Ah, yes. Finally. (UPDATED)

Ah, yes. Finally.

I am writing this post with regards to Sir Jon McLaughlin, Marquis of Promises. Oh, sorry. I’ve been much too engrossed with Historical Fiction these days that I just can’t help talking ridiculously in English.

Anyway, I write this post now in great haste, contrary to the state of it these past few months as it was doing naught but sit in my drafts folder. I have attempted, or rather, have been attempting to write this post for so long now. I think I have started to type some during December or November of last year. I really didn’t think it would have held up until now.

During that moment of composition I was quite passionate, in a negative way. That first attempt in writing reeked of rage and disbelief and disappointment. And as I have thought, the things I were about to discuss that time were but the beginnings of it all. J

I have refrained from posting it, more because of my mere lack of negative words to throw at Jon (rather than petty expletives and exclamation points y’all might have been exasperated to read) than my helpful insights about the matter. Oh my, you might want to read that sentence again.

Where was I? Oh yes, well, now I am mustering up all my courage to post this as the fruition of the issue at hand was just released, in VEVO no less.

Okay, so before you let your imagination go awry, I must start at the beginning. Let’s stop this formal thing, it’s getting to me. And I don’t promise an improvement regarding the expletives and exclamation points I’ve been telling you about either.

 Well, it all started that one afternoon that I was browsing through my emails. As you know, I have signed up for Jon’s mailing list for updates. Because, by Jove, I care about his updates even if they’re about albums I can’t buy and concerts I can’t attend not to mention the fact that I extremely adore reading “Dear Nikka” at the beginning of every post.

Ahem. So, I was reading through one of these, the most recent one, at that. He was talking about the release of a single on iTunes, his song ‘Summer Is Over’ from his album Forever If Ever that he recently released as well. But it was different because he collaborated with Sara Bareilles on this particular one. At first my reaction was “BAAAH, bigaten si pareng McL, Suma-Sara Bareilles si kuya.” And I was particularly happy. And feeling a bit proud above else. I was trying to get over my Obsessive Possessive disorder that time, you see. I was trying to share his joy because I sincerely liked him and I wanted to be supportive. But upon reading the rest of the update, my feelings just began to sink.

WHOO, listening to Jon McLaughlin while doing this is not easy, mind you. But it helps refresh my memory of my non-too-pleasant feelings.

He talked in passing about his UPCOMING album. UPCOMING, mind you. That really got me suspicious. I thought at first it was Forever If Ever but HELLO? He just released the thing. My mind just couldn’t comprehend that he’d be releasing an album mere months after he released that one. Heaven knows how long we’d have to wait for that one to come along! And that was because he was working independently, meaning, he didn’t have a producer or a record label or something. He produced the thing on his own. I really thought he would let that sit and seep in us, for a good while at least. Gad, oh but am I agitated. SIGH.

But I wasn’t feeling all intense that time. I just had that sinking feeling. Haven’t confirmed anything you see. I was pretty wary. And he had little details to give away, didn’t he? I knew then that the perfect way to know about this is through the fans and where better to find out than Tumblr where fanatics are more than insane and very informative. And as I thought, a good number of people mentioned about the new album. Some were as incredulous as I. I also found out that this album release was due to the fact that Jon eventually found himself a record label to accommodate him. Okay, that sounded condescending. Sorry. What I meant was a record label to support his musical endeavours. So there, he was going to do a re-release of Forever If Ever but under the title Promising Promises which is the title of one of his song in the album. I found this amusingly appropriate as the song Forever If Ever was merely a BONUS track in the previous album. I really didn’t get that. AND it was released, sometime AFTER the album was released, for free on NoiseTrade. At least Promising Promises was a part of the original album. Jon is a most peculiar thing.
UPDATE:
This is Jon http://jonmcl.com/news/2012/03/the-four1one/ Read it.

I felt really betrayed by him. That is my whole point. I don’t know why. Maybe because I was rather very proud of his indie state. I was just infected by how happy HE was! During that release he was pretty proud of himself y’know! Sigh. I guess perhaps one really needs a label to make it big in the industry. It’s a blessing to him and it is just probably proper of him to welcome it and thank for it. I guess I’m pretty much not over my OPD.  Or maybe I felt betrayed because I didn’t get to know this was happening. I felt like it happened right under my nose and I didn’t know about until it was already being shoved at me. And now that the music video for Summer Is Over (the only song from the album I have grown to love, except for Forever If Ever) is out, I am overcome with jealousy of Sara. It’s seeing her in that video with Jon. No, it’s more because that video showed the Jon I always have imagined. The homey, comfortable, at-home Jon. And it was Sara frolicking there with him. If it was Amy, I would have probably thought it very sweet

Well? Have you found my little anecdote rather amusing? Me too. Whether your answer was a positive or a negative.

SIGH. This post has been a bit depressing huh? You might already be thinking that I loathe this Jon man. Oh but that is just the thing--I don’t. As I sit here writing this and listening to his music, my heart is swelling just hearing his voice and reading into his lyrics. He is a rather sweet and romantic man, I realize. And he has the ability to translate that into his music. What a man.

Even if he proved to be incorrigible, he is still amazing to me. Thus, I am going to share some thoughts on two of his songs that are the only ones left in my current playlist.

See next post please :)