womanfish
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How damaging does everyone think Guy Oseary has been to the band creatively since he became manager?
Managers often have input, or rather their own thoughts, on what artistic direction their clients may be taking. Paul McGuinness was sceptical about them working with Brian Eno initially (again showing that managers don't really have an artistic eye).
With Guy Oseary, you see the industry he's involved in and its just fame hungry pop megastardom tacky shit. Wouldn't at all be surprised if he recommended the dreaded Ryan Tedder. He was after all presiding over the Apple debacle too.
It's just all corporate bullshit isn't it now and hearing their singles of late, corporate music for businessmen in suits. Granted, the genius shines through now and then on Songs of Experience (Love Is All We Have, Little Things, Lights of Home, 13) but their career is now dictated by shallow music.
Not sure how you can say that there is much "shollow" music on SOI or SOE. Sure I agree with some, Showman in a way, although it has some meat to it, Volcano/American Soul, Miracle, although again, it has some deeper meaning, Best Thing, but again, sort of a Sweetest Thing for the 2010's.
Other than that, I would put most of it up there with their past catalog.