Musicological banter

Starsky wrote:

Space wrote:
I thought Paul was older and wiser than this.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/10/13/paul-mccartney-says-rolling-stones-a-blues-cover-band/8439133002/

After a certain age I give people a pass on saying stupid shit


But is he that wrong?

What age do I need to hit?

I am thinking like 75….

Sometimes when people get older they begin to speak more frankly….too frankly

Although I would think Paul’s team has to approve everything before it goes to print

It’s just the media making a big deal of the obvious: last week’s story that Lennon broke up the Beatles was just Paul restating what was said fifty years ago. John did break up the Beatles!

Now we are going to question that the Beatles drew from a wider source of music than the Stones?

But I guess some things are better left unsaid

Starsky wrote:

Space wrote:
I thought Paul was older and wiser than this.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/10/13/paul-mccartney-says-rolling-stones-a-blues-cover-band/8439133002/

After a certain age I give people a pass on saying stupid shit

so we can't make fun of old people, but we can excuse them for doing stupid things…not sure how this is supposed to work?

Just speaking for myself if someone is old I give them a pass on some stuff

Now if they are in politics it’s a bit different

Charley Drayton is Bob Dylan’s new drummer

God bless the wonderful Sebastian Bach…

Having a public persona often provides artists a platform to share their views, but it doesn't mean that it won't come without opposition. So when one musician, Staind's Aaron Lewis, used the concert stage to lead a "Fuck Joe Biden" chant in the president's birthplace and later blamed Democrats for "every fucking scar on this country," a rebuttal recently came from Sebastian Bach, who served up an F-bomb response right back.

"I just think for any meathead, ignorant musician that wants to get their crowd chanting, 'Fuck Joe Biden,' okay, anybody who wants to do that, I can say, 'Fuck you and your band, and fuck the guy that came before Joe Biden,' [who] I don't need to speak about anymore," stated Bach to Ultimate Classic Rock while not directly mentioning Lewis or former President Trump.



He then went on to defend the current president stating, "Joe Biden is an old man who has nothing but good intentions for the country, and there's nothing to not like about him. He's trying his hardest to get us back to normal, instead of the shit show that took away rock 'n' roll from us in 2020, and our kids' school, and everything that we know about America. Joe Biden has made America great again, and he's constantly under attack for no reason."

While Bach was vocal about his desire to see new leadership in the U.S. during the last election, he told UCR that he was not necessarily interested in fanning the political flames. "As soon as Joe Biden was elected president, I never mentioned the other guy ever again," he explained. "If you look at my Twitter, I flicked the switch. I go, 'I'm fucking done with that shit.' Because that's not who I am. I'm not out to be having political headlines with my face next to them all the time. But when you hit [science deniers] with hardcore shit like 'two plus two equals four,' those are fighting words to some people. If you hit 'em with shit like math, look out — you're crossing a line, man."

Rather, Bach would prefer to use his social media to promote the need to get vaccinated as the country continues to battle COVID-19 and the Delta variant. "I was stuck in my house [this summer after contracting COVID], and I had to get the fuck out of my house, I was like, 'What can I do to get out of my house?' I was like, 'Holy shit, I have a half a million people that follow me here on Twitter, and that's quite a big amount of people,'" says the singer.

Bach has since been able to return to the road, but remains vigilant in adhering to COVID safety protocols. "I actually do listen to what doctors say," he explains. "I check the news every morning, and lately, the news has been that the COVID cases seem to be going down, and we might actually be turning a corner in the fight to get back to normal. And if it keeps going like that, we're on tour at a really good time."

Word

that is the first thing i have ever respected sebastian bach for.  ever.

since we don't have a coming back out of retirement, etc thread…

It's being reported Simon Gallup say's he's rejoined The Cure

guess he had a heart to heart with his financial adivsor

<a href="https://twitter.com/snlhostsintro/status/1443672902012833821?s=20">Ladies and gentlemen…</a>

That was reported months ago but either way it’s great news

Guessing he had a talk with the boss

Now if they would finally release the album they've been talking about for years (and tour)

Arena-rocking Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford has been using $200 Squier Bullet Strats onstage


https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-rutherford-genesis-squier-bullet-strat

Maybe this has been posted before but it's new to me.

We coulda had Bryan Ferry. We got David Naughton (YouTube link).

no story, just a fun photo of the bassist and guitarist of some unknown bands

there was that "red flag" meme on twitter last week and one of my "red flags" is always "there is no good new music" so I made a dumb tweet and a rebuttal playlist called "Swagger: Reloaded" because all these new bands rock hard

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18VPkm2853pO9eAFFXJALq?si=14bdcc67ef4b496e

Some good stuff there. But I wouldn’t say they rock hard.

I am prone to exaggeration here  :D

As I twote “There are no new bands that Rock Out”

kosmo wrote:
As I twote

douglas adams would be proud.

sweetcell wrote:

kosmo wrote:
As I twote

douglas adams would be proud.

ahem - Dionne Warwick would be proud… get with the hot twotters on twitter