Which one baffles the most? A) Whatever it was that Sting tried to do after the demise of The Police B) David Byrne's World music C) Mick Jones of the Clash does pasty, white English rap D) Cat Stevens is now Yusuf Islam E) Why Eric Clapton stopped rocking out for most of the last 30 yrs.
I would say Eddie Van Halen kicking out Michael Anthony as bassist and replacing him with his 16 year old son for no apparent reason qualifies for your list.
Elvis Costello doing Burt Bacarach songs. Everything McCartney's done since The Beatles. Paul Weller breaking up The Jam and doing bad Muzak-style "jazz" in Style Council.
Rei Momo is right here in my desk ready to play, so I guess you could say I like it too. Strange move #1:
i don't consider that strange though. I mean, were you surprised? he's made easy listening music for decades ...
I'd say Neil Young - turning into Transformer Man The Chris Gaines thing for sure Willie Nelson putting out a Reggae Cd - we know the guy likes his weed, but what the hell is Countryman - bad shit. Vanilla Ice - from rapper to Hardcore - Oh wait - he suck doing both of them BTW - I like the David Byrne stuff - His work in Brazil was awesome.
Two And you can add Rod Stewart leaving one of the greatest rock bands ever to do...uh, whatever it is he does now.
Does simply going into music in the first place constitute a strange career move? [youtube]O2oZGlrHXqM[/youtube]
do I count as three if I feel the Police are as annoying as Sting's solo years? or is that something else entirely?
Kiss's horror movie. Their career was pretty horrid to begin with. But this was like a cherry on top of the turd.