Originally Posted by HEDOfloe
yeah, i think that's what happened with SG but that's also why i think it was subpar by her standards. they say necessity is the mother of all creation, and so there was no need for her to push certain instruments to do more if she could just add different ones. i think the white stripes are so impressive because mr. white has to do so much more with the guitar than he would if he just got another dude to play rhythm so he could focus on straight lead. it pushes you to be more creative when you have less--i'd say it's more impressive to see a very good drawing in microsoft paint than in photoshop. i love albums with a lot of complex sounds, but i think it's good to add that once you have a strong core rather than start off knowing all the different things you're going to use because it limits your creation from the start. so with SG, i get the feeling that a lot of times the hook or the raison d'etre for the songs is the collaboration more than her original composition.
for me personally, i prefer band sounds than otherwise, KSK is a rare exception, but even with the beatles' sgt. peppers, i love it and all but i don't listen to it as much because sometimes i just want something raw that simple instruments will give you, something you can do live without extraneous sounds being played over the speakers or a huge band.
also, you mentioned time constraints, and i guess that might have been a reason, but i don't think it's worth putting something out because of that kind of reason and maybe it shows how her mindset has changed a little. though for a musician with a contract, it's hard to be critical of her in that sense since i don't know her financial situation and whether or not she could endure a fine (i guess that's what they do if you take too long on something with a deadline?).
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She said that doing it under time constraints meant that it allowed her not to think too much. I know this because of those quick fire Sanmon Gossip interviews (The one where she made the infamous 'I wish I had a penis' comment). Using that as justification for 'oh noes Ringo has gone downhill' is kind of silly, because apparently, it's a challenge she imposed on herself. SG wasn't even 'out of character' with the Ringo-and-friends element because as I said, she loves to get around. The 'let everyone else arrange the music' appears to be the experiment she wanted to carry out, not 'oh woe, I cannot make music by myself anymore!'
Cynics will take this as 'Oh, gawd, what a deluded fanboy,' but it's really just another way of looking at the situation. I'm sure she'll release another solo album all
music: Ringo
arrangement: Ringo/Bakeneko Killer someday, especially at the rate she's going.