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Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 5:06 am
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numbers wrote:
I like the covers most of the time. I think sometimes we forget that the purpose of the shows is not the bootleg but the experience for the people in attendance. I’d say a majority of the crowd in the building would rather hear C Numb than any PJ deep cuts.
I find this very hard to believe. Last Kiss aside, which was a significant hit for the band, most of the other covers I’ve seen the band play have gone down like a lead balloon, particularly Mother. Nobody cares, and I wager they’d much prefer to hear less-played album tracks from Ten or Vs (e.g. Garden, Deep, Rats) than FM radio staples from 30-40 years ago.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 11:36 am
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numbers wrote:
I like the covers most of the time. I think sometimes we forget that the purpose of the shows is not the bootleg but the experience for the people in attendance. I’d say a majority of the crowd in the building would rather hear C Numb than any PJ deep cuts.
Why do they have to substitute a cover for a deep cut? Why can't they just play another one of their good songs?
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Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 3:54 pm
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
numbers wrote:
I like the covers most of the time. I think sometimes we forget that the purpose of the shows is not the bootleg but the experience for the people in attendance. I’d say a majority of the crowd in the building would rather hear C Numb than any PJ deep cuts.
Why do they have to substitute a cover for a deep cut? Why can't they just play another one of their good songs?
I was just trying to make the point that a lot of the people in attendance are not PJ diehards like we are, they are there to hear Alive and Even Flow and would rather hear C Numb than anything off Binaural.
I like the covers most of the time. I think sometimes we forget that the purpose of the shows is not the bootleg but the experience for the people in attendance. I’d say a majority of the crowd in the building would rather hear C Numb than any PJ deep cuts.
Why do they have to substitute a cover for a deep cut? Why can't they just play another one of their good songs?
I was just trying to make the point that a lot of the people in attendance are not PJ diehards like we are, they are there to hear Alive and Even Flow and would rather hear C Numb than anything off Binaural.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 3:59 pm
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numbers wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
numbers wrote:
I like the covers most of the time. I think sometimes we forget that the purpose of the shows is not the bootleg but the experience for the people in attendance. I’d say a majority of the crowd in the building would rather hear C Numb than any PJ deep cuts.
Why do they have to substitute a cover for a deep cut? Why can't they just play another one of their good songs?
I was just trying to make the point that a lot of the people in attendance are not PJ diehards like we are, they are there to hear Alive and Even Flow and would rather hear C Numb than anything off Binaural.
Only PJ diehards want to hear PJ songs at a PJ concert?
I like the covers most of the time. I think sometimes we forget that the purpose of the shows is not the bootleg but the experience for the people in attendance. I’d say a majority of the crowd in the building would rather hear C Numb than any PJ deep cuts.
Why do they have to substitute a cover for a deep cut? Why can't they just play another one of their good songs?
I was just trying to make the point that a lot of the people in attendance are not PJ diehards like we are, they are there to hear Alive and Even Flow and would rather hear C Numb than anything off Binaural.
Only PJ diehards want to hear PJ songs at a PJ concert?
Only pj diehards want to hear deeper pj cuts at a pj concert
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:06 pm
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most of the other covers I’ve seen the band play have gone down like a lead balloon, particularly Mother.
How can you tell? I'd guess that if someone was excited to hear a song like Mother, they wouldn't be yelling and jumping up and down like for Baba or something. It's not that type of song.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:14 pm
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no band should ever aim higher than catering to the whims of the softheaded, tasteless boors that encourage their indulgence in the particular brand of disposable schlock so appealing to middle-aged idlers with a waning interest in their craft
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:15 pm
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For example, I’ve been to a few DMB shows with friends. I don’t really like DMB, I don’t hate them, but I only know the hit songs. One of those shows they played Petty- Running Down a Dream and I remember and enjoyed that a lot more than any of the songs I didn’t know. It doesn’t mean I’m angry they didn’t play more covers, or angry that they played songs I didn’t know.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:16 pm
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no band should ever aim higher than catering to the whims of the softheaded, tasteless boors that encourage their indulgence in the particular brand of disposable schlock so appealing to middle-aged idlers with a waning interest in their craft
A crowd full of people with the above sentiment surely wouldn’t be an awful group to be around.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:27 pm
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I don't mind them playing couple covers but 7-8 in a 30 song concert is too many. And some certainly work better than others, I don't even think about it when I hear Baba or Free World at the end anymore and personally I wouldn't mind seeing Timeless Melody return from time to time.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:38 pm
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I have to agree with those who brought up you shouldn't cover Pink Floyd. This song is so quirky and distinctive that it's just a strange choice to me besides that mike is good on it. I do think Mother is worse as it's just a weird song to sing as a cover. If they're gonna do classic rock staples I'd rather they pick something different.
Post subject: Re: Cover of the Moment: Comfortably Numb
Posted: Fri August 24, 2018 4:50 pm
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mikejasond wrote:
I have to agree with those who brought up you shouldn't cover Pink Floyd. This song is so quirky and distinctive that it's just a strange choice to me besides that mike is good on it. I do think Mother is worse as it's just a weird song to sing as a cover. If they're gonna do classic rock staples I'd rather they pick something different.
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