Sdldawn said:

It's ont about commercial success.

But I love wings anyway

I think almost anyone can b thrown into this category. One becomes used 2 a certain style from a certain artist they do something new and it's thought of as sub standard.
Has anyone mentioned George michael yet?


But seriously:
Someone may have already mentioned this but I think prince was at his most interesting with Wendy and Lisa

thesexofit said:

Not really, because "I Need You" was an obscure album track that was never released as a single. It stands that Jesse Johnson would get royalty checks for his songs that were released as singles (and possibly for co-writing The Time's "Jungle Love," unless Prince locked up all the rights to those songs for himself).
[Edited 1/31/07 21:20pm]

Najee said:

I woulda thought, on every album sold, he woulda got something.

thesexofit said:

Well, it's not like Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" is flying off the shelves now despite Abdul's newfound fame on "American Idol." It stands that Jesse Johnson would get paychecks off songs being played somewhere, and his contribution to that album was an obscure album track.

Najee said:

I always found it funny how a sax solo is on the song instead of a guitar one "no guitar solo's Jesse" "damn"

Sdldawn said:

Who would suggest they didn't? Not I, that's for sure.

However, considering what they did in the Beatles, I don't see how their subsequent careers could be thought of as anything but underwhelming. Granted, that would be a difficult act for anyone to follow, but surely they had more to offer than what we were given.
[Edited 2/3/07 16:31pm]

damosuzuki said:

Co-sign! AFAIC, All Things Must Pass alone makes George my favorite solo Beatle.

AlexdeParis said:

For All Things Must Pass alone, George is the only one who surpassed public expectation - but of course he was held to a much lower standard. Regardless, it's a wonderful album, though I think he could have left the jam portion on the cutting room floor.

damosuzuki said:

We're of one mind on that.

damosuzuki said:

I read something recently about Lennon that said just before his death, he was gearing up for an unprecedented phase of creativity, as if it would have been something we'd never seen before. Any comments about that?

heartbeatocean said:

If you judge by what came out of the Double Fantasy sessions, most of what he had done in that era seemed rather safe, conservative even. One could argue that since he had been away from recording for so long, he needed to regain firm footing before attempting anything more creative, which meant playing things closer to the vest at that point. However, I honestly find it hard to believe that he was prepared to do anything truly remarkable. This is only me talking, of course – I certainly would never claim to be the final authority in this matter - but I think everything he recorded post-Plastic Ono Band sounds at best like competent craftsmanship, and some of it was flagrantly awful - IE Sometime in New York City, which I think should rank as one of the worst albums ever released by a major artist.

damosuzuki said:

thanks for your comments