Musicians who made it too popular

[MichaelM]

I used to be a big fan of Chris de Burgh (I can hear you all groan), but I used to love the stuff up untill The Getaway, the there was "Lady in Red" and I sort of lost interest in him.

I haven't played his albums in year as that is what they are - LP's. But just listening to Revolution on youtube - I was expecting the jump at a certain point due to a scratch on my record. Strange that - I haven't had a record player since the early 90's.

Who else became too popular to be cool for you?

 

[Bigtwin]

Celine Dion - she really lost my respect when she gave up the puny thrash metal stuff.

Leo Sayer - really lost his hard-hitting and gritty "born on the wrong side of the tracks" ethnic warrior social conscience protect song respectability too early on.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

berlin, "take my breath away" spoilt it all…

 

[accountantpete]

The Clash after their first LP - downhill all the way.

 

[Bigtwin]

I used to work with Chris de Burghs uncle.

...........Mmmmmmm...............Errrrrrr................

Nope, it's not coming. What's the punchline?

 

[Chuffy]

I used to be a big fan of Chris de Burgh (I can hear you all groan), but I used to love the stuff up untill The Getaway, the there was "Lady in Red" and I sort of lost interest in him.

I haven't played his albums in year as that is what they are - LP's. But just listening to Revolution on youtube - I was expecting the jump at a certain point due to a scratch on my record. Strange that - I haven't had a record player since the early 90's.

Who else became too popular to be cool for you?

Sad to say but I know exactly where you're coming from. I used to have quite a few CdeB albums, pre-Lady In Red. Deeply embarrassing, but there you go.

And my Bucks Fizz 7" is a treasured item.

 

[Chuffy]

We have, of course, done this before but doing it all again with new people is always fun...

 

[mangaman]

The Clash after their first LP - downhill all the way.

"Give em enough rope" I always think is a bit underrated though.
Some great songs (like "Julie's been working for the drug squad")

As to Chris be Burgh / Celine Dion

Surely not

I've always had a sneaking liking for The Carpenters though if that counts

 

[MichaelM]

Sad to say but I know exactly where you're coming from. I used to have quite a few CdeB albums, pre-Lady In Red. Deeply embarrassing, but there you go.

I've just had a look - I've got them all up to and including. That's 8 albums. If I had the cash spare, I 'd go and buy the first 6 on cd. He told some good stories

 

[Andy in Sig]

I had/have still got somewhere the first two Simple Minds albums which were original and good. I quite liked the subsequent big hit singles but they were never a sit down and listen kind of band after those first two albums.

 

[asterix]

Dire Straits. The only good thing about them is their name.

 

[Dan B]

On a bit of a tangent, U2 stuffed up badly about two albums after they made it big, and most of their early output was tosh.

* Boy
* October
* War
* Under a Blood Red Sky
* The Unforgettable Fire <- started getting good here
* The Joshua Tree <- megaplatinum or whatever
* Rattle and Hum <- slighty selfindulgent, but still worth listening to
* Achtung Baby <- complete self-reinvention, probably their best ever
* Zooropa <- well, at least it had Johnny Cash on it
* Pop
* All That You Can't Leave Behind } everything here and onwards is
* How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb } entirely indistinguishable
* No Line On The Horizon } really

 

[Andy in Sig]

Achtung baby was the one where they did a song with BB King, wasn't it? That was a good album (for me their only good one). I wonder if it is no coincidence that shortly before it was recorded Keith Richards had been giving the preposterously named guitarist some tuition?

 

[Dan B]

Rattle and Hum, I think that was.

It's claimed (I don't know how true it is) that U2 started out writing their own materials instead of doing covers because they weren't actually good enough at their instruments to be able to play covers

 

[Andy in Sig]

Yes you're right. I should know because I've got it somewhere!

I can well believe that they weren't not good enough, hence the guitar playing just being strumming.