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Does it excite you about being able to see dead performers in concert with holograms? Saw this article about a Roy Orbison concert with "Roy" appearing as a hologram. I must say, I find this to be an exciting technological development. There are a lot of performers who have died and that I regret not seeing perform...and actually, Roy Orbison would be one of them. With regard to excitement, I think people who missed seeing them perform would outnumber those who saw them perform and want to see them again. How about you?
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"Thirty years after his death, Orbison (at least the digital version of him) is going on a national tour, the latest and possibly the most ambitious example to date of how holographic technology is transforming the music industry. The hologram’s 65-minute show, which features 16 songs and orchestral accompaniment, is among the first full-length concerts to feature a holographic dead singer."
Eventually all of us wind up six feet under and that's OK. Don't hang on to something that is really never gonna be the person that we grew to love anyway. Let them go.
Better yet, have a "Beatles" reunion with Paul and Ringo syncing to John and George!
That said, bands with a mix of living like the Beatles and dead would be the most viable to do so since at least you're seeing a living performer. I'm pretty sure though they won't approve, though we did have that "mini-reunion" in 1995. But do so where the hologram is "aged" appropriately if the surviving members don't have the makeup to look young enough.
Still, you couldn't miss that brief moment when "Elvis was alive" on American Idol, or Michael Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards.
That said, it's a strict apparition and shouldn't be taken too heavily, and I'd only schedule these tours seasonally in the run-up to Halloween. At least it should help breathe a new appreciation for these artists to a younger generation if executed properly.
Better yet, have a "Beatles" reunion with Paul and Ringo syncing to John and George!
Still, you couldn't miss that brief moment when "Elvis was alive" on American Idol, or Michael Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards.
Michael Jackson at that Motown Anniversary show performing Billie Jean was great but that's probably on video and available now for anyone who wants to see it.
(Some) people fine this 'weird' only because it's a relatively new application of recorded playback, one that they're not yet used to. We've had audio playback and two-dimensional visual playback for a long-time. This just takes the viewing experience to three dimensions.
Would I go? Probably not. But this is not some brave-new-world terror.
Eventually all of us wind up six feet under and that's OK. Don't hang on to something that is really never gonna be the person that we grew to love anyway. Let them go.
To me, if they mean enough to you, you should try to keep them around as much as possible.
God bless you always!!!
Holly
P.S. This is what I try to do with my late beautiful precious Steve Sanders of the Oak Ridge Boys...I wonder if photographs of him have ever been shown during the ORB shows that have been done ever since his going forward. To me, they could be shown whenever songs that Steve did the leading for are done during the shows.
If the band performing was during their peak when they were young and energetic, I would. I saw Janis Joplin in 1968, Led Zeppelin in 1969, and Rolling Stones in 1965. I missed Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep and Deep Purple. I did see Deep Purple about 10 years ago with Ian Gillam but I don’t think it was their best concert. Btw, I did see Roy Orbison back in 1965, I think. Great show at a small theater.
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