So I went to a couple of concerts last month at the danforth music hall, mostly at my wife's behest, but I didn't mind at all.
So first I saw Peter Hook and his band (formerly of New Order). I've always been a casual new order fan, so I thought this would be fun.
Well the first thing I noticed was that I could barely hear him. Everything else was clear. So I thought that was weird. And then throughout almost every song, he would look offstage and point to his bass or mic and indicate up or down, but then nothing changed. In any case, he played for 3 hours straight. But he really came off as arrogant - didn't say a word to the crowd. Came on, started playing and when he was done, left the stage.I will say this though, he can play the hell out of the bass. He gets a really unique sound out of it.
In any case, 2 weeks later we saw Johnny Marr at the same venue. And everything was crystal clear. Vocals, everything. We saw him last year, and I was just as impressed with him then as I was this time, this guy is a rock star. He can play, sing... really good concert.
So it got me thinking that I felt quite ripped off by the Peter Hook concert - so I started looking up videos that concert goers have uploaded, and it was exactly the same experience I had - so this leads me to the conclusion that he can't sing...
Anyway, have a look for yourselves if you're curious. This may as well have been the concert I was at:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDW05Ea3wMs[/youtube]