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By xxxxxxxxxx
from the you can see the signs department, Section Complete and Total Nonsense
Posted on Sun Aug 03, 2003 at 08:19:25 PM GMT
And they wonder why people will go to sites like Napster, Limewire, etc. to download music instead of paying for it.

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The Rolling Stones did a recent concert in Toronto.  Their opening act was Justin Timberlake.  Now I ask you, who was on crack when they made that decision?

Not only does this kid not do anything remotely close to the kind of music that the Stones do, but he is not what I would call super talented to begin with.  He got booed, hissed at and water bottles were thrown at him.  Keith Richards came out on stage and stared the audience down and told them to have respect for Timberlake.  Well, at least that was a realistic thing, Richards would scare anyone.  Have you taken a close look at old Keith in the last few years.  He is scary, very scary.  Lets face it, the man is downright ugly in a way that makes small children sleep with the lights on kind of way.

What would posess someone to put those two acts together? Better yet, what would make those two acts even agree to that?  What were they thinking?

This could lead to many thoughts, here are just a few of them:

#1. Why don't the Stones just retire? I mean, look at this band, been around since the early 1960's and their music has been awful for the last 20 years.  Sad really.
I remember when a Stones concert meant, booze, biker gangs, drugs, sex and rock and roll. Now its Justin Timberlake and 'water bottles' getting thrown at him.  Water bottles?  At a Stones concert?  Man how times have changed.  Who would have thought that the same band who cranked out 'Sympathy for the Devil' and 'Satisfaction' would end up sounding like music played at the Bingo games at the local nursing home. What is worse, they look like the nursing home residents!

#2.  Is this Justins way to try and get Britney back?  Look, women have a thing for the underdog.  Maybe she would feel sorry for him and at least take him back for a few nights.  Or, maybe Justin had his eye on Mick?  One never knows about Mick, remember David Bowie?  Maybe Justin knew the story and decided it worth a try.  Hey, anything is possible.

#3. To add injury to insult here, Britney Spears has signed a contract to do 'The Dukes of Hazzard' movie.  She will be playing Daisy Duke!  OMG!  Not only was that one of the worst shows to plague television history, but now they want to make a movie out of it.  
I will admit, if you cut the volume completely down and just looked at Beau and Luke, well, that was certainly kind of nice to look at, but that is the only saving grace about the show.  Now they are making a movie out of it.  With Britney Spears as Daisy Duke.  

You know what I think, we are in the apocolypse and we have witnessed some of the signs that are pointing in that direction.  Justin Timberlake plays a Stones Concert. The Stones are still able to walk around and play instruments. Britney Spears is an actress playing one of the worst character roles that was ever written, and is happy about it.  People drink water and then throw the bottles at a Stones Concert?  That is the strongest one yet!!

I don't know about you, but I wonder what the next sign will be?

Madonna opening for Jerry Falwell?

Stranger things have happened folks.

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Who should retire first?
1. Ozzie Ozborne
2. Mick Jagger
3. David Lee Roth (yes that jerk needs to retire too!)
4. Anyone in the music biz over 45 who does concerts, and tries to stay mainstream!

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Interesting thought of the day (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by BringBackATV on Mon Aug 04, 2003 at 05:21:39 PM GMT

The Stones are at least as old now as Bing Crosby was when they were starting out.
-- No thanks, I would not like sugar with my cornflakes


from one musician to the rest of the world ... (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by handybundler on Mon Aug 04, 2003 at 11:38:03 AM GMT

fuck the fucking music business and all it's fucking worth.

thank you. goodnight!





Timberlake was there (5.00 / 2) (#1)
by MFS on Mon Aug 04, 2003 at 04:32:44 AM GMT

because he volunteered to play.

I can't diss him for that. And don't forget, also playing was Rush, the Guess Who, AC/DC, etc... almost felt bad for him... almost.


When my fist clenches, crack it open, before I use it and lose my cool...



That does make you (5.00 / 1) (#4)
by xxxxxxxxxx on Mon Aug 04, 2003 at 06:48:00 PM GMT

think more respectfully of the kid knowing he volunteered to do that and got dissed for his trouble.

Seems that whoever put the show together, well, they would have told him that it wasn't a good idea. Obviously nobody cared enough to do the right thing, just sell tickets.

Yeah, I do feel bad for him, sort of.  

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I found it odd (none / 0) (#5)
by MFS on Mon Aug 04, 2003 at 11:42:35 PM GMT

because, typically, at a free concert / benefit, you get a plethora of acts from many varying genre... but in Toronto, they got mostly rock, rock, and... well... rock. That was Timberlake's downfall... had another pop act been on the bill as well, it wouldn't have gone over so poorly.

And people can hate him as much as they want... but to pelt the guy with trash was just fucking pathetic.


When my fist clenches, crack it open, before I use it and lose my cool...
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Agreed! (none / 0) (#6)
by xxxxxxxxxx on Tue Aug 05, 2003 at 12:30:44 AM GMT

"And people can hate him as much as they want... but to pelt the guy with trash was just fucking pathetic."

I have never thought that was a good thing to do no matter what. Throwing stuff is just dangerous!I am one of those odd people who respects anyone who does anything publicly, even if I don't agree with or like what they are doing or saying. I just think it takes guts to do anything in front of an audience.  I can't, I get horrible stage fright and butterflies (size of bats).

I even used to think throwing roses to the Ballet dancers at the end of a Ballet was kinda stupid.  Imagine if one gets hit with the thorns!

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