well done Brian Fallon Gaslight Anthem

eboweddie
eboweddie Posts: 1,133
edited July 2013 in The Porch
please read this. i have more respect for him now after writing this


http://thegaslightanthem.tumblr.com/

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  • gettingright
    gettingright Posts: 550
    Honest and real; it's rare to get such an inside view of an artists mind, and couldn't help picture Bruce and Ed starting a slow clap at the end :lol:
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  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Video of Sunday's "Incident" (facebook)
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,031
    Cool.

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,986
    So I watched that video and had a hard time figuring out.

    I did see a point where he offered to cover Bon Jovi and the crowd was against that decision. Perhaps you shouldn't ask the crowd what songs they want to hear.....
  • No Coder
    No Coder Brisbane Posts: 1,126
    I saw Brian and the boys on the recent tour of Oz and I have seen them a few years ago as well. Love this band and appreciate what he is saying - BUT, when you do play a lot of covers over the years, people love hearing them too.

    They have worn their love of Bruce and PJ on their sleeves and do some great covers of their songs and of other artists. Fans love to hear these songs live.

    I totally understand that they are the ones up on stage and control the gig and nothing annoys me more than when people constantly yell out requests at gigs. I do like that he is stating that the band is changing direction and I'm all for it, but Brian can have a love/hate relationship with his crowd when he is not felling them. I think he needs to chill and understand that he will never make everyone happy and do what he wants without explaining himself.
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  • RS151862
    RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,737
    No Coder wrote:
    I saw Brian and the boys on the recent tour of Oz and I have seen them a few years ago as well. Love this band and appreciate what he is saying - BUT, when you do play a lot of covers over the years, people love hearing them too.

    Not only do they play a lot of covers they released Sliver as a single. I don't get what hes complaining about. Just be thankful that people are willing to pay to see you play.
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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,115
    Eh... I really like Gaslight Anthem but he comes off as a bit of a dick in that post.
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  • Vytis33
    Vytis33 Posts: 196
    So this guy asks the crowd in Bruce's backyard what cover song they want to sing along to and they yell Bruuuuce. Fallon literally wrote lyrics that said "no surrender my Bobby Jean." He plays GaGa and Jovi but them yelling for a Boss tune sets him off.

    What an idiot.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,031
    on2legs wrote:
    Eh... I really like Gaslight Anthem but he comes off as a bit of a dick in that post.
    I understand why he feels the way he does - I think it's pretty rude to yell out songs over and over myself. but it might not have been the best idea to go off about it like that publicly. Fans don't particularly like getting a tongue lashing from a lead singer who doesn't think they are appreciating him properly... They'll appreciate him (or not) any damn way they please (and the other fans will be the ones to give them tongue lashings if they aren't doing it right :lol: ). And if he's asking the crowd what they want to hear, then his comment really don't make much sense. Maybe he was drunk posting. :lol:
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  • No Coder
    No Coder Brisbane Posts: 1,126
    RS151862 wrote:
    No Coder wrote:
    I saw Brian and the boys on the recent tour of Oz and I have seen them a few years ago as well. Love this band and appreciate what he is saying - BUT, when you do play a lot of covers over the years, people love hearing them too.

    Not only do they play a lot of covers they released Sliver as a single. I don't get what hes complaining about. Just be thankful that people are willing to pay to see you play.

    And their iTunes sessions was pretty much all covers bar 1 or 2 songs. Most youtube videos of Radio performances includes cobvers as well.
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  • cmm6734
    cmm6734 Houston, TX Posts: 569
    I'm sorry, but he sounds like a completely arrogant asshole. You usually start a band because you love playing music, other artist's music. You play covers, get your bearings, then you write your own songs. So what if people want to hear a Springsteen song or a Pearl Jam song? You don't have to insult your fans because you don't want to play it. Grow up.
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  • DPrival78
    DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,264
    aren't these guys basically a glorified bar band anyway?
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,031
    DPrival78 wrote:
    aren't these guys basically a glorified bar band anyway?
    I really had never listened to them until about 15 minutes ago.... :|
    Why do they do so many covers??
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    DPrival78 wrote:
    aren't these guys basically a glorified bar band anyway?
    I really had never listened to them until about 15 minutes ago.... :|
    Why do they do so many covers??

    How many covers are we talking about here?
  • scratched vinyl
    scratched vinyl Posts: 742
    I really liked Gaslight back in their early days, until I read one too many interviews with Brian Fallon; he's kind of a ding dong. It's the occasional side effect of reading up on artists who's music you like, sometimes they turn out to be ding dongs.
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Digital Twilight wrote:

    How many covers are we talking about here?

    http://www.setlist.fm/stats/the-gasligh ... 644fa.html

    Not that many. Not any more than PJ.
    FIrst cover is #46 on the list. Many only have a couple plays.
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  • South of Seattle
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    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Cool.

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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Never been to a Gaslight show. I have their albums and I enjoy them.

    I will say this though...I can't stand being at a PJ show or listening to a boot and someone feels the need to yell "Footsteps" or some other song.

    It's not the same, he's talking about covers and I'm not, but it's just the yelling of songs. Drives me nuts. Anyway, mindless rant over, continue on your day
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Ed came out and did S.O.L.A.T with them at Deluna fest it was off the hook.Brian told the crowd he was a 10c member and we can't know his #.Dude is one of us.Let him be.Hope your reading this thread bro.Keep on fighting the good fight.

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  • MagnumPJ
    MagnumPJ Posts: 80
    Was at the show last night and there wasn't a rampant "bruce" chant, more so a section up front. Despite quite the unfavorable weather it was a favorable crowd - as it usually is for their shows.

    Having seen them a bunch of times and read/seen many interviews with them, it is inevitable that they get asked about bruce almost every time. Now Bruce has played with them and they have dropped little bruce tributes throughout their music in the past, but it has to be brutal even it perhaps was their own doing in the beginning. And if they weren't from the same neck of the woods in NJ as the Boss then none of this would have ever continued to play on the way it has. But it has, and I think he was also addressing that it is a band, not just him. They view themselves as a band, each of whom has different tastes and inspirations. Must be maddening at this point.

    Unfortunate the way things turned out last night. Stepping out of the spotlight as he suggests is probably best, as it is could distance themselves from the ominous "B" word. And I'm a huge Bruce fan.

    Also, huge Hold Steady fan...last night's opener..check them out.

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