Good point big guy. I guess what I should have said was that the long-term view of the artists in question (rather than the art) will be tarnished by their years of consistent wretchedness. The thought of Stevie Wonder, for example, already provokes serious cringing (and justifiably so) despite the genius of Songs In the Key of Life et al. 'Cause it's been twenty four years of crap. Not every example is pronounced but you get my drift.