Originally Posted by RonJovi

I know people might jump on me for this, and before I'm accused of being anti-Jon, I am a huge fan of his from the band to the solo artist to the actor. However, am I the only one who found the post about Ugly being written (solo) by Eric Bazilian, with Bazilian insisting Jon's name was added to the writing credits as a "business consideration", very disturbing. While I appreciate that this is purely Bazilian's claim and not one admitted by Jon, why would Jon not have set the record straight if it were untrue. To me the claim seriously undermines his artistic credibility.

If Bazilian's claims are true, it really casts doubt on Jon's songwriting abilities. For some time I have been hearing claims that a lot of Jon's/the bands songs are ghost (co)written. Should this be true it really makes a liar out of Jon, to the point where he is just deceiving the fans. How many times has he denounced "She Dont Know Me" because it wasnt written by the band. How many times has he said that he cant put other people's songs on the albums? If Bazilian's claims are true, then what Jon is effectively saying is that he cant be seen to put other people's songs on the albums and as long as his name is added to the writing credits, there isnt a proplem. To me there is a serious question mark over Jon's integrity.

While Bazilian may be wrong there is quite a difference between the songs Jon has being credited with writing solo. When you take "Save the World"(our love is even stronger than God hoped it could be"), "I Got the Girl", "Living in Sin" "Right Side of Wrong" and compare them with the songs Jon is credited with writing solo on KTF-TD-and DA, it seems like the songs were written by different people. While I'm more than aware that even the best write bad songs(take Dylan's religious spell before his return to greatness with albums like "Time out of mind"), I cant help but wonder with what Bazilian has claimed.

It is closely related to another thread by Becky I suppose. I expect the artists I like to write their own material. If they dont and lie about it then they are treating the public with contempt. I hope this is not the case with Jon.