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Alright, I got my DVD and watched it. Itâs pretty cool. One of the things I liked best about it though was the interview Billy gave about the band and each album.
Here is a rough summary of what he said. I though you all might find it interesting. Iâm putting it in a new thread, because itâs a little long. Sorry if the transcript is a little rough.
Interview Segment 1:
Billy talks about how over time the band became better songwriters and he became a better singer (but worse guitar player- joke? I hope). He goes on to say that the one thing that hasnât changed though, was that they are difficult and will always be that way. They all come from an alternative world and donât believe in doing things normally. When he sees people do normal things it makes him disgusted. He doesnât like it when people do something just because everyone else is doing it. Then he talks about how when they started the band in 1988 (sorry Arthur ) nobody played heavy really and nobody played guitar solos for sure. He says that they were attracted to playing heavy because it was uncool, and when it became cool they werenât attracted to that anymore. Interview Segment 2:
He is glad people can see Jimmy now that he is back; especially since some of the younger finds might have missed the chance to see the power he brings to a show.Interview Segment 3:
He says that all of alt rock now is copying their guitar sound. In alt music there is always conformity and they were truly independent people in alt music. They didnât go with everybody else. They also brought a sweetness and an emotional aspect to alt music that wasnât there before. Before SD, with songs like Today and Disarm, nobody was writing anything that was fragile and really had a lot of emotion. There was emotional defiance but the ability to really open your heart into the music started with them.Interview Segment 4:
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It was so naïve and it was sort of beautiful as they didnât know what they were getting themselves into with the politics of the music business. They were really just making music by themselves.SD
It was so idealistic and had so much hope in it. The music screams like a sense of belonging and opening up doors to the past and being willing to look in the face of childhood and not being afraid.MCIS
It was the epiphany of the band- when the band really became the SP. It was when everything they had worked for in the band became like a flower that just opened up (paraphrasing). They recorded something like 56 songs in a year. It was like the water just kept flowing out of them. (Billy laughs at bad metaphor choice) It was the best time in the band.Adore
It was a difficult time with his motherâs death, his divorce, and Jimmy leaving. It was like a letter you are writing to someone, but you donât know who you are writing too. Itâs searching and trying to find something to believe in and finding some things to believe in.Machina
Itâs their last proud statement- an act of defiance from the band where they play their sort of music their own way. If you listen to the album the goodbyes and farewells are in the album for everybody.The End
He wrote a song once that says all good things must come to an end. He talks about how you want a band to end before it gets boring and lame and people lose interest. They are at that point where the band is still popular and important. He doesnât want to wake up one do and ask âwhat happened, I guess we are broken up now because nobody cares.â He would rather they broke up while people still care.The concert was in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo ; June 30, 2000.
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it’s just a bootleg. the dvd can be downloaded for free from places like the zomb: http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/details.php?id=4829
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Great post, thanks, blue. I enjoyed reading it.
My Cousin bought me one of the same and I was really pleased with it, worth the money.
The torrent version that’s circulating isn’t as good, imho. The eBay version has better picture and sound, plus doesn’t have the annoying logo on-screen (bottom right) throughout…
There’s loads of them on eBay, bullet, you wouldn’t have any trouble grabbing one for yourself.
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I feel so… Cheap, now.
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Sorry Dazey, but it’s just like that. bullet and I both are into another passion also we found out.Call me her tattoo groupie, just a hint.
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Do not have a "W" tattooed on each buttock, then bend over.
Thank you.
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you should try to pick that one up. its pretty cool. it has high quality audio and some cool pics of the band inside the booklet. it ends with and mtv interview though that is kind of sad. its the one when the band is talking about the overdose incident and firing Jimmy. it just seems like they are totally abandoning him.
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