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Originally Posted by morbyuz
Dude I was at the Radio City show and to be honest I agree it was a better show and you know why? There were MORE visuals and MORE shit going on around the band. Tools shows have always been and will always be about the music but Tool is a band that loves art and are trying to expand your horizons by giving you a full on spectacle and a wonderful presentation. If they fell short this time it's because they're not afraid to try something new and different. If it doesn't work they'll change it and be better the next time around. Don't say you don't want to see shit on stage because that would just be lame.
If you really can't enjoy the experience alter your conscious.
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I disagree wholeheartedly. The video screens on the Lateralus Tour were not a huge stage, they were two screens that on either side of the band and they didn't take my focus off the music. There was in no way more shit going on on the stage than this show. And Lasers? I don't see any artistic expression in Lasers, nor a screen-stage that was so dizzying I wound up watching the hockey scoreboard screen half the show...I see all that as Tool giving up on their plight to expand people's mind purely through art and music, thus making the show a spectacle.
and to alter my conscious at that show? If I was drunk I would have gotten so dizzy I would have spewed all over the couple in front of me. If I was tripping I may have taken a nose dive off of the 300 section to put myself out of my misery that would have been caused by too much light stimulation. Tool, IMO, is a band to see sober and even still I think I have epilepsy (sp?).
Tool still rocks though, bottom line is that I'm complaining about an experience that I still believe everyone should have.