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#261 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash Says Guns N’ Roses Have a ‘Couple of Epic’ Songs to Release » 179 weeks ago
You've described a majority of the audience at concerts for major acts.
The audience is 99.9% casual fans and people there for the event itself. These huge bands like Metallica, Stones, GNR, Fleetwood Mac, etc are not bands anymore...they are a "brand".
People go because it's GNR...they don't give a flying fuck about all the lineups or the history. They'll buy shitty merch by the truckload not knowing or caring that it's shitty merch. It says GNR...that's all that matters.
They want to hear Jungle or another huge hit while taking a selfie and post it on Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok so their friends/followers can see they went to the GNR show in town.
People like us are in the 0.1% of the crowd...and the number probably isn't even that high.
This is what concerts are in the 21st century...and it's not going to get better. It'll get worse...and the price will go up.
This reminds me of reading a post about a recent Skid Row concert. Some people in the crowd wondered where Baz was.
Baz hasn't been in the band since 1996....yet people bought tickets not knowing that. They just wanted to hear 18 & Life and I'll Remember You and pretend it's 1989 again for 5 minutes.
Then there's people who will go to a RATT show and the only song they know is Round and Round...
Reading this just depressed the shit out of me. It's fucking true and I'm not surprised with the current "me generation". But it just gives me of those, in the old days...people actually cared about the music/songs moment.
#262 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 180 weeks ago
Hackers. The 1995 film w/Jolie and Johnny Lee Miller I found really corny and cheesy, and really dated. I'd seen it once before and found this on ok. But on this viewing it just grated on me. I think the fact that all the characters are in HS made it worse. You just have a lot of those teen type corny jokes that just made it worse for me. Some of the acting was pretty off too. The only good thing was the soundtrack. This is one film I'm not going to revisit any time soon.
#263 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N’ Roses 2022 Australia & New Zealand Tour » 180 weeks ago
Yeah...I'm too old and broke down for that shit now.
Years ago....it was my completely shot hearing that caused me to have to cherry pick who I was willing to see.
Now...it's my body starting to break down. Not walking with a cane yet...but within 5-10 years I probably will be.
Happened to my uncle in his 50s on my dad's side...and I took more dope than he ever did.
Yeah, I got some of the same problems. And to be honest, you get tired a whole fucking shit ton faster in general. I got the ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and that pretty much sucks. It's kind of hard to explain but yeah the body and mind aren't willing /motivated to do things now as in before (younger self).
Also joint pain sucks, especially if it's near your hips and shit.
#264 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 180 weeks ago
You guys are asking for a Christmas miracle. I'd find Santa Claus before GNR functions as a well run and normal band. Ain't gonna happen. When they release new music (this I believe) it will be haphazzard and out of the blue.
#265 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 181 weeks ago
Wouldn't a better question be...what movie did Roberts do that was so great...besides Erin Brockovich?
I don't even think Brockovich is that great. I remember Finney (or whomever played the lawyer) more than Roberts lead role.
The House on Sorority Row (original). Not bad at all. It's got that late 70s-early 80s feel that I like. The story is done pretty well and there are some interesting kills. The only thing that is a drawback is that the acting wasn't particularly great. But it's still pretty good.
#266 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 181 weeks ago
Every time I watch it I'm flabbergasted how they sat on this for 3 decades. I understand why they didn't release it in 92-93...it's not promoting the 92-93 lineup.
It should've come out in 99 instead of Live Era. This is all the "live era" we needed anyway.
Funny you should mention Live Era. I was thinking about that and how half assed the job was on those discs and what a waste of money it was (I bought it when it came out) when compared to the Ritz and Vegas live shows that they included on the Illusions.
#267 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 181 weeks ago
It's mind blowing how young Cruise looks here.... like a college student. This dude probably never smoked, drank, or did drugs. If so...only recreationally.
Cruise should be a textbook case on how to suceed and stay relevant in modern Hollywood for decades. You don't have to like him to appreciate his longevity and success. Relative few bombs and also guranteed blockbusters/films that make money.
Diabolique: 1996 film w/Sharon Stone and Chazz Palmeintieri. Remake of a 50s French film. Not bad but the ending was not believable and they should have sticked with the one from the original film that made more sense. Stone is in fine form as a bitch here (for lack of a better term).
#268 Re: Guns N' Roses » UYI Box tracklist unveiled? » 181 weeks ago
I think you kind of nailed it. They go half something on these sets. It's like one part of it "functions" correctly (Ritz bluray, remixed NR etc) and the other part is TOTALLY brain dead (high MSRP, no demos).
It's frustrating and funny at some time at their incompetence even on basic stuff like pricing.
#269 Re: The Garden » NFL 2022/23 season » 182 weeks ago
Agreed on Fields. If he pans out for the Bears they have a great building block for the future. They've needed a legit QB for decades.
Boy, did the Bills spiral downward pretty quickly the last couple of weeks. Brutal loss to the Vikes. I don't think I've ever seen a kneel down attempt end in a TD for the other team. That and the ill advised shot towards the end zone in OT.
The Raiders suck. Either McDaniels is a horrible HC (this might be the case, I think he's like 7-24 in his last 31 games as a head coach), they have awful team construction, and Carr isn't really a good qb. It's probably a combo of the 3. He should have probably never left NE. I know it's easy to say . And personally I wouldn't have spent all that money on Adams and Chandler Jones but that's me.
#270 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 183 weeks ago
Speaking of bad horror films:
Mother of Tears . The final in Argento's trilogy turns out to be a dud. Even the plotline of the world gone amuck isn't that interesting. Oh what really bugged me at times was that Argento staged gruesome and crass kills. I think he was trying to gloss over the fact that the story is pretty much shit. The acting is kind of awful (probably the script again) and the film goes off the rails in the last 40 mins.
Busting: gritty 1970s cop film starring Eliot Gould and Robert Blake. Very gritty and lots of neon lit scenes. I personally enjoyed the chase scene through the market a lot. It's got that general theme of how people, even cops, are generally powerless against those in power. Surprised it isn't a bit more well known.
