[MDO] Alizée's Career - Page 16

User22 · #**151** 02-09-2011, 10:51 PM

Like Euphoria and Jung said, Jeremy does indeed have a steady plentiful income. Having a baby would be no problem financially for them. If she does I hope she takes time to think about it beforehand and notice that another "3 year hiatus" will be in store for the fans...

severianb · #**152** 02-10-2011, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaronius31

Like Euphoria and Jung said, Jeremy does indeed have a steady plentiful income. Having a baby would be no problem financially for them. If she does I hope she takes time to think about it beforehand and notice that another "3 year hiatus" will be in store for the fans...

As the Scruffmeister already pointed out, Lilly quite obviously puts family first. I think that fact and her seemingly comfortable financial situation trump any desire to "succeed at any cost". She's already been there. Done that. 5-6 years is decent spacing for kids. I wouldn't want to wait any longer.

Oh, and kids don't stop the world from turning. Gwen Stefani toured while pregnant. They just had to alter the stage outfits as she got bigger. 8-month preggers Lilly in a JEAM outfit anyone? Yes. I went there.

Bigdan · #**153** 02-19-2011, 03:51 PM

I think what happen recently to Nolween , can open some thinking.

First, I think the Nolween case is interesting cause she share a lot of thing with Alizée. They are friend, they were invited the same year in the Enfoirés, they have both been launch by a Tv show and got the same number of Album released.

After the release of her third album ( "Cheschire cat"), which was a flop, she decides to do something totally different. An album on classic Britanny songs.
(somethng like country music for Us standard

)

I follow , here in France, how people around me react and how critics treated this anoucement.
Everybody thought it was a bad idea and that, after the previous flop, she was now going " in the wall".

Well... surprising every critics, the album was rapidly n°1, outclassing Mylene Farmer in the weekly charts !

I 'm sure she only follow her instinct, in spite of what people were saying around her. It also show that this business is pretty unpredictable...

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lefty12357 · #**154** 02-19-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigdan

I think what happen recently to Nolween , can open some thinking.

First, I think the Nolween case is interesting cause she share a lot of thing with Alizée. They are friend, they were invited the same year in the Enfoirés, they have both been launch by a Tv show and got the same number of Album released.

After the release of her third album ( "Cheschire cat"), which was a flop, she decides to do something totally different. An album on classic Britanny songs.
(somethng like country music for Us standard

)

I follow , here in France, how people around me react and how critics treated this anoucement.
Everybody thought it was a bad idea and that, after the previous flop, she was now going " in the wall".

Well... surprising every critics, the album was rapidly n°1, outclassing Mylene Farmer in the weekly charts !

I 'm sure she only follow her instinct, in spite of what people were saying around her. It also show that this business is pretty unpredictable...

.

I believe most Americans are very familiar with this type of music and a lot of people like it. Folk music of certain regions in the US was influenced by this music and music similar to it when immigrants brought it over many, many years ago. Nolwenn's voice is perfectly suited for it and I think she did a great job. I certainly will be adding her album to my collection soon.

Of course Alizée will have to find her own niche, but Nolwenn's success should be encouraging to her, I hope. And yes, the music business is very unpredictable.

By the way, Bigdan, do you like "Bretonne"?

FanDeAliFee · #**155** 02-19-2011, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lefty12357

I believe most Americans are very familiar with this type of music and a lot of people like it. Folk music of certain regions in the US was influenced by this music and music similar to it when immigrants brought it over many, many years ago.

And we are not even finished bringing new stuff over here! Submitted for your consideration, video shot at a ball here in Atlanta last month.

Now, when I write "ball" in the same sentence as "Atlanta," I know y'all are expecting to see Scarlett (see snapshot below) and Rhett - but hold on to your horses!

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So then, here is a shout out to the youthful Hungarian photographic attaché of Alizée America's 2010 Paris diplomatic mission, Aron14! Yes Aron, we really do have a growing Hungarian-American and Hungarian community here in metro Atlanta.

Why talk about Hungarians at francophile AAm? Start by noticing the surname nationality of the current French president, Monsieur "nagybócsai Sárközy." Then add that Paris in general, and Montmartre in particular, is a very cosmopolitan place! Among Alizée's collaborators is one Tahiti Boy of the "Palmtree Family." Any mis-impression that this Parisian, David Sztanke, is Polynesian is undone by observing that his surname is in fact Hungarian. Tahiti Boy's 90+% French-accent-free SUNG English is a credit to his university study of our language in France and his four-year sojourn in New York City. Alizée fans probably know him best as the male vocalist (and driving force behind) the wonderful, free American-style Christmas songs which she helps sing each year. You can learn more about Tahiti Boy, who also co-composed the upbeat Grand Central for the CD UEdS, in video interviews here.

By the way, it happens that the score for Gone With The Wind itself was the creation of a central European, a Vienna-born Jew named Max Steiner. No doubt Steiner was disappointed when the Academy Award that year went to his colleague, Herbert Stothart for The Wizard of Oz, the other WIND-themed film at the time.

Scruffydog777 · #**156** 02-20-2011, 12:25 PM

The first comment I'd like to make is about Alizée's dancing. In this years Les Enfoires, as I'm sure is true every year for this show, I'm sure the participants don't have a whole lot of time for practicing their routines and many of them did very good jobs but I don't think any one else up there looked so good at it as her. She looked like she was practicing for months and the way she moves, looking beautiful just doing the simplest things, such as when they were banging the drum sticks or whatever they were over their heads, . It's just a joy to watch her dance and it's a shame she didn't come up with any credible dances for Psych.

With her next album, I think it's imperative she does come up with some good dance routines. Ultimately it will be the music that makes or breaks the album, but if she comes up with a couple of maybe not great, but let's say good songs, a very good music video featuring her dancing abilities could do a lot to improve the type of success it has.

Another thing I'd like to discuss is we hit upon earlier whether during Psych whether Jeremy was calling too many of the shots or whether it was a case of Alizee being too devoted to her family that had something to do with the album's lack of success. I had said several times before during her stage appearences of Psych, I thought she looked like a house wife because of the outfits she wore and her hair style.

So I wonder if her appearence on stage was mainly her choice. Did she think she could just show up on stage wearing sneakers and what ever else she pleased. Didn't have to dance any. It was her music the fans wanted to hear, or maybe it was case of Jeremy was a jealous husband who didn't want her appearing beautiful on stage. Didn't want fans salivating over her. Didn't want her appearing overly sexy on stage which would be so easy for her to do.
I personaly think it was probably a case of Alizee trying to do her own thing.

Lastly I'd like to discuss the ultimatum that supposedly was given to Alizee. As I more or less said before, I think there is a lot to this. This was a shot over the bow of the good ship Alizee.It was a warning, letting her know that if she's only going to work on her album when Jeremy is too busy with his work to devote any attention to her, and only when Annily is in school, then they don't want her wasting their time. If she is willing to do devote some serious time to this album, then they will work with her.

I think her career is at a very important turning point. It can only survive if she is willing to work hard at it, not just when she can find the time and if she decides this is the time to make another addition to the family (there might already be another bun in the oven), it will end any chance of her having a successful career in France. She will continue on, but any other good song and music writers and music studios will see her career comes second to her family and they will not want to waste their time on someone who isn't willing to make the type of sacrifice that needs to be made to put out a good album.

Bigdan · #**157** 02-20-2011, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

It's just a joy to watch her dance and it's a shame she didn't come up with any credible dances for Psych.

With her next album, I think it's imperative she does come up with some good dance routines.

Totaly agreed.

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Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

I had said several times before during her stage appearences of Psych, I thought she looked like a house wife because of the outfits she wore and her hair style.

yeah, me too.

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Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

Didn't want fans salivating over her.

you can't demand the impossible.

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Mon Maquis · #**158** 02-20-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

The first comment I'd like to make is about Alizée's dancing. In this years Les Enfoires, as I'm sure is true every year for this show, I'm sure the participants don't have a whole lot of time for practicing their routines and many of them did very good jobs but I don't think any one else up there looked so good at it as her. She looked like she was practicing for months and the way she moves, looking beautiful just doing the simplest things, such as when they were banging the drum sticks or whatever they were over their heads, . It's just a joy to watch her dance and it's a shame she didn't come up with any credible dances for Psych.

With her next album, I think it's imperative she does come up with some good dance routines. Ultimately it will be the music that makes or breaks the album, but if she comes up with a couple of maybe not great, but let's say good songs, a very good music video featuring her dancing abilities could do a lot to improve the type of success it has.

Another thing I'd like to discuss is we hit upon earlier whether during Psych whether Jeremy was calling too many of the shots or whether it was a case of Alizee being too devoted to her family that had something to do with the album's lack of success. I had said several times before during her stage appearences of Psych, I thought she looked like a house wife because of the outfits she wore and her hair style.

So I wonder if her appearence on stage was mainly her choice. Did she think she could just show up on stage wearing sneakers and what ever else she pleased. Didn't have to dance any. It was her music the fans wanted to hear, or maybe it was case of Jeremy was a jealous husband who didn't want her appearing beautiful on stage. Didn't want fans salivating over her. Didn't want her appearing overly sexy on stage which would be so easy for her to do.
I personaly think it was probably a case of Alizee trying to do her own thing.

Lastly I'd like to discuss the ultimatum that supposedly was given to Alizee. As I more or less said before, I think there is a lot to this. This was a shot over the bow of the good ship Alizee.It was a warning, letting her know that if she's only going to work on her album when Jeremy is too busy with his work to devote any attention to her, and only when Annily is in school, then they don't want her wasting their time. If she is willing to do devote some serious time to this album, then they will work with her.

I think her career is at a very important turning point. It can only survive if she is willing to work hard at it, not just when she can find the time and if she decides this is the time to make another addition to the family (there might already be another bun in the oven), it will end any chance of her having a successful career in France. She will continue on, but any other good song and music writers and music studios will see her career comes second to her family and they will not want to waste their time on someone who isn't willing to make the type of sacrifice that needs to be made to put out a good album.

I think Scruffy is right on track with everything he said on this. It's all very true.

I will say one thing, when I was leaving Monterrey Mexico, I saw her in the airport when I was leaving. She was leaving 1 gate down from me. Also, she had on her concert clothes....soooo I think that was her choice of what she wanted to wear.

Fenris · #**159** 02-20-2011, 04:18 PM

Yeah, Alizée has to pick up working seriously again, or this is it. No idea if she's actually willing to do it.
The Nolwenn case is indeed interesting, when i first heard of the new album and her singing in gaelic, i thought something like "OMG, this is the end of her carreer!"
Well, not only turned the album out to be a masterpiece, it had incredible success too!

So, the fortunes in music biz are pretty unpredictable...means Alizée still has a chance for a successful comeback, but she really has to put everything into it, part-time singer will not work.

lefty12357 · #**160** 02-20-2011, 06:27 PM

To be honest, I don't think Jeremy has ever had much say in what Alizée does. That's not to say she never listens to him. And that's not to say he hasn't been heavily involved at times in her career. I just think Alizée decides whether she needs or wants his help with something. I doubt he's ever tried to force or coerce her to do anything.