oooo really?

I've never heard that to my recollection.

So, hollis, who's the guilty parties on the thanking NZOA and radio wankers?

Michelle Kaczor

I was probably there to witness the genius of GST
or trying to get really drunk at the grand central,being interuptted by bad singing and cello

thats Goldfish Stealing Trolley right? their good.

yeah
not at gigs
its real weird

"the thing that really gets me fired up is when they thank NZ on Air and radio fuck heads"

Why shouldn't they?
If I was in Tadpole (God forbid), I would be sucked the dick of the Rock at every conceivable opportunity, because without them there would be no Tadpole.

I can see how you would be annoyed with people just saying shit because they've been told to, or if they feel they have to or something, but if something like NZOA or a particular radio station has been cruicial to the success of the band, why shouldn't they give them the respect they deserve?

I was being sarcastic about GST

the drummers' ex stereo bus.solid as a rock.

And when is the time and place, assuming that the band doesn't have radio/television/sandwich-board-gimps to do it for them? It's often the perfect situation - the crowd is fired up on the live show, why not plug the new single/album/video/groupie? Yes, there can be overkill...

Not really - well to my knowledge anyway, but heaps of them do that in-group joke thing, where they piss themselves. last year wash did that and i was going "what the hell's so funny? what'd i miss?" and my friend was sitting there laughing and she goes "i dunno, they just look funny when they laugh.." i was like...riiiiiight....thats gotta be annoying....

// When they constantly tell you who the drummer/bassist/guitarist is.

I like that, usually the only member(s) people know are the frontpeople, nice to find out who actually makes up a band.

I don't really care, I'm there for the music, if they can make me laugh or inform me, fine.
Though what bugs me at times is when they say the name of a song but it is all muffled or quiet so no one knows what the heck it is called.

i think some people think because the bands play great music they also must be comedians/story tellers/jugglers........ whatever, when really they are probabally only talking to the crowd in the first place bacause they feel obligated to. I dont think many bands would plan speaches before the gig or anything

thats a bit cynical mate

//Martha do you expect musicians to be funny, and provide some kind of side show for you?

Not at all.

If they get it right, big ups to them. Most of them don't however and everyone cringes when they try.

Some of them should just shut the fuck up.

Yeah, I so didn't get that... What were they saying? I wasn't paying attention but between every song they'd mention orange juice. I was too busy laughing at some certain people..... heheheh

what really scares me about her is the way she looks at the camera.
photos and video.
she always looks so eager to please.
hats off to those two for making a living,
but at what price?

she's not that prissy
she wrote a song abouy arse fucking

They denied it for months tho.

I think shes just trying to be a bad girl.

Whatever. I just thought the clit comment made her look trashy. I mean even Enimen was saying his most important event was his daughter being born.

I'm sorry that you and others may feel that I seem eager to please.

If you think that my happiness depends on some faceless people I've never even met who post of forums, then you are sadly mistaken.

I may make some comments at some stage that are completely out of nowhere or don't have a lot of evidence to back it up, but hey, I'm human, I make mistakes.

Generally I try to post insightful comments that don't offend people's musical tastes and also encourage support of any music, whether it be NZ or international. Unfortunately, some people take things the wrong way, like chopper for instance.

I think a lot of people sell themselves short by just listening to songs off the radio and I think its great if a few people may step outside the square due to comments posted by myself or others in this forum.

My comments in this particular thread, relating to NZ lead singers, is not an attack on all NZ lead singers - most of them, whether I like the band or not, are very good singers. There are just some that make you cringe and put you off their live performance with some of the things they say.

In hindsight though, isn't everyone a little eager to please? I guess I should retract what I said earlier in regards to this.

I just thought what Renee from Tadpole said in this month's RIU was a little vulgar.