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Nah, it's bollocks. Music doesn't revolve around live performances. More to the point...live performances and recorded music shouldn't even be linked, other than by the underlying song - hell, most live songs are played differently to the recording anyway, because songs evolve over time.
Bands are more than just ambulatory jukeboxes. If you want to listen to the exact version that's on the album, stay at home and listen to the CD, just turn the volume up.
*sigh*
Gotta say, I feel better after that
I've mentioned this before in posts, but... There's a great book available called "Perfecting Sound Forever" by Greg Milner. On the surface, a book about the history of recorded music and the recording of it. However, at some point it morphs into getting the reader to start thinking about what a recording actually is and what is it about the recording that makes it art.
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
But I can hardly listen to their stuff live
Er... ever seen a painting by Turner? Bosch? Brueghel? Blake?
Blimey you're right ! (though they had 2x 4 track machines for bouncing)
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I'm not exaggerating to make a point, it really is just as arbitrary as that to come up with these rules for no reason and using them to choose not to enjoy something that you enjoy (or not) on a far more primitive level than that.
I could pick about 50 amazing records off my shelf that wouldn't exist at all if the artists had taken that view, and another 200 that would be substantially less interesting.
Art is about creating new things, not forcing yourself to replicate old things. Getting hung up on irrelevant technicalities is the enemy of innovation. It's hard enough to break down real barriers without erecting fake ones to deal with too.
Nine Inch Nails - originally one, now two blokes making varied music which is often very layered, complex and with loads of tracks. My favourite band. Is the argument saying that they can't do this music cos there is no way they could replicate it live?
Nah, that's just daft. They are amazing live as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBC3NXnN8y4&t=1616s
Cos I'd have hated to have been there to watch that amazing spectacle knowing that the 4th rhythm guitar track was on a sequencer.
I just believe that a redcording should aim to be the capture of a live performance to be relived and shared rather than an artistic creation in its own right.
Just my pov which I've held for about 40 years...and 9 inch nails are complete garbage;)