Hartamophone Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 This is a little lengthy but worth the watch. Billy Bob Thornton is on Q with his band and acts like a brat when Jian has the nerve (?) to mention that Billy Bob is an actor. I've never been a huge Jian Ghomeshi fan, but props to him for not getting sucked in and for salvaging the interview as much as he could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I tried to post this in the Willie Nelson/Massey Hall thread.The guy is a dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 He certainly comes across that way. "Would you say that to Tom Petty?" Wow, way to be modest in the comparisons you're making bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 No shit, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 as if gomeshi had the unmitigated NERVE to suggest BBT is multi-talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I really think Ghomeshi did an incredible job of taking the high road, but at the same time not backing down. Billy Bob wanted to pretend that his celebrity wasn't the reason they were being interviewed, and Jian was having none of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 [color:purple]Fuck yeah, i'm going out to buy all of his albums.I hope that people boo him on stage tonight or taunt him with his Hollywood background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 [color:purple]Fuck yeah, i'm going out to buy all of his albums.It's funny, because from the description of the music it sounds to me like something I'd be interested in (I was thinking along the lines of The Sadies). But after that, I wouldn't want to touch it with a ten foot pole. Way to not help your own cause, Billy.(Then again, had he not been such a wanker we wouldn't be sitting around here talking about his band at all, so maybe it was a little more calculated than we'd like to think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 for all his faults, he did fuck angelina jolie for four years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 You mean coitus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 in the parlance of our times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Do you see what happens, Jian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 in the parlance of her times 2nded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Ghomesi isn't exactly the height of professionalism here either. He makes it personal himself. It's like an uncomfortable Tom Green interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I didn't think he was as bad as y'all made out.Sure he may have got too offended when really he could have just let it go but it seems like he was trying to keep the focus on the band and made a point of saying that from the get go.When Ghomesi mentioned the acting thing and tried to turn it into a BBT interview instead of a Boxmasters interview he just said "I don't know" to get it back to the band and the band did a good job answering. If he would have left it like that it would have saved everyone some embarassment. I guess the 6am part probably caught up to him with the "would you ask Tom Petty" part. All in all, sounds like he was trying to be a band not BBT. He could have found a better way to get there though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Jian simply said, in a long intro, in the last little bit of it, that BBT was an Oscar winning actor/scrrenwriter. That was it. The interview was going to be all about the music. How is that unprofessional? I don't think he made it personal. At least not until BBT (i'm sorry, the Leader of the Box Masters) said Canadians were like mash potatoes without the gravy. Sorry, but I would have made it personal then too.The interview was at 9am btw. The Leader of the Box Masters didn't know how to tell time, but he did have a smoke outside. So, who was at the show last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balogna pogna Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I just heard this on the news as a top story so I had to check this out.In his defence, Billy Bob has probably had to go on Jay Leno etc. hundreds of times answering the same questions about whatever movie he was promoting at the time. If it was emphasized to the producers to only talk about music I can see why he got upset.The fact that it is a major news story now will draw a lot of attention to the band so maybe it was a work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Howard Stern was talking about BBT this morning and they played a couple of his songs, including the Beatles cover, I Want To Hold Your Hand (I think?). It was awful. Made for great radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balogna pogna Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) I was just wondering how Stern would handle that interview. Billy Bob would probably be kissing his ass the whole time.And Howard would ask him every question he didn't want to talk about....like what was it like banging Angelina Jolie. Edited April 9, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayr Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 It must be a bit intense being a member of his band. Grumpy fella.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/jane_stevenson/2009/04/09/9061431-sun.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Jian simply said, in a long intro, in the last little bit of it, that BBT was an Oscar winning actor/scrrenwriter. That was it. The interview was going to be all about the music. How is that unprofessional? I don't think he made it personal. At least not until BBT (i'm sorry, the Leader of the Box Masters) said Canadians were like mash potatoes without the gravy. Sorry, but I would have made it personal then too.The interview was at 9am btw. The Leader of the Box Masters didn't know how to tell time, but he did have a smoke outside. So, who was at the show last night?It was more then that - he did that and then directed his questions at BBT and didn't he also ask questions about how BBT got into music, implying that he moved from acting to music. I watched the whole thing and still no nothing about the rest of the band's backgrounds etc.It was supposed to be a band interview and Jian, possibly inadvertantly, made it a BBT interview - or tried - but BBT didn't cooperate.And for what its worth - the mashed potatoes no gravy comment was the perfect way to describe last nights crowd. Honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 And for what its worth - the mashed potatoes no gravy comment was the perfect way to describe last nights crowd. Honestly.lol, i'm not too sure what that means ... but how did the crowd react to BBT's stuff? Did y'all like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 The purpose of the band doing the interview was to promote an album. The CBC was doing the band a favour - a favour they only warranted as they had a movie star drummer.There was no excuse for the behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Jian simply said, in a long intro, in the last little bit of it, that BBT was an Oscar winning actor/scrrenwriter. That was it. The interview was going to be all about the music. How is that unprofessional?Ghomeshi should have taken the hint that Billy Bob was pissed and steered the interview back to focus on the band. Instead Ghomeshi decided to bait Thornton even more, making things worse. Everyone knows Thornton is an asshole. What's Ghomeshi's excuse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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