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Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by wind_up_toy » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:54 am

Does anyone remember a live performance of this that Alice did on a UK talk show during the early 90's? I was quite young but remember a four poster bed with flames coming out?
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by DaveJay » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:03 am

I think it was a UK TV show called "Aspel and Company", and at the end of the song he tossed a rose towards Catherine Zeta Jones, who was also a guest...and ( I think, again) so too was the Actor Jimmy Nail..).
I am also pretty sure the performance is on Youtube somewhere...
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by wind_up_toy » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:10 am

Good work, yup just found it.

Wasn't there last time I looked, that was a while ago mind. That burning bed was a great prop!
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by Gunner » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:51 am

Blatently mimed though, I thought. Good interview though, I thought Aspel did really well.

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Post by While Heaven Wept » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:54 am

Gunner wrote:Blatently mimed though,
You win this weeks award for stating the bleeding obvious

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Post by wind_up_toy » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:11 pm

I've always wondered what a performance like that sounds like to the audience? So it's basically the album track being played with everyone pretending to sing/play? What about the drums though?
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by Si » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:15 pm

I always understood the vocal on this was live, but everything else was on tape.

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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by rgallie » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:12 pm

I'd say the vocal is mimed too, if this is the perforamce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D49L1LxwlX4

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Post by A_MichaelUK » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:41 pm

>So it's basically the album track being played with everyone pretending to sing/play?

Yes.

> What about the drums though?

Miming pads can be used. Also, if the drum - kit is not amplified and if the drummer doesn't hit them too hard, then the backing track can drown them out.

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Post by While Heaven Wept » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:05 pm

Most drummers will use pads to dampen the kit along with plastic imitation cymbals when miming on the likes of Top Of The Pops etc.

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Post by wind_up_toy » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:08 pm

Thanks guys, some good facts there!
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by Gunner » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:29 am

You win this weeks award for stating the bleeding obvious
Is there a need to be unnecessarily rude, or is that how you normally conduct yourself?

I'm not pointing out the mere fact it is mimed, but that it is rather blatent - a perfectly valid comment I feel.

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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by steven_crayn » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:33 pm

wind_up_toy wrote:Does anyone remember a live performance of this that Alice did on a UK talk show during the early 90's? I was quite young but remember a four poster bed with flames coming out?
sure do I put it and the interview on you tube

part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUBhgb7H ... ata_player

part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC926xtU ... ata_player

performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5vYFLF ... ata_player
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by Gunner » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:29 pm

Another trick is to put tape around the edge of the cymbals.

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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by wind_up_toy » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:39 pm

steven_crayn wrote:
wind_up_toy wrote:Does anyone remember a live performance of this that Alice did on a UK talk show during the early 90's? I was quite young but remember a four poster bed with flames coming out?
sure do I put it and the interview on you tube

part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUBhgb7H ... ata_player

part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC926xtU ... ata_player

performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5vYFLF ... ata_player
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Re: Burning Our Bed Live Performance

Post by mestreech » Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:03 am

Never saw that, thank you. :rock:

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