Artist Highs & Lows game

[ABlairican Pie]

High:

"Werewolves of London" and especially "Lawyers, Guns, and Money."

Low:

Dying over a year ago.


Tesla

[Steve M.]

High - their acoustic version of "Signs"

Low - not realizing their name was an anagram of "slate!" :lol:

("Flintstone! Get into my office!")

Next - the Way-Outs :D

[ABlairican Pie]

High - their acoustic version of "Signs"

Low - not realizing their name was an anagram of "slate!" :lol:

("Flintstone! Get into my office!")

Next - the Way-Outs :D

High:

The fact that they are perhaps the OLDEST rock and roll band in all of history.

Low:

The fact that the citizens of Bedrock didn't appreciate their surprise stop in town and had them thrown out of every venue they played there.

Josie and the Pussycats

[Steve M.]

High - the interracial lineup (Valerie! :biglove: ) , the fact that Melody sings when she speaks! :D

Low - those ridiculous costumes!

And now for antoher cartoon band. . . .

ZZ TOP!

[ABlairican Pie]

High - the interracial lineup (Valerie! :biglove: ) , the fact that Melody sings when she speaks! :D

Low - those ridiculous costumes!

And now for antoher cartoon band. . . .

ZZ TOP!When I was 7, those costumes were the hottest things in the world!! :grineyes: :drool: Also, I later found that CHERYL LADD sang on the album for album back in the early 70's!

High:

Either "Tush", "La Grange", or the Eliminator album.

Low:

Those beards got a little goofy, and something was lost when they went too far techno.

George Thorogood

[Steve M.]

High - his covers of Bo Diddley and Hank Williams tunes

Low - his own songs, particularly those that have to do with booze ("I Drink Alone")

Next - Bad Company

[ABlairican Pie]

High:

"Can't Get Enough", "Seagull", "Bad Company", "Movin' On", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Burnin' Sky", "Silver and Gold", "Shooting Sky", "Feel Like Making Love", Rock and Roll Fantasy", Run With the Pack", "Rock Steady", pretty much anything with Paul Rodgers.

Low:

The fact that Paul Rodgers left the band by 1980 and was later replaced with a different singer in the late 80's, with mixed results.

Grand Funk

[Steve M.]

High - "I'm Your Captain"

Low - everything else (especially their 60's R&B covers!)

Next - Nazareth

[ABlairican Pie]

High:

Hair of the Dog album with "Love Hurts" and the killer title track (which I used to sing at lunch break for everyone back in junior high in 1978!), as well as other great songs as "Holiday" and "Miss Misery". I should add more of their albums to the rock and roll history thread.

Low:

The death of drummer Darrell Sweet in 1999.


J. Geils Band

[Steve M.]

High - their 1979 commercial breakthrough (Love Stinks), followed by Freeze Frame

Low - You're Getting Even While I'm Getting Odd, their only album after firing Peter Wolf

Next - Genesis

[Dean Winchester]

bumping an ancient thread up because I was browsing through old music posts and this is a fun game that is music-related and fun:

High: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Low: Calling All Stations


AC/DC

[88survivor]

High: Back In Black...their only commercial hit album!
Low: Fly On The Wall...it was recreating Back In Black redux!

Next: Michael Jackson

[ABlairican Pie]

High: Back In Black...their only commercial hit album!
Low: Fly On The Wall...it was recreating Back In Black redux!

Next: Michael JacksonHUH????!!!! :eek: :confused: Back In Black their ONLY commercial hit album?? Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, though it was
released in 1976, topped the charts at #3 when it was re-released in 1981, and For Those About To Rock hit #1 also that same year. The Razor's Edge hit #2 in 1990, and Ballbreaker went to #4 in 1995. Highway To Hell, though considered one of their most popular albums, peaked at #17 in 1979, which was a commercial improvement over their previous releases due to Mutt Lange's production.


Back to: Michael Jackson

High: Thriller

Low: the accusations of child molestation which led to his arrest and trial a few years ago which resulted in acquittal (not to mention the deterioration of his looks and the dangling of his child over a balcony in Berlin). Musically speaking, it would probably be his "Invincible" album. He had a public meltdown where he called Sony president Tommy Mottolla a "racist" for not promoting it.


Next artist: Aerosmith

[88survivor]

Aerosmith

High: Their Greatest Hit Album fromm 1980 Or Toys In The Attic
Low: That video game arcade that sold the band out...I forgot what the arcade game was called, but it was horrible.

[Steve M.]

So, uh, does anyone else have an artist to suggest? :)

[88survivor]

Next: Bruce Willis

[Dean Winchester]

high: the fact that he gave up singing and went back to what he does best, acting
low: "Respect Yourself"

Dionne Warwick

[ABlairican Pie]

High: Hits such as "I'll Never Love This Way Again" and "That's What Friends
Are For"

Low: Uhhh, the fact that she was promoting a Psychic Friends Hotline on an infomercial some years ago, as I recall.


Motorhead



Bet no one saw that one coming, a metal band. ;)

[88survivor]

High: Aces of Spade
Low: When Lemmy went intellectual...LOL...I don't need good advice in a newspaper column, thank you.

Next: Mettalica

[Dean Winchester]

High: Master Of Puppets and ...And Justice For All
Low: tie between Cliff Burton's untimely death and Napstergate, which exposed the "we're a band for the fans" thing was all an act and they were just as corporate and greedy as the bands they used to ridicule for being such a thing.

The Cure

[88survivor]

The Cure(my favorite band..)

High: Disintegration album...my favorite CD as a whole
Low: Possibly it's Friday, I'm In Love...not one of my favorites.

Next :D Chic..."Say What?!?"

[Dean Winchester]

High: "Good Times", producing classic albums for Diana Ross and David Bowie
low: the disco backlash ruining their popularity despite releasing some great tracks in the early 80's like "Soup For One" and "Real People" that unfortunately never take off in popularity due to the disco stigma

The Pretenders

[ABlairican Pie]

Highs: the amazing debut album in 1980 with "Kid", "Brass In Pocket, "Tattooed Love Boys", "Mystery Achievement, "The Wait", and "Stop Your Sobbing", and rebounding from the following lows:

the drug-related deaths of guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon in 1982 and 1983.


The Smiths

[Dean Winchester]

High: The Queen Is Dead and Meat Is Murder
low: the fact that Morrissey and Johnny Marr still hate each other to this day, preventing any chance of a reunion in the forseeable future

Depeche Mode

[88survivor]

Depeche Mode

Highs: Black Celebration and Violator
Lows: Martyr

Next: our charismatic Scott Baio :lol: Now, that will be interesting to know...;)

[ABlairican Pie]

High: The Queen Is Dead and Meat Is Murder
low: the fact that Morrissey and Johnny Marr still hate each other to this day, preventing any chance of a reunion in the forseeable future

Depeche ModeJohnny Marr actually joined a Seattle band, Modest Mouse, last year. :cool:

[88survivor]

I read about Johnny Marr last year, too. Small world, huh...:)

[ABlairican Pie]

Next: our charismatic Scott Baio :lol: Now, that will be interesting to know...;)

Highs: The fact that he lost his virginity to Erin Moran on the set of "Joanie Loves Chachi".

Lows: Uhhh, the fact that he lost his virginity to Erin Moran on the set of "Joanie Loves Chachi"?

:lol:


Primus

[88survivor]

I thought everybody was going to say about his shortlived singing career with his two RCA albums which would be his all-time low(his self-titled album briefly charted and was quietly shuffled on the sidelines. The second album went nowhere.), right next to his reality show, 45 and Single. Sometimes it is better to not have a reality show....with an annoying actor like Johnny V...:lol:

[ABlairican Pie]

I guess that was his musical high and low rolled into one. The fact that he was able to record albums in the first place may have been a "high", but the fact that neither went anywhere was a definite LOW!! :eek: :lol:

There's a real problem with actors who get into singing and performing, it's been a checkered endeavor, for the most part. While they may be able to sing, they don't have the reputations of being musicians and songwriters, and the album forays just seem to be just an extension of their acting careers.


Primus

[88survivor]

Well, at least Baio had some talent. He was a good guitarist, an okay drummer, and played the piano. At least, he could have been used for backing bands instead of his voice. It would probably save career points, you know. Well, he wasn't that bad of a drummer...he had some skills. At least, he played the piano pretty well and rocked with the guitar a bit. :drink: But, anyway....back to Primus! Enough of my history on Scott Baio...:lol: I could play the drinking game.

Primus

High: They Can't All Be Zingers!
Low: That's a toughy...:confused: I just got two of their CDs and they still rock.

Anyway..hehehehehe...

Mariah Carrey
:happyface

[Dean Winchester]

high: her self-titled debut album, Daydream, Butterfly and about half of The Emancipation Of Mimi
low: Rainbow and Glitter

Barry Manilow

[Cactus Jack]

High : He had HIGHS?!?!?!!?

Low: Having a career




Weezer

[Dean Winchester]

^ LOL!!! I'm not a "Fanilow" either

high: their debut album
low: Maladroit and the death of Mykel and Carli (for the early Weezer fans, they were the fan club presidents who were close friends with the band and then they were killed in a car wreck about ten years ago)


Toni Braxton

[88survivor]

Toni Branxton

High: her self-titled debut
Low: Don't go into Broadway, dear. Trust me, I saw her as Aida and she was horrible. Stick to R&B...

Next: Megadeth

BTW, my mother's brother Jose actually worked with Barry at the mailroom in Manhattan I believe it was at CBS. True story...

[ABlairican Pie]

Several highs:

The albums Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?, Rust In Peace, and United Abominations, which show Dave Mustaine and his hand-picked co-guitarists from each era (Jeff Poland, Marty Friedman, and Glen Drover) at the peak of their playing and thrashing abilities

Lows: His arm injury which briefly led him to disband Megadeth five years ago. That, and the Risk album.


Jackson Browne

[88survivor]

Jackson Browne

High: Late For The Sky
Low: Lawyers In Love

Abba:crazy:

[Dean Winchester]

High: Dancing Queen
Low: their breakup


Chaka Khan

[88survivor]

Chaka Khan

High: Rufus and I'm Every Woman
Low: Her duet with Alfonso...all-time low...she should had Rufus to do the backup singing instead of Alfonso Ribeiro.

Evelyn Champagne King

[Dean Winchester]

high: Shame and Love Come Down
low: she retired from the industry and has never really cashed in on disco revivals


Toto

[Shine]

Toto

High Point: "Rosanna" and "I'll Be Over You"

Low Point: "Hold The Line"

Next: Prince

[Dean Winchester]

high: Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times
low: New Power Soul


Stevie Wonder

[ABlairican Pie]

Toto

High Point: "Rosanna" and "I'll Be Over You"

Low Point: "Hold The Line"

Next: Prince
What??!!! The 1978 hit that first put Toto on the charts?? :eek: :confused: A "low point"?? I would actually say the death of drummer Jeff Porcaro from a heart attack in 1992 which was brought about by the use of pesticides as well as a heart condition. The media had a field day when it was discovered he had a mere trace of cocaine in his system, which was perhaps from years back, if in fact he had used it at all.

Back to: Stevie Wonder:

70's hits such as "Superstitious", "Higher Power", and "Sir Duke", songs which personified r & b at its best.

Lows:

The car crash which nearly ended his life, and that corny "Part-Time Lover", when his career output in the 80's was dominated by wimpy synths.


Testament

[88survivor]

Toto is one of the greatest bands of the late 70s and early 80s...they really started out as studio musicians for other bands and singers, you know. Really underrated group...

[ABlairican Pie]

Okay, since there are no takers:


High:
Practice What You Preach, from 1989, which followed two very popular thrash masterpieces, and made them the most watched-for band in the wake of Metallica's mainstream breakthrough. Alex Skolnick's guitar work even far surpassed Kirk Hammett's on songs such as "The Ballad" and the title track.

Low:
Skolnick's departure from the band a few years later, and vocalist Chuck Billy's serious illness.


Dave Matthews Band

[Dean Winchester]

High: "What Would You Say"
Low: Becoming the new "I'm so cool because I like ____" artist


Paul Simon

[Zoneboy]

Toto

High Point: "Rosanna"

Low Point: "Hold The Line"



These 2 should be reversed, How anyone can think that Rosanna was better than Hold the Line is beyond me but to each his own.

[Zoneboy]

Paul Simon

High: Graceland, One Trick Pony

Low: You Can Call Me Al

Next: Rainbow

[Dean Winchester]

These 2 should be reversed, How anyone can think that Rosanna was better than Hold the Line is beyond me but to each his own.
I think both songs are great in their own way. Rosanna is like a little musical all to itself with a lot of great instrumental solo parts, and Hold The Line is a great classic rocker. Another great Toto song that nobody seems to mention is "Stranger In Town", I don't even think that's on their Greatest Hits album but it's one of the better post-IV songs.

[ABlairican Pie]

Next: Rainbow

Highs: the Ronnie James Dio and Joe Lynn Turner eras, with hits such "Man On the Silver Mountain", "Long Live Rock And Roll", "Stone Cold", and "Street Of Dreams"

Lows: the Graham Bonnett era where the band got more pop-rock influenced on songs such as "Since You've Been Gone" (not really a bad song, but not like they were with Dio); and when their video for "Street Of Dreams" was banned by MTV in 1983 for allegedly having a "hypnotic" nature.


Sheena Easton

[ABlairican Pie]

I think both songs are great in their own way. Rosanna is like a little musical all to itself with a lot of great instrumental solo parts, and Hold The Line is a great classic rocker. Another great Toto song that nobody seems to mention is "Stranger In Town", I don't even think that's on their Greatest Hits album but it's one of the better post-IV songs.
I remember "Stranger In Town", the video was based on the British movie "Whistle Down the Wind" where a fugitive criminal guilty of murder hides in a barn loft and convinces children outside that he's Jesus.

[88survivor]

Sheena Easton

High: Morning Train(9 to 5)
Low: The Lover In Me...shouldn't have gone with the Janet Jackson route at all.

Air Supply...;)

[Dean Winchester]

high: Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, Lost In Love, All Out Of Love, Sweet Dreams and Even The Nights Are Better
low: pretty much everything else :)

Meat Loaf

[88survivor]

Meatloaf

High: His first Bat Out of Hell album
Low: His Bat Out of Hell II album, featuring the most overplayed song."I Would Do Anything For Love But I Won't Do That"

Quiet Riot

[Dean Winchester]

high: Metal Health
low: edit: Kevin Dubrow's death today

Stevie Nicks

[Steve M.]

Highest: "Landslide"
Lowest: middle period solo career

Steely Dan

[88survivor]

Steely Dan

High: Katy Lied
Low: Gaucho

Diana Ross..

[Dean Winchester]

high: the "Diana" album from 1980
low: Workin' Overtime, her attempt at trying to appeal to the hip hop market

Seal

[Zoneboy]

Seal:

High-Kiss From a Rose
Low-Everything else

Next: Supertramp

[Dean Winchester]

Supertramp

high(s): The Logical Song, It's Raining Again
low: pretty much everything after Roger left in 1983-4


TLC

[88survivor]

TLC

High: Their 1992 debut
Low: The death of Left Eye Lopez

War;)