I like POY the best. I cannot stand her new single. I think she's moving in a direction that is sad -- the dance/pop tracks on the new record are, imho, her way of trying to be "young and hip" and make songs people can dance to. While that is all well and good, I think the single sucks because it's so cheesy and trite. I get her point, but I think there are way more intelligent and interesting ways to go about making it.
jessica
i downloaded "intuition", not saying its bad, but you are right! what happened to original Jewel? she was REALLY good acoustic...this is ick, strange, nice to dance to though....
I understand if she's trying to go in a new direction... I'm all for experimentation and going in different directions and expanding your horizons and blah blah blah... BUT... the thing about this is that... there is so much CRAP on the radio... and Jewel is a big artist with a huge fanbase and a lot of support... she has the potential to record a truly great and original album... I don't think she'd lose fans/money if she did... but instead it's almost like she's giving in and just doing what is easy -- I'll be honest, I could write a song like "Intuition" in about 5 minutes, but I choose not to write songs like that. I know she is capable of so much more. Musically this song sounds like a cheesy commercial you'd see for a hair product or something.
Anyway... I know it's Jewel's career and music and Jessica is not in charge of either... I'm just saying I won't be buying the record
I'm not opposed to pop music (hey, I have avril's cd
), I guess I'm just a little disappointed in her...... But I'm sure tons of people will like it and buy the record and make her even more rich, and I'm all wrong, so whatever
jessica