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IT'S NOT SORRY BEHAVIOR, IT'S DOWNRIGHT HISTORIC!
April 27, 2003
CHICAGO SunTimes
BY JEFF WISSER
The plaintiffs in the case against Creed have cited the band's online nonapology, where the group's spin control people cheekily suggested that concertgoers hadn't been victimized by a whacked-out, writhing-on-the-stage knucklehead.
No, they'd been a party to history!
And you've got to hand it to 'em: There's a genius here, a no-fault/comparative negligence/when-life-hands-you-lemons/hey-stuff-happens-and-you-were-lucky-enough-to-see-it brilliance.
Hey, Creed fans, look on the sunny side: It was a first!
And all this spin was delivered not with a scolding tone or a "no-comment" detachment, but with a smirking-in-your-face, over-the-top audacity that would hold even the most strident tort-reform advocate look less like a shill for corner-cutting, customer-endangering big business than a happy-go-lucky Pollyanna who has put everything in keen and happy perspective. Think of it: "Hey, c'mon, big guy, look on the bright side: Sure the Tylenol was tainted with cyanide, but Mommy doesn't have that nasty headache anymore, does she?"
Why can't Creed share the wealth? Yeah, the show was an embarrassment, but it will pass. Following are some rockers who really could have used this sort of high-gloss revisionism.
Jim Morrison, lead singer, the Doors--"Look, whaddya mean 'indecent exposure.'? It's a rock 'n' roll breakthrough. Hey, Jim flashed ol' Li'l Lizard King for you. Did Hendrix ever do that for an audience? Mick Jagger? No. But Jim does it and you'd think it was some kind of crime."
Sly Stone--"So you went to Grant Park for a Sly and the Family Stone concert and you got a riot instead when Sly didn't show? Hey, you're looking at this all wrong; just think of the stories you can tell the grandkids."
Milli Vanilli--"Lip-sync, dip-schtink. What you've got there is a collector's item. You hold onto that and one day you'll really have something."
Latter-day Elvis--"Now, don't think of it as puffy, bloated or obese. No, no, no, he's not a blimplike shell of his former self in a Triple-XL jump suit, he's a performer who's easier to see from the second balcony."
The Rolling Stones--"Don't think of the free show at Altamont Speedway as your being at the site of a fatal knifing. Think of it as your opportunity to be in 'Gimme Shelter,' a major motion picture!"
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| Highwire Rob |
LOL!
Don't forget Axl's new "Guns & Roses"--every fan can be a part of a history of shows that never happen. |
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| luxury1 |
I thought Creed was some heavily CHristian faithed band?? |
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| LadyJane |
Good find Pam!
Funny read for a Monday morning! 
Didn't the lead singer of Creed name his son Jagger? That's about all I know about this lame Band! And yeah, Lux, I believe they are heavily into their "Faith", whatever that might be.
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