--------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E G A R Y N U M A N D I G E S T (by subscription only - to unsubscribe, see bottom of this message) --------------------------------------------------------------------- (#2002-151) - Topics this issue: 1) Not liking Gary, 2) Not liking Gary, 3) closing the back door to the polling place, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 07:00:21 +0200 From: "Mike & Kelly Moore" Subject: Re: Not liking Gary This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C25E17.E3574000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hmmm..I met Gary before a concert in Franfurt, Germany a few years ago. = I found him to be a very friendly and likable guy, as a matter of fact, = I was impressed how cordial he was to his fans (unlike many stars). Oh = well, we are all different, and our likes and dislikes could never be = the same. You don't have to like the guy to enjoy his music, at least = he isn't some political bimbo like Bono, spouting off his opinion about = every single thing wrong in the world. It really pissed me off when I = paid $60 a ticket to get lousy seats at a U2 show in Washington, DC, = just to listen to that multimillionaire asshole go on about how we have = to stop war and end hunger. Not htat I don't agree with him, I just = don't appreciate hypocrites, as he has more money then he is ever going = to spend (some of it previously belonging to me), let Bon go out and = feed the starving peoples of the world. I am having a hard enough time = feeding my own family! At least Gary doesn't run off at the mouth about everything under the = sun, the man spends his money on airplanes and fast cars. I can respect = that! Did anyone ever find out if he's into motorcycles as well? Cheers! M2 ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C25E17.E3574000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hmmm..I met Gary before a concert in = Franfurt,=20 Germany a few years ago. I found him to be a very friendly and = likable=20 guy, as a matter of fact, I was impressed how cordial he was to his fans = (unlike=20 many stars). Oh well, we are all different, and our likes and = dislikes=20 could never be the same. You don't have to like the guy to enjoy = his=20 music, at least he isn't some political bimbo like Bono, spouting off = his=20 opinion about every single thing wrong in the world. It really = pissed me=20 off when I paid $60 a ticket to get lousy seats at a U2 show in = Washington, DC,=20 just to listen to that multimillionaire asshole go on about how we have = to stop=20 war and end hunger. Not htat I don't agree with him, I just don't=20 appreciate hypocrites, as he has more money then he is ever going to = spend (some=20 of it previously belonging to me), let Bon go out and feed the starving = peoples=20 of the world. I am having a hard enough time feeding my own = family! =20 <rant mode off>

At least Gary doesn't run off at the = mouth about=20 everything under the sun, the man spends his money on airplanes and fast = cars. I can respect that! Did anyone ever find out if he's = into=20 motorcycles as well?

Cheers! = M2

------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C25E17.E3574000-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:40:55 -0700 From: Rod Reynolds Subject: Re: Not liking Gary Hey. Some of the following might sound critical or negative, but that is really not my intention. My purpose is one of explanation. I do want to say that Gary and his Dad have never been less than cordial to me. I have met hundreds of famous people in the last ten years in LA, and I cannot say the same for several of them. Some famous people are downright awful, particularly given that I feel any artist should cherish their fans. Because without whom... literally they would be nothing. (How can they not see that?!!) And that's something that Gary obviously understands. I have met most of my favorite singers and had them be, well, less than friendly, and others be extremely gracious, and several hundred in between or undetermined. LOL. And you certainly come away from the friendly ones with much more enthusiasm for your support than the ones who dismiss you. (ie. I will think long and hard before I ever buy another B-52's album.) I always think, one day you will come out of a door somewhere and there will be no one waiting for you, and you will NOT be happy about it. I can't remember specifically what it was in Praying to the Aliens, but I distinctly remember at one point thinking that Gary and I would likely never be friends. I remember the feeling quite clearly, because at the time, it was a revelation, and it saddened me. I vaguely remember his thoughts about America, and guns, and his attitudes towards people (which may or may not be a British thing). When I have the chance I'll skim through it again to see if I can get specifics. Then, as I said, working with him. Which was really NOT the nail in the coffin, just disappointing on my end (which I explained in a previous post). But partly, his dismissal of his previous works... is, a little insulting, in that I can honestly say I can listen to "Dance" and be moved by it, entertained, excited, whatever, and to think that he's not into it, is a little embarrassing. Speaking as someone who bought every single record, every single, every cd, every remaster, every compilation... would the man himself not 'approve'? That I was so excited to me working on those cds and he was so completely disinterested that he never even opened the package of them from America? And then, some of his lyrics... I find his negative attitude towards sooo many things, well, disturbing. I definitely don't agree with his philosophy. I understand, though, and it's really not a judgement, as I said, I completely love his music (some more that others). I am just a little over some of the religion issues he carries around with him, and it saddens me that he still feels that way, only because he could be much happier, which is something I truly wish for him (and everyone). I've thought of this before, and realized, that then, maybe his music would be more like ABC instead of Numan. As much as I love ABC (mainly their first two albums) - not a good thing. So sometimes I ponder if the downer 'tude could be an act, a posturing, since with the industrial noisy guitar sound that he's into now, the lyrics need to be fairly gothic and negative. But from interviews, I assume that this is really the way he feels. I'd love to sit in a room with him and "interview" him (ie with a specific purpose), but I don't feel like we'd ever 'hang out' and be friends, partly because I'm sure I would annoy him as much as he would me. That's what I meant. Rod Los Angeles PS Bono was very nice to me, the one time I got to meet him (and Edge). But no, I wouldn't want to spend a day 'hanging' with him, either. :o) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmm..I met Gary before a concert in Franfurt, Germany a few years ago. I > found him to be a very friendly and likable guy, as a matter of fact, I was > impressed how cordial he was to his fans (unlike many stars). Oh well, we are > all different, and our likes and dislikes could never be the same. You don't > have to like the guy to enjoy his music, at least he isn't some political > bimbo like Bono, spouting off his opinion about every single thing wrong in > the world. It really pissed me off when I paid $60 a ticket to get lousy > seats at a U2 show in Washington, DC, just to listen to that multimillionaire > asshole go on about how we have to stop war and end hunger. Not htat I don't > agree with him, I just don't appreciate hypocrites, as he has more money then > he is ever going to spend (some of it previously belonging to me), let Bon go > out and feed the starving peoples of the world. I am having a hard enough > time feeding my own family! > > At least Gary doesn't run off at the mouth about everything under the sun, the > man spends his money on airplanes and fast cars. I can respect that! Did > anyone ever find out if he's into motorcycles as well? > > Cheers! M2 > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:34:20 -0500 From: "Val & Ben Iglar-Mobley" Subject: closing the back door to the polling place The poll for "favorite b-sides" is closed. Stay tuned for the results of the voting! ------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! 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