Bands that jumped the shark (Page 3)

Yeah, google "68 comeback special" as a starting point.

Reading through this  I guess I'm the only metalhead. 

For me I would say Metalica.  In their early years they did interviews saying any band doing videos was selling out to the corporations and  MTv.  Along comes "And justice for all" and they do a video.  Ok, acceptable since One was a cool song based on a cool movie, based on a cool novel.  The "Black Album" they released what, ten videos, produced by the same guy that did Def Leppard's videos?  Then they have an absolutely terrible double live album, followed by a couple more lousy albums accompanied with whining about how the evil "pirates" are costing them so much money.

 Bah, I saw them live five or six times.  Never again.

Another band I hate to put on the list:

The Beastie Boys.  Loved the earlier stuff...new stuff way to political for me.  Seems like a band that kinda lost it a bit. 

 I'm right with you on Aerosmith.  I always said they did their best music back when they were all on drugs and couldn't stand each other.

x 1 million.  PJ Rocks

This response is not directed any specific poster.  Just a general thought.  I just never understood this attitude.  The dude has made millions of $ making music and for years now (i.e. not a passing fad for him) he has tried to do some real good in the world...and people dislike him for it?  THAT BASTARD! I suppose it'd be better if he just pi$$ed it all away on drugs, cars and hookers?

Again, was not directed at you specifically....a few on this thread have said similar things and this attitude goes way beyond BT.  Shoot, on South Park a year or two ago there was an entire episode devoted to how Bono was actually a giant piece of poo that had taken human form.  ;-)  But I DO disagree with you on the music.  There have been a few misses post "Joshua Tree" but their last album is great IMO.

 ``Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.

In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.''

"Why do you have all of that duct tape in the closet"

"To tape things"

good flick...

d

Well, technically The Cure never reached No. 1 on the "Pop" Charts, which is really called the "Billboard Hot 100."

 They did reach No. 1 a few times on whatever the "Modern Rock Tracks" Chart is.

I'm gonna dip my toes in the water here and say STYX.

Many of you probably never liked STYX in the first place, but they came on strong when I was just hitting my early grade school/middle school prime.  They always were a tad manic-depressive with the soft songs with hard beats later, like LADY and COME SAIL AWAY.  Still, I like(d) it.   Whatever album had BABE on it (Cornerstone?) was the end, the sappy stuff won out. 

X2 on Aerosmith. My all time favorite band. They still put on a good show but the last really good album they put out was PUMP. A few good songs here and there but since they got off the drugs, not so much.

David

X2 

And even PUMP was mostly thanks to Desmond Child.