Comments on: CD Review: Songwriter Sheryl Crow’s New Music is Personal on “Detours”

By: Jim Fusco

Jim Fusco — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:34:25 +0000

Well, I was talking about his new album, not his last album.

By: Chris Moore

Chris Moore — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:40:44 +0000

For the record, I couldn’t accuse you of a double standard if I wanted to; you wrote earlier something to the effect that Sheryl Crow could have sung about these issues in 2005 BEFORE they were common knowledge. Jack Johnson DID in fact sing about these issues in 2005. And I thought he did a great job avoiding preachiness.

By: Jim Fusco

Jim Fusco — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:58:47 +0000

Oh, and I wanted to mention:

I know Jack Johnson also talks about these glaring political problems that the world is facing today. But, you’ve never heard me praising him for that, and you never will. I don’t like ANY preachy songs, whether I agree with them or not.

Just to preempt any accusations of a double-standard.

By: Jim Fusco

Jim Fusco — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:21:24 +0000

Case. In. Point.

By: Chris Moore

Chris Moore — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:15:05 +0000

I do understand what you’re getting at, but the purpose of my review was to praise this album at least partially due to how little it resembles C’mon C’mon, the album that boasted my two least favorite Sheryl Crow songs–”Soak Up the Sun” and “Steve McQueen.” In fact, there are a good number of her album tracks that I think are far superior to her “I heard them in Taco Bell” songs.

I liked her last album even better than this one, and I always regretted not writing a review. (It probably wouldn’t help my “she doesn’t copy Petty” case to mention that her last album was titled “Wildflower”… :-))

By: Jim Fusco

Jim Fusco — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:49:50 +0000

Influences are one thing. But, when you have someone that writes songs like “Soak Up the Sun”, you start to realize that her “style” doesn’t normally sound like the aforementioned artists- she just chooses to sound like them in certain songs. Influences are one thing, but when I write a song, people tell me it reminds them of the Beach Boys. But, you don’t hear me doing songs with bass clarinets, background “la’s” all the time, and falsetto leads at every turn. I think you understand what I’m getting at here.