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Biggest Curveballs In Music History Every once in awhile, Musicians totally shock the fans and critics by doing something completely unprecedented or by departing drastically from the sound or style that made them popular. What are your picks for this? I think one of the most interesting, if obvious ones is There's A Riot Going On, I don't think it could be more the opposite of Stand, Life or any other prior Sly and the family stone album. | |
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Bowie -- Young Americans
U2 -- Achtung Baby Prince -- Dirty Mind "Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every asshole gets one." | |
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the one that readily comes to mind is that reggae fella buju banton.he used to do ragga rap{dancehall} then he suddenly voltefaced into deep roots reggae and grew dreadlocks.his popular dancehall songs are "deportees" and "make my day".
anyone here remember him? | |
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Glenn Medeiros!
seriously, he was mega cheesy adult contempoary pop like "nothings gonna change my love for you", then he updated his sound and released the funky pop of "she ain't worth it"! He also shocked some by duetting that track with Bobby Brown! He even danced a little in his vids..... also the "black or white" music video premiere by Jacko was a huge event!People were shocked atr the ending of Mike smashing up cars in a street.....just before the LA roits too! | |
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 WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW? THERE WASN'T ONE TODAY! | |
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noepie said: Oh, God--you HAD to go there, didn't U? | |
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AsianBomb777 said: noepie said: Oh, God--you HAD to go there, didn't U? Isn't this the mother of all curveballs?? WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW? THERE WASN'T ONE TODAY! | |
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raveon2tnek said: the one that readily comes to mind is that reggae fella buju banton.he used to do ragga rap{dancehall} then he suddenly voltefaced into deep roots reggae and grew dreadlocks.his popular dancehall songs are "deportees" and "make my day".
anyone here remember him? Yeah, good old Buju. Wrote that lovely song about killing gays, didn't he? Wanker! There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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Bob Dylan - Self Portrait
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming Elvis Costello - Almost Blue Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear Miles Davis - Bitches Brew The Clash - Sandinista! Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska David Bowie - Low Neil Young - Trans Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies' Man Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar The Stranglers - The Gospel According To The Meninblack And ... Terence Trent D'Arby - Neither Fish Nor Flesh (Just Self-Indulgent Crap) There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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Shapeshifter said: raveon2tnek said: the one that readily comes to mind is that reggae fella buju banton.he used to do ragga rap{dancehall} then he suddenly voltefaced into deep roots reggae and grew dreadlocks.his popular dancehall songs are "deportees" and "make my day".
anyone here remember him? Yeah, good old Buju. Wrote that lovely song about killing gays, didn't he? Wanker! yep buju banton did that song.its called "boom boom bye"! | |
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L-Boogie's Unplugged album. | |
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GrayKing said: Bowie -- Young Americans
U2 -- Achtung Baby Prince -- Dirty Mind  Exactamundo.
Then there's Meshell's Bitter, Prince's ATWIAD, TRC, and to a large degree The Truth. And Miles Davis' repertoire was full of MAINLY curveballs. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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gotta go with Neil Young's "TRANS". That wasn't from left field... it was from outer space. A brave record to make, still misunderstood. It includes some great material, especially Transformer Man. | |
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Kiss "Carnival of Souls" | |
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Garth Brooks and the Chris Gaines Project you look better on your facebook page than you do in person  | |
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meltwithu said: Garth Brooks and the Chris Gaines Project
absolutely | |
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A Positive curveball that killed hair bands
 "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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pink missunderstood You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
authentic power is service- Pope Francis | |
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raveon2tnek said: the one that readily comes to mind is that reggae fella buju banton.he used to do ragga rap{dancehall} then he suddenly voltefaced into deep roots reggae and grew dreadlocks.his popular dancehall songs are "deportees" and "make my day".
anyone here remember him? Yeeah mon. I rememba him. He turned his life and music over to Jah Rastafari. [Edited 11/25/04 23:20pm] | |
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Bjork - Debut
Did anyone reallye expect this after the Sugarcubes? New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies When they went from being a pale immitation of their former band and became totally their own thing. The Cure - Japanese Whispers From Pornography to this has to be the biggest mood swing of their career. The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Young Americans, Low, Let's Dance, Tin Machine, Outside; all by David Bowie I don't think anybody expected any of these. | |
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