| re: NJC The art and craft of...Desmond Child | |
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Leesa (gallytrotter@mchsi.com) 10:44 pm UTC 08/06/07 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC The art and craft of...Desmond Child - Rob 12:39 am UTC 08/06/07 |
| Hey jerk, Let's watch how we throw about the 'middle-aged women' blankets around here. I'll have you know that those of us Jim fans who were in high school when 'Bat' came out ARE now middled-aged--I'm one! And no one could despise shit like Celine Dion or Bab's (I was subjected to her murder of 'LITD' today at Walgreens--I nearly puked) more than ME. And my kids, 16 and 11 yrs, LOVE 'Pandora's Box' and make me change the same offering's when they come on on 'Bat 2' because they've become convienced that the Loaf sucks--or at least didn't do Jim's work (excluding the first Bat stuff) justice. What makes you make such sweeping judgement as to Westlife's market, I don't know. But keep in mind, you're remarks target Jim's ORIGINAL fans (and their offspring thusly exsposed) who have keep the faith all these years. Please rethink your audience. I love Desmond Child for the most part, and yes, he's much more formulae than Jim will ever be--but he hasn't a drop of the POWER Jim possesses as a lyricist. Still, he is a damned good composer, especially commercially, on alot of levels. Like everything, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Leesa > > On the other hand, Desmond also seems to leave a trail of > > resentful fans who wish their artist's original sound had > > not gotten the distinctive Desmond polish. I've heard of > > fans of Aerosmith, KISS, Bon Jovi and others who felt this > > way. > > > > Interestingly enough, in the Q&A on Grace's website, Pearl > Aday lists one of her favourite bands as Bon Jovi - BEFORE > THE TAMING. I wonder if she got the irony of her basically > slagging off her dad's producer with that reply! ;-) > > > The fitting-in thing might explain why those in control of > > Westlife rejected Steinman's remix of Total Eclipse. > > > > It sometimes seems like Westlife exists for the purpose of > > offering you something that's a little worse than what you > > already have. > > Brilliant description of Westlife! > > And yes, I'm fairly sure that's why Jim's mix of Total > Eclipse was rejected. Their whole appeal lies in selling > records to people who have never heard the (far superior) > originals of anything they record and they have to be > inoffensive (i.e. bland) enough to appeal to the > occasional record-buyers - the middle aged women, the 12 > year old girls - that make up their audience. > > I like that Jim wanted to work with them though. They are > the Barry Manilow of modern day music after all. > > | |
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