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Post by skuncle on Dec 4, 2016 10:36:08 GMT -5
On this week's SXM countdown they are doing 1972. At #15 is The Osmonds "Crazy Horses" which is completely different from anything they ever did. This got me to wondering of other songs that artists released that were totally different from their usual style. Another example might be "Beth" by KISS, although they would later mess around with disco and pure pop. To my knowledge The Osmonds never banged their heads ever again. So are there other examples? I'm looking for one off releases, not a change in direction or an evolution into something else (i.e. Alice Coopers 1970's mainstream evolution). A more recent example might be Lady Gaga's album with Tony Bennett.
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 4, 2016 11:00:27 GMT -5
Would Blondie count? They had a bunch of hits with different styles than their usual rock sound: reggae ("The Tide Is High"), rap ("Rapture"), disco ("Heart of Glass"), calypso ("Island of Lost Souls"). Although that sounds more like your Kiss example.
A lot of times, when an act has a song that's different from their other work, the song is usually the only one from that act to become a hit. For example, "Stumblin' In" by Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman is probably different from a lot of the rock and roll music Quatro's put out (what little I've heard of it, anyway). Also any hard rock/heavy metal act that had a power ballad (Kix's "Don't Close Your Eyes" comes to mind).
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Post by mga707 on Dec 4, 2016 11:36:01 GMT -5
To me The Cars' "Drive" fits this category, in part because of the different lead vocal (Ben Orr instead of Rik Ocasek).
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Dec 4, 2016 11:45:42 GMT -5
On this week's SXM countdown they are doing 1972. At #15 is The Osmonds "Crazy Horses" which is completely different from anything they ever did. This got me to wondering of other songs that artists released that were totally different from their usual style. Another example might be "Beth" by KISS, although they would later mess around with disco and pure pop. To my knowledge The Osmonds never banged their heads ever again. So are there other examples? I'm looking for one off releases, not a change in direction or an evolution into something else (i.e. Alice Coopers 1970's mainstream evolution). A more recent example might be Lady Gaga's album with Tony Bennett. Goin' Home, the follow up to Crazy Horses was heavier than their other stuff too.
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 4, 2016 12:14:02 GMT -5
Tusk - Fleetood Mac
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Post by pb on Dec 4, 2016 14:04:39 GMT -5
To stretch it to two songs, Bread had two rock singles in 1971, "Let Your Love Go" which reached #28, and "Mother Freedom" which could not push past #37. They stuck with ballads for their single releases after that.
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Post by pb on Dec 4, 2016 14:21:25 GMT -5
To me The Cars' "Drive" fits this category, in part because of the different lead vocal (Ben Orr instead of Rik Ocasek). Apparently Orr sang some of their earlier hits too ("Just What I Needed" for one, if memory serves) but "Drive" was their first hit that didn't have that nervous singing style I associate with them.
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Post by at40nut on Dec 5, 2016 5:47:56 GMT -5
Dr. Hook is a good example . In 1973, there was "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone." In 1978, there was "Sharing The Night Together."
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Post by chrislc on Dec 6, 2016 21:40:53 GMT -5
Jive Talkin'!
Oops I went back and read Post #1
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Post by giannirubino on Dec 7, 2016 9:51:47 GMT -5
For me, 1983's Making Love (Out Of Nothing At All) was a departure for Air Supply. The difference in production, thanks to Jim Steinman, made them stronger, less wimpy, wussy & overly gentle, in my mind.
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Post by giannirubino on Dec 7, 2016 15:46:13 GMT -5
1981's Waiting For A Girl by Foreigner, at least back in 1981.
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Post by pb on Dec 7, 2016 18:56:40 GMT -5
1981's Waiting For A Girl by Foreigner, at least back in 1981. We are getting away from the subject the original poster specified, but in a similar vein, Casey himself mentioned that "If You Leave Me Now" was a new sound for Chicago when it made its chart debut in 1976.
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Post by renfield75 on Dec 8, 2016 17:24:26 GMT -5
Alice Cooper evolved, but 1980's "Clones (We're All)" was still a weird shift. Synth-y New Wave was a radical one-time departure from his usual rock sound. And while Neil Young's 1982 techno-pop album "Trans" didn't produce any Top 40 hits, it still stands as one of the most radical departures any artist has ever attempted. It was so radical, in fact, his record label sued him for delivering a Neil Young album that didn't sound like Neil Young. Artistic freedom?
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Post by tarobe on Dec 10, 2016 20:58:10 GMT -5
"Fairytale" by the Pointer Sisters - This country song was a complete departure from either their early or later styles.
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Post by tarobe on Dec 10, 2016 21:05:00 GMT -5
Alice Cooper evolved, but 1980's "Clones (We're All)" was still a weird shift. Synth-y New Wave was a radical one-time departure from his usual rock sound. Actually, Alice Cooper recorded a trio of New Wave albums in the early Eighties: Flush the Fashion, Special Forces and Zipper Catches Skin.
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