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Thread started 07/15/20 8:27pm

Phase3

Any of you care for Jewel?

I know her peak was in the late 90's.I dont really listen to music like her's but I have always took a liking to her music and voice.It is very soothing.
I have been listening to "You were meant for me" and "Who will save your soul" a lot lately.
Other than her hits,I do not know much of her music.Is her catalog worth checking out beyond the hits?
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Reply #1 posted 07/16/20 6:47am

Germanegro

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wave I enjoy her early works.
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Reply #2 posted 07/16/20 9:49am

deebee

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I used to listen to her first couple of albums in the late 90s. Morning Song was my jam. music

Slightly annoying habit of singing like a six-year-old girl in a live setting.

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Reply #3 posted 07/16/20 1:25pm

Dalia11

Jewel is one of my favorite singers/musicians. Her Sun Sign is Gemini.


Some of my favorite songs are:

Spirit Hands. Standing Still. Who Will Save Your Soul.

Pieces of You. Foolish Games.

You Were Meant For Me.

Have A Little Faith in Me. Break Me.

Intuition. Daddy. I Love You Always Forever.
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Reply #4 posted 07/16/20 3:50pm

gandorb

I thought her first three albums were much better than all the subsequent releases. It seems that she got progressively blander, even with attempts at dance music and country. I do like her vibe.

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Reply #5 posted 07/17/20 9:54am

RJOrion

gandorb said:

I thought her first three albums were much better than all the subsequent releases. It seems that she got progressively blander, even with attempts at dance music and country. I do like her vibe.




started off bland, and got progressively blander...that about sums it up
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Reply #6 posted 07/17/20 1:28pm

alphastreet

I liked her voice and her songs but was way more into r&b and hip hop that time so didn’t pay that much attention to her. Now I think her work has aged well
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Reply #7 posted 07/17/20 11:56pm

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alphastreet said:

I liked her voice and her songs but was way more into r&b and hip hop that time

Despite that being true also for me, her debut album was played to death over here. For some reason I never bothered with any with her subsequent releases and I attempted to re-listen to her debut recently and I couldn't make it to the end. I guess you need to be in a special mood for that and I was more often into that mood as a young adult than now.


I do think she is talented but she could have done better

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Reply #8 posted 07/18/20 4:54am

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jiorjios said:

alphastreet said:

I liked her voice and her songs but was way more into r&b and hip hop that time

Despite that being true also for me, her debut album was played to death over here. For some reason I never bothered with any with her subsequent releases and I attempted to re-listen to her debut recently and I couldn't make it to the end. I guess you need to be in a special mood for that and I was more often into that mood as a young adult than now.


I do think she is talented but she could have done better

I think that some of my appreciation for her debut was that she was so young when she wrote much of it (early and mid teens I believe). So, when I hear it, I try to appreciate it from the perspective of here is a young girl who is really open emotionally and not yet so defended about the world. I don't necessarily relate to much of it personally but I think it is poetic and refreshing from that vantage point. I don't think anyone thought it would be the tremendous smash that it was, with three huge singles and millions of album sales. It isn't your typical pop music. I always like it when something that sounds different than the Top 40 formula actually makes it there.

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Reply #9 posted 07/18/20 4:59am

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jiorjios said:

alphastreet said:

I liked her voice and her songs but was way more into r&b and hip hop that time

Despite that being true also for me, her debut album was played to death over here. For some reason I never bothered with any with her subsequent releases and I attempted to re-listen to her debut recently and I couldn't make it to the end. I guess you need to be in a special mood for that and I was more often into that mood as a young adult than now.


I do think she is talented but she could have done better

Yes, I must admit, I feel a bit like that about it myself.

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Reply #10 posted 07/18/20 2:13pm

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There were probably a LOTTA Pseudo Hippie Babies made 2 Jewel's first 2 or 3 CD's

eek eek eek

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Reply #11 posted 07/18/20 3:10pm

Phase3

deebee said:



jiorjios said:




alphastreet said:


I liked her voice and her songs but was way more into r&b and hip hop that time



Despite that being true also for me, her debut album was played to death over here. For some reason I never bothered with any with her subsequent releases and I attempted to re-listen to her debut recently and I couldn't make it to the end. I guess you need to be in a special mood for that and I was more often into that mood as a young adult than now.



I do think she is talented but she could have done better



Yes, I must admit, I feel a bit like that about it myself.


I am the opposite.Jewel was popular when I was maybe 7 years old or so.As a kid you dont understand the songs she was singing as a adult would.I was into stuff like the spice girls at the time.I thought they were the best group in the world....
Yeah I know very naive lol
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Reply #12 posted 07/18/20 5:09pm

alphastreet

Phase3 said:

deebee said:



jiorjios said:




alphastreet said:


I liked her voice and her songs but was way more into r&b and hip hop that time



Despite that being true also for me, her debut album was played to death over here. For some reason I never bothered with any with her subsequent releases and I attempted to re-listen to her debut recently and I couldn't make it to the end. I guess you need to be in a special mood for that and I was more often into that mood as a young adult than now.



I do think she is talented but she could have done better



Yes, I must admit, I feel a bit like that about it myself.


I am the opposite.Jewel was popular when I was maybe 7 years old or so.As a kid you dont understand the songs she was singing as a adult would.I was into stuff like the spice girls at the time.I thought they were the best group in the world....
Yeah I know very naive lol


Not that naive, I still love the spice girls and I was about 14 when I loved them
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Reply #13 posted 07/18/20 8:15pm

domainator2010

I used to love Hands.


What's she upto *these* days?

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Reply #14 posted 07/19/20 10:11am

jiorjios

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Phase3 said:

deebee said:

Yes, I must admit, I feel a bit like that about it myself.

I am the opposite.Jewel was popular when I was maybe 7 years old or so.As a kid you dont understand the songs she was singing as a adult would.I was into stuff like the spice girls at the time.I thought they were the best group in the world.... Yeah I know very naive lol

Well, in a sense they were lol

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Reply #15 posted 07/19/20 10:38am

Phase3

jiorjios said:



Phase3 said:


deebee said:


Yes, I must admit, I feel a bit like that about it myself.



I am the opposite.Jewel was popular when I was maybe 7 years old or so.As a kid you dont understand the songs she was singing as a adult would.I was into stuff like the spice girls at the time.I thought they were the best group in the world.... Yeah I know very naive lol

Well, in a sense they were lol


lol
Yeah I guess they were.But they were not really the "best" went it came to actual talent I guess is what I am trying to say.I am still a fan though.
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