Ed responds to allegations, Well, sorta Options

[Gertjan]

In a recent article Life after Live in a Dutch magazine, Ed responds to the allegations brought forward by Chad Taylor (secret contract, leadsinger bonus). Sort of.

Without specifically denying anything, Ed says he does not recognize himself in the stories. "Lots of misunderstandings and an incorrect picture of my character", he says. "Live split indefinitely. Will we ever reconcile? Hard to tell, but I don't see it happening anytime soon."

Should it not hurt after twenty years of Live? Ed seems liberated other than left alone. "I had an enormous need for change. If you play in the same band for twenty years, you reach a point of saturation. I wanted something new, I wanted to keep developing. That's why I took this road. When all those disturbing stories started circulating, end of last year, I could let it slip easily. I was so focussed on my new album, my new songs, that I barely gave it attention."

http://www.livexs.nl/Joomla/201005036350/E...en-na-Live?ed=3

[Infrequent Poster]

Not going to speak a whole lot on what Ed said about the break, as he didn't really say anything, other then to say that I partially agree with Nick. Specifically I agree with him that it would serve Ed no benefit to go into any detail about the break up. People have chosen sides (TGF, Ed, or the "fuck it all, let's just hear some goddamn music" side) and providing his perspective is just going to aggravate an already festering wound. Even if you believe everything Chad said is a lie it's still extremely unlikely Ed was a perfect saint through all of this and talking publicly about it would not bring any of the TGFers over, and stands a good chance of pushing some of the "don't cares" away. Saying he didn't notice it was a stupid answer, though. Ed, just because everyone assumes you're a spacey individual doesn't mean we don't have limits to what we believe. A simple "no comment" or "it's a private matter" would have sufficed and not made you sound like a ninny.

What line really caught my eye in the article was this one: "People will be amazed at the rock level. Think a little on the Live from the mid-nineties. The album will be available early this summer and is preceded by a single. This is one of the harder songs I've made so far."

Seriously?

I mean, seriously!?

You said that about BOP. Hell, if I remember right, you even said that about SFBM. Grace is one of the harder songs you've made so far? Seriously? It's catchy, don't get me wrong, but it's Daughtry faux-rock. Just because you turned the guitars up a few notches doesn't mean it's rock and roll. It simply does not hold water with anything off TC or SS, hell, Face and Ghost would kick its ass and steal its lunch money too. Stop with the false advertising. You're not fooling anyone anymore, just admit to what it is, pop-rock. If that's what you want to do that's fine and dandy, just be honest about it. You'd stand a much better chance winning and keeping fans by being honest about what you're putting out then by selling them a lie.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

Not going to speak a whole lot on what Ed said about the break, as he didn't really say anything, other then to say that I partially agree with Nick. Specifically I agree with him that it would serve Ed no benefit to go into any detail about the break up.

The problem with that is, Ed managed to ignore the break-up almost completely. No blog, few tweets, and just a bunch of nothing.

I am not saying he had to respond to what the other guys said, but to not even reflect on it at all in a public forum is just strange and honestly, pretty sad.

CT gets a little too emotional, but I prefer that overwhelmingly to Ed who seemingly didn't give a flying fuck about his band of 20 years. To me, that is really telling.

[Infrequent Poster]

The problem with that is, Ed managed to ignore the break-up almost completely. No blog, few tweets, and just a bunch of nothing.

I am not saying he had to respond to what the other guys said, but to not even reflect on it at all in a public forum is just strange and honestly, pretty sad.

CT gets a little too emotional, but I prefer that overwhelmingly to Ed who seemingly didn't give a flying fuck about his band of 20 years. To me, that is really telling.

As a fan I'd have liked to hear his side, sure, especially since his lyrics were a driving force behind how I look at the world today (well his lyrics pre 2001). However if Ed's got half a brain he'd know that the best thing from a financial perspective is to not say a word about it, unless he was innocent of course, which is doubtful. There's very little he could say that would make the situation or himself seem better in the eyes of his former fans. Like I said before, everyone's picked sides. It's a shame the guy who wrote the "Beauty of Grey" turned into a major douchebag (and that's if only half of what CT said was true) but that's the path he wanted to follow. He made his own bed with this mess and he's got to deal with it the best he can which, unfortunately, is to keep all attention away from the break up.