Ed Kowalczyk Rejuvenated By Solo Career (article) Options

[mattyeagles]

ha you really cant get over this , can you?

i was there, third row, and thought the same thing nick did. the person next to me, also, asked why they were laughing at the song. could nick, i, and the person next to me all be wrong? YES..its just an observation and people observe things differently...GET OVER IT

also, man cant believe ed drank and did drugs before he performed? what a selfish guy, hes the only lead singer who does that stuff...the drugs and alcohol were probably the reason Secret Samadhi was ever made and think most people on this bard love that cd (myself included)

[thefunkyredcaboose]

ha you really cant get over this , can you?

i was there, third row, and thought the same thing nick did. the person next to me, also, asked why they were laughing at the song. could nick, i, and the person next to me all be wrong? YES..its just an observation and people observe things differently...GET OVER IT

also, man cant believe ed drank and did drugs before he performed? what a selfish guy, hes the only lead singer who does that stuff...the drugs and alcohol were probably the reason Secret Samadhi was ever made and think most people on this bard love that cd (myself included)

Who are you talking to?

[crazy1]

Oh Jeez! They could have been talking about ANYTHING! Great...now he's got me typing in caps!!!

This post has been edited by crazy1: Jun 23 2010, 11:49 am

[OutToDry]

Ed's voice struggled in the middle of this decade, but since 2007 has been very good. Why are you starting surgery rumors anyway?

Hey Nick, read the thread man

I didn't start them, Bremang is saying he may had it twice.....I never heard such a thing.

Does that mean he cheated the fans? Cause he didn't want to get vocal surgery for a second time? Sounds like you don't really consider anything regarding vocal health. Why don't you go scream for 3 hours at the top of your lungs half the year on tour

This post has been edited by OutToDry: Jun 23 2010, 11:56 am

[mattyeagles]

Who are you talking to?

sinful eyes

[+Ed+]

both of em?

[crazy1]

[tiger]

Oh Jeez! They could have been talking about ANYTHING! Great...now he's got me typing in caps!!!

I was a premeditated elaborate ploy to undermine Ed. It will all come out in Ed's lawsuit.

[crazy1]

I was a premeditated elaborate ploy to undermine Ed. It will all come out in Ed's lawsuit.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

sinful eyes

I've got... huuuungry eyyyes.

[FishOutaWater]

I will just add to the "Ed cheating the fans" debate that, in addition to forgetting lyrics (which doesn't really bother me that much), the last 3 or 4 times that I saw Live, Ed pulled out a lyric sheet on one of those little metal music stands and read the lyrics to God Don't Change and I think one other song (maybe Believe or Forever or something like that). He did the same thing at the acoustic shows for several songs. I have photographic evidence of that, which I can't post now because the photos are on my computer at home. But that really did bother me at the time. I didn't see Chad, Chad or Pat requiring music sheets to remember the music. They played the songs perfectly. I was bothered by Ed needing the lyric sheets. Couldn't he memorize the lyrics before the show? He was getting paid good money to perform in front of a few thousand fans. Couldn't he rehearse the songs a little more and be prepared? Chad, Chad and Pat obviously knew their parts and were prepared for the show. I've never, in all my years of concert going, never saw a performer use a lyric sheet to get through a song in front of a large crowd who paid to see a concert. And I might, possibly be able to excuse it at the first concert that he plays a new song. Not really, but maybe I'd possibly excuse it. But he did it at every show for a couple of months. I saw him do it at one show, and then again at the next and again at the next. I was thinking, WTF, can't he memorize these songs and get up and perform them for the crowd without standing in front of a goofy, piano-teacher-looking music stand reading the lyrics?!?! Over the weekend I will post pictures of this.

I'm just saying is all.

This post has been edited by FishOutaWater: Jun 23 2010, 12:22 pm

[+Ed+]

He used that sheet for a Bob Dylan cover because, as he joked, if you mess with a Dylan lyric, you go to the Rock Hall Of Fame hell.
And it is normal. Loads of musicians use lyric sheets. Take the biggest 90s UK stars Oasis. Noel has had lyric sheets for more than 10 years. Did it ruin the perception of the band? Fucking never.

A MUST watch, I think:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vees5RWHXeo

[mattyeagles]

haha ya, ive seen several artists using lyric sheets (including chris cornell, michael stipe, BONO) especially for covers..very common

[Infrequent Poster]

I can understand how the lyric stand can look a bit tacky, but to be perfectly fair I probably wouldn't be terribly bothered by it. I guess to put it another way, I'd be as bothered by Ed's lyric stand as I'd be bothered by Chad and Pat laughing and chatting during Forever (or any song for that matter). Neither strikes me as cheating the fans.

More irritating for me is the same stories every night out of a lead singer. That's not just an Ed problem, though, as has been pointed out earlier, a lot of bands do it and it's a shame. Normally when I see the same story in more then two concerts I know it's probably time to stop paying for concert tickets as music has become a job to the band and not a passion. I stuck with Live though because, they're Live and were my favorite band.

[Bremang]

I don't understand what Ed's voice has to do with any of this.

I asked one person in particular why they figured Ed had cheated the fans. He went on to mention a decline in music. I went to suggest that Ed wasn't necessarily cheating the fans in regards to his music getting worse, and used his voice as part of the argument.

BTW...you seem not to understand most of what I say.