Retrospective

It's really interesting comparing Thomas Dolby of the 1980's to what we saw a few weeks ago. The longer ago him seems less ... refined than him today. He had band members, big hair, a leisure suit. Now he's shaved bald, is a one-man show even live (if you include the 10% that is pre-recorded sounds), and enters the stage with yellow aviator goggles and a dark brown trench coat that he soon sheds so we can see his hip gyrations rather than his former shoulder shimmies. He has a lot more stage presence live today than he did in videos or live performances back then. I also noticed that in the videos he used in his modern shows, his video guy omitted any shots of his face and most of his body as well, so that we could integrate his current appearance in rather than having the disjointed feel of the old vs. the new.

Man, I'm looking forward to Barenaked Ladies next weekend! *grin*

PS, anyone have mp3's of Dolby? You can YouSendIt to me.

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