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zoo_music_girlI am not a Dead Can Dance fan, I own one album which to be honest I've not really listened to much, and I went along because I thought it would be a good show and an experience I'd enjoy. I did.
My first exposure to the band was on the 1987 4AD compilation Lonely is an Eyesore to which they contributed two tracks, The Protagonist and Frontier. I can't actually remember what the first of these sounds like, but the latter was a gorgeous blends of drums and That Voice.
I don't much care for Brendan Perry's vocals, I tend to find them dull and monotonous (and was amused and agreed with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
laurelei that he sounds like Neil Diamond at times), but I could drift away to Lisa Gerrard's voice all night, and indeed I was surprised to realise that the concert had been two full hours, with just two very short breaks between encores.
The sound was gorgeous. As well as Lisa and Brendan there was an assortment of other musicians, who changed instruments for practically every piece and sometimes during the same song. I don't even know what some of the instruments were, and I sometimes found it hard to tell what was synthesised and what was live, but it sounded good.
They played a wide mixture of styles and songs. There were Eastern influenced swirls and Medieval sounding hurdy gurdy, there were songs that were just Lisa and a soaring synth and one that was just Lisa's vocals without backing. There was even one song with Brendan singing, which Lisa actually left the stage for, which sounded to me more like country and western than anything else. I definitely strongly preferred the songs with Lisa as a focus.
She was wearing a rather dramatic outfit too. Barefoot, with a huge billowing gown in sunshine yellow, she looked like she'd been transported from another place and time. For most of the gig she had a stand for her instruments which was covered with a white cloth and in the changing coloured lights it sometimes looked like part of the dress, they matched up so neatly.
Lisa apart, the light show and the visuals were not anything special. I'd have been as happy to close my eyes and listen, and indeed did that a couple of times. It was a lovely concert, and the first song nearly brought tears to my eyes, but after that I just wasn't emotionally engaged and I'm not sure why, although I was very tired. I did enjoy it though, and I am glad I went.
I do hope the Forum gig tonight is as good, and that the audience show the same hushed reverence we enjoyed last night, but my experience of Forum audiences makes me sceptical. I believe that this is not a show that can be enjoyed with someone chattering a few feet away.
My first exposure to the band was on the 1987 4AD compilation Lonely is an Eyesore to which they contributed two tracks, The Protagonist and Frontier. I can't actually remember what the first of these sounds like, but the latter was a gorgeous blends of drums and That Voice.
I don't much care for Brendan Perry's vocals, I tend to find them dull and monotonous (and was amused and agreed with
laurelei that he sounds like Neil Diamond at times), but I could drift away to Lisa Gerrard's voice all night, and indeed I was surprised to realise that the concert had been two full hours, with just two very short breaks between encores.The sound was gorgeous. As well as Lisa and Brendan there was an assortment of other musicians, who changed instruments for practically every piece and sometimes during the same song. I don't even know what some of the instruments were, and I sometimes found it hard to tell what was synthesised and what was live, but it sounded good.
They played a wide mixture of styles and songs. There were Eastern influenced swirls and Medieval sounding hurdy gurdy, there were songs that were just Lisa and a soaring synth and one that was just Lisa's vocals without backing. There was even one song with Brendan singing, which Lisa actually left the stage for, which sounded to me more like country and western than anything else. I definitely strongly preferred the songs with Lisa as a focus.
She was wearing a rather dramatic outfit too. Barefoot, with a huge billowing gown in sunshine yellow, she looked like she'd been transported from another place and time. For most of the gig she had a stand for her instruments which was covered with a white cloth and in the changing coloured lights it sometimes looked like part of the dress, they matched up so neatly.
Lisa apart, the light show and the visuals were not anything special. I'd have been as happy to close my eyes and listen, and indeed did that a couple of times. It was a lovely concert, and the first song nearly brought tears to my eyes, but after that I just wasn't emotionally engaged and I'm not sure why, although I was very tired. I did enjoy it though, and I am glad I went.
I do hope the Forum gig tonight is as good, and that the audience show the same hushed reverence we enjoyed last night, but my experience of Forum audiences makes me sceptical. I believe that this is not a show that can be enjoyed with someone chattering a few feet away.
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on 2005-04-07 08:41 am (UTC)Or their "Dead can fucking Morris Dance" style as I think of it.
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on 2005-04-09 08:50 am (UTC)Anyone know wnayone who plays Hurdy-Gurdy?
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on 2005-04-07 08:59 am (UTC)I think hurdy-gurdies are great.
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