Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> Worst career move in R'n'R history?
> What would it be?
>

Michael Jackson's Zombification

Buddy Holly taking a plane instead of the bus.

Glass Slide Wrote:
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> > Buddy Holly taking a plane instead of the bus.


Yup. Agreed.

Josh2131 Wrote:
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> The sad thing about the Chris Gains idea was that
> Americans were too dumb to understand it.
>
> Worst Idea: Can't remember his name, but the guy
> who died playing Russian Roulette.
>
> Josh

The Gaines idea didn't work because the music was horrible. While not a real Brooks fan is was a great performer and his music and concerts have alot of rock spectacle mixed in. He likes rock and roll and pop music has worked with KISS etc.
I was expecting some good stuff and was looking foward to see what it was going to be. But we all know it was unlistenable

TERRY KATH ("CHICAGO" GTRST., SINGER, HE AND "JIMI HENDRIX" WERE PALS/KATH SANG ON "MAKE ME SMILE", AND "COLOUR MY WORLD" AND OTHER "CHICAGO" HITS) (1978) (ACCIDENT WHILE ALLEGEDLY PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE)

how about when david st. hubbins aloud this girlfriend to tour w/ the band. Nigel had a tough time w/ it and it hurt his friendship w/ david.

John Lennon shacking up w/ what's her name? Yoko Ohno-notyouagain!

to THEBOYS, SO freakin' true!

Didn't Elton John's career really suffer when he came out of the closet in the late 70's?

Adrian-L Wrote:
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> " Hey,this show at Altamont should be fun- think
> i'll go" - Meredith Hunter.

ahahahahaha

Adrian, funniest post ever.

Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> Didn't Elton John's career really suffer when he
> came out of the closet in the late 70's?


yeah hes been broke ever since and no one goes to his concerts or buys his records.......

the stones hiring M. Cohl

Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> John Fogerty signing with that scum-bag
> S.Zantz/Fantasy Records.........the legal
> entanglements from that scam prevented him from
> playing his own songs live


interesting that he and Saul have patched things up and are working together again.

Gazza, I know he's still very popular, but not like he was. It became very uncool to be an Elton fan around that time. Please remember that I live in a very rural area. Back in those days people really weren't as enlightened. Especially in south Georgia.

Maybe the albums just sucked after Rock Of The Westies.

theboys Wrote:
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> John Lennon shacking up w/ what's her name? Yoko
> Ohno-notyouagain!


I'd say Lennon's worst career move was moving to New York!

-Motley Crue firing Vince Neil (I love the album without him but it didn't do good business)

-Mick Taylor leaving the Stones

-Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonight" video

-David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen (compounded by a light pop sound on his 2nd solo album)

Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> Gazza, I know he's still very popular, but not
> like he was. It became very uncool to be an Elton
> fan around that time. Please remember that I live
> in a very rural area. Back in those days people
> really weren't as enlightened. Especially in south
> Georgia.
>
> Maybe the albums just sucked after Rock Of The
> Westies.


Too Low For Zero is a really good album IMO

The thing with this 'bad career move' debate is that some people are getting what may have been a bad career decision by an artist mixed up with when THEY think a particular artist lost the plot (even if the artist did very well out of it - the Stones hooking up with Cohl being an example. To the detriment of their artistic side certainly but theyve made an insane amount of money out of it and I doubt they're complaining)

Elton's still HUGELY popular worldwide - hes earning MILLIONS for some extended run in Vegas, has played MSG more times than ANY other artist and his tours and records still sell very well. Admitting his homosexuality didnt really hinder his career (it was hardly a big shock lets face it!) - he's also as high profile as ever (partly as a RESULT of his chosen public lifestyle) which has helped him gain publicity and money for his various charities (particularly his AIDS charities) so I would guess that he would think that 'coming out' has been of some benefit in many ways. he's not selling 10 million albums at a time like he did in the 70's but that level of success is usually fleeting for almost everyone.

Bad career moves by the Stones

Not doing Woodstock -
instead "let's do our own free concert - bigger - better - yeah. -
...oops catastrophe!

Heroin

surviving (well some might think so)

Four Stones
(not replacing Bill properly ... why f*@# about with a background replacement - Yeah ok Daryl's fine.. but surely there was an opportunity missed. Bill was
much more part of the Stones dynamic than the egos of Mick & Keith
acknowledge)

Robert Johnson taking a swig of whiskey from another mans bottle...



ROCKMAN

Rockman Wrote:
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> Robert Johnson taking a swig of whiskey from
> another mans bottle...


Damn! I need to be more careful myself now that you mention it!

John Lennon marrying Ono Yoko

Johnny Ace for not checkin' the barrel....



ROCKMAN

Pat Boone opening his pie-hole

Dr Ross leaving Cooke County...

Sam Phillips handin' Elvis over for $40,000....



ROCKMAN

Sid Vicious trying to play bass

Paul Westerberg sobering up

Allen Klein?

Robert Palmer making an album of forties music

Phil Collins - ditto

billwebster Wrote:
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> Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> > Worst career move in R'n'R history?
> > What would it be?
> >
>
> Michael Jackson's Zombification
>
>
>

He ain't rock 'n' roll...