Who "Lost it " big time??

[zalasta]

i'm really surprised to see The Cure mentioned so often. "Bloodflowers" was among the best records of their career. Also, U2 has only had a couple brief weak moments ("Pop", "Rattle and Hum")- I thought their last 2 albums were phenomenal.

Alot of people think Duran Duran went downhill after Rio, but I personally think "Notorious" is the best album of their career - lithe and funky and original - and their most recent, "Astronaut", was fantastic.

I also think REM continues to do great work.

Personally, I would go with The Cult after "Love" (although "Sonic Temple" did have some good things), The Fixx after "Phantoms", and Thomas Dolby after "The Flat Earth" - - those off the top of my head.

[fortyfives]

I listen regularly to the B-52's first Lp, Wild Planet, Mesopotamia, and Whammy, I wasn't really thrilled with Bouncing Off the Satellites. Cosmic Thing was a decent Lp - even though it got overplayed. The Lp after that one was so lackluster that I can't even remember the title. But, their all time low point was when they did their version of "Meet the Flintstones".

[My Aural Stimulator]

[quote][i]Originally posted by fortyfives[/i]
<br>I listen regularly to the B-52's first Lp, Wild Planet, Mesopotamia, and Whammy, I wasn't really thrilled with Bouncing Off the Satellites. Cosmic Thing was a decent Lp - even though it got overplayed. The Lp after that one was so lackluster that I can't even remember the title. But, their all time low point was when they did their version of "Meet the Flintstones".
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Amen to that. Whammy was so delicious, and Bouncing Off The Satellites was...different.

All of their early stuff was so much fun. I really like Devil In My Car.

[Eeyore2]

I'm really surprised no one mentioned Ministry.

This has to be the greatest example of an outstanding New Wave band loosing their karma.

With Sympathy is one of the best albums ever, by anyone (IMO). After that, increasingly just noise.

[My Aural Stimulator]

Oh, yeah, Ministry. Yeeech. What about A Flock of Seagulls--were they mentioned yet? Transfer Affection was the last great song by them. Everything else thereafter was just bad.

[i_like_lectric_motors]

I just thought of another one - Elvis Costello. [xx(]

[tiger_mn]

[quote][i]Originally posted by NuWaveRx[/i]
Hell even the Wedding album has Too LAte Marlene and Too Much information.
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Ehem......

Too Late Marlene is off Big Thing.

Carry On.

[fortyfives]

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>I just thought of another one - Elvis Costello. [xx(]
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E.C's first four Lp's are wonderful! Taking liberties wasn't bad for what it was. The others after that didn't appeal to me too much and I paid less and less to each of his subsequent releases after those.