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Originally Posted by porkmarras
Duran Duran
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as someone's sig notes their '95 covers album, Thank You, was ranked in Q mag as the worst record of all time. Thank You is a song by Led Zeppelin. By far the worst cover offered is 911 is a joke though.
What about Styx's Big Bang Theory, huh?
The Q sycophant writer is just upset that DD fell so far from immaculate pop grace & picks them as an easy target. The first three DD albums (Duran Duran, Rio & Seven and the Ragged Tiger) are the cat's meow. The Arcadia album is sweeeeet & The Power Station ain't half bad either. I have every single Duran Duran single on one data disc.
People that dismiss them just because they've sucked since then are missing the point. A lot of artists burn out creatively after three blockbuster genius pop rock records.
One can say the same for Tears for Fears' first three albums, although they are not as good as Duran Duran by a longshot & they basically only made three records that anyone really heard.
The Pet Shop boys do get some acclaim from critics. The Pet Shop Boys do, however, suck really hard.
Samantha Fox is even worse, about as bad as you can get. Sheena Easton is like Kim Gordon next to Samantha Fox.
I've never had anything particularly against Cyndi Lauper & I've never really cared for her either. She really wrecked herself with that Capt. Lou wrestling weirdness & has tried in the last few years to be credible with appearances on Howard Stern & the Today show, for instance. I don't care one way or the other about her &/or her music.