[quote="krismopompas"]hmmmm......... td live without prerecorded sequences??? ......... how should that works with only 6 hands on the keys??? ......... they need an orchstra to realize the same richness of sounds and (sequencer)tracks or the product is another one.
and why td unplugged??? ........ that would be the same as the stones goes synthesized......... please do not!!!!
i saw kraftwerk on their minimummaximum-tour ......... imo they only remix their songs like a producer/dj live on stage........ only ralf hutter sings and the main-melodies (if exists so far) were played live on a keyboard.......... "the robots" live then is the extremste way.......... was it a mp3, cd, hd-recording or a midifile??? ........ who knows
imo that´s the "price" you´ve payed for em as listener as well as musician......... but at the same time it´s part of the fascination and magic of em. ........ the 2 sides of the same coin.......... neither good nor bad...... still a fact.[/quote]
I've seen Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II live: and on stage it was not only Mike, but an orchestra with at least 15 musicans, and every note I heard was played live. Of course, you cannot compare this with TD, but if I hear a guitar playing, I would rather see someone playing this guitar (look and listen to Lake of Pontchartrain Astoria 2007). What I'm still missing is that during live performances of TD, it's hard to discover who is playing what. E.g.: Iris is playing percussion so activily, but most of her sounds are overruled by a drum-sequencer. Shut this thing off and let Iris play the percussion. The only sounds we're sure of who is playing them are the flutes and sax of Linda and the guitar parts of Bernard, and some percussion of Iris.
Please don't understand me wrong: I still enjoy the TD music very much and I like to go to live performances, but don't want to hear an exact copy of a CD I was playing in my car on my way to the show.