I was so sad when i read this that i tried to commit suicide but cole stopped me. The band almost broke up....
I saw you guys last night at Terminal 5, opening for the Raconeturs. With all due respect, you guys SUCKED. Seriously. I don't usually go out of my way to criticize, and I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but in all honesty, your guys' set may have been the most awful experience of my life.
Too much yelling, too much use of that stupid echo mic, too much sounding like the 4th place contestant at my high school battle of the bands. I actually boo'ed you guys but you were so loud and obnoxious that nobody else could hear it.
And another thing, when the lights come up, and the PA music starts playing, GET THE FUCK OFF STAGE. You are the shitty opening act, nobody wants to hear another shitty song from your repertoire.
Thanks, and good luck!
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Whomever wrote that is a complete asshole. People who came to see the Raconteurs may not be used to the fun intensity that is the Black Lips and that little mother fucker obviously didn't see your genius. By the way please don't commit suicide or I will have to commit suicide and it will only start a very say suicide chain.
somebody needs a hug.
that kid probably went home and downloaded one of your albums and realized he just made a total ass of himself.
I've seen you guys twice (El Rey in Los Angeles, and Coachella) and on both ocassions I didn't want the set to end - such good music! I have a piece of Ian's guitar that was thrown into the crowd in Coachella on my wall, so that keeps me going until you guys come around here again.
By the way, if you guys like Los Saicos then check out Los Yorks...
Oh that guy should fuck himself. Seriously. RUDE! I've seen you all three times (KS and Coachella) and have part of Ian's guitar as will from Coachella (which was a badasssss set by the way) and I will continue to see you all. If I could afford it I would follow you all around. But I am pretty sure that is called stalking or something...
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what a dick. Ithink its funny how hetooktime to write that up.
I was at the June 1st show at Terminal 5. I have to admit I wasn't ready to hear you guys and I don't think the crowd was either. I found it very loud.... But i still liked the music (it almost sounded early Nirvana.) After the show i would have given you guys a 7/10. But when I got home I downloaded your "Good Bad Not Evil" Album and loved it. I just love the sound that you guys have, its just so relaxing, But i didn't find that come across in the show.
The crowd on June 1st was kinda strange I have to admit, especially in my area.... The guy standing next to me took a piss on a dad and his son (12 yrs old) who were standing in front of him. It was kinda strange to be standing there during the rest of the show.
But once again I really like you guys after listening to your album.
BTW, I saw you guys during the raconteurs set standing up on the balcony in the back. I was trying to make eye contact but failed, i think....
I cant wait till you guys come back to NYC! I'll be there.
*hug* Don't listen to anything that douche-bag has to say! I've seen all y'all twice, the first time at the Black Cat in D.C. (best concert of my entire life, by the way. i bit someone) and the second time at the 9:30 Club with the Raconteurs. Of course I was there to see you! This show wasn't as great, mostly because you didn't play very long, and everyone there was old as fuck... No one was dancing or shit, I didn't know what to do! But seriously, don't waste your life on some sad asshole. *i love you*
man, i WISH you guys opened for the raconteurs in SF. i get the best fanboy love, because of panama city beach 3003.
PS cole i know why you didnt want me to buy that dvd, you dick flopper.
i concur that this asshole is an asshole. i almost paid the fucking ticket price just to see you guys open for the raconteurs or however you spell it in columbus ohio, because the last time you played here (at the basement) it was one of the rowdiest shows i've been to for a while. your shit gets me so charged that had someone booed you in my presence (and i assure you everyone was cheering with delight) i would have ripped their fucking throat out and asked you to autograph it. the only reasons i didn't see you this past week was because i'm broke and the raconteurs bore the piss out of me. fuck people who go out of their way to criticize.
Hey Black Lips, don't you DARE use the words 'split' and 'up' in the same sentence. I've seen you guys a mere 4 times live and each time I've been in tears of joy. Not only are you the best band in the world now, but the best band this millenium.
The Raconteurs? "Who the fuck are they?" as we say in my country..
Nony x
the racs have a different fanbase, and they are kind of popular now, so a lot of the kids that like them are douche bags that just wanna hear loads of guitar solos. I noticed in columbus no one really getting into your set, but when i saw you guys at a show of your own everyone was feeling it. don't change, we really love you!
i bet the guy that egged you was the same dude that hated your "stupid echo mic"----see ...these things wouldnt happen if you stayed in atlanta and played lennys and drunken unicorn and whirly ball every nite. ive got to go right now b/c there is a totally awesome guitar solo on in the background
hey guys,
i saw you in March in Paris, at La Maroquinerie, and i'll come see you again in September, when you play at Trabendo.
you're really good !
the first time i heard your music was when that guy Piero, from Demon's Claws, made me listen to it.
i became literally obsessed with some of your songs. Bad Kids is my favorite. i sing it as i reluctantly climb the stairs to go to my American Civilization class.
i also love Cold Hands, Buried Alive, Hippie Hippie Hoorah, Katrina, How do you tell a child that someone has died, Dirty Hands...
i dated a guy for a while, after he asked me "Do you really wanna hold my dirty hands ?". and when i dumped him i told him to keep his dirty hands off me.
when i saw you live in March with a friend of mine, the crowd was weird. only three black kids in the whole venue, very little girls as well. mostly 14 year old white guys from upper-middle-class families.
but the energy in the place was amazing, all the sweat and , it felt good.
i hope you'll play in venues where the tickets are not so expensive, so that working class kids can also come and see you.
that concert was good ! plus it gave me an opportunity to get to know my friend better, that one friend i went to your gig with. we had a long conversation before and after your show, and we eventually hooked up a few weeks later.
i just voted for you on mtv.com, hope you'll get nominated !
also it's funny that two of you guys were previously in a band called the Renegades. that's the name i would've called my band, if i'd had one, when i was 14. but i was kind of a loner and i didn't have friends to start a band with.
anyway, i don't know why i'm blabbering about all this, probably just so that you realize how part of my life you are. i think that's what is cool with music in general. it just becomes part of your memories. it incorporates itself to your life experiences.
i'm sure it's the case with your music for lots and lots and lots of kids like me. you gradually become part of the soundtrack of the lives of thousands and thousands of people. i'm sure this is worth much more than the criticism of one douchebag like that one.
i'm going steady with a new girl now, and maybe she'll want to come to your next show with me, in September...
xxx
love from Paris
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