Name your lame duck artist........

Madonna +1
Poison and Motely Crew (same band)
Dido
Oasis

I really like Mettalica though, I think a bunch of their albums absolutely rock, with great musicianship and excellent writing.

OK, did someone say Beynoce? Wow, that's just wrong for 3 reasons:

1) She may not have the greatest voice, but she's an excellent entertainer.

2) She's so freakin' HOT (and she has more class than just about all the other pretenders we have mentioned combined).

3) She's from Houston.

Bongo-Furious,

That is too funny dude, this is no BS, I read your post, and on my way home stopped at Goode Co BBQ, picked up dinner for the family, and some pecan pie.

The wife will have no idea what's really causing my smile. Also, Beyonce's asset is not bountiful, it's beautiful!!

Oh yeah, I think Emerson, Lake and Palmer really sucked, back to the original question of Lame Duck artists. They especially sucked because they were all world class musicians who took themselves too seriously. They were no fun at all.

J Buffet has always been lame, and I have never understood the attraction. But back to an earlier post regarding Norah Jones-Diana Krall-et all(very similar). Yes their music is boring, I agree, but the first Norah Jones album was something different to me, especially with the crap that's been on the radio the last 15 or so years. I still enjoy her first album, and it made me pick up Diana Krall (really like The Girl in the Other Room, her other albums are elevator music), Madeliene Peyroux (love Careless Love), Jane Monheit (not a fan at all), Melody Gardot (nice, like her) Teirney Sutton (one great album, Dancing in the Dark, what a voice, the rest has been forgetable) and that led me to other places:

Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, and on and on. Man, my parents and grandparents had some great singers. I would have never found these recordings without their lesser modern day equivilants.

So yes, many of these contemporary light jazz singers are pretty limited, and just re-hasing material previously released by the masters, but in many instances it can lead you to the well of great material.

I really didn't know much about Ella or Billie Holliday before Norah Jones or Diana Krall, and now they are constant and well loved companions.

On Cassandra Wilson she reminds me of Tierney Sutton for one reason, the both have sublime voices, and really aweful choice in music.

I am very impressed with what Shelby Lynne did with her brazen rip off of Dusty Springfield with "Just a Little Lovin'" not makeing it better, or a complete copy, but rather an homage.

I actually like the Shelby Lynne album better than Dusty in Memphis.

I would love to hear a Cassandra Wilson or Tierney Sutton album of _____________ sing the Cole Porter Song Book.

Or maybe I'll just let Ella sing it again, and again, and again,

The Who was long my favorite rock band, and sadly they did suck at the Super Bowl. Nothing like the force of nature they were on their first "farwell" tour when I was a freshman in high school, in 1982, the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago. The only better concert I saw in Chicago was at some dive off of Maxwell Street my brother took me to see Koko Taylor and Johnny Lee Hooker, that was awesome.

I saw Sheryl Crow live in Austin a few years ago, my wife loves her and dragged me to the show, and you know what I have to admit........she sucked. My wife even said she sucked. Sorry, I had to throw that in.