LIVE or MIME ?

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Actually · #1 Post by **Actually** » Wed 20 Sep 2006, 3:22 pm

Which performance's do you think Chris actually plays the Keyboard live ?
I know the performance's on TOTP were done by miming, as everyone elses were. That was part of success of the show.
What about Performance?
There is no way that hand held keyboard Chris was using for some of the songs was plugged into the rig. You can tell Chris was playing live to Jealousy & Always on my mind.What about Somewhere? Was Chris playing tiddly winks? Head phones made it look real though. Same again for Nightlife. I know Pet Shop Boys music is done by computers, hey, that's why we love them but the image has always been singer & keyboard player. I love seeing their rig on stage,it's no secret that all or some of the music is generated that way.The Release performance's, why have the sheet music for that show only. Tennant/Lowe are masterminds with their music.

TheGardner · #2 Post by **TheGardner** » Wed 20 Sep 2006, 3:55 pm

He always plays parts of the sound during the programming is doing the rest!

Vince · #3 Post by **Vince** » Wed 20 Sep 2006, 3:58 pm

No-one here pities Chris for all the miming?

Coz it must get HELL boring on stage at concerts.. :p

i probably would · #4 Post by **i probably would** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 1:21 pm

He always plays parts of the sound during the programming is doing the rest

I think Chris decides what he wishes to play - for example on the nightlife tour he played the bass line live. Anyway would you rather see chris running round a bank of 20 keyboards and pressing buttons!

The music is programmed and the times I have seen the boys live it has sounded fantastic so crisp and loud.

Pet Shop Girl · #5 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 3:06 pm

Who gives a shit if he plays or mimes, as long as the music is good and we enjoy the show.

Phillip · #6 Post by **Phillip** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 4:36 pm

"Of course it's all on tape, but no-one will find out".

! · #7 Post by ! » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 5:09 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:Who gives a shit if he plays or mimes, as long as the music is good and we enjoy the show.

If I paid to see somebody live, I would expect them to perform live!

DJ Pat · #8 Post by **DJ Pat** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 5:28 pm

I think that surely there is no concert where he totally mimes is there? Surely he plays something at all concerts cos it sure as hell must be boring otherwise.

I used CD / MD for a few gigs when I was lazy a while ago and quickly reverted to playing the CDs / Records because it was sooo bloody boring just standing there!

Then again I'm not Chris am I?

Pet Shop Girl · #9 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 6:49 pm

! wrote:
Pet Shop Girl wrote:Who gives a shit if he plays or mimes, as long as the music is good and we enjoy the show.
If I paid to see somebody live, I would expect them to perform live!

I believe it was Chris that said in the "Somewhere" DVD that some of it is on tape, like Neil says in the "Yesterday when I was mad" song and then some is live.

psb-freak · #10 Post by **psb-freak** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 6:52 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:
! wrote:
Pet Shop Girl wrote:Who gives a shit if he plays or mimes, as long as the music is good and we enjoy the show.
If I paid to see somebody live, I would expect them to perform live!
I believe it was Chris that said in the "Somewhere" DVD that some of it is on tape, like Neil says in the "Yesterday when I was mad" song and then some is live.

He said "It´s ALL on tape" and that he´s only pretending.

Pet Shop Girl · #11 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Thu 21 Sep 2006, 7:07 pm

psb-freak wrote:
Pet Shop Girl wrote:
! wrote: If I paid to see somebody live, I would expect them to perform live!
I believe it was Chris that said in the "Somewhere" DVD that some of it is on tape, like Neil says in the "Yesterday when I was mad" song and then some is live.
He said "It´s ALL on tape" and that he´s only pretending.

HE was joking. Like he always does. Actually it was Pete Gleadall that said some of it was on tape and some was live.