Post by Cams on Apr 22, 2015 10:22:47 GMT
I had the very good fortune to see two giants of the music world playing together at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 11 April. I was very curious to see how they would fit together and the answer I have to say is not very well, at least in my humble opinion anyway.
Paul Simon's guitar tone was awful and his playing wasn't so great either. Maybe I'm being hypercritical, but you would expect someone of his calibre at least to have decent electronics and tone?
By contrast, Sting was freaking awesome! The backing band were phenomenal, even the tuba (I know, right?) so with Sting and the backing band, it was still a very enjoyable concert. Although Sting did lose the audience at one point when he started telling the story about the fox hunting song he was about to sing; it was sung from the point of view of the fox. The Glasgow punters used that as an excuse to top up their plastic pint pots.
They started out playing together, then took it in turns to do their own set while the other went off stage. They did two sets each then joined each other for the end, where they did a great version of Cecilia.
The highlight for me would be Sting's Desert Rose from the Brand New Day album. It has a real north African thing going on and the band pulled it off really well. Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes was very good too.
At one point they each sang one of the other's songs, which was kinda weird. And when they were together they did harmony on each other's songs.
This is the third gig I've been to at the Hydro and it's a good venue. The acoustics are great, but the cheap seats are in rows that make it difficult to move enough to let the drinkers get to the bar, and in Glasgow, that's a problem!
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Paul Simon's guitar tone was awful and his playing wasn't so great either. Maybe I'm being hypercritical, but you would expect someone of his calibre at least to have decent electronics and tone?
By contrast, Sting was freaking awesome! The backing band were phenomenal, even the tuba (I know, right?) so with Sting and the backing band, it was still a very enjoyable concert. Although Sting did lose the audience at one point when he started telling the story about the fox hunting song he was about to sing; it was sung from the point of view of the fox. The Glasgow punters used that as an excuse to top up their plastic pint pots.
They started out playing together, then took it in turns to do their own set while the other went off stage. They did two sets each then joined each other for the end, where they did a great version of Cecilia.
The highlight for me would be Sting's Desert Rose from the Brand New Day album. It has a real north African thing going on and the band pulled it off really well. Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes was very good too.
At one point they each sang one of the other's songs, which was kinda weird. And when they were together they did harmony on each other's songs.
This is the third gig I've been to at the Hydro and it's a good venue. The acoustics are great, but the cheap seats are in rows that make it difficult to move enough to let the drinkers get to the bar, and in Glasgow, that's a problem!
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Jo whoever he is.
