Man all I wanted to do was come on here and post a review of how much I loved the show, but I guess not just yet.
I love Scott the artist, but I lost respect for Scott the person over the past few days. If you have a problem with it, then oh well. I think I’ll live. The vast majority of people on this Board are fans of STP and love anything and everything Scott the artist does. I think because of that some people think he can do no wrong. That’s where the problem begins. Call it what you want… excuses, enabling, whatever. I’m just as guilty of this as the next super-fan. If Scott did something that didn’t show him in a positive light, I made excuses for him. And with these past two days, yea, maybe it was traffic, the weather, maybe it was management, maybe it was Gramercy or Barnes and Noble. All valid arguments because they are all very plausible, but realistically when something repeatedly happens time and time again over all these years? That’s a pattern. This doesn’t happen with a lot of other artists. Why does it keep happening with him?
Saying you’d fly all over the world and wait for days just to see Scott sing a tune is totally your business and I’m not hear to preach how you go about it. But you need to understand that it’s not for everyone. People are different. Everyone has different tolerance levels. Just because you have no problem with all the “rock star” shit he pulls and call people complainers if they disagree or don’t like it is just ignorant and you aren’t looking at the situation objectively.
As for the people who were throwing beer, booing, cursing, yelling out drug jokes, complaining about the songs, I agree, they can all go fuck themselves. I was super happy to be there for that show. I’m not upset about the performance, the setlist, his voice, how the signings were so strict or how he fuckin’ wears polka dot ties with striped shirts. I’m pissed about constantly waiting all these extra hours for everything. People are acting like being upset with his tardiness is like we’re beating his kids with Slash’s Gibson.
As for the show itself, I fuckin’ loved it. The videos everyone has posted on here are great and I thank you for capturing it. He sounded much better in person. Especially on the Nirvana track and Unglued. He sounded like old school Scott. I think the band was tight as hell even if it was just a rehearsal like performance. Scott handled the crowd really well considering all the shit he was taking.