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Originally posted by danbo danbo wrote:

ELP - Love Beach  (I liked some of it)

I have problems with Works as well.. Here, it's obvious what kind of intensions Greg Lake had...
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I agree, it's the last interesting album, but I haven't heard anything from the 90s or later. I guess not everyone will agree on this....
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All camel after moonmadness??

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Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

I don't agree with you about Zappa. The albums after Zoot Allures are different. I can see why you don't like the humour, but I think that albums like Sheik Yerbouti are cool, in their own right. And there's still a lot of comments on society on Joe's Garage and You Are What You Is, so Frank remained sharp!

I agree!!! Anyone listened to The Yellow Shark from 1993? It's extremely complex and serious. Another example of his genius and ambitions (maybe too high ambitions? The musicians have their difficulties!!). Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage are fun, and Jazz from Hell is great! I don't have more of his later albums..
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i agree with the love beach album, and:

yes: talk

kansas: power

queensryche: Q2K

and i disagree with the zappa thing... why the agression, he is like David Bowie the father of everything different!!! of course we doubt, he was 10 years ahead of us
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SHEIK YERBOUTI!!!...Maybe you should stay with your mamma(mamma!) she could do your laundry and cook for you!!,....maybe you should stay with your mamma(mamma!) your really kind of stupid and ugly too!!...and what about "Dancing Fool"(looking for Mr Goodbar!!?....well HERE HE IS!!!).......GREAT ALBUM
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I don't agree with you about Zappa. The albums after Zoot Allures are different. I can see why you don't like the humour, but I think that albums like Sheik Yerbouti are cool, in their own right. And there's still a lot of comments on society on Joe's Garage and You Are What You Is, so Frank remained sharp!
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PFM - After the brilliant "Jet Lag", they just slid into pop mediocrity

Return to Forever - Referring to the "Gayle Moran" edition ("Music Magic", "RTF-Live") with the horns and all, cheesy as a Broadway show, EEEEEEEEK!

Mahavishnu Orchestra - MK I & II were brilliant (Gayle Moran notwithstanding), but "Inner Worlds" and the 80's Mahavishnu stuff TOTALLY BLEW!!

Zappa - After Zoot Allures, it was straight downhill!, a lot of stupid jokes as opposed to actual humor he once excelled in (although a lot of the purely instrumental stuff was still good).

 

 

 

 



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Hmm...

If you consider Soft Machine's Land of Cockayne a "Jump the Shark" analogy, then sure, but I did enjoy some tracks.
On A Dilemmia Between What I Need & What I Just Want

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Gentle Giant -CIVILIAN.  Eek.
'There's a fine line between stupid and...clever'
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 Big time, Sharkie! The worst Tull disc I've ever heard -- even worse than "Kissing Willie" on the undistinguished ROCK ISLAND!
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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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No offence taken danbo! Add Tull's Under Wraps to your list.
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I can't think of anything off-hand except for when Spinal Tap is reduced to playing gigs on air force bases and playing second fiddle to puppet shows! One of the funniest movies ever made next to The Holy Grail. 

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A television reviewer I'd heard an interview with has a term,"Jumping the Shark" which refers to the point where creativity wanes and the artist attempts something to try to gather attention. On the TV show Happy Days, the audience was losing interest so the producers sent the actors to Hawaii. Fonzi, in shorts and a leather jacket, Jumps a shark while waterskiing. That signaled the end of the show, grasping at straws, the writers ran out of ideas. This happens in music,too.

Anyway, which bands released an album that "Jumped the Shark?"

ELP - Love Beach  (I liked some of it)

Genesis - Abacab  (What happened?)

Yes - Big Generator  (Shoot High, Aim Low is the only reason I still own it)

 

(No offense to member Shark intended)



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