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07-03-2013 12:35 PM |
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Originally Posted by RonJovi
(Post 1144274)
Good point. And I'm sure Jon did come up with the "Shot Through The Heart" bit given the song of the same name on the first album.
Sort of makes you wonder though. The way Jon tells the story, from memory, is that he came up with that line and the song flowed from there. Doesn't he say (or am I imagining it) that Desmond just polished the songs that him and Richie wrote? If so, it sounds as big a lie as "Max Martin was just in the room when we wrote It's My Life".
Forget staying on topic btw, the Richie stuff is beyond ridiculous at this stage.
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Those are all 'myths' and legends. Jon & Richie claim a lot more credit for those two songs than they deserve. They are clearly Desmond's songs. If you look at the interview, he used to be asked by record producers to make a song sound like X or like Y and he'd just do that. If anything, Jon and Richie polished up a little the songs that Desmond Child wrote. At least on Slippery. I am sure it became more of an equal partnership later on, especially with songs like Keep The Faith.
Having said that, I am not discrediting the band by any means, especially from an instrumental perspective. The bass line to prayer, the talk-box riff, the solos, hell - even the drumming. All were out of this world. A song is as much as it is, four of the same chords, a little melody and some lyrics. It really comes alive in the studio - that's why both Prayer and Bad Name are fantastic.
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