Back in "the day" he really had it going on. He could sing and put on a show. Problem is, that sets a precedent that people expect. It's hard to live up to our 30 yr younger selves.
Yeah, he should have taken into consideration how hard it is to pull it still off at a later age and dial it down a little, don't hit such high notes while recording. That sets bad precedents for later.
You gotta do what you gotta do to break through at a young age and make a mark for yourself and your band. I can't fault DLR for that nor that at his age he can no longer do that. We all get older and feel its terrible grip. He obviously should have taken better care of his voice when he was younger, but coulda shoulda woulda, there is no time machine, best to make the most of what you still got. The only thing we can fault him for is that if you know you can't hit those notes any more like you should you shouldn't even be trying. Or ask the band to down tune into death metal territory. The lower the key, the more chance you might be able to hit something right.
DLR has still had a more successful musical career than anyone else on this thread trashing him. And he's laughing all the way to the bank and the history books.
That's not a valid argument, just a knockdown argument. Yeah, obviously he had a more successful musical career then any of us here. Does that mean we can't say its cringe when he sings off key? We're his customers. In this woke era where its fashionable to attack the fans it may come as a surprise to many but the old saying used to be the customer is always right. And the customer expects a good performance for his money. We don't know if the people in the room had a good experience, but most people (and fans) here thought it was cringe. And the customer is always right.
Because he created cell phones?
No, because he created or popularized the smart phone, which has zombified people, destroys human interaction and basically reduced people's ability to concentrate on something to that of a goldfish. And for that he deserves to rot in hell. Just like any inventor should who invented something that wreaked havoc upon the world
sure... because I was in the room. I experienced the whole performance. I don’t see how this applies.
I’ve listened to bootlegs of shows I haven’t attended as well and those don’t mean much to me because I didn’t attend the show.
Actually, for me, if the performance was better at another show then the one I attended, or the setlist was more interesting, bootlegs of different shows can mean even more to me. But like I said, I had about 80% of all U2 shows up to 2006 at one time, and I listened to pretty much to 80% of those at least once. The good recordings or the special setlists stand out to me. It's probably different if you were at a show with a standard setlist and thought it was the bomb. Which is a fair judgment. Some things I agree a bootleg recording cannot transfer to a listener. The energy of the crowd for instance. Although it probably does a hell of a lot better job of that then any official release, if only because its taped from inside the audience.
my point was I’m not going to judge a band for sounding a certain way on any given performance because we’re human and don’t sound 100% all the time nor do we sound like 20 year olds at the age of 40+.
True. But then again DLR should learn to compensate for that. And when you don't sing off key, but badly, then I'm not going to excuse him on the account of him not being young any more and cameras are so evil. Don't try to hit those high notes, have the band downtune.
It’s just so easy to go on YouTube, see a video and judge every single aspect, pause, rewind, loop something over and over and tease it. At the show, it happens but then it’s over and we’re on to the next moment. Enjoy the band’s performance in front of you. I don’t like judging shows you haven’t been to when it’s “just another gig” to them the same way our every Saturday night gig at home is just another gig.
But when I do a bad job at work my boss will tell me. So if DLR does a bad job at work, his boss should also tell him. And since we pay his bills, that makes us his boss. The customer is always right?
Wouldn’t you hate if you weren’t feeling it one night and someone records you and YouTube comments say how bad you are? Now what if that happened every single gig? Irritating, right?
Believe me, when I f*** up at a gig or at teaching zumba, I know it. And at this point in my musical career if someone were to record me and put me on youtube I'd feel honored. Yeah, getting bad comments would suck, but hey, it's youtube, read youtube comments at the peril of your own sanity. Seeing myself f*** up would at least allow me to identify the problem and do better next time. So I know that when I feel I'm not at 100% of my usual ability I should compensate and shift to a lower gear. And if it were to happen every night I wouldn't even bother to watch because that would mean that my musical career has shifted into such high gear I joined the big league. Then it becomes part of the territory. People only film or record famous artists. Nobodies they only film when they are friends or family, or if the f*** is truly spectacular.
And what if they told you to just quit because you don’t sound good? Would you?
Again, it's youtube. Comes with the territory. Read those comments at your own peril. Youtube is full of nasty people, learn to live with it. Just like DLR does. He doesn't need Chris to defend himself. He doesn't care nor notice that we exist. If he f***s up and notices it and thinks, damn, I should do better next time, good for him. If he f***s up and doesn't notice nor thinks he should do better then he deserves every nasty comment he gets.
Its in the DNA of fans to fret over every detail that their favorite artist does, right or wrong. They can be their staunchest defenders, or their harshest critics. Both are perfect example of fan behavior. And just because you diss their performance doesn't make you any less of a fan then if you defend their every move, even if it stinks to high water. Fanboys, both sides of the argument.
Having said that I must confess I don't even give a rat's ass about DLR or VH. Not a fan, never been, just not my kind of music.
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