What solo stars or bands should have quit while they were ahead of the game, before either becoming c**p or too cheesy. Looking back if they had just stopped at the top, you would still talk about them as great artists, instead of used to be great.

eric clapton.... he should have quit after 'layla'.. everything before was credible, just about everything after was :puke2: aor... but i did like 'behind the mask', damn good popsong!

The Rolling Stones are the obvious ones.

 

Paul McCartney's another.

 

The more I hear of her newer stuff, the more I feel Bjork belongs in this bracket, too.

 

Deborah Harry, too.... U2..... but the most obvious and toe-curling one is the remaining members of Queen who live under some heavy delusional cloud that they were, in some bizarre way, relevant to the magic that was Queen.... Queen was, is, and always will be Freddie Mercury..... May, Deacon and Taylor were nothing more than accomplished session musicians who've totally ruined the Queen legacy with their embarrassing karaoke version of the band they're hawking round the circuit at the moment.

 

OK, they may have co-written the songs, but there's never, ever been such a chasm between a band and its leader as there was with Queen and Mercury - to even try to recreate the original songs is just ghastly.

The Rolling Stones are the obvious ones.

 

Paul McCartney's another.

 

The more I hear of her newer stuff, the more I feel Bjork belongs in this bracket, too.

 

Deborah Harry, too.... U2..... but the most obvious and toe-curling one is the remaining members of Queen who live under some heavy delusional cloud that they were, in some bizarre way, relevant to the magic that was Queen.... Queen was, is, and always will be Freddie Mercury..... May, Deacon and Taylor were nothing more than accomplished session musicians who've totally ruined the Queen legacy with their embarrassing karaoke version of the band they're hawking round the circuit at the moment.

 

OK, they may have co-written the songs, but there's never, ever been such a chasm between a band and its leader as there was with Queen and Mercury - to even try to recreate the original songs is just ghastly.

 

oh god mc cartney! yes yes yes! hes embarrassing, how could such a great composer 'lose it' so badly?..

The Rolling Stones are the obvious ones.

 

Paul McCartney's another.

 

The more I hear of her newer stuff, the more I feel Bjork belongs in this bracket, too.

 

Deborah Harry, too.... U2..... but the most obvious and toe-curling one is the remaining members of Queen who live under some heavy delusional cloud that they were, in some bizarre way, relevant to the magic that was Queen.... Queen was, is, and always will be Freddie Mercury..... May, Deacon and Taylor were nothing more than accomplished session musicians who've totally ruined the Queen legacy with their embarrassing karaoke version of the band they're hawking round the circuit at the moment.

 

OK, they may have co-written the songs, but there's never, ever been such a chasm between a band and its leader as there was with Queen and Mercury - to even try to recreate the original songs is just ghastly.

I do think that Queen should have been 'no more' after Freddie died, but I don't agree that May, Deacon and Taylor were just 'accomplished session musicians.' Sure, Freddie was the ultimate front man, but he readily admitted that Queen were 4 equal members and the other three didn't just co-write songs with Freddie, they all wrote tracks alone. John Deacon actually isn't a part of the 'Queen' that tour now. When Freddie died, John said that was the end of Queen and, apart from the Tribute concert in '92 and completing the album Freddie had started work on, he no longer performs as a member of Queen.

Thank God John Deacon has some self respect then, at least ;)

The Rolling Stones are the obvious ones.

 

Paul McCartney's another.

 

The more I hear of her newer stuff, the more I feel Bjork belongs in this bracket, too.

 

Deborah Harry, too.... U2..... but the most obvious and toe-curling one is the remaining members of Queen who live under some heavy delusional cloud that they were, in some bizarre way, relevant to the magic that was Queen.... Queen was, is, and always will be Freddie Mercury..... May, Deacon and Taylor were nothing more than accomplished session musicians who've totally ruined the Queen legacy with their embarrassing karaoke version of the band they're hawking round the circuit at the moment.

 

OK, they may have co-written the songs, but there's never, ever been such a chasm between a band and its leader as there was with Queen and Mercury - to even try to recreate the original songs is just ghastly.

 

I'd agree with this tbh, but apart from a brief stint as a 14/15 year old, I've never really liked Queen, they always came across as cheesy, pompous, hoary old bollocks, totally over-rated as far as I'm concerned..... :lol: Freddie, a great performer sure, but the rest of them....? Like you say nothing more than good session musos....

 

Pink Floyd should really, really have called it quits after "The Wall"... U2 probably after "The Unforgettable Fire"... McCartney goes without saying... Ozzy Osbourne continues to embarrass himself when he really should've retired after "No More Tears"... Of course, his bloody wife wont let him..... <_< And I really do wish The Sex Pistols would stop hawking themselves around like a bunch of old whores unless they're actually gonna do a NEW album.....

The Rolling Stones are the obvious ones.

 

Paul McCartney's another.

 

The more I hear of her newer stuff, the more I feel Bjork belongs in this bracket, too.

 

Deborah Harry, too.... U2..... but the most obvious and toe-curling one is the remaining members of Queen who live under some heavy delusional cloud that they were, in some bizarre way, relevant to the magic that was Queen.... Queen was, is, and always will be Freddie Mercury..... May, Deacon and Taylor were nothing more than accomplished session musicians who've totally ruined the Queen legacy with their embarrassing karaoke version of the band they're hawking round the circuit at the moment.

 

OK, they may have co-written the songs, but there's never, ever been such a chasm between a band and its leader as there was with Queen and Mercury - to even try to recreate the original songs is just ghastly.

 

Rolling Stones went in to decline after 1972 & their last great album is Some Girls (1978).

 

Paul McCartney, well if you call his career a decline then you could say that about 90%+ of all veteran acts. Considering his last two studio albums were each nominated for the Grammy Album of the Year award, and Made Rolling Stones Critics top 20 albums of the year; whilst his last studio album was his best selling album worldwide since 1983 (in a period of rapidly declining record sales) suggests you could not have picked on a worse example (except maybe Bob Dylan).

 

But your comment on Queen is ridiculous. I totally agree with the critics "Panto Led Zeppelin" tag. (But then again Mika is far more popular than Rufus Wainwright is right now with the record buying public). Remove May, Deacon & Taylor and wave goodbye to the following Queen standards written by the other 3 members of Queen (before they shared songwriting credits for their The Miracle & lnnuendo albums):

 

May: We Will Rock You, Tie Your Mother Down, Flash, Fat Bottomed Girls, Now I'm Here, Who Wants To Live Forever, Hammer To Fall, 69, Too Much Love Will Kill You,etc

 

Taylor: A Kind Of Magic, Radio Ga Ga, Heaven For Everyone, I'm In Love With My Car, etc

 

Deacon: Another One Bites The Dust, I Want To Break Free, You're My Best Friend, etc

 

Plus Freddie Mercury's solo career is about as rewarding as Mick Jagger's solo career.

 

As for your last comment about reunion Queen's & Freddie Mercury's legacy..... laughable.

 

This is the same Freddie Mercury who when always asked in interviews "what is your favourite track from the album.." He would reply "The song that is the most popular and sells the most". Who was the most vociferous voice in favour of playing Sun City, when there was the embargo on playing in South Africa, who were happy to take shed loads of cash to play South American countries run by military dictatorships, etc.

 

In short Freddie Mercury was about as willing to sell records, as his legendary partying and sexual activity. So if he was alive today I think he would full approve about what Brian & Roger are doing, which has seen them now beat The Beatles on three occasions in the UK within the last couple of years to find Britain's greatest ever band. Whilst he would have surely been delighted that the guy he named on several occasions as his favourite singer (Paul Rodgers) is the now performing with his former bandmates.

 

If you want to point fingers at someone who has spoiled the legacy of a former great artist, then look no further than Yoko Ono, who is turning John Lennon from a John Lydon Uncle figure getting drunk in LA restaurants, famously headbutting Todd Rundgren (very John Lydon meets the Bloc Party lead singer :lol:), verbally abusing waitresses and publicly displaying a used tampon on his head to a sanitised Cliff Richard meets Bono type of figure, whilst showing a breathtaking nerve to rewriting John's solo history (wiping the masters of Walls & Bridges of May Pang's voice, commissioning a whole set of new videos post his death to feature more of Yoko erasing the old videos from public consumption, etc). Whilst you certainly wont need more than two hands to count the number of good songs he wrote post his 1971 Imagine album.

In short Freddie Mercury was about as willing to sell records, as his legendary partying and sexual activity. So if he was alive today I think he would full approve about what Brian & Roger are doing, which has seen them now beat The Beatles on three occasions in the UK within the last couple of years to find Britain's greatest ever band. Whilst he would have surely been delighted that the guy he named on several occasions as his favourite singer (Paul Rodgers) is the now performing with his former bandmates.

I have to agree with you there. Whilst I said that Queen should have finished when Freddie died and I still stand by that, I have to admit that, out of curiosity, I went to see them when they toured with Paul Rodgers in 2005. He was on stage for only about a third of the show, but he was pretty impressive, and yes, I think Freddie would have enjoyed it ;)