I think I feel a little nauseous.

You ain't looking so hot, Charlie. Need some water? :P

Not a huge fan... but I found Burn It Down enjoyable!!!

I'm with you that his album tracks use to be a lot better, although I still find myself listening to the stuff off of his newer ones. The first five tracks on Get Scraped were all breathtaking. The only tracks on his last two albums that are that good are "FML," "Raise Your Weapon," and maybe "Strobe."

Still, he's had an occasional gem here and there, mostly outside of his studio releases. Have you heard Bleed?



That was from about a year and a half ago, but still post-4x4. I think if he finished it, it might've been his best.

Still, I don't think the point of the thread is artists who've fallen off as much as artists people have grown out of.

Um...I used to listen to a lot of Cake when I was younger. My mom always used to play them when I was growing up. However, after I started developing my own taste in music, I quickly left them behind. They can still be fun, though, I just don't end up ever listening to them.

Hadn't heard it before, it's a song with alot of potential. Just a pity he ever finished it off.

Also on the point of this thread. I know its people who you've grown out of, which is why I mentioned Deadmau5 because his older stuff (which is/was really good, I've grown out of and I've never got into his new stuff)

i used to really like novelty music

but in hindsight, the joke's funny the first few times, after that it wears thin

this covers Black Lace, Spitting Image, the Barron Knights, the Rutles (the song titles still make me chuckle, though), Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

unless there's some artistry involved - like Weird Al, who's evidently clutching at straws so much that there's a certain likeability about his dgaf attitude whether it hits the mark or not and that he doesn't really think it's high comedy, just mostly random potshots

or Cannabis Corpse, whose musicality surpasses the stuff they're supposed to parody

Yeah, novelty music is pretty much at the peak of stuff-I-used-to-like.

I find most of the stuff that I used to like that I actively try to distance myself from now isn't the indiscretions like Green Day (a fine pop band in their own right who don't try TOO hard, though they definitely have a certain streak of headiness). It's more the acts that I used to think were super deep but are really just very, very pretentious in the most accurate usage of the word. I find it irksome when bands create a cult of intellectualism or hipness but are really just pretty vapid. Things like Grizzly Bear, Vampire Weekend, a lot of post-rock, and newer prog and metal like Dream Theater or The Mars Volta are what make me cringe the most to recall enjoyment.

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Dream Theater I agree with, but Yellow House by Grizzly Bear is pretty damn good. In fact, when I listen to it while I'm trying to get to sleep I usually end up in this half asleep drugged out haze that is really hard to describe...it's a crazy feeling and not much music can do that to me. The Mars Volta are just plain amazing.

Dunno - I thought "All That You Can't Leave Behind" was a pretty strong album.