Album #3, Ed Kowalczyk back in the studio Options

[dangum]

Ed Kowalczyk ‏@EDDIEKLIVE 3h

(Ed K) Back in the studio workin' on album 3 with Jamie Candiloro in Los Angeles ;-)

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[TheBeacon]

Looks like Ed's solo album #3 material will in some way become LIVE material now!

[Wambangalang]

Looks like Ed's solo album #3 material will in some way become LIVE material now!

that is worst case scenario!

They need to do what was done with Star Wars. George Lucas was a revered and respected genius who defined a generation with his original trilogy. Then the prequels came along and made him and the entire saga into an embarrassing laughing stock.

Cut to 10 or 15 years later and it was decided by the producers to listen to the hardcore fan base and go back to what made the material so loved to begin with. Similar themes and tone, greater focus on practical effects over CGI, and a more adult orientated story and characters. The result was overwhelmingly positive and successful (perhaps a lack of originality being the only drawback but after such a skull-fucking of the material they needed to go a bit safe for the first film) and the series is back to its former glory and people are happy, more or less.

I wonder if Live are trying to go in this direction. Actually going back to try and recapture that magic that they once delivered. We've seen CCP have already done this and being capable of "doing things like they used to be done" to paraphrase, so maybe Ed can too. I know this can be taken as not being original and re-treading the past (George lucas called the force awakens a retro movie), but I think it's more about an attitude to the music or approach, rather than trying to sound or be just like they were before. Ed might approach the music with the intention of being a little more mysterious and interesting with the lyric, even if his 12 year olds won't be able to decipher the message instantly, which it seems to have been his style since he became a father.

I hope CCP haven't just said, "fuck it, we can make more money with Ed, yeh let him bring his han solo material to Live"...

[Holy Slime]

I wonder if Live are trying to go in this direction. Actually going back to try and recapture that magic that they once delivered. We've seen CCP have already done this and being capable of "doing things like they used to be done" to paraphrase, so maybe Ed can too. I know this can be taken as not being original and re-treading the past (George lucas called the force awakens a retro movie), but I think it's more about an attitude to the music or approach, rather than trying to sound or be just like they were before. Ed might approach the music with the intention of being a little more mysterious and interesting with the lyric, even if his 12 year olds won't be able to decipher the message instantly, which it seems to have been his style since he became a father.

My hope is that touring Throwing Copper cover to cover for a couple years inspired Ed to try and recapture some of that style. I can't imagine we'll see anything close to the early days, but I'm hopeful for something with a little more edge to it.