Hey, it's not my fault he makes it so easy to rip on him...his brothers are another LONG story tho...
I'll start off by saying, I hate to rip on people. It's not part of my nature, but here, in reaction of Taylor's behavior, I think that it is necessary that I throw in my two cents. Now you can go and bite my head off saying that I'm ranting about some stupid stuff that I shouldn't worry about, but I do think that this boy is going to be the downfall to his brothers in their career also. Now, I love their music to death, would love to meet them someday, and I would go out and get a Zac solo LP or a LP of Isaac's solo attempts. ~Even Taylor but it'd depend.
Okay, first oder of business, the relieving of one's self off a roof. Stupid move one: Sneaking into the party. I hope he feels real stupid. Lesson of the day? ~ Wait until you're twenty-one. *throws a stupid brick at all three* Hope ya' feel real smart. Stupid Move two: Not going to the potty before hand... *yes, I did say "potty"* Result should be: Ground 'em from the studio, I say. Keep all writing and music materials away from them. That's their ultamate punishment and send them all to seperate rooms. ~ Yes, I'm vicious, but hey, it's the thought that counts. I just wonder what impression they're leaving on their younger siblings...
Second order, the smoking. This is the worst thing that Taylor could be doing to his brothers. I have heard about Isaac lighting up, but I think he's smart enough to be more concerned about his musical career than some cancer-causing leaves that you can burn. The main concern is how he's going to ruin his voice for the band. We all know that he sings the lead vocals for his brothers, and this smoking is going to ruin his stamana and make him sound bad. You know how that boy runs up and down the stages at the concerts like a maniac, getting all into it. Eventually, he's hardly going to be able to keep up that kind of vigirous pace when he's possibly 25 or 30, that may be far away now, but I have strong feeling that these boys are in the music business for the long run and still be creating music, unless a "Yoko Ono" steps in. Back on the subject, if Taylor ruins his voice, he ruins the band. I'm just disappointed that he's hurting himself in this way, he's hurting his brothers, and screwing the band over for the pettiest reason. My cousin on his high school graduation picked up cigar smoking from the Nat'l Gaurd place he was at, and no one at all hung around him during his party because he was surrounded in a cloud of his own cigar smoke. ~No one else there was smoking. Now Isaac, Taylor and Zac have amazing voices, I think it'd be a tragedy if their musical career as a band would end like that. It would be. :(
Final analysis: This kid is a rebel without a brain sometimes. I hold nothing against him. It's just that I wonder sometimes if he's off in his own little world...All I can say is that I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope for a miracle that may not ever happen. ~ This boy getting some sense kocked into him before it's too late.
~~Written April/May 2001