you Michael Stipe, you freaking goofball deluxe!
Josh and I went to see R.E.M. this week at Red Rocks, while I have always LOVED R.E.M.'s music and have been a fan for years, this is just another band that I really wish would just STFU sometimes. I have seen my fair share of concerts and shows over the years and there is really nothing more that pisses me off than hearing the political bullshit run out of bands' mouths' while they are on stage.
I am sorry, I pay my hard earned dollars to hear them play music, sing, dance, body surf, swear, etc. not hear their political opinions and montra. I am not sure why these people think they have the right to standup deface, run down America and its leaders (like them or not) in front of 20,000 people and get away with it! It really amazes me. Michael Stipe and Eddie Vedder are not going change my views and how I am going to vote at the ballot box during any election, period. Please... I didn't hear the crap during shows from the true classics; Sir Paul McCartney, The Police, James Taylor, Van Halen, KISS, MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice. I certainly don't expect to be subject to it from REM, Pearl Jam, The Dixie Chicks, or anyone else...
Guess, what Stipe, you have the same number of votes I have every four years, ONE and I really could give a rats ass how and what you think about the war, Bush, Iraq or anything else non-music related! Please stand on stage, sing your hits, dance around like an h-mo, yell in your megaphone and give your fans a good show! Please! Is that too much to ask? I don't think so.
Here's to the Patriot Act, Free Speech and to these ridiculous public figures that think they can and will sway votes with their uneducated, misinformed poltical dialogue, please kiss my big fat ass!
Peace and God Bless the Denver Thong Bandits!
T-Man
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dude. its called freedom of speech. deal with it.
Bandit 1 Out.
I LOVE IT!!! And YOU have freedom of speech to Todd! You go boy!!!
wait till MSG...
hey beerman, tell me if you agree with this statement:
“A song cannot change the world,” he declared. “But this many people can change the world. How do we know? It is stitched into the fabric of our flag and it is welded into our constitution that we have the right and the responsibility to make change.”
in defense of eddie vedder, he's not stomping his foot for Obama ala stipe. he's challenging people to vote. you've heard him say before that he wants people to be active, no matter what they are active for, just be active. i think that separates him from stipe and his painted face magic gheyism. i do agree that i am there for the music and will continue to be as long as my ears can hear. that's the best part.
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