Should musicians move while they play music?
 

I reckon the less is better but then that's just me.

Have you seen At The Drive-in? They move flawlessly.

Along with Norma Jean and mewithoutYou.

yes

No, they should sit down and bore the fuck out of the audience.

What if they move like G P-O?

I should post the video via You Tube, but I won't, because I don't feel like it!

ha ha ha, a funny thread

should they? could they? would they?

No,not even thinking of breathing.

They should not, could not, would not with a duck.

There are excepetions but they all live in my mind and not yours.

We can fix that.

Open your mind! Lets see the goods.

Yes, unless they are The Velvet Underground.

if the music is really really good, ill excuse them for being boring cunts on stage.

only if they're not stupid and cliched about it.

cliched meaning:
- jumping unesecarily on stage

Can you imagine a stationary Julian Cope? Or Slash from G'n'R?

Don't care much for Slash but Cope is an exception

Moving: Yes.
Jumping: No.

Bands who stand still all of the time are fucking boring.

c is great but whe the music is supposed to be energetic and cathartic (a la Pixies) and they stand around bored (a la reunion pixies) then it sucks shit.

the most kinetic band I ever got to see was archers of loaf.

hmm yes that's what i was trying to get across

I didn't find the Pixies reunion boring. The Pixies were never big movers. All of the energy is in Frank Black's face.

I think a band should concentrate on not being shite before they think about moving. However, if they forgoe the not being shite stage, then bouncing around like lunatics is always fun - anyone see Ash/ Symposium/ Idlewild in the early days? A handful of ok pop songs between them, fantastic bouncing and making knobs of themselves.

Also, hardcore bands should always move. Raised Fist = the ideal.

Some bands should, others shouldn't. For example, pop-punk bands should stay still cos they look like total twats. Bands like GY!BE I will let off for sitting down to play, cos the music is incredible. Like Hayden said, ATDI were untouchable. And hardcore bands should remain constantl moving.

(With the Pixies reunion, I agree with Julian, did you take a peek at his face when he was screaming!? Apparently not! That passionate motherfucker!)

bands should above all else be authentic, if that involves moving or not,

it can all depend on the type of band and music, but when watching live bands i want honesty,

i wouldnt want to see a band that had a forced stage presence, thatd be awful,

Well considering that they have to play they can't really not move.

I don't really care one way or the other.

go tell kraftwerk

Kraftwerk can die.

The Kraftwerk percussion guys used to move. Kraftwerk used to move a lot in general back in the old days.

yeah,that's a quite common ability.we all can die.i'm off to bed,hope i'll still be alive tomorrow morning.

i was replying to Catankkkk----and yes SC,maybe they used to move back in the days...but even stephen hawkings used to.

edit: i added "maybe" because actually i've never seen an old kraftwerk concert.

Not really?Who remembers Kraftwerk as a gesticulating band?

You have to physically MOVE in order to play an instrument. Sorry if you didn't get that.

Here's Miss complex creature.

Nevermind Miss Complex Creature, Here's English Twat!

I have seen footage of old Kraftwerk shows where they are most definitely movign around and even interacting with the audience to a degree.

i thought the whole controversy of moving musicians had been sorted out during the times of elvis



but anyway.

this thread strangely reminds me of that episode of futurama that features the preserved heads of u.s. ex-presidents. we could do that to musicians and they could play their instruments via wires in their brains maybe.

Still,they are percieved as a very static band.

actually i got that,don't worry.

They should move unless the person is Kurt Cobain.

In case you didn't get the memo, he's a pile of ashes.

I know I was talking to his performance every time he would tour.

You were talking to his performance? Every time he would tour?

I meant: I was talking about his performance everytime he would tour.

If I could rep you I would.