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Post by *ech* on Apr 22, 2024 8:52:05 GMT 1
This BJ Sting concert review wasn't supposed to get traction. I put no work into it.
I did put work into my Film School review.
As you can see:
electriceye.freeforums.net/thread/2548/school-dotti-whistle-diego-south
But the response was tepid.
What have we learned?
What?
What have we learned?
People aren't interested in reviews of bands they don't know, and nobody knows Film School but this guy, OB.
To wit, OB hasn't clicked on *ech*'s Cymande review. But *ech* reviews a lot more shows than OB, and *ech* doesn't include a tranny report which has become an OB staple ever since the Dying Fetus show where OB witnessed trannies hanging from the rafters of the HOB.
OB didn't include a tranny report in this BJ Sting review (not yet at least), and people are reading the review anyway because it says "Billy Joel" and "Sting" in the subject.
The Nobleman I have never seen Billy Joel live (I never went out of my way to see him, either) and I haven't seen Sting in over a decade, so I definitely appreciate the review, even if it wasn't your most complete work. Obviously, these big names are more interesting to most people than some artists no one has heard of. You can lament it, but it is a fact that people in our age group (over thirty, to summarize) respond to things they already know and/or like as opposed to things that are new or unknown. I'm certainly guilty of that: if presented with an article on The Rolling Stones and one on Camilla Cabello, I will invariably chose the Stones. Commenting is yet another level of engagement, and I understand that not everyone can commit to it, especially when they are busy in that infuriating REO thread. I read every review here, but it's sort of my responsibility (although I no longer read every post, thankfully) and I try to thank people for their contribution but admittedly I don't always have something to contribute myself. And this is a novel approach in the internet age: if you have nothing to say, shutting up is perfectly fine. In that spirit, I don't include informations about trans concertgoers in my own reviews when the information is null or irrelevant. That said, I remember enjoying that Film School review of yours, and I believe I even said so at the time. But I'm a sucker for this sort of content, and it is the real raison d'ĂȘtre of this forum, at least originally. The fact that it devolved into a conversation about Sludge, baller guns and shitfucking racehorses was perhaps inevitable. At least there are no drawings of tranny dongs.
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Post by sure suckita lot on Apr 27, 2024 21:44:30 GMT 1
*Updated*: Billy Joel and Sting at Petco Park in San Diego - 4/13/24 (boomer ruckus)
Background, circadian rhythms, and dinner Let's see. I don't really like Sting or Billy Joel, and I certainly don't like stadium shows. But my friends had an extra ticket, and if it's a night out with my friends or stay home like a dopehead and do nothing, I'll go out. Especially at night. Because I'm a nighttime guy.
(Life at night. That's OB's circadian rhythm. Science says that's a sign of genius, and who is OB to disagree with science?)
So OB bought dinner for the group downtown because he's generous and that ticket couldn't have been cheap.
Then over to Petco Park.
Here's an establishing shot as to how far up we were.
Sting Sting is really fucking cut. Here.
He's also a really good bass player, and he sings live. His music isn't my bag, but I enjoyed it. It was a good performance. He played for 90 minutes. Lot of stuff on the upbeat, like reggae influenced, and that seemed to run through The Police songs and the Sting songs. So I figured he must have written those Police songs, and I googled it when I got home, and I was right. Sting wrote most of their songs, most of their hits.
So back in the day Sting pulled a Rob Zombie. He said to his band, fuck you guys. I don't need this shit. I'm leaving and I'm taking my voice and my face and my songwriting with me. (really it was Rob Zombie that pulled a Sting since Sting did it first.)
Do you want to know what OB thought of Sting before this show?
This.
This shit was always all over MTV. I wanted them to play something cool like Ratt. I'd always be flipping back to MTV to see if they were playing something cool, but they were always playing that fucking Sting video.
But walking away from the show, I thought of Sting as a baller. For his bass playing, for his singing, for being is such great shape at 72, for living in a castle, and for staying with the same bitch for 8 or 9 decades.
Trannies I saw no trannies at this show.
Billy Joel This is Billy Joel doing his best Mick Jagger as they played "Start Me Up."
You can see BJ wearing a baller scarf. OB, too, was wearing a signature Noble scarf. It was cold. It rained on us while the musicians were covered on stage. (The cold didn't stop Sting from showing his sick baller guns, supra)
For some reason, I had an impression of Billy Joel as being off the rails. Driving cars into buildings like George Michael. I don't know much about him. But he seemed sober, healthy, and in good spirits.
And he even mentioned that he wrote one song or another when he was in his 30's never thinking he would be still singing it when he was in his 70's. So bear with him, he said, if he didn't hit all the high notes. That shit's legit. Old man up there giving it his best. And he sounded good. And unlike Dave Mustaine, he kept it real.
I think BJ played for close to 2 hours, and it was a good show. It all seemed live. But "We Didn't Start the Fire" had to be to a click because there was video imagery of all this shit he was mentioning.
Do you know that song?
Questions will be addressed in the order received.
The Nobleman
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Post by suckit on Apr 27, 2024 21:58:44 GMT 1
The Police were my favorite band growing up. Sting solo sucks.
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Post by *ech* on Apr 28, 2024 21:53:56 GMT 1
That was a great review, and the photos were a nice touch. Thanks!
Sting is an amazing bass player. How he can play those inventive lines while singing beautifully at the same time is an amazing feat. I disagree with the above statement that his solo stuff sucks. I think it's great until Ten Summoners' Tale. Then it becomes quite tepid, but that's still an amazing body of work from 1978 to 1993. I saw him three times: once in 1993, once with the Police in 2007, and once in 2011. Brilliant every time.
I've warmed up to Billy Joel in the past decade, I would really love to see him play his hits. Alas, he hasn't played in France since Clapton knows when.
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