‘Career Decline’ Indicators

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  1. Odysseus

    Odysseus Forum Resident

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    +a covers album
     
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  2. Siegmund

    Siegmund Vinyl Sceptic Thread Starter

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    I think Bowie may have inaugurated the ‘Greatest Hits’ tour idea in 1990 - when his career definitely seemed to be in decline and his gimmick of stating that these would be the final live outings for these songs was widely ridiculed.
     
  3. NightGoatToCairo

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    Jim, the band or both?
     
  4. IanM007

    IanM007 CDs, please!

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    That's a fair thought - I guess my listening has focused on Jim actually - his vocals are woeful. Hardly fair to tar a well playing band with the same brush. I guess they play so slowly as it's all he wants these days?!
     
  5. Mr-Beagle

    Mr-Beagle Ah, but the song carries on, so holy

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    The Wall? :hide:
     
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  6. Jack Lord

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    Decline might be a harsh way of putting it, but most bands eventually become nostalgia acts to some extent or another. Then come the gimmicks to make all that seem fresh. Playing an album in its entirety or as the Stones did, have fans vote on a song. Acoustic sets help too.
     
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  7. Chrome_Head

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    Was this thread inspired by the Frusciante / RHCP news?
     
  8. chickendinna

    chickendinna Homegrown’s All Right With Me

    Anytime you get your own Steve Hoffman thread about your career being in decline.
     
  9. vinylontubes

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    I actually don't think this is thing. If you get to this point, your decline happened 20 years earlier.

    But when you do your first song cover after never including any on previous recordings, you're probably creativity drained.
     
  10. Strat-Mangler

    Strat-Mangler Personal Survival Daily Record-Breaker

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    When they start pairing with a bunch of guest stars. That always screams "coffin is half closed on the career".
     
  11. Sean

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    Or Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand & Barry Manilow. Plenty of precedent to fall back on.
     
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  12. President_dudley

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    Does appearing on a cruise ship qualify?
     
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  13. Fullbug

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    New album cover shows the artist on tropical beach or in tropical setting.
     
  14. Brian Barker

    Brian Barker "No matter where you go, there you are"

    I always took re recording greatest hits as a sign of a label change and the old label not wanting to split with royalties for old songs. I guess Cracker is the first band that pops in my head about this, two greatest hits sets released the same day in 2006, one with original tracks on Virgin, rerecorded versions on Greatest Hits Redux on Cooking Vinyl. I'm sure there are exceptions though.
     
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  15. George Blair

    George Blair Senior Member

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    Yes, especially if it's a hook-up cruise for retirees.
     
  16. Siegmund

    Siegmund Vinyl Sceptic Thread Starter

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    Definitely! That could be 7)
     
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  17. Jack Lord

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    I see ads on tv with America and members of the Family Stone beckoning me to attend their cruise. With a few drinks, it might be fun.

    When Mick Jones, Ritchie Ramone, and Henry Rollins start doing that, it will be time to join the pensioners at the local dive.
     
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  18. Colin M

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    The artist gets interested in “the Great American Song Book”
     
  19. uzn007

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    Tribute to [Much more popular album/artist]
     
  20. Siegmund

    Siegmund Vinyl Sceptic Thread Starter

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    No. I know very little about RHCP. I was thinking more about the original members of Kiss.
     
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  21. carrolls

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    Was Bowies career ever in decline since 1969. Can't recall any dips.
     
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  22. A religious album (after a string of unsuccessful non-religious albums).
     
  23. Phil Tate

    Phil Tate Miss you Indy x

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    [citation needed]
     
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  24. Jack Lord

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    I am tempted to add the Blues standards album, but the ones from Gregg Allman and the Stones were both pretty good.
     
  25. Man at C&A

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    This was when he polled the fans for the set list and someone in the music press ran a campaign to get The Laughing Gnome in the set. He wouldn't play it!
     

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