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Post by bommel on Oct 11, 2010 10:05:40 GMT -5
I love bands who tries to do something different visually when playing live, and that Yeasayer seem to think this is important too makes me very happy!
Does anyone have any info on why they changed it ( did the old equipment brake? Is the new equipment easier to handle? Did they just want to change and develop? )?
Has anybody read/heard somewhere if the band thinks lighting/visuals are important when performing and if it´s something they will further develop?
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Post by AAAsayer on Oct 11, 2010 12:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by bommel on Oct 11, 2010 15:13:05 GMT -5
Thanks a lot, great article! :-)
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Post by bommel on Oct 14, 2010 19:53:08 GMT -5
An old one from 2007, sounds good though: "One of the reasons I wanna be big is cuz I want to have the illest, most theatrical stage show. People sure pay enough for big shows, why not give it to them. It drives me crazy when I see a band in a large venue doing nothing more than a bar band. I saw one tonight — I can’t say who — but man was it boring. What’s the point except for feeding the ego? I want to build insanity and passion and I want to see it."- IWT From: stereogum.com/7107/quit_your_day_job_yeasayer/franchises/quit-your-day-job/ |
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Post by AnnHelen on Oct 15, 2010 16:01:08 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite interviews! =) Not too sure if I'm liking the thought of Yeasayer as a stadium band though...
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Post by justyna on Oct 16, 2010 3:36:48 GMT -5
I was thinking about what Ira said in that interview when you first posted this thread but I couldn't remember which interview it was from. Definitely agree with what he said, but at the same time, as AnnHelen said, I don't like the idea of Yeasayer becoming a stadium band either.
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Post by AnnHelen on Oct 17, 2010 15:16:05 GMT -5
I just feel that you somehow loose contact or intimacy with bands that do big stadium shows. I guess you can pull it off somewhere along the lines of Arcade Fire, who upscaled their show and still have this incredible presence at stage that gives the impression every gig's really important and special to them.
Then there's the Muse / U2 kind-of-stadium-show that is more about bombarding you with lights and effects and I think that takes away some of that passion and insanity Ira's talking about in the interview. At least for me, I need the band to engage and communicate with the audience and not hide behind theatrics...
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Post by AAAsayer on Nov 5, 2010 19:03:29 GMT -5
I just feel that you somehow loose contact or intimacy with bands that do big stadium shows. I guess you can pull it off somewhere along the lines of Arcade Fire, who upscaled their show and still have this incredible presence at stage that gives the impression every gig's really important and special to them. Then there's the Muse / U2 kind-of-stadium-show that is more about bombarding you with lights and effects and I think that takes away some of that passion and insanity Ira's talking about in the interview. At least for me, I need the band to engage and communicate with the audience and not hide behind theatrics... I've been discovering a similar issue with performance vids - folks in the audience are often better able to capture the living, breathing, immersive intensity of live performances than some of the more detached, "produced" vids. |
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