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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000
A whole treatise could be done on this subject, particularly with New Wave bands - Artist puts out a really great, adventurous, possibly boundary pushing record, then retreats to the safety of radio-friendly hitland. Devo did it after the Duty Now album. The B-52's did it after Wild Party. Talking Heads put up a good long fight, but finally succumbed after the brilliant 'Remain in Light'. I often wonder if it wound't be better for bands just to break up rather than becoming watered-down versions of their former selves.
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It'd be a lot easier to agree with this if "Cosmic Thing" and "Little Creatures" weren't such fantastic pop albums.
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Originally Posted by EPOCH6
I have a very hard time getting into any Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, or Van Halen because of the vocal styles of each frontman.
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Sort of agree. The singing is my least favorite component in all three of those bands.