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Pudding 02:40 am UTC 04/13/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Plus - Rob 10:38 pm UTC 04/12/09 |
| Can you remember the last time Jim had a hit? I would absolutely love it for Jim to get one of his 7 minute plus songs, produce it how he sees the song should be and for it to storm the charts. But I know that's a pipe dream that won't happen unless there's a compromise along the way, that compromise is best done with the artist who can deliver a hit record rather than the song being compromised by some shite-arsed remixed techno bollocks. > I never said that Jim hasn't whored himself out in the > past. I just said that he can have a hit without having to > do that again. > > Simon Cowell rules teenybop world - he doesn't run the > music industry. If you want to record with the Westlifes > or Take Thats of this world then you have to deal with > him. If you want to record with a new artist - or a > credible, talented, established artist - you don't. Let's > not forget that Cowell's latest X Factor protege, 16yo > Eoghan Quigg, is being ridiculed in the British press (his > -ahem - "crotch enhancement" burst onstage) and has just > released an album that is being absolutely slated from all > corners. > > Call me picky, but I don't want those sort of chumps > involved with Jim's music, and I don't think he needs > them. Jim might think differently, or those around him > might, but it doesn't mean I have to see ANY Jim product > as a good thing. There's only so much polishing a turd can > take. > > > > > For a start Jim has whored himself out many times in the > > past, making out that he he's an industry virgin who > > hasn't been fucked over many times makes no sense. > > > > When you have the likes of Simon Cowell running the music > > industry then 7 minute over the top bombastic songs like > > what Jim writes aren't going to get a look in. Point > > proven by Cowell's refusal to allow Jims produced version > > of Total Eclipse for Westlife's (WESTLIFE? well that's not > > whoring yourself is it?) last album, might be the album > > before that. > > > > It's staggering how many people think that Jim hasn't > > compromised his music to sell records or allowed others to > > compromise his music. | |
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