I am a little child. But what I meant it's that The Distance and Say It Isn't So almost don't count (whatever you say doesn't change the fact that this song basically sucks, yes! again and again and again: Unbroken, Do What You Can, American Reckoning). With or without guitar solo these new songs have no salvation. For example, Knockout was a okay song, with some outro sounded more like a rock band. These new songs are almost all lyrics; in others words: probably a disaster live with the band.
And I like acoustic songs, however I think these songs sound like they were rushed; maybe Jon needs more time to write good songs again, I hope they can improve some way live if they ever got played! (I hope not, wink!)
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