Bands that stopped while they were still great |
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Crane
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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.
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chopper
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The Jam and XTC.
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The Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Blacksword
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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. |
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Crane
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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?
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Blacksword
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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. |
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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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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!
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King Crimson kept stopping at their (whenever) current peak. Always great in different ways.
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I agree about Pink Thing. Lyrics are bloody awful! |
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Pink Thing is basically a pun/joke ("I want to take you out and show you to the girls,").
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Yeah, I'd be horrified if I thought it was serious... |
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Oranges & Lemons vs Nonsvch.
What's the verdict? |
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Beatles yet.
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Ah yes, if ever there was a band that should have made a second album, it was Khan.
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Tough one, not heard Nonsuch as much as O&L. I'll have to pass for now.
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