Reply #27: Lou Reed jumped the shark with his synth-dominated 80's albums. [View All]

[RandomKoolzip]

Listened to "Mistrial" lately? I didn't think so. Plus he did commercials for Honda motorcycles, reformed the Velvet Underground, basically to serve as his backing band, for a shitty reunion tour in 1993, shilled for MTV, and hasn't written a decent song since "The Blue Mask."

Capatin Beefheart broke up the Magic Band in 1973 specifically in a attempt to sell out. He signed to mercury, made two WRETCHED albums with a bunch of boogie hacks, and tarnished his legacy, pissing off his diehard fans, thus officially jumping the shark. Fortunately, he kept those skis right above the dorsal fin when he got back together with Zappa in 1975 for the "Bongo Fury" album, then hooked up with a new, awesome Magic Band for a handful of amazing records, then disappeared again before he could start sucking. A bad career judgement, but a wise CYA maneuver to follow.

I don't know enough about kd lang to make a judgement about her.