I never said that Hugh receiving payment is shallow.ThinkTank wrote:There is nothing shallow about receiving payment for his genius work and something he has worked very hard for and that's how the industry works and rightly so. i can tell you now Hugh deserves every penny. The word shallow could be used more appropriately for other members of that night in my opinion.aldinblack wrote: ↑16 May 2023, 18:15Hugh won't have anything to do with it I'm sure you're right about that.ThinkTank wrote: Hugh wont have anything to do with that , he never says anything and wishes them well but i am sure he can also see how ridiculous its all become. I think Hugh will be sitting pleasantly happy that they are doing a tour as it means he will be getting more cheques in the post and sees the funny side that hes quite possibly receives more money than each of the 3 other members for those tours. The 3 other members are just relieved and grateful that they get to play in a successful band even if its not their own music because i doubt they could amount to anything on their own merits. The only lucrative winner in that band is JJ and he knows it.
The alternative is to be honest to themselves and present themselves in the correct way but they know if they did that those tours would not sell out.
But I don't believe Hugh is that shallow person who's sitting there rubbing his hands together thinking yeah great more money for me !
The real reason is that he and JJ just don't have that relationship. It's been so long and so much has happened and how awkward would it be now anyway?
And as for the others, well they are some of the things that have happened, but they deserve due credit.
I don't believe Hugh has ever fully accepted a "Stranglers" without him, and I think that's fair enough, actually in that situation I would probably feel the same as Hugh did, at least for a while..
although in recent years he has softened his stance somewhat, which gives hope that they can at least reconcile in some way.
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I think Hugh has a great sense of humour he will definitely smile at the prospect of more payments coming his way and nothing wrong with that at all hes proved his worth ten fold. So much so he will have no need to rub his hands together he will be too busy planning hes 2024 tour where his audience will respect his song writing abilities and where he will be appreciated for all the right reasons and no need to hide behind a brand name.
I never said Hugh doesn't deserve payment.
I actually said Hugh is not shallow.
You and some others always talk about how ecstatically happy Hugh must be when the band tours, because he gets paid.
I'm sure the money is useful to him, but again I doubt he's sitting there with a massive grin on his face because of it.
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