Tim wrote:

I'm not sure how different things are now to how they've been for some time, just that now we have the internet to facilitate information, quotes and all kinds of shite getting known much more quickly. Hooky's always been the gobby heart on the sleeve type who shoots from the hip and doesn't worry about the consequences, whereas Bernard has always resisted the temptation to wash his dirty laundry in public, but conducts his business in private. Doesn't make either of them right or wrong, Bernard's been steadily gathering support from those who have to choose a side merely by keeping his trap shut, something Hooky will never be able to do. That doesn't mean Bernard's manipulation of the band and the current situation is any more right than Hooky's indignation. They're as bad as one another, chalk and cheese, and that difference is what created the magic in the first place.

I like how you put that Timbo

Tim wrote:

I'm not sure how different things are now to how they've been for some time, just that now we have the internet to facilitate information, quotes and all kinds of shite getting known much more quickly. Hooky's always been the gobby heart on the sleeve type who shoots from the hip and doesn't worry about the consequences, whereas Bernard has always resisted the temptation to wash his dirty laundry in public, but conducts his business in private. Doesn't make either of them right or wrong, Bernard's been steadily gathering support from those who have to choose a side merely by keeping his trap shut, something Hooky will never be able to do. That doesn't mean Bernard's manipulation of the band and the current situation is any more right than Hooky's indignation. They're as bad as one another, chalk and cheese, and that difference is what created the magic in the first place.

I agree.

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leather_girl wrote:

Tim wrote: I'm not sure how different things are now to how they've been for some time, just that now we have the internet to facilitate information, quotes and all kinds of shite getting known much more quickly. Hooky's always been the gobby heart on the sleeve type who shoots from the hip and doesn't worry about the consequences, whereas Bernard has always resisted the temptation to wash his dirty laundry in public, but conducts his business in private. Doesn't make either of them right or wrong, Bernard's been steadily gathering support from those who have to choose a side merely by keeping his trap shut, something Hooky will never be able to do. That doesn't mean Bernard's manipulation of the band and the current situation is any more right than Hooky's indignation. They're as bad as one another, chalk and cheese, and that difference is what created the magic in the first place. I agree.

agreed again, it's the struggle between the two that made them great, they bounce off each other, sometimes positively, sometimes negatively, hope the get back to being positive some day.

you may not like the music but it was similar between lennon & mccartney, it wasn't so much freindship that made them write great songs, it was rivalry.

Jed Stephens wrote:

you may not like the music but it was similar between lennon & mccartney, it wasn't so much freindship that made them write great songs, it was rivalry.

Why wouldn't we like the Beatles? Would it be uncool of me to admit that on NOOL?

Debaser wrote:

Jed Stephens wrote: you may not like the music but it was similar between lennon & mccartney, it wasn't so much freindship that made them write great songs, it was rivalry. Why wouldn't we like the Beatles? Would it be uncool of me to admit that on NOOL?

Not at all, I love them I just know some people don't but I was referring to the problems within the band making them better rather than their music.