Re: Nuno... why?

"What I don't understand is that he made MW work (for the most part), so why
the sudden fall?"

I think the further from Extreme he got, the less relevent he became and the
more confused and "questioning" of his direction he became. What's a guy as
talented as Nuno got to be saying to himself when labels just thumb their nose
at him?

The same shit happens in sports. You slump a little or get traded... then you
press. The harder you try the for screwed up your mechanics get and the more
you flounder. The point being, sometimes the harder you try the more forced get
and they lose their "edge".

"He's been going downhill for a while, but Pop1 was a MAJOR disappointment. 
Like you guys have said, it's all over the place - no real flow."

I have to wonder why that is. The more you listen to it the more it seems like
he had enough ideas for 2 albums but smooshed it all into one. Instead of
focusing and sacrificing some of the stuff for the sake of having solid
tunes... he jammed it in. 

As usual, it's all speculation but I'd guess that either the album was rushed,
he wasn't convinced he'd be doing another soon so he wanted to use up all the
ideas he had, or he was going for a weird mix of sounds and it just didn't work
well... 

"He needs someone like Gary to help him out, but how did he make MW work?"

That's where his head was at the time. Didn't you tell me you hated MW when you
first heard it? I had issues with FSFR when it came out but it grew on me. 

He and Gary worked well together, but even if it's not Gary, I think Nuno...
like many other amazing artists (EVH) needs someone there with a backbone to
say... NOPE, it doesn't work, sorry, "Try Again".

"True, Pop1 was probably just to fulfill the contract, but knowing Nuno's ego,
he wouldn't produce anything he thought would ruin his name."

Why would anyone release something they think would ruin their name? LOL You
dunce!

"The only real difference I know of between MW/FSFR and Pop1 was his mother's
death.  You wouldn't think that would make his music style change THAT much..."

It might... that's a good point. The stuff might be all over the place because
his head was all over the place. Likewise, depression makes it very difficult
to flesh out and ride ideas through to fruition. Inspiration hits and runs...
and people that are down usually just have flashes of hot and lots of cold. 

I wish he'd read some of our old posts and get pissed. Anger usually drives
people to the opposite end of the spectrum... lots of hot and only flashes of
cold.