Old Shame/Playing With

Basic Trope: An artists disavows some of their earlier work.

• Straight: Bob and The Tropers are a generation-spanning band. They hate their first album with a passion.
• Exaggerated: Bob and The Tropers hate anything they haven't put out in the past year.
• Downplayed: Bob and The Tropers don't like their old stuff, but they can tolerate it.
• Justified: I Was Young and Needed the Money; that, or their musical tastes have changed over time.
• Inverted: Bob and The Tropers love their back catalog and hate their current work with a passion.
• Subverted: "What's that? You want to hear 'Our First Hit'? ...Sure, okay."
• Double Subverted: "...is what I'd be saying if that song weren't a piece of crap!"
• Parodied: As soon as Bob and The Tropers complete an album, a guest appearance, a tour, or even a song, they immediately disavow it as crap.
• Zig Zagged: "...But it's popular and the crowd seems to like it, so I can tolerate it!"
• Averted: They like all their stuff.
• Enforced: ???
• Lampshaded: ???
• Invoked: Bob and The Tropers are attempting to get their record label not to release a Greatest Hits Album, so they diss their old stuff.
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: ???
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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