Reply To: Coulton Plugged?
Can I put in my two cents here?
Yes, I would pay more for a show like this, because I just really enjoy seeing JoCo live. However! I do worry about this, and here’s why.
All of my favorite live shows are casual and “unrehearsed”. I have been to 3 JoCoShows already and have loved all of them. Yes, I end up hearing a lot of the same songs, but I usually don’t find that to be a problem. Sometimes they have been played differently, or have mistakes, or whatever, and I’ve often found that adds character to shows. And I’m not doubting that there wouldn’t be things like this at an “electrified” version of the show. But I enjoy the calm and casual style of the show as it is.
When I went to see Ben Folds back in 2006, he was touring with his backup band (bass & drums). But my favorite part of the show was when he played some songs in the middle of the set with just him and the piano. There is something so intimate and spontaneous about this kind of show that I really missed when the band came back on, and that I would really miss if JoCo “went band”.
Let me give you another example. I have seen Green Day now 2 times. Once in 2005 and once just last summer. I had a lot of fun at these shows, but I noticed something that really bugged me. Other than a few songs here and there, the shows were practically the same. They said the same things between songs, did the same “surprise-medley” versions of songs, etc. And I know this wasn’t just my show because I’ve seen videos of other shows on the same tours, too. They might as well have just projected a video of them playing the songs, it would have been the same thing.
So what am I getting at here? Well, in order for there to be a live band JoCo, there would have to be a lot of rehearsing. There would be a lot of the same. It would be loud and in your face (which is not all bad, I admit). But I would miss the intimate setting of the old shows.
So that’s my two cents. I was thinking about a lot of stuff while writing this so I probably didn’t make my point as well as I did in my head. But you get my drift!