The Batlord

Intelligence is irrelevant to fun. And stupid can be more fun than intelligent since it doesn't require extra effort to appreciate.

People should stop worrying whether their music is smart or not. Makes them boring.

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Norg

I wish all bands would change every song or half album TBO

when I was younger I wanted to form a band that played all genre of music with song from song o hell within a song .....

so yeah If bands don't change im usually like Mehhhh ....

The Batlord

There's no way you can hate on this stupid. You'd have to completely hate fun.

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MicShazam

I can easily appreciate 10, 15 or more albums by the same band, but I always feel that when a band has made a perfect album in a particular variation of their sound, they have no reason to do it ever again. There is such a thing as the final word in a particular expression. The most fun bands to follow are the ones that are somewhat unpredictable.

MicShazam

Yes, definitely, but there are several bands/artists that have released 10+ albums where I found that every single one of those albums had something to offer me that made it not redundant, but interesting in comparison with the other albums in the discography. And then you might have whole other bands who have done a similar thing better, but it wouldn't feel the same when done by different musicians and singers.

Now, I know that Tori Amos is not exactly super popular around here, but she's a great example of an artist that has grown with every album and an artist who is unique enough to have something to add to the overall genre conversation.
Prince is another. I've got 19 albums by now and I still don't feel that any one of those 19 albums have been boring or redundant.
Then you have Children of Bodom - a band that I really love - but I don't need them to ever make an album again. They keep playing the same style with little to no variation and they've already made more than one perfect iteration on that style. I don't need more, no matter how good it could be.

None of those artists have continued making genre defining album after genre defining album, but Prince and Amos have both continued to make albums that were fresh to me, as a fan.

I see people have very different views on this sort of thing, which is especially noticable when reading snarky reviews of "passé" artists, for example.
No music critic gives a **** about what Prince did for the last two decades of his life or about anything Tori Amos has done after her 3 first albums.

The Batlord

Basically, but those two albums ****ing kick ass!

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Norg

that's why I like korn so much they usually change every album


S/t / LIP - There orginal Early SOund


FTL- Increased there Guitar tone to a lighter sound and More Hip hop

Issue- Stripped down again but MUCHHHH More Darker and melodic

Untouchables- Studio Production x1000 Album Melodic

TALITM- Same production has Untouch but Heavy tone

Syotos- korns Industrial album

Turn the crank - Korns Artsy Album

KORN III- back to raw striiped down

TPOT- Dubstep album

PS- Back to Modern Production guitar drivin album mature songwriting compared to everything they have ever done IMO

innerspaceboy

Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing was an accomplished poet in NYC, featured on the Moonlight Meditations radio program and in other quality poetry circles. He had a particular knack for using words as rhythmic devices rather than for narrative purposes and he created wonderfully infectious abstract pieces which I still enjoy to this day. Soul Coughing's debut was brilliantly edgy, showcasing their self-described sound of "deep slacker-jazz".

But each subsequent record became more and more radio friendly, and the band split after their third successful LP.

But the most significant change in M Doughty's sound came with his overcoming his drug habit. Shortly thereafter, he re-emerged as a funky and lighthearted acoustic coffee culture performer. The album, Smofe & Smang best captured his live entertainer sound where he interjected humorous stories between new originals and covers of SC classics.

But it quickly became apparent that the new, clean Doughty had lost every ounce of his former edge. Every track featured the exact same staccato guitar rhythm, the same tired coffeehouse melodies, and trite lyrics with repetitive choral hooks. It was bland, safe, and terribly dull.

As Doughty, himself confessed at the end of "Bustin' Up a Starbucks", he became "a patsy for the Man."

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Norg

well more like Korns "Flowers in the dirt album" or COlors album LOL

Neapolitan

A. Silversun Pickups or B. Smashing Pumpkins?

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