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MasterCylinder
12-22-2005, 05:05 AM
Saw the TSO show last night.

First and foremost, a standing ovation for the lighting engineer.

The musicians were very good, not spectacular, but very good. However, I don't remember a show in which I have seen so much fluff.

The sound mix was very guitar-heavy. It took the sound board guys 30 minutes to find the bass drum -- they finally got it. The 7-man string section was apparently all for show because we never got to hear them in the mix. Once the hot-female violinist got to do her big part, she was covered note for note with the guitars........ugh.

I'm not sure I like the idea of Christmas rock. However, the classical rip-offs from Bach, Mozart, Liszt and Beethoven were handled much better. Late in the show they introduced some guy from off stage "that wrote all this stuff"..........HUH ?

The show went for 2.5 hours; without all the fluff and cheese, it would have been half that long.

I was screaming for an encore from the lighting engineer.

3-LockBox
12-22-2005, 08:05 PM
I don't remember a show in which I have seen so much fluff.\The show went for 2.5 hours; without all the fluff and cheese, it would have been half that long.




Fluff is acceptable at Christmas time. Cheese is good year-round in small doses.

Sounds like a fun show. I wished they would come up to my neck of the woods cuz it sounds like a show I could drag my wife to, along with my chirluns.

Thanx for the review.