La Roux performs in Ft. Lauderdale
November 1, 2010
Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Written by Kate Dingle
What’s not to love about the U.K.’s latest electro-pop export, La Roux? The music is catchy and infectious and certainly dance-able. They are a “duo”, but there is one pretty clear (and pretty cute) face of the act, Elly Jackson. But there is just one tiny thing, but I’ll get to that in a minute.
Last week, La Roux was in Fort Lauderdale to keep their promise to make it here after the show’s original date was cancelled due to Elly’s bout with bronchitis turned pharyngitis.
The sold out crowd showed up in full on La Roux gear complete with skin tight multi-colored leggings and over the top eye make-up. The nearly 50 minute set was packed with their entire catalog and plenty of love both given and received by Jackson. Everyone danced and sang along with every single song and the vocals from the crowd definitely overpowered Elly’s still healing voice.
But along with the help from the crowd, La Roux also had the help of pre-recorded vocals to help her get through the higher ranges that most of the songs demand. And although no one seemed to mind (and I certainly didn’t), I wanted to raise the question as to whether or not paying fans are bothered that musical acts use pre-recorded vocals in their live performances.
La Roux’s performance was the quintessential pop performance. Elly Jackson had the stage presence of a seasoned veteran and every single girl in the crowd with short hair seemed to live by the lyrics Jackson was singing (along with).
Although the show was fantastic, it was apparent that her voice was not up to par and by the end, she was clearly exhausted.
So with that being said, does it really matter if pre-recorded vocals are used during the live performance or do concert goers feel cheated out of the live show experience?
Photos by Christina Mendenhall
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