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Originally Posted by michelej1
What I think is interesting, amusing, often lovable about him is it seems to me he is naturally contrary. I get the impression he automatically wants to do the exact opposite of what people tell him should be done. It seems to be a knee jerk response. He compromises now more than he used to, but I think his first instinct is still to resist all popular suggestions.
It seems like -- and maybe this was truer 30 years ago than it is today -- that either you have to not say anything at all to him or you have to use reverse psychology (and be subtle and expert at it) to sway him to do something other than what he is doing. Certainly, nagging or criticizing didn't get you very far.
Michele
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I think that's it exactly! I was just thinking about that the other day, while watching the video of Not That Funny I took in Vancouver. I was thinking how great it was that he seemed to understand that fans really wanted to hear more from Tusk, which got me thinking about an early m&g I had with him during OMS Tour when we got discussing FM doing Tusk songs on the upcoming tour. Elle had already made it clear to him, the night before, how much she wanted to hear WATL, and so when he and I got talking about what songs they (FM) should play, he said, yeah, Walk a Thin Line, right? And I said, oh...um, sure! But there are
other good choices too. I'd love to hear What Makes You Think You're the One, The Ledge, Save Me a Place.
And so he does Not That Funny
The one none of us mentioned
