frozenmuze04
The Fly
If you can't sing a song live in a live concert, then you shouldn't be playing the song. End of story. There's really no room for debate, as far as I can see.
doctorwho said:
The backing track on "Crumbs" is analogous to the backing track on "Beautiful Day". You don't really think Edge suddenly has the ability to sing like a choir, do you?
ouizy said:
I knew this thread was going to be leading to something else...
Utoo said:As for the backing track in Crumbs, I haven't heard the boot that everyone's talking about. But how is it in the album version? Isn't there some sort of double-voice or voice alteration for most of the song on the album? That's the way it's always sounded to me.
MrBrau1 said:
Yes. The album version is a double track vocal.
inmyplace13 said:They change song arrangements all the time. Who's to say they couldn't pull off a version of Lemon sans falsetto?.
Utoo said:
That's what I thought. So, shouldn't we expect some sort of backing track for it? I don't quite see the issue there.
ouizy said:I will say however, that the backing track for With or Without you is terrible.
I remember someone posted here that they thought that Larry was not drumming during the song and everyone else said there was a backing track, well after seeing it, i think the backing track for that song has been amped up with some more sounds and to see Larry just pick up his sticks and start playing to it, well,
kinda sucked.
Chizip said:
But I do think there is a good discussion as to where do you draw the line with backing tracks. My line is probably when the backing tracks are used to help/enhance actual lyrics, others may draw the line somewhere else though.
ouizy said:I do not see how this would be any different than them singing Elevation from the last tour. They walked on stage while the song was playing as a backing track, picked up their instruments and played along with it.
That was just the intro for the show, they were not playing along to a backing track with Elevation.
U2Man said:
indeed
Headache in a Suitcase said:
what i'd like to see is The Edge walk down to the end of the ellipse, by himself, sit down on a chair and give us a little Numb action. complete with some kick ass visuals on the nets in the distance.
Earnie Shavers said:Yeah, it's falsetto, but it's not *the* falsetto.