Posted by cokechic at alpha45221.kingwoodcable.com on July 22, 2003 at 00:05:27:
In Reply to: I saw India. Arie at the hollywood bowl yesterday posted by shitty speller...DEAL WITH IT! on July 21, 2003 at 23:26:00:
: she was fantastic. Know how very few artists who are singing live actually sound the way they do on their albums? Well she does. You could close your eyes, and not even realize you were watching her live, but think it was from a taped CD. She was amazing! She tried out some new songs that were equally great as her old stuff. BLackalicious and Riot opened the show, and they were great as well
***the biggest test for an artist for me is to see how much they sound like the record. Especially for an artist like her who relies on talent rather than a "show" like some pop and rock acts. I think it's an amazing show of talent when an artist can go barebones and sound as good live as on the cd. That means no voice effects, no recording line-by-line, and no lipsyncing. I love that- there aren't that many artists out there who can do that.