zonelistener
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Anyone know of any? Just an odd questions I asked myself earlier today - can you be deaf and appreciate music?
Originally posted by sulawesigirl4:
Perhaps you should pose this question to dougal55, one of our long-time forum members and big U2 fan who is hearing impaired. He may be able to tell you what it's like.
Originally posted by Lilly:
Well, it's odd that you asked this. Earlier this year, the orchestra I'm in played a concert at the school for the deaf and blind. It was really amazing to see them hearing us without really hearing us. They watched our bows and saw us move to see the accents and crescendos and diminuendos.
After the concert, the orchestra had changed and we went out to meet the audience. I had my Rattle & Hum shirt on and a deaf woman came up to me an told me that she loved U2. She was born deaf, so what she does is she sits between two speakers with them touching her on either side. This way she can feel what they're doing. She reads the liner notes and everything too. It was really amazing to see her talk about it.
Originally posted by dougal55:
Hey Olive! Thats cool to know that you know what we feel as deaf people. As for the question you asked about a song which a person appeared on stage.....
OK, I have told this true story before....It took place in Earls Court back in 1992 during Zoo TV tour when I went to see the Irish guys play there with a friend, Michael. During the concert, I was really getting into the concert when, out of the blue, during the song, Ultra Violet, a video screen burst into life and showed a lady "singing" the song in sign language. I looked in disbelief and to cut the story short, I happen to have been a friend of hers! Her name is Rachel Bastikar and the band was grateful for her help they even put her name as a credit on the Zoo TV programme! They also gave her a pair of free tickets and a free tour T-shirt!
Anyway I watched the performance by her throughout the whole song and oh man you should have seen my face! I was totally shocked but the event actually made me immensely proud to be deaf! Whats more this was repeated the following year on Zooropa tour...amazing stuff!
Have you seen it yourself by the way Oliveu2cm?
Originally posted by dougal55:
A question for Zonelistener....where is this Arena you work for? I think that is so cool to know that the arena has set aside an area for "hearing impaired" people...I just wish we had that sort of thing right here in UK for concerts!
anyway cheers my dears!
dougal
Originally posted by dougal55:
Will Rosa still be there btw?
Dear Chris,
Thank you for your comments. I regret that this particular product was not
closed-captioned. We had intended to add closed captions but we literally
ran out of time. We had such a huge amount of work to do to meet the
delivery deadline that some elements were not possible. Closed captioning
was one of these. I completely understand your frustration and, should we be
involved in future U2 DVD projects, undertake to include closed-captioning.
Best wishes
Ned
Dreamchaser Productions"
dougal55 said:
Hey have you (or anyone who replied in this thread who are deaf) been to any U2 gigs last year? Were you able to follow the concert(s)? I was able to follow the music but not always though as I sometimes struggle to listen when the audience is so loud!