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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Aloha !
It's a bullshit argument anyway. If you re-record your greatest hits the songwriting credits stay the same, so they'd still have to pay the same people the same amount of royalties. And Alec was on One Wild Night anyway, he played bass on the recordings of Runaway and In & Out Of Love.
Jon hates the idea of a Greatest Hits because he knows that it makes people want stuff he has already done instead of people wanting him to release his new records.
End of argument.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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Sebastiaan, if you actually took the time to read what I wrote, instead of being overly excited to argue & act like you know it all, you'd realize that there are three different scenarios going on here…..
1- Re-recording the Greatest Hits as in TLFR avoids paying all the original individual produces and original musicians AKA Alex. Probably why Jon opt to go in that direction vrs a Greatest Hits back then.
2- Yes, Alex was on OWN but in only two songs. He'll earn a lot less than playing on the entire album. Probably why the rest of the songs were from Hugh's day. Same with the Special Edition
3- As far as the Greatest Hits. There are 6 song writers. Jon, Richie, Dave, Desmond, Billy F, & Max (I'm not including the Runaway guy). These are the people who deserve royalties. Not some smuck who helped co-write two mediocre songs.
I think it’s less about more money in Jon's pocket, and more about Jon putting money in someone elses who he feels doesn't deserve it.
I'm 99.9% sure this is the reasoning. I could see Bruce taking the "makes people want stuff he has already done instead of people wanting him to release his new records" approach. But Jon is the biggest sellout and loves big numbers and albums.
Also, say what you want about Everyday sounding too much like this and that. And Jon doesn't like Bounce. Etc. Now that’s BS and I'm not buying it.