@8484terry I think Joe is outside getting ready to whip Anka's ass! I can not believe how big this guy's head his. He's an okay singer but certainly nothing special. He write's well, but big deal, so do a lot of other people. WAY TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES!
Where's Joe? Not even marginally talented and an arrogant, pipsqueak bald little fuck! I'd last about two minutes, then I'd have to rearrange his face! Nobody is as important as Jesus Christ! And certainly not this nudnik!
i work occasionally as a stage hand on the local crew at caesar's.sometimes when we're done we get crew shirts from the band performing on a given night.paul anka played tonight.the guys did NOT get shirts!!!
Placido Domingo, Lucciano Pavarotti , Andrea Bocellii and Paul Anka are perhaps the greatest classical singers of our time. And aren't the great talents always temperamental
For those of you enjoying other's misery.......the people who are the object of this rant are some of the finest musicians of our time. Joe, who is one of the finest rock guitarists ever, finally had the last he could take shortly after this was recorded. Jon, who kisses up for his life is the finest jazz flautist I have ever known and the former musical director of a very famous singer's network T.V. show. As for the Anka show, it was the same every night. Nothing ever changed. Strange.
@Mendy7952 What can ANYONE POSSIBLY DO with someone who has the philosophy that "I AM THE ONLY IMPORTANT ONE ON THAT STAGE"? Yeah, right...what an utter megalomaniac a**hole!
@denplanet1 IF you translate that from Anka-Speak to English, it means "I AM THE ONLY ONE ON THAT STAGE I CAN'T FIRE." P.A. likes to talk big about himself. He is barely five foot 4 in heels.
A funny rant! I could understand someone with such high standards like Paul Anka going off on his band members. After all, Paul Anka's a professional, & his band members should play like professionals as well. I think Joe purposely stayed away because he didn't want to hear another of Anka's tirades. Paul Anka's a world-class entertainer, bar none...& that's just the fucking way it is!
@ChihuahuaboyDH High standards? What kind of "high standards" are you referring too? Rhyming words with the same word at the end of two lines of a song because he couldn't come up with a better poem? Telling people he wrote "My Way" when he really only wrote he English lyric? Maybe you mean his flawless voice which sounded like he had swallowed a broken glass before each show?
@ChihuahuaboyDH High standards? You are a riot ChihuahuaboyDH! The musicians P.A. spent all his energy berating here are among the best in the business, and the shows were the most consistent anybody could ask for. What Mr. Anka IS doing here is letting off steam at captive employees because he knows he can. Is Paul Anka a talent? That is a personal taste issue and I will not go into it. I CAN tell you the issue here is NOT the level of musical perfomance from the boys.
@WalrusCandy Joe is one of the best rock guitarists of all time. By this time he had had it. He finally answered one of the bosses nasty questions truthfully a few months later and was escorted to an airplane home. If you really want to know where Joe is, he is on hundreds of rock records playing in place of the big name you thought you were listening to.
Put this audio to the Hitler movie visuals that are always being shown with the comedy subtitles. I opened for this little douchebag years ago at the Arco Arena in Sacramento and nothing anybody could ever post about him would be too harsh.
@styleomatic I was booked to open for Anka (as a comedian, not a singer) and I could hear all this noise from my dressing room. It was stage hands building an L shaped screen at his door because he liked to keep his door open but didn't want the peons to be able to see him when they walked by. He was just going off on them because it wasn't being done fast enough, they were making too much noise and for all I know they left a red M&M in the bowl. He made a huge deal out of...to be continued.
@bumfug1 this door blocker so you'd think every possible detail of the show was triple-checked to perfection. Well, his door got blocked but the important stuff wasn't so successful - when I hear the announcer say, "...please welcome Paul's special guest..." and I walk on stage, there's no frickin' lights. No stage lights, no spot light, nothing. This lasted for a good minute and a half and I'm just doing jokes in the dark. What a crappy gig.
@bumfug1 I must know you but I don't remember an opening act working in the dark anywhere. Perhaps it was on purpose and you weren't aware of it? You DID remember to buy the crew drinks after the show every night, didn't you? That is something you have to know to do......why don't you describe yourself and maybe I will know you.
@777Whatsgoingon Paul had a talent nobody else on that stage had. That was the ability to convince bookers he was worth $400k a week and then convince audiences that that croaking was great singing. Not to mention the songs. That is a talent that most musicians never have. I miss Paul. He had GUTS. I didn't care about the music, it wasn't my job to dictate taste to the guy signing the check. If you think it is, you need to quit the business.
What a prick,talk that way to me and I'll slap your teeth down your throat,Better off i'll kick that shit outta your bitch ass right on stage in front of every one.Sure i'll be out a job or maybe in jail but it'll be worth it
@wonderwhaz797 "Who are you watching?" was not about Paul but about Jon the director. Paul would be pretending to cut off the band and Jon was actually doing it. If some watched Jon and others watched Paul, it wouldn't be together. Only thing is, we were watching JON and it WAS together.
@wonderwhaz797 I am certain that if he kept that up with any musician worth his salt he WOULD be in the hospital for a LONNNNNNGGGGG TIME! Someone WOULD have re-arranged his face by now...
@Mendy7952 My question is why should Paul Anka get angry at the director, why should the band be scorned for watching the director? The director is responsible for keeping the time, but Paul Anka wanted to keep the time too? Huh?! Well, then why hire a director? .........Where's Joe? By the way, if you know, who was Joe? LOL
I don't understand why he's pissed at the band for screwing up the end of My Way or whatever it is they're talking about. He seems to me like he's giving very confusing instructions for who they're supposed to watch for their cue. Maybe if he said "Watch me and when I bring my hand down, that's when you come in on the last chord" or whatever. Besides which, I'm not sure anyone in the audience noticed or cared. They were just happy to see Paul Anka perform.
@RayWagner -yup, i get it. the next time he makes cuts, it's not going to be nice and neat like with a knife, it's going be a mess. look at it this way, try slicing bread with a hammer. ain't happening, that thing is gonna get smashed. hope that cleared up the confusion;^)~
The tirade was over the top! But I think when Paul Anka says he's the only important one on that stage, he really means that anyone in the band is replaceable except for him. He is the only one that people are paying to see. A great bunch of musicians is important, but it doesn't matter who the individual musicians are. Nobody is paying money to see Joey the trumpet player. They are paying to see Paul Anka and hear his songs. Anyone in the band can be replaced if they don't make the cut.
@mrderekevan That's it. None of our names were on the marquis. Paul mispronounced my name every night when he introduced me and I never said a word. Because it wasn't about me. It was about him being a big man and introducing me. See, it is an ACT. That is why it is called an ACT. If you want music, go to Carnegie Hall.
I play drums for a frontman who is a local star. He hired me. My job is to make him look good. The band is not a democracy. I don't get a vote. I give my opinion when he asks for it. Otherwise, I do what he tells me to do. That's just the way it is. And you know what? That's fine with me. He writes the checks and that makes him the boss. If you don't want to play under those rules, don't take that kind of job. But if you take the job, do what you're paid to do. It's called being a professional.
@docthebluesman And Anka is acting like a professional? This guy has done nothing to treat people like this. There is only one guy in this business who could pull this off and that is buddy Rich, because he could back it up. Or should I say walk the talk.
What a total asshole Anka is being. If he thinks he's the only important one on that stage, HE MORE CLUELESS THEN HE ALREADY IS.
Here's the reason, without the band behind him, he's NOTHING!
"I'm the only important one on that stage"? What a fucking asshole. He can't even really sing. This is pretty funny though, to actually see how big his ego is.
@waltherppk1000 oooh...someone's getting horny already..what's that blinking sound? oh that's your alert anklet. lol Go back to jail you guido piece of trash
I think doctor hackenstein must be drinking at least some small amount
of what ever Paul is drinking---and whatever it is, please keep that stuff FAR
away from me---NO ONE has the right to talk to ANYONE that way--I don;t care what their reasons are--I think he must have been trying for the Diana Ross award that particular day
The little things, done right, add to the whole picture. Anka is making money to support a lot of people and he's got to make it as good as possible. Plus, the guy he's chewing out seems like he can handle it.
@TheLonesomeEchoesite "none of your business," LOL. You post it on YouTube in front of the world, it's everyone's business. Didn't know about that word, though. That's uncalled for. Who's "going another round," bro? You ever been in the ring? A conversation is not the same thing at all.
@altosax314 If you wsih to call the shots, are curious, or just a happy guy that has a sense of humour and needs conversation simply for appeasement or lack of interest otherwise, your inquiry into the comments of others presupposes that you may not privy to the gest of the comments that preceeded. ''Punter'' in England is a term commonly used for 'paying customer' of prostitutes, as well. A round of converstion in discourse is another matter. A gentleman is never unintentionally rude. Happyday
My friend Paul Anka is extremely professional. He just got real angry. Everybody blows their lid. He's not that way at all. He's a very loving dedicated man. You see the real person when he pours his heart out to the audience and see tears in his eyes.
The clip is hilarious, thanks. Anka may be aprofessional musicisn but I'm glad be is not a cocktail barman " I slice like a fucking hammer" ???? WFT Paul , I've never seen a hammer slice a lemon!
Gotta say, people pay to0 see these guys, so he is right to keep them focused. James Brown fined band members for unprofessionalism, ie slopy dress. Maybe Anka could have been nicer about it, maybe not, he may have been too nice before and they ignored it..
It sounds like "John" is the band director but not directing. Real pros perform like pros. Paul shouldn't be the one giving this talk, it should have been done by the music director. Paul, with all of his experience, should know this and should have resolved this with his musical director long before it came to this.
i listened to about 4 mins and got bored.Just another extremely rich, short man that likes to try and bully people - BECAUSE HE CAN - and he knows the musicians depend on him for their livelihood.
I just don't get it. If he wants to get the best out of his musos then, clearly , he's going about it the wrong way. It just leads me to believe that he enjoys a bit of bullying -TWAT !!!
@billyboy496 Maybe he ahd tried the nice way and it wasn't working. It seems to me his attitude is taht the punters deserve better. Emelyn Hughes said that Bill Shankly, the great Liverpool manager, reamed him out for a half-arsed performance in one match ,Shankly, like Stein and Busby had been a miner and he told Hughes that he was a thief taking the money of hard-working men to half-play a game in a shirt that they would play in for the love of it. Same thing driving Anka's tirade, I think.
@Signal30Bassman So glad you liked this. There's a lot of audio... it took me a while to get the stills lined up.
My favorite part is when Paul says, "I don't care if it's Jesus Christ..." and U-2's Bono is flashed in there... Let's face it: Bono's ego is greater than any of the world's popular celebrity deities!
@CCConservatory What makes them PROFESSIONALS is that they come back tomorrow and do it again for a good paycheck. You want art? Go to a club where the player is making $40.
These has beens just slay me. As if anybody even remembers. These old men use young kids to play on the road and they take the gig to get experience. Advice, I use to do the same thing. I would look for other gigs constantly before something like this happened. I always had a new car with enough room in it for my clothes, and instruments, so right after something like this happened, gone and who cares, he doesn't and I don't.
I think he was more than fair - he outlined the standards he wanted and gave the band a chance to fix things. Part of the problem we seem to have society-wide is a lack of desire to be the best we can be.
When he's talking about how the guys get shirts, it sounds like he's more upset with the fact that his wardrobe guy screwed up regarding failing to provide the appropriate attire for the band. I like the part when his group is all over the place with their endings. Don't they know how to read their arrangements?
Great job Style. Anka's ritual humiliation of his band and abuse of authority is beyond grotesque. Forget 'put your head on my shoulder', Anka deserves a fist in the face.
For an act like that common sense should tell you not to wear a fucking T-shirt. He's right to be pissed off. He didn't fire anyone either. He gave them a chance to shape up or ship out.
For those people who are complaining about Paul Anka being upset - I think he had every right to be upset.
His bandmates don't sound like they really care all that much.. Its his band; they are employed by him ; they were obviously doing a shitty job in terms of dressing properly on stage and playing the music correctly. I don't blame him at all.
'Upset'? 'Playing the music correctly'? Anka isn't genuinely upset, the whole foul mouthed tirade sounds fake as hell. And how hard can the 'Diana' chords be? My guess is Anka resents the bands' height advantage over him. The bass player was 5 foot 2, towering over Paul.
No I really meant it. The nudge was just so you didnt think I was an asshole. No he is very talented and I have no issues with him yelling at his band (to get em to shape up...!).
Actually i think Anka was totally right to chew out his band! Like he says he pays them on time and is there for them so why can't they look out for him? Wearing tee shirts is totally disrespectful when Ankas fans are mostly older types who are used to suits. Playing bad or lighting wrong etc makes him look unprofessional to his audience. I don't blame him any CEO of any company would do the same..it's a job do it right!
@doctorhackensteinmd lol wow you don't know anything about what was going on when this happened, or the situation at hand,,,,doctor needs to wake up lol
Did you see Wynton Marsalis on trumpet in the left background of one of the pix? Man, Paul Anka is an idiot! Who knew?! Can you imagine how many maitre d's have heard him say, "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!"
A little advice to you Anka, YOU ARE REPLACEABLE TO!
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lovecandyee103 1 week ago
"When I move, I slice like a fuckin' hammer!!!" What a tool...
rockn0329 1 week ago
WHY DO MUSICIAN'S TAKE THIS' I WOULD KNOCK HIM ON HIS ASS
zoomcat818 1 month ago
@zoomcat818 of course you would, mr. anonymous behind a keyboard.
Page1944 2 weeks ago
Joe went to HR....
SamWhitemoon1 1 month ago
where'sJoe........
8484terry 2 months ago
@8484terry I think Joe is outside getting ready to whip Anka's ass! I can not believe how big this guy's head his. He's an okay singer but certainly nothing special. He write's well, but big deal, so do a lot of other people. WAY TOO BIG FOR HIS BRITCHES!
CzapigaKielbasa 1 week ago
Where's Joe!
pap4456 2 months ago
Where's Joe? Not even marginally talented and an arrogant, pipsqueak bald little fuck! I'd last about two minutes, then I'd have to rearrange his face! Nobody is as important as Jesus Christ! And certainly not this nudnik!
pap4456 2 months ago
i work occasionally as a stage hand on the local crew at caesar's.sometimes when we're done we get crew shirts from the band performing on a given night.paul anka played tonight.the guys did NOT get shirts!!!
mookbass1 2 months ago
I didn't even know this prick was still alive.
dbeatlefreak 3 months ago
Placido Domingo, Lucciano Pavarotti , Andrea Bocellii and Paul Anka are perhaps the greatest classical singers of our time. And aren't the great talents always temperamental
777Whatsgoingon 4 months ago
@777Whatsgoingon This is not temperment...It's abuse.
denplanet1 2 months ago
For those of you enjoying other's misery.......the people who are the object of this rant are some of the finest musicians of our time. Joe, who is one of the finest rock guitarists ever, finally had the last he could take shortly after this was recorded. Jon, who kisses up for his life is the finest jazz flautist I have ever known and the former musical director of a very famous singer's network T.V. show. As for the Anka show, it was the same every night. Nothing ever changed. Strange.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
@Mendy7952 What can ANYONE POSSIBLY DO with someone who has the philosophy that "I AM THE ONLY IMPORTANT ONE ON THAT STAGE"? Yeah, right...what an utter megalomaniac a**hole!
denplanet1 2 months ago
@denplanet1 IF you translate that from Anka-Speak to English, it means "I AM THE ONLY ONE ON THAT STAGE I CAN'T FIRE." P.A. likes to talk big about himself. He is barely five foot 4 in heels.
Mendy7952 2 months ago
"When I move, I slice like a fucking hammer!".
LOL.
ebolavac1 5 months ago
A funny rant! I could understand someone with such high standards like Paul Anka going off on his band members. After all, Paul Anka's a professional, & his band members should play like professionals as well. I think Joe purposely stayed away because he didn't want to hear another of Anka's tirades. Paul Anka's a world-class entertainer, bar none...& that's just the fucking way it is!
Bravo, Paul Anka!
ChihuahuaboyDH 5 months ago
@ChihuahuaboyDH High standards? What kind of "high standards" are you referring too? Rhyming words with the same word at the end of two lines of a song because he couldn't come up with a better poem? Telling people he wrote "My Way" when he really only wrote he English lyric? Maybe you mean his flawless voice which sounded like he had swallowed a broken glass before each show?
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
My lyrics don't rhyme
But neither do Paul Anka's
I wrote that as a tribute in '80.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
@ChihuahuaboyDH High standards? You are a riot ChihuahuaboyDH! The musicians P.A. spent all his energy berating here are among the best in the business, and the shows were the most consistent anybody could ask for. What Mr. Anka IS doing here is letting off steam at captive employees because he knows he can. Is Paul Anka a talent? That is a personal taste issue and I will not go into it. I CAN tell you the issue here is NOT the level of musical perfomance from the boys.
Mendy7952 2 months ago
Where's Joe?
WalrusCandy 6 months ago
@WalrusCandy Joe is one of the best rock guitarists of all time. By this time he had had it. He finally answered one of the bosses nasty questions truthfully a few months later and was escorted to an airplane home. If you really want to know where Joe is, he is on hundreds of rock records playing in place of the big name you thought you were listening to.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
So......where's Joe anyway?
picure 6 months ago
@picure I'm still trying to help Paul figure that out.
WalrusCandy 6 months ago
He's actually tame compared to some Buddy Rich outbursts.
enigma800 7 months ago
Put this audio to the Hitler movie visuals that are always being shown with the comedy subtitles. I opened for this little douchebag years ago at the Arco Arena in Sacramento and nothing anybody could ever post about him would be too harsh.
bumfug1 7 months ago
@bumfug1 I gotta hear more about the episode at Arco Arena...
styleomatic 7 months ago
@styleomatic I was booked to open for Anka (as a comedian, not a singer) and I could hear all this noise from my dressing room. It was stage hands building an L shaped screen at his door because he liked to keep his door open but didn't want the peons to be able to see him when they walked by. He was just going off on them because it wasn't being done fast enough, they were making too much noise and for all I know they left a red M&M in the bowl. He made a huge deal out of...to be continued.
bumfug1 7 months ago
@bumfug1 - PLeeeeze tell us all the scoop on this little prick!
Bopalena 7 months ago
@bumfug1 this door blocker so you'd think every possible detail of the show was triple-checked to perfection. Well, his door got blocked but the important stuff wasn't so successful - when I hear the announcer say, "...please welcome Paul's special guest..." and I walk on stage, there's no frickin' lights. No stage lights, no spot light, nothing. This lasted for a good minute and a half and I'm just doing jokes in the dark. What a crappy gig.
bumfug1 7 months ago
@bumfug1 I must know you but I don't remember an opening act working in the dark anywhere. Perhaps it was on purpose and you weren't aware of it? You DID remember to buy the crew drinks after the show every night, didn't you? That is something you have to know to do......why don't you describe yourself and maybe I will know you.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
@bumfug1 I would love to hear more about this episode myself...Am ashamed to share a b'day with him after this.
denplanet1 2 months ago
The "You're Fired" sign looks like it's from "Back to the Future Part II". Awesome. Oh, and Paul Anka is a douche.
BassManSeth 8 months ago
Oh yea he's the only important person on the stage. Next time Paul go out and sing your songs a cappella. See how you sound!
777Whatsgoingon 8 months ago
@777Whatsgoingon Paul had a talent nobody else on that stage had. That was the ability to convince bookers he was worth $400k a week and then convince audiences that that croaking was great singing. Not to mention the songs. That is a talent that most musicians never have. I miss Paul. He had GUTS. I didn't care about the music, it wasn't my job to dictate taste to the guy signing the check. If you think it is, you need to quit the business.
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MichaelHansenFUN 8 months ago
many years later this was talked about with howard stern and paul anka on howard stern show. i heard it
MichaelHansenFUN 8 months ago
@MichaelHansenFUN Is it posted anywhere? Would LOVE TO hear Anka try and explain his megalomaniac rant!
denplanet1 1 month ago
@denplanet1 all i remember is that it happened 13 years ago
this was during howards last time on public radio
2002
i think.
MichaelHansenFUN 1 month ago
What a prick,talk that way to me and I'll slap your teeth down your throat,Better off i'll kick that shit outta your bitch ass right on stage in front of every one.Sure i'll be out a job or maybe in jail but it'll be worth it
cast390 9 months ago
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@cast390 Good, let's see you do it.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
THE GUYS GET SHIRTS
THAT'S JUST THE FUCKING WAY IT IS!
WHO ARE YOU WATCHING?!......Where's Joe?
I DON'T GET IT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
DO YOU WANT YOUR JOBS?
I'M THE ONLY IMPORTANT ONE ON THAT STAGE........Where's Joe?
wonderwhaz797 9 months ago
@wonderwhaz797 "Who are you watching?" was not about Paul but about Jon the director. Paul would be pretending to cut off the band and Jon was actually doing it. If some watched Jon and others watched Paul, it wouldn't be together. Only thing is, we were watching JON and it WAS together.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
@Mendy7952 Wow, were you actually in the band? Did you have to listen to that tirade?
wonderwhaz797 4 months ago
@wonderwhaz797 I am certain that if he kept that up with any musician worth his salt he WOULD be in the hospital for a LONNNNNNGGGGG TIME! Someone WOULD have re-arranged his face by now...
denplanet1 2 months ago
@Mendy7952 My question is why should Paul Anka get angry at the director, why should the band be scorned for watching the director? The director is responsible for keeping the time, but Paul Anka wanted to keep the time too? Huh?! Well, then why hire a director? .........Where's Joe? By the way, if you know, who was Joe? LOL
wonderwhaz797 4 months ago
Other then the swearing, to be honest, he just wants everything as perfect as possible. Can't blame him for that!
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steven66rovak 9 months ago
if hes the only important one why doesnt he go out there alone and just shut up?
airnsmke 9 months ago
Shitty singer. Shitty songwriter. Dick.
plangentmusic 10 months ago
I don't understand why he's pissed at the band for screwing up the end of My Way or whatever it is they're talking about. He seems to me like he's giving very confusing instructions for who they're supposed to watch for their cue. Maybe if he said "Watch me and when I bring my hand down, that's when you come in on the last chord" or whatever. Besides which, I'm not sure anyone in the audience noticed or cared. They were just happy to see Paul Anka perform.
Kohntarkosz 10 months ago
"When I move I slice like a fucking hammer!" There had to be at least one guy there that wanted to just say, "huh?"
RayWagner 10 months ago 2
@RayWagner -yup, i get it. the next time he makes cuts, it's not going to be nice and neat like with a knife, it's going be a mess. look at it this way, try slicing bread with a hammer. ain't happening, that thing is gonna get smashed. hope that cleared up the confusion;^)~
humanity6fl9 9 months ago
Havin' my baby!
dclendenin 1 year ago
Sometimes it's the band leader who is the one messing things up. Most are
to stupid to know it!
PaulMidi 1 year ago
The tirade was over the top! But I think when Paul Anka says he's the only important one on that stage, he really means that anyone in the band is replaceable except for him. He is the only one that people are paying to see. A great bunch of musicians is important, but it doesn't matter who the individual musicians are. Nobody is paying money to see Joey the trumpet player. They are paying to see Paul Anka and hear his songs. Anyone in the band can be replaced if they don't make the cut.
mrderekevan 1 year ago
@mrderekevan That's it. None of our names were on the marquis. Paul mispronounced my name every night when he introduced me and I never said a word. Because it wasn't about me. It was about him being a big man and introducing me. See, it is an ACT. That is why it is called an ACT. If you want music, go to Carnegie Hall.
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mrderekevan 1 year ago
He writes one good song for Sinatra and thinks his shit don't stink! I'm embarrassed to think he comes from Canada. :S
jeffkahl 1 year ago
I play drums for a frontman who is a local star. He hired me. My job is to make him look good. The band is not a democracy. I don't get a vote. I give my opinion when he asks for it. Otherwise, I do what he tells me to do. That's just the way it is. And you know what? That's fine with me. He writes the checks and that makes him the boss. If you don't want to play under those rules, don't take that kind of job. But if you take the job, do what you're paid to do. It's called being a professional.
docthebluesman 1 year ago 5
@docthebluesman it's one thing to be a professional and there's another to be a slave. I don't need a job that badly to deal with a prick like Anka.
jeffkahl 1 year ago 4
@jeffkahl There is criticism and then there's ABUSE...This guy thinks he's GOD himself!
denplanet1 2 months ago
@docthebluesman And Anka is acting like a professional? This guy has done nothing to treat people like this. There is only one guy in this business who could pull this off and that is buddy Rich, because he could back it up. Or should I say walk the talk.
What a total asshole Anka is being. If he thinks he's the only important one on that stage, HE MORE CLUELESS THEN HE ALREADY IS.
Here's the reason, without the band behind him, he's NOTHING!
WHAT AN ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CzapigaKielbasa 1 week ago
"I'm the only important one on that stage"? What a fucking asshole. He can't even really sing. This is pretty funny though, to actually see how big his ego is.
bigdjindustriez 1 year ago
I know musicians. The band is f-ing -up because they're all smokin' boo backstage!
One question: How does one "slice like a hammer"?
toiseywoisey 1 year ago
I know musicians. The band is f-ing -up because their all smokin' boo backstage!
toiseywoisey 1 year ago
The guys get shirts- is that correct ?
pekoe67 1 year ago
@pekoe67 Don't make a maniac outta him! You've got one week's notice! He's all about the integrity.
huntercentury 1 year ago
he likes it hiiiiiiiiiiiis wayyyyyyyyyyyy
norristerse 1 year ago 4
@norristerse Awesome, thanks for your comment!
styleomatic 1 year ago
@styleomatic
cheers!
norristerse 1 year ago
THE GUYS GET SHIRTS, OK.
mlcoo17 1 year ago
@waltherppk1000 oooh...someone's getting horny already..what's that blinking sound? oh that's your alert anklet. lol Go back to jail you guido piece of trash
obnubilate 1 year ago
@waltherppk1000 yea i probably wouldn't survive in your company where hillybily hicks sodomizing each other fantasizing abou paul anka
obnubilate 1 year ago
Hilarious pictures!
brassenine 1 year ago
Life in a bubble.. A mushroom farmer deals with bullshit but at least it's productive bullshit
HUTINAK 1 year ago
I think doctor hackenstein must be drinking at least some small amount
of what ever Paul is drinking---and whatever it is, please keep that stuff FAR
away from me---NO ONE has the right to talk to ANYONE that way--I don;t care what their reasons are--I think he must have been trying for the Diana Ross award that particular day
throbbin88s 1 year ago
Wonder what he would say if the red hot chili peppers bass player showed up in his titey whiteys.
Telelikeitis 1 year ago
Thanks Jimmy Pardo.
Sirham 1 year ago 13
The little things, done right, add to the whole picture. Anka is making money to support a lot of people and he's got to make it as good as possible. Plus, the guy he's chewing out seems like he can handle it.
Lisarata 1 year ago
I can see his point But! Paul Anka, what a wanka!
sylviatracey 1 year ago 4
@TheLonesomeEchoesite "none of your business," LOL. You post it on YouTube in front of the world, it's everyone's business. Didn't know about that word, though. That's uncalled for. Who's "going another round," bro? You ever been in the ring? A conversation is not the same thing at all.
altosax314 1 year ago
@altosax314 If you wsih to call the shots, are curious, or just a happy guy that has a sense of humour and needs conversation simply for appeasement or lack of interest otherwise, your inquiry into the comments of others presupposes that you may not privy to the gest of the comments that preceeded. ''Punter'' in England is a term commonly used for 'paying customer' of prostitutes, as well. A round of converstion in discourse is another matter. A gentleman is never unintentionally rude. Happyday
TheLonesomeEchoesite 1 year ago
@TheLonesomeEchoesite How is it racist to say that James Brown had high standards, too? "Punter" is a paying customer if you're in England.
altosax314 1 year ago
My friend Paul Anka is extremely professional. He just got real angry. Everybody blows their lid. He's not that way at all. He's a very loving dedicated man. You see the real person when he pours his heart out to the audience and see tears in his eyes.
jazzavox 1 year ago 2
@jazzavox Finally someone who defends Paul Anka because he understood the reason for his outburst! I like what you wrote! :)
beatlettese 8 months ago
FUCK, JUST BUY THE GODDAM SHIRTS!
The clip is hilarious, thanks. Anka may be aprofessional musicisn but I'm glad be is not a cocktail barman " I slice like a fucking hammer" ???? WFT Paul , I've never seen a hammer slice a lemon!
Gotta say, people pay to0 see these guys, so he is right to keep them focused. James Brown fined band members for unprofessionalism, ie slopy dress. Maybe Anka could have been nicer about it, maybe not, he may have been too nice before and they ignored it..
Jigaboo123456 1 year ago
Lovely attitude, bet every body loves Paul. The charisma is totally lacking here and possibly never.
syretta2 1 year ago
hehehe where's Joe?
jbonham78 1 year ago
Hi, everyone! I am italian and i didn't understand much. Is this conversation authentic? If yes, why was Paul Anka angry?
beatlettese 1 year ago
It sounds like "John" is the band director but not directing. Real pros perform like pros. Paul shouldn't be the one giving this talk, it should have been done by the music director. Paul, with all of his experience, should know this and should have resolved this with his musical director long before it came to this.
nemo227 1 year ago
i listened to about 4 mins and got bored.Just another extremely rich, short man that likes to try and bully people - BECAUSE HE CAN - and he knows the musicians depend on him for their livelihood.
I just don't get it. If he wants to get the best out of his musos then, clearly , he's going about it the wrong way. It just leads me to believe that he enjoys a bit of bullying -TWAT !!!
By the way - he can't swing either !!!
billyboy496 1 year ago 3
@billyboy496 Maybe he ahd tried the nice way and it wasn't working. It seems to me his attitude is taht the punters deserve better. Emelyn Hughes said that Bill Shankly, the great Liverpool manager, reamed him out for a half-arsed performance in one match ,Shankly, like Stein and Busby had been a miner and he told Hughes that he was a thief taking the money of hard-working men to half-play a game in a shirt that they would play in for the love of it. Same thing driving Anka's tirade, I think.
Jigaboo123456 1 year ago
@Jigaboo123456 Punters? Where did you meet your girlfriend?
TheLonesomeEchoesite 1 year ago
I love the line where he says "Don't Make a Fuckin' Maniac Out of Me"! I was hysterical laughing on that one!
mrderekevan 1 year ago
creepy old guy behaving like a diva...tiresomely creepy
obnubilate 1 year ago
Awesome job coordinating the images with the rant. One of the funnier things I've seen on YT in a while.
Signal30Bassman 1 year ago 3
@Signal30Bassman So glad you liked this. There's a lot of audio... it took me a while to get the stills lined up.
My favorite part is when Paul says, "I don't care if it's Jesus Christ..." and U-2's Bono is flashed in there... Let's face it: Bono's ego is greater than any of the world's popular celebrity deities!
styleomatic 1 year ago 3
And you thought Buddy Rich had issues with HIS band... :^P
AarHan3 1 year ago
This is what makes professionals out of amateurs. If no one REALLY cares, shit happens.
CCConservatory 1 year ago 3
@CCConservatory What makes them PROFESSIONALS is that they come back tomorrow and do it again for a good paycheck. You want art? Go to a club where the player is making $40.
Mendy7952 4 months ago
These has beens just slay me. As if anybody even remembers. These old men use young kids to play on the road and they take the gig to get experience. Advice, I use to do the same thing. I would look for other gigs constantly before something like this happened. I always had a new car with enough room in it for my clothes, and instruments, so right after something like this happened, gone and who cares, he doesn't and I don't.
halfcack 1 year ago
Ha Ha, Another hot drummer! You gotta like drummers that know what they want.
joeymcnew37209 1 year ago
Great video! Paul's right. Band members can be screw-ups sometimes.
rustleandhustle 1 year ago
Where's Joe a little after 3 minutes, then you flash DiMaggio. Hilarious! Happy Easter!
lookingforfun70 1 year ago
I think he was more than fair - he outlined the standards he wanted and gave the band a chance to fix things. Part of the problem we seem to have society-wide is a lack of desire to be the best we can be.
Dogsledfan 2 years ago 3
I think Joe's gone out to get the guys some shirts.
aquarius11 2 years ago 14
When he's talking about how the guys get shirts, it sounds like he's more upset with the fact that his wardrobe guy screwed up regarding failing to provide the appropriate attire for the band. I like the part when his group is all over the place with their endings. Don't they know how to read their arrangements?
rocknroller111 2 years ago
Great job Style. Anka's ritual humiliation of his band and abuse of authority is beyond grotesque. Forget 'put your head on my shoulder', Anka deserves a fist in the face.
downriggershop 2 years ago
Give them hell, Paul. These assholes are late because they're not as serious as you are about entertaining -- that is, about their fucking jobs.
braininahat 2 years ago
For an act like that common sense should tell you not to wear a fucking T-shirt. He's right to be pissed off. He didn't fire anyone either. He gave them a chance to shape up or ship out.
Reggie1971 2 years ago
this is on a volume of a cd series that I had a hand in making one volume
this was also discussed on HOWARD STERN with Paul Anka, at that time it happened 15 years before...
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
Vincent Falcone spent several years with the right hothead - Sinatra. This creep is such a fuppin moron it ain't true!!!
Steviepics 2 years ago
That's how you TCB, Bitches
3rdPR 2 years ago
"I'm the only important one on that stage...I don't care if it's Jesus Christ..." ...so, Paul, are you bigger than Jesus, or just your ego?
GNVVisalright 2 years ago 2
deal with that
3rdPR 2 years ago
For those people who are complaining about Paul Anka being upset - I think he had every right to be upset.
His bandmates don't sound like they really care all that much.. Its his band; they are employed by him ; they were obviously doing a shitty job in terms of dressing properly on stage and playing the music correctly. I don't blame him at all.
jonvil2009 2 years ago
*** I think he had every right to be upset***
'Upset'? 'Playing the music correctly'? Anka isn't genuinely upset, the whole foul mouthed tirade sounds fake as hell. And how hard can the 'Diana' chords be? My guess is Anka resents the bands' height advantage over him. The bass player was 5 foot 2, towering over Paul.
downriggershop 2 years ago
nah you are the upset one. Anka has money and talent. Do you have either? ;-)
(nudges you)
jonvil2009 2 years ago
Ha! You said, 'Anka has talent.' Thanks dude, we can all do with a laugh after watching this psycho.
downriggershop 2 years ago
No I really meant it. The nudge was just so you didnt think I was an asshole. No he is very talented and I have no issues with him yelling at his band (to get em to shape up...!).
jonvil2009 2 years ago
Do the guys get shirts? Is he the only important one on that stage? What's the sound of one hand jerking?
derekedit 2 years ago
Make no mistake,he is who he IS because there is this side to him.
More often than not,to reach the pinnacle of success you need to throwdown every once in awhile.
And that's just the "fuckin' way it is."
spiritualED 2 years ago
but i'm confused...
do the guys get shirts?
Lifesucksdie123 2 years ago 2
Actually i think Anka was totally right to chew out his band! Like he says he pays them on time and is there for them so why can't they look out for him? Wearing tee shirts is totally disrespectful when Ankas fans are mostly older types who are used to suits. Playing bad or lighting wrong etc makes him look unprofessional to his audience. I don't blame him any CEO of any company would do the same..it's a job do it right!
doctorhackensteinmd 2 years ago 15
@doctorhackensteinmd lol wow you don't know anything about what was going on when this happened, or the situation at hand,,,,doctor needs to wake up lol
musicman24 1 year ago
@doctorhackensteinmd music is supposed to be fun, and when it's not fun, it becomes a job.
MusicDude86 6 months ago
Anka is a good song writer but he is obviously a arrogant prick who has wet dreams about Mussolini! This guy is a small man with a monster ego.
trombonechops 2 years ago
"Shirts for everyone. MJ T-Shirts!
NOW!
Don't make a fucken maniac of me. That's just the way it fucken is!"
OMG, I'm dyin' here.... and I've heard this so many times already...Bwahahahahahaha
soundslikefrank 2 years ago 2
Now he just hit the jackpot on the "new" Michael Jackson song! "They have a major, major problem on their hands," Anka said earlier today.
zeusface 2 years ago
hes a maniac maniac
01twincam 2 years ago 6
Are all washed up performers this big of an asshat?
pongespob 2 years ago 4
Happy birthday, hammer-slicer!
Sureflo 2 years ago
Did you see Wynton Marsalis on trumpet in the left background of one of the pix? Man, Paul Anka is an idiot! Who knew?! Can you imagine how many maitre d's have heard him say, "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!"
kathiehagen 2 years ago 2
Sweetie, I need to cut this cucumber. Have you seen the hammer?
bondfool 2 years ago 2
That's Just The Fucking Way It Is!
bigflea11 2 years ago
Where's Joe?!! Great visuals from start to finish. NIce video "cameo" from Vinnie Falcone, one of the coolest piano/conductor guys.
Thanks for posting, hadn't heard this one for awhile.
rmo52 2 years ago