Muse tricks the italians
Muse has done it all, and they're always victorious. Who could forget when they played Feeling Good at Radio 3. The rumor says that they got pissed off because the staff told them not to swear even though they wouldn't have done so in the first place. Never tell Muse not to do something... what happened was that they basically did a whole verse by swearing.
Recently they were forced to play in playback during an italian TV show Quelli che il Calcio. Muse decided to exchange their instruments and positions. Nobody in the show noticed the difference. After the fantastic performance the hostess interviewed the drummer that still acting like the singer talked about his friend Matthew at the drums... who was in fact, the real singer. The italians never new what struck them...
Is playback a cheat? Who would rather listen a band play with a very bad quality of sounds and who'd prefer a band that puts together an energetic playback performance with no pressure regarding the sounds? If observing the concept of playback only from a perspective that handles the subject of only those playback performances that absolutely need a playback-option for the band to sound any good at all, I'd view this subject starting from the issue, which of course is that in playback the disappointment is in not getting what you want. The listener wants to hear if the band plays as well live as it does on the album. If the circumstances only gives two options: Playing live but sounding like crap no matter what you do, versus playback, the listener won't get an honest answer either way. But, with playback and decent performance skills, at least the listener gets a good live show, right?
Do you consider playback a huge crime if the artist doesn't keep it as a primary way of having a show? Still after all - You can just put on your stereo at home too. Leave a note at our guestbook!