dirkv wrote
I would be so embarrassed to have gotten a gig like this as a musician. Jess, they should go back stage, burn their instruments and then punch each other in the face for ruining the time honoured tradition of Rock Concerts!
Oh I don't think it's that bad. Gorillaz did a good take on the technology a few years back - had the actual musos up on a platform at the back of the stage behind a curtain & backlit with dim blue wash, while their animated characters "performed" on stage level - along with the rappers - for "Feel Good Inc." Worked well for entertainment and you'd have to be severely challenged to believe the characters were the actual band.
As for this one vs. the musos:
1. It was a paying gig. 2. Musicians are also entertainers. 3. As has been said - no lead singer hystrionics. 4. They weren't the saddos cheering for a cartoon designed to attract paedophiles.
The cynic in me would probably chuckle over that aspect afterwards with friends.
IIRC Gene Symmons once said something along the lines of, "Laugh at me all you want. In fact come with me & laugh while I'm cashing my cheques." (in response to the comment that KISS were a vaudeville act & not a real band).
