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Originally Posted by Sarge
Reminds me of a Rolling Stones concert I watched recently. Mick Jagger singing a duet with Justin Timberlake. Jagger was so much cooler, sang better, even danced better than Timberlake. I thought: "Justin, you still got a lot to learn."  |
And the stones have subsequently worked with Jack White and Christina Aguilera on Shine a light, which shows that Jagger & Co. know that they have to remain 'hip' and to keep a young audience because they cannot maintain sales on their own.
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Originally Posted by Sarge
I knew that you'd say that. Songs like DYELS always appear to me as if somebody said: "Hey, we have to put something on the album that makes women buy it." |
I agree entirely and it's been tapped into by many a record company and a&r man. stereotypically women more than men want to hear a ballad, sometimes it's like a switch off the brain action moving where you don't care if there's no plot, you just want to be entertained.
Nickelback tend to have a trend of releasing a rock single and then immediately followed by a (power) ballad. Aerosmith, and Steven Tyler in particular, have been pushing the pop ballad very hard in the faces of their fans (and if you want to find out how well that goes down, wander over to aeroforceone.com's message board). Even Staind more recently released All I want from their last album to help them reach a wider audience.
The point is that artists and bands, like any other business, need new money and they will go wherever they can to get it, even if it is at the risk of alienating their business.
As for the apprentice (you see I Can get back on topic
) I would suggest Gary Busey will be recognised more for being on this show in the next 6 months than any of the films that he worked on.
I can't say I have very much interest in watching it at all, apart from knowing that Gene Simmons was previously on it and he is incredibly astute.