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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] So - The train wreck finally wrecked

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-07-28

On 27/07/2011 22:26, Norman Fay wrote:
 

if you do wind up looking like an idiot, than to get up onstage in
plaid and scuffed trainers or the like, like just about everybody else
does.


Why?

Because it suggests that the artist has put some...thought?  effort? something like that...into their performance.

Odd.  Most orchestras have everyone dressed the same, every time.  Is their performance 'thoughtless'?

I really cannot think of anything less relevant to a live performance than the way anyone is dressed.  (Unless it's central to the show, I suppose)

I mean, personally, Todd Rundgren posturing in his pink hair
with ankh-spaped electric guitar is more likely to keep my attention
that Liam Gallagher in a hoody, squatting onstage like he's about to
take a dump.


Does that really keep your attention?  For how long?  Why? 

Well as long as I'm interested in the music I suppose.  It is more interesting to watch while you're listening to the music.

Well...good for you.  I can't see either one or the other holding my attention for any longer than the other.