Well imagine my surprise when James walked out on stage and the first thing out of Tim’s mouth was "Hi, we’re James and we’re from the planet FUCK!" HOLY SHIT what did he just say?! Is this the same man who once exhorted an audience to please throw teddy bears instead of shoes? Was this the same man, who told an interviewer in Toronto he felt that for James to be powerful on stage they also had to be vulnerable? Yes and no. Here’s my theory, Lollapalooza has corrupted our Timothy. All the Tool, Korn and Prodigy has awakened his latent machismo which was already stirring from spending too much time in Brooklyn with that Italian dude, Angelo. You haven’t noticed a changed attitude in the once quiet and vulnerable singer? Well check it out....
| (Pre-Bad Angel) Tender Tim | (Post-Laid) Testosterone Tim |
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| "Never mix the ego with the soul" | "Gonna fuck with genes I am what I am, much more than I god much less than a man" |
| "Seduction has to be wrong" | "While I just hope for one night stands" |
| "If it lasts forever, hope I’m the first to die" | "I want to sleep with the whole town" |
| "Oh please sir handle me gently/I’ve got nothing to protect me" | "Fuck me til I’m whole again, fuck I’ve lost my contact lens" |
| "You’re driving me crazy/When are you coming home?" | "No one here makes me horny" |
| "Now getting out of bed is enough to make me cry" | "And you can’t hold back this rage with fear" |
| "We're joined by a purpose that will not release us/'Til we have come to some terms/Some love and acceptance, not hate and repentance/These skills are things to be learned" | ""Yes, Korn is the next band playing following our set and they go on at 4 o clock...that's the little hand on the four and the big hand on the twelve...in other words, fuck you." Random Lollapalooza show, 1997 |
| "We’ve got no understanding of this body’s needs/We’ve got no understanding of philosophy" | "Melody's a new language to some of you, I'm sure... and to the guy over there who just keeps shouting out 'faggot... I appreciate the fact that you're attracted to me enough to inquire about the nature of my sexuality, and I understand that I don't have the prerequisite number of tattoos to qualify as a man in your neighborhood". Random Lolla show, 1997 |
| "I feel nothing/I feel nothing at all" | "My desire was overwhelming me" |
| "God is love to me/Thank you for those things" | "It’s not about going to the fucking intermediary priest" - MM, 6/96 |
| "The price of loving does not come cheap" | "This song is about fucking. You like fucking don’t you?" Random Lolla, 1997 |
| "Called you up, answer machine, when the human touch/Is what I need, what I need is you, I need you" | "Leave the room don’t use the door" |
| "I used to have nightmares about being put in a sandwich after that one." - NME, 1985 | "When you throw yourself out of a plane you kind of leave your body because you become very freaked out." - Melody Maker 6/96 |
| "Drifting down the water's cool/Let the weeds cover you/The silvery storms show nothing here/The surface calm the water's clear" | "I'm so high the room's too small/Hit my head my roof is bleeding/I just put my fist through the ceiling" |
| "I feel a responsibility to make things positive. But I don't know why. It's not a conscious effort. Life's hard enough without bloody unhappy endings!" - NME, 1990 | "We’re not fucking around anymore" |
| "We can transform depression into joy, and that's beautiful. I love it." | "I hate all that love-and-light thing, because it's all about embracing darkness. I'm much fucking harder than that." NME 6/96 |
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Ahh Tim. You know we only notice these things because we love you so much. Newly acquired crassness and Lollapalooza theatrics aside, Tim can still win over an audience like nobody in the world. Despite any poses assumed in self-defense from shit-tossing Korn fans, we appreciate Tim’s warmth and sincerity, his love of life and his inner beauty and we look forward to seeing him healed and ready to dance his legs down to the knees sometime in the near future. |
