Slayer - Divine Intervention(failing miserably)
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
this is like a lot of the old bluesmen who dabbled in soul and r&b who then returned to really lo-fi garagey blues (buddy guy, for one)
― "Together we could rape the universe" (omar little), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The word "pandering" is what gets me here, since it somehow suggests a band that everyone else wants to do one thing, but is somehow beholden to satisfy some hardcore fan contingent ...
I don't think it suggests this, unless by "everyone else" you mean the members of the band.
whereas yeah, a lot of the examples here seem to involve bands who'd spun off into some tenuous position of not really exciting any contingent, so they sit down and say, well, okay, people liked us back when we did X, so maybe we should stick with those basics?
The thread title suggests this more.
― giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
robyn hitchcock - "eye" seems to be exactly the sort of thing this thread is refering to, no?
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Talking Heads NAKED maybe? Was a kind of return to smart afro-influenced stuff after the 2 AOR pop albums. But it's debatable what a 'true' fan of TH would be.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Whiney's Metallica answer is the first thing that comes to mind that is a recent example.
― giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Brian Eno with Wrong Way Up
The promo campaign for Alan Jackson's Good Time was all about how it was like the albums he used to record before he went gospel and then arty with Allison Krauss.
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Joe Jackson attempting to recapture past glory with Night & Day II and Volume 4 following the arty Night Music and Heaven & Hell.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 7 May 2009 00:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Syro?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
― MarkoP, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
Arguably even 20/20 was partly an attempt to appeal to the OG fans, despite a few country and soft-rock detours.
― Non-Stop Hongrotic Cabaret (dog latin), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
Tom Waits - Bad As Me is definitely one, I mentioned it on the Syro thread.
― Non-Stop Hongrotic Cabaret (dog latin), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link