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In reply to the discussion: Name a musician you dearly love, but admit also produced some unlistenable crap. [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)17. Yup. Elton and Rod Stewart are prime offenders
Each released half-a-dozen really good albums at the beginning of their career and fell off the earth into the shitpit afterwards. Given that, I can still be more forgiving to Elton John. He always leaned poppy, whereas Stewart presented himself as more of a straight-up rocker. Stewart moving to the US and abandoning his old football/drinking/music mates back in England was the worst thing that ever happened to him. Not even one decent record in 35 years; and that disco tune was beyond unforgivable. Sad and embarrassing.
McCartney has made some truly godawful music in the last forty years as well.
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Name a musician you dearly love, but admit also produced some unlistenable crap. [View all]
Throd
May 2012
OP
Neil Young, almost EVERYTHING from the 1980s. 7 albums, 5 of them SUCKED HORRIBLY.
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
#1
Weren't those first 80's album done because he wanted to get out of a contract or something?
harmonicon
May 2012
#21
That would coincide perfectly with Neil's flirtation with the Reagan dark side
KamaAina
May 2012
#30
I don't know about the two gospel albums, but 'Slow Train Coming' is awesome!
DutchLiberal
May 2012
#62
You're the first I heard that discovered LZ so late, but the point is you got there.
Populist_Prole
May 2012
#72
Yeah, but Brain Salad Surgery isn't what most consider "listenable" - well, unless they're wasted.
HopeHoops
May 2012
#14
Depeche Mode is kind of like a fine wine - some years are just better than others.
Initech
May 2012
#65
Probably most of them, but the one who first comes to mind is Paul McCartney
LeftishBrit
May 2012
#78