Variety is the spice of life they say. But apparently people can have too much spice.

It will always be difficult, creatively, to walk that fine line between predictably comfortable and digestively explosive.

Singing a cover song as closely as possible to the original is predictable and comfortable and…..well…possibly a little bit dull? But there are of course many people who HATE spicy. And just coz I don’t get it, is no reason to say that kind of thing shouldn’t exist.

And even we allegedly creative folk sometimes need a slice of bland, but comfortable.

But try making something that is both artistically creative and still…well, strangely comforting. That is a toughie. And it is also why artists like Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, David Bowie, The Beatles, Prince, Kate Bush, and others who you could name, all of whom manage to do just that, are both popular and critically praised.

Most of the time anyway.

And no doubt it took even such lauded examples a little while to find their feet.