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Re: Questions: Promises Broken, Grant Young, Aqua Man shirt

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:51 pm
by OneLovedBand
Welcome Groovy Yeti!

My reactions to seeing another band member other than the one who sings on the record do lead vocals on the song live has been mixed:

If the different person singing it wrote or co-wrote the song, I feel like I'm more accepting of their authority to sing it.

If it was a song that was super-personal to the original singer, I feel less accepting of someone else performing it.

If the song gets changed up enough and doesn't sound like it's being copied and someone else is singing it, I'm more OK with it.

With bands becoming 30-40 years old now, bands seem more likely to have lost and replaced at least some members. I can't think of any longstanding band I've seen recently that still has all of it's original members. I guess it's up to each band how they want to handle that sort of thing.