BOC: Mirrors - Can You Dance to It?

[Michael G Karschner]

Albert T Bouchard wrote:
>
> >I think that Mirrors probably did alienate some fans.  No idea how
> >well Columbia got behind CE. Al?  But if that logic should hold, how
> >can we explain FoUO's success?
>
> Columbia acted like a concerned parent of a teenager, at that time. I knew
> what we were doing even if some in the band didn't. Forgive me if you've
> read this before but:
> Mirrors was taking the commercial idea as far as we possibly could. We
> wanted to get on that same level as Fleetwood Mac, respected but big
> sellers.
>
> When that didn't happen I took a look at who we really were. We really
> couldn't do that obvious thing. What we excelled at was quirky and
> mysterious. The first thing we had to do was reestablish our credibility. I
> decided we needed to make a record that was non-commercial and as heavy as
> we could make, that might not sell but it would cement in peoples minds who
> we still were. That record was CE. Some people (even some group members)
> were disappointed that it didn't sell even as much as Mirrors but the
> reviews were great, the fans at the shows raved about it. I knew it was a
> sccess.
>
> When we did FoUO we simply unleashed those commercial urges that we'd
> bottled up for CE and it worked. I said "Told Ya So" to said band members
> and got m'self sacked.
> Al


Al, would you mind if I posted this to the AOL BOC board?

-- Mike