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.

[Bremang]

And as far as holding Ed to a standard he can't capture anymore, that's on Ed. He's chosen to cut ties with the guys who helped him create great music, and that was long before Live broke up. He chose to write on his own and his creativity fell apart because he used to write in a unit where creativity flourished. It's no coincidence when the writing style changed then so did the creative output. The fact is his creative drive seems to have gone, 2-3min basic pop songs are all he is willing to put out. But whatever you see that as being open to interpretation, I don't.

Again, you talk about creativity and writing style like your opinion is the objective truth. Again, you're assuming Ed's abilities. Again, you are avoiding all the other factors that Chad has already told you about, such as pressures in their label and music industry, and CCP's fault in the matter, and saying it was all Ed's decision.

As for the lawsuit, yeah maybe Ed did nothing wrong because "why would he?" but can you really dispute that he pushed the others out of the creative circle of Live and decided to basically go solo within the band? The act alone sounds like the act of a man who is after his own glory with a big ego. It just is so fitting he'd go after the financial glory too. Yes there is no 100% proof of this but he's shown nothing to the contrary. I mean that video interview where he got pushed on the issue. That just screamed guilty. But fair enough, you want 100% proof first before you'll quit the "crusade against bullshit" or whatever it is.

"The act alone" does not seem like glory or big ego to me at all. Again you are not recalling Chad. Its not like Ed had resistance from CCP, so they weren't being pushed out in the malevolent way you make it seem. Or he could have just as likely been trying to survive cause he could not perform at the level that CCP was doing. Maybe he was tired of grunge or darker music. Who knows. There are a million possible explanations.

That video interview does not sound like guilt to me at all. It sounds like an interviewer who is asking questions that Ed can't answer because of a current lawsuit, and annoyance that the interviewer was not promoting the album, which is the only reason Ed was doing the interview in the first place. On top of which the interviewer was catching him off guard about that emotional subject, and insulting Ed throughout the interview on other topics. Or maybe if Ed did explain the contract properly, it would require talking about money figures, and that would not be something Ed should discuss. Or maybe it would point out that Ed would make a lot of money for some reason, which would reinforce alot of stupid fans' ideas of Ed being greedy, when in fact Ed might deserve the money. Who knows. The last thing it points out IMO, is guilt. That is not evident to me after seeing it again. It sounds more like Ed thinking fast about how to avoid the interviewers' bullshit.

This post has been edited by Bremang: Jul 28 2011, 3:59 am