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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 18:01:25 GMT 1
Which acts you liked very much on a start of music career, but dislike their late material ?
In my situation it's obviously Katy Perry. "One Of The Boys" was amazing, I still love almost every track and four singles (exclude "Thinking Of You") were # 1 hits in my chart. The second and third albums are much weaker, but I like some singles from them (Roar, Calfironia Girls, Wide Awake).
Now I hate all singles from "Witness" era ("Chained to the Rhythm", "Bon Appetit", "Swish Swish").
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Post by borneoman on Sept 28, 2017 18:20:23 GMT 1
sadly Tori Amos :/ other cases of big big favourites that lost me: David Gray, Ray Lamontagne, Nerina Pallot (sadly), Angus & Julia Stone
big names in rock, most of them : U2, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Manics, Placebo, REM, Coldplay, Keane,
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 28, 2017 18:36:34 GMT 1
cant think of many I have given up on completely but much less interested in these
Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins, James, Sheryl Crow
But some can turn it around like Simple Minds or OMD who are both back on top form recently
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Post by raliverpool on Sept 28, 2017 18:49:58 GMT 1
Stephen Patrick Morrissey. Both musically, and certainly as a disgusting human being.
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Post by vastar iner on Sept 28, 2017 20:28:54 GMT 1
Leo Sayer's first single was outstanding.
Every one afterwards was not.
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 28, 2017 21:28:50 GMT 1
1. Beastie Boys. You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party was brilliant. No Sleep Til Brooklyn ok. Then they got awful.
2. Debbie Gibson - after 2 brilliant albums, wanted to go all R&B
Quite a few start out great then don't deliver.
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 28, 2017 21:30:45 GMT 1
Stephen Patrick Morrissey. Both musically, and certainly as a disgusting human being. I haven't listened to the new one yet. The last album that ended up getting removed from everywhere had its moments and he's had poor moments before then got better. I don't like calling him a "disgusting human being", just that "big mouth strikes again" is certainly a good way to sum up some of the things he says.
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 28, 2017 21:41:04 GMT 1
1. Beastie Boys. You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party was brilliant. No Sleep Til Brooklyn ok. Then they got awful. 2. Debbie Gibson - after 2 brilliant albums, wanted to go all R&B Quite a few start out great then don't deliver. I am not a fan of every Beastie Boys album but I still think they have done some great singles since the ones you mention like ‘Sabotage’ and ‘Intergalactic’
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 28, 2017 21:45:08 GMT 1
Oh just thought of another how were The Police so amazing and 99% of Stings music so bad and it wasn’t even gradual strange into rubbish like ‘Spread A Little Happiness’ and ‘Russians’
Think there are only 3 Sting songs that I would listen to willingly
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 28, 2017 21:52:07 GMT 1
"Spread A Little Happiness" was just a song for a film he starred in, the song dated back to the 1920s, and I think it's unfair to count that.
"Russians" however is a song off his first album so you can count that. I liked that song though. Carol was a big fan though.
I wonder which ones you like. Englishman In New York?
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Post by vya on Sept 29, 2017 0:25:48 GMT 1
Ride. Decent first EP (Ride-Chelsea Girl etc, not forgetting Drive Blind), then two astoundingly good - and beautifully presented and packaged EPs (Play-Like A Daydream etc, Fall-Taste, Dreams Burn Down etc), with barely a duff second of music on them. Then an album (Nowhere), which took a bit of time to get used to (mostly on the grounds that it was more restrained and more subtle than most of those earlier EP tracks), but which still sounds superb today, 27 years later. And then, maybe the culmination of their brilliance, the quite perfect Today Forever EP.
But after that......ergh.... it was all downhill. Not all bad by any means, but that easy appeal went by the by and the self-reverential aspect increased, the beauty got lost in the fog and haze.
But still what they offered in that first intense two year period has stood the sense of time.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 29, 2017 6:03:22 GMT 1
Ed Sheeran - he was never my hero but I did love his first album at the time. Now I just can't see what all the fuss is about!
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 29, 2017 6:48:35 GMT 1
Ride. Decent first EP (Ride-Chelsea Girl etc, not forgetting Drive Blind), then two astoundingly good - and beautifully presented and packaged EPs (Play-Like A Daydream etc, Fall-Taste, Dreams Burn Down etc), with barely a duff second of music on them. Then an album (Nowhere), which took a bit of time to get used to (mostly on the grounds that it was more restrained and more subtle than most of those earlier EP tracks), but which still sounds superb today, 27 years later. And then, maybe the culmination of their brilliance, the quite perfect Today Forever EP. But after that......ergh.... it was all downhill. Not all bad by any means, but that easy appeal went by the by and the self-reverential aspect increased, the beauty got lost in the fog and haze. But still what they offered in that first intense two year period has stood the sense of time. Vya you listened to the new album, its not on par with the EPs but certainly a real return to form.
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 29, 2017 6:52:28 GMT 1
"Spread A Little Happiness" was just a song for a film he starred in, the song dated back to the 1920s, and I think it's unfair to count that. "Russians" however is a song off his first album so you can count that. I liked that song though. Carol was a big fan though. I wonder which ones you like. Englishman In New York? no its horrible ..shudder yes good one that is almost his worst. I really like 'Fortess Around Your Heart' and 'If I Never Lose My Faith In You'. 'I loved 'Fields Of Gold' at the time but very sick of that song know thats not Stings fault though.
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Post by borneoman on Sept 29, 2017 7:21:47 GMT 1
Sting has a couple great songs, Shape of my Heart is amazing, a flop for Sting but later covered by Sugababes also love Desert Rose in the late 90s true about Ed Sheeran, really was a big fan when he started, loved A Team and Lego House and Give me Love... now I can barely listen to him
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Post by borneoman on Sept 29, 2017 7:24:20 GMT 1
talking about this with friends yesterday during a dinner, one of the biggest disappointments for a lot of people seems to be U2 (myself included)... to go from The Joshua Tree to Pop :/ same for Oasis, their inspiration barely lasted their first 2 albums + plus a few random songs per album aftewards but everybody agreed it was never the same as in 93/94
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 29, 2017 8:00:13 GMT 1
Oh, I have to mention Mariah Carey in this thread. I adored her in the 90s, and still love her albums from that era, but since she went down the generic R&B route I have gradually lost all interest in her and just find most of her later music boring and samey.
Bon Jovi, while still releasing enjoyable music, have nowhere near the same quality as they had in the 80's or 90's - well, I'd actually say that 'Crush' in 2000 was their last truly great album.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 10:12:11 GMT 1
Charlotte Church had amazing crossover and pop catalogue, before all those awful EPs.
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Post by greendemon on Sept 29, 2017 13:16:57 GMT 1
Stereophonics were one of my first favourite bands; I couldn't stop listening to "Performance and Cocktails" when I was about 14 and I really loved their debut as well. Then "Just Enough Education to Perform" came out and apart from maybe one or two decent songs I hated it. Didn't like "Dakota" either. I haven't bought a record of theirs in ages!
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Post by vya on Sept 29, 2017 19:33:00 GMT 1
Ride. Decent first EP (Ride-Chelsea Girl etc, not forgetting Drive Blind), then two astoundingly good - and beautifully presented and packaged EPs (Play-Like A Daydream etc, Fall-Taste, Dreams Burn Down etc), with barely a duff second of music on them. Then an album (Nowhere), which took a bit of time to get used to (mostly on the grounds that it was more restrained and more subtle than most of those earlier EP tracks), but which still sounds superb today, 27 years later. And then, maybe the culmination of their brilliance, the quite perfect Today Forever EP. But after that......ergh.... it was all downhill. Not all bad by any means, but that easy appeal went by the by and the self-reverential aspect increased, the beauty got lost in the fog and haze. But still what they offered in that first intense two year period has stood the sense of time. Vya you listened to the new album, its not on par with the EPs but certainly a real return to form. I've not yet - got to get onto that really.....
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