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Originally Posted by lorenzoduke
My Way without a doubt did more damage to Sinatra's career than good. People think they know him because of that one song. The majority of people would never give his great albums [...] even a chance because they think they know him through that one signature song
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That's the case with many artists. Ask someone what they know about Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Elton John, whoever... If the person you talk to isn't a die-hard music fan, he/she will probably rather associate these artists with songs like
Born In The U.S.A.,
She Loves You,
Can You Feel The Love Tonight than with
Incident On 57th Street,
A Day In The Life or
Madman Across The Water. Often an artist's other work is more interesting than the biggest hits but it's the biggest hits that keep the artist in the public eye.
How many people would buy Meat Loaf's albums today if
Bat Out Of Hell and his comeback album in 1993 hadn't been such a huge success? What would these albums sound like? Would he still release albums at all? He clearly benefits from his hits but they also make some people think that he has only released one or two hit albums some years ago and hasn't accomplished anything else in the meantime - or make them complain about that his other albums don't sound like
Bat Out Of Hell or
Bat Out Of Hell II.