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    Posted: December 05 2005 at 09:47

 

Had the opportunity to see "Musical Box" re-create Genesis' "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" this past Thursday - what a disapointment.

The show was plagued by sound problems throughout, at one poing having to shut down for nearly 1/2 hour to attend to these technical difficulties.  It's too bad - the musicians obviously had the chops to pull it off, but sound issues ruined what should have been a great evening.

Has anybody else attended a "Musical Box" performance? Is this typical, or was it just an unfortunate occurance? I'd love to see these guys again, but I wonder if it's worth it.

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I have see Musical Box in Montreal the 25 December and they was no problems... An amazing show

They are back in Montreal December16 2006
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Saw them in Toronto and it was flawless.You caught them on an unfortunate night.
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Points: 2632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 14:42

I have seen Musical Box perform all three of their shows: Foxtrot, Selling England and The Lamb (saw The Lamb twice).  Every show was an amazing gem.  No problems, technical or otherwise.  You definitely caught them on a bad night.  Please don't judge them on that.

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You are very unlucky, I saw them on november 26 for the fourth time (2 time the lamb, foxtrot and selling), and each time they are simply amazing !
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Originally posted by Progfans Progfans wrote:

I have see Musical Box in Montreal the 25 December and they was no problems... An amazing show

They are back in Montreal December16 2006

Where did you see that ? its not on their website...
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Hi

I just saw the Musical Box play in Toronto at Massey Hall on December 3rd.  This is my second time seeing them and they put on great show.  I highly recommend seeing them if you want to see the Gabriel era of Genesis.  What I found neat about the show is how the singer has Gabriel's between songs talking perfecting down.  It's like I'm listening to an old Genesis bootleg. 

One thing that did surprise me about this show was how few costumes there were in the show. Really its just Rael's costume (most of the show), Slipperman (10 minutes) and that swirling cocoon thing. My impressions from reading about the original shows were Gabriel was dressing in extraordinary costumes and was not able to sing very well for most of the show according to the band.  However, with the exception of the Slipperyman costume, I really didn't see this as an issue.  Anway, just some of my thoughts.

Have a great weekend.

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Points: 214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2005 at 17:13
Originally posted by OldFatherThames OldFatherThames wrote:

Originally posted by Progfans Progfans wrote:

I have see Musical Box in Montreal the 25 December and they was no problems... An amazing show

They are back in Montreal December16 2006

Where did you see that ? its not on their website...



Sorry that was the 25 November


For the show in December 16 1006
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www.admission.com

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I saw them covering "The Lamb" here in Rio de Janeiro, last October... amazing!!! The encore was with 'Watcher of the skies' and 'The musical box'.

The tour they made in Brazil through 5 cities received 4-5 stars from Brazilian prog-fans



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who want's to see tribute band's, i dont understand 
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I've seen them twice. First in Villingen-Schwenningen on their "Selling England" show, which blew me away and second time in Stuttgart, Germany, as they played "The Lamb" and it was amazing! There weren't any sound problems, but I was sitting on the tribune, so I failed to recognize all details from the show.
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