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From: maciag@spar.UUCP (Chris Maciag)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Live-Aid (some random thoughts)
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 19:10:17 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 19:10:17 1985
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>I only watch small segments of Live-Aid.  Were there problems with the monitors
>for the performers on stage?  I saw the Thompson Twins (I would rather have seen
>just about anyone else but anyway) and I thought someone was singing quite a bit
>off key.  Also friends of mine who saw CSN said they thought they sounded
>terrible too.

The Thompson Twins were quickly tossed into the limelight, having little
experience in large performances.  I have seen them live twice and many
times on television-- They stink.  Since most of their music is keyboard
based, they can program it into a sequencer where they can edit it etc.
and have they keyboard play on ``auto pilot''.  Perhaps this is why
their studio work sounds so much different.  I do not know how they
manage to get good vocals in the studio.

->Chris

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