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Post by Gastafari on Aug 7, 2022 22:37:36 GMT
Anybody else have bands they loved but ended up despising?
I have a quite a lot, but i'll stick with 4 for now.
The Byrds - I absolutely love their first few albums, Mr Tambourine Man, Turn Turn Turn and Fith Dimension all superb albums, Roger McGuinns "Jangle" just absolutely sublime, and they just had incredible harmonies. Superb. Then by 1967 they began to turn into more 'Country Rock' and hated everything they did after.
The Bee Gees - The 60's Bee Gees were superb imo. 'Psychedelic Pop' at it's finest. Again like The Byrds, first 3 or 4 albums were incredible. The first Bee Gees Best Of record which came out in 1969 with the Yellow Cover is one of the greatest Best Of compilations going. However come the 70's they turned to absolute garbage and completely ruined their legacy with the Saturday Night Fever, Jive Talking, Staying Alive Disco drivel. Then by the end of the 70's they were making even worse nonsense like Tragedy. Terrible.
The Specials - The debut album and More Specials were both great albums. But then by 1981 Terry Hall, Neville Staple & Lynval Golding left to form Fun Boy Three(Who were dreadful tbf) then a few years later Jerry Dammers set up Special AKA whose album was awful, so technically not the same band as such but still bared the name. Rubbish
R.E.M - This is the biggest disappointment this one for me. Early R.E.M. from 1983 until around 1987 were brilliant imo. Peter Bucks 'Jangly' guitar just like Roger Mcguinn of The Byrds was mesmerising, Mike Mills Bass Lines and vocal harmonies sublime, and even though Michael Stipes vocals back then were pretty much indecipherable, they added mystique. Just pure joyous 'Indie Jangle Pop', but by the early 90's they became arguably the biggest band in the World, Michael Stipe turnt into a massive bellend and we had to endure horrific songs like Everybody Hurts.
So anybody else got any they can think of?
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Post by Nobbygas on Aug 8, 2022 16:20:15 GMT
Early Rod Stewart when he was with the Faces. Just look at some of their live stuff on YouTube. Fantastic. But then Rod went all 'pop' with the 'Do You Think I'm Sexy' stuff. Garbage.
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Post by bluetornados on Aug 9, 2022 7:41:24 GMT
U2, their first 5 albums Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire & The Joshua Tree were great albums with great single releases on them.
But they lost my interest and custom from Rattle & Hum onwards, drivel like Desire, Angel of Harlem, The Fly, Sweetest Thing & many more.
New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, Still Haven't Found, Where the Streets Have No Name were all great tunes.
They were still getting number 1 albums and singles, but that happens once you have made it to the top, almost guaranteed hits.
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Post by eppinggas on Aug 10, 2022 15:57:36 GMT
U2, their first 5 albums Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire & The Joshua Tree were great albums with great single releases on them. But they lost my interest and custom from Rattle & Hum onwards, drivel like Desire, Angel of Harlem, The Fly, Sweetest Thing & many more. New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, Still Haven't Found, Where the Streets Have No Name were all great tunes. They were still getting number 1 albums and singles, but that happens once you have made it to the top, almost guaranteed hits. U2's 'mistake' was to make the Joshua Tree in 1987. A global hit and critically acclaimed. The only way was down... 35 years and counting. The other one that stands out for me is the Rolling Stones. I know it's tantamount to heresy, but bare with. A ground-breaking 60's band (that stole R&B from the USA and sold it back to them, nice work when you can get it). Their last decent album was Some Girls in 1978. Nothing of note since then. 44 years and counting. Still touring I believe (RIP Charlie Watts) and raking in the cash singing songs from 50 years ago. I give you "Let's Work" (OK it was a Jagger solo single). Jesus wept. |
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Post by bluetornados on Aug 10, 2022 16:19:37 GMT
U2, their first 5 albums Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire & The Joshua Tree were great albums with great single releases on them. But they lost my interest and custom from Rattle & Hum onwards, drivel like Desire, Angel of Harlem, The Fly, Sweetest Thing & many more. New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, Still Haven't Found, Where the Streets Have No Name were all great tunes. They were still getting number 1 albums and singles, but that happens once you have made it to the top, almost guaranteed hits. U2's 'mistake' was to make the Joshua Tree in 1987. A global hit and critically acclaimed. The only way was down... 35 years and counting. The other one that stands out for me is the Rolling Stones. I know it's tantamount to heresy, but bare with. A ground-breaking 60's band (that stole R&B from the USA and sold it back to them, nice work when you can get it). Their last decent album was Some Girls in 1978. Nothing of note since then. 44 years and counting. Still touring I believe (RIP Charlie Watts) and raking in the cash singing songs from 50 years ago. I give you "Let's Work" (OK it was a Jagger solo single). Jesus wept. I actually went to see U2 on that Joshua Tree tour, at the Cardiff Arms Park on 27th July 1987, i remember it as if it was yesterday. I remember it as i was very disappointed with them having waited all day from 12pm - 9pm for them to play for only 1 hour & 5 minutes. While they were on they were fantastic, all the great hits, the Pretenders were the support & they got pelted with glass bottles in those days. I was within touching distance from Chrissie Hynde, after the bottles were bouncing off our heads, i ended up in the stands. The Alarm were the best of the other acts during the day. The set list "Where the Streets Have No Name" "I Will Follow" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "Trip Through Your Wires" "MLK" "The Unforgettable Fire" "Exit" "Sunday Bloody Sunday" "In God's Country" "Gloria" "Help!" (The Beatles cover) "People Get Ready" (The Impressions cover) "Bad" "October" "New Year's Day" "Pride (In the Name of Love)" Encore
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 12, 2022 5:34:24 GMT
U2, their first 5 albums Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire & The Joshua Tree were great albums with great single releases on them. But they lost my interest and custom from Rattle & Hum onwards, drivel like Desire, Angel of Harlem, The Fly, Sweetest Thing & many more. New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, Still Haven't Found, Where the Streets Have No Name were all great tunes. They were still getting number 1 albums and singles, but that happens once you have made it to the top, almost guaranteed hits. U2's 'mistake' was to make the Joshua Tree in 1987. A global hit and critically acclaimed. The only way was down... 35 years and counting. The other one that stands out for me is the Rolling Stones. I know it's tantamount to heresy, but bare with. A ground-breaking 60's band (that stole R&B from the USA and sold it back to them, nice work when you can get it). Their last decent album was Some Girls in 1978. Nothing of note since then. 44 years and counting. Still touring I believe (RIP Charlie Watts) and raking in the cash singing songs from 50 years ago. I give you "Let's Work" (OK it was a Jagger solo single). Jesus wept. The great Stones period imo was 1968-1973, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main St, 4 back to back boda fide classic albums, that was them at their absolute peak. Imo it's the dreadful state of current popular music why bands like The Stones, The Who, Fleetwood Mac etc still carry on touring. I think there's a lot more nostalgia for the old stuff these days simply because there are not that many interesting artists now a days. Certainly with Guitar music anyway, there's only so many chords you can play and from the 50's up until now it's pretty damn hard to sound new or innovative as it's pretty much all been done before. |
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Post by eppinggas on Aug 12, 2022 10:39:41 GMT
U2's 'mistake' was to make the Joshua Tree in 1987. A global hit and critically acclaimed. The only way was down... 35 years and counting. The other one that stands out for me is the Rolling Stones. I know it's tantamount to heresy, but bare with. A ground-breaking 60's band (that stole R&B from the USA and sold it back to them, nice work when you can get it). Their last decent album was Some Girls in 1978. Nothing of note since then. 44 years and counting. Still touring I believe (RIP Charlie Watts) and raking in the cash singing songs from 50 years ago. I give you "Let's Work" (OK it was a Jagger solo single). Jesus wept. The great Stones period imo was 1968-1973, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main St, 4 back to back boda fide classic albums, that was them at their absolute peak. Imo it's the dreadful state of current popular music why bands like The Stones, The Who, Fleetwood Mac etc still carry on touring. I think there's a lot more nostalgia for the old stuff these days simply because there are not that many interesting artists now a days. Certainly with Guitar music anyway, there's only so many chords you can play and from the 50's up until now it's pretty damn hard to sound new or innovative as it's pretty much all been done before. Can't disagree with any of that. There was a programme about 5 years ago (possibly more) on BBC4 hosted by Danny Baker discussing "is Rock 'n Roll dead"? The conclusion was, sadly, "yes". (Apart from Radiohead when Johnny is allowed to play his telecaster. Obviously). |
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Post by Gastafari on Aug 12, 2022 11:14:30 GMT
The great Stones period imo was 1968-1973, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main St, 4 back to back boda fide classic albums, that was them at their absolute peak. Imo it's the dreadful state of current popular music why bands like The Stones, The Who, Fleetwood Mac etc still carry on touring. I think there's a lot more nostalgia for the old stuff these days simply because there are not that many interesting artists now a days. Certainly with Guitar music anyway, there's only so many chords you can play and from the 50's up until now it's pretty damn hard to sound new or innovative as it's pretty much all been done before. Can't disagree with any of that. There was a programme about 5 years ago (possibly more) on BBC4 hosted by Danny Baker discussing "is Rock 'n Roll dead"? The conclusion was, sadly, "yes". (Apart from Radiohead when Johnny is allowed to play his telecaster. Obviously). I'm trying to think of the last period or 'scene' that I thought was decent? I suppose the early 2000's there was a resurgence in 'Indie', I liked The Strokes debut album, The Libertines, White Stripes had a couple of good records, Razorlights debut album was decent as was Kasabians, Kings Of Leons first couple of records were good too. But that was nearly 20 years ago. Looking back the last decent period imo where there was an array of good music from an array of Genres was probably 1989-1999, you had Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, The La's, James etc in Late 80's, Early 90's, along with the Acid House/Rave Scene and the 'Grunge' scene with The Pixies, Nirvana etc then the 'Brit Pop' era although I hate the term, the likes of Radiohead, Oasis, Blur,Pulp, Ocean Colour Scene, The Verve etc all making good records. There was some good Hip Hop albums around that time as well. So, I agree, I think Rock N Roll as it was is dead. |
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