Comments on: Review: Melissa Etheridge’s Fearless Love

By: CanuckJacq

CanuckJacq — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:29:23 +0000

Hi wldred, it was written by a group called Greenwheel who were with Island records at the time. They definitely wrote it. If you watch the DVD that came with the Lucky CD, I’m pretty sure there’s a bit in there where she discusses what it was like to perform a song written by someone else.

By: wldred

wldred — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:57:30 +0000

I love all Melissa’s stuff and for someone who has been around for as many years as she has, to continue to come up with new work, and yet keep it fresh, she does a fantastic job!
To CanuckJacq, where did you get the idea that someone else wrote “Breathe”? She wrote it, just other artists have recorded it.

By: CanuckJacq

CanuckJacq — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:09:47 +0000

It’s certainly not as raw as her earlier stuff and, as I said, massively over-produced… but I do think it’s a step in the right direction.

For me, her worst low was recording “Breathe”… a song written by someone else… it was just strange.

By: HAL

HAL — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:11:10 +0000

I've been a fan of Melissa since I was 14 and she sang Bring Me Some Water on the Grammy's. Her thumping guitar riffs and that whiskey-drenched voice are a blessing.

I just don't like her newer stuff. Since Lucky, it all sounds contrived. I actually have a mental game where I see her sitting with her pen in her mouth wondering what she can to rhyme and making a song around it.

So when I see this above:

I want to shoot out all the lights I want to call you names and start a fight Because you make me nervous tonight

I'm thinking, "damn Mel, forget about rhyming and just express".

By: CanuckJacq

CanuckJacq — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:22:58 +0000

Oh brilliant, I didn't know that. It makes sense too.

By: Vertigo

Vertigo — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:52:06 +0000

The song ‘nervous’ was written about her first meeting with Tammy.