Title: This is how they did it before auto-tune,lip-syncing,and backup dancders Source:
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Boys and girls,this is how music was done back before the world of auto-tune,lip-syncing,and backup dancers to distract people from noticing how much the "star" sucks. Geezers like me remember (mostly vaguely) performances like this 40 + years ago being what people expected to see when they bought a concert ticket. I know this will be a revelation to those of you under 40,but it's the truth.
thanks Pete. He sure could make that Les Paul wail!
And yes, I am an old geezer, and I remember those days.
I am so old that I saw The Kingsmen ( Louie Louie ) live, and had dinner with them after the show. I am sure a lot of these young guys do not know who they were.
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thanks Pete. He sure could make that Les Paul wail!
Speaking of wailing guitars,make sure you check out the Stevie Ray Vaughn sound check I am posting in a few minutes.
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Doesn't hold a candle to seeing Alan Freed's live R'n'R shows at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in the 1950s.
I'll put seeing Little Feat,The Marshall Tucker Band,The Band,The Eagles,Uriah Heep,Jesse Colin Young,Jethro Tull,Lynard Skynard,The Allman Brothers Band,Joe Cocker,The James Gang,Emerson,Lake,and Palmer,John Prine,etc,etc,etc up against anybody from the 50's
Hell,any of them up against EVERYBODY from the 50's with the exceptions of Jerry Lee Lewis,Buddy Holley,and Chuck Berry. When any of those 3 walked out on stage you were in the company of greatness.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Hell,any of them up against EVERYBODY from the 50's with the exceptions of Jerry Lee Lewis,Buddy Holley,and Chuck Berry. When any of those 3 walked out on stage you were in the company of greatness.
How about the 50s shows, like Freed's in Brooklyn, that had at least two of the three plus other R'n'R greats all in one show?
"I'll put seeing Little Feat,The Marshall Tucker Band,The Band,The Eagles,Uriah Heep,Jesse Colin Young,Jethro Tull,Lynard Skynard,The Allman Brothers Band,Joe Cocker,The James Gang,Emerson,Lake,and Palmer,John Prine,etc,etc,etc up against anybody from the 50's"
In what one live show did you see all of these acts live? HINT: NONE.
I saw Jerry Lee, Berry, along with other greats such the Platters, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, Fats Domino, plus a whole bunch of other near greats (e.g. - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Del Vikings, Danny and the Juniors, Sam the Man Taylor, etc.) all in one live show.
I would loved to have seen Cocker live, as well as the Eagles even if I had to buy two separate tickets to do so. There is no doubt about the talent represented there. IMO musically speaking the Eagles are the best R'n'R type band ever and Cocker one of the best blues rockers ever (second perhaps only to Ray Charles).
Boys and girls,this is how music was done back before the world of auto-tune,lip-syncing,and backup dancers to distract people from noticing how much the "star" sucks.
Maybe. They had plenty of groups with lots of props and costume changes back then. The group Boston toured with that huge UFO thingy. Some acts, especially the female pop stars would tour with 20 dancers of more and had a dozen or more quick-change costume changes on stage that took only a few seconds.
I think you are being a little selective in remembering those "good ol' days". There were plenty of dancers and costumes and stage props in concerts and on TV back then, just like now.
A lot of groups operated at about the level of Spinal Tap.
Maybe. They had plenty of groups with lots of props and costume changes back then.
None that I paid any attention to. Not that costumes or trendy clothing had anything to do with the music. Bob Seeger did have a couple of chicks dancing in the background,but they were playing saxophones.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
You are leaving a lot out. Like Ray Charles who toured with small orchestras and a large number of backup singers. No doubt, a major musical talent and star. He was far from the only act like that.
You are leaving a lot out. Like Ray Charles who toured with small orchestras and a large number of backup singers.
HorseHillary! THEY WERE MUSICIANS,not backup dancers. Their purpose there was to add depth to the sound,not distractions.
And Ray Charles generally toured with just a few female backup singers,and singers is what they were,not dancers.
I personally thought that Ray Charles was being over produced in the early 70's. Yeah,the orchestra and massive speakers added an enormous amount of "depth" to his recordings and shows,but all Ray Charles ever really needed was a piano,3 or 4 chick backup singers,and a microphone. IMHO,all that overproduction really did was take away from the natural sound quality that WAS Ray Charles.
ELO WAS a touring orchestra,and that was excellent for the style of rock they were playing,but they weren't playing the raw R&B sound Ray Charles was born to play and sing.
And once again,ELO didn't have backup dancers,whatever the HELL a backup dancer really is. All they had on stage were professional musicians.
I guess the closest "real" music came to having backup dancers was The Grateful Dead,where random audience members,mostly female,that were high would climb up on stage and dance around.
And EVERYBODY danced when Little Feat were playing.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Chuck Berry rocketed to the top of the charts with Rock and Roll masterpieces such as this.
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HorseHillary! THEY WERE MUSICIANS,not backup dancers.
I begin to think you don't care for backup dancers. : )
I don't hate the dancers,who I hate are the untalented pseudo-musicians that trot them out on stage to distract the ignorant teeny boppers and others who confuse spectacle with talent into thinking they are talented.
Here is an example of what a anti-spectacle musician with actual talent can do with nothing more than raw talent and a 3 string junk guitar.
Seasick Steve doesn't need backup dancers. People in the audience dance for him.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
