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11.16.06, 11:04 AM #1
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Instead of Bitching, Hoiw about an organized effort?
OK, first of all I realize that there are a hell of a lot more important things in the world, but having said that....
Instead of bitching about MA being screwed over, let's make an organized effort that reaches far beyond this message board to show the decision makers it may hurt them in the pocket.
I know it sounds silly, and I would usually be the first to bash such an idea, but I can tell that there is a lot of support for this. Even though I know the numbers may be on the smaller side that insist on MA being there, that is not always the determining factor on being heard. If we can bring this to the publics attention through the internet, and have some news outlets jump on board(christ, they already poach 99% of the net anyway), then maybe we can make some noise.
I'd rather try, than not. Who is in???????
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11.16.06, 11:21 AM #2
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"It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you..." -Neil Young
"The sun's not yellow, it's chicken." -Bob Dylan
"If you go out and buy a Van Halen record and put it in your collection, it'll melt your other records." -David Lee Roth, 1981.
Guy of Gisborne: Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?
Sheriff of Nottingham: Because it's DULL, you twit!!! It'll HURT MORE!!!
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11.16.06, 11:23 AM #3
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The best thing you can do is don't buy a ticket for the tour. That's as crystal clear as it gets.
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11.16.06, 11:28 AM #4
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1)The idea is to make it clear prior to them moving on without Mike.
2)Again, I doubt the sheer number not buying single seats would even make a dent once the tour begins.
3)The squeaky wheel gets the grease man. If the promoters think that there is a chance that this decision will hurt sales or cause bad PR than maybe that would do it.
If you are truly interested than pm me and we will get it going.
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11.16.06, 11:59 AM #5
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this is really embarassing. if you don't like the lineup you don't go - pretty simply. If the band changed their mind over who was in the band over what a few squeeky wheels thought, i would lose what little respect I have left for them. It's their band - not yours.
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11.16.06, 12:02 PM #6
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Save the Whales... er I mean Bass Player!!!
Woke up this mornin, got Blue Moon in your eyes...
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11.16.06, 12:05 PM #7
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Riiiiiiiiiighttttttttttttttttt, if that was the case then by all accounts Cherone would still be in the band since they were musical soulmates. BS man.
warner and the peeps said no way...see ya Gary. Plain and simple man.
Everything is consumer driven...everything...instead of having the powers that be believe that it won't cost them, someone needs to make sure to present it that may.
Do you think the overwhelming majority of the McDonald's eating public really give a shit about the nutritional facts on their double quarter pounder? Obviously, not. Lobbyists are very effective.
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11.16.06, 12:06 PM #8
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11.16.06, 12:13 PM #9
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Don't be such pessimists, ye naysayers. There is nothing wrong with making your voices heard in some way regarding this.
I think some kind of action is a good idea.
problem is, what is most effective and for least cost?
My thinking is a well publicized smail mail campaign. Hundreds or even thousands of letters to Azoff's office might do something. At least give him some physical stuff he can bring to 5150 with him to show Ed that we love VH and all the originals intact for a tour. What is cool, is that they all have the same management...so letters going to that one place make it even easier.
Its not a big effort individually, and it is better than email in this case, because it is just harder to ignore/delete/trash. And it proves you care enough to take the time to send a letter and drop it off in the mail.
Anyone have management's address?
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I agree....even a small concentration to Azoff and even the publicist will carry weight. I wasn't thinking about taking out a full page add in the USA Today or anything. We already have a basic myspace page. I am thinking viral marketing, ala YOU TUBE, along with a central website to co-ordinate the effort. Get online news outlets to bite, like G4, MelodicRock,etc. Sirius would bite and that means XM too. Maybe get some help from Stern in Robins news. It would start to snowball from there............
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Well not to piss on your leg and tell you it's raining... but...
Isn't this getting a little bit ahead of things? What do we got?
Ed says Saucey can do what he wants while promoting his porn project on Stern. Porn publicist says son is playing with dad in studio and the next VH bassplayer.
Rumored 2007 tour... note the key word here RUMORED...
Michael says no one has contacted him.
At present... you have no real tour, no real record, no real singer... no real band!!
What you do have is a drunk wino hawking hootchy-momma movies and bragging on his boy. While his Dildo Diary girlfriend is shooting of her mouth. A bass player making winter vacation plans. A drummer hiding in his basement. A singer with hope running eternally. Oh and a bunch of rumors and bullshit stirred up on the internet...
What shall we campaign about again?Woke up this mornin, got Blue Moon in your eyes...
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Not that I won't miss Mikey ALOT on the next tour, and I do agree with what most of you are saying, but wouldn't you rather see guys up there on stage playing that actually WANT to play together? I think that at this point if Mike ends up back touring with VH, I might walk away from the show feeling it was all phony up there. Then again, I guess these issues have been going on longer than I realized.
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i gotta tell ya, we may just wanna leave it alone right about now
too much and it may piss ed all to hell and we may get absolutely zero.
i for one, hope val can talk some sense into ed. i think she is the only person that can. does she even want to? i dunno. maybe if wolfie sees all this he'll lobby for his dad to get mike back. but it's a longshot, and we're dealing with bigger powers here guys, unfortunately
squal, myself, and a few others also think it is suspect that "the guy" is posting exclusively over at the army and not at a van halen website. to me, that fucking sucks, end of story.
this thing is already FUBAR. i think we should all just wait n see what happens.
we shouldn't have to voice an opinion to keep mike in the band. if ed is that sick from his disease, there's nothing you or i can do about it. believe me, i know
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