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Originally Posted by bibby1044
Not gonna lie. I kinda took Tim’s explanations as a negative. I will say I’m hoping Dave and Carter working together on the entire thing to start is something new for them and hopefully leads to something great but Tims response to that question certainly makes me wonder how talented people like Jeff, rashawn, buddy, Tim aren’t a part of any creative process that can provide some refreshing sounds. I feel like I remember hearing that Jeff was part of beachball which obviously turned out solid...yet come tomorrow he’s barely featured. The whole thing is mind boggling but it’s nothing new for all of us here that have been bitching for a decade. Hopefully this album is much better than the last. If it sounds like VITR quality I’ll be good.
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Originally Posted by kenticus
I do agree that I have a bit of concern in that the songs themselves 5/7 members sound like really aren’t involved in the crafting of. That feels a bit off. However, at least it not Dave off by himself and it’s Carter that worked off what Dave started going at it with him. Tim also never says anything about restrictions or anything like that so it’s not like he’s a true “session” player - imagine and from all we’ve heard over the years that these guys get some say in things. Imagine the pandemic messed some of that up a bit with the social distancing and all but we’ll see...
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Originally Posted by DMBCardinal
Isn't that how a lot of the early songs came about though? There are a lot of songs from RTT and UTTAD that Dave wrote before the band got involved. I'm not sure its a good or bad thing.
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Dave single handedly wrote the majority of songs on Remember 2 Things, Under The Table And Dreaming and Busted Stuff (The Lillywhite Sessions). He single handedly wrote half or more of the songs on both Crash and Before These Crowded Streets.
Considering we're talking about their best albums here, I'm going to say that I'm perfectly OK with Dave (and Carter) being the primary songwriter(s) for this upcoming album.
Their songs/music is just different when there are too many cooks in the kitchen.