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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: tmalicia on May 05, 2006, 02:32:00 am
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I didn't get a view from the lawn..did they use *every* screen to project crap, or were at least a couple of them devoted to the performance so people could actually see them?
I was also up front for AAR and HH and was too close to even see the screens...did either of them use the screens to benefit people farther back, like usual at Merriweather?
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I turned down two free tickets at about 4 p.m.
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none of the performances were shown on the big screens at all.
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ha ha, maybe they were trying to keep their fans under the illusion that they don't suck
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Originally posted by tmalicia:
ha ha, maybe they were trying to keep their fans under the illusion that they don't suck
Had to know the venom was gonna come sooner or later.
I took my girlfriends 14 year old nephew and his friend to the show last night and I will say that it may have been the loudest crowd I've ever been around. I don't really care for their music, but the kids LOVE them and they really know how to work the crowd.
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i dont know. how hard it is to work 14 year olds.
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It was ridiculously loud. Considering FOB's demographic, the onstage swearing and "leak" of that guy's johnson were nice touches. :)
Whatever. The kids do like 'em, which is why all the bands sounded exactly the same.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I turned down two free tickets at about 4 p.m.
Word.
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Enraged Mother Calls Fall Out Boy Concert 'Liberal Homosexual Rally' (http://news.yahoo.com/s/launch/20060508/en_launch/32237630)
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Mon May 8, 11:00 AM ET
An angry parent has written an email to Fall Out Boy's label, Island Def Jam Records, after taking her daughters to see the band last Tuesday (May 2) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The woman wrote that she was enraged by bassist Pete Wentz's "personal political testimony" onstage, complaining that "the ticket said 'all ages,' and your band was very foul-mouthed and anti-morals. Charlotte is not the demoralized city that liberal San Francisco and other cities across the North and West are...this was a concert, not some liberal homosexual rally."
The woman promised to contact national news organizations and other venues where Fall Out Boy would be playing, claiming that the band would lose "a lot of financial support" as a result. She concluded, "Your responsibility was to sing your songs. When you opened your mouth to talk, you blew it...By the way, my children will not be a part of your sick idea of family."
Wentz posted the letter at Fall Out Boy's website, along with his own response. The bassist wrote, "The only thing I said in Charlotte was, 'You can leave this show and say, â??I think this guy is an arrogant jerk,â?? or think, â??This band is better than this one,â?? because these are your opinions. The only thing we consider unacceptable is for you to engage in sexist, racist or homophobic behavior. If you do, we don't want you as a fan.'"
Wentz did offer an apology for any profanity he might have used, but did not change his stance, adding, "I encourage fans of our band to grow up to become good people and to change the world. Unfortunately, I don't believe that treating other people as inhuman is acceptable. (Our show) is not a liberal homosexual rally, but at the same time, it will never be a Ku Klux Klan rally."
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i thought it was a Shitty Music rally, actually.
or the Wilde Lake High School Prom.
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It's a good think she's never heard of Billy Bragg then huh...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
It's a good think she's never heard of Billy Bragg then huh...
or Pansy Divison.
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gotta love touring in those red states!
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I'll bet she would think nothing of any country artist doing a little opinionating..
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More parents should take their kids to shows...even if it is crap like Fall Out Boy. Maybe they should be the Fall OUT Boys? But then again, I'd rather have all the guys in Slayer come out of the closet. God, that would be so cool.
Does anyone think that there's homophobia in rock'n'roll? I'd be curious to hear what you think. I've heard people say things like Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe's biggest mistake was coming out of the closet. Do Judas Priest fans care about Rob Halford?
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I remember seeing a news clip of a Priest fan praising Owens (Halford's replacement) as being great because he wasn't a "faggot like Priest." But I'd be willing to guess those same fans shit their collective leather chaps when the original line-up reunited.
Originally posted by bearman:
Does anyone think that there's homophobia in rock'n'roll? I'd be curious to hear what you think. I've heard people say things like Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe's biggest mistake was coming out of the closet. Do Judas Priest fans care about Rob Halford?
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Originally posted by bearman:
Does anyone think that there's homophobia in rock'n'roll? I'd be curious to hear what you think. I've heard people say things like Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe's biggest mistake was coming out of the closet. Do Judas Priest fans care about Rob Halford?
I had a friend who was a massive Judas Priest fan. He said many "real fans" knew about Halford's orientation long before it was public and largely didn't care. As he put it when the news came out - "look at the guy. Is it really such a surprise?"
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When did Natalie Merchant "come out"? And what did she "come out" as? A mediocre folksinger?
Originally posted by bearman:
More parents should take their kids to shows...even if it is crap like Fall Out Boy. Maybe they should be the Fall OUT Boys? But then again, I'd rather have all the guys in Slayer come out of the closet. God, that would be so cool.
Does anyone think that there's homophobia in rock'n'roll? I'd be curious to hear what you think. I've heard people say things like Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe's biggest mistake was coming out of the closet. Do Judas Priest fans care about Rob Halford?
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I thought it's been long known she was a lesbian...I don't think she's ever really denied it, she just didn't do a whole big media thing.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
It's a good think she's never heard of Billy Bragg then huh...
or Pansy Divison. [/b]
Gayest band ever. But awesome.
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Originally posted by bearman:
I thought it's been long known she was a lesbian...I don't think she's ever really denied it, she just didn't do a whole big media thing.
If I'm not mistaken she used to the drummer in her band and even had a baby with him...just like Sarah McLachlan...
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Originally posted by Fico:
Originally posted by bearman:
I thought it's been long known she was a lesbian...I don't think she's ever really denied it, she just didn't do a whole big media thing.
If I'm not mistaken she used to the drummer in her band and even had a baby with him...just like Sarah McLachlan... [/b]
she had a baby just like Sarah McLachlan?
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Originally posted by bearman:
Does anyone think that there's homophobia in rock'n'roll? I'd be curious to hear what you think.
Not in the "I hate fags" sense, but it's still seen as the kiss of death to someone's image. Not so much in pop or indie music, but in regular rock and roll - sure. It rarely helps your career to be out, so people don't even want to be perceived as being gay. I don't think I'd really call that homophobic, but being out isn't exactly encouraged.
I've heard people say things like Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe's biggest mistake was coming out of the closet.
Stipe's biggest mistake was writing several albums-worth of boring songs. I've been following REM for over 20 years now and I don't think I've ever heard anything negative regarding Stipe's sexuality. His songwriting on the other hand...
Do Judas Priest fans care about Rob Halford?
For the most part, I'd guess no. He was legendary, then "retired" before coming out. It's hard to go back and say his earlier stuff sucked, years after-the-fact. I'll bet it would have been different had he come out while JP was still going strong though. It probably would have been ok to still like JP, but it wouldn't have been cool to REALLY like them or praise them the way people used to. Now their original fans are older and probably don't care much about stuff like that anymore.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Merchant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Merchant)
Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, USA) is a versatile professional musician.
Merchant co-founded and fronted the successful band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 (see 1981 in music), but left the band in 1993 (see 1993 in music) commencing a successful solo career. (She has been referred to as "the Poet Laureate of pop", or "the Emily Dickinson of pop".) Her debut solo album Tigerlily (1995) had three top-40 singles: "Carnival", "Jealousy", and "Wonder". In 1997, she first performed "Planctus," a song for voice and piano written for her by Philip Glass. In 1998, Merchant released Ophelia, supported by co-headlining Lilith Fair and the following year released Live in Concert.
In 2001, Merchant released her most critically acclaimed album, Motherland, and went on an extensive tour of North America and Europe. She parted ways with Elektra Records in 2003 and released a folk album of traditional songs called The House Carpenter's Daughter in September of that year on Myth America records; her own label. Merchant plays the piano, has produced and has written almost all of her songs.
Merchant has sung alongside Michael Stipe and David Byrne. She has also collaborated with Billy Bragg a number of times, including the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes and she has been active in raising a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name. Her website (that she has kept current) features a links section including one for The Nation, which continues to present some indication of her political relevance.
She is married and has a daughter.
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Oh like THAT means anything!! :)
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Yeah, I'm married and have two daughters!
Oh, wait a second....
mmmm la dee dah dee dah nothing to see here move along move along.