There's not much that makes me laugh as much as Les Dawson (RIP) on his piano. As the old man would say (he's a pianist too) playing songs slightly out of tune is actually very difficult to do. I'm sure Les would be proud of Irish comedian NostrilShorts, who has posted some fantastic videos of well known artists - with the "real" sound from the front of house desk, under the title 'insert band' are shit, and here's proof.
Then there's the "real" sound feed from Kings Of Leon from the 2009 Reading Festival posted by allergonoise
And finally, Les Dawson himself;
Thanks to 'Big' Kyle Mackenzie for posting the Coldplay Are Shit link earlier on Facebook
Just proves that effects really are killing our music!
ReplyDeleteCould it be that artists have learned to get the best sound out of an effect by sounding like a drowning cat?
I say ditch all pedals, echo, reverb etc.. lets go back to acoustic or just single channel amps