Ed and Amazon

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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    tish said:
    RS65573 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    I once had a wonderful head of hair. But the bald spot on top began peaking out in my mid-20's (knew it was coming, my father has it). And then the receding hairline. Now I shave it bald. It was tough telling the barber to do it at the time. But it had to be done. But I miss every strand. 

    It's not as bad as Seinfeld made it out to be though. 
    I just know, that when I remove whatever I have now... will be the last time I have hair. Rest of my life will be a life of a bald man...So I try to keep it as long as I can...
    Me too, I should shave it all off, I just cant.
    What about the hair on your head? 
    Or palms?
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    dankind said:
    tish said:
    RS65573 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    I once had a wonderful head of hair. But the bald spot on top began peaking out in my mid-20's (knew it was coming, my father has it). And then the receding hairline. Now I shave it bald. It was tough telling the barber to do it at the time. But it had to be done. But I miss every strand. 

    It's not as bad as Seinfeld made it out to be though. 
    I just know, that when I remove whatever I have now... will be the last time I have hair. Rest of my life will be a life of a bald man...So I try to keep it as long as I can...
    Me too, I should shave it all off, I just cant.
    What about the hair on your head? 
    Or palms?

    And....there it is.
    :lol:
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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,980
    Maybe Amazon is not so bad after all?


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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    SUB POP is selling an Eddie Bauer flannel collection. 2020 is not 1994. 
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Oracle World wasnt even bad.  Private stadium show for a bunch of folks who work from 9-5. Who cares?  Lol 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,533
    Abe Froman said:
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
    lol /thread
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,490
    Abe Froman said:
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
    So where is the limit where you would "give a fuck" ? 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    WHY WON'T YOU SHARE MY CONTRIVED OUTRAGE?!?!?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,490
    edited October 2020
    JimmyV said:
    WHY WON'T YOU SHARE MY CONTRIVED OUTRAGE?!?!?
    Focus on buying that designed flannel, instead of mocking other users.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    JimmyV said:
    WHY WON'T YOU SHARE MY CONTRIVED OUTRAGE?!?!?
    Focus on buying that designed flannel, instead of mocking other users.

    Casting judgement at others is your game.  Putting a question mark at the end of it does not change that.

    You hate Amazon.  You hate that EV would associate with Amazon, whatever the (unknown) purpose.

    Got it. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,533
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Abe Froman said:
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
    So where is the limit where you would "give a fuck" ? 
    let me ask you, what is the difference between ed being hired to play a gig by amazon and he or the band being hired by live nation to play a gig? they are both promoters in this instance. in the case of the former, however, all they are promoting is employee happiness and morale. 

    a band or musician is paid to entertain. 

    it probably doesn't hurt that jeff bezos and trump hate each other. LOL
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  • Gravey1975
    Gravey1975 Posts: 342
    I'm gonna bite here, not cos I disagree (you'll see a few pages back that I said times have changed yadda yadda) but because I do think there is a bit of a difference between playing a gig organised by say Live Nation vs a corporate gig. And that is that with a traditional show the band are at least playing under the auspices of it being "for the fans", whereas if it's a corporate show a high proportion of those attending will not be fans of the band, so it is more gratuitously "for the money". 

    For the record, I've been to a few corporate gigs over the years via my job, and most have been terrible. The bands are clearly ashamed to be playing to a bunch of disinterested suits and put in a sub par performance. It's brazen. That said, I saw Metallica play at Salesforce Dreamforce back in 2011 and they were proper professional and put on a solid show. So I think the lesson is this: if you're gonna take the corporate dollar, at least go the whole hog and embrace it and do your damn job. And I'm pretty sure that PJ would/do give it 100%. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,533
    the entire point of touring/playing shows in any form is to make money and promote your music to make money. so it doesn't really matter (to me) if it's a corporate gig, a wedding, or wrigley stadium, or a subway station. the band is there to make money and hopefully to connect with the audience and to play for the sake of playing. 

    to me if the artist is ultimately ok with what they are doing, or if they aren't and they simply need to do it to live, then who am i to judge. 
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Abe Froman said:
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
    So where is the limit where you would "give a fuck" ? 
    I don’t know why Ed played. I don’t know what he got paid. I don’t know what he did or plans to do with the money if he did get paid. I have no idea if Amazon supports/donated to causes Ed is involved in. Therefore, I don’t give a fuck he played 2 songs virtually for some Amazon employees. 

    It seems to me Ed and the band have always had pretty consistent and thoughtful reasoning behind their decisions (even if I don’t always agree with them) so I respect that and don’t jump to outrage or pointing hypocritical fingers at every little thing they do. 
  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,068
    Abe Froman said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Abe Froman said:
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
    So where is the limit where you would "give a fuck" ? 
    I don’t know why Ed played. I don’t know what he got paid. I don’t know what he did or plans to do with the money if he did get paid. I have no idea if Amazon supports/donated to causes Ed is involved in. Therefore, I don’t give a fuck he played 2 songs virtually for some Amazon employees. 

    It seems to me Ed and the band have always had pretty consistent and thoughtful reasoning behind their decisions (even if I don’t always agree with them) so I respect that and don’t jump to outrage or pointing hypocritical fingers at every little thing they do. 
    all of this.  the whole discussion on this has jumped the shark.  
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,533
    ComeToTX said:
    Abe Froman said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Abe Froman said:
    Ed played two songs virtually and made a bunch of Amazon employees happy. Who gives a fuck 
    So where is the limit where you would "give a fuck" ? 
    I don’t know why Ed played. I don’t know what he got paid. I don’t know what he did or plans to do with the money if he did get paid. I have no idea if Amazon supports/donated to causes Ed is involved in. Therefore, I don’t give a fuck he played 2 songs virtually for some Amazon employees. 

    It seems to me Ed and the band have always had pretty consistent and thoughtful reasoning behind their decisions (even if I don’t always agree with them) so I respect that and don’t jump to outrage or pointing hypocritical fingers at every little thing they do. 
    all of this.  the whole discussion on this has jumped the shark.  
    it's been that way ever since backspacer and the target distribution partnership. probably much earlier. but that's the oldest memory I have of this type of discussion today. 
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,068
    i could see why people were upset with the target show and the oracle show because they took all their gear across multiple states and didn't play a regular tour stop.  this is eddie sitting in his house playing 2 songs. 
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    edited October 2020
    ComeToTX said:
    i could see why people were upset with the target show and the oracle show because they took all their gear across multiple states and didn't play a regular tour stop.  this is eddie sitting in his house playing 2 songs. 
    Even that reasoning for being upset about Target and Oracle seems pretty thin. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,533
    ComeToTX said:
    i could see why people were upset with the target show and the oracle show because they took all their gear across multiple states and didn't play a regular tour stop.  this is eddie sitting in his house playing 2 songs. 
    that's pretty weak in itself in my opinion. that's like me going to a friend's for dinner and everyone along my route being mad i didn't stop in. and setting up shows is a lot more work than the pop in. 
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