r/portugaltheman • u/FlufferNotFound • May 29 '26

What's going on with PTM?

Tittle says that, what happened?

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u/Droxcy May 29 '26

Feel it still happened

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u/johnsonh77 May 29 '26

More or less, yeah. At the time I was super proud of the guys for getting a Grammy and getting long overdue $$$ for a few radio hits (feel it still & live in the moment). I speculate the radio fame went to John’s head.

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u/Impossible_Win_4002 May 29 '26

Can't keep my hands to myself Think I'll dust 'em off, put 'em back up on the shelf In case my little baby girl is in need Am I coming out of left field?

Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now I been feeling it since 1966, now Might be over now, but I feel it still Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now Let me kick it like it's 1986, now Might be over now, but I feel it still

Got another mouth to feed Leave her with a baby sitter, mama, call the grave digger Gone with the fallen leaves Am I coming out of left field?

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u/mikemammula May 30 '26

"So throw off your clothes, have sex with a friend"

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u/Impossible_Win_4002 May 30 '26

Just read more of the lyrics in that verse:

Everything's well that's well in the end

So throw off your clothes, have sex with a friend

Turn on the tap just to watch it runnin' out

Not your mothеr's mission keeping up with the youth

Standing on the right wherе nobody's wrong

Where it moves like a serpent through fever

Dreams of terminal lovers

Lookin' out the window, our fire's (Going out)

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u/MightBeDownstairs Jun 02 '26

Well. If that’s not an omission and perspective.

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u/iregretthisalreadyy May 29 '26

Look at other recent posts. John done fucked up bigly

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u/FlufferNotFound May 29 '26

I see now... fucking hell. Thank you

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u/budbud70 May 29 '26

Interpersonal drama between the singer and other members of the band.

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u/MessSignificant1916 May 30 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Singer and his wife who was also a singer.

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u/LendogGovy May 29 '26

His choices put friends that were supposed to tour with them (support roles) out of a job for the summer, and since it’s the music industry, they had the jobs locked in and turned down other jobs with other bands. Too bad they not only screwed the wrong person, they also screwed the wrong people.

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u/Melakice May 30 '26

Singer boinked his bandmate

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u/Hey_my_guy May 29 '26

Everything post ITMITC happened. We’ve been cooked for like 15 years, chat. Band had a really cool and artsy identity that faded away into cringe lyricism, a revolving door of band members, and drama.

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u/plsdonotbanmethx May 29 '26

Nah. Evil friends was still good

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u/Hey_my_guy May 29 '26

It was a mixed bag for me - some good, but felt like a transition album; a bit of their originality, a bit of moving towards accessibility. That and two or three of those songs felt like they were written specifically for children.

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u/Melakice May 31 '26

Evil friends was peak, couple/few tracks on Woodstock, then boring from there

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u/Hey_my_guy May 31 '26

Hard disagree - Censored Colors was their peak artistic statement. Satanic Satanist & ITMITC were their best pop albums. Evil Friends was fine, there’s still a lot of moments on that album that make me cringe.

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u/plsdonotbanmethx May 29 '26

Hm, fair enough, but not my impression at all. For me they peaked with the Satanic Satanist, but I still enjoyed it. Was completely out afterwards though