Red Mosquito

nevermind, I can read all about it here:
http://whatisabrony.com/

slow work day today, team

Stone sang part of "Let It Go" tonight at the Berlin show

stip wrote:is the Brony thing dads watching the show with their kids, or like full fledged independent people getting into this? Because I really like the show in the context of watching it with Ellie and sharing it with her, but when she goes to bed I am not busting out the DVDS myself (at least not when my wife is home)

If i'm on the same team as stip and Kevin Davis on something, do I have to write a book now?

bodysnatcher wrote:Stone sang part of "Let It Go" tonight at the Berlin show

attention whore

Mine wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Stone sang part of "Let It Go" tonight at the Berlin show

attention whore

Stone: "Let it go, let it goooooo!..."
Ed: *eyeroll* "No shit."

bodysnatcher wrote:Stone sang part of "Let It Go" tonight at the Berlin show

It couldn't have sounded worse than the diarrhea spewing out of Ed's mouth the other night . . .

Chris_H_2 wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Stone sang part of "Let It Go" tonight at the Berlin show

It couldn't have sounded worse than the diarrhea spewing out of Ed's mouth the other night . . .

more political rants?

Thurman Murman wrote:Honestly the issue here is not the choice of song to "cover", but how poorly it was executed.

This is what it all comes down to. I'd be fine with Ed doing an entire album of Disney songs if he could sing them well. This was the worst. But I agree that it's just a few seconds of a "Daughter" tag and not deserving this much scrutiny.

i want to hear stone´s take.

By the way the berlin setlist is insane.

I can't believe we're still listening to this band now that we know they don't always practice and perfect their 20 second Daughter tags.

Iholdthepain wrote:

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:LuNY-tic

Iholdthepain-inmyhemorrhoid

Damn, dude... That one hurts.

I gotta say, you lost me when you said they became amazing in 1998. That was close to the time they started slipping out of amazing status, became great for about 5-7 years, then eventually slipped into the self-celebratory, sell-out, turn-their-back-on-their-own-principles joke of a classic rock band that they are now.

Yes, I buy into the post-Riot Act moneygrab theory.

"Roll role models in blood..."

How did they sell out exactly? You lost me there, and if you bring up Target you must remember what Jeff said in an interview on that subject. He talked about Targets philanthropy which was one of the biggest reasons they went with it. I can't imagine what the hell else you would be talking about. Role models in blood. Is that about his wife? Ever think she is just a great person who happened to model? How did they turn their backs on own principles? You lost me there. They are a big band, they were signed to Epic from the start, what are you talking about?

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:LuNY-tic

Iholdthepain-inmyhemorrhoid

Damn, dude... That one hurts.

I gotta say, you lost me when you said they became amazing in 1998. That was close to the time they started slipping out of amazing status, became great for about 5-7 years, then eventually slipped into the self-celebratory, sell-out, turn-their-back-on-their-own-principles joke of a classic rock band that they are now.

Yes, I buy into the post-Riot Act moneygrab theory.

"Roll role models in blood..."

How did they sell out exactly? You lost me there, and if you bring up Target you must remember what Jeff said in an interview on that subject. He talked about Targets philanthropy which was one of the biggest reasons they went with it. I can't imagine what the hell else you would be talking about. Role models in blood. Is that about his wife? Ever think she is just a great person who happened to model? How did they turn their backs on own principles? You lost me there. They are a big band, they were signed to Epic from the start, what are you talking about?

Well, for starters, there's the Ticketmaster thing. Yeah, I remember interviews from Jeff... the one where he talks about wanting to keep ticket prices down. He related it to when he was a kid and wanted to go see shows, but they were just too damn expensive. Now I have to pay $100 for a Ticketmaster ticket to sit up in the wings of a sold-out arena... after TM and the band BOTH gouge the fans. But I guess it's as easy as supply and demand to them now. Oh, and philanthropy, my ass! It was a huge (and terrible) attempt to get back into the mainstream and sell more records. There's the pop-up merch booths, where YES the merch has become more important than the music for this band. Speaking of merch... a fucking Mystery Box??? Dog collars? etc... Don't they now have ANOTHER version of Ten that they're pushing? I know every band wants to make more money, but jeez! At what point does PJ look in the mirror and self-reflect?

Oh, and careful who you shit on, because she just may become your future wife... and YES, I'm sure she's a great person. If nothing else, she successfully donated great genes to help create a beautiful little girl... Thank GOD the Oh, Beth lines were cut from the boots.

One more thing... singing 'Let It Go' as a request from your kid is cool. Just don't put it in the middle of a song about incest, FFS!

Iholdthepain wrote:One more thing... singing 'Let It Go' as a request from your kid is cool. Just don't put it in the middle of a song about incest, FFS!

Y'know, I just assumed at this point that Ed was changing the words to Daughter to "I love my daughter/she looks like me/in this picture here where she's smiling," when they perform it live.

Iholdthepain wrote:

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:LuNY-tic

Iholdthepain-inmyhemorrhoid

Damn, dude... That one hurts.

I gotta say, you lost me when you said they became amazing in 1998. That was close to the time they started slipping out of amazing status, became great for about 5-7 years, then eventually slipped into the self-celebratory, sell-out, turn-their-back-on-their-own-principles joke of a classic rock band that they are now.

Yes, I buy into the post-Riot Act moneygrab theory.

"Roll role models in blood..."

How did they sell out exactly? You lost me there, and if you bring up Target you must remember what Jeff said in an interview on that subject. He talked about Targets philanthropy which was one of the biggest reasons they went with it. I can't imagine what the hell else you would be talking about. Role models in blood. Is that about his wife? Ever think she is just a great person who happened to model? How did they turn their backs on own principles? You lost me there. They are a big band, they were signed to Epic from the start, what are you talking about?

Well, for starters, there's the Ticketmaster thing. Yeah, I remember interviews from Jeff... the one where he talks about wanting to keep ticket prices down. He related it to when he was a kid and wanted to go see shows, but they were just too damn expensive. Now I have to pay $100 for a Ticketmaster ticket to sit up in the wings of a sold-out arena... after TM and the band BOTH gouge the fans. But I guess it's as easy as supply and demand to them now. Oh, and philanthropy, my ass! It was a huge (and terrible) attempt to get back into the mainstream and sell more records. There's the pop-up merch booths, where YES the merch has become more important than the music for this band. Speaking of merch... a fucking Mystery Box??? Dog collars? etc... Don't they now have ANOTHER version of Ten that they're pushing? I know every band wants to make more money, but jeez! At what point does PJ look in the mirror and self-reflect?

Oh, and careful who you shit on, because she just may become your future wife... and YES, I'm sure she's a great person. If nothing else, she successfully donated great genes to help create a beautiful little girl... Thank GOD the Oh, Beth lines were cut from the boots.

One more thing... singing 'Let It Go' as a request from your kid is cool. Just don't put it in the middle of a song about incest, FFS!

Really the jamily is remiss in not carrying out a pogrom against models years ago.

We should've stopped referring to anything Ed does as "singing" about five years ago.

Bob Loblaw wrote:We should've stopped referring to anything Ed does as "singing" about five years ago.

we have a winner

I just got an email about this from a friend who works at Disney World. That's the first time anybody's ever emailed me about Pearl Jam.

Pearl Jam is kind of a big deal.

Iholdthepain wrote:

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

LuNY wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:LuNY-tic

Iholdthepain-inmyhemorrhoid

Damn, dude... That one hurts.

I gotta say, you lost me when you said they became amazing in 1998. That was close to the time they started slipping out of amazing status, became great for about 5-7 years, then eventually slipped into the self-celebratory, sell-out, turn-their-back-on-their-own-principles joke of a classic rock band that they are now.

Yes, I buy into the post-Riot Act moneygrab theory.

"Roll role models in blood..."

How did they sell out exactly? You lost me there, and if you bring up Target you must remember what Jeff said in an interview on that subject. He talked about Targets philanthropy which was one of the biggest reasons they went with it. I can't imagine what the hell else you would be talking about. Role models in blood. Is that about his wife? Ever think she is just a great person who happened to model? How did they turn their backs on own principles? You lost me there. They are a big band, they were signed to Epic from the start, what are you talking about?

Well, for starters, there's the Ticketmaster thing. Yeah, I remember interviews from Jeff... the one where he talks about wanting to keep ticket prices down. He related it to when he was a kid and wanted to go see shows, but they were just too damn expensive. Now I have to pay $100 for a Ticketmaster ticket to sit up in the wings of a sold-out arena... after TM and the band BOTH gouge the fans. But I guess it's as easy as supply and demand to them now. Oh, and philanthropy, my ass! It was a huge (and terrible) attempt to get back into the mainstream and sell more records. There's the pop-up merch booths, where YES the merch has become more important than the music for this band. Speaking of merch... a fucking Mystery Box??? Dog collars? etc... Don't they now have ANOTHER version of Ten that they're pushing? I know every band wants to make more money, but jeez! At what point does PJ look in the mirror and self-reflect?

Oh, and careful who you shit on, because she just may become your future wife... and YES, I'm sure she's a great person. If nothing else, she successfully donated great genes to help create a beautiful little girl... Thank GOD the Oh, Beth lines were cut from the boots.

One more thing... singing 'Let It Go' as a request from your kid is cool. Just don't put it in the middle of a song about incest, FFS!

OK, maybe this isn't the thread for this, as I don't have a problem with the 15-second cover (although it's a damn shame this is the most publicity they've gotten since Last Kiss).

I was watching "Hype!" (from 1996 - you know the documentary on how everyone cashed in on the "Seattle Scene") and this REALLY jumped out at me. Ed says:

"And they'll just keep taking and taking and taking. And they just don't know how to restrain themselves. You know, they're frothing at the mouth over this. And the bands aren't, I mean the bands aren't really in it for dough. I mean, they just aren't. That would...if they were...that would (holds hand up and drops it down in a tipping motion)...tip over the music."

(Ed looks REALLY young - he hasn't aged well....)

Interesting. Dammit, I still love them, but I hate what they've become. Thoughts?

signed,

TFR (sellout)