http://www.needcoffee.com/2010/02/08/difficult-second-podcast/ The Official Website of the Sleep Deprivation Institute Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.needcoffee.com/2010/02/08/difficult-second-podcast/comment-page-1/#comment-259862 Aaron Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:44:43 +0000 http://www.needcoffee.com/?p=15086#comment-259862 Why isn't there a hashtag for this on twitter? #namethatcast seems to be begging to trend Why isn't there a hashtag for this on twitter? #namethatcast seems to be begging to trend

]]> http://www.needcoffee.com/2010/02/08/difficult-second-podcast/comment-page-1/#comment-259808 Kevin Olson Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:13:15 +0000 http://www.needcoffee.com/?p=15086#comment-259808 The history of the "Sophmore Slump" is well documented on your podcast. Excellent job!! The hardest thing, in my opinion, about the follow up to a smash debut is that the artist(s) are often on the horns of a dilemma. If the first album sounds too much like the first album, the artist(s) may be critcized for showing no growth. On the other hand, if the second album sounds too different, they may be criticized for sounding too different. So most of the time, I wait for the third album before making a judgement on the artist(s). In most cases, that does set the pathway followed by a lot of the bands and singers , for good or bad. The history of the "Sophmore Slump" is well documented on your podcast. Excellent job!!
The hardest thing, in my opinion, about the follow up to a smash debut is that the artist(s) are often on the horns of a dilemma.
If the first album sounds too much like the first album, the artist(s) may be critcized for showing no growth. On the other hand, if the second album sounds too different, they may be criticized for sounding too different.
So most of the time, I wait for the third album before making a judgement on the artist(s). In most cases, that does set the pathway followed by a lot of the bands and singers , for good or bad.

]]> http://www.needcoffee.com/2010/02/08/difficult-second-podcast/comment-page-1/#comment-259793 Widge Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:48:09 +0000 http://www.needcoffee.com/?p=15086#comment-259793 Dan: Thanks for the comment. That is an interesting topic--what bands started off as crap and blossomed into something wonderful? Dan: Thanks for the comment. That is an interesting topic--what bands started off as crap and blossomed into something wonderful?

]]> http://www.needcoffee.com/2010/02/08/difficult-second-podcast/comment-page-1/#comment-259787 Dan Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:55:21 +0000 http://www.needcoffee.com/?p=15086#comment-259787 Excellent podcast! What about difficult first albums? I mean Queens of the Stone Age's Rated R was mostly pretty bad but their second album Songs for the Deaf was amazing. Radiohead's Pablo Honey was pretty boring, but the second album The Bends is massive. Ash with Trailerpark and 1977, Soulwax with Leave the Story Untold and Much Against Everyone's Advice. All those bands are like someone gave them a steroid shot and they became Captain America for the second album :P Excellent podcast! What about difficult first albums? I mean Queens of the Stone Age's Rated R was mostly pretty bad but their second album Songs for the Deaf was amazing. Radiohead's Pablo Honey was pretty boring, but the second album The Bends is massive. Ash with Trailerpark and 1977, Soulwax with Leave the Story Untold and Much Against Everyone's Advice. All those bands are like someone gave them a steroid shot and they became Captain America for the second album :P

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