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Originally Posted by iamnotafraid
1. Consider their age. No one can be as good at 60 years of age
as they were in their 20', 30's and 40's. Most especially singing.
Musicianship may improve, styles evolve, but overall energy and
enthusiasm diminishes as one gets older.
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It depends on the artist.
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2. You can only be "New" once. That appiles to everyone in music.
From Elvis to someone like Taylor Swift, you are lucky to have five
years in the music business to put out what people consider new
or fresh music. And it's not that people are incapable of producing
good music past the five year period, it's just that someone else
comes along and creates something the public considers new and
refreshing. Consider Fleetwood Mac's years from 1975 to 1980. Did
they ever top Tusk, or the records the preceded it? Of course not,
who expected them to? And now we are nearly 30 years past Tusk,
and that is surely something to consider.
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Fleetwood Mac has been new several times. Just ask Peter Green and Bob Welch.
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3. Now for those of us that have seen them more than once in concert.
Multiple times seeing the same artist can kill the great concert
experience. I know this from my own experience. Nothing compares
to the first time I see an artist. There's just an excitement that's
almost indescribable of seeing your favorite group or artist in concert
for the first time.
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Again, it depends on the artist. I first saw Guided by Voices in 1995, which was their "classic" era. The show was okay (mainly ruined by drunk coeds), but nothing that blew me away. I was blown away when the next time I saw them in 2002, and that became what I would judge other shows by. I was floored when I saw their last Dayton (hometown) show in 2004. I was floored by a solo Robert Pollard (who basically was Guided by Voices) in 2006. It was after seeing Lindsey in 2006 that I decided to focus more Robert Pollard/Guided by Voices. When Robert Pollard toured a few months back with Boston Spaceships, I was blown away and had a great time every show (okay, the ending of the Nashville show kinda sucked). Yeah, Bob doesn't do nearly as many high kicks as before, the intensity of his music has only gotten better. And, his ticket prices were $15 a ticket.