New Live? Options

[OutToDry]

Saw this from a new poster at TGF:



CT's twitter:

"On the beach. The calm before the storm. Oh & new LIVE material in the works. Can't say what right now but you'll like it! "





Me thinks he's relaxing and came up with a new tune.

[Pokey]

Claims get filed which often seem like shots in the dark. CCP may have not been privy to the reasons why Ed and Levin had been doing everything legally. This lawsuit would at least force discovery. Ed and Levin both claim that they had not stolen anything. I could pose the same question to you and ask why Ed and Levin would say that they were acting in their legal right if it they didn't have just cause. Could Ed have really been so stupid as to steal in plain sight? There are plenty of potential scenario's here.
These array of things people are using to base their opinion of Ed are often not well thought out.

-Chad has repeatedly said that Ed's "domination" was not contested, or at times consensual, and the fault of all the band members. This was combined with many other factors - record label crap, Ed's fading abilities, change in the music industry. This power struggle does not show to me that Ed was a bad to his bandmates or egotistical.

-Being bereft of creativity is how I see it, but not how Ed's current legions of fans see it. For the millionth time, creativity is just an opinion. And not something that should really be connected to whether or not Ed is a scoundrel.

-Yeah, I tend to give famous people leeway when it comes to interacting with fans. You never know who you're dealing with when some random person jumps up to you. Being rude to the fans is not cool but whatever, I'm personally fine with that. However, I really don't hear too many stories of Ed being bad to fans, and we never hear Ed's side of the story either.
ODT has been talking out his ass long before he claims to have snuck a few words in with whoever.
I'm pro-rationalization - anti-bullshit. Not fighting for equality.
you never know. I saw him play in concert this year. I really don't think he has it in him to do much better anymore. He's got his cookie cutter show, and I think it suits him now.

Ok i'll actually respond to some more of these.

Firstly I'm not saying CCP had no part in the blame of ending Live. Their crime was not ending it sooner before it got out of hand. But for whatever reason they hung around, I would see it as trying to keep a friendship and brothership together, like fighting for a marraige. Nick has said before they only stuck around because it earned them more money. Yes I'm sure they did earn more, but come on, REALLY what do you think was the main motivator for sticking around? I say it was to continue to work on things and that they probably just didn't know how to end it, it was a confusing and messed up time and their best friend was slipping away. Nick says its all $$$, I'm sure you'll say we'll never know so we shouldn't speculate.

As for the creativity thing, there is a big difference. Yes anyone can like anything, if someone like's Ed's music and they think it's creative, then that's fine. That doesn't make it so though. I'm judging it by his own standards, the quality of his writing compared to what he used to write, not even about the subject because obviously as you get older that can change. But the quality itself has gotten poorer, that is undeniable. Yes it means that someone can still like it, and yes Ed is talented, but he's not pushing himself anymore to the limits we know he can reach. And there are people out there that may call it creative, but they're more than likely basing that on terms of knowing they could not do better. Sure Ed right now is more creative than a vast majority of people, he's an artist. But by his own standards, no, the creativity has long dropped off. You said it yourself, cookie cutter, that's what it is now.
I never have disputed Nick's love of Ed's music, if he likes it, that's totally fine, it's everything else that comes with it about him which is off.