsteen - you go for the atmosphere and fun; and scream 'this gun's for hire' louder than your mates
The more people who sing loudly over Dylan, the better.
Bob Dylan us great songwriter just listen to some covers.
When I asked my friend again about the Bob Dylan gig he went to, he apart from repeating what I said, he added that Bob Dylan was going through the motions. Just like Dylan did about 25 years ago.
Fools with money are easily departed. He has regretted spending over 100 quid on a ticket.
Even if Johnny Cash sang the White and Yellow Pages it would sound awesome. Cash will always be in my Top 10 of singers.
BTW Barney, 65 million people don't cram in to one field or arena. The UK is small but the population number is ridiculous. Australia is much bigger but the population is about 27 million.
They are already trying to get planning permission near to build on my green land belt. The government want to protect the environment etc.
They can't do it because trees regulate air and a lot of fields are flood plains. If you want to live on a flood plain go for it Barney, we will just laugh at you and say "We told you so."
Barney Brown
Sadly all the big acts like arenas or festivals and arenas are difficult to get to for a lot of people as there are not many in UK.
Must be 65 million people in the UK surely?
JK2006
Good point Honey but, as a Dylan fan, I miss the era when totally different performers could emerge (as Dylan was and is still considered the first rapper).
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