Red Mosquito

liebzz wrote:I’m all fairness, I read twice on here where Eddie got lost in his own metaphor, but yeah we don’t take kindly to outsiders criticizing our guys. It’s only okay from within the fan base. Ha.

FlatSideofaDog wrote:Well, again, the interviewer accused him of hypocrisy and selling out throughout, and also implied that their music isn't as good as it used to be. For what it's worth, I agree with the interviewer for the most part. The only interviews I've seen that resemble this one, though, are hostile. EV isn't a politician making policy decisions. He isn't really a relevant pop culture figure at all anymore. I just don't see this exchange falling in the spectrum of normal interviews of musicians.

Birds in Hell wrote:

FlatSideofaDog wrote:Well, again, the interviewer accused him of hypocrisy and selling out throughout, and also implied that their music isn't as good as it used to be. For what it's worth, I agree with the interviewer for the most part. The only interviews I've seen that resemble this one, though, are hostile. EV isn't a politician making policy decisions. He isn't really a relevant pop culture figure at all anymore. I just don't see this exchange falling in the spectrum of normal interviews of musicians.

I don't see what you're seeing.

It seems very much within the normal range of musician interviews to me.

Hatfield wrote:At the risk of sounding whatever, we haven’t had an issue selling tickets over the years. If there’s been ebbs and flows in the amount of people that care, we’ve had enough people that cared and continued to care that we haven’t noticed. I don’t know if that’s been for better or worse. At least we’re not chasing anything.

I have a question about not chasing things: When you got started in music, the idea of not selling out was central. Now the concept has basically disappeared.
This is good news! This means that the fragrance that I’m about to put out won’t be looked down upon!

Hatfield wrote:Because with songwriting it’s almost like you can’t think about it in order to let it happen. Getting to some authenticity or relaying some experience — it’s about getting out of the way.

bodysnatcher wrote:Imagine what an Ed fragrance would smell like

Birds in Hell wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Imagine what an Ed fragrance would smell like

Seawater, sweat and Gatorade.

WtOB? wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Great interview. Glad to see someone take Ed to task with some hard questions. Typically not something you see with Ed interviews. Like Argo said, I’m glad he didn’t let him off the hook when he gave typically vague answers or told stories he’s told a million times.

yeah, one of the better interviews i've read in some time. i love the irony of anyone who posts on rm having the attitude of "who the hell is that guy to not treat eddie like a genius king at all times!?"

Kevin Davis wrote:

Hatfield wrote:Because with songwriting it’s almost like you can’t think about it in order to let it happen. Getting to some authenticity or relaying some experience — it’s about getting out of the way.

This quote really sums up Eddie's recent writing in a nutshell to me. "I don't write the songs; the songs write themselves through me." He seems to really value this first-thought-best-thought, "just get lost in the inspiration," "watching Stevie Wonder play was like watching him become one with the music," etc., metaphysical gobbledygook, and man does the music ever sound like it.

Birds in Hell wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

Hatfield wrote:Because with songwriting it’s almost like you can’t think about it in order to let it happen. Getting to some authenticity or relaying some experience — it’s about getting out of the way.

This quote really sums up Eddie's recent writing in a nutshell to me. "I don't write the songs; the songs write themselves through me." He seems to really value this first-thought-best-thought, "just get lost in the inspiration," "watching Stevie Wonder play was like watching him become one with the music," etc., metaphysical gobbledygook, and man does the music ever sound like it.

I don't have anything to add, but this is a good observation and I agree 100%.

Tj wrote:Well there is something to be said for both approaches. Yellowledbetter Alive and Release all seemed to happen out of his stream of consciousness writing style. I would guess Faithful and Red Mosquito as well.