Author Topic: Never thought it possible that THIS song could be performed live.  (Read 624 times)

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The Art of noise - "Close to the edit"
This was one of the very first songs consisting completely from samples. A ground breaking song in it's day and impossible to perform live.

Or so I thought...

Trevor Horn "Close to the edit" live in 2004.

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Re: Never thought it possible that THIS song could be performed live.
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2009, 11:46:29 AM »
I found the original pretty unremarkable, and didn't watch it all the way through.

The Trevor Horn versio is MUCH more interesting - actual people playing actual instruments!  I was impressed by his economy of motion in playing and by his precision.

Interesting juxtaposition of cuts - but the second has the huge advantage of being live music.
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