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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi
It sucks to say but the general public does not care about Jon's artistic side.
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Not that he ever went for it. The single choices don't exactly tell the "serious" crowd that the new BJ might be for them. Europe (the band) released like 20 years worth of Whitesnake worship blues infused hard rock records. They have quite the reputation among classic rock fans now; they're not "the cheesy Final Countdown guys" anymore among these circles. Mike Tramp (ex-White Lion) has been releasing lowkey singer songwriter stuff for God knows how long. If Limitless performs better than Lower The Flag, Jon will put out Limitless.
Hell, the Destination Anywhere material and TLFR where attempts to go for stuff more suited to his aged voice (or, dare I say it, natural vocal range - he just got away with the abuse before). It didn't work, so he went back for the soaring vocals.
Observe how Johnny Rzenik and Bryan Adams, who always sang in their natural range, can still sing like champions.
Also, regarding "properly going for it", low key stuff (quite literally, but also in terms of sonics) like the grey summer period stuff could probably BENEFIT from JBJ's worn vocals, telling a different tale. It's why I welcomed some of the songwriting choices on 2020. It's just that Jon allowing dark stuff to creep into the songs works better when he's not overtly political (he's just not a great "intellectual" writer, but he's great with putting big tales into small stories).
Of course, he could simply have somebody else do the belting that gives these tales a little contrast, too. You know, like somebody who used to yell "woman you know my hands are dirty" or "WAAANTED" for decades. And who should by all means co-write the band's proper farewell record.
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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Aloha !
What's this now, a sequel to Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen? I'd say your ban on Jovitalk didn't last long enough. I rest my case.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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Not sure if you were on hiatus back then, but on Lindsay Lohan's first record, there's stuff written by Shanks that sounds rather close to some HAND material. Style-wise, not like "same melody". I think "Nobody Till You" is a prime offender. Figured a fellow Lohanian might dig that kinda intel.