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    Biggest Musical Disappointment

    You know the deal: you really like some artist or band, follow their careers, listen to everything new they put out. And then they release something so breathtakingly godawful that you shake your head and wonder what the hell happened. I'm not talking about the unusual or experiment; I happily listened when Sinead O'Connor wanted to sing show tunes, or when Elvis Costello decided to do duets with an opera soprano. I mean they put out a cd that seems to systematically betray or deny everything you ever liked about them and their music to begin with.

    I'm listening to what was, for me, the long-anticipated, eponymous Liz Phair cd. Jesus F*cking Christ on a crutch! From innovative indie darling, ripped off by countless acts since she released Exile in Guyville in '95, Liz has become something I didn't think it was possible to be: an Avril Lavigne wannabe.

    I feel so used.

    So, any other tales of musical betrayal out there?
    "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin
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    Re Liz Phair -- Saw her at SXSW this year and she was pretty good. And you gotta admit, her writing a song titled "Hot White Come" is pretty cool!

    Re the question posed here, I have to say that the hard part is deciding which of the constant disappointments qualifies as "biggest." Some nominations off the top of my head...

    Bush's 2nd CD, Razorblade Suitcase, was a huge disappointment. Proved I was wrong about the 1st one...

    Live -- Secret Samadhi

    Nirvana -- Heart-Shaped Box

    No Doubt -- most everything after the 1st one...

    Television -- the one after Marquee Moon
    Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
    RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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    • #3
      Kansas - every album after their debut.
      "mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
      Drake Tungsten
      "get contacts, get a haircut, get better clothes, and lose some weight"
      Albert Speer

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      • #4
        NOFX - Petting Zoo

        Of course they rebounded after Pump Up the Valuum"
        - "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it still ain't a part number." - Ron Reynolds
        - I went to Zanarkand, and all I got was this lousy aeon!
        - "... over 10 members raised complaints about you... and jerk was one of the nicer things they called you" - Ming

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        • #5
          Weezer - Green album. What a piece of ****.

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          • #6
            Tricky's second album Nearly God was a huge disappointment. I expected more after his masterpiece Maxinquaye
            justice is might

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            • #7
              Originally posted by -Jrabbit
              Re Liz Phair -- Saw her at SXSW this year and she was pretty good. And you gotta admit, her writing a song titled "Hot White Come" is pretty cool!
              Yeah, but according to an interview I saw somewhere, HWC has been kicking around since her first cd; it just took this long her label to have the guts to let her record it.

              By contrast, "Rock Me" is new and is quite possibly the very worst song on any cd in my collection.

              But I still envy your seeing her live. What can I say? My love dies hard.
              "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

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              • #8
                Stravinsky - The Right of Spring...

                Not me, but all dem Frenchies who saw it on opening night
                Monkey!!!

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                • #9
                  Sublime. I started listening to their stuff and I couldn't wait for the next album to come out.

                  Then I found out that Bradley Nowell was dead, and had been for a while...quite the downer...
                  "I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
                  ^ The Poly equivalent of:
                  "I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by -Jrabbit
                    Re Liz Phair -- Saw her at SXSW this year and she was pretty good. And you gotta admit, her writing a song titled "Hot White Come" is pretty cool!

                    Re the question posed here, I have to say that the hard part is deciding which of the constant disappointments qualifies as "biggest." Some nominations off the top of my head...

                    Bush's 2nd CD, Razorblade Suitcase, was a huge disappointment. Proved I was wrong about the 1st one...

                    Live -- Secret Samadhi

                    Nirvana -- Heart-Shaped Box

                    No Doubt -- most everything after the 1st one...

                    Television -- the one after Marquee Moon
                    Good list. I would probably add the Beatles' "Let it Be' also, though by no means a bad album, very disappointing by the Beatles' standards.
                    http://monkspider.blogspot.com/

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
                      But I still envy your seeing her live. What can I say? My love dies hard.
                      This was a NARAS event at the convention center, about 200 people in a ballroom. She did a few songs (4) with her band, then did an onstage live interview with Neil Portnow (head of the Grammy org). She talked about the album, about her lengthy time off, about abandoning Chicago for LA, about overcoming her performance anxiety. It was pretty cool.

                      But what will REALLY make you jealous is that I met her. My company (which sent me to SXSW) was asked to supply her in-ear monitors for the gig (which we co-sponsored with NARAS). Nice girl. Very attractive. Easy to talk to.

                      I believe she's between boyfriends right now, maybe you should head out to LA, Rufus...
                      Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
                      RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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                      • #12
                        Nah, I'm happily married. But we did both grow up in the north 'burbs of Chicago...and she went to high school with my college roommate's sister...good conversation starter...hmm...

                        Nah.
                        "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

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                        • #13
                          Limp Bizkit. Yep. I liked their 1st and second albums. 3 and 4 are COMPLETE AND UTTER ****, though.
                          urgh.NSFW

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
                            But we did both grow up in the north 'burbs of Chicago...
                            Where did you go to HS?
                            And where do you teach?
                            Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
                            RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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                            • #15
                              Wanna know why Phair sounds like Avril? Because they have the same people writing their music for them: The Matrix.

                              It is my life's goal to bring down this "Matrix".
                              the good reverend

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