Ronnie Day--The Album
Ronnie Day (not his real name) follows up his debut Nine Sleepless Nights with The Album, a collaboration between Stacy Jones, Bill Lefler, and Day himself. The album was – shockingly – fueled by Day’s 3-year relationship disintegration, an event that he declares "Hit me like a bat to the balls." Well, lets hope for some better quality in the album. The Album cracks off with the singular upbeat tune, "Halfmoon Bay," an acoustic track with a pop chorus that seems to make a happy day seem sad. "Coming Home Soon" finds Day declaring (in another acoustic track with a pop chorus) that "Breathing is just a luxury for me." This seems to be taking a downward turn. "Live Learned Love & Lost" begins to deal with Day’s break-up in an acoustic track with a pop chorus: "I walked through the coldest night / I sat by your house under a street light / And you pulled up and he kissed you at the door / Who’s this guy and why’s he with my girl?" Oh dear. Day declares that he is alright though, and now "free" of her, yet still wants "The world to know that Jamie broke my heart." "Living for Love" and "Outside" are yet again about relationships, and the cheery titled "Heroes Die" complains that all heroes leave. In fact, the majority (read: all but 2 or 3) of the songs are about relationships. Ronnie Day puts a whole new spin on the word emo…and the word boring. Every song sounds just like the last, except for the slight variation on lyrics and – if we’re lucky – subject choice. While taken individually the songs are nicely written (especially the radio-ready "Written at a Rest Stop") and the lyrics are quality emo, when all 16 are put together it turns into a train-wreck that’s not even fun to watch. Sorry to hear about your break-up Ronnie, but don’t take it out on your listeners.
(All spellings of Ronnie Day's songs are provided by the artist and related press releases)
(Published at MusicEmissions.com)
6 comments:
ronnie has worked very hard on this album and i love it. he wrote EVERY song, which is rare for some artists. his songs are very meaningful & you can tell he spent a lot of time on them and the way he writes music is amazing. i think before you wrote this article you should have checked out his myspace and i know you would have thought of him differently. im glad no on
ps. his name is ronnie guglielmone;
he just wanted to keep things simple.
*finishing the last comment..
...im glad no one has really read this since it is totally wrong.
michael schmitt is a shmuck.
Ronnie Day is amazing. Who cares if his songs are about relationships, they are awesome songs and not "boring" at all. He is a great writer, great singer, great live performer, and super nice and friendly in person. This review is completely lame.
Yeah yeah, 'Ronnie Day' has worked hard on his album. So has every other artist out there. It's amazing that people are so surprised when artist's write their own lyrics - that's what they should be doing in the first place. Now, don't get me wrong, the CD was good, but nothing to get excited about. Everyone is intitled to their opinions so I don't know why people are getting so bent out of shape about a review (which by the way - in case you did not know- a review is a person's opinion on a topic) and for all the 'Ronnie Day' fans, if you like him already why are you reading reviews about him? Why should you care what anyone else has to say about him?
Anyways, long story short, Michael Schmitt is far from "a schmuck" (who even uses that word anymore??) & he has fabulously wrote a review about Ronnie Day (although some don't agree with his opinion)and has done a fabulous job in the past with other reviews. So shut up.
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