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Post by melaniewhorehouse on Nov 26, 2004 20:43:46 GMT -5
I got the first 3 letters right, which given my current confused state, is quite a phenomenal achievement. I can't wait till tomorrow night, when Marge Lansbury will be performing some of her greatest hits in Mansfield
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Post by Shoesh on Nov 27, 2004 3:43:08 GMT -5
Don't have the time right now to read all of your views and opinions. Promise to do so later.
I had a dream last night.. I was at ' Paradiso ' (in real life the building is a cinema) for a MLB concert. Michael came onstage to everyone's surprise, all smiles to announce something. Came down to: Hey you guys, I was having too much fun with thisband. We had to find a way to work through this, so here I am! ;D
1 black female vocalist came got to her mic, followed by 2 other backup singers who went to the other mic. They started rehearsing a bit and sounded really amazing! Then shelley came out to go to her mic.
If you see the line of importance (onstage presence) that's being given, I think her position in that dream is fitting. Give her a job that fits her vocal ability and maybe we'll get Michael back to rock the show. errr is the moral of this dream ;D
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Post by DublinDara on Nov 27, 2004 5:05:43 GMT -5
People have gone from who's that chick? Wondering who she is in the first place to what often borders on downright hostility when she's mentioned. That was my point. 3 months ago no-one had even heard of her! It's not hostility, just a plain and simple indifference to her presence. Also how many other backing singers get a solo song? Personally I'd rather hear Mark sing Strange Religion. And Foz, if she's a bit ill then she shouldn't be working.
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Post by froggequene on Nov 27, 2004 6:42:50 GMT -5
...that comment was directed to users of this board Dara, I also noted the apathy of the crowds
I think if PJ Harvey herself stood up & trailed around the place with him as backing singer, she'd get the same reaction
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Post by melaniewhorehouse on Nov 27, 2004 8:02:59 GMT -5
And Foz, if she's a bit ill then she shouldn't be working. ...which is probably why she didn't sing in Brighton and her backup singing duties have been limited - when you're on tour on another continent, it's not really possible to go home for a day or 2 and put your feet up while you get better, you have to stay on the bus and get on with it till you feel better. If it's the case that she has been feeling a bit off, then I'm pretty grateful to her that she's put in the effort of sticking with it and coming out to do her bit, albeit in a somewhat limited capacity at the moment. But Froggequene was right - my comments were not intended to be aimed at any one person (apologies if it seemed like that to you), more at the one-sided antipathy and occasional downright hostility aimed at this particular bandmember. Because even though nobody here knows for a fact the full reasons why Michael is no longer with the band, some people here have automatically heaped all the blame on Shelley, which I find to be rather unfair - I mean, it could be the case that Michael might have done something to make his position in the band utenable, but this particular line of reasoning has bypassed most people and it's automatically assumed that she's to blame for anything and everything associated with the current lineup. Internet messageboards aren't the best places to get facts from at the best of times, but we all should really be old enough to treat idle gossip and speculation for what it is, rather than react to it in such a wholesale fashion... I don't pretend to know what's going on in the Mark Lanegan Band, and until one of them decides to post here and say exactly what has happened/what is happening, none of us ever will do. But it's a fault of mine that I try to at least envisage both sides to a story and give everyone concerned the benefit of the doubt until the truth comes out - and if the truth doesn't come out, then it's probably none of mine, or anybody else's, business to decide an outcome that supports someone else's gossip based on opinion.
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Post by Shoesh on Nov 27, 2004 8:07:05 GMT -5
Don't have the time right now to read all of your views and opinions. Promise to do so later. You know what.. Honestly, I don't want to read it so I'm not gonna. I'll just stick to my wishfull thinking.
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Post by siner on Nov 27, 2004 11:37:05 GMT -5
one things for certain she stormed off stage (and i mean stormed) in dublin because you could barely hear her, before she did mark gestured to the sound guy to up the vocal sound.....i think i'd be pissed if i was on stage singing and nobody (not even me singing) could make out my vocals.. sure enough when she came back on you could defintely hear her.....i think she was right to do that in dublin cos she does sing strange religion all by herself and image how stupid she'd feel if she sang the song and nobody could hear her
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Post by RippleJ on Nov 27, 2004 15:05:40 GMT -5
Shelley's a cool chick and nice to look at - and I'm not that big on so many tattoos. I think it's pretty cool Mark has her singing Strange Religion - a very personal song for him. If it were Mark without sound, he would have walked off too or beat the shit out of the sound dude.
I don't think we have another Yoko on our hands.
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Post by melaniewhorehouse on Nov 27, 2004 21:03:50 GMT -5
She didn't appear at all tonight...
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Post by marlboroman on Nov 29, 2004 6:19:06 GMT -5
she's possibly been on this message board, reading a lot of assholes' inconsequential complaints about her.
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Post by siner on Nov 29, 2004 7:43:07 GMT -5
i said i put up my photos but god damn it i got them developed and i cut off marks head in all of them and the stupid bounchers in the front of the stage got my flash so the ones of nick are crap..................... I SUCK
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Post by DublinDara on Nov 29, 2004 8:36:20 GMT -5
I think it's pretty cool Mark has her singing Strange Religion - a very personal song for him. If it were Mark without sound, he would have walked off too or beat the shit out of the sound dude. If Mark stormed off stage he's totally within his rights to do that - it's his band! But the fact she stormed off stage (which she did) showed a total lack of respect for Mark who, by the way has given her (an otherwise unknown) a chance, not to mention the rest of the band. I don't think Brett, Eddie or Norm would have done that.
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Post by marlboroman on Nov 29, 2004 9:29:59 GMT -5
"she was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when mark found her..."
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Post by marlboroman on Nov 29, 2004 9:35:09 GMT -5
mark lanegan: the new john peel; helping out 'unknowns' wherever he can. what a guy.
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Post by scraps on Nov 30, 2004 6:53:03 GMT -5
Imagine if Norm Block stormed off mid-song ha ha. Anyway she's a lovely singer she just should get off when she aint singing coz its a bit of a sore thumb on stage. DID THEY PLAY IVY AT DUBLIN? I didnt hear it at all?!?!?!
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Post by diecheerleader on Nov 30, 2004 7:28:09 GMT -5
so who is this Shelley person?
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Post by marlboroman on Nov 30, 2004 10:11:59 GMT -5
just some unknown girl that Mark's helping out. like Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist.
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Post by melaniewhorehouse on Nov 30, 2004 11:11:13 GMT -5
Anyway she's a lovely singer she just should get off when she aint singing coz its a bit of a sore thumb on stage. Which, in fairness, is what she has been doing of late.
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Post by FatBuddhaSevilla on Nov 30, 2004 12:39:41 GMT -5
I think to conclude disputes there should be some credence given to the argument that there is problem with the MLBands techs and not the band. I have lost count of the number of times people have told me, or wrote on this board" the sound was shit", or "the sound is always shit in this venue " etc.etc.etc. I have worked in p.a. and lights for bands for 11 years from U2 to Radiohead in venues across the U.K., and i know that some venues do sound better than others. However, the mark of a good soundman is his ability to work with what he is given. I didn´t work with the MLB last U.K. tour, but know the crew very well in the venues they played in Belfast and they informed me the bands backline is second to none. Following this train of thought, the sound produced by the band onstage is fine. But traditionally backline is kept at a minimum, instead monitor mixes are given to each member of the band, and another mix is given through the p.a. for the audience. I do know that the MLB do not employ a separate monitor operator which is (a) unprofessional, and (b) creates too much work for the f.o.h. mix. Therefore, in smaller venues, the problem is exacerbated. However, not beyond salvation. Its the shittiest thing in the world to have an in-house p.a. guy, who knows how it should sound, knows the venue, and clearly knows that the touring guy is crap, yet has to sit through it. My advice, get a new sound guy and a monitor engineer. No-body should have to leave the stage. fin.
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Post by on Nov 30, 2004 12:42:50 GMT -5
I think to conclude disputes there should be some credence given to the argument that there is problem with the MLBands techs and not the band. I have lost count of the number of times people have told me, or wrote on this board" the sound was shit", or "the sound is always shit in this venue " etc.etc.etc. I have worked in p.a. and lights for bands for 11 years from U2 to Radiohead in venues across the U.K., and i know that some venues do sound better than others. However, the mark of a good soundman is his ability to work with what he is given. I didn´t work with the MLB last U.K. tour, but know the crew very well in the venues they played in Belfast and they informed me the bands backline is second to none. Following this train of thought, the sound produced by the band onstage is fine. But traditionally backline is kept at a minimum, instead monitor mixes are given to each member of the band, and another mix is given through the p.a. for the audience. I do know that the MLB do not employ a separate monitor operator which is (a) unprofessional, and (b) creates too much work for the f.o.h. mix. Therefore, in smaller venues, the problem is exacerbated. However, not beyond salvation. Its the shittiest thing in the world to have an in-house p.a. guy, who knows how it should sound, knows the venue, and clearly knows that the touring guy is crap, yet has to sit through it. My advice, get a new sound guy and a monitor engineer. No-body should have to leave the stage. fin. ...
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Post by algreen on Nov 30, 2004 20:56:15 GMT -5
I think some of you old school MLMBers are too harsh on the newbies. It's all cool, baby.....let everyone share their love........NAKED!!!
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Post by sideastwood on Nov 30, 2004 20:57:46 GMT -5
ok, I don't quite understand what Al just said there, but I think I agree with him.
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Post by LMFAO on Nov 30, 2004 20:59:47 GMT -5
I totally agree!!! I remember the first time I posted, Gumby said i was stupid and then set my genitals on fire!!
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Post by RippleJ on Nov 30, 2004 22:18:42 GMT -5
Gumby is God - eventhough he came came over and shagged my mom after my first stupid post.
I gotta respect anyone who is as nimble as Gumby. Mom sure does.
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Post by MR GUMBY on Dec 1, 2004 3:18:36 GMT -5
props!
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