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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007 - 21:27
REVIEW
Just ' Mr Boyd'?
This is exactly the reason why Incubus is regarded more of a boyband than what they really are -musicians! To borrow a line from the film Almost Famous 'Your looks have become a problem!'.
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Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense! - Julian Casablancas
DECEMBER 7, 2007, 9:17 pm
THE CROW HAS LEFT THE MURDER… Of Monotony that is.
March 12, 2004. Incubus set foot on Philippine grounds to basically ‘rock the house’ as part of their world tour to promote their latest album, ‘A CROW LEFT OF THE MURDER’.
The band came and served as an ice-breaker in the current music scene of the country. While the ‘acoustic’ fever was spreading like an epidemic (not to mention the word being abused), the concert gave salvation to originality and talent ingenuity.
Free from the usual boring opening acts, Incubus kicked off the show with “Megalomaniac”, their first single from the album. Then came the energy rushing like a waterfall from the stage, through the midst of the PICC Open Grounds, and to the four corners of it; with everyone singing the words of the song to sympathize with vocalist Brandon Boyd’s political rants. What followed was a mixture of some songs from the CROW album and the previous ones – all great and never lacking praise in performance as if you’re just listening to their records with high-quality amps and speakers.
Halfway through the show, Boyd surprised the audience by playing the guitar, which he doesn’t really do as a full-time vocalist of the band per se. (Although he does play some percussion and the didgeridoo, an aboriginal instrument, from time to time.) At that turning point, the band introduced ‘Pantomime’, a melodic ballad that didn’t quite make it for the album for some reason. Boyd playing the guitar left a great deal of impression on the audience. And with lyrics like ‘…I have found beyond all doubt… We say more by saying nothing at all..” delivered by this versatile singer, you can never go wrong.
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To superfanmode
superfanmode,
It's nothing personal and wasn't meant to be an attack. I'm sorry if it upset you.
My girlfriend is a big 'Brandon-fan' as well. And I was too a couple of years back but have learned better. It's more fitting to see Incubus as a band rather than a singing poster-boy with supporting instrumentalists. And by that, I'm not saying I don't like Brandon anymore. It's just that I think we have to see each member as equal contributors in the music they make - which is what really matters.
But we're all entitled to our opinions. And those are mine. No debate necessary here.
Anyway, hope we all get to see them on March!