Outstanding post, V.
Simply terrific. I wish I had typed it up myself.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 12:07
PM
Subject: Re: HALFTIME SHOW, FOR THE
RECORD!!!
In a message dated
11/25/01 10:38:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, anjy508@MSN.COM writes:
oh by the way- just a note: (and no not a sarcasm
one...)
yes scott did stop responding to the bb board
for a while after HC came out- he said due to the negativity from the
fans...he said he was gonna have to take a break from it and apologized to
those not involved...
The band didn't stop reading the bulletin
board because of negativity towards the band though...they stopped reading it
because of the hateful, horrible way the fans talked to each other. And
the bulletin board was FAR worse than this list has ever been. I
know....I've been a member of both for years.
What
you have to understand is that a little negative feedback isn't a terrible
thing....it's something the band needs, to understand their fanbase. And
that's why the label created the bulletin board and discussion lists in the
first place, so they and the band could keep their finger on the pulse of what
the fans think of the band and the music. Without the fans, they're
nothing....and they understand that. If for instance, they see a lot of
people complaining about the lip synching....they'd be likely to think....Wow,
I guess we shouldn't do THAT again! Those that were making
comments about the SNL performance weren't necessarily bashing the
band....they were just saying that particular live performance had some
problems....sound, lack of warm-up for Scott's voice (which, being an
untrained singer, he desperately needs), that sort of thing. They can
also use the feedback to decide which songs the fans would most want to hear
done at a live show, which they most likely take into consideration when
making up their set lists.
The band is not perfect, they're
fallible human beings, and they know this...I'm quite certain they don't cry
when they see comments that aren't all happy-cheery-rosey. But this list
isn't all bad....it isn't all arguments and member bashing....it can be a fun,
informative, enlightening thing to read, and often is. But it's also a
discussion list among many varied personality types, and if we were all just a
bit more tolerant of each others personality differences, then the discussions
remain just that....discussions, not arguments.
V