"Boston" Brad Delp Suicide Note: 'I Am a Lonely Soul'
PUSSS...@aol.com
Associated Press Writer
ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) -- Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston
who killed himself last week, left behind a note in which he called
himself "a lonely soul," according to police reports released
Thursday.
The note was paper-clipped to the neck of Delp's shirt when police
found his body at his Atkinson home, on the bathroom floor, his head
on a pillow. He had sealed himself inside with two charcoal grills;
toxicology tests showed he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide
poisoning.
"Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," the note
read.
Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits,
"More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He was cremated Wednesday,
after a private funeral earlier in the week.
His fiancee, Pamela Sullivan, called police March 9 after noticing a
dryer vent tube connected to the exhaust pipe of Delp's car. In the
garage, police found a note taped to the door leading into the house.
"To whoever finds this I have hopefully committed suicide. Plan B was
to asphyxiate myself in my car."
In another note on a door at the top of the stairs, Delp cautioned
that there was carbon monoxide inside.
"I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation. I
have lost my desire to live," he wrote. The note also included
instructions on how to contact his fiancee: "Unfortunately she is
totally unaware of what I have done."
Police later found four sealed letters in an office addressed to
Sullivan, his children, their mother, Micki Delp, and another couple
whose identity was not disclosed. Police Lt. William Baldwin said
police gave the letters to family members without reading them.
Sullivan told police that Delp "had been depressed for some time,
feeling emotional (and) bad about himself," according to the reports.
He had planned to marry Sullivan this summer during a break in a tour
with Boston. A lifelong Beatles fan, Delp also played with the tribute
band Beatle Juice.
mg
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:
: The note was paper-clipped to the neck of Delp's shirt when police
: found his body at his Atkinson home, on the bathroom floor, his head
: on a pillow. He had sealed himself inside with two charcoal grills;
: toxicology tests showed he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide
: poisoning.
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:
: Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits,
: "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He was cremated Wednesday,
: after a private funeral earlier in the week.
:
I know I'n going to go to hell for this but.... I wonder if they used his grills?
He shoulda used propane, burns cleaner. (Hank Hill)
FragileWarrior
Just out of curiosity, is Brad the guy that quit Boston at one point and
who later returned?
Ice Was One of Us
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>
> Just out of curiosity, is Brad the guy that quit Boston at one point and
> who later returned?
Yes. He left after Third Stage (could you blame him? Scholz only liked to
produce an album about once every 8 years) and came back for Corporate
America. In between Walk On came and went with Fran Cosmo.
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Icebreaker
What if Ice was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
doomella
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> "FragileWarrior" <FragileWarrior@f'loonsmustdie.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> Just out of curiosity, is Brad the guy that quit Boston at one point and
>> who later returned?
>
> Yes. He left after Third Stage (could you blame him? Scholz only liked to
> produce an album about once every 8 years) and came back for Corporate
> America. In between Walk On came and went with Fran Cosmo.
I give credit to anybody who can tell the difference between Boston, Kansas,
Foreigner, Air Supply and Styx.
LidsvilleNine
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> >> Just out of curiosity, is Brad the guy that quit Boston at one point and
> >> who later returned?
>
> > Yes. He left after Third Stage (could you blame him? Scholz only liked to
> > produce an album about once every 8 years) and came back for Corporate
> > America. In between Walk On came and went with Fran Cosmo.
>
> I give credit to anybody who can tell the difference between Boston, Kansas,
> Foreigner, Air Supply and Styx.
Holy shit, you amaze me. The similarities are superficial, as your
posts are, and few, as I wish your posts were.
doomella
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Domo arigato.
obbz...@yahoo.com
> "Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," the note
> read.
Another self-absorbed asshole who's been a multi-millionaire most of
his adult life for doing relatively little, who can't find
fulfillment.
The list of useful things he could have done with his time & money is
endless.
Boo-fucking hoo.
Sorry folks, there are too many grieving parents of children dying of
diseases who never had the choice for me to put this slobbering twit
on the list of things to care about.
Btw, like Kurt Cobain*, he's essentially told his woman - "hey girl,
you weren't worth staying alive for, later!"
*This is of course assuming Miss Love didn't off him herself as has
been theorized.
JennyB
>
> > "FragileWarrior" <FragileWarrior@f'loonsmustdie.com> wrote in message
> >news:etes3q$bii$7...@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...
>
> >> Just out of curiosity, is Brad the guy that quit Boston at one point and
> >> who later returned?
>
> > Yes. He left after Third Stage (could you blame him? Scholz only liked to
> > produce an album about once every 8 years) and came back for Corporate
> > America. In between Walk On came and went with Fran Cosmo.
>
> I give credit to anybody who can tell the difference between Boston, Kansas,
> Foreigner, Air Supply and Styx.
Boston and Kansas are the geographically-named bands that suck, and
the others are the non-geographically named bands that suck.
--Jen
Karen E.
Seriously? I can maybe see confusion between the new versions of those
bands, but nobody sounds like Dennis DeYoung, and Air Supply really has
their own sound.
Karen E.
subscriber1997
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air supply .........foreigner ...journey
all pretty much sounded the same to me
i liked em
doomella
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Ha!
I knew I wasn't alone.
JennyB
I think most Styx fans (though I myself am not a Styx fan) think
Dennis DeYoung ruined Styx, and so does Tommy Shaw for that matter.
And sure, Air Supply has their own sound. So does fingernails on a
chalkboard.
--Jen
Karen E.
Styx fan here. DeYoung screwed things up with the over-theatrics, sure,
but that was well into the band's existence. I do think they're still
pretty good. I like Cyclorama a lot. (And the short number "Bourgeois
Pig" makes their opinion of DeYoung pretty clear.) I'd pay money to see
Styx, but not DeYoung, but that doesn't mean I don't think he
contributed to their success.
Karen E.
LidsvilleNine
That's witty, but shows ignorance. What doesn't suck to you? The Judds?
LidsvilleNine
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I'm not arguing with your opinion so much as your Nascar mentality
reasoning. It's funny how the commonly ignorant always dislike talent
and throw money and lust at image.
doomella
An elevator-music fan accusing somebody else of having a "Nascar mentality"?
wes...@laway.net
wrote:
Karen:
Ever listen to The Cadillacs? Hendrix? Doris Troy? The Edsells?
Beethoven?
LidsvilleNine
> "LidsvilleNine" <LidsvilleN...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Care to explain that one, woman/man? Elevator music??
Karen E.
No, yes, no, no, and yes. I also enjoy the Gipsy Kings, Johnny Cash,
Handel, the Teddybears, Frank Sinatra, bagpipe music, Jerry Reed, and
drum corps performances. Why?
Karen E.
doomella
I'm sorry you're so devastated that I'm not a "Boston" fan. I'm sure you
wouldn't care for much of the music I like, and I'm equally sure that I
wouldn't become a foamy-mouthed, defensive hysteric if you posted that you
couldn't tell the difference between the Pixies and the Stooges.
JennyB
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> - Show quoted text -
No...I just don't like overwrought arena rock from the 70's. My
favorite band is the Clash, but I also love Bowie, early Kinks, Who
and Stones, the Ramones, X-Ray Spex and others. The only country
artists I like are Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson -- sorry to burst
your bubble. No Judds.
--Jen
cocoa
> - I am a lonely soul,"
There are a lot of them.
maryanne kehoe
>There are a lot of them.
There was a creepy ad in the local paper for the summer Chastain
concerts. Boston was listed, but with a big "CANCELLED" across the ad.
What is really strange about all this is Tom Scholz' silence---was there
a rift brewing?
subscriber1997
be advised one and all
the doomella/o character is very
edgy and an unapologetic fan of obscure
'punk rock' music ....................lol
s/he looks down @ anyone who is
unaware of these 'musical groups'
subscriber1997
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why does this Maryanne Keyhole
remind me of that SNL skit a few back ..
the one with those whiiiinnny big fat butts
people ............not only were they bores
but insistent about it too............
wes...@laway.net
OMG! You mean "The Widettes"? Funny stuff!
jem33
> .................who's been a multi-millionaire most of his adult life
I wouldn't be so sure about that. He didn't write or co-write the
great majority of Boston's songs, and none of the big hit singles I
believe, and that's where most of the income from the records comes
from. The band didn't tour all that much either, the other source of
rock income. I don't know if he was a millionaire or not, but my
guess is that he wasn't.
Programbo
What are you talking about?..Most of those groups sound nothing
alike
chef_boyhowdy!
I got some news for you.
this is a celebrity gossip group.
basically, you're trying to educate a bunch of receptionists and
administrative assistant tabloid droolers, to wake up and achieve any sort
of an open mind about music.
not going to happen.
chef_boyhowdy!
like a lot of obscure punk band fans, Doomella probably has absolutely ZERO
real music experience on any level, and Lidsville has considerable. Sure
they are both entitled to opinions, but theres the educated and experienced
opinion, and then theres the person with none, who only knows what she
likes, and everything else "sucks".
i've got albums by both bands, the Stooges made the worst sounding album
ever, Raw Power, and the Pixies never made an album I could finish
listening to. I've got Doolittle. Yuck. Not my thing at all. If playing
really amateurishly and bragging about how poorly you played, is good, then
yeah, both groups are really good at what they do.
doomella
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>
> like a lot of obscure punk band fans, Doomella probably has absolutely
> ZERO
> real music experience on any level, and Lidsville has considerable. Sure
> they are both entitled to opinions, but theres the educated and
> experienced
> opinion, and then theres the person with none, who only knows what she
> likes, and everything else "sucks".
Oh, fuck off, you bitter and tedious bore. Anybody who thinks the Stooges
and the Pixies are "obscure punk bands" doesn't have a freakin' clue.
What, exactly, is "real music experience on any level"?
>
> i've got albums by both bands, the Stooges made the worst sounding album
> ever, Raw Power, and the Pixies never made an album I could finish
> listening to. I've got Doolittle.
You don't like Raw Power? Good for you. You like Boston? Good for you. So
you're into "overwrought arena rock" as somebody so astutely characterized
it. I like some awfully schmalzy bands as well. My musical tastes are all
over the map. I love Leif Garrett's "I was Made for Dancin'" and Johnny
Cash's rendition of "Personal Jesus." I like the Pixies and the Stooges. I
love old Syd Barrett and disco and Sylvester and Adrien Belew and Daniel
Johnston and a whole bunch of people you jealously slam because they may not
have the *pedigree* and robotic dexterity you pretend to applaud. What
makes me think you're a failed, utterly sexless and terminally bitter
session musician who's incapable of hitting anybody where rock'n roll is
supposed to hit you -- below the belt?
>Yuck. Not my thing at all. If playing
> really amateurishly and bragging about how poorly you played, is good,
> then
> yeah, both groups are really good at what they do.
It must suck to be you.
subscriber1997
fuck all that shit
gimme John Gary
LidsvilleNine
>
> - Show quoted text -
You continue to be a frothing dumbass. I'll waste a little breath to
inform you that I've both played in a punk band and an experimental
band for which I was the songwriter as well as being past president of
our symphony orchestra of which I'm a performing member (try to resist
the obvious joke there if you can). You seem to only listen to
mainstream stuff. Where's this wide range of tastes to which you
allude?
LidsvilleNine
mostly good stuff. You do seem averse to talented vocalists, with
Daltrey being somewhat of an exception. You prefer vocalists who have
a gimmick to their voice, as opposed to someone with a range of
several octaves who could actually sing on pitch. It's a shame you
didn't appreciate Brad Delp.
LidsvilleNine
> "doomella" <doome...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>
>
>
There is nothing obscure or edgy about the groups Doomella listed.
This is very "I read Rolling Stone's Record Guide" mainstream stuff.
Not bad by any means, but not noteworthy.
LidsvilleNine
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Oh, I know you're absolutely right. It's just difficult to sit still
when people post such stupid vomit. How would they feel if someone
said they couldn't tell Richard Drefuss from Richard Gere? lol
LidsvilleNine
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>
>
> > like a lot of obscure punk band fans, Doomella probably has absolutely
> > ZERO
> > real music experience on any level, and Lidsville has considerable. Sure
> > they are both entitled to opinions, but theres the educated and
> > experienced
> > opinion, and then theres the person with none, who only knows what she
> > likes, and everything else "sucks".
>
> Oh, fuck off, you bitter and tedious bore. Anybody who thinks the Stooges
> and the Pixies are "obscure punk bands" doesn't have a freakin' clue.
You have him on this one.
> What, exactly, is "real music experience on any level"?
Well, you just outed yourself in a big way. rofl. I keep blinking and
looking again to see if you really posted that.
>
>
>
> > i've got albums by both bands, the Stooges made the worst sounding album
> > ever, Raw Power, and the Pixies never made an album I could finish
> > listening to. I've got Doolittle.
>
> You don't like Raw Power?
The Stooges were a fun train wreck. I guess you could list them under
"raw power", but that's a stretch. Pixies ?????? Are you kidding?
Good for you. You like Boston? Good for you. So
> you're into "overwrought arena rock"
It's interesting that you never ever address talent. Everything is
style and category to you. Do you ever listen to music just for the
music?
as somebody so astutely characterized
> it. I like some awfully schmalzy bands as well. My musical tastes are all
> over the map. I love Leif Garrett's "I was Made for Dancin'"
My God.
and Johnny
> Cash's rendition of "Personal Jesus." I like the Pixies and the Stooges.
Yes, you've been uncharacteristically clear on that point.
> love old Syd Barrett and disco and Sylvester
That's whelming.
and Adrien Belew and Daniel
> Johnston and a whole bunch of people you jealously slam because they may not
> have the *pedigree* and robotic dexterity you pretend to applaud.
Another stupid comment. Adrian Belew is known for musical skill, but
not for making listenable music.
What
> makes me think you're a failed, utterly sexless and terminally bitter
> session musician who's incapable of hitting anybody where rock'n roll is
> supposed to hit you -- below the belt?
Those session musicians played a lot of the music you think was
recorded by your "raw power" bands.
>
> >Yuck. Not my thing at all. If playing
> > really amateurishly and bragging about how poorly you played, is good,
> > then
> > yeah, both groups are really good at what they do.
>
> It must suck to be you.
You sound downright envious of the guy.
LidsvilleNine
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>
>
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> > "chef_boyhowdy!" <attila_the_ton...@nowaynohow.com> wrote in message
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ROFL!! I just spun a couple of his 45s. sorting through a box of old
records. There actually was a decent song on one of them.
LidsvilleNine
wrote:
>
Captain Obvious here - yes, that should be Dreyfuss. I just type
faster and faster and worse and worse...
doomella
> On Mar 19, 8:15 pm, "doomella" <doomel...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "chef_boyhowdy!" <attila_the_ton...@nowaynohow.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1byl6h0om49h8$.auwza3l4rb6b.dlg@40tude.net...
>>
>>
>>
>> > like a lot of obscure punk band fans, Doomella probably has absolutely
>> > ZERO
>> > real music experience on any level, and Lidsville has considerable.
>> > Sure
>> > they are both entitled to opinions, but theres the educated and
>> > experienced
>> > opinion, and then theres the person with none, who only knows what she
>> > likes, and everything else "sucks".
>>
>> Oh, fuck off, you bitter and tedious bore. Anybody who thinks the Stooges
>> and the Pixies are "obscure punk bands" doesn't have a freakin' clue.
>
>
> You have him on this one.
>
>> What, exactly, is "real music experience on any level"?
>
> Well, you just outed yourself in a big way. rofl. I keep blinking and
> looking again to see if you really posted that.
>>
>> > i've got albums by both bands, the Stooges made the worst sounding
>> > album
>> > ever, Raw Power, and the Pixies never made an album I could finish
>> > listening to. I've got Doolittle.
>>
>> You don't like Raw Power?
>
> The Stooges were a fun train wreck. I guess you could list them under
> "raw power", but that's a stretch. Pixies ?????? Are you kidding?
They're a fun train wreck. I like to run to "Into the White." Why do you
care so much?
>
> Good for you. You like Boston? Good for you. So
>> you're into "overwrought arena rock"
>
> It's interesting that you never ever address talent. Everything is
> style and category to you. Do you ever listen to music just for the
> music?
Errr... yeah, that's all I listen to music for.
> as somebody so astutely characterized
>> it. I like some awfully schmalzy bands as well. My musical tastes are
>> all
>> over the map. I love Leif Garrett's "I was Made for Dancin'"
>
> My God.
and Johnny
>> Cash's rendition of "Personal Jesus." I like the Pixies and the Stooges.
>
> Yes, you've been uncharacteristically clear on that point.
>
>
>> love old Syd Barrett and disco and Sylvester
>
> That's whelming.
>
> and Adrien Belew and Daniel
>> Johnston and a whole bunch of people you jealously slam because they may
>> not
>> have the *pedigree* and robotic dexterity you pretend to applaud.
>
>
> Another stupid comment. Adrian Belew is known for musical skill, but
> not for making listenable music.
Well, let's see. I love"Six String." My boyfriend loves "Six String."
Despite your supposedly learned opinion that it isn't "listenable." I don't
think Boston is "listenable." That doesn't make it unlistenable.
> What
>> makes me think you're a failed, utterly sexless and terminally bitter
>> session musician who's incapable of hitting anybody where rock'n roll is
>> supposed to hit you -- below the belt?
>
> Those session musicians played a lot of the music you think was
> recorded by your "raw power" bands.
I have nothing against session musicians, and I do happen to know a tad more
than you'd like to think. Don't you ever listen to music for the music?
doomella
When did I ever claim to be edgy?
doomella
>> I'm sorry you're so devastated that I'm not a "Boston" fan. I'm sure you
>> wouldn't care for much of the music I like, and I'm equally sure that I
>> wouldn't become a foamy-mouthed, defensive hysteric if you posted that
>> you
>> couldn't tell the difference between the Pixies and the Stooges.- Hide
>> quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> You continue to be a frothing dumbass. I'll waste a little breath to
> inform you that I've both played in a punk band and an experimental
> band for which I was the songwriter as well as being past president of
> our symphony orchestra of which I'm a performing member (try to resist
> the obvious joke there if you can).
It was rather easy to resist.
I'm very proud of you that you were in a punk band. My boyfriend has been
in several. I hang out with them constantly. You're not the only beacon of
rock culture in my life.
>You seem to only listen to
> mainstream stuff. Where's this wide range of tastes to which you
I like Fuckemos, Sylvester, Willie Nelson and Mudhoney. There's a range. I
never claimed to be edgy or off the path. I did imply that I wasn't a
Boston fan, and that seemed to throw you into a weird, wounded type of
hysteria.
chef_boyhowdy!
>
> Oh, fuck off, you bitter and tedious bore.
heh. struck a nerve, didnt it, bitchy.
Anybody who thinks the Stooges
> and the Pixies are "obscure punk bands" doesn't have a freakin' clue.
> What, exactly, is "real music experience on any level"?
stage and studio time.
which i'm sure you have exactly zero of.
> You don't like Raw Power? Good for you. You like Boston? Good for you. So
> you're into "overwrought arena rock" as somebody so astutely characterized
> it. I like some awfully schmalzy bands as well. My musical tastes are all
> over the map. I love Leif Garrett's "I was Made for Dancin'" and Johnny
> Cash's rendition of "Personal Jesus." I like the Pixies and the Stooges. I
> love old Syd Barrett and disco and Sylvester and Adrien Belew and Daniel
> Johnston and a whole bunch of people you jealously slam because they may not
> have the *pedigree* and robotic dexterity you pretend to applaud. What
> makes me think you're a failed, utterly sexless and terminally bitter
> session musician who's incapable of hitting anybody where rock'n roll is
> supposed to hit you -- below the belt?
nice meltdown.
pure punk anger.
if you learned how to play guitar, and learned some barre chords, maybe you
could channel that into some half assed songwriting.
Instead, you have this place to vent.
>
> It must suck to be you.
it would really fucking suck for you to go thru your album collection and
find me on there somewhere.
yeah, i might be.
chef_boyhowdy!
> I have nothing against session musicians,
could have fooled me, in fact, you did
>and I do happen to know a tad more
> than you'd like to think.
fool me once, shame on you
fool me twice, shame on me
chef_boyhowdy!
just tweak them. its entertainment. you know you nailed them in their
forehead when they meltdown like Doomella.
"girlfriend of a punk musician"
that made me laugh.
JennyB
>
Sorry, but merely having a good voice just doesn't do it for me. That
is why I can't watch American Idol. Yes, the guy from Boston may have
had a good vocal range, but the lyrics were insipid and I found
Scholtz's music to be cold. I fail to see how any of the
aforementioned had gimmicky voices. I'm sorry, but I think that late
70's arena rock has to be the worst music in rock and roll history.
That doesn't mean I am ignorant, that doesn't mean my taste is
mainstream (which was a veiled insult -- I'm sorry, you can't get any
more mainstream than Boston), it just means that my taste is different
from yours. Not a big deal.
--Jen
JennyB
>
It's always really hilarious to me when people make statements like
this. On the rare occasion that I visit this newsgroup, there is
always some holier-than-thou yob trying to insult the regulars of the
group. It usually takes the form of some demeaning, usually female-
oriented, job or claiming that they know for certain what the person
looks like. Yet these are the people who post most frequently.
Project much? I am sure that you are doing *very* important work
yourself.
--Jen
subscriber1997
Aug. 14th 2002
Doomella
wrote:
Are you masturbating at that fantasy, or does the irony keep getting
in the way?
> "girlfriend of a punk musician"
> that made me laugh
Not sure whom you're quoting there, but if you laughed, it could only
be a good thing. You sound like you could really use a chuckle. It's
only fair, because it was pretty funny being shrilly scolded by
hysterical, self-congratulatory *music insiders* who consider Boston
and Lita Ford the epitome of talent.
Doomella
wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:15:31 -0400,doomellawrote:
>
> > Oh, fuck off, you bitter and tedious bore.
>
> heh. struck a nerve, didnt it, bitchy.
Hey, you're the one who decided to rudely barge in, hurl lame
insults, and flex your silly "music muscles" and pontificate about
your fantabulous musical pedigree. If anybody "struck a nerve," as
lame Usenet denizens are so quick to blurt out in desperation, I must
have struck one in you.
>
> Anybody who thinks the Stooges
>
> > and the Pixies are "obscure punk bands" doesn't have a freakin' clue.
> > What, exactly, is "real music experience on any level"?
>
> > You don't like Raw Power? Good for you. You like Boston? Good for you. So
> > you're into "overwrought arena rock" as somebody so astutely characterized
> > it. I like some awfully schmalzy bands as well. My musical tastes are all
> > over the map. I love Leif Garrett's "I was Made for Dancin'" and Johnny
> > Cash's rendition of "Personal Jesus." I like the Pixies and the Stooges. I
> > love old Syd Barrett and disco and Sylvester and Adrien Belew and Daniel
> > Johnston and a whole bunch of people you jealously slam because they may not
> > have the *pedigree* and robotic dexterity you pretend to applaud. What
> > makes me think you're a failed, utterly sexless and terminally bitter
> > session musician who's incapable of hitting anybody where rock'n roll is
> > supposed to hit you -- below the belt?
>
> nice meltdown.
Yours? Not really. Kind of bitter and hysterical.
>
> pure punk anger.
>
> if you learned how to play guitar, and learned some barre chords, maybe you
> could channel that into some half assed songwriting.
Like you? Besides, I'm beginning to suspect I could kick your ass on
bass. In fact, I *know* I could.
>
> Instead, you have this place to vent.
You see no irony in that statement, I take it.
> > It must suck to be you.
>
> it would really fucking suck for you to go thru your album collection and
> find me on there somewhere.
> yeah, i might be.
Why on earth would I care? You may well be, you may not be. I don't
own any Lita Ford albums, so I'd tend to doubt it, but many bands who
are fantastic live suck in the studio. Workaday session musicians have
saved many an album.
You're the one who's all bent out of shape because I don't like
Kansas. I'm glad you're so proud of
LidsvilleNine
You don't perceive the difference between an incredible voice and some
goof on American Idol?
Yes, the guy from Boston may have
> had a good vocal range, but the lyrics were insipid and I found
> Scholtz's music to be cold.
True in some cases. As I mentioned before, Delp was the reason to
listen to Boston, not the hack guitar riffs. I also see no comparison
between Boston (their heyday was around 1976) and the hair - arena
bands mentioned.
I fail to see how any of the
> aforementioned had gimmicky voices. I'm sorry, but I think that late
> 70's arena rock has to be the worst music in rock and roll history.
> That doesn't mean I am ignorant,
Not completely, anyway. You are confusing genres, though; as well as
hijacking the argument.
that doesn't mean my taste is
> mainstream (which was a veiled insult -- I'm sorry, you can't get any
> more mainstream than Boston), it just means that my taste is different
> from yours. Not a big deal.
>
> --Jen- Hide quoted text -
chef_boyhowdy!
> On Mar 20, 12:03 pm, chef_boyhowdy! <attila_the_ton...@nowaynohow.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:15:31 -0400,doomellawrote:
>>
>>> Oh, fuck off, you bitter and tedious bore.
>>
>> heh. struck a nerve, didnt it, bitchy.
>
> Hey, you're the one who decided to rudely barge in, hurl lame
> insults, and flex your silly "music muscles" and pontificate about
> your fantabulous musical pedigree. If anybody "struck a nerve," as
> lame Usenet denizens are so quick to blurt out in desperation, I must
> have struck one in you.
>
another nice little mini-meltdown rant. its funny the way you decry that I
insulted you, yet you cannot return with anything except insults.
>>
>> if you learned how to play guitar, and learned some barre chords, maybe you
>> could channel that into some half assed songwriting.
>
> Like you?
like it or not, darling, i'm a registered, published and royalty paid BMI
songwriter.
>Besides, I'm beginning to suspect I could kick your ass on
> bass. In fact, I *know* I could.
>
you think you know a lot of stuff. I've met "punk" bass players who couldnt
even walk a pentatonic line. Big deal.
> You're the one who's all bent out of shape because I don't like
> Kansas.
uh, i dont think that was me. I simply think that many punk worshippers are
close-minded dimwits who cannot play well, or cannot play at all, and
therefore fail to appreciate what they cannot do. Which sounds exactly like
you. Take away the vocals and lyrics of MOST punk stuff and what have you
got? Nothing very musically interesting. Some of these other bands listed,
yeah, i think their music on its own was pretty interesting.
Upset that you didnt like a band? Get over yourself. I'm just having fun
listening to you screech.
>I'm glad you're so proud of
the fact that you got so worked up that you couldnt finish your sentence?
chef_boyhowdy!
sure seems like you are, yes.
I am sure that you are doing *very* important work
> yourself.
>
sorry, i was gone for the week on a volunteer mission. Pardon me if i did
not respond to your "holier than thou" idiocy and defense of shallow
celebrity droolers in a timely fashion.