Gazza wrote on Jun 4
th, 2013 at 12:15pm:
LadyJane wrote on Jun 3
rd, 2013 at 9:04pm:
Direct your anger at the correct place.
Mick Jagger
I read a thread on Shidoobee callng for fans to boo her.
Not her fault.
Would YOU turn down a chance to perform with The Stones??!!
Neither would I.
I agree its not her fault.
The Stones should get booed instead.
And the blame lies with all four of them. Not just Jagger.
Pam's comment about Ronnie and Keith just looking at each other during this farce speaks volumes.
Have the other three band members done some ass-backwards faustian pact with Jagger or something where they sell him the soul of the band in order to trouser another $20 million each?
When these prospective guests were mooted, how difficult was it for the rest of the band to say 'wise the fuck up - this is going to make us a laughing stock like never before' ?
I'm reading some facebook pages today and I cant believe there are people whose cheerleading has made them so blind that they're actually defending this. Revisionist bollocks suggesting that 'The Stones have always been about sharing their stage with up and coming talent, apparently (er, no they fucking havent - and on the few occasions they have done, its been for TV shows or theyve done it with acts with a bit of artistic credibility. Not teenagers whose target market havent even grown pubic hair yet)
Some board regulars of longer vintage may recall a visual atrocity on the last tour which came to be known as 'The Salt Lake Incident'. This unquestionably surpasses it. I cant bring myself to even watch it as I fear that once I do it can never be unseen.
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Gazza ... I really can't deal with Taylor Swift normally. When I heard she was the guest ... I literally almost vomited. I never cared for her at all ... and I think she is manufactured, overrated, and "weak/lame".
However ... I at first refused to watch it... BUT eventually my curiousity got the best of me and I decided to hit play and do myself in ...
Gazz ... I gotta say ... it was "Gulp" ...not too shabby and I actually stomached it. It was at least done tastefully, and for the first time, I actually could listen to Taylor Swift. Look.... I was just as upset as you when I heard she was going to be a guest but I must admit...it really wasn't half bad, and they did it with some taste. Was actually a decent performance, really.
Ian