What is up with dude sitting side stage?

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Warhawk Wrote:
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> What is up with dude sitting side stage?


Good point. I think that is "Stalk Much" and I think he is waiting to strike.

I think that's the person doing the recording.

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I am curious....as anyone actually watched the entire video? Because I can only seem to get to about 30 seconds in before I want to put a pistol in my mouth and end it all.

I watched it. It's like watching a train wreck, you can't turn away.

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To be fair, Meade is a better singer and instrumentalist than a lot of other people that fancy themselves musicians; I genuinely do wish I could play piano as well as he does (assuming he's actually playing it).

However, I do not like his style, I think his songwriting is trite, and his presentation of the act (i.e. pissing off the internet, one site at a time) is very counter-productive.

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+1

I can't play the piano or sing so he's better than me on two counts.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> To be fair, Meade is a better singer and
> instrumentalist than a lot of other people that
> fancy themselves musicians; I genuinely do wish I
> could play piano as well as he does (assuming he's
> actually playing it).
>
> However, I do not like his style, I think his
> songwriting is trite, and his presentation of the
> act (i.e. pissing off the internet, one site at a
> time) is very counter-productive.

I agree. He has talent, just not my taste. His pissing off the internet isn't necessarily counter-productive though as it keeps his name relevant. Hell, I never would have heard of him if it weren't for the Meade rants. You know what they say, bad publicity is still publicity.

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Melissa Wrote:
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> MrMephisto Wrote:
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> -----
> > To be fair, Meade is a better singer and
> > instrumentalist than a lot of other people that
> > fancy themselves musicians; I genuinely do wish
> I
> > could play piano as well as he does (assuming
> he's
> > actually playing it).
> >
> > However, I do not like his style, I think his
> > songwriting is trite, and his presentation of
> the
> > act (i.e. pissing off the internet, one site at
> a
> > time) is very counter-productive.
>
> I agree. He has talent, just not my taste. His
> pissing off the internet isn't necessarily
> counter-productive though as it keeps his name
> relevant. Hell, I never would have heard of him
> if it weren't for the Meade rants. You know what
> they say, bad publicity is still publicity.

Funny that you always have cocks in your mouth like meade talks in circles

Oh no! Accusing someone named "Melissa" of liking dicks! Now you've done it!

*scratches head*

Am I supposed to be insulted or something?

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The troll is just being a typical high-schooler.

Insult someone, then run away and giggle.

School is out, you have to get used to lame and frankly uninformed people trying to make jokes and be funny. They have heard those for the first time, so they assume they'll be new to everyone else. The poor things don't know how dumb it makes them look.

Melissa Wrote:
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> I agree. He has talent, just not my taste. His
> pissing off the internet isn't necessarily
> counter-productive though as it keeps his name
> relevant. Hell, I never would have heard of him
> if it weren't for the Meade rants. You know what
> they say, bad publicity is still publicity.

No, bad publicity is bad publicity; you might know who he is, but you'll never buy a CD or go to a show unless you're there to laugh at him or be "ironic" as the hipsters say. But then, if you spend $5 to laugh at him, then the jokes really on you, isn't it?

People think that "bad publicity" includes "controversy." Controversy, as in "getting people to talk about you and what you're doing," falls into the "good publicity" category. Meade's approach is getting him "bad publicity," as in "I never want to be in the same room as that guy."

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> To be fair, Meade is a better singer and
> instrumentalist than a lot of other people that
> fancy themselves musicians; I genuinely do wish I
> could play piano as well as he does (assuming he's
> actually playing it).
>
> However, I do not like his style, I think his
> songwriting is trite, and his presentation of the
> act (i.e. pissing off the internet, one site at a
> time) is very counter-productive.


I agree actually. What he needs is a tragedy in his life to bring some edginess to his act.
Maybe we can blow up the Krispy Creme factory.

pgens Wrote:
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> School is out, you have to get used to lame and
> frankly uninformed people trying to make jokes and
> be funny. They have heard those for the first
> time, so they assume they'll be new to everyone
> else. The poor things don't know how dumb it
> makes them look.

Meanwhile Pgens has been posting here since 2005. So who is the real loser?

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> To be fair, Meade is a better singer and
> instrumentalist than a lot of other people that
> fancy themselves musicians; I genuinely do wish I
> could play piano as well as he does (assuming he's
> actually playing it).
>
> However, I do not like his style, I think his
> songwriting is trite, and his presentation of the
> act (i.e. pissing off the internet, one site at a
> time) is very counter-productive.


I've sort of caught up with ol' Meade the last few weeks.

I think your take is pretty accurate.

Although I agree his songwriting is trite, he seems to have some kind of melodic gift. Has he taken that as far as it will go, or does he lack the capacity for critical thinking (not quite the right term, but I think you'll gather my point) that might allow him to raise it higher?

It's an improbable thought, but I wonder if a really talented producer, like a Jerry Wexler, could make a man out of Meade Skelton, musically speaking. Make him into, if not a Billy Joel, at least a Christopher Cross. (And I am a fan of neither Joel nor Cross, although the former clearly had above-average songwriting chops in his prime.)

I listen to some of Meade's tunes, and they seem to be pushing up against the edge of being a decent pop song, without every quite crossing that line. (To get beyond trite, he would probably need some help on the lyrics front, too, or the good fortune to stumble on a clever gimmick song where the triteness would be irrelevant, a la Chocolate Rain, as WTL noted elsewhere.)

All I know is I have that fucking "We Talk in Circles" chorus in my head and I want to die.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> No, bad publicity is bad publicity; you might know
> who he is, but you'll never buy a CD or go to a
> show unless you're there to laugh at him or be
> "ironic" as the hipsters say. But then, if you
> spend $5 to laugh at him, then the jokes really on
> you, isn't it?
>
> People think that "bad publicity" includes
> "controversy." Controversy, as in "getting people
> to talk about you and what you're doing," falls
> into the "good publicity" category. Meade's
> approach is getting him "bad publicity," as in "I
> never want to be in the same room as that guy."

You have a very good point. :o)

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I think that "Talk in Circles" is the closest thing that Meade has to a good song. I bet some producer could tweak it just a little and get a hit out of it. The sound on this recording is also excellent, in terms of the settings of the mic, etc.

Good: Sound, Basic Tune
Needs little work: Lyrics
Needs lots of work: Lose the "Meade Skelton" sign, lose weight, less perspiration

seriously i didn't realize how greasy he was. you could scrape some oil off his face and replenish the oil wells. or you could bottle it and sell it as a meade skelton lubricant.

MrMephisto Wrote:
But then, if you
> spend $5 to laugh at him, then the jokes really on
> you, isn't it?



Well, I dunno, I've spent $9 to laugh at, oh, say, Eddie Murphy. So I'd say the joke was still on him.

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MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I think that's the person doing the recording.


If that's the case, someone needs to teach the asshole how to read a fucking sound meter, because the vocals are an over-modulated piece of shit.

Eastsider Wrote:
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> I think that "Talk in Circles" is the closest
> thing that Meade has to a good song. I bet some
> producer could tweak it just a little and get a
> hit out of it. The sound on this recording is
> also excellent, in terms of the settings of the
> mic, etc.
>
> Good: Sound, Basic Tune
> Needs little work: Lyrics
> Needs lots of work: Lose the "Meade Skelton"
> sign, lose weight, less perspiration



Meade is just using a look popularized by Billy Joel...in the 1970s...

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I think that's the person doing the recording.


please stop using logic.