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Originally Posted by jovifan85
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Hopefully he hasn't resumed writing those same old "power of we/living your life/getting up from your knees" songs again now that he's gotten everything off his chest regarding Richie, the record company, the football team fiasco etc. on THINFS and Burning Bridges... I'd greatly prefer some honest singer-songwriter type of stuff in the vain of LH or maybe even something like the less compressed stuff on Destination Anywhere.
There's no need for Jon to try to write potential radio hits, never mind chart toppers anymore - they haven't even had a hit in Europe since WWBTF and in the USA Who Says was the last time they got anywhere close to getting frequent airplay. Follow was released 9 and WSYCGH 13 years ago - there's simply no chance for them to ever hit the goldmine again.
I'd take passion, honesty and intimacy over forcedly-written gang choruses and the noisy "production" of Shanks any day. Also, Jon's current voice would fit (semi-)acoustic or otherwise small-scale music way better than it does the pop rock junk (anybody recognize the song I'm referring to?) of the last four albums.