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Jsteinfan 05:13 pm UTC 09/08/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Why my blog is political - Smeghead 04:57 pm UTC 09/08/08 |
| I agree. I had a similar conversation w/ Christopher Walken once... he was walkin around Town on a very hot day dressed in a black suit w/ black top hat carrying a deer skull and a custom cane! I said something along the lines of "I fucking love you, but you're WEIRD as shit".... he was offended but we discussed it... basically people / celebrities / constantly surround themselves with an entourage who never says anything contrary... so when Walken's assistant probably said "yea chris, it is normal to go for a walk wearing a custom black suit, top hat, cane and skull!". THen i come along and call him fucking weird... I don't think jim is like that... but i will always be a person who calls it as i see it. I am sorry if i hurt or insulted jim. I was talking about perception and approach to marketing. I know nothing about the music industry but i do know there were rumors after Jim's illness that he couldn't write anymore, and he was pretty much written off by everyone but us, loaf included. In My Opinion, Sittin on BODY does nothing but fuel those rumors. I do have experience in running a company and unfortunately promotion comes before product. No one has more faith in Jim than I do..... -Justin who is also depressed that he lost the hard drive w/ ALL his steinmusic on it :-( > Hmmm... I've never felt that I've been unfair to Jim. I > just have to be honest about what I see. I love Jim's > music to bits. I wouldn't ever want to hurt the guy, but > this is a place for us to discuss his music, not a place > like MLUKFC to stroke someone's ego. I pretty much echo > Justin's sentiment that Jim may bee seen as a has been by > record execs... doesn't mean he can't pull it out. > > My intent here is never to hurt Jim... but it isn't like > Jim is here talking to us every day. I hope there are new > songs in the Bat Musical. I would love to be wrong. > > But if everyone here is going to temper everything they > say with the knowledge that Jim reads this board then it > will become another freaking MLUKFC. > > Of course people are going to feel that there is no > movement on the musical. Everytime we get a hint of > anything it is taken down. Not everyone is aware that it > might take years to mount a musical... but the Rinkoff > approach to publicity does not work in the Internet day > and age. Takle a cue from Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith and > George Lucas. Embrace and update the fan base. > > People (maybe Jim included) think I am negative or > heartless about Jim. I'm not. I think he is the greatest > composer to have ever lived. I listen to his music 90% of > the time I listen to music. I used his music in my > wedding. I have listened to Neverland hundreds of times > and dreamed of staging it. Jim's music is the most moving > influence in my life. But that doesn't mean I won't > comment honestly on whatever I see... even if I'm wrong. > > > This is just a fan forum after all... > > > Jim sounds very depressed right now. With the musical not > being met by the reaction it deserves. I think calling it > Bat out of Hell may have been a mistake as it leads > everybody to expect another Mama Mia or We Will Rock > You... but it was probably a necessary evil to get the $20 > million funding. Perhaps he should have gone with a > smaller budgeted show. If you've got producers invested > for $20 mil they are going to expect to: 1) have their > fingers in the pie creatively, which is never good... and > 2)Expect Jim to come up with meaningless pablum for the > masses. > > Ah well... as Justin says... I never meant to hurt Jim if > I did... and when I look in the Mirror I don't see > Justin... just an endless army of mirrors reflecting > themselves to blindness and then death. > > > > I never called Jim a has been. I said that Jim has always > > had to fight his way back into the music industry and is > > probably seen as a has been by record execs. I hope this > > is not the case... and i know he is NOT a has been. I > > wouldn't of spent like 3 times the $$ it cost for the > > VIDEOS on DOTV, DE, & Whistle show's if i felt Jim was a > > has been. > > > > I am sorry if what I said hurt Jim. The post in which is > > said that was in regards to the fort knox approach to > > WPOMB(HTM) & that body NEEDS to be released to PROVE that > > jim is NOT a WASHED UP HAS BEEN. I think even Jim is > > aggravated that this song hasn't had a epic large scale > > release to reach its potential - a potential that we all > > belive in. How, I am mentioned with negativity. All i > > know is that when i look in the mirror I DON'T see SMEG! > > > > Again, Jim I am sorry for hurting your feelings that was > > never my intent. | |
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