Today's post is from our friend HIM. Happy Sunday!
It is well-established that I have a love-hate relationship with Motley Crue. I am a fan from day one but, as Judge Mills Lane once said, I wasn’t born yesterday. I try to assess them, and other bands I love, fairly and honestly. Some stand up to the test of time; some don’t. Some still have moments of glory. Others, to be fair, should have been put out to pasture long ago. Still others I am willing to give a lot of wiggle room to simply because I love them too much to give up on them. I think we all do some variations of the same when it comes to bands we both love and hate.
When the Crue are on, I note it. When they aren’t, I do the same. I think I am, and some will disagree, consistent in that regard. Which makes this post not a statement of fact or a call to argue (though I bet some will wager on both those counts). It is simply a question.
On Thursday night I was wandering through other, less enjoyable, sites. I stumbled upon a different version of the performance below:
The initial video I watched was a bit clearer. But it was taken down by the person who posted it. That video was incorrectly labeled as 2015; it is clear this is from a 2014 performance. But those details are largely irrelevant. What struck me—and still strikes me— while watching the video(s), especially after watching several other videos of other songs from the same concert, was this: is that Vince singing? I only raise the question because it interests me and might interest others who read BBG.
I know, I know. I must have some skin in the game asking a question like this. Really, I don’t. I know bands use backing vocal tracks live. I know some do it more than others. But, comparing this video to other songs from the same concert, I did a full stop. It sounds different to me. If it is live and untouched, kudos to Vince. If it is not, well, that is another story entirely. Again, what caused me to ask the question when watching the video is beside the point. Why tamper with your thoughts beyond simply putting it out there for you to ponder?
I defer to all of you for once (people put up with too much of my loquaciousness on this site). To that end, I won’t post a single response to anything any of you have to say. Still, I welcome some responses. But I don’t feel it is my place to provide rejoinders.
