User:Shippoutt/Live music to can music

At my age I have seen a lot of great performers and performances...from Cab Calloway to Justin Bieber(I believe that is how you spell it). I have been to concerts from upstate New York to Rome, Italy and I have heard a lot of the discussion about I RATHER HAVE THEM PERFORM LIVE, TO, I WOULD WANT IT JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS ON THE ALBUM, TAPE, DAT, CD... And yes, everyone is allowed to express their own opinion about how they spend their money and what they would like to see. My question is: Live performance and they are dancing like Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, etc and still TRYING to sing like the music on the CD ..well that is not going to happen....why, because you cannot sing and breathe and dance with it sounding JUST LIKE THE MUSIC THAT YOU HAVE AT HOME IN THE CAN. There were only a few people that were able to accomplish that feat...Michael Jackson, AeroSmith, most real Rockers....not the smooth music singers that we have and certainly not with someone jumping all over the stage. So, when I attend a concert and I can see that the LIPS are not matching the vocals that I am hearing.....I ask myself....was this a great performance? Did I get my money's worth? Was I entertained? Did it sound like my CD? and Did I have a great time? If I can answer at least 2 of these questions with a resounding yes...'then I don't really care if they sang live or if it was MEMOREX!! '

We are looking at the performers of now and comparing them to the performers of yesteryear and there really is no comparison....Sammy Davis, Jr..Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Ann Margaret, Temptations, Coasters, Drifters, Elvis, The Corvettes, The Platters.....were groups that studied their craft and really..... s a n g.... to us and a lot of what we have out hear now....unfortunately is just noise. Even if the music is thumping...the words are so horrible that you don't want to listen to the music....remember what the kids said about the words on American BandStand and Soul Train..."IT HAS A GREAT BEAT, I LIKE THE WORDS AND IT IS EASY TO DANCE TO"'''....well, for me that is the essence of great music and a great performance. I remember going to a concert and I couldn't understand what the lead singer was saying...it took away from the concert and then seeing a concert and it had first and 2nd and 3rd replacements because the original members had either passed on or were not performing any longer and the show was great... a Temptations Show....I still really appreciated that performance. `    I think that we all would love to pay our money to see a great performance and NO...if THERE ARE NO ORIGINALS IN THE GROUP THEN IT SHOULD HAVE A LABELING THAT SPECIFIES THAT WHEN ASKED...but that does not mean that the people singing no not hold that original group in high respect...REMEMBER IMITATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY and though people want to label a lot of the groups out there now as horrible imitations...in what sense? That you did not have a person with one foot on a banana peel and another in the grave trying to stand up and sing on a stage with no voice, no power behind what voice they do have and no movement to even make the performance look good?  It is hard to have a live performance when all of the original members have passed on...so when you have young talent that appreciates what the groups from the 40's, 50's, 60's etc have let behind for us and they SOUND JUST LIKE THE ORIGINALS AND GIVE US THEY SAME FEELING AND DO IT WITH CLASS....why are we complaining? You have had a lot of people perform with a lot of different groups ie: The Supremes, The OJAYS, The Coasters, Sha Na Na, Foreigner, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Gary Lewis and The Playboys, The Platters, Menudo, The DOOBIE BROTHERS, CHIC and even though some were 1st replacements or 2nd replacements they still performed with the group so give a little leeway folks ..'''.just because it is not an Original performance or a Live performance DOES NOT MAKE IT A BAD PERFORMANCE...take a chance...you just might be pleasantly surprised... but this is just my opinion!(smile) What's yours?Bella 18:39, 26 March 2011 (UTC)