Kelly Clarkson Is it just me or does she seem to forget to mention her co-writers a bit too often? I've read several interviews and she always always talks herself up as a song writer and always leaves out the important names who actually wrote the songs she claims as hers. Is she following in the golden gobshite footsteps of Ronan Keating? :?
CousinDave- 07-01-2007
Re: Kelly Clarkson Is it just me or does she seem to forget to mention her co-writers a bit too often? I've read several interviews and she always always talks herself up as a song writer and always leaves out the important names who actually wrote the songs she claims as hers. Is she following in the golden gobshite footsteps of Ronan Keating? :?
No its not you and this is an ongoing problem.
Kelly is trying to talk herself up as a songwriter because she is in the center of a lot of record company controversy with Clive Davis who wants her to use more poppy sounding songs and the two are at odds about it.
Clive wants pop song writing machines to provide Kelly material to the point that he was willing to give her $1 million bonus to just put two songs he wanted on her disc. Kelly refused.
She wanted to make a rock-ish album, show off her songwriting and take more creative control, even if she's co-writing. Kelly wants to let her talents be known even if they are "co-talents". The general public doesn't even know that Avril wrote "Breakaway" and Kelly wouldn't want people to know that.
Still Kelly's a good performer and the new songs aren't that bad. The problem is that Clive wants her to be a 25 year old version of Radio Disney and she's standing up for herself.
They both want the same result obviously but in her mind she can't be a pop princess forever. I don't think she'll be Pat Benetar either but as she enters the next phase of her career it will be interesting to see where things head.
It didn't score in tour sales. She wound up cancelling it because she didn't sell any tickets and that's where the big money is.
Titan- 07-02-2007
That explains a lot, shame though that she can't be honest enough and mention her co-writers when they deserve it. :)
CousinDave- 07-02-2007
That explains a lot, shame though that she can't be honest enough and mention her co-writers when they deserve it. :)
Yeah its lying by omission really. At the end of the day I know its the performers name and face on the record but the songwriters almost always get gypped.
Even Elton would've probably dealt with mentioning Bernie right on a record cover. He seldom had a problem talking about him in interviews.
Meatloaf used to mention Jim Steinman and himself as a partnership no matter their troubles. I think Bat Out of Hell is even labelled "Meatloaf Performing the Songs of Jim Steinman".
I don't think most writers want my examples but like you say it would be nice if when interviewed a songstress can give the kudos where they belong on the material.
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