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Re: If Your Favorite Band Never Toured Again....
Yes.
It didn't hurt the Beatles.
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What is the "toured" you speak of?Comment
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For me once a group gets fairly large, catching them in concert becomes irrelevant. I'm not a stadium rock guy. Any venue over 2500 people and I'm just not interested.
A group like Jason and the Scorchers, a band I've followed since they razed the stages of Off-the-Wall Hall and the Lawrence Opera House in the early 1980s, tours maybe once every other year. I've traveled to Nashville and Memphis to catch their concerts.
But truthfully if they never performed in concert again, I'd be happy with the hundreds of memories from their shows and listening to their recordings.Comment
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I just don't get a chance to go to many concerts so whether or not a band tours is really not an issue to me. I am not a huge venue guy either because I like to get close to the stage and it's so hard to score close tickets with the really popular bands.
BTW, I saw Jason and the Nashvile Scorchers just once in the early 80's at the Uptown with the Georgia Satellites opening up for them. Great show - especially when you are leaning on the stage. I always have thought it was odd that 101 the Fox was promoting that show. Still seems wierd.Comment
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of course i would.
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My favorite band doesn't tour that often but if they did stop playing live of course I'd still listen to their albums. It would be hard to 'follow them' if they never toured again -- though I could move to their hometown and stalk them....Comment
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I too prefer smaller venues. 2,500 seems big to me, but I wouldn't hesitate to catch Pearl Jam, Radiohead, etc. at a giant venue. I saw Wilco at a big venue as well as a more intimate setting and had a great time at both.
It sucks when bands you love break up/stop touring, but often times the act becomes stale before they stop.Comment
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[quote author=IceHawkE link=topic=645.msg7429#msg7429 date=1282660194]
I just don't get a chance to go to many concerts so whether or not a band tours i
BTW, I saw Jason and the Nashvile Scorchers just once in the early 80's at the Uptown with the Georgia Satellites opening up for them. Great show - especially when you are leaning on the stage. I always have thought it was odd that 101 the Fox was promoting that show. Still seems wierd.
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I was there. Georgia Satellites was possibly the greatest double bill with JATS. I think they'd dropped the "Nashville" around that time. Forgot that 101 The Fox was a sponsor, lol.Comment
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Yeah, I had the Beatles in mind when I posted that. I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road and the like were never accompanied by tours (although much of their latest stuff was written when they were a barely functioning unit anyway--but that could be attributed to a lack of playing live together in part). Makes me wonder what kind of band they'd been if Lennon hadn't made the "Jesus" comment.
It would be difficult for me to follow a band that doesn't tour at all. I think that's a fairly vital part of the fan experience; it gives you a chance to feed back your excitement to the band whose music you love, and I get tired of only hearing songs one way with no live variations out there.
Of course, there are older bands out there that have dead members or stopped touring long ago for other reasons, and older footage is available in many cases to tide me over.Comment
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[quote author=pieces of eight link=topic=645.msg7444#msg7444 date=1282661463]
It would be difficult for me to follow a band that doesn't tour at all. I think that's a fairly vital part of the fan experience; it gives you a chance to feed back your excitement to the band whose music you love, and I get tired of only hearing songs one way with no live variations out there.
Of course, there are older bands out there that have dead members or stopped touring long ago for other reasons, and older footage is available in many cases to tide me over.
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Seeing a band live sometimes kills the band for me. I went to a few DMB shows back in 97, 98, & 99. I was in college and listened to them a bunch. After seeing them the third time I decided it was enough. They appeared to me to lack energy, the shows were carbon copies of each other, and the endless noodling "jam" sessions were incredibly lame. Maybe I am just a slow learner.
DMB keeps going, but Stevie Ray Vaughan has to die in a helicopter crash (which will have been 20 years ago, Friday BTW). Life just isn't fair. Off topic rant over.Comment
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[quote author=Jhawk2001 link=topic=645.msg7453#msg7453 date=1282663921]
Seeing a band live sometimes kills the band for me. I went to a few DMB shows back in 97, 98, & 99. I was in college and listened to them a bunch. After seeing them the third time I decided it was enough. They appeared to me to lack energy, the shows were carbon copies of each other, and the endless noodling "jam" sessions were incredibly lame. Maybe I am just a slow learner.
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Eric!Comment
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huh?Comment
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[quote author=Jhawk2001 link=topic=645.msg7463#msg7463 date=1282665305]
huh?
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Are you initials E.C.?Comment
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Oh, I get it now. Like I said, SLOW.Comment
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