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Originally Posted by steel_horse75
Good point. The mans worth millions and has earned it but when he sings about the hard times, people losing jobs and everything's a struggle. Its hard to hear from a guy that sells tickets in a gold circle for over £300 each and a cruise that cost over £2500 each without the flights to get you there!
Work for the working man indeed!
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That's part of the problem. There are songwriters worth millions who tap into social issues successfully. One of Jon's problems as a writer is instead of shining a mirror on social issues, he writes as if he is in the same issues as people.
However, the problem with Jon's social-focused songs is also that he is not a good enough songwriter to pull them off. Perhaps that's unfair and it would be better to say he is not that type of songwriter. His strength was always being able to tap into peoples emotions in a time and a place.
That's why a song like When We Were Beautiful says more to fans than a song like Work for the Working Man.