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Originally Posted by gmku
As much as one can be a fan of any band, it is so not worth getting upset about missing them live. I've learned that the actual experience of seeing a band live vastly pales in comparison to seeing or hearing a recording of that live performance. I learned this lesson about the Stones in the 70s. For one thing, I could never get close enough to the stage to make out the band as any more than miniature stick figures. Two, the sound usually sucked because of the acoustics of the place. But then a recording, even a bootleg recording, of the same performance would sound tons better--often because it was run through the sound board.
Same goes with actually seeing the band. Photos in the magazines captured the drama or whatever much better than the eye.
I think it's great that bands tour, but as I said, unless they're playing a small and very accessible place, I prefer to experence their tours vicariously.
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you are only partially correct. for a show like the Hollywood bowl, which is 18,000-20,000 capacity, the energy is beyond electric, it is uncomparable in Los Angeles, there is no other shows like huge Bowl shows here in town. further, you look silly dancing by yourself in yr bedroom, and even at radiohead, I-man is no wallflower... shit I danced to every song at the sonic youth Arthurfest show and looked like a complete fool, but had the time of my life. I had a straight religious experience and an Epiphany of high magnitude at Sonic Youth at the Troubadour in 2004, a show which I camped out on the street in Hollywood to get tickted for..
plus, I have been trying to get tickets for radiohead for 8 years now, and so it sort of like, a serious thing on my To Do List, that I would sort of like to achieve. Of course I already said, God's will be done, and I am not necessarily upset as much as anxious or dissappointed. However, hope is not lost, I can still try on Saturday.