================================================ Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert From: "Nanci" To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" Date: Sun 14 Jul 2002 12:02:02 -0400 ================================================ It might be 2 words but I am constitutional incapable to writing them that way oh well ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi" To: "'The New Improved Less Lame List'" Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 6:03 AM Subject: RE: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > A LOT > > It's TWO FUCKING WORDS PEOPLE > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nanci [mailto:NanciY@attbi.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:38 PM > To: The New Improved Less Lame List > Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > Ok, I hear what you're saying Joe, I do and have thought that they > hurried the album cuz they were afraid if they took to long then the > "fans" might cool off and they were on a roll and yes the money was > rolling in. I have listened to their 3 cd's alot lately and the gradual > flow into softer music is very evident. > Although Bullets, FF and WGMB are rougher they definately are not the > Hard sound from MOP. But that could be cuz He Scott S. is not so angry? > No need to anialate his so > called enemies? Don't know the answer to that one. I still after > listening to the cd's find the music itself very good. But yes it will > be interesting to see if they will keep softening or pick it back up. > > Another thought, will Scott's injuries play a part in how the next cd > comes out? or will the fact that they might be looking for a new label? > {atleast to my understanding}because he got a bad rap from MTV over it > and some of his credibility was tarnished. We will just have to wait > and see. Nanci > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Earles" > To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 10:51 AM > Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > Oh, no doubt the music is good but it's all too obvious that Stapp and > > > Tremonti's writing style have been heavily influenced by their > > celebrity > and > > every album has gravitated a little more toward writing songs that > > will > pull > > big paychecks and further away from simply writing songs. > > > > Another thing that irked me was how they made a point of letting us > > know > how > > little time it took to write "Weathered" like it was some sort of > > benefit > or > > something I should be impressed with. I write songs. I could write 11 > songs > > in 3 weeks, too. Would they be any good? Probably, but would they be > better > > if I wrote them, stepped back, came back to them in a few more weeks > > and started fine-tuning them? Absolutely. Creed opted for the paycheck > > > and against putting out the best record they could this time and the > > result is > a > > bunch of low-key cookie-cutter "written to hit the charts in Rock AND > > Pop market" types of songs without the same level of emotion that was > > evident > in > > the first two albums. I just hope that the next album is better, > > that's all... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nanci" > > To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > > > > As much as I'd like to say otherwise I really can't see them > > > releasing > any > > > of those 3. FF and WGMB are two of my favorites, like I said > > > before, > > since > > > I never hear them on the local stations anyway, does it really > > > matter if Creed sucks up to the masses? At least their music is > > > GOOD. Nanci > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Joe Earles" > > > To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" > > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 1:32 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > > > > > > > Bullets, Freedom Fighter and WGMB. It's all downhill from > > > > there.... > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Lee Reed" > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 1:29 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > > > > > > > > > > yeah, but name a tune on weathered that DOESN'T fit that > > > > > category... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Joe Earles" > > > > > >Reply-To: The New Improved Less Lame List > > > > > > >To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" > > > > > > > > > > > >Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > > >Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:59:51 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > > >That's a good choice, even if it does serve to drive another > > > > > >nail > > into > > > > > >their > > > > > >POP-Crossover Coffin... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >From: "*Kate* ." > > > > > >To: > > > > > >Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:57 AM > > > > > >Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Their set was scheduled for 9pm-10:35, according to the > > > > > > > security > > > guard > > > > > >in > > > > > > > front of us. They took the stage at about 9:05 and ended at > 11pm. > > > > From > > > > > > > what I've read about the earlier concerts I don't think the > > > > > > > set > > list > > > > was > > > > > > > altered from the first dates. The set was pretty much every > track > > > > from > > > > > > > weathered and then the songs that had been released from MOP > > > > > > > > and > > HC. > > > > > > > Oh, and if anyone's interested, Scott did say that the > > > > > > > next > > single > > > > was > > > > > > > going to be "Don't Stop Dancing." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Kate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > > _ > > > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss > list, > > > > visit: > > > > > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss > > > > list, > > > visit: > > > > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss > > > list, > > visit: > > > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, > visit: > > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, > visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm