Bands that were once good (2 Viewers)

[Jill Hives]

I just heard a track off the new Wilco album and I just don't get it. The last couple of albums have just been so generic. I listen and nothing sticks. No memorable songs. Uncle Tupelo were fantastic the first couple of Wilco albums were great. Being There remains my favourite. I've seen them live many times over the years and the last couple have been very lacklustre. What gives, Tweedy?

Bands that were once good but now...not so much.
List them.

 

[taubstumm]

r.e.m.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

U2

Simple Minds - although their last two albums leads me to think that they belong in the

'bands once good that went to shit and are now slowly becoming decent again'

 

[Lili Marlene]

..... green day?


The wildhearts

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

t'would be way harder to compile a list of bands who never lost it, no bad records ever.
do that.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

t'would be way harder to compile a list of bands who never lost it, no bad records ever.
do that.

Felt / Denim / Go Kart Mozart

The Jam / Style Council / Paul Weller

Drive Like Jehu / Hot Snakes

 

[Jill Hives]

r.e.m.

Good one.
I'd add Morrissey solo. The first couple after Smiths were good but now... ugh... it's painful to listen.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

The Jam / Style Council / Paul Weller

Controversial!

I agree that this makes for a better thread.

 

[Lili Marlene]

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cool. can i suggest we dont turn this thread into a pro and con of prince fest?

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also adding:

Duran Duran
B-52's

 

[Jill Hives]

Controversial!

I agree that this makes for a better thread.

Change it so. How many albums do they need to have? Five plus?

 

[rettucs]

The Charlatans

though that depends on what this thread is now about

 

[Lili Marlene]

where do your David Byrne/Sting's fit in?

Couple of great songs per album, load of stuff you'll never listen to again.

oh adding Adam Ant/and the Ants to the 'never got shit' list on the basis that Manners and Physique is deadly

 

[ann post]

sparks come up with soemthing deadly every few years.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Controversial!

I agree that this makes for a better thread.

the second Jam album is the weakest link in the chain.

 

[Lili Marlene]

the second Jam album is the weakest link in the chain.

I find the cost of loving almost impossible to listen to

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I find the cost of loving almost impossible to listen to

it's the hardest one to like but repeated listens pay rewards.

 

[pad]

sebadoh. they went downhill after bakesale. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ME IAN/ANTHONY, BUT YOU'RE WRONG!!!!!!

 

[Wheels]

For the amount of time he's been around and the amount of records he's put out Tom Waits has barely put a foot wrong. I go on about him a lot but he's up there. He was beginning to bleed his barfly Asylum period dry by the time he got to Heart Attack & Vine, so he transformed into the Swordfishtrombone's/Bone Machine phase. He then latterly married the two on Mule Variations, less interestingly on Real Gone. Add all that to his theatrical works and he's got a pretty consistently solid canon of work. Orphans is great too if a little too much of a good thing.

Radiohead are still pretty great. PJ Harvey rarely disappoints me. I used to think Bjork could do no wrong, but dunno anymore.

 

[jcdonaggio]

Manic Street Preachers use to mean something.

 

[Wheels]

Manic Street Preachers use to mean something.

Yeah, that you were still in school.