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Originally Posted by MistreatedLewis
Not IMO. I would have rather had the band call it quits than put out more albums like SU.
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Get some perspective. Without SU, there would have been no BW. And without that, the next album would not have happened. Etc.
There are no peaks without valleys. If they had called it quites before SU was done, and dave had gone back to just solo stuff, I think we would have missed out on a nice second coming that is taking shape for this band.
The past is past. Some folks have to let go of the 90s and realize that we don't live there anymore. And if it pains them so much, then rather than the band break up or call it quites, perhaps it is those fans who should call it quits. I think the band will keep on keeping on just fine if those fans stay or leave.
Some people want to put 1998 in a box and keep it forever. It's 11 years later folks. And if they had stopped evolving (in whatever direction) at that point, they would become an eventual parody of themselves and turn into a nostalgia act that did nothing but retread their first 3 albums and trot out like the Who or The Stones and just feed some red meat to the same audiences and charge higher ticket prices for doing it.
Nope. I'd rather see a little risk, a little change and a little variety. It may not all be perfection, but trying is better than sitting still and doing the same tricks over and over again.