the.com/light show
Music you watch instead of hear, for when the song alone can't justify the ticket price.
means A synchronized display of lights, lasers, or projections used to add visual spectacle to music, a building, or a performance.
from A straightforward compound of 'light' and 'show,' gaining its modern sense in the 1960s when psychedelic rock concerts began pairing music with projected oil-and-color displays and colored lighting rigs — a way to make the eyes trip along with the ears. The term simply widened from there to cover laser displays, drone shows, and the illuminated building facades of today.
- origin
- psychedelic rock era made them mainstream staple
- technology
- lasers need haze to even be visible
- drones
- now replacing fireworks at major events
- synesthesia
- designed to make you feel sound visually