My real name is Phil, I live in the UK, I don't need to nor am I afraid to hide behind a pseudonym unlike bb54 and Lakepipe, who both should be ashamed at what they've written about Sue and Stu. The world of the Beach Boys has certainly attracted some undesirables per se, but what I didn't know was that quite a few of them had congregated here and hidden away in their own little club, baiting and back stabbing in such an immature way as to somewhat disgust me. The doors is open as you say Mr Eidem, I'm man enough to take you on with a few little home truths.
My take on Sue & Stu is completely at opposites to most of you here and I'll go into that a little later. I wasn't at the Gateshead Sage concert but I do know that someone started a "happy birthday to Sue" thread over on the Blueboard, which was probably how the band and Brian found out it was her birthday. Do you actually think she wanted, or even knew, that they were going to to do a dedication to her? Come on get real here, wake up and smell the roses and get in the real world. There are some really loud smacks of jealousy on this board and not only because the band did a dedication to Sue Levinson. I first met Sue and Stu on Brian's first comeback tour to the UK. I saw them at the Travel Inn, close to the RFH, that most fans were staying in. Also there at that time were Bluebird, Andrew Doe, Phil Cormier, Peter Reum, Val from BBB and many others, but too many to list here. I didn't know Sue or Stu before that weekend but I had obviously heard of Sue because of all her posts on the Blueboard. They came across as nice warm friendly people who were as excited as I was at the prospect of seeing Brian Wilson perform live in concert. I had seen the Beach Boys live on a few occasions in the UK but this was my first with Brian, and I suspect I wasn't on my own judging by the excitement in the bar and lobby of the travel inn the day before the concert. I hoped that I would get a chance to meet Brian just to get him to sign some memorabilia I was carrying around, that I could keep as a reminder, but that wasn't going to happen on this time around. I did get to meet Brian at a later concert and guess who was responsible for making that dream come true for me? It wasn't BBB, who although I was a member at the time, seemed to have their own little circle of favourites, it was Sue Levinson who made it possible for me and for many other, just ordinary fans. How did she do it? I don't know, I don't care and I didn't ask questions. I had been a fan of the Beach Boys since 1966 and this young lady had made it possible for me to see the great Brian Wilson. How could I possibly join in with back stabbing, hiding behind keyboards, rhetoric that some of you seem to enjoy here? Your attacks on Sue &Stu (and Bluebird for that matter) are akin to a warped sense of perspective on life and I prefer to judge people how I find them and not to be influenced by what somebody writes on a little used message board in cyberspace. You know what? If I was to make a list of the people I mentioned here Sue & Stu would top it for the kindness and friendship they've shown to me and to others. It has been a few years since I last met them but I won't forget that kindness and I most certainly wouldn't be prepared to stab them in the back here. On Jul 15, 9:43 pm, Eidem <[email protected]> wrote: > I was reading the Gateshead Set List post on the Blooey, and evidently > they (the band and the audience) sang Happy Birthday to Sue Levinson > during the concert. Good God. I'm glad I missed that. Sue reminds > me a lot of the Bird, minus the crazy stories and the tales of woe. > And her sawed-off little husband, Stuey... I know you're out there > man, lurking away. Come on, sack up and post here. If you can call > us obscene on the Blooey, you should be man enough to come here and > tell us all off. The door's open. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/michaellenz?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
