If you never attended a concert, it’ll be hard to explain. I’ll try it with art. Then Trump.
It is one thing to see a painting in a book, online, or a magazine.
But to see the Real McCoy in a museum, up-close, is indescribable. I saw my favorite painting at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It was moving. It’s not a well-known painting so I could get real close, and saw brush strokes and “intent” not visible in high resolution images. It changed me. Not a lot. But I was a different guy walking out of the MFA.
The same is true of live music. An album or video is simply no match for a live show. I agree, $599 is absurd but $200 for a legendary act (The Who, or Paul McCartney, for example) is fair nowadays unless they put on an awful show. The Who and Macca put on GREAT shows. Even downshifting, I’ve seen some great bar bands for a $10 cover that are electric and energetic and better than YouTube. They also renew your faith in the youth of America.
Finally, Trump. We see him on the web, the news, print, you name it. That’s enough for most of us. But a few here have been to rallies where Donald is in person. I’m told, it’s like seeing art in person or McCartney in concert: it’s way better than visual media.
Eagle Courts of Honor, Weddings, Birthday Party’s, Baptisms…they are all better in person. God made us to be social creatures. Sure, some entertainment comes with baggage (I’m good with watching many sporting events on TV for “free” vs battling the bathroom and concessions stands) but in general, there is no substitute for being there live, in living color.
I did a shift in security at my Alberta Royal Museum. It was cool seeing some of the stuff with my eyes. Better than the book for sure.
I so agree, and, would love to know what your favorite painting is!
“The same is true of live music. An album or video is simply no match for a live show.“
Studio and live are very different contexts. Each have very real characteristics that the other does not and cannot have. This is especially true with complex high production works.