I always find live shows on film kind of boring. Even my favorite ones, I kinda zone out … - Win Butler

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Win Butler

I always find live shows on film kind of boring. Even my favorite ones, I kinda zone out for most of it. It's just so different seeing a band in the flesh and then watching a film of it, even if you have a hundred cameras and it's shot from every angle. There's just a communal, visceral thing that never translates very well.

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