Kid Presentable
08-13-2009, 12:39 AM
For a period of time following the 1998 - 1999 golden age it looked like we'd never hear from the band again. In fact, people even started speculating that MCA wasn't interested in the music thing any more, a perspective that was drawn in part from the nonchalant way he appeared during performances such as Coachella, and in part from the sheer scope of their inactivity as a group during the hiatus.
The Pageant tour sort of put paid to that, though. He was enjoying it every bit as much as the other guys, it seemed. Then the reports about the early Gala shows said he visibly wasn't. Maybe there were personal factors affecting him, or maybe it was BS from a fan's perspective. I guess we'll never know. Nerves? Nah, not him, surely?
You hear lots about how distant and withdrawn he can look on stage. Those of us who know and expect it, know that this is his thing in recent years. 'Doing the Yauch'. Although it wasn't always that way; maybe age and humility had mellowed him. I think he's plenty into it, in his own way.
Right now Adam Yauch is working probably harder than ever to get back into that performing state. Going through torture to be back in the space for an album release, and another inevitable tour.
He's always been the one with the most demanding outside interests, which his bandmates seem to wholeheartedly support. He's always seemed like any minute he could just decide to take up something else, and call it quits on music. For this reason, it has been suggested that the existence of the band hinges on his interest in continuing.
I think it's pretty cool that we now know he's into it. That he's willing to put himself through hell with the intention of carrying on, for our benefit. Even if it's for one more tour, it's a real nice way of proving that no matter how convincingly he's 'Doing the Yauch', chances are he's where he wants to be, when he's up on stage.
Onya, Adam.
The Pageant tour sort of put paid to that, though. He was enjoying it every bit as much as the other guys, it seemed. Then the reports about the early Gala shows said he visibly wasn't. Maybe there were personal factors affecting him, or maybe it was BS from a fan's perspective. I guess we'll never know. Nerves? Nah, not him, surely?
You hear lots about how distant and withdrawn he can look on stage. Those of us who know and expect it, know that this is his thing in recent years. 'Doing the Yauch'. Although it wasn't always that way; maybe age and humility had mellowed him. I think he's plenty into it, in his own way.
Right now Adam Yauch is working probably harder than ever to get back into that performing state. Going through torture to be back in the space for an album release, and another inevitable tour.
He's always been the one with the most demanding outside interests, which his bandmates seem to wholeheartedly support. He's always seemed like any minute he could just decide to take up something else, and call it quits on music. For this reason, it has been suggested that the existence of the band hinges on his interest in continuing.
I think it's pretty cool that we now know he's into it. That he's willing to put himself through hell with the intention of carrying on, for our benefit. Even if it's for one more tour, it's a real nice way of proving that no matter how convincingly he's 'Doing the Yauch', chances are he's where he wants to be, when he's up on stage.
Onya, Adam.