点评:Soul II Soul – Dreadful sound and a very disappointing evening
Having attended numerous concerts over the years, I can genuinely say that Soul II Soul at Birmingham Symphony Hall on 19 October was the most disappointing concert I have ever experienced.
Considering Symphony Hall’s reputation as one of the country’s finest venues for acoustics, the sound quality was nothing short of appalling\. The female vocals were frequently lost in the mix, making it almost impossible to hear what was being sung\. The overall sound was so poorly balanced and indistinct that, at times, it was difficult even to distinguish one song from another.
To compound the disappointment, the performance consisted of only around six songs and the evening was over after approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
For an established and respected act performing at such a prestigious venue, I expected considerably better\. Whether the problems were down to the sound engineering, production or other factors, the result was an extremely poor audience experience.
Concert tickets are not inexpensive, particularly when factoring in travel and the other costs of an evening out\. Audiences deserve a performance where they can actually hear and enjoy the music they have paid to see.
A thoroughly disappointing evening and, regrettably, the worst concert I have ever attended.
翻译:Soul II Soul——糟糕的音效,令人大失所望的演出
多年来我观看过无数场音乐会,可以负责任地说,10月19日在伯明翰交响音乐厅举办的Soul II Soul演唱会是我经历过最令人失望的一场。
鉴于交响音乐厅素有英国音效最佳的演出场地之一的美誉,但当晚的音质却糟糕至极。女歌手的嗓音常常被完全淹没在混音之中。声音效果糟糕到几乎听不清唱的是什么。整体音效失衡且混乱不堪,有时甚至很难分辨出哪段旋律属于哪首歌。
更令人失望的是,整场演出只演唱了大约六首歌,大约1小时15分钟后演出便结束了。
对于一支在如此知名的场地演出的、享有盛誉的乐队来说,我原本期望能有更好的表现才对。无论这些问题是出在音响工程、制作环节还是其他因素上,结果就是观众的体验极其糟糕。
音乐会门票并不便宜,尤其是还要算上交通及其他外出观演的开支。观众理应享受到一场能让他们听清并领略到音乐之美的演出。
这是一个极其令人失望的夜晚,遗憾的是,这也是我参加过的最糟糕的音乐会。