Odp: Re: Bullets?

From: "Agnieszka" <agie_j@GO2.PL>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Sun
21 Oct 2001 17:10:35 +0200

Sorry I need to cut out some of Tara's post, because of the line limit.
I think this yelling comes out because of the emotions. Expressing feelings with screaming is just one of the few ways to do this. If he feels like he wants to scream it (wants to be honest)... I totally understand why he does like that. To get the emotions out of his chest. And it's not only anger, but also kind of dissapointment I would say.Basically - for me- it's just the moment "look at me, at least look at me when you shoot a bullet through my head". Sometimes I like to scream loud along with lyrics, mostly when I'm mad:)
 
But "Bullets" may be just one song on the album, where he screams. They wanted to show us the diversity, first gave "My Sacrifice", then "Bullets", so we can see that their music is changing. I hope we all be satisfied with new stuff though.
 
It's almost impossible to write music, which would satisfy all the fans. In my opinion they don't write music to satisfy fans in the first place. The write what they feel, if we feel the same, then it's good.They probably even didn't think if they get a bunch of new fans or lose some old, because it's always like that (although I'm not Creed, so it's only my thoughts). I think they deserve credits just for trying something different. If you sold over 10 000 000 copies it would be too easy if you just put on another "HC" cd. I am not sure if I make myself clear, but my point is:if you're a writer you need to be true and not writing something because it's popular right now or so, and look for an opportunity to develop yourself as a musician. Of course it's only my opinion.
 
In general, sometimes we get something totally different that we expected, but it can open for us new "music spaces" LOL
 
Agie
 
p.s. speaking of Beastie Boys, Keith are you here somewhere? I finally got to know their older punk stuff you mentioned some time ago! LOL, no comments ;)

~maybe if we are surrounded in beauty, someday we will become what we see~ jewel

----- Original Message -----
From: Tara
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: Bullets?

The thing is, there are songs by Beastie Boys and Rage that I don't mind,
though I wouldn't consider myself a fan of either group - my ex-husband
listened to them, so I got used to the songs he played the most.  The thing
is, it's THEIR style, so it doesn't sound odd for me to hear the "yelling
and screaming" from them... it's pretty much expected.  I was just really
surprised (and yes, disappointed) to hear it coming from Creed... as
previously stated, I don't think much of that type of music, and I expected
better from them.  To me, them saying that this album is going to be harder
and different from the others meant more of a "What If" sound.  I'm the type
of person who doesn't really care for change much, which is probably why I
didn't care for the new style.  It seems like they made some pretty major
changes away from their norm.  I've seen others on the list ranting and
raving about how this will open up new doors for them, help them get a new
fanbase... what about