5 Thoughts On Music, Songs, And Whatever I Feel Like

5. David Foster was described as "schmaltzy" in this video. Hocus. Most people who say stuff like that think earnestness and cynicism are the same thing, and think a good movie is one where everyone dies.

4. You can have a great song as the theme to a bad movie. "Endless Love," anyone?

3. Nothing but love for the dude who has worked with everyone from neo-classicists like Buble and Bocelli to Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

2. I have sometimes fought the urge to stab my own eyes out listening to a song written by Diane Warren; however, the sheer volume of her catalog, combined with my love-hate-love relationship with the musical form, assures that I like a few of her songs.

1. George Michael wins the "Glen Campbell Award for Too Much Talent In One Person, Nearly Wasted By Personal Problems."