I really think Meat did James Michael a HUGE dis-service in putting him aside, in essence, in favour of the output of the Desmond machine. In my opinion the failure (critically, financially, whatever) of the Desmond decision is already pretty clear, but I think history will make it especially obvious.
> I think Desmond Child can write great songs for bands like
> Bon Jovi and poppier stuff (Ricky Martin etc), but his
> style just doesn't mesh with Meat's as far as I can hear.
>
> I've never really liked his Bonnie Tyler stuff much
> either.
>
> Marti Fredrikson is also pretty good at this writing lark,
> but again a different style that doesn't fit with Meat or
> the Jim/Bat sound. Really enjoyed the contributions made
> to Aerosmith's Nine Lives album.
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