Alphaville Forum - The Dreamroom  

Go Back   Alphaville Forum - The Dreamroom > Alphaville > Alphaville Discussion


Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 10 Oct 2008, 20:01   #1
Leningrad
Banned
 
Leningrad's Avatar
 
Join Date: 08 May 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 857
Worst decisions AV has made during their career.

The title says it, what do you think were the worst decisions the band has made? I think that the experimentation part was the worst, because it distracted them from commercial success. What do you think?
Leningrad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10 Oct 2008, 20:58   #2
Mateusz
Banned
 
Join Date: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 2,001
They never make a bad decisions [smile2]
Mateusz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10 Oct 2008, 22:02   #3
Kaz
Her...
 
Kaz's Avatar
 
Join Date: 22 Jan 2003
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Posts: 12,459
Maybe artistic freedom is more important than commercial success.


Before you judge me, make sure you're perfect.
Kaz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10 Oct 2008, 22:04   #4
Jonatan
Arranged in White
 
Jonatan's Avatar
 
Join Date: 17 Nov 2000
Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Posts: 3,521
Rushing out Afternoons in Utopia, an album with far weaker songs than Forever Young, and with quite crappy production.


Take care
Jonatan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10 Oct 2008, 22:12   #5
TheMoonBoy
A view from above
 
TheMoonBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: 20 Nov 2005
Location: Stockholm, Schweden
Posts: 848
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonatan View Post
Rushing out Afternoons in Utopia, an album with far weaker songs than Forever Young, and with quite crappy production.
Rushing out? It took them two years...

I agree about partially crappy production though but I'm not sure that's really their fault. I mean, it's easy now to hear it sounds very dated but I don't think it was so easy back then. The worst, over-produced track is Dance With Me. Today, everything that Steve Thompson did sounds crappy and cheap. Btw, Red Rose is one of the most dreadful AV songs ever.
TheMoonBoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10 Oct 2008, 22:49   #6
Leningrad
Banned
 
Leningrad's Avatar
 
Join Date: 08 May 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 857
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMoonBoy View Post
Rushing out? It took them two years...

I agree about partially crappy production though but I'm not sure that's really their fault. I mean, it's easy now to hear it sounds very dated but I don't think it was so easy back then. The worst, over-produced track is Dance With Me. Today, everything that Steve Thompson did sounds crappy and cheap. Btw, Red Rose is one of the most dreadful AV songs ever.

I agree with you moonboy while AIU is my least favourite album it is not terrible at all. Red Rose was such a shitty song it like one of those uptempo reggae songs that you would hear only in 3:00 in the morning on the radio. An gues what? It was released as a friggin single! What were they thinking!!?!
Leningrad is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 22:37.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
design by wii