shimoli710
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Thank you Adam for this wonderful pic from M&G in Warsaw - one of the best TOHT concerts ever!
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Post by shimoli710 on Feb 13, 2016 10:20:06 GMT -5
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Post by nica575 on Feb 13, 2016 10:25:42 GMT -5
oy...I suppose the reviewer didn't stick around for the second part... :D
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Post by drummer on Feb 13, 2016 10:27:21 GMT -5
I know Adam wanted to be authentic with this album and tour and he was. I love that he always evolves and changes and I trust the next round will be different. I too love a spring in his step and mischief in his eyes (and hips!) sprinkled with some of the more moody songs exploring the dark side for a dose of reality. Visa versa gets a bit heavy for me but that's me.
I have to agree. These big festival shows lend themselves to mostly upbeat, faster songs. That's jus the atmosphere that these shows demand. The crowds are a little less focused, they tend to talk and wander, esp. when the performances are outdoors, which is what festivals are. Adam loves his moodier songs, but I think they do better when he performing in front of just his own fans. I'm sure this festival crowd loved his whole show. They seemed to. But shorter, faster and peppier works better, I think. Maybe his musical director could give him some suggestions to keep the momentum going.
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Post by lenka29 on Feb 13, 2016 10:41:52 GMT -5
I don't know... they skipped the ballads and did the original version of WDYWFM so they definitely tried to adapt the show for the festival.. and I think the whole dance part of the show is very upbeat.
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Post by nica575 on Feb 13, 2016 10:45:34 GMT -5
I know Adam wanted to be authentic with this album and tour and he was. I love that he always evolves and changes and I trust the next round will be different. I too love a spring in his step and mischief in his eyes (and hips!) sprinkled with some of the more moody songs exploring the dark side for a dose of reality. Visa versa gets a bit heavy for me but that's me.
I have to agree. These big festival shows lend themselves to mostly upbeat, faster songs. That's jus the atmosphere that these shows demand. The crowds are a little less focused, they tend to talk and wander, esp. when the performances are outdoors, which is what festivals are. Adam loves his moodier songs, but I think they do better when he performing in front of just his own fans. I'm sure this festival crowd loved his whole show. They seemed to. But shorter, faster and peppier works better, I think. Maybe his musical director could give him some suggestions to keep the momentum going.
Let's look on the practical side: Adam has a tour set which is well rehearsed with all technical bells and whistles... he cut out most of the "slow" stuff anyway, so what else could he do? take Chockhold and Underground out? Leave TP in? And then we would be hearing complaints that he didn't showcase his voice...or they would find something else to complain about...Given his crazy schedule he sure didn't need to spend energy and effort and $s creating a new set for this one festival. His TOHT show is perfect as it is imo! The crowd around the streamer was highly enthusiastic! They were singing along and cheering and dancing. ETA: lenka -
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Post by csquared on Feb 13, 2016 10:49:41 GMT -5
I have to agree. These big festival shows lend themselves to mostly upbeat, faster songs. That's jus the atmosphere that these shows demand. The crowds are a little less focused, they tend to talk and wander, esp. when the performances are outdoors, which is what festivals are. Adam loves his moodier songs, but I think they do better when he performing in front of just his own fans. I'm sure this festival crowd loved his whole show. They seemed to. But shorter, faster and peppier works better, I think. Maybe his musical director could give him some suggestions to keep the momentum going.
Let's look on the practical side: Adam has a tour set which is well rehearsed with all technical bells and whistles... he cut out most of the "slow" stuff anyway, so what else could he do? take Chockhold and Underground out? Leave TP in? And then we would be hearing complaints that he didn't showcase his voice...or they would find something else to complain about...Given his crazy schedule he sure didn't need to spend energy and effort and $s creating a new set for this one festival. His TOHT show is perfect as it is imo! The crowd around the streamer was highly enthusiastic! They were singing along and cheering and dancing. ETA: lenka -And, they announced ahead of time that he was bringing as much of his tour show as possible to fit into the time slot, so if anyone really cared they could have checked it out ahead of time and known what they might expect. And then they would have found out that he did tailor it quite a bit to a festival atmosphere. Although I wasn't there, so I don't really know, haha.
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Post by skaschep on Feb 13, 2016 10:49:57 GMT -5
oy...I suppose the reviewer didn't stick around for the second part... :D Was thinking the same thing when I read it. Maybe she thought with the costume change he was done?
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Post by stampsgal on Feb 13, 2016 11:02:37 GMT -5
Even our own Atopers had varying views on the performance. I enjoyed it. He did some cuts, left out what he wanted to---in order to represent himself to this first time audience. He is appealing to those who also know his music and look for their favorite song to be sung...up beat or not . And if Adele or Sam S were at this pop festival....would they comment on the artist not knowing they were at a pop festival. So keep it lively and bubblegum as someone posted earlier. Good grief! But .. .this really bugged me..... a COVER of Pink's WWFM....This is is not the first critic to think that...HMMM ...NOT SURE HOW to get that assumption corrected. Well I gotta move on...and have a happy day. ...I wish I had not clicked on this link to give it hits. The first posters comments pretty well told the whole story ....I thought it was a big critique coming up....but it was a small critique on each of the entertainers.
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Post by nica575 on Feb 13, 2016 11:13:28 GMT -5
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