I could have put this in general discussion and made it about famous people in general but in the world of music, where genres wax and wane and one-hit wonders are made and broken in mere weeks, it seems more appropriate.
So, in short, someone nominates an individual or group who have fallen off the celebrity radar, and we all take turns guessing where they are and what they're doing now. If you happen to know what they are actually doing, feel free to post it, but somehow I think it'll be funnier if we just guess.
I'll start us off:
Ricky Martin
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Rik Emmit.
Walked away from stardom with Triumph to spend time with his family. He's released about 5 or 6 very uneven solo albums.
Walked away from stardom with Triumph to spend time with his family. He's released about 5 or 6 very uneven solo albums.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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hey, let's not forget the Spanish language album Ricky put out a year and half ago (I think.) In my opinion, his Spanish language songs are MUCH better than the N.American pop tunes he became famous for...
Check out Shakira's Spanish language album 'Oral Fixation' (translated from the Spanish), out recently. She does have an English album comiing out in November though. All different songs, too, apparently...
Check out Shakira's Spanish language album 'Oral Fixation' (translated from the Spanish), out recently. She does have an English album comiing out in November though. All different songs, too, apparently...
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I saw Hootie in concert last year. Quite good, surprisingly.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Yep. Liked him on that show (saw 2 or 3 eps). Was waiting for him to go off like he did on MTV's countdown of the 10 worst videos ever. That was hilarious.
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Yeah, I saw him on MTV in a show called Remaking Vanilla Ice or was it Vanilla Ice-the Re-Imageing! And that was two days ago...sgtnull wrote:i believe Vanilla Ice was on some reality show. maybe Surreal Life?
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Vanilla Ice was also on British reality show The Farm. I also recall that he was world jetski champion for a time in the late 90s.
Kate Bush hasn't made a public appearance since 2001, but is releasing a double-album, entitled Aerial, in November.
Kate Bush hasn't made a public appearance since 2001, but is releasing a double-album, entitled Aerial, in November.
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That's great to know, Nav. I haven't kept up with any news about Kate Bush for years now. Cripes, it's been 12 years since her last studio album, The Red Shoes - unless I missed something in between then and now.Nav wrote:Kate Bush hasn't made a public appearance since 2001, but is releasing a double-album, entitled Aerial, in November.
Here's one for Canadian pop music fans: Gowan. His Strange Animal album was a favorite of mine from the '80s...then he switched to his full name, Larry Gowan, dropped his spiky '80s hairdo, and went acoustic. Unfortunately, that's when his music became forgettable and I stopped listening. He was a more interesting artist with the big hair and the single name.
I'm assuming he's at least still alive, but what he's up to these days I haven't a clue.
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I was wondering about that....last I had heard, it was supposed to be released this month and then had heard nothing else. Great news!Nav wrote:Kate Bush hasn't made a public appearance since 2001, but is releasing a double-album, entitled Aerial, in November.
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I remember first seeing Kate Bush about 20 yrs ago on a late night show that used to be on, it was called "Night Flight". She rocked my world! 
anyone else remember "Night Flight"?
mentions Kate Bush
anyone else remember "Night Flight"?
mentions Kate Bush