Chimera
06-18-2005, 12:04 AM
<b><center><font color="red">Review: Keane Tour 2005, Boston 06-04-05</font></b>
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<b><center><font color="red">Keane Lights Up The Stage</center></font></b>
In today's concert world, it is very rare to see a mainstream band perform with such simplicity as does the trio that makes up the band Keane. Tom, Dick and Tim [aka Tom Chaplin (vocals), Richard Hughes (drums) and Tim Rice-Oxley (piano)], are a rare sight to see in today's pool of superficial, bubble-gum "rock" bands and an ego-infused music industry. An ironic twist of fate landed this band to be today's poster child for acoustic bliss and lyrical integrity. Who says a band needs to have a guitarist? As The White Stripes is the rock gods answer to electric guitar power riffs, Keane is the acoustic opposite (they did, however, have a guitarist that dropped out of the band at the very beginnings of Keane). There is something about Keane that reaches out to most everyone that sees them live. Whether it be Tom's tenor vocals or Tim's melodic keystrokes, it's clear that these guys have tapped into something so refreshingly bare, it attracts even the harshest of critics. Even though this band is being heavily compared to their cohorts Coldplay, little do people know that Keane originated before Coldplay and in the early years of formation, it was Coldplay that played gigs with Keane and not the other way around.
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<b><font color="orange">Written and Reviewed By: Kay (Chimera)
<b><font color="royalblue">CrystalOne Radio</font></b>
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<b><center><font color="red">Keane Lights Up The Stage</center></font></b>
In today's concert world, it is very rare to see a mainstream band perform with such simplicity as does the trio that makes up the band Keane. Tom, Dick and Tim [aka Tom Chaplin (vocals), Richard Hughes (drums) and Tim Rice-Oxley (piano)], are a rare sight to see in today's pool of superficial, bubble-gum "rock" bands and an ego-infused music industry. An ironic twist of fate landed this band to be today's poster child for acoustic bliss and lyrical integrity. Who says a band needs to have a guitarist? As The White Stripes is the rock gods answer to electric guitar power riffs, Keane is the acoustic opposite (they did, however, have a guitarist that dropped out of the band at the very beginnings of Keane). There is something about Keane that reaches out to most everyone that sees them live. Whether it be Tom's tenor vocals or Tim's melodic keystrokes, it's clear that these guys have tapped into something so refreshingly bare, it attracts even the harshest of critics. Even though this band is being heavily compared to their cohorts Coldplay, little do people know that Keane originated before Coldplay and in the early years of formation, it was Coldplay that played gigs with Keane and not the other way around.
<a href="http://www.crystalone.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=42" target="blank"><b>Read the rest of the review by clicking here...</font></b></a>
<b><font color="orange">Written and Reviewed By: Kay (Chimera)
<b><font color="royalblue">CrystalOne Radio</font></b>