11-19-2007, 10:29 AM
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Thanks for admitting that harsh statement that you made might have been wrong...because I had a pretty hard time with you saying that...especially cause I firmly beleive that TTH are at a peak right now...best since 1996, imho.
Perhaps the reason why Gord might have seemed "off" to you was the fact that they have been on a year+ long world tour and also the fact that it was a corporate gig...which means 85% of the people there didn't even have a vested interest in seeing the band play. I can only imagine the reasons why TTH took on that gig to begin with...my guess is that they were offered a bucket full of cash while also taking a request to play from someone who truely loves the band.
Staying away from this tour, for a cd that you call "their best cd in a long time" was a mistake...to blame the fact that you don't like the shows because of some fan's behaviors is lame. I will be the first to admit that there are some Hip fans that drive me crazy but for me to ever think that
those few people would make me not want to go to their shows anymore would be insane.
Gord is a great singer, no doubt about that. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that there is "something missing now" and what is missing is your passion for their music and the will to see it unfold live.
You yourself said that you are older and that your taste in music has changed...please don't blame the band for that.
They just simply didn't deserve the kind of review you wrote.
These great new songs are the very reason for you to now jump back on board...but my guess is that if that is the only show(RIM) you saw on the WC tour that you and the band are done with...time to move on, eh
Thanks for admitting that harsh statement that you made might have been wrong...because I had a pretty hard time with you saying that...especially cause I firmly beleive that TTH are at a peak right now...best since 1996, imho.
Perhaps the reason why Gord might have seemed "off" to you was the fact that they have been on a year+ long world tour and also the fact that it was a corporate gig...which means 85% of the people there didn't even have a vested interest in seeing the band play. I can only imagine the reasons why TTH took on that gig to begin with...my guess is that they were offered a bucket full of cash while also taking a request to play from someone who truely loves the band.
Staying away from this tour, for a cd that you call "their best cd in a long time" was a mistake...to blame the fact that you don't like the shows because of some fan's behaviors is lame. I will be the first to admit that there are some Hip fans that drive me crazy but for me to ever think that
those few people would make me not want to go to their shows anymore would be insane.
Gord is a great singer, no doubt about that. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that there is "something missing now" and what is missing is your passion for their music and the will to see it unfold live.
You yourself said that you are older and that your taste in music has changed...please don't blame the band for that.
They just simply didn't deserve the kind of review you wrote.
These great new songs are the very reason for you to now jump back on board...but my guess is that if that is the only show(RIM) you saw on the WC tour that you and the band are done with...time to move on, eh