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Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
As much as I love Simon Price - he's never swayed from his constant desire to bring exciting new "pop" movements to the masses - I really do feel that he is the one missing out when reading his critique of The Horrors' Brighton show.
More to say shortly, but here's the article ...
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
OK, here goes ...
I too love a band that have a sense of style as well as musicality. Even more so, I love individuals that have an ethos or manifesto of types to sum up their passions and desires. But most of all, I love it when people evolve and transcend all these things to become something more organic and "real"; a truer depiction of a whole. Such things take time though, and when an artist adapts and incorporates their varied experiences and influences as collected over the course of touring, promotion or everyday life, their art will invariably change.
I think it's probably easier for a journalist, for Price, to assume that he is staying true to his manifesto and beliefs, yet all the while denying artists are staying true to theirs. After all, his "look" hasn't changed in all the years he's been writing, as far as I know? Price's work will always be the same though; his writing can be affecting, but it will never transcend being a bunch of words that serve perhaps only to inspire someone to pick up an old record, read a great novel or check out an incredible director. His words are important, don't get me wrong, they're just not as important as the art he is critiquing. His perceptions are incisive, but probably not life-changing. Not that Price has ever claimed they should be, just that in critiquing something that can change lives, by writing about art, his words assume a powerful position, which can sometimes be misconstrued as more-than-just opinion.
But then, I suppose all I'm saying is that I disagree with Price's opinion, really? I think the fact that The Horrors have evolved - and from what they've publicly said, it's been a very natural evolution for them - is a great thing for music and those who believe in the power of music to inspire and touch and affect people's lives. And that their visual transformation is a natural part of that progression, and not a loss at all. That their performance has changed, it apparently (for I haven't seen the band play live at any point of their career thus far) has no less impact upon the people witnessing the spectacle than before. Yes, it's different, and the affect may have moved more from the visual to the sonic, but isn't that the point of music, to inspire and affect more so aurally than visually?
Just my two bobs worth however, I welcome any comment ...
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
wow, a little harsh?
the review, i mean haha.
i didn't realise they'd dropped their stagenames haha.
yes, i prefer how they used to look and sound but it doesn't mean that their new album is any less ...good?
they've evolved, i can see exactly what faris is talking about when he said that he didn't want to make the same album 3 times over.
hmm, can't really write down what i make of that review.
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
I didnt even go to this gig but i am F****** ANNOYED!
god, just 'cause they changed their sound and EVOLVED as a band, the freaking press (who didnt even like their first album might i add) think they are sell outs.... ok, *calms down*, appart from that it was fine! 
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
quote:
sianysunshine wrote:
i didn't realise they'd dropped their stagenames haha.
me neither, but I've realised that when Im discussing them with friends I call them, for example, 'Rhys' instead of 'Spider Webb'.
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i will now apologise to @petrolRAINBOWS for bullying her love for john :) they are twins and therefore equally amazing :D
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me neither, but I've realised that when Im discussing them with friends I call them, for example, 'Rhys' instead of 'Spider Webb'.
yess thats true, although i do drop in the odd "coffin joe"
hahah
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
yeah, likewise (:
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i will now apologise to @petrolRAINBOWS for bullying her love for john :) they are twins and therefore equally amazing :D
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
Much like him saying The Horrors have supposedly dropped quality to obtain intellect, it also seems he has dropped any quality of writing just to produce a rather unbalanced and harsh review,it doesn't even seem he went to the gig.
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
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Much like him saying The Horrors have supposedly dropped quality to obtain intellect, it also seems he has dropped any quality of writing just to produce a rather unbalanced and harsh review,it doesn't even seem he went to the gig.
I agree, his review does sound as though he's cast a cursory glance over the opening number and then headed for the bar, only stopping to grab a setlist off the press officer before phoning his review in. It's not a review of the show, just the look, which I think is a bit sad really ...
Can one have intellect without quality?? I can't pay him that one, either ...
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Re: Brighton Concorde 2 review in The Independent
it's one dude's opinion
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