# The "I really loved their music for one cd, but now hate them" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944 "2001-12-05T01:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/1 "2001-12-05T01:38:51Z")
- if this has been done before, sue me \* So…in our lives there occasionally comes band a whose music we adore. Their cd/tape/record is quickly bought and played over and over again until you know every word to every song. But then they release more music. And you realize that everything else they make really sucks. What bands did you used to love, but now hate? Creed- I loved their first album. I haven’t liked a single since one the on the Scream 3 soundtrack, and whenever their new single or “Arms wide open” is on the radio, I change the station as quickly as possible. The Goo Goo Dolls- A Boy Named Goo was brilliant. Everything from the shudder-worthy “Iris” on is terrible. Cake- I thought that Fashion Nugget was a pretty neat cd. Then I realized that the whole spoken-instead-of-sung thing was going to continue through their other music… Yours? ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/2 "2001-12-05T02:19:01Z")
Pearl Jam - After “Ten” they suck. Live - After “Mental Jewelry” they suck. All selections are IMHO, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/3 "2001-12-05T02:37:56Z")
Mr. Bungle’s first CD was an epic masterpiece. Their next one was a totally unlistenable mess of random sounds and notes – can’t even really call it “music”. Fear Factory’s “Demanufacture” was one of the most brilliant thrash metal albums ever released. After that they became just another generic nu-metal band. ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/4 "2001-12-05T02:50:16Z")
Barenaked Ladies {i]Gordon\* was great…since then, I haven’t really cared much for them. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/5 "2001-12-05T02:50:18Z")
_prozzak_’s “Hot Show”, for some reason. i think there was crack in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/6 "2001-12-05T02:55:38Z")
I liked Garbage’s very first album, but their music now is almost un-listenable to me. And that new song of theirs, “Androgyny?” Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/7 "2001-12-05T04:04:11Z")
One word: **Hootie** ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_O.Pinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_O.Pinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_O.Pinion)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/8 "2001-12-05T04:16:51Z")
On the country side: Sara Evans- The first CD, “Three Chords and The Truth” was really good. After that, she just became another soundalike female country singer on the radio. Technically, this might not qualify, but Garth Brooks- His albums “Garth Brooks” and “Ropin’ The Wind” had some consistently good quality songs on them. After that, he realized he was “Garth Brooks, gazillionare”. Most of his other albums haven’t come anyway near matching the quality of the first two. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/9 "2001-12-05T05:30:42Z")
Monster Magnet’s _Spine of God_ was an excellent album, full of great hooks and emotional resonance. Everything since seems like self-parody. ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/10 "2001-12-05T06:06:46Z")
**Smashing Pumpkins** had two extraordinary albums, one album of B-sides, and one box set that rocked my socks. Then came _Ava Adore_. ::full-body shudder:: And that absolutely godawful last album which I won’t even _mention_ since it just makes me feel so unclean. EW. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Red\_Menace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Red\_Menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Red_Menace)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/11 "2001-12-05T06:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saffostarr \* > \*\ ***Smashing Pumpkins** had two extraordinary albums, one album of B-sides, and one box set that rocked my socks. Then came _Ava Adore_. ::full-body shudder:: And that absolutely godawful last album which I won’t even _mention_ since it just makes me feel so unclean. EW. \*\* Well actually they had 3 extraordinary albums, one album of B- Sides and one box set before **Adore** (not Ava Adore) was released which was then followed up by **Machina** which I guess I have to mention since you won’t. Please try to at least make an attempt at getting the facts correct next time. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/12 "2001-12-05T06:25:18Z")
\*\* Tori Amos\*\* - \* Little Earthquakes \* rocked, \* Under the Pink \* was pretty good, and everything after that just sucked intensely. ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/13 "2001-12-05T06:28:20Z")
Excuse me, **Red Menace** , but it might have occured to you that I don’t consider _Gish_ an extraordinary album. Since “extraordinary” is an expression of opinion, I wouldn’t accuse me of not having my facts straight next time. IMHO, my statement stands: they had two great albums, a great album of B-sides, and a great box set. Then _Adore_ sucked. I didn’t include _Gish_ in the first place due to the fact that chronologically it arrives after the _good_ albums and that wouldn’t have been pertinent to the OP. And just to prove that indeed, I do have my facts straight: _Gish Siamese Dream Pisces Iscariot Ava Adore The Aeroplane Flies High Machina_ Okay? Sorry, but I found your response pretty damn rude, all things considered. Calm down, bucko. ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/14 "2001-12-05T06:30:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saffostarr \* > _**Gish > Siamese Dream > Pisces Iscariot > Ava Adore > The Aeroplane Flies High > Machina**_ ::slinks sheepishly back to add _Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness_ between _Pisces Iscariot_ and _Ava Adore_, then slinks back out again:: ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/15 "2001-12-05T06:41:29Z")
Egads. Okay, as long as I’m being all self-righteous over **The Red Menace** ’s righteous indignation, I might try to not be so tired anymore. Let’s try this ONE MORE TIME. It IS _Adore_ not _Ava Adore_. I’m thinking of the song on the album, not the name of the album itself. Strike one for me. However, considering this minor error and what I explained previously, I still think you were being unnecessarily rude, **Red Menace**. I’m willing to admit to my mistakes, however. Sorry if I offended a fellow SP fan. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/16 "2001-12-05T09:01:43Z")
**Offspring** - Smash was good, and then they just floundered in mediocrity before redefining themselves as a really REALLY annoying novelty act. **Matthew Good Band** - their Raygun EP was good (perhaps because it was too short to be repetitive), but as the years progressed, I realized they were just playing the same song over and over again. Now I just think they’re talentless hacks. ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/17 "2001-12-05T12:53:45Z")
Spin Doctors. loved the first album “pocket full of kryptonite”, second album suuuuuuuuucked. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/18 "2001-12-05T13:05:46Z")
Hothouse Flowers ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/19 "2001-12-05T14:32:57Z")
…um… Dave Matthews Band (Under The Table was the only original creative work to come out of that group) ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944/20 "2001-12-05T14:53:39Z")
**Eonwe** stole mine before I could post. Liked ‘Under the Table and Dreaming’, but everything after that sounds exactly the friggin’ same. DMB, please **STOP STOP STOP!!!** Also Dream Theater – loved ‘Images and Words’, and their next album was just a total suckfest. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-really-loved-their-music-for-one-cd-but-now-hate-them-thread/96944.md?page=2)