Mac the arrogant rambling diva strikes again ...............

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Postby In The Margins » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:57 pm

oceanbrain wrote:Heres Lips from saturday [you tube] ,i rest my case..........


I have to say...this performance wasn't that bad. The voice was good (gasp!), the music was sound and it looked like he shaved.

The rambling stuff in between is because he thinks of himself as a raconteur and he was actually attempting to playfully interact with the audience.

I don't see EATB anymore. My last show was Oct 2009. But I must admit, to hear Lips Like Sugar with the Bowie stuff (especially "when you rock and roll with me") inserted tugged on the heart strings.
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Postby black francis » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:08 pm

You're not mocking my Lord and Savior Tim Tebow are you??
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Postby In The Margins » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:18 pm

I thought Brett Favre was your Lord and Savior.
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Postby black francis » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:28 pm

Until he sent those cock shots to that big titty hussy and not me.
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Postby Ocean Rain » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:28 am

oceanbrain wrote:Heres Lips from saturday [you tube] ,i rest my case..........

He actually danced a bit! I dig it. :mrgreen:
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Postby T » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:37 am

As someone who has only returned to EATB after a decade away I find these shows car-crash compelling. Ian seems bored, resentful and cornered - is he quoting his own new song (Castle in a dream) during the breakdown of 'Lips..'? He seems to have little respect for anyone around him, including Wil and himself...but occasionally the music pushes them above everything despite it. Coming back to them after all these years I'd have expected them to be slick and professional, safe and predictable like most of their peers...its a pleasant suprise to see and hear how real, flawed and majestic they still are...
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Postby smokeandsteam » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:59 am

Good points T - that's how I feel too. It's not plodding musos going through their paces is it? There is something raw and real (and a bit sad) about Mac live now.
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Postby withahip » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:30 am

Raw and real? A voice scarred by ciggies, drinking and cocaine who can't hit the notes to the songs or remember the lyrics.

You like that he looks bored?


That's not raw- that is simply unprofessional and washed up.
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Postby smokeandsteam » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:48 am

But the alternative for 50 something popstars is what? Comfortable and safe and running through the greatest hits 'for the fans' and the pension?

Sometimes he's a pain in the arse, sometimes he's bonkers and sometimes he's a genius. What Mac will never be is predictable and boring.
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Postby black francis » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:07 pm

Sometimes I chuckle at the fact I get upset when rock star divas act like rock star divas.

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Postby smokeandsteam » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:19 pm

There is a fine line between growing old and still be cool and coming across as a sad old geezer. Mac crosses the line both ways, sometimes at the same time!
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Postby Joe-eatb » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:29 pm

Mac is Mac, he's like Jim Morrison wild and not always in control. He's also like Lou Reed a miserable bastard, but I still think he's the best. I can't believe people like Mr. Cheese and with a-hip come on here always and say how shit Mac is and how shit there concerts are and how they wont buy there cd's because there also shit. If you hate them why do you even care anymore, just because you where a fan many years ago. There are bands I use to love and now I don't anymore I don't go to there websites, and say how shit they are, I suggest if you hate the band and Mac then move on get a life.
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Postby smokeandsteam » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:43 pm

Very true Joe - it does seem that some on here just to moan about how bad it all is nowadays rather than accepting EATB warts an all!
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Postby withahip » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:43 pm

smokeandsteam wrote:But the alternative for 50 something popstars is what? Comfortable and safe and running through the greatest hits 'for the fans' and the pension?


That is exactly what he is doing, but out of tune.

The alternative?

Call it a day and go make music on your own that is better than anything your band has put out in the past 20 years.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbEtr5g20bg[/youtube]

Or, as a band, make some good music and tour healthy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzuvpHzU-U&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLB77199721131BABA[/youtube]
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Postby withahip » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:45 pm

smokeandsteam wrote:Very true Joe - it does seem that some on here just to moan about how bad it all is nowadays rather than accepting EATB warts an all!


That's bullshit. Just accept crap? So if EATB puts out The Fountain again with another cover I guess we just have to accept it.

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