Bands that stopped while they were still great
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Topic: Bands that stopped while they were still great
Posted By: Crane
Subject: Bands that stopped while they were still great
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 04:32
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Just what the title says. Can you think of bands who stopped while they were still great? My friend brought this up on FB. I thought of The Clash. ------------- “Art is the recognition of the universal presence of God.” —Ernest Hello |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 04:42
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Egg Coroner Sieges Even Crimson Glory Savatage Magnitude 9 Twelfth Night Talk Talk Cinderella OSI Chroma Key
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 04:43
| ABBA |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 04:45
| The Jam and XTC. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 04:56
The Mahavishnu Orchestra |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:16
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Comus ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:19
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Certainly XTC. In the prog world I think King Crimson stopped at their peak in the 70's. Yes, they resumed later but there was a significant break. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Crane
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:22
Folks on this forum seem to really like them a lot. Ok, unpopular opinion. I think Andy Partridge was capable of genius works of pop music, but often he wasn’t doing his best work. I think he wrote too many songs. Even their best albums have weak songs, and they’re always “colour by numbers” Partridge songs. He seems to have been a habitual song-writer who was more focussed on quantity than quality at times. But when he wrote well he wrote really, really well. Suffice to say I don’t think they were at their peak when they ended. And didn’t Partridge continue to release songs after the band ended anyway? ------------- “Art is the recognition of the universal presence of God.” —Ernest Hello |
chopper wrote:Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:28
I agree they weren't at their 'peak' when they stopped as the classic line up; Partridge, Moulding and Gregory, but they were still 'great' and that was the question posed for discussion. They probably peaked around English Settlement for me, although some of the albums they released afterwards were excellent. I think Mummer is criminally underrated. Skylarking is also fantastic. I also always regarded Partridge as a very original and eclectic songwriter, not a 'colour by numbers' writer at all. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:29
Partridge did release some stuff after XTC split for good but not much that I know of - there's the Fuzzy Warbles albums but they're mainly old songs and demos. Anyway, that doesn't count because XTC had finished. I don't think they were at their peak when they ended either (that was probably English Settlement) but their last 2 albums were still great. Talking of English Settlement, Partridge wrote most of the songs for that album and there aren't many double albums I can think of that have such consistent quality of songwriting.
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Posted By: Crane
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:33
I critique him as a composer myself. He certainly has an idiosyncratic songwriting style. Some of his songs feel like simple rearrangements of the same ingredients as other songs, if that makes sense. And especially lyrically I think he can be overwhelmingly trite at times. “Pink Thing” from the otherwise excellent ‘Oranges & Lemons’ is the prime example for me, it almost makes me embarrassed. I wouldn’t give him this level of scrutiny if I weren’t a fan, mind you! ------------- “Art is the recognition of the universal presence of God.” —Ernest Hello |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:34
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King Crimson kept stopping at their (whenever) current peak. Always great in different ways. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:41
I agree about Pink Thing. Lyrics are bloody awful! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:45
Pink Thing is basically a pun/joke ("I want to take you out and show you to the girls,").
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:46
Yeah, I'd be horrified if I thought it was serious...  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:47
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Oranges & Lemons vs Nonsvch. What's the verdict? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:48
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Beatles yet. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:49
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Jellyfish Mirthkon Khan Antique Seeking Nuns Nova Collective U.K. Frogg Cafe |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 05:53
Ah yes, if ever there was a band that should have made a second album, it was Khan.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:21
Tough one, not heard Nonsuch as much as O&L. I'll have to pass for now.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:22
I was going to but didn't for fear of people telling me how bad Let It Be was.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:24
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OK, scanning the CD shelves... Airlord Apoteosi Ars Nova (Japanese band) Art Bears Atila Babylon Chase Citizen Cain Cödice Crucis I stopped at C. I'm getting tired. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:25
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Edge of Sanity ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:49
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:54
I don't think it's a bad album either, and it's not really their last album since Abbey Road was recorded after it. Now that is a the way to go out on a high!
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 06:59
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D.F.A. (not sure if they're still together; last album was 2008) ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:05
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Darwin's Radio Deadwood Forest Devil Doll Druid ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:09
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 07:18
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^ I would also include Death, but obviously that was due to Chucks passing. However, it's unclear if we would have ever been seeing another Death album after The Sound of Perseverance since it seems that Chuck was really unhappy with the state of the band as well as death metal as a whole and seemed to really be fully on the Control Denied prog metal train at the time of his death. ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 08:27
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 09:21
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Talking Heads Porcupine Tree Sound of Contact The Police -------------   
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 09:30
Depends really, in my opinion Talking Heads peaked with Remain in Light and weren't that great after that imo. Same with The Police, I guess I just prefer the early stuff of both bands.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 10:38
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 11:44
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The Police - even though you could sense the band was coming to its end. Synchronicity is pretty much a Sting album. Don't know about The Clash. The last album, Cut the Crap, was not well received. In Denmark, Gasolin' pretty much stopped on the top.
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Posted By: Crane
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 11:49
Maybe it’s a cop-out, but I barely count that album as a Clash album. If Joe hadn’t fired Mick they could have done amazing things. ------------- “Art is the recognition of the universal presence of God.” —Ernest Hello |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 15:31
You know me to well Scott......... -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 15:44
We all appreciate the earlier stuff of most bands.......I hesitate mentioning Rush although I think the last 3 albums are pretty solid, as well with Feedback being one of the best cover albums of the past 20yrs. Synchronicity is a huge album, but a band that only had 5 albums and quitting at the top of the mountain. The Police owned the music world from late 70s to 00s. -------------
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 16:10
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The pioneers of post rock: Slint and Talk Talk. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 16:25
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I belive both Queen with Innuendo and Bowie with Lzarus while Bowie and Freddy were in mortaly ill managed to deliver a final oumph, Bowie more so, very sad yet dignified end to a very rich and inspiring carear. And while Queen have persued forward Innuende marked a wonderfull final chaper of an era and closure. -------------  
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Posted By: Crane
Date Posted: March 24 2021 at 16:42
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^ good pick with Queen. I agree. They never ran out of ideas. ------------- “Art is the recognition of the universal presence of God.” —Ernest Hello |