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Old 05-11-2020, 01:21 PM
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I am afraid that we'll probably not get to hear some of the more interesting songs then. But who knows. I'd assume that if JBJ reworks the record, stuff like Lower The Flag will get cut due to being "too dark". Ideally, here's how it would work: Write 15 new songs that reflect the current mindset, pick the best 12 of them all, and have the remainder of the original album be its own thing on a deluxe edition second disc.

This will not happen. BJ the band did not get a double album released at the height of their commercial appeal.

So, deluxe edition of the lost tracks in 20 years, celebrating the classic 2020 record and finally revealing those long clamoured classics to be? Let's not kid ourselves - it is highly unlikely that 2020 is gonna reach THAT status. Did the Slippery deluxe edition contain stuff like Game Of The Heart? I think even that one didn't.

So what else is there. Digital only / download only bonus tracks? I'd be all for it, but if we're talking about high tech solutions, why not make the tracks you know are not gonna make the cut available for streaming right now? Well, that way the tracks that resonate the least with the current situation would be available beforehand. Not sure if they're gonna go for that.

Rename the album? Yeah, that's an option, but wouldn't give us tracks more in line with what's occupying people's heads right now, nor would it give us the potentially lost tracks.

I'm also curious if any new songs are all gonna be in the vein of Do What You Can, i.e. very topical, or if the lesson's gonna be to go for a more universal theme. Undivided was a great song, well received, but hardly ever played on subsequent tours. Not sure how comfortable the band is with being topical in the long run.
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