GlennFolkvord wrote:Jon wrote:they were never fully Jarre's albums because he had others supplying to the overall layout and sound of the album. People buy a car, a Volvo for example,but how much of that car is ALL Volvo? just certain parts. Yet it's sold as and labelled as a Volvo. Much like a Jarre album. It has his name on it. He wrote much. Contributed plenty. But he is not the full creator of what we finally hear.
I once sat down with Francis Rimbert over dinner (no joke, there are several people who can confirm that). He talked a bit about Jarre's methods and work habits. He absolutely did not say anything that could be interpreted anywhere near what you are saying. You write nonsense.
Let me paraphrase Rimbert: "Jarre does all the ground work. He can work alone for weeks in his studio, day and night, and then he has sessions with us. We listen to his work, discuss details, try different things. But Jarre is always the boss, he has total control and always final say. Almost every time his ideas are the ones chosen."
From our chat I got the impression that the musicians contribute something like this: Jarre wants a certain sound but he is not fluent with synthesizer X, so he ask Rimbert or Geiss or Garraud to program it. Or, Jarre has created a sequence and is not satisfied so he ask Rimbert to play it differently, as instructed by JMJ, until they reach something they like and then create it in the box. Or, Jarre had made a few different mixes and ask for input from the team. He's not opposed to input and ideas and suggestions.
Not one word of your accusation has been confirmed or even hinted at by anybody, in any interviews or comment, at any time in history.
WOW, talk about blowing something way out of context.
To all... you have totally blown something I said WAY out of context by jumping on the negative bandwagon being driven by Plate of Chips. Did those who criticized what I said actually read what I posted word for word because its clear you do not even understand what I was saying. I do NOT and I repeat - I DO NOT claim, state as fact or make any accusation of any sorts that Jarre did none of the works he is credited for - FULL STOP. Regardless of what you think, what you perceived, I was merely saying that Jarre has worked with others, be it sound design, be it mixing, be it editing, be it collaborating, etc etc - it is NOT solely Jean Michel Jarre. That is what I was saying. Jeez. Maybe if I used a piece of paper and coluring crayons some would have understood better.
You could have asked me what I meant by this or meant by that, but no, that was just too easy a thing to do. Instead you misinterpret something said. You made it to suit YOUR needs to make a big deal out of it. Now, THAT is nonsense.
However, this group is known for its jumping the band wagon and here is yet another classic example.
Seriously guys, have you nothing else better to do than pull apart someones posting/thoughts and reassembled them into something that does not suit your criteria!
Now how about letting people on this forum have their say, express their thoughts, say what they want to say just like you guys do and cease ripping everything they say apart for the benefit of passing the time away and asserting your authority.
Some of you may have huge expanding collections, know people, interviewed people, know the in's and out's of music and Jarre, but that does not give you the god given right to rip someones comments apart because you read it and assumed wrong.
Conclusion - Aren't we a fun filled lollipop triple dipped in misery. Seriously, lighten up.
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