[Demetrio]

Has anyone seen this? Impressions?

 

[bong]

wasn't it included with the initial release of Black Holes and Revelations? there was a live DVD from Glastonbury with a few extras from the Absolution tour. i'll post the tracklist tonight when i get home.

 

[Sleestack]

I've had the European release of that DVD for a year. Great performance, but SQ isn't so good. 2 channel only. Hullabulloo is the Muse DVD for the ages. These guys are great live, but I wish they weren't buying into the whole "louder is better" routine. BH&R clips and the last time I saw them in concert, they had them up way too loud. Their performance at the Wiltern 2 years ago was one of my all time favorite concerts and set at a perfect volume.

 

[infinitesymphony]

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Originally Posted by Sleestack /img/forum/go_quote.gif These guys are great live, but I wish they weren't buying into the whole "louder is better" routine. BH&R clips and the last time I saw them in concert, they had them up way too loud.

YES. Geez, these guys were loud. I saw them during their MTV campus tour in my campus's main auditorium. It's not a particularly big space, but they were cranking out dBs like it was an arena tour. It sounded like the whole concert was being hard-limited to a static volume. For example, when the whole band dropped out for one of Bellamy's piano solos, the piano suddenly became as cranked as the whole band had been, and extremely distorted to boot (though some of this was probably my own aural/head distortion).

Yikes.

That concert sort of solidified how much more I appreciate Radiohead.

Perhaps it was the MTV crew's fault, but I've heard reports that Muse play loud almost everywhere. Radiohead are pretty well-known for never crossing above the low-to-mid 90 dBs.

 

[Sleestack]

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Originally Posted by infinitesymphony /img/forum/go_quote.gif YES. Geez, these guys were loud. I saw them during their MTV campus tour in my campus's main auditorium. It's not a particularly big space, but they were cranking out dBs like it was an arena tour. It sounded like the whole concert was being hard-limited to a static volume. For example, when the whole band dropped out for one of Bellamy's piano solos, the piano suddenly became as cranked as the whole band had been, and extremely distorted to boot (though some of this was probably my own aural/head distortion). Yikes. That concert sort of solidified how much more I appreciate Radiohead. Perhaps it was the MTV crew's fault, but I've heard reports that Muse play loud almost everywhere. Radiohead are pretty well-known for never crossing above the low-to-mid 90 dBs.

They didn't play that loud 2 years ago. Somewhere in between Absoultion and BH&R, someone convinced them they needed to play much louder. They did play at a good level at the Olympia this past year, but their level at shoreline was off the charts. As for Radiohead... I'd appreciate their playing level if their music didn't put me to sleep. I have all of their CDs, but just find their music to be a bit anemic. I bought their live DVD but it made me want to throw something at Yorke. I couldn't risk an impulse causing me to destroy my 65" plasma.

 

[infinitesymphony]

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Originally Posted by Sleestack /img/forum/go_quote.gif They didn't play that loud 2 years ago. Somewhere in between Absoultion and BH&R, someone convinced them they needed to play much louder. They did play at a good level at the Olympia this past year, but their level at shoreline was off the charts. As for Radiohead... I'd appreciate their playing level if their music didn't put me to sleep. I have all of their CDs, but just find their music to be a bit anemic. I bought their live DVD but it made me want to throw something at Yorke. I couldn't risk an impulse causing me to destroy my 65" plasma.

Hahah, yes, they're very different bands for sure, and I like them both for different reasons. What's important is that you at least gave them a shot (or a bunch of shots), so you know that they're not for you.

Radiohead's live DVD? D'you mean the Astoria set from way early in their career?

 

[Sleestack]

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Originally Posted by infinitesymphony /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hahah, yes, they're very different bands for sure, and I like them both for different reasons. What's important is that you at least gave them a shot (or a bunch of shots), so you know that they're not for you. Radiohead's live DVD? D'you mean the Astoria set from way early in their career?

Yes. Something about Yorke just grates on me when I watch him perform.

I actually enjoy listening to Radiohead at times. I just couldn't take the DVD.

 

[AgentVX]

Heh yeah, I saw Muse here several weeks ago. They cranked the speakers up so loud, sound quality went to s***, we were feeling the drum beats more than hearing them. Had tinnitus in my left ear for 2 days after that.