However, I do not want let answer you .
Do not wait from me, either now or in the future, the "politically correct", the "convenient", the " innocent sympathy ", the "infatuation", about any artist who plays here. And if there are exceptions, it is because of my sentimental side.
I have for me, each musical work that is being proposed by an artist, is unique, and it is like the first.
And when analyzing consciously this work, we must put aside the credits, merits, successes already achieved, awards, the commercial weight of the name in the market, the celebrity. Staying distant and exempt from these restrictions, the most often subvert and distort, benefit or harm, the analysis of concrete work.
The main "sin" of the latter album, is a mistake to think that the artist can resolve the situation, with a few studio sessions with ingenious and easy, and even vulgar, musical solutions, and presenting them as if they were the result of musical development, the culmination of many years of work, a decade, justifying it as a requirement to provide change of musical and artistic direction.
We all know that after reaching a certain level of commercial success, the artists brake intense fighting, either by competition, new talent emerging, for maintaining the "status" by the pressure of the objectives of the business, and contract enforcement inherent.
In the field of music can not improvise everything, not everything can "over the knee" because the expectations generated by this artist were high, and listen and meditate on the last proposed album, there is a huge deficit of creativity/ inspiration , maturity , uncertainty on course and style, the matrix musical, beyond that the songs were not sufficiently worked the instrumental level, because the basis on which they are conceived, not allow to go further. "When we do not have a dog, we hunted with cat". No, thanks.
Only our "I sentimental" makes us, perhaps, even get a little attached to this artist, as always we feel about our first love.
I also think, after passing the phase of this disc, of precipitate and occasional character, with more reflection, and means of support, adequate musicians, etc, Norah might be able to shine again.
By the way, say, for a young lady of 33 years old, it would be nice to go over to the gym, jogging, and taking care of a proper diet to avoid having to wear "kilts" in their performances live on stage ....

Now ( On_The_Beach) , about the "out of context", you are. That you are decontextualize what I said, why are you removing a phrase of my entire comment. An ability to "smart-ass". Not pass.

Then I'll remind you again, my entire comment , and maybe now you understand better ....

calypsus_1 wrote:

And you remember what I'll say now: The audience will be very alert and expectant, not to say "on the back foot" with the work that the artist Norah Jones may submit in the future. Is it, "the first time, anyone can fall, but the second one only falls whoever".

Your generosity and kindness. You can get "right in picture". But not so. I'm obviously a different perspective about "doing thing differently." Evil things are when an artist needs the permittivity and complacency of fans. Everything on the contrary, an artist needs rigor and demands constant from the audience, just like the artists remain on alert, and awake to new challenges.

"she's a cutie?", but surely it is, and it was never in question, everything in its right place. I'm in "the first row" of those who are sad and surprised by the circumstances that led to the artist Norah J. choose to follow this path lately. But I try not to mix and confuse, analysis and artistic rigor, with sympathy.

And you remember what I'll say now: The audience will be very alert and expectant, not to say "on the back foot" with the work that the artist Norah Jones may submit in the future. Is it, "the first time, anyone can fall, but the second one only falls whoever".

I'm sorry to say this, would not be so sincere, go so far, but the truth is that content, of the last record of Norah Jones, negatively affected in me, the level of interest and hearing, not only now, as records discographic previous, as i fear affecting decisively in the future. I hope not.