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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 8:20:35 GMT
Great as his reputation is, maybe that time has come to put his mic back in the box, I was embarrassed for him!
Phil
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 8:25:20 GMT
I didnt see it but i got told it was terrible .have you got a clip ??richie
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 8:38:57 GMT
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 8:45:50 GMT
Yes, sorry, the Palladium, I was cringing when it came to the high notes. The same with Andy Williams.
Phil
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 9:51:21 GMT
Hummm well he is out of key yes but its not as bad as i expected. It must be terrible being famous and to be expected to live up to everyones expertaions of you. I remember seeing a interview press confrence with elvis presley 1972 he was asked about his image. He said well image is one thing and a human being is another he said its very hard to live up to a image put it that way. And i thought my god i understand what he ment. To be what everyone thinks of you 24-7 everyday. Must be hard. So to live up to that .and to have it expected of you must be hard to do. So it must be a real let down that arts voice let him down . To people .it cant be easy giving 100% everytime. .rich
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 10:01:25 GMT
Hi Rich, I understand what you're saying but he can keep up the image, but just don't let himself down by singing!...unless he needs the money
Phil
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 10:02:00 GMT
there comes a time in every musician life when you have to call it a day, for me it was a pointless exercise , should of just stay away and let people remember them by what the did in the past which was brilliant,
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 10:33:17 GMT
Seeing some of them perform is saddening and it in some way spoils the memories of when they were at the top.
Phil
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Post by kipper on Oct 14, 2014 10:43:09 GMT
Hummm well he is out of key yes but its not as bad as i expected. It must be terrible being famous and to be expected to live up to everyones expertaions of you. I remember seeing a interview press confrence with elvis presley 1972 he was asked about his image. He said well image is one thing and a human being is another he said its very hard to live up to a image put it that way. And i thought my god i understand what he ment. To be what everyone thinks of you 24-7 everyday. Must be hard. So to live up to that .and to have it expected of you must be hard to do. So it must be a real let down that arts voice let him down . To people .it cant be easy giving 100% everytime. .rich have to agree with what rich is saying 100%. i do things today that take me twice as long as they used to, and some times i think give it up get some one in to do it. and thats where no one can see it happening. it must be really hard to just pack it all in and give up. may be this was not as good as other performances he gives i dont know. its a cruel world out there when you have passed your peak for all of us in any profession thats for sure. peter |
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Post by asimmd on Oct 14, 2014 11:11:58 GMT
Seeing some of them perform is saddening and it in some way spoils the memories of when they were at the top. Phil Totally agree Phil,on our local theatre we have artists like Hermans Hermits and The Searchers appearing,but they are old men with grey hair,and usually with only 1 of the original band left. There was a picture in our local paper of one of them,nothing like the memories we have of them when they were on programmes like Top of the Pops. Very sad. Alan |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 11:16:43 GMT
I go to the Fairfield halls in Croydon fairly often I have seen the Hollies with Tony Hicks and Bobbie Elliot still keeping the faith. They are still exceptionally good. Oldies but goodies Still. George  Sent from my SM-G900F using proboards |
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 11:28:07 GMT
My point is that, there are many of the early performers that can still pull it off, ok, if we haven't seen them for a while we get a shock with what they look like now, but we get used to that, but when the performance is not up to it, time to call it a day. By the way, I had an email from an old girlfriend a year ago, just catching up on old times, I sent her a picture of me to her...she didn't recognize me   Phil |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 11:41:14 GMT
Phil Re the old girlfriend did you recognise her ? I met up with an old girlfriend not too long ago she was an ex beauty queen but now my goodness I was devistated !! I don't want to say anymore . The point is that sometimes too long ago is just that "too long ago".  George  Sent from my SM-G900F using proboards |
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 11:49:06 GMT
George, well I did recognize her....sort of, after studying her picture for a few minutes
Phil
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Post by allclaphands on Oct 14, 2014 11:49:44 GMT
Seeing some of them perform is saddening and it in some way spoils the memories of when they were at the top. Phil Those few words you have said here Phil says so much about what was then and what is now,I can remember the original and although it is the same artist "Art Garfunkel" it did nothing to resemble the original Pete |
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Post by allclaphands on Oct 14, 2014 11:58:08 GMT
I go to the Fairfield halls in Croydon fairly often I have seen the Hollies with Tony Hicks and Bobbie Elliot still keeping the faith. They are still exceptionally good. Oldies but goodies Still. George Sent from my SM-G900F using proboards Totally agree George about "The Hollies" seen them a number of times over recent years Still going Strong and Sounding GOOD. Pete |
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Post by derekb on Oct 14, 2014 12:19:30 GMT
Hello,
I agree that Art Garfunkel was pretty awful but if you want to hear something that is 10 times worse, have a listen to recent concerts of Buddy Greco !.
He is still an excellent jazz pianist but his voice went about 20 years ago and still he carries on. He is diabolical.
Regards,
Derek B
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 12:40:54 GMT
I'll spare myself that then Derek |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 13:00:34 GMT
I go to the Fairfield halls in Croydon fairly often I have seen the Hollies with Tony Hicks and Bobbie Elliot still keeping the faith. They are still exceptionally good. Oldies but goodies Still. George Sent from my SM-G900F using proboards Totally agree George about "The Hollies" seen them a number of times over recent years Still going Strong and Sounding GOOD. Pete The Hollies in 2013 on a German tv show. Fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-24gEF9EI18 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 13:49:53 GMT
Fantastic show indeed. Loved it
I must look up the Hollies are next in Croydon and see them again .
George
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Post by jase on Oct 14, 2014 14:01:16 GMT
Well I accept that the performance wasn't up to scratch it is refreshing to know some artist still sing live without using pitch correction and other modern vocal tools.
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Post by fender7 on Oct 14, 2014 15:46:31 GMT
It comes to many vocalists.As was said by Pete,Phil and Derek.Some artists are lucky..they can still get those fantastic notes.If we are going to be brutally honest,some top artists are seriously struggling now. just to name a few that are..Cliff Richard,Elton John,Paul McCartney,Lionel Ritchie ..the list goes on.
Steve
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Post by Charlie Hall on Oct 14, 2014 16:06:48 GMT
May be time for some of these to get a proper job!
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Post by philc on Oct 14, 2014 16:08:18 GMT
What happens to them is they go on I'm a celebrity get me out of here to try to make a come back |
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Post by allclaphands on Oct 14, 2014 16:11:20 GMT
What happens to them is they go on I'm a celebrity get me out of here to try to make a come back Does not bear thinking about specially if they don't manage to come back  Pete |
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Post by john on Oct 14, 2014 18:51:08 GMT
I was also disappointed whilst watching Art singing "The Sound of Silence" on Sunday evening. I have since found out that he is recovering from paralysis of the vocal cords which caused him to lose his singing voice. He is now recovering from this and part of his recovery is live performance. Apparently the public are made aware of this before watching him perform. I do hope he makes a full recovery as his voice was really something special. However he is only human and even the best of us have our limits.
Regards
John.
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Post by mikeab on Oct 16, 2014 9:24:02 GMT
If you can still get tickets (!) go and see the Moody Blues next year - still giving a top class performance with three 'originals' (post Denny Laine anyway), but for how much longer?! Go while you can and be prepared for a 5 minute standing ovation for Hayward's Nights In White Satin which is fantastic live.
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