Re: The Earpiece Conspiracy...

I think it's also for a correct timing: I remember a concert by a band at 
wembley stadium in london when I could see the drummer hits his drums
about 
half a second before the sound came to my ears. I think the sound has so 
much distance to run from the mics/receivers on the drums/guitars, to the 
amplifier and then out from the speakers on the crowd that there's a
little 
delay from the moment when you hit the drum-play guitar-sing until the 
moment the sound come out from the speaker. this delay is very disturbing 
when trying to keep the tempo

"AngusBoom" <l0uiethefly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I know that most singers have an earpiece while doing live shows.
> What exactly is the purpose of it?  I was at last nights show in 'DC
> and noticed that Brian was having a hard time with his earpiece and
> the roadie kept trying to fix it inbetween songs.  I thought it was
> pretty messed up that the rest of the band clearly noticed Brian and
> the roadie ru****ng like crazy to fix whatever was wrong but they
> seemed completely indifferent to his problem.  They just kept starting
> the next song if he was ready or not.  All I kept thinking was why not
> wait 1-2 mins and let them fix whatever was wrong?  Before STT Brian
> just ripped the thing out and sang without it and is clearly out of
> tune as a result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By9bbXOQp2w
>
> My questions are;
>
> 1-What the hell is that earpiece for?
>
> 2-Why wouldn't the band give them time to fix the damn thing?
>
> On another note when the roadie finally fixed the thing Brian gave him
> a high 5 and was clearly very grateful, very nice to watch.
>
> The show was amazing, the band was tight, loud and not slopply at
> all.  Angus gave it 110%, I was pleasently surprised at his
> performance despite some earlier undeserved posts.  He can still play
> with the best of them.  Funny thing was that he tried to get his hat
> to come off during HAABPTB but it wouldn't and he just played with it
> on for like 3 more songs than usual.
>
> Brian sounded awesome, powerful and he didn't seem to lose steam at
> all, with the only problem I noticed with his earpiece fiasco.  I also
> thought that he might have hurt himself trying to swing on the bell,
> when he came down he kept grabbing his groin and had a painful look on
> his face.  For gods sake please tell Brian to stop doing that, no man
> at 61 has any business swinging on ropes in mid air.
>
> I brought my brother-in-law with with me.  It was his first AC/DC show
> and he was amazed.  He kept saying "how the hell do these guys have
> the energy to perform like this at their age?"  He was shocked when I
> told him Brian was 61.
>
> This was my second show of the tour and I noticed that BI is the least
> received song, being when most people hit the restrooms/beer line.