================================================ Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert From: "Lee Reed" To: Date: Sat 13 Jul 2002 22:52:08 -0400 ================================================ and there's also the factor that they're close to the end of their contract with windup, that may have played a part of it too, 'let's just hurry up and get this done so we can get onto our own label and do what we want'...or, windup may have been pressuring them to get it done as well...mind you, i'm not making excuses for them...i'm one of the 3 that isn't afraid to voice my displeasure with the album, too... >From: "Joe Earles" >Reply-To: The New Improved Less Lame List >To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" >Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 10:51:16 -0400 > >Oh, no doubt the music is good but it's all too obvious that Stapp and >Tremonti's writing style have been heavily influenced by their celebrity >and >every album has gravitated a little more toward writing songs that will >pull >big paychecks and further away from simply writing songs. > >Another thing that irked me was how they made a point of letting us know >how >little time it took to write "Weathered" like it was some sort of benefit >or >something I should be impressed with. I write songs. I could write 11 songs >in 3 weeks, too. Would they be any good? Probably, but would they be better >if I wrote them, stepped back, came back to them in a few more weeks and >started fine-tuning them? Absolutely. Creed opted for the paycheck and >against putting out the best record they could this time and the result is >a >bunch of low-key cookie-cutter "written to hit the charts in Rock AND Pop >market" types of songs without the same level of emotion that was evident >in >the first two albums. I just hope that the next album is better, that's >all... _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm