# Potential Pop Music Career Suicide

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 21, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-pop-music-career-suicide/99269 "2002-03-21T02:00:25Z")\
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**George Michael** tried to move away from teen pop to R&B, with some success.

**Peter Gabriel** left Genesis to create very different music.

**Alanis Morrisette** is probably one of the biggest transormations - she started out as a Debby Gibson-esque teeny bopper as “Alanis”, and then about four years after that phase appeared out of nowhere with ‘Jagged Little Pill’.

**Billy Joel** has had some critical success with his attempt to move into classical music. **Paul McCartney** , on the other hand, tried it and failed miserably.

**Ringo Starr** made a successful country album called “Beaucoups of Blues”.

**Waylon Jennings** started out as a Rock N’ Roller, playing with Buddy Holly among others. Then he went to Nashville and became a country ‘Outlaw’.

**Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines** - Perhaps the ultimate suicide.

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