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inlovewithnight

butch walker, thanks for making my day

Nov 30, 2011 00:52

#76: Drinking With Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt, Matt Diehl and Butch Walker. Oh, definitely read this if you want surreal music-business rambling. I was put off by the first bit, but it settles into stride eventually. Butch Walker is demented and fun ( Read more... )

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romanticalgirl November 30 2011, 06:05:29 UTC

No discussions of FCF and WD? I AM SO SAD.

inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 06:06:20 UTC

CLEARLY IT WAS SUCH A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE HE CAN ONLY SAY "YEAH, AND THAT HAPPENED" BEFORE QUICKLY MOVING ON.

romanticalgirl November 30 2011, 06:08:15 UTC

I NEED GODDAMN DETAILS, BUTCH WALKER.

I mean, c'mon, if he was punched GABE for being pretentious...

inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 06:09:30 UTC

Right? If Gabe was pretentious enough to punch, he must've tried to hit William with his car.

Also, the bit about Kara DioGuardi makes it make a lot more sense how Sabi sounds so...very different singing YMMF live. /diplomatic

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sleepherealone November 30 2011, 06:15:45 UTC

This sounds exactly like the kind of book I would love, and all the super musically relevant sections you posted sold me on it! Thank you for bringing it to my attention. :D

inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 06:16:28 UTC

It's enjoyable! There are definitely moments where I went "lol Butch, defensive much?" but y'know. Unreliable narrator and all. :D

sleepherealone November 30 2011, 06:23:57 UTC

It is probably much less of a trainwreck than Motley Crue's book was, and THAT being a trainwreck goes without saying but this should be less of a "...oh god" read. \o/

That actually makes a lot of sense with Kara Diguardi though, because I remember Leighton not sounding very much like she did on the record the one time she performed GGGB with Cobra live. I haven't listened to any of Sabi's original stuff or her singing live so I can't say for sure, but I would like to think she sounds better than she does when she does YMMF live!

inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 06:25:24 UTC

Yeahhh, I saw her at the FBR15 show, and it was...not good. It's an interesting explanation.

anoneknewmoose November 30 2011, 07:08:16 UTC

I definitely thought Butch was in his early 20s until I wiki'd him just now. OH. That...explains a lot.

inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 13:05:57 UTC

Ha ha, nope. He's a cranky late-30s dude. The running theme in the book is that every genre he tries out with his own music is five years too early or fifteen years too late, and then he ends up helping younger people be successful with it.

alpheratz November 30 2011, 14:27:02 UTC

That makes me think of Merlin in The Once and Future King. Living backwards through time is really confusing and he always gets mixed up. :(

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inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 22:27:00 UTC

I love that you have one of his lyrics as your LJ name thingy. :D

Also it's great that he's bitchy and catty about everyone until he gets to FOB, and then he's all "They are made of sunshine and kittens." I wonder what blackmail Pete Wentz has on him.

rsadelle November 30 2011, 14:52:20 UTC

Gabe was such a chore sometimes to deal with.

I'm guessing that everyone who has ever had to deal with Gabe is just nodding their heads sagely at this part.

inlovewithnight November 30 2011, 22:27:15 UTC

Right? I'm sure very little has changed.