Mysterytrain |
06-17-2013 06:53 PM |
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Originally Posted by Stranger11
(Post 1140013)
If, after 30 years in this business, he really thought a little more promotion would have helped the poor sales then I donīt know. Because of artistic reasons? Maybe.
Fact is something (someone?) has stopped him promoting his Album at the moment. He could take care of his contest, post different versions of his songs,.. (= promoting) - but he doesnīt.
Something was already way off during that WAN Promotion in the UK and Germany. Even David and Tico looked pissed. It looked like nobody except Jon wanted to be there. Iīm sure there have been some heated arguments (as Jon said "no fight").
In that Portoguese Interview Jon basically confirmed what Richie said about him filling stadiums. Up to that point I wasnīt sure if that quote was sth. Richie really said. Jon canīt stick to the story that there was no fight.
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To be honest, that quote from Richie, that Jon wants to fill stadiums by himself, sounded odd to me from the start.
For one thing, it sounds like an ego thing, as in Richie saying, 'Oh, yeah? You think you can do without me? Well, I'll walk and let you try it and soon you'll be crying for me to come back!" That's the sort of thing I might expect to hear from a band five years into their career, but 30 years in? Seems like this sort of thing should have been sorted out eons ago.
But, if for some reason, if Richie feels Jon doesn't value his contribution to the band, and yet, if Jon doesn't disavow the quote, but adds, "I don't want to talk about it", then we get to the heart of a (potential) issue of Richie feeling disrespected. To me, this adds some fuel to the fire of the "belittling" theory that TMZ got from the beginning.
The thing is, why now? Also, if Richie says Jon wants to fill stadiums "by himself" that negates the contributions of Dave and Tico. But then again, maybe that's just "collateral damage" because Jon and Richie are the main songwriting unit, two most famous faces of the band, etc., and since Dave and Tico haven't walked, maybe Richie's choice of words does indeed show that this is an issue between him and Jon and not about the other band members at all.
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