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http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=343852007

Not a perfect review - but not bad. Focused on some STUPID things..

Kimterp wrote:http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=343852007

Not a WONDERFUL review - but not bad. .

What do you mean; the reviewer gave Journey 4 stars out of 5

Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

I can think of a few 3-letter words I want to say right about now...

At least he got the vocal part right!!! You guys do ROCK!!!

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

I know - I have natural curls too - fuck them .. if THAT is what they are focused on .. then you know you did well - I think a lot of reports need to have a HOOK to get them recognition. Wonder what THAT dude looked like..

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

Jeff, if the only thing she had to complain about was your hair, I think you've got nothing to worry about. She could have said your singing sucked ( not that it does AT ALL!)

She sounds like someone that was dumped by some rocker in her past.

That reviewer obviously doesn't care for "gurning guitar solos and pompous synth breaks". Fuck her.

I think she just had to find something to make a smartass comment about. For some reason reviewers think that's the cool thing to do.

ohsherrie wrote:I think she just had to find something to make a smartass comment about. For some reason reviewers think that's the cool thing to do.

Exactly. But at least the music end of the review was VERY good!

I always remember what David Lee Roth said: "Music critics love Elvis Costello cuz he looks like most of them."

What she means, like most of the short-sighted post-1991 (grunge) arsehole members of the press in this country (UK) is that she doesn't care for true individual talent and any virtuosity regarding guitars, keys or drums. They just don't get it. Its a british disease, anybody truly talented who sticks their head above the crowd, gets a rock thrown at it. Maybe if they had worn baggy combats, ill-fitting hoodies, got plenty of acne and spots, mooched around miserably, comletely disconnected from the audience and removed all evidence of guitar/drum/keyboard solols from the material, she would have given them the full five stars.

Amazingly thats why the Darkness charted in this country a couple of years ago - all those wanker journos thought they were 'getting' the nudge-wink joke - but infact the joke was the Darkness themselves - if Justin Hawkins had sang in that pathetic manner in the US, he'd have been laughed off the stage, like he should have been in the UK.

Jeff, if you go back on line by chance - I'm only hours away from seeing you guys at Nottingham and I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT!!!!! Middle of the stalls about 8 rows back!

Marc S wrote: the joke was the Darkness themselves - if Justin Hawkins had sang in that pathetic manner in the US, he'd have been laughed off the stage, like he should have been in the UK.

Oh, I don't know...the Darkness rocked when I saw them at the Brixton Academy three or four years ago. Sure, they played up to the essential absurdity of the genre but they did it with love.

As for the review in the Scotsman...well, the writer clearly loved the concert. There's no need to get all upset about the fact that she found it all quite amusing too - and didn't write about the show in a tone of solemn awe.

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

I say we break out a good old fashion ass whoopin on this guy..... I can make a phone call to a friend in NYC and we can break this guys thumbs. He would have a hard time writing then

Keep on rockin Jeff.

They lumped Journey in with Chicago? WTF!!!

Take your point, but surely your sensibilites are stretched to the limit when Hawkins sings in that dreadful manner? Its like a teenagers imitation of a bonafide 'rock' vocalist. And the material is so overly cheesy and cliche-ridden...?

She clearly did enjoy the concert but its the undercurrent of 'these guys should know better at their age' and the references to 'poodle perms' as a focal point of the review, so yes I do reserve the right to get upset by a fucking 'journo' who, by all accounts 'should know better'. Her response is exactly my point, she sees no differnce between Journey, the genuine article and The Darkness, pastiche novelty band.

It seems that no matter how good a show is, how great a singer's voice is etc., critics ALWAYS have to say something about the hair and/or the way they're dressed.

Hmmm, maybe she comes from BT?

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

I think you should shave it bald! Bald is beautiful...and it doesn't take a lot of maintenance!

Marc S wrote:Take your point, but surely your sensibilites are stretched to the limit when Hawkins sings in that dreadful manner? Its like a teenagers imitation of a bonafide 'rock' vocalist. And the material is so overly cheesy and cliche-ridden...?

She clearly did enjoy the concert but its the undercurrent of 'these guys should know better at their age' and the references to 'poodle perms' as a focal point of the review, so yes I do reserve the right to get upset by a fucking 'journo' who, by all accounts 'should know better'. Her response is exactly my point, she sees no differnce between Journey, the genuine article and The Darkness, pastiche novelty band.

Good point Marc...and in fact she was implying that the Darkness were actually cooler than Journey because they were aware of the absurdity whereas Journey are not.

For me...the Darkness were a pastiche novelty act too...and I didn't take them seriously at all. Journey? Well, I take them deadly seriously on one level - but on another I agree with the journo about the cliched AOR moves, the pomposity and earnestness and so on. The difference is...she is being snide when she says it whereas I love Journey all the more for it!

conversationpc wrote:They lumped Journey in with Chicago? WTF!!!

I guess her point was that Chicago's power ballads were huge hits in the UK in the 1980s...whereas Journey's weren't.

yes, and doesn't it underline the fickle nature of the UK buying demographic that those Chicago ballads (Hard Habit etc, which I secretly do like despite Cetera's slightly whiny vocals)? I could never see why Open Arms, Who's Crying Now or Faithfully wouldn't have been big hits in the UK at that time? That said DSB has always been very popular in mainstream circles here - if any decent covers band plays it in a pub everyone loves and remembers it which is always slightly strange, amongst Reckless era Bryan Adams and the like...

The bitch doesnt have a clue. She shouldve dont her homework before tryin to review Journey. She didnt even bother checkin out Jeff's long resume to find out that the guy doesnt need any breaks between songs to lay down backstage. Her damn name reminds me more of the poodle perms than anything else! Im just glad she at least got the name right and didnt call him James Scott Soto like that dusche bag from Columbus did!
Damn you William Wallace for giving these guys the right to have their own land !! Had they been part of England, theyd known more about Almighty Neal and Sir Soto!

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

Curls are for fags!

RossValoryRocks wrote:I think you should shave it bald! Bald is beautiful...and it doesn't take a lot of maintenance!

Shut up. You want a Midnight Oil fronted Journey?


Ok, I am off to work, but I somehow know that there will be some harsh jokes coming my way when I return.

conversationpc wrote:They lumped Journey in with Chicago? WTF!!!

I would sue for this comment. Maybe a blog is in order?

Matthew wrote:I guess her point was that Chicago's power ballads were huge hits in the UK in the 1980s...whereas Journey's weren't.

Dude, how many times do I need to say this. Chicago sucks.

RockinDeano wrote:

conversationpc wrote:They lumped Journey in with Chicago? WTF!!!

I would sue for this comment. Maybe a blog is in order?

Matthew wrote:I guess her point was that Chicago's power ballads were huge hits in the UK in the 1980s...whereas Journey's weren't.

Dude, how many times do I need to say this. Chicago sucks.

Once the 80's came around they did. 70's Chicago is classic.

Miss Fiona ( ) lost her credibility and my interest as soon as she typed:"terminally unhip and maligned genre of music".She's obviously a half-brained hip-hoppotamus living in the dark under someone's smelly kilt.

JSS wrote:Poodle permed.....what a prick!! The same morons say this about Brian May out here, both of us have NATURAL fucking curls, not PERMED! If anything, I burned the shit straight for the Soul SirkUS era, I hate ignos out there who use that phrase, you don't see them calling Perry hair 'ironed'!

Ignore them,darling,they're just jealous!They would all kill for natural curls like you,me,Kim(terp) and Brian have!Ha!


Even William Wallace was a curly warrior,right Behshad?

RockinDeano wrote:
Shut up. You want a Midnight Oil fronted Journey?


Ok, I am off to work, but I somehow know that there will be some harsh jokes coming my way when I return.

Nope...well...maybe...I am gonna go Animal House on your ass:

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son." ~ Dean Wormer

Here is a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcoOP25MyAU

Learn it, live it, be it.

the same thing was said of greg brady in the hawaii episode..

Chicago NOW...not so good.
Chicago THEN (before Terry Kath blew his brains out)...amazing.

Even Hendrix said Kath was one of the best guitar players he's ever seen.

RockinDeano wrote:

conversationpc wrote:They lumped Journey in with Chicago? WTF!!!

I would sue for this comment. Maybe a blog is in order?

Matthew wrote:I guess her point was that Chicago's power ballads were huge hits in the UK in the 1980s...whereas Journey's weren't.

Dude, how many times do I need to say this. Chicago sucks.

LarryFromNextDoor wrote:nig ,, help me out ,, is this the nut bag that wrote that review , without being there>
Fiona Shepherd?

No that is not her this is the quote next to that picture

LIVE REVIEW - THE SCOTSMAN
Fiona Shepherd review the concert in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket by Eliza Carthy (pictured) and her band The Ratcatchers. The concert was held as part of the city's continuing Celtic Connections festival and the review appeared in The Scotsman newspaper.