oh, and bruce springsteen has had a nice little revival too, for better or worse.
For better and worse, but yeah.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 January 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Marc Bolan!
Dandy in the Underworld is soooooooooo damned good.
― novaheat, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Lou Reed's "New York" in 1989. Didn't last too long in the limelight though.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
What was U2's comeback? And was Joe Strummer really ever obscure?
― Mark Rich@rdson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 00:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Lou Reed's "New York" in 1989
I never did understand what was supposedly so go about that album (or, for that matter, his previous "comeback," The Blue Mask). Sure, there's a few pretty decent songs on there, but overall, it's not an album I come back to very much.
Maybe it seemed better in 1989?
― novaheat, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
(x-post) i'd say u2 were a basically classic-rock dinosaurs before all that you can't leave behind came out, and that that one completely turned them back into current pop stars, with critical heft and pop-culture heft to boot.
and joe strummer was certainly more obscure than, say, bob dylan or johnny cash or frank sinatra.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
YES c. 1983
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
New York definitely sounded better in 1989.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
brian wilson?
― kamerad, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, he is right up there for sure.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd say u2 were a basically classic-rock dinosaurs before all that you can't leave behind came out, and that that one completely turned them back into current pop stars, with critical heft and pop-culture heft to boot.
prior to atyclb, u2 went through the commercial embarrassment of pop, where their big abc-tv special was the lowest-rated show in the history of network television, most dates on the tour were half-sold, and the record sold far below expectations. still, "below expectations" for u2 meant about 2 million copies instead of 10 million copies. but in 2000 they weren't thought of so much as classic rock dinosaurs; they were a once-"important" band who had floundered the last time out and weren't being paid much attention to.
― Lawrence the Looter, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish Howard Tate could have been an answer to this thread. I was really rooting for Rediscovered to gain some traction a few years ago.
― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 06:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i picked up New York in a secondhand shop the other day. there are some cracking songs on there but it does tail off a bit in the 2nd half. and some of the subject matter sounds a bit dated now since the Giuliani purge of NYC.
― sam500, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 07:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Santana?
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 07:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Justin Timberlake is definitely up there.
― Stevie D, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Beyonce too, but she sort of segue'd rather than "came back"
ummm
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:03 (sixteen years ago) link
the 3 singles off the last n sync album all charted in the top 20 which directly led into the 3 monster singles off jt's first album
he would be a great candidate for 'greatest reinvention' but he didn't have to come back from anywhere...
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, but was jt's first album any decent? I mean, it wasn't like a *BOOM* comeback but, to me, anyone going from N*Sync to FutureSex/LoveSounds deserves a nod.
― Stevie D, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:06 (sixteen years ago) link
xp fair enough compromise. I was interpreting "comeback" to encompass not only reunions of positively-"done" bands but someone who successfully made it from - to +
― Stevie D, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:08 (sixteen years ago) link
oh ok
yeah i interpreted the thread title as someone whose career once seemed dead and that was never true for jt
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:10 (sixteen years ago) link
justified is good too!
On that note what about Kraftwerk with their recent tours?
― Stevie D, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 08:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Fingers crossed for Portishead....
― turkey, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Vashti Bunyan.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Kylie, surely. She's up there among the most obvious ones.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Madonna also had kind of a European comeback in 1998, but I'm aware that "Erotica" and "Bedtime Stories" were still huge in the US even if paid a bit less attention to over here.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't Dickie Ashcroft 'die' on stage in about 1993 while in the US?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Also can someone make a function for this board where you can block certain poster's comments?
Killfile, dude.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Does Killfile actualy exist? I thought it was like Atlantis!
(don't bother with that one)
Um, this is getting to be "one album sold less than it's predecessor, but the following one sold loads!" type entries. Kylie. Yeah ok. Pssh!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Kylie was out of the limelight for most of the 90s, save for that Nick Cave duet. Yes, she released records, but very few people cared.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:04 (sixteen years ago) link
1 Kylie Minogue Tears On My Pillow Jan 1990 Notes 2 Kylie Minogue Better The Devil You Know May 1990 4 Kylie Minogue Step Back In Time Nov 1990 6 Kylie Minogue What Do I Have To Do Feb 1991 6 Kylie Minogue Shocked Jun 1991 16 Kylie Minogue Word Is Out Sep 1991 4 Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington If You Were With Me Now Nov 1991 2 Kylie Minogue Give Me Just A Little More Time Jan 1992 11 Kylie Minogue Finer Feelings Apr 1992 14 Kylie Minogue What Kind Of Fool (Heard It All Before) Aug 1992 20 Kylie Minogue Celebration Nov 1992 2 Kylie Minogue Confide In Me Sep 1994 11 Kylie Minogue Put Yourself In My Place Nov 1994 16 Kylie Minogue Where Is The Feeling Jul 1995 Notes 22 Kylie Minogue Some Kind Of Bliss Sep 1997 14 Kylie Minogue Did It Again Dec 1997 14 Kylie Minogue Breathe Mar 1998
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
1 Kylie Minogue Kylie - The Album Jul 1988 Notes 1 Kylie Minogue Enjoy Yourself Oct 1989 Notes 9 Kylie Minogue Rhythm Of Love Nov 1990 Notes 15 Kylie Minogue Let's Go To It Oct 1991 Notes 1 Kylie Minogue Kylie Greatest Hits Sep 1992 Notes 4 Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Oct 1994 Notes 10 Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Apr 1998
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Her mistake wasn't so much going "alternative" but signing to a trendy label that actually was on the way to going paws up.
The last LP on that list was the "Impossibe Princess" one. They should have kept the title, but instead they dicked around and issued it 6 months later.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I can confirm that Killfile does work. It makes life here a lot easier.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
so if killfiled person posted 57 times in a row you wouldn't know anything happened?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
How does one do Killfile?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
KILLFILE 2.0
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Eh?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:26 (sixteen years ago) link
How to: 1) install Firefox 2) install Greasemonkey extension 3) click on koog's link above and install the script 4) right click on smiley monkey face at lower right of FF 5) choose to Manage User Scripts 6) select kilxor and click Edit button - should open script with notepad 7) add user names to the line (inside the square brackets, using the info in the comments of the script): var fules = [ /Jaq/ ]; 8) Save file 9) Make sure Enabled box is ticked. Click okay to close Greasemonkey manager dialog.
-- Jaq, Monday, May 21, 2007 1:34 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
idk i've never done it but i'm pretty sure that's the instructional thread
Ah, I use Safari; any hope for that?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:33 (sixteen years ago) link
er idk nick. if you're serious about doing a killfile i would talk to tombot or someone who knows how to do it.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love?
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe Tuomas would offer to kill Geir for me, they're on the same landmass? That's gotta be easier than a killfile.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:37 (sixteen years ago) link
What's wrong with going "tsk, Geir" apart from when he says something totally obnoxious? Cause then you'd never know, and then some unknown git would be all YEAH and such!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Moving right along here and back to topic: Charlie Rich.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually think Geir hit this on the head with ol' Frankie Boy.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Leonard Cohen too. Not that he ever went away exactly, but he didn't tour for 15 years between 1993 and 2008. That comeback tour was the biggest of his career and saw him playing arenas for the first time.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Thursday, 29 October 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
Suspect strongly that Tom will play The Chills.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Aerosmith have to be up there. My Mom said they played at her prom!
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Sleater-Kinney
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
^yeah, can't argue that.
Failure's comeback record this year was absolutely incredible too. I didn't even like their 90s stuff that much to begin with, but then they re-formed as middle-aged men and absolutely knock one out of the park.
― how's life, Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
er, can't argue with that.
I can't believe no one's mentioned it here or on the Facebook post I made - Kate Bush! Aerial!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 30 October 2015 09:36 (eight years ago) link
Best Comeback of all time was James Brown on the T.A.M.I. Show. Dude was done. Down for the count! Nothing left to give. Cape was on, show was over. And he just kept coming back! That's some straight up Lazarus shit.
― henry s, Saturday, 31 October 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
Did he also hop off a stretcher as he was being taken off stage or was that another show?
― brimstead, Saturday, 31 October 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
I don't remember a stretcher at the T.A.M.I. Show, but it seems logical that it would be worked into the act at some point!
― henry s, Saturday, 31 October 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
"and your mother too!"
― how's life, Saturday, 31 October 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
this year the greatest comeback was definitely the apartments "no song, no spell, no madrigal". after 18 years!
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 31 October 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
Carcass
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 31 October 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
Van Der Graaf Generator circa Godbluff
― Paul, Sunday, 1 November 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link
It's not New Order, that's for sure.
― Turrican, Sunday, 1 November 2015 01:07 (eight years ago) link
cibo mattoavalanchesslowdive(mind if there is a general best comeback albums thread that would be cool)
― Ross, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
Tindersticks The Something Rain comes to mind.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
dino jr, tho they weren't gone for that long
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
Jerry Lee Lewis went on to become a big country star in the late '60s after the Myra Gale marriage scandal got him blacklisted 10 years earlier.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
A Tribe Called Quest
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
Avalanches is a good one, not only in that it was a "true" comeback but it also managed to live up to expectations and perhaps even surpass them
Magma dropping perhaps their two best studio albums in 2004 and 2009 feels like it counts here even if those albums are primarily made up of 30+ year old material
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link