ITT: Terrible 80s albums by respected 60s artists

all of them

>>70075952
Down in the Groove is worse

>>70075952
Do you have any idea how long that list is.

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My kinda thread!

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If they'd trimmed it to 35 minutes, it could have been decent.

Paul Simon struck a gold mine with Graceland, his other two 80s albums were basically vapor. At least he only made three during the decade instead of embarrassing himself with one every year like Bob Dylan.

>>70076055
He started in the 50s though.

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[Not even Meme-ing this album is fucking garbage]

>>70076055
I hate that bastard for ruining some great songs.

All Iggy Pop albums, although he's really a 70s guy despite having began his career in the late 60s.

Sometimes an artist just can't fit around current trends no matter how much he tries and it becomes a case of jamming a square peg into a round hole. It's no different than all the 80s hairspray bands that became instantly a laughingstock once Nirvana happened.

Paul McCartney was a mix of good and bad albums, George Harrison sucked for most of the decade, Bob Dylan was terrible during the mid-decade, Neil Young started good, ended good, and in between was awful, Van Morrison remained solid, Paul Simon had a blockbuster album with Graceland, the Beach Boys were essentially finished, and Grace Slick & friends were just an embarrassment at every conceivable level.

The reasons for the failure of so many 60s-70s artists in the Reagan years are legion--trying to ride on fads that didn't fit them, albums with dated production, inability to adapt to MTV, and more. Some did great on some albums, abysmally on others.

In general terms however, albums like Graceland that succeeded were the result of a veteran artist who managed to sound contemporary without forsaking his basic sound and image/message.

What did you expect poor old Bob Dylan and Paul Simon to do? Put on a huge wig and leopard print spandex and go all like "Screw you, Mom and Dad. Hail Satan!"

>>70076250
A lot of those songs are good live (Foolish Heart '89-early '90 is a 10/10) but you're right about the album.