Biggest rock and roll missteps

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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,622
    Or any band that released a double album instead of cutting it down to a single album. 
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    cdthomas1981 said:
    Maybe Dave A. destroying Eddie's '69 Les Paul he got from Pete Townsend.
    Elaborate?
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  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    Tim Simmons said:
    Or any band that released a double album instead of cutting it down to a single album. 
    The Wall? Come on now. Great double album. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Tim Simmons said:
    Or any band that released a double album instead of cutting it down to a single album. 
    I agree with this. It's impossible to say/agree upon what songs should be omitted from any given double album but they always seem too "diluted."
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Tim Simmons said:
    Any album over 45 min. 

    Another interesting point as many of the lengthy 90s albums (eg, Bloodsugarsexmagik, Superunknown) would have been double albums if released in the pre-CD era.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,423
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Poncier said:
    brianlux said:
    Years ago when Jimmy Buffet stepping of the edge of the stage and injuring himself- that was a major misstep.  That's the only kind of misstep I know of.  All music is good (to someone).  Happiness is good (to almost everyone- but mot everyone).
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rta9CHp7bEE
    Oww!  And then later, Bono falls off a bicycle and wrecks his hand.  I think he said he that as a result, would not be able to play guitar again.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
    Probably the winner
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    cp3iverson said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
    Probably the winner
    Right along with having that sordid affair in the first place AND setting it up in that wind tunnel called Altamont Pass.  SO glad I opted out last minute on going there with a friend.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    brianlux said:
    cp3iverson said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
    Probably the winner
    Right along with having that sordid affair in the first place AND setting it up in that wind tunnel called Altamont Pass.  SO glad I opted out last minute on going there with a friend.
    Wow.  Good call.  So people thought it would be a shit show from the very beginning?
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,622
    pearljammr78 said:
    Tim Simmons said:
    Or any band that released a double album instead of cutting it down to a single album. 
    The Wall? Come on now. Great double album. 
    Especially that one.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    brianlux said:
    Poncier said:
    brianlux said:
    Years ago when Jimmy Buffet stepping of the edge of the stage and injuring himself- that was a major misstep.  That's the only kind of misstep I know of.  All music is good (to someone).  Happiness is good (to almost everyone- but mot everyone).
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rta9CHp7bEE
    Oww!  And then later, Bono falls off a bicycle and wrecks his hand.  I think he said he that as a result, would not be able to play guitar again.


    Bono's bike accident predates Edge walking off the stage by about 6 months.

    The bike accident was Nov 2014 when they were about to do a run on Jimmy Fallon to promote Songs of Innocence, Edge fell of stage on opening night of the I&E tour the following May.

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    cp3iverson said:
    brianlux said:
    cp3iverson said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
    Probably the winner
    Right along with having that sordid affair in the first place AND setting it up in that wind tunnel called Altamont Pass.  SO glad I opted out last minute on going there with a friend.
    Wow.  Good call.  So people thought it would be a shit show from the very beginning?
    Some people thought it would be like Woodstock but mostly because the thing was really hyped.  I knew what the area was like and the road to it and knew be a drag even just getting there.  One roommate went and looked really ragged the next day and sorry he went.  The rest of us guys stayed home and had a much better time spinning records and partying.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
    Nice one.
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 616
    Kiss taking off the make up?
    Dixie Chicks criticizing President and taking a lot of heat for it
    original American Idol co-host quitting and leaving it to Seacrest?
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  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    erebus said:
    Kiss taking off the make up?
    Dixie Chicks criticizing President and taking a lot of heat for it
    original American Idol co-host quitting and leaving it to Seacrest?
    The best rock n roll band in that list are the Dixie Chicks. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613

    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,224
    pearljammr78 said:

    :lol: (sorry Ed)
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,480
    edited July 2019
    erebus said:
    Kiss taking off the make up?
    Dixie Chicks criticizing President and taking a lot of heat for it
    original American Idol co-host quitting and leaving it to Seacrest?
    KISS taking off the makeup boosted a career in shambles and made their first unmasked album Lick it Up a hit. The follow up Animalize was also a hit.

    I'd say their biggest misstep was their "The Wall":



    As Ace has said, if they wouldn't have pushed for The Elder and instead made a hardrock album like Creatures of the Night he probably wouldn't have left the band.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,423
    brianlux said:
    cp3iverson said:
    brianlux said:
    cp3iverson said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Stones allowing the Hells Angels to be their security?
    Probably the winner
    Right along with having that sordid affair in the first place AND setting it up in that wind tunnel called Altamont Pass.  SO glad I opted out last minute on going there with a friend.
    Wow.  Good call.  So people thought it would be a shit show from the very beginning?
    Some people thought it would be like Woodstock but mostly because the thing was really hyped.  I knew what the area was like and the road to it and knew be a drag even just getting there.  One roommate went and looked really ragged the next day and sorry he went.  The rest of us guys stayed home and had a much better time spinning records and partying.
    The Grateful Dead thought the same way you did and decided NOT to play that night.

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