Alternative History Options

[Merica]

Say... what if, in a world far more intelligent and just that ours... TDTH was received as it deserved - tens of millions of albums flowing off the shelves. It's one of the greatest artistic achievements of mankind, and it simply didn't get the reception it deserved.

What if it was even just as big as TC, say? Maybe it contained some of the rockers instead, or maybe it was exactly the same but people just appreciated it more? I wonder how that would affect the history of Live? Maybe V and BOP etc would never have happened, and they would have continued in the TDTH vein? And never broken up?

It's one of the few things I feel sorry for Ed about. Even Chad Taylor said that TDTH was Ed at his absolute very best. He was a genius at the pinnacle of his artistic expression. And it didn't even hit number one on the fucking charts. I can imagine that was a little heart breaking.

What do you think?

[SecretInsomnia]

I think we must not forget that the musical direction on V was still their choice. I remember clearly that Ed stated late 2000 that he wanted to make a real rock-record again, in contradiction to TDTH (that's how he saw it back then). "For the rock kids". He really seemed inspired by bands like Limp Bizkit in that period for some reason. The record company might have been played a crucial role to what came out and what not, but they still created the music themselves.

Talking about that, I can't stop thinking about Chad T writing that the early V songs were "the best Ed ever wrote", but never saw the daylight. I'm not sure he means lyrically or musically (as he already wrote both around that time).

TDTH could have been received more like a TC2 with the left out rockers like Don't Wait for example, but still I think it was a huge succes for them and was the reason they could literally travel the whole world, places they wouldnt ever been without the huge success TDTH was.

ps. People that say that songs like Dolphin Cry are gay are just gay...

This post has been edited by SecretInsomnia: Apr 13 2011, 5:38 am