Jimmy uses a teleprompter

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 12, 2007 8:37 am

I have no problem with him using a teleprompter but I do have a problem with him lying about it, especially if he really has been using one since 1995. Why not just go ahead and be upfront about it?

Post by **SMLCHNG** » February 12, 2007 8:39 am

I couldn't agree with ya more, Jen.

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I have exactly three letters (words) regarding the whole teleprompter thing.
Imagine them in a good Mississipppi accent...
B...F...D...

MargaritaMatt · Post by **MargaritaMatt** » February 12, 2007 9:18 am

You sure it had the lyrics and didn't just have the set list. I know a lot of artists use a screen to show the set list.

NorthernConch · Post by **NorthernConch** » February 12, 2007 9:57 am

MargaritaMatt wrote:You sure it had the lyrics and didn't just have the set list. I know a lot of artists use a screen to show the set list.

After sitting behind the stage at Mohegan Sun last year, it is clearly a Teleprompter.

Ill add another BFD into the opinion of use or not to use.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » February 12, 2007 10:45 am

buffettbride wrote:I bet the day will come, if it hasn't already, that Jimmy uses Viagra and I'll bet my bottom dollar that Jane still loves him.

Besides, Jimmy can't retire yet because he hasn't played Little Miss Magic live for me yet.

He's waiting for you to join him onstage to sing along

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 12, 2007 10:48 am

Have ya'll ever sung Piece of Work or FSOTW without making a mistake????
Toooo many words to remember.
I don't have a problem with him using whatever he needs to feel comfortable.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 12, 2007 10:48 am

Lightning Bolt wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I bet the day will come, if it hasn't already, that Jimmy uses Viagra and I'll bet my bottom dollar that Jane still loves him.

Besides, Jimmy can't retire yet because he hasn't played Little Miss Magic live for me yet.
He's waiting for you to join him onstage to sing along

But I know the words by heart.

No teleprompter for me! The day I need a teleprompter is the day I stop trying to get on stage and sing with Jimmy.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » February 12, 2007 11:23 am

So Jimmy said he'd never use a teleprompter and now he does. Big deal. When I was young I said I'd never date ugly women. Now that I'm old I take what I can get.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 12, 2007 1:41 pm

LIPH wrote:So Jimmy said he'd never use a teleprompter and now he does.

No. Apparently he's been using a teleprompter since 1995 and has said he'd retire before he'd ever use one. Rather than lying about it why not go ahead and be honest about using one? I have no problem with him using one, it's the dishonesty that's so unbecoming. And if it's true that he has been using one, what's with all the flubbed lines?

~Hippolyte~ · Post by **~Hippolyte~** » February 12, 2007 1:49 pm

He wasn't using one in Aspen. I'm sure a few of us would have seen it, being as close as we were.

If he needs it some of the time, that's fine by me. Just so long as he doesn't stop touring any time soon.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » February 12, 2007 5:13 pm

springparrot wrote:Have ya'll ever sung Piece of Work or FSOTW without making a mistake????
Toooo many words to remember.
I don't have a problem with him using whatever he needs to feel comfortable.

I think "Everybody's On the Phone" is lyrically tough.

Nole Pirate · Post by **Nole Pirate** » February 12, 2007 5:19 pm

He used one in Tallahassee, but that didn't change the show for me at all. It was an awesome show. So what if he uses one and so what if he doesn't come out and say it. I go to see his show for the music, not for his political views (thank god he doesn't share those, b/c we don't always agree

) or what he reads. Some people worry way too much about the actions of others when it really isn't any of there business.

BuffettNole · Post by **BuffettNole** » February 12, 2007 6:35 pm

I had a good view of the stage from my seats, and JB did not seem to be reading the teleprompter too much in Tallahassee....but again the (several) Land Sharks might have had something to do with that.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » February 12, 2007 6:54 pm

Nooooooooooooooo....

Post by **SMLCHNG** » February 12, 2007 7:44 pm

Nole Pirate wrote:He used one in Tallahassee, but that didn't change the show for me at all. It was an awesome show. So what if he uses one and so what if he doesn't come out and say it. I go to see his show for the music, not for his political views (thank god he doesn't share those, b/c we don't always agree ) or what he reads. Some people worry way too much about the actions of others when it really isn't any of there business.

AMEN.

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » February 12, 2007 7:47 pm

Does it really matter...a lot of Bands and singers use them!!!!....Plus he's 60!!!...not that age matters!!

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » February 12, 2007 9:35 pm

Nole Pirate wrote:He used one in Tallahassee, but that didn't change the show for me at all. It was an awesome show. So what if he uses one and so what if he doesn't come out and say it.

That's fine but he's made such a big deal about it over the years by saying he'd retire before he ever used a teleprompter.

fruitcake (aka drunkgirl) · February 12, 2007 10:13 pm

maybe he's just trying to be more like his fans singing karaoke

Nole Pirate · Post by **Nole Pirate** » February 12, 2007 10:37 pm

Tiki Torches wrote:
Nole Pirate wrote:He used one in Tallahassee, but that didn't change the show for me at all. It was an awesome show. So what if he uses one and so what if he doesn't come out and say it.
That's fine but he's made such a big deal about it over the years by saying he'd retire before he ever used a teleprompter.

Once again why does it matter? He has how many songs? Does it change the show for you if he uses one? Like I said it didn't for me, nor do I think it did for the over 12K people at the TLCCC. If it is such a problem, why continue to go to the shows? That would just mean more tickets for the people who go for the music and the party rather than whether or not he used a teleprompter.

gingerbreadman · Post by **gingerbreadman** » February 12, 2007 11:39 pm

Tiki Torches wrote:
LIPH wrote:So Jimmy said he'd never use a teleprompter and now he does.
No. Apparently he's been using a teleprompter since 1995 and has said he'd retire before he'd ever use one. Rather than lying about it why not go ahead and be honest about using one? I have no problem with him using one, it's the dishonesty that's so unbecoming. And if it's true that he has been using one, what's with all the flubbed lines?

Yeah, so again, who really cares?

Has anyone ever posted what Jimmy actually saw on the teleprompter? Could it could be nothing? Now THAT may just explain the flubbed lines!

TPFKAJ