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Dan Bobrowski
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Topic: Anyone else about to Vomit? Posted: December 08 2004 at 23:02 |
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I think they assumed the band would make something a bit more commercial. When they heard As the World, awesome as it is, they decided it was un-marketable. The refused to put it on shelves and would not support a tour. Anyway, here's another source. Check it out. http://www.echolynfan.com/progression-art(large).html Edited by danbo |
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 14:45 | |
Danbo, you mean the stuff in Postscripts I and II? But it basically just says that nothing happened. What I don't understand is, why? What was Sony's motivation for not doing anything to plug it? Did someone in Sony just think they had made a mistake signing the band, was there a personality clash, or... what?
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 13:14 | |
I think Motley Crue is a joke and CAN'T be taken seriously. That's the main reason they weren't discussed. U2 Used 2 be something relevant and had a certain amount of credibility. Motley Crue have always been a freak show with nothing important to say, thus, easily discarded. I wonder what kind of media attention a reunion of Peter Gabriel and Genesis might grab? Imagine: Gabriel and Collins singing Motown hits or 50's standards. MwahahhaHahahahaha. |
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 13:05 | |
http://www.echolyn.com/ray-atwdiary.php Here's Ray (bass, vocals) Weston's version of what happened with As the World.
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 12:29 | |
Danbo wrote: "Oh yeah, U2. I'm pretty tired of the whole media blitz. I'm sure the record company poured a few million into the ad campaigns. Sony signed Echolyn some years ago and after they cut the album As the World, Sony refused to support them with a tour or advertising and then locked up there previous recodings and tried to keep them from being sold. Assholes, the lot." Why *did* Sony do that? I mean, what were the company's motives?
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Garion81
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 12:28 | |
Peter,
Your friend "Bung" is he always a little behind?
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Garion81
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 12:27 | |
Interesting that that Crapity Crue wasn't the subject discussed but U2 was. I would rather money be put behind U2 than any talentless hair band from the 80's who are now 45 year old fat idiots (as opposed to 25 year old fat idiots and even worse they have procreated and call themselves fathers Think about it !!! We have a whole new generation of Tommy Lee jr. and Pam Anderson films to pass around) . They are having a WORLD TOUR, playing here in LA area the Forum, which seats 18,000 people. Do they really have that much interest? Kiss was bad enough. I had hoped to never hear from these guys again. Well, it can only be a short amount of time before we get the Men Without Hats, Cindy Laupner and Devo with Brian Seltzer tour. |
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 11:36 | |
It's a beautiful day, so I wont ask a certain Canadian Flyboy to nuke your house.... |
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 11:25 | |
Puke? A few years back I was running in every local race I could enter. We had one called the Can to Can race. It was only two miles, but you had to stop every half mile and drink a beer. You couldn't stand around and enjoy it or anything, it was a freekin' race, right? You had to slam the beer, hold the cup above your head to prove it was empty and then get back into the run. You could feel the beer sloshing around inside your belly as you hit your stride. By midway through the second mile the beer began to foam. It's an amazing sight, actually Pythonesque, in the beauty of twenty people, men and women alike, projectile vomiting all over the finish line. Proudly, I stood. One of only three others in a host of twenty five runners, who didn't puke. The poor sods who finished last, slipping and sliding before beginning their personal fountain impressions. Ha, those were the days.
Oh yeah, U2. I'm pretty tired of the whole media blitz. I'm sure the record company poured a few million into the ad campaigns. Sony signed Echolyn some years ago and after they cut the album As the World, Sony refused to support them with a tour or advertising and then locked up there previous recodings and tried to keep them from being sold. Assholes, the lot. |
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James Lee
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 11:22 | |
Are you sure you meant apathy? Wouldn't antipathy have been more appropriate? Although apathy does come closer to expressing my feelings for them. |
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sigod
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 10:34 | |
Ooh, do tell... |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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sigod
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 10:33 | |
Good man |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 10:31 | |
I am astonished about your apathy toward U2. They are a talented rock band.They play interesting songs and they entertain.What other purpose do they need to have? Could be a great new thread or poll though: Who is the biggest w**ker: Bono,Phil Collins or Sting ? Discuss. |
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Proghead
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:48 | |
I did a Rectroscopy 5 years ago , but I didnīt sh*t on anyone
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Peter
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:40 | |
HA! Good ones, guys! Puke stories, eh? Well, one of my worst such memories involves a crowded ferry, no supper, way too much cheap, crappy beer, the alluring odor of diesel, and the incessant, ear-splitting shriek of live bagpipes not ten feet away -- but I'm trying to repress that memory.... Now, maybe, if you're all good little boys and girls, Uncle Peter will tell you the one about my friend Bung, the baked beans, my mother's new couch, the nursing student, the "stuffed shirt," and the taxi, some day.... Quacky was there, too. |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 07:39 | |
Whatever happened to U2?
'Boy' and 'War' were two of the best early '80s albums by 'new' artists - 'Under a blood red sun' maybe less so, but still highly listenable. At Live Aid in 1985, they blew Wembley Stadium away..... then got the taste for stadium rock! Nowadays, I would rather have a wasp colonic than a U2 album. |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 07:32 | |
Hey, I've always bitten my tongue re U2 with friends who think the band is the best thing since sliced bread. I also think they're overrated, so I'm glad to find that I'm not alone.
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sigod
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 05:58 | |
Classy I had to go to hospital last week and have a Gastroscopy (I wouldn't recommend it as a leisure activity). This involves having a pipe with a camera on it inserted down your thorat so that they might have a look about your stomach and intestines. Naturally, I was acting all brave and when given the choice of sedation of a anaesthetic throat spray, I chose the latter. I chose...poorly Within a few seconds of the pipe being inserted I was heaving everywhere. I'm not sure, but I believe I covered everyone in the room quite liberally and even garnered a remark from the senior consultant; 'Good god! Where's he getting all of it from?' After five minutes I was wheeled out in silence with a streaming nose, bloodshot eyes and a rather stained shirt. The nurses outside looked at me in mild amusement as I had mouthing off not fifteen minutes beforehand that this would be 'a walk in the park'. Pride goeth before a fall....
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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sigod
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
Posted: December 08 2004 at 05:32 | |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: December 08 2004 at 03:28 | |
U2 and Marillion?! That's like comparing Village People to Beethoven!
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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