i hope you're just talking about his sincerity re: politics and not his music. i think his heart is still in the music.
but no, we won't ever see the same intensity as we did in the 90's with him. i mean, his whole pro-choice display on unplugged was really something.
I think the intensity is still there, its just different. Its not the youth filled angst that he once had, but he's still pretty passionate, at least as far as I can tell with the music.
you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
Yes, yes, yes. Yield is that middle point, Ed at his best is the middle point.
To borrow from another period: "Smallest oceans still make big, big waves"
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
I think the intensity is still there, its just different. Its not the youth filled angst that he once had, but he's still pretty passionate, at least as far as I can tell with the music.
yeah, i agree. also, this is a good thing. no one wants to see a 43 year old guy acting/speaking like he's 27. that's when rock becomes cringeworthy, you know?
no one wants to see a 43 year old guy acting/speaking like he's 27. that's when rock becomes cringeworthy, you know?
I don't know, I cringed a couple times at shows last year.
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
Yes, yes, yes. Yield is that middle point, Ed at his best is the middle point. When he spouts off bits he's read here and there... not so much
this middle point you speak of is what gave them the security to be comfortable. and from that, I think, came yield. the album. and also the ability to yield. obviously.
I don't know, I cringed a couple times at shows last year.
PBM
There were only 4 times I cringed at shows last year. The first three, were each time MMJ got on stage. That singer has the worst voice ever. The 4th time, was when some guy in Camden puked a couple of rows behind me and it started dripping in my direction. Yuck.
you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
There were only 4 times I cringed at shows last year. The first three, were each time MMJ got on stage. That singer has the worst voice ever. The 4th time, was when some guy in Camden puked a couple of rows behind me and it started dripping in my direction. Yuck.
the fact that you like riot act and hate mmj is not surprising.
the fact that you like riot act and hate mmj is not surprising.
at least you're consistant.
Bravo!
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
dude, that is awesome! really!! i need to tune in here a bit more maybe.
deep stuff
let me just see if i have it right: there's a novel depicting a character called the master whose writing a story (within the story) about Pilate and his affairs relating Jesus and his (not Jesus's) dog????
fuckin sweet. i want to read that book
welcome to the level of discourse on this thread! well done, willis (likepilate)
Seriously, I know you've touched on the themes of The Master and Margarita before, but this has really interested me.
To quote David Spade, "I am not much of a reader."
Is it a difficult read or fairly straight-forward?
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
Seriously, I know you've touched on the themes of The Master and Margarita before, but this has really interested me.
To quote David Spade, "I am not much of a reader."
Is it a difficult read or fairly straight-forward?
PBM
I wouldn't say it's difficult, but it is all over the place. There are so many characters and ridiculous things that go on that I could see some people being turned off by it. On the other hand, it's so original that it probably captivates most people. (The people I know that have read it)
Part of the thing is that it is translated and there is a good deal of political satire that falls through the cracks since we don't live in 1930s Moscow. I guess it's more like a dream, in all the imagery and wild things that go on. You'll take from it what you will.
I always have good intentions when I go to the library...I picked up Story of B and read the first 100 pages, got distracted and then didn't finish it.
It would be interesting to have everyone read the books related to YIELD and comment on them concurrently.
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
What's funny about this statement is that I was the opposite. I had never heard them prior to the Chicago show. I didn't like them (mostly because of the singing) very much at all. However, as I do with pretty much every band I see live, when I got home I checked out 'Z', and I liked it quite a bit and over time I learned to love the singing as well. It was just more of an aquired taste for me over time.
--"I'm like an opening band for the sun"
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
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i hope you're just talking about his sincerity re: politics and not his music. i think his heart is still in the music.
but no, we won't ever see the same intensity as we did in the 90's with him. i mean, his whole pro-choice display on unplugged was really something.
I think the intensity is still there, its just different. Its not the youth filled angst that he once had, but he's still pretty passionate, at least as far as I can tell with the music.
Yes, yes, yes. Yield is that middle point, Ed at his best is the middle point. When he spouts off bits he's read here and there... not so much
To borrow from another period: "Smallest oceans still make big, big waves"
PBM
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yeah, i agree. also, this is a good thing. no one wants to see a 43 year old guy acting/speaking like he's 27. that's when rock becomes cringeworthy, you know?
I don't know, I cringed a couple times at shows last year.
PBM
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this middle point you speak of is what gave them the security to be comfortable. and from that, I think, came yield. the album. and also the ability to yield. obviously.
There were only 4 times I cringed at shows last year. The first three, were each time MMJ got on stage. That singer has the worst voice ever. The 4th time, was when some guy in Camden puked a couple of rows behind me and it started dripping in my direction. Yuck.
(audible gasp)
the fact that you like riot act and hate mmj is not surprising.
at least you're consistant.
Bravo!
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i actually didn't mean that as a dig!
welcome to the level of discourse on this thread! well done, willis (likepilate)
again, like YIH says- we are classing up the joint.
Seriously, I know you've touched on the themes of The Master and Margarita before, but this has really interested me.
To quote David Spade, "I am not much of a reader."
Is it a difficult read or fairly straight-forward?
PBM
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no really! i am not one to cause problems!!
i just meant that the two make sense in terms of their styles and sounds. although i am no musicologist..
Part of the thing is that it is translated and there is a good deal of political satire that falls through the cracks since we don't live in 1930s Moscow. I guess it's more like a dream, in all the imagery and wild things that go on. You'll take from it what you will.
http://cr.middlebury.edu/public/russ...v/public_html/
It has lots of pointers and that fill-in-the-gap information that help in the understanding.
Luckily, I read this on my own and then read it again as part of a college course, so it's still pretty fresh in my mind.
It would be interesting to have everyone read the books related to YIELD and comment on them concurrently.
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Since this thread is generally positive I'll just say, the band was ok, and I won't talk about the singer.
I wasn't sold on them until I saw them...a great band.
Please watch this version of Gideon.
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I saw them open for PJ 3 times, and that was enough for me.
Yeah, that's a good one. Usually those things with the orchestras don't work, but that one was fun. The tuxedos helped.
What's funny about this statement is that I was the opposite. I had never heard them prior to the Chicago show. I didn't like them (mostly because of the singing) very much at all. However, as I do with pretty much every band I see live, when I got home I checked out 'Z', and I liked it quite a bit and over time I learned to love the singing as well. It was just more of an aquired taste for me over time.
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
how many of you are there?!