I have always regarded Christines songs on Tusk as completely boring. (except of "think about me") Somehow they didn`t seem to fit into the new and strange (great) concept of the album. But there are other ones I like. As somebody else mentioned above some of her songs from "Mystery to me" were forgotten later on. I really would rather have appreciated to listen to some of these ones on a live show or record instead of listening to f.ex."songbird" once again...
By the way- I think that "mystery..." is a great album, especially the Bob Welsh tunes, f.e. "hypnotized", "Miles away" and "Forever" provide a great atmosphere. I liked LB`s live- version of "Hypnotized". It would have been fine, to listen to more of this material adapted by LB or even doing Christine some of her older material on the shows. I also like "Isn`t it midnight" (but I don't like "Mystified" and "Over and over"- really bad in my opinion)
Concerning the no.1 thing... I don`t believe that any of the LB or FM songs coming up, will ever get there. It's just the Britney Spears/ Backstreet Boys exchangeable and superficial Marionette No 1 era. Doesn't matter if you play an instrument or write your own tunes. Anyone there, who believes in 20 years there are Britney oder Christina Aguilera Message boards on the internet? Hardly. Nobody will remember. So this no. 1 thing doesn`t really mean a lot.
CU, Stefan
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