Bands losing their originalality?

[Alex28]

I love Wico, are you going to the Enmore show, Alex?

I wish I was...I can't make it unfortunately. I saw them a few years ago at the Metro for YHF - simply brilliant. I am loving the new album too - alot like AGIB but less of the experimental stuff.

 

[mongoose]

Eminem is one who has definately lost the plot. I know a lot of people here probably never thought he was good but his first 2 albums are stone cold classics of the rap genre. "The Eminem show" was half good, half crap and "Encore" is sh*t beyond words.

 

[Eelementary]

In response:

* Saturday Night Wrist is not as good as White Pony or Around The Fur;
* Mystics is nowhere near as good as Yoshimi. Soft Bulletin is a great album but it was hardly a sales success;
* Ill Communication is BY FAR their best album and 5 Boroughs is not a patch on it. Even if that was the case, it would have taken them 10 years to make something better - which they haven't.

One thing I did miss out on saying is that there are artists that make what they want and be damned the label or sales numbers. Prince is a great example, Radiohead and Pearl Jam are others - all three of those artists are fortunate enough to have been able to leave their labels and fund their own album recordings.

Wilco have a DVD out called "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" which is all about exactly how much a record label can f**k around with an artists career. It should be mandatory viewing for artists about to sign a label contract.

Perhaps not, but it's still a good album. I think a slightly above average Deftones album is still a million times better than most other stuff out there.

I think their creativity and originality is still there - "Saturday Night Wrist" sounds decidedly Deftones.

 

[Eelementary]

Eminem is one who has definately lost the plot. I know a lot of people here probably never thought he was good but his first 2 albums are stone cold classics of the rap genre. "The Eminem show" was half good, half crap and "Encore" is sh*t beyond words.

Didn't he recently retire to concentrate on producing?

 

[CliffyIsGod]

The examples given are because they are crappy mainstream bands. Plenty of bands out there make great music.

 

[Alex28]

Eelementary - a band can keep their sound, however that does not mean the quality of the music is there. I mean I just heard the new RHCP single - Hump De Bump - there is no doubt that is the Chili Peppers, but what a steaming pile it is!

And CIG...I think you well and truly missed my point...but thanks for your insightful input.

 

[Kiwi]

Ok, I don't believe that the peppers have lost their edge at all. I think that their music has changed due to the fact that they have been playing for over 20 years. Everysingle album they've released after Mothers Milk has it's own unique original sound. The earlier albums are very raw hardcore punk/funk/rock type of music and although i find it very intersting, I can undersrtand why some people may not be too keen on it. Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar, Californication, By the way and Stadium Arcadium are all masterpieces. If you think that they are unoriginal and all the songs sound the same then please tell me a band that the Chili Peppers have ripped off..... and tell me the songs that sound "the same", as many people have claimed them too. The only 2 songs i can think of at the moment which may sound similar is Storm in a teacup and Get on Top. But that's it. So please, before you go making ridiculous claims, collaborate on what band the Peppers are suppousedly ripping off and which songs sound so "identical".

Firstly, show me where I said they are ripping off other bands? You can't.

Conforming to mainstream doesn't mean they have done it 100% and are ripping off other bands. If you think they have just evolved because of time, rubbish, they have evolved to sell more cd's. They are played more now on mainstream radio in the last few years than they have the 17 or so before that. Why the sudden thrashing of peppers new songs? Is it because the mainsttream music lovers have suddenly decided to like the peppers? No I'd say it's more because they have changed their style to a point they get onto these stations, appeal to mainstream and sell more cd's.

 

[HevyDevy]

That's right and it's watered down.

You can't tell me Funky that their new stuff boasts the same punch that it once did.

It's all very, very similar.

 

[Eelementary]

I still reckon "Saturday Night Wrist" is better than a lot of the other crap out there at the moment.

 

[Simo]

I always thought Roxette managed to keep it fresh, remember when Joyride came out and they had that little electronic noise 'you hit the road out of nowhere' - 'wah wah'

 

[Pazza]

im loving the new foo fighters sound

all music needs to be progressive, or we would all still be getting down to 50's rock 'n' roll

 

[CliffyIsGod]

im loving the new foo fighters sound

Hahahaha! Worst sound ever.

 

[hillbillyjazzer1954]

im loving the new foo fighters sound

all music needs to be progressive, or we would all still be getting down to 50's rock 'n' roll

me personally.......i dont think that would be a problem

 

[Pazza]

Hahahaha! Worst sound ever.

it's much better than the radio friendly crap they use to play.

 

[Pazza]

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me personally.......i dont think that would be a problem

lol nothing wrong with that

 

[Tom Shines]

I always thought Roxette managed to keep it fresh, remember when Joyride came out and they had that little electronic noise 'you hit the road out of nowhere' - 'wah wah'

Don't get me started on Roxette... I loved them. Per was so dreamy. :shock:
"Hold on tight... you know she's just a little bit dangerous..."

 

[Simo]

lol

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

If a band doesnt change thier sound each album the will get bagged out because they arnt creative enough... they lose either way