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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:03 pm
by Jarp2600
No!, until now, every album is different from others. That's Jarres strength.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:30 pm
by jarrekid
GeeJee wrote:jarrekid wrote:It could be controversial because it was quite different from Oxy and Equinoxe. It's still a great album.
If you expect an artist to do what has been done, you ask him to not move on with his artistic ideas, which is in fact, to me, killing your artistic nature. Unless you like to do the same over and over again, which I don't. I'm sure I wouldn't like JMJ's music if it was 15 Oxygene/Equinoxe-styled albums...
I'm not saying that that's what I wanted. I think the public may have expected that and it was quite a shock to critics that he had changed quite a lot.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:02 pm
by GeeJee
jarrekid wrote:GeeJee wrote:jarrekid wrote:It could be controversial because it was quite different from Oxy and Equinoxe. It's still a great album.
If you expect an artist to do what has been done, you ask him to not move on with his artistic ideas, which is in fact, to me, killing your artistic nature. Unless you like to do the same over and over again, which I don't. I'm sure I wouldn't like JMJ's music if it was 15 Oxygene/Equinoxe-styled albums...
I'm not saying that that's what I wanted. I think the public may have expected that and it was quite a shock to critics that he had changed quite a lot.
Exactly. I wasn't saying it was your point of view, but I understood it was the public opinion back at that time, which doesn't make sense to me at all. But that's easily said afterwards...
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:19 pm
by Big time
GeeJee wrote: And I guess MF5 is a severe joke...
I think too!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:35 am
by GeeJee
Big time wrote:GeeJee wrote: And I guess MF5 is a severe joke...
I think too!!!
So taking it seriously is severely controversial
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:03 pm
by Robi
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:39 pm
by Jarp2600
GeeJee wrote: And I guess MF5 is a severe joke...
It was played live in China, so, I don't know if it is a joke. Or it would be one like Band in Rain on the organ.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:00 pm
by Finaero
Surely if he made it as a joke on the album it can be a joke on the concerts
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:01 pm
by Jarp2600
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:16 pm
by Jakob BC
Sorry for my no-humor on this subject, but what is funny about MF5?
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:19 pm
by jarrekid
Synthesist wrote:Sorry for my no-humor on this subject, but what is funny about MF5?
It's cheesy, but I think he wanted something like that on the album
MF must be one of his top 10 albums.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:29 pm
by Velodynamic
When I heard MF5 for the first time I thought that it was an imitation of Klaus Wunderlich.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:36 pm
by Livgivare
MF5 made me first think of lousy Swedish Dance-bands lik Vikingarna but that is a whole other thing. Now I actually like it!
Love Leelene
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:29 am
by Mogan
I like the whole album.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:51 pm
by Catte
I'm not sure what the source was, a magazine or just anoter fan on a mailing list or in the forum.
But I've read somewhere, that Jarre wanted with MF5 a song on that album, that showed the difference between of what he does and of the people's perception, that electronic music is just pressing a few knobs on a keyboard with automated drums and chords and playing a simple, cheesy melody.
In this persecptive, the song works well.
And yes, as "intended kitsch", he did play a good joke on us with that song.
