Red Mosquito

Strat wrote:

DeLima wrote:

Strat wrote:

DeLima wrote:I gotta give this round to Neil over Eddie. Eddie yelled, Neil at least did something. And if he wants to stick to the peace, love and music message, why not play Tel Aviv like Neil was going to? The message would have more meaning there.

Actuall neil was kind of a pussy about it. "Safety concerns" as the official reason for cancellation. He could have spoke up.

I think Eddie's the pussy here. He yells and then delivers a kind of self-glorifying pacifist speech. Neil was gonna play Tel Aviv, and when he was forced to cancel, donates to cross-cultural art initiatives. That's actually trying to help.

Certainly but I still feel Neil could have said something. he seemed to have pulled out after mounting pressure from fans/musicians alike.

theplatypus wrote:I'm not policing anything. I'm confused as to why folks were praising that response when it felt to me like a whole lot of nothing that neither clarified his stance nor addressed the criticism. I could be missing something.

Strat wrote:Currently, I’m full of hope. That hope springs from the multitudes of
people that our band has been fortunate enough to play for night
after night here in Europe. To see flags of so many different nations,
and to have these huge crowds gathered peacefully and joyfully is
the exact inspiration behind the words I felt the need to emphatically relay.
When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert,
we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with
so we may all have a better understanding of each other.

Lament wrote:

Strat wrote:Currently, I’m full of hope. That hope springs from the multitudes of
people that our band has been fortunate enough to play for night
after night here in Europe. To see flags of so many different nations,
and to have these huge crowds gathered peacefully and joyfully is
the exact inspiration behind the words I felt the need to emphatically relay.
When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert,
we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with
so we may all have a better understanding of each other.

If a lead singer other than Ed said this, this paragraph would be getting annihilated on this board.

BurtReynolds wrote:If Weird Al said this we'd all be sucking his wiener.

theplatypus wrote:

Lament wrote:

Strat wrote:Currently, I’m full of hope. That hope springs from the multitudes of
people that our band has been fortunate enough to play for night
after night here in Europe. To see flags of so many different nations,
and to have these huge crowds gathered peacefully and joyfully is
the exact inspiration behind the words I felt the need to emphatically relay.
When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert,
we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with
so we may all have a better understanding of each other.

If a lead singer other than Ed said this, this paragraph would be getting annihilated on this board.

Bono. You mean Bono, right?

Lament wrote:

Strat wrote:Currently, I’m full of hope. That hope springs from the multitudes of
people that our band has been fortunate enough to play for night
after night here in Europe. To see flags of so many different nations,
and to have these huge crowds gathered peacefully and joyfully is
the exact inspiration behind the words I felt the need to emphatically relay.
When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert,
we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with
so we may all have a better understanding of each other.

If a lead singer other than Ed said this, this paragraph would be getting annihilated on this board.