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Originally Posted by Rickypt
I think your points are well taken, although I would add a lot more to your "glimmers" list, such as her reprise of "Silver Springs" from '97, and the majority of TISL (opening song through TFFT, plus FFG and Love Is).
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It's all subjective. I think "Love Is" an enormous turd of a maudlin song, but I also think "It's Only Love" is one of the greatest songs she's ever recorded. It all depends on what you're looking for when you listen to her.
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I also think the general public has by and large forgotten about the 15 or so years of substandard work (ask anyone and they won't even know about Street Angel) and she has established an image of a rock and roll legend who looks and sounds quite good and still makes some quality music.
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I wouldn't go that far. A "legend" is what they call you when you stop selling albums. She started to repair herself quite a bit with the Mac reunion, but releases like "Every Day" & "Say You Will" as singles, and performances like "Sorcerer" on the Radio Music Awards & the ones she's been doing to promote new projects, are doing absolutely nothing to further the image of a "rock and roll legend" who is still producing "quality music." It seems as if she's resting on her laurels after reviving her career. If she's not raping "Landslide" for the millionth time, she's turning in something bland. As usual, and as I said in my previous post, she's wildly inconsistent.
Part of the problem is that she seems to have taken a backwards step musically. The music itself is typical adult contemporary sludge, for the most part, that one expects from artists of her age, containing no real imagination and lacking the warmth and urgency of her earlier stuff. Does she really offer anything of real value to music these days? I assume the typical answer I will get is that she adds class, heart, and something unique, all of which are true. But she really has no ideas that are fresh or interesting these days.