Just wanted to concur with K-Punk's latest entry regarding The Young Gods. I too saw them on their recent tour and was blown away. I've seen them a few times since the early nineties but to me they seemed better than ever. As they were playing I almost wept having the same thought about how come they weren't huge and U2 were? Strange.
It also made me think about longevity in music. The consensus seems to be that the first two Young Gods LPs are the best and after that they kind of lost their way and their cachet. They were mentioned as seminal but no one talked about their recent music... Why is that? Their recent LPs have also been of high quality, if not quite as harsh and some of their new material was also excellent. I was also thinking about Front 242 - their recent work has also been great but no one seems to be interested.
So why do we lose interest? Is it because people get bored with innovative bands somehow – once the shock of the new has passed is that it? What is the relationship between longevity versus innovation? How does a band manage to achieve longevity – is there any point or would it be generally better for most artists to stop after a couple of LPs and not bother?
Sorry if these are stupid questions… I have no idea what the answers are but I thought some of you would!
It also made me think about longevity in music. The consensus seems to be that the first two Young Gods LPs are the best and after that they kind of lost their way and their cachet. They were mentioned as seminal but no one talked about their recent music... Why is that? Their recent LPs have also been of high quality, if not quite as harsh and some of their new material was also excellent. I was also thinking about Front 242 - their recent work has also been great but no one seems to be interested.
So why do we lose interest? Is it because people get bored with innovative bands somehow – once the shock of the new has passed is that it? What is the relationship between longevity versus innovation? How does a band manage to achieve longevity – is there any point or would it be generally better for most artists to stop after a couple of LPs and not bother?
Sorry if these are stupid questions… I have no idea what the answers are but I thought some of you would!