Kurt Cobain--kills self at height of popularity

Britney--no loss of talent, but a huge fall from grace

Michael Jackson--could potentially come back, but unlikely

Mozart--dead at 35 unknown & broke

Whitney & Amy--cracked talent

Robert Johnson--killed for messing with someone else's woman?

Janis, Jim, Jimi...

whatcha think?

There are numerous trainwrecks in classical music in addition to Mozart.

As for modern popular music, Michael Jackson is up there for sure.

Micheal Jackson
He is just so out there that even his attempts at seeming normal turn weird

Madonna

Her curse was to be successful

Rodya24 said:

right, venerial disease, deafness, and who was the guy who tried to stretch his hand for piano playing to the point that he paralyzed it? Schummann?

thekidsgirl said:

That's a really bad one. It's bad for society, because we've encouraged it to some extent.

Oh, I forgot one of the biggest

Elvis

so? well-adjusted rock stars are boring.

i mean, if you wanna hang out all day with darius rucker, be my guest.

Anxiety said:

and no thank you!

Anxiety said:

Darius Rucker, good one!

That guy went from golfing with sports legends in #1 videos to hawking burgers in a cowboy outfit!

-In terms of popular music, I'd say that Michael Jackson is probably the biggest trainwreck of all time. Only for the fact that I can't think of anyone else who's risen to such heights in terms of popularity and success only to turn around and fall so hard. It's difficult to decide what was bigger, his rise to fame or his downfall? Because both were massive. That's still my boy and everything though but that's reality.

-Britney is a close second. She is a total mess.


-Whitney is 3rd for me. The only thing with her is that most people seem to be rooting for her (including myself), I think with the right material she could have a massive comeback.
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Cinnamon234 said:

Whitney could easily come back. Unless she's really lost something, In think even with a mediocre album (which is all she's ever done IMO) she'd be back like Mariah.

Britney & Michael are looking pretty bad at the moment. Michael, especially. He's actually more stable than Britney at the moment, but will never look human again.

Syd Barrett--Leader of the most innovative new British band of the late 60's to disturbed recluse. Still, he's the inspiration behind some of the biggest selling albums of Pink Floyd in the 70's

Peter Green--damn near same story, different band.

Classic trainwreck...



...Badfinger

~ Initial lineup changes
~ The inability to rid themselves of The Beatles connection in the mind of the public.
~ Questionable mangagement
~ Legal wranglings
~ And finally, the suicides of members Pete Ham & Tom Evans.
(Who even bear slight resemblences to Lennon & McCartney respectively)


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I'll take this in a slightly different and comical direction.
This definitely isn't the greatest anything, but good for a laugh.

During Junior H.S., my best friend and I would make trips to The Village in NYC to people watch and raid the record stores.
We were generally quite selective in our choice of LPs but due to the list of names on the cover, we couldn't resist this one.

Screaming Lord Sutch...



...Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

Jimmy Page
John Bonham
Jeff Beck
Noel Redding
Nicky Hopkins

All associated with either Led Zeppelin, The Jeff Beck Group or The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

But who was this clown on the cover?

We found out soon enough once the vocals kicked in.
Insipid lyrics sung horribly.

Some of the tracks were pretty hot, but the lyrics/vocals...

Tunes like Wailing Sounds, Flashing Lights & Thumping Beat are still good for a laugh even today.

Thumping Beat

Thumpin', thumpin', thumpin' beat
That's the sound I gotta reach
Ah keep on goin' with that thumpin' beat
That's the sound I just can't reach
Play it on that guitar real loud
That's the way to get that sound

Well keep on goin' with that thumpin' beat
That's the sound I gotta reach
Listen to the drummer pump the drums
Crashin' away to kingdom come
Crash the cymbals to the ground
That's the way to get that sound

Thumpin', thumpin', thumpin' beat
That's the sound I gotta reach
Play it hard on that guitar
That's the way to be a star



And the fact that what was considered Rock royalty at the time was playing behind this makes it all the more hilarious.


Links detailing his interesting background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Lord_Sutch
http://www.carlolittle.co...ribute.htm
http://www.ugly-things.com/sutch.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...380082.stm



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For all sorts of reasons...

ThreadBare said:

Maybe it's better that nothing actually came out of her mouth.


Here's what happens when something did...



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theAudience said:

I know. The horror.... the horror....


But, in the SNL clip, I love that the band starts "playing" the right track, after she's left the stage. There's a neat irony there:
"We know we're her band. We know she's totally busted. But, we're gonna play. Because we're musicians, durn it..."

Tin Machine--ohh good lord no!!



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NDRU said:

As far as trainwrecks go,
they all great in their own individual way.

ThreadBare said:

they should have gone into a rendition of 'yakkety sax' when ashlee started doing her little jig.

Death Row Records

Sid Vicious


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2blax2proud said:

Good one!

I would have to say MJ!!

TheMightyCelestial said:

haha, but "great" can also mean "very large"

Empress said:

Thanks, MJ is a good one, he should have stay his ass in the studio.

Death Row had the greatest potential, now it's nothing.

2blax2proud said:

Now now guys...
both trainwrecks mentioned are great in their own ways.
As a matter of fact, both 'em are so good,
I still can't choose which of the two is my favorite.

But the thing to remember is, that, in the thread like this,
the intention is to bring us orgers closer together. Not to seperate. Aight?

theAudience said:

WOW! That's a trainwreck. I had no idea.

Anxiety said:

TB: Good point. A clinging shread of diginty

Anx: With Entrance Of The Gladiators (trad. circus theme) as the back up tune.


It's times like these when I think...



...the trap-door may have been retired before its time.

It would have been appropriate during both occasions.
Maybe American Idol could incorporate it (with Simon controlling the button) next season.



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I love beyonce's music and also because she is a trainwreck in the morning