I am in love... I am a fool...

[heidi]

Further to my last post, I decided when I got in the car to go to the bank that I should bite the bullet and listen to my newly downloaded from itunes Finn Bros songs from the Everyone Is Here EP...

I've had then for a bit of time, now, but I haven't played them because I've been terrified. I've lost faith in bands before - everything but the girl broke my heart in 1998 when they went techno and abandoned the acousitcs and orchestrals I fell in love with, and I admit that I did not love Neil Finn's last album, One Nil.

But I am in love, again. In love with it all and crying stupidly and desperately with love for their voices and their music and their wonderfulness, and my God it's been 22 years since I fell for Neil Finn and he still makes my head spin.

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So that's the question of the moment. Has a band ever broken your heart by not living up to their prior brilliance? Have you fallen out of love with a musician or even been too afraid to listen to something new? What did you do? And when you listened, did you swoon? Did you cry out of love or misery?

Comments

[malacite.livejournal.com]

Definitely Garbage - their first two albums version 1.0 and version 2.0 were brilliant. Their latest one, I don't even remember the name, was just so BAD. It was way too pop like. version 1.0 and 2.0 were gritty, real, and with just the right amount of angst to keep you interested, but not to scare you away. The writing was just so good in those two albums. Their newest one is just so predictable. The look is all "life is gooood!" instead of "we're not hiding anything". The only really good track would have to be 'Androgyny', because that is original. But the instruments used made me cringe.

Tori Amos did something similar to Garbage too. My favourite album was 'Boys for Pele'. It's not the easiest album to listen to, but it is (in my opinion) her most brilliant. I was a bit disappointed with 'Scarlet's Walk' because it was just too coherent and not quite revealing and mind boggling like her other albums. But some tracks stand out - I just can't seem to listen to the CD in it's entirety.

And here ends my rant. :D

[hermorrine.livejournal.com]

Definitely Garbage - their first two albums version 1.0 and version 2.0 were brilliant. Their latest one, I don't even remember the name, was just so BAD. It was way too pop like. version 1.0 and 2.0 were gritty, real, and with just the right amount of angst to keep you interested, but not to scare you away. The writing was just so good in those two albums. Their newest one is just so predictable. The look is all "life is gooood!" instead of "we're not hiding anything". The only really good track would have to be 'Androgyny', because that is original. But the instruments used made me cringe.

Oh wow, I cannot tell you how much I disagree. I LOVE Beautiful Garbage just as much as the other 2 CDs. I've seen them in concert 3 times. And if you really think the message on it is "life is gooood!" I think we were listening to different CDs. ;) Obviously this is a great example of how people's musical tastes differ. >:D<

In terms of an artist that broke my heart, George Michael is my answer. I LOVED Wham!, I LOVED George's first solo CD, and then... guh, everything since then has been crap IMO, and I can't even listen to the stuff off the Faith CD anymore - the later junk has tainted any love I had of that CD. I can still listen to Wham! songs, although I strongly dislike a few of those, too.

[malacite.livejournal.com]

Maybe saying 'Beautiful Garbage' was just so BAD was a little much. It did have its moments, I have to say. When I said that it's more "life is goood!" I meant it was much more upbeat than version 1.0 and 2.0. It was just such a transition from basically one mood to another. I didn't find it as smooth as I had hoped it would be. I love Shirley Manson to bits, but I really don't know where she's coming from anymore. But yes, interesting how people see things differently! :))