Bands you loved that changed
Discussion
I ll start this with Band of Skulls - loved their sound and saw many many times , from 200 standing to Brixton academy.
Fantastic original tone and sound , but it seems
They fell out with the drummer and then disappeared sadly .
Watching the Glasto 2016 now, and they really had an original vibe for me .
What have you found ?
Fantastic original tone and sound , but it seems
They fell out with the drummer and then disappeared sadly .
Watching the Glasto 2016 now, and they really had an original vibe for me .
What have you found ?
Agree with the Simple Minds thoughts - they went downhill when they started doing the stadium rock stuff from Once Upon a Time onwards. A combination of Derek Forbes leaving, their drummer leaving and Jim Kerr changing his songwriting style from a notebook of lyrics to actually trying to be part of the composition.
Editors for me. First two albums were great, third album went all electronic and had some good stuff on it e.g. Papillon. Anything since is generic pop s
te. Tom Smith's partnership on the Smith and Jones albums is superb though, although you wouldn't believe it's the lead singer and writer from Editors recording with the drummer from Razorlight and producing pure pop brilliance.
Coldplay and the Killers are the obvious ones I guess. Coldplay were decent the first two albums (Parachutes is still superb) and then went MOR and dreary. That Paradise song is pure dirge, can't stand it. Same with the Killers - hot fuss is epic, album after still decent then middle of the road beckoned and they've ran out of good ideas.
Editors for me. First two albums were great, third album went all electronic and had some good stuff on it e.g. Papillon. Anything since is generic pop s
te. Tom Smith's partnership on the Smith and Jones albums is superb though, although you wouldn't believe it's the lead singer and writer from Editors recording with the drummer from Razorlight and producing pure pop brilliance.Coldplay and the Killers are the obvious ones I guess. Coldplay were decent the first two albums (Parachutes is still superb) and then went MOR and dreary. That Paradise song is pure dirge, can't stand it. Same with the Killers - hot fuss is epic, album after still decent then middle of the road beckoned and they've ran out of good ideas.
I think it means bands you loved but they changed their tone, style etc.
I went off dream theater somewhat when portnoy left. They seemed to go more mechanical and lost some groove.
Opeth I still enjoyed a bit when they moved away from death metal but I still enjoyed most of those later albums
Metallica I lost interest at st anger because well.. it's still anger. But I do need to give the latter albums another shot.
I went off dream theater somewhat when portnoy left. They seemed to go more mechanical and lost some groove.
Opeth I still enjoyed a bit when they moved away from death metal but I still enjoyed most of those later albums
Metallica I lost interest at st anger because well.. it's still anger. But I do need to give the latter albums another shot.
vladcjelli said:
Surely the king of departure from where they were is Arctic Monkeys?
From working class social comment modern indie rock to faux anthem transatlantic bullst in a few short years.
Huge disappointment around these parts.
I know where you're coming but Alex Turner released 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' in 2006 but the crooning, romantic grandeur of the latter day Arctic Monkeys material was always there as he released the first The Last of the Shadow Puppets album in 2008.From working class social comment modern indie rock to faux anthem transatlantic bulls
t in a few short years.Huge disappointment around these parts.
I think he was challenged in an interview about how the Arctic Monkeys have evolved from their first masterpiece, which was released when he was just 19, to where they are now and he said something along the lines of; I'm a millionaire rock star living in LA, I can no longer write songs about being an angry young man in Sheffield.
FactoryBacked said:
I think he was challenged in an interview about how the Arctic Monkeys have evolved from their first masterpiece, which was released when he was just 19, to where they are now and he said something along the lines of; I'm a millionaire rock star living in LA, I can no longer write songs about being an angry young man in Sheffield.
Not the first and he won't be the last to suffer the same departure from his roots and his oeuvre be affected as a result.He has my complete sympathy.
But I still don't rate the vast majority of their more recent pap.
In my youth it was common practice for people to like a band or solo artist and to find no fault in their mediocre recordings so they didn’t appear to diss their favourite band/artist. With age I find we’re more honest with our appraisals. This also applies to live shows, too many times over the years I’ve seen a lacklustre performance and everyone saying “What a great show” when leaving the venue.
MitchT said:
Loved Alizée's first two albums. Coquettish, butter-wouldn't-melt-in-my-mouth totty singing catchy French synth pop songs... Then she got tattoos and went all indie guitar and disappeared into the homogenised mass of pseudo-rebellious sameness.
Just reminded me of this video of hers. No, I have no idea what she is singing about and neither do I care!Turn7 said:
Simple Minds - feel like their time had come and gone . Saw them in the pissing rain at Wembley stadium .
I know what you mean. They certainly had a bit of decline in the 90s and early 00s and ended up playing small regional theatres. But..... I do think they're in the ascendancy again. Last couple of albums have been superb - particularly Graffiti Soul. Saw them at the O2 in March and was a brilliant gig. I'd have to say Depeche Mode - I loved the simple, joyous, poppy stuff of the first album and the moodier stuff of the second, but then they went all goth and leather and, for me, the music declined as well - Still some good stuff, but I lost interest at that point. I think they just struck a chord with the early (especially Vince Clarke) material.
I think I'm having a similar thing with Wet Leg, although my real disappointment is that the second album just sounds very much more of the same, but not as good as the first.
I think I'm having a similar thing with Wet Leg, although my real disappointment is that the second album just sounds very much more of the same, but not as good as the first.
Morrissey.
I loved The Smiths but only just got into them as a teenager as they split. I've since followed Morrissey's solo career as an avid fan and thought some of his most recent albums were outstanding.
Then he hopped on board with all that Britain First stuff and I just cannot align myself with the bloke.
People say that they can separate the art from the artist, but I can't. He's aligned himself with a nasty bunch of racists and therefore he must be a nasty racist himself.
I find it massively galling as he is, like my wife, a child of Irish immigrants. My in-laws, who are the same age as his parents, had to put up with all that "No Dogs, No Blacks, No Irish" crap when they first came to England from Donegal. Morrissey would be well minded to remember his parents almost certainly encountered the same.
I loved The Smiths but only just got into them as a teenager as they split. I've since followed Morrissey's solo career as an avid fan and thought some of his most recent albums were outstanding.
Then he hopped on board with all that Britain First stuff and I just cannot align myself with the bloke.
People say that they can separate the art from the artist, but I can't. He's aligned himself with a nasty bunch of racists and therefore he must be a nasty racist himself.
I find it massively galling as he is, like my wife, a child of Irish immigrants. My in-laws, who are the same age as his parents, had to put up with all that "No Dogs, No Blacks, No Irish" crap when they first came to England from Donegal. Morrissey would be well minded to remember his parents almost certainly encountered the same.
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