Results: Garth Brooks' Drive-In Concert (?) Controversy
Published on 07/18/2020
The survey below bis based on this article: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/garth-brooks-pulls-off-greatest-country-music-swindle-ever/
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1.
Do you enjoy the music of country singer Garth Brooks?
Yes
31%
896 votes
Sometimes
34%
984 votes
No
23%
668 votes
I've never knowingly heard his music.
11%
317 votes
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If you like Brooks' music, you may have at least been aware of the performance of his fed into roughly 300 drive-in movie theaters on Saturday June 27 2020, for which admission was $100 per carload of attendees. Did you attend this event?
Yes
4%
125 votes
No; I had no interest in and/or knowledge of it.
85%
2432 votes
No, but I had intended to attend.
11%
308 votes
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3.
I was hesitant to call the' performance fed to drive-ins a concert in the previous question because Brooks and his band may have performed the music live at one time, it wasn't occuring as its attendees were experiencing it. According to the article cited in the introduction,that's not the only point of contention those who paid $100 for entry could raise. Which of these other factors would you (or did you) find objectionable about Brooks' drive-in show?
The music wasn't solely that of the people on stage, but was emblelished by studio additions after the fact.
8%
238 votes
There were contrinuity errors in the show's video, such as background singers appearing on one side of the stage in some shots, then on the other side of it elsewhere.
8%
231 votes
Opening act, in a manner of speaking, Randall King, wasn't presented in a live performance context, but via videos already available online.
8%
228 votes
The sound of the show wasn't necessarily comparable to that of an in-person concert. If the drive-in where the show was being screened only had crummy speakers that attatch to attendees' car window, that's how the $100/carload audience heard Brooks and King.
10%
290 votes
Brooks plaeyd a 74-minute set; when singers much older than he is, such as Bruce Springsteen, can still consistently knock out shows exceeding two hours, Brooks could be seen as being stingy, especially considering the ticket prce.
8%
226 votes
None
65%
1870 votes
All
16%
467 votes
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I reviewed a Garth Brooks concetrt in 2015 and enjoyed it plenty (he's quite a showman apart from his musical talent). I was scheduled to see his drive-in show, but, for reasons I won't trouble you with sharing here, didn't. I'm now OK with having missed it. Though many people who saw the show were pleased, I'm of a mind to agree with the writer of the artiicle reference in this survey's intro' in saying that Brooks pulled off a spectacular swindle. Your thoughts?
Yes, Brooks swindled his drive-audiences.
16%
455 votes
No, I wouldn't say Brooks swindled his drive-in audiences.
16%
456 votes
I'm unsure whether he swindled those drive-in audiences.
36%
1032 votes
I don't care wheher he swindled those drive-in audiences.
32%
922 votes
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