================================================ Subject: Re: Jim Morrison .. Scott Stapp From: "Joe Earles" To: Date: Sun 20 Jan 2002 17:42:22 -0500 ================================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: Verrronica Smith To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:26 PM Subject: Re: Jim Morrison .. Scott Stapp Joe, I think you misread the point of Jim's post.....first, I'm quite certain that it did not imply that everyone from Tallahassee is a Satanist, he was merely pointing out a well known fact that because Stapp was so influenced by Jim Morrison, that he even moved to Tallahassee because Jim had once lived there.... I know that. The comment was strictly facetious. Scott's thinking was that if he lived there maybe he'd be able to follow in Jim's footsteps as a rock musician....eventually ending up in L.A. with fame and fortune. As for the bands chemical policy....Scott may have well been headed into that very life of sex/drugs and rock-n-roll....he's never denied his past drug use...in fact, he's stated that the very line from My Own Prison, the lyrics "should have been dead on a Sunday morning, banging my head..." were directly inspired by the fact that he damn near overdosed on mushroom juice and thought sure he should have been dead when he woke up on Sunday morning. &nbs! p;He has also told of times when they were doing the club circuit early on in their career, where he would be rip-roaring drunk during the shows. But....his saving grace seems to have come from his ex-wife Hillaree, who told him if they were to get together, she would not tolerate the "rockstar" life style. He and the band decided not to ever do a show drunk or stoned. The operative part of this is that it is, in fact, part of his past - not his present. At any rate....I don't think Jim posted this to slander anyone, merely to pass along an article he'd read....and frankly, I find your attitude of asking him to refrain from posting an oposing view to your own to just be wrong. > Not an opposing view to my own... I don't care what his opinion is to be perfectly frank. But to post a link to an article that is written with the kind of spin that I previously described goes beyond just stating an opinion... it goes to the overall credibility of the argument. Those of us who do not see your religious connotations to all the lyrics are not asking you to stop, therefore, I'd appreciate it if you'd please not ask anyone with opposing viewpoints to stop posting either. > I'm not asking any such thing.... I'm just asking that he not use manipulative means in forging his argument. The quotes in that article are completely out of context and are presented in a manner that is manipulative. Period. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp