On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Andy Farnell wrote:
Marco's disappointment is understandable (sorry if I misinterpret this
Marco). When I watched "Top of the pops" as a teenager, like many kids
of that age I was outraged that the performers mimed. Sometimes you
could see their instruments were just props. It is very insulting to
someone who has invested effort and emotion to an activity to see it
trivialised to a banal fashion statement. Like a soldier seeing their
regimental badge worn as a punk accessory.
That's why, conceptually, my favourite two performances are XTC's Making
Plans for Nigel, in which they made a point of hitting a gong that doesn't
sound like one, and... oh, the other one is actually from the similar show
American Bandstand : Public Image Limited's Poptones, in which they get
bored of miming halfway through the song, and just go dancing with the
audience.
(But then, I haven't seen so many clips from TOTP and/or ABS.)
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