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post #46 of 51
8/17/10 at 10:52am
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Originally Posted by hodgjy View Post

I was thinking about this the other night when I was out on one of my evening walks.  I've come to the conclusion that many singers and bands have jumped the shark recently.

 

Elton John

The Eagles

AC/DC

Jimi Hendrix (from the grave)

Bob Dylan

U2

Herbie Hancock

O.A.R.

Anything to do with Chris Cornell in any fashion

 

Just to name a few.


Wow, Dylan has put out a couple of amazing albums recently, and the Eagles would have to be considered good at some point to then be considered as going downhill 

--All IMO of course.

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post #47 of 51
8/17/10 at 11:42pm

Guided by Voices -  Last good album from start to finish was Alien Lanes IMO.  Under the bushes Under the Stars had some really good songs but it just seemed a little too polished.  I stopped paying attention after that.  

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post #48 of 51
8/18/10 at 10:36am
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Originally Posted by elbuzzard View Post

Guided by Voices -  Last good album from start to finish was Alien Lanes IMO.  Under the bushes Under the Stars had some really good songs but it just seemed a little too polished.  I stopped paying attention after that.  

while i agree they jumped the shark before they broke up, i would say it was a little later in the game, in my opinion.

i actually really liked mag earwhig, and parts of do the collapse.

it was after that when the quality trailed off significantly.

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post #49 of 51
8/18/10 at 1:04pm

I didn't care for Van Halen so much after they got rid of David Lee Roth.

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post #50 of 51
8/18/10 at 3:04pm
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Originally Posted by TheWuss View Post

byrne's album with brian eno is among my very favorite collaborations...

 

i do agree that TH ran out of gas... and, like some other musicians (sting, peter gabriel, paul simon), byrne's idiosyncracies can be a little much in solo form (for my tastes).

 

 

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oh snap!!! 

 


LOL... personal preference, I guess. That still doesn't stop me from buying all of Radiohead's following albums past Amnesiac.

 

As for Talking Heads, I felt something was lost along the way after Speaking in Tongues and Stop Making Sense... a certain spark, can't put my finger on it. But Remain in Light was definitely their peak, and then a gradual decline from there.

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post #51 of 51
8/19/10 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by grokit View Post

I didn't care for Van Halen so much after they got rid of David Lee Roth.


^^^ What he said!

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