Jewel

[litsa2]

-------------Review I wrote on http://www.tophitsonline.com/reviews.php?songid=583#36630----------------Read more... )

Comments

[stupendousness]

I'm not familiar with much of Jewel's early stuff, and I haven't heard any of her new stuff. But I can relate to how you feel

[litsa2]

This is what Philip says: musicians spend years perfecting their songs and writing about life. Then they get signed on to some record label and then they get national popularity and they they tour around and then they are pressured to put out a new album within a year-- so you can see why the quality of a lot of band's music seems to fall. They just don't have the time, and their lives have changed, so they can't write about the same sort of experiences. Too bad. :(

[stupendousness]

I see the sense in that. I think I just forget why a musical group would care about how often they produce albums. Obviously, they need someone to produce their albums, and most record companies demand constant productivity. I definitely think that most musicians wouldn't be putting an album out every year if it was up to them. Live came out with it's first album (containing only 4 songs) in 1989, and has produced 6 more albums in 15 years. But I wasn't hungry for a new album from Live every single year because their previous albums were so good. They kept me satisfied.

Yeah, it's probably the greedy record managers and other non-musician people behind the production of the albums that push the most for newer work. You know what "new" stuff I'd like to see from various artists? Reflections on their own music, including what inspired certain songs. I'm not talking about a word-for-word interpretation, but I'd be interested in learning more about the motivation for selecting a particular sound.

[b3w4r3_cr1m1n4l]

who cares what you think, she's rich you're not

[litsa2]

I know my opinion doesn't affect anything, but that was never the point. Rich people that everyone knows about can make good conversation pieces. I'm no senator, but I can still talk about politics, right?