Slander wrote:axecrew wrote:....to make it fair I will do the same. BTW for a "writer" your spelling in the last post sucks....I'd have thought a professional writer could spell the words "volumes and unneccesary", not to mention fact, better than that.
Yeah and your dad is bigger than mine.....blah blah blah....Everyone on this board makes spelling errors. Some more than others. Guilty as charged. I didn't realize we were publishing our comments. Let me call my managing editor. Guy I have no axe to grind with you at all. Quite frankly I just don't get the anger. What is it you exactly want me to admit? That FS is a terrible human being? A lousy musician? What? Will that make you feel better? Will you sleep better at night? There is way too much hostility on this subject. It makes no friggin sense. You and others have done your best to marginalize FS on this board. You and others can go on your diatribes but it won't change the fact that FS owns Survivor. It won't change the fact that he co-wrote the songs. It won't change the fact that he is one hell of guitar player. So you and others can imply he is an asshole all you want. I think you and others are above this nonsense.
What is it I want you to admit???? I want you to admit who you really are,then all of your worship at the house of sullivan will be explained.
As for who owns Survivor.......Who the fuck cares???? Survivor ceased to exist years ago,just like Lynyrd Skynyrd is no longer Lynyrd Skynyrd.....when there is only 1 original member in the band,or in this case 1 1/2( Droubay isn't an original member,but he was a contributing factor to the glory days) the band becomes a parody of itself,almost as if it's a tribute band of itself. Did you ever think that the reason Jim let Frankie buy him out of his own band was because it was easier than putting up with all the bullshit, not to mention he had a number of other things to fall back on. What did st. sullivan have to fall back on??? Don't you understand......Survivor is all sullivan has,he doesn't have anything else,it's his whole life. Oh sure there's the occasional producing gig,but really.....sullivan doesn't have the catalog that Jim has,Jim has 2 other bands, he is constantly writing with tons of artist every year,he produces albums each year. Jim probably makes more with what he does in 6 months than sullivan makes with Survivor in 12. It would be really interesting to see the actual publishing of the songs they wrote together...you know how much of the publishing royalties each one gets. Jim probably saved frankie's life by giving him Survivor,without it frankie has nothing to really speak of.
What do I want you to admit.....How 'bout that the common denominator in all the "problems"with Survivor is francis sullivan. You, yourself, said you wish he'd be more open with the fans,why isn't he? Maybe because he doesn't want the fans to know what he's doing. Look at the facts.....Bickler left the 1st time due to throat problems,no harm, no foul there. But why didn't they wait for Dave's problem to clear up...it obviously did.Enter Jimi......the band becomes stagnent and Jimi goes off to do his own thing. Dave comes back...only to be let go a 2nd time(after bailing them out of a jam by coming in to begin with), Jim leaves,sells sullivan his interest in the band. Jimi comes back.....is let go,quits whatever. Who's the only guy who's there for each and every personal decision???? Let me see.....sullivan.....is this proof?? No,but after all remember it's sullivan's band,you said so yourself. But also consider that both Jim and Jimi have no desire to work with him again,his stunt with melodicrock fest and it's hard not to figure out who the square peg for the round hole is.
Explain something to me....when Andrew found out that Harem Scarem wasn't coming....being that the show was in the midwest.....wouldn't Survivor have been a perfect replacement??? Sullivan shot himself in the foot with that show in more ways than 1. Survior was never ask to play...ya know why???? NO ONE wanted to deal with the attitude and the bullshit. That I know is a FACT.
So what do I want ........something that'll never happen.