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| From | "rickbilous" <rickbilous@yahoo.ca> |
| Subject | Re: American Hi-Fi VS Fountains of Wayne |
| Date | Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:23:33 -0000 |
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Stewart, this has somehow went from American Hi-Fi VS Fountains of
Wayne into Rick VS Stewart. Whatever. I love how you paraphrase and
make up quotations for me. Would you like to be my press agent?
I never said I was mad. I certainly didn't state that Fountains of
Wayne didn't "rock me hard enough" - as I said before, it was a
musically great show, but without any chemistry. They did not connect
with me, and that is how they are. I am not saying they should act a
certain way. I find it impossible to understand how me seeing a band
that I paid for that didn't really seem enthused to play for the
audience that sang along with all their songs is MY (audience's)
fault.
I am only saying that I am not going to see them again. I still love
the band, I love the CD, but I don't like their live show. They acted
the way they do, and that's fine for some people, but I don't think
that they are helping their career by their live show demeanour.
> Trust me, I have a fully functional sense of humor. For example, I
think
> the way that you keep circling back to "These guys didn't act how I
wanted
> them to and that makes me mad!" is frickin' hilarious. And,
y'know, I
> don't think I know any "rock stars," whatever that means, but I've
worked
> (in several capacities) with many actual working musicians, as have
many
> other people on this list, several of whom are actual working
musicians
> themselves. (Note the word "working" there...it's a job like
anything
> else, with its own pros and cons.) Working in music IS fun, and
it's why
> those of us who work in the music industry on any level do so, even
though
> the pay is minimal at best. But -- and here's the thing --
different
> people have different concepts of "fun." Your position from the
beginning
> of this thread has basically boiled down to "These guys really
harshed my
> mellow, man," and no matter what anyone else has said, from the
viewpoints
> of fans OR performers, you "facetiously" continue to maintain that
> Fountains of Wayne simply did not rock you hard enough. That's
fine.
> Don't go see them anymore, then. But they did the show that they
do, the
> way that they do it. That doesn't include "witty repartee," as you
put it
> in your first message, nor much in the way of audience
interaction. (Given
> that Fountains of Wayne have always had a reputation for being only
> slightly warmer to their audience than Steely Dan, it seems like a
big fan
> like yourself might have known that chances were slight that Chris
was
> gonna lead the crowd in a great big campfire singalong version
of "Leave
> the Biker" in the first place.) Once again, since this seems not
to be
> getting through: Fountains of Wayne did the show Fountains of Wayne
wanted
> to do. It, apparently, was not the show Rick Bilous wanted
Fountains of
> Wayne to do. Your problem. Not theirs.
>
> You said they said that they said that they hated being on the road
and
> couldn't wait to get home. Well, you know, if my day job involved
dealing
> with people who expected me to act like THEY wanted me to, and then
went
> home and bitched to 500 other people because I didn't respond like a
> trained monkey...I think I'd be in a hurry to get home too.
>
> At 04:12 AM 9/11/2003 -0000, rickbilous wrote:
> >Stewart,
> >I never said it was their fault either, but yet you said that I
did.
> >Could we please avoid getting personal? Since you don't seem to
have
> >a sense of humour, I was being FACETIOUS. I know that Fountains of
> >Wayne is definitely not about sex, drugs and rock and roll.
Honestly
> >though, I don't think you could convince me that being a rock star
> >is such a tough gig. It is after all, the life that they chose.
And,
> >life is what you make of it. Bands like American Hi-fi are making
> >the most of their situation - I know it must suck being trapped in
a
> >van for days on end with the same people, but that would make me
> >(and them) want to let loose and party, not to be upset for being
> >there. Could you please inform me what it is like being a rock
star -
> > "rock star Stew"?
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