Rodrigo y Gabriela review

I waited over 10 years for a chance to hear Zihuatanejo’s own phenomenal guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, live. Sadly, they did not wait for me.

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I waited over 10 years for a chance to hear Zihuatanejo’s own phenomenal guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, live. Sadly, they did not wait for me.

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I'm with you. We saw the Rolling Stones on a small stage, in a small arena in Montreal in the early-to-mid 60s. All five were cheek-by-jowl on-stage, like they would be in an intimate nightclub. They were a band.
These days, due to huge stages and bigger audiences, performers prance around, separated widely from each other most of the time. Really sad to see Mick Jagger prancing around all by himself....just a parody of the good 'ole days. And then there's all the lights, smoke, special effects and other crap, ad nauseam. For todays audiences, the music apparently isn't enough: have to provide all the other circus nonsense to keep their attention.

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Agree. Saw them Friday night at the Chicago Theatre. This was my 4th time seeing them and they were totally different. Rodrigo played the electric guitar, something I hadn't seen before. They were very difficult to see because of the MASSIVE light show, as well ass the booming sounds. True, they played apart from each other most of the night from 2 different platforms and rarely played together. They played many songs from their new album and the crowd was polite, but not very receptive. Once they started with their old songs (that brought most of us here) the crowd reacted pleasantly. Wish they would go back to their old style. Rock stars they aren't

"And then there's all the lights, smoke, special effects and other crap, ad nauseam. "

Thank you, thank you.
The same thing is going on in movies : fireballs, smoke, explosions and
steroid-bloated superduper heroes. Bring back The Big Chill or the French Connection, fer cryin' out loud.