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Got it OGG!

7 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Yes I'm a dirty quibbler. They never, ever get it right. Which is why comps don't work for me.

Understood, but in your case, that would mean including every single track on any given album which, by definition would  not be a comp! It would be like a box set of ooriginal albums or somethin'. Quotations before the period. I've completely lost track of the plot. How was that comma? U.S. Ausie or Brit style or universal. 😆

I'm getting a curious image of the OGG teaching a H.S. English class except as my Mom used to bitch at me and my brother in the 70's, they just don't teach grammar in American schools any more. What has happened to this country! Recon that ship sailed long ago. 

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14 hours ago, markm said:

Got it OGG!

Understood, but in your case, that would mean including every single track on any given album which, by definition would not be a comp! It would be like a box set of ooriginal albums or somethin'.

No, that's not true my friend. I would be cool with comps at least on principle, if they included all of a band's best songs (by my reckoning) and excluded all the ones I don't like. But for some reason they never consult with me when choosing the tracks for these comps no matter how much I bitch & moan & whinge & whine.

For instance with that Ramones comp you bought, where the fuck is Loudmouth? I need that tune! Their iconic first album has some of their best songs. What did we actually get? Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, 53rd & 3rd, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue. What important tunes are we missing? Loudmouth, Havana Affair, I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement, I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You, Chainsaw, Today Your Love Tomorrow the World. I would gladly sacrifice Blitzkrieg, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and 53rd & 3rd to get Loudmouth, Basement and Today Your Love. At a bare minimum, I'd really need to have Havana & I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You as well. And believe me, I understand why they have to put Blitzkrieg on, I even like the song. But personally I've grown a bit tired of that one over the last 45 years and I wouldn't be willing to give up any of those others I mentioned to keep it.

What about the underrated Road to Ruin album? They did include Something to Do which is a no-brainer, that's far and away my favorite Ramones song. But then we get: I Wanna Be Fellated, one of their "hits" which I would have left off. As well as: Don't Come Close, She's the One and Needles and Pins, not bad songs, but I would have happily left them off in favor of: I Don't Want You, Go Mental, Bad Brain and It's a Long Way Back to Germany. So they really fucked that one up. Not sure I've ever seen a Best Of comp for any band you could name that got the track selection right as far as I was concerned. 

 

 

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Returned home last night after a week away and I'm having a lazy Saturday just hanging around, drinking coffee and listening to music. Dropped some crust earlier, Agnosy and what not, now I'm checking out some new shit:

 

Desecresy - Unveil in the Abyss, Finnish death, oh yeah this is fucking awesome.

 

 

Sentient Horror - Rites of Gore, death metal from Stockholm, New Jersey. Competent, sounds good, but unexciting.

 

 

Undeath - It's Time...to Rise From the Grave, more local east coast death metal out of Rochester NY. A bit better maybe. Could even be a purchase but I'm not quite sure yet, I'm only on the second track. 

 

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21 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

No, that's not true my friend. I would be cool with comps at least on principle, if they included all of a band's best songs (by my reckoning) and excluded all the ones I don't like. But for some reason they never consult with me when choosing the tracks for these comps no matter how much I bitch & moan & whinge & whine.

For instance with that Ramones comp you bought, where the fuck is Loudmouth? I need that tune! Their iconic first album has some of their best songs. What did we actually get? Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, 53rd & 3rd, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue. What important tunes are we missing? Loudmouth, Havana Affair, I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement, I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You, Chainsaw, Today Your Love Tomorrow the World. I would gladly sacrifice Blitzkrieg, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and 53rd & 3rd to get Loudmouth, Basement and Today Your Love. At a bare minimum, I'd really need to have Havana & I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You as well. And believe me, I understand why they have to put Blitzkrieg on, I even like the song. But personally I've grown a bit tired of that one over the last 45 years and I wouldn't be willing to give up any of those others I mentioned to keep it.

What about the underrated Road to Ruin album? They did include Something to Do which is a no-brainer, that's far and away my favorite Ramones song. But then we get: I Wanna Be Fellated, one of their "hits" which I would have left off. As well as: Don't Come Close, She's the One and Needles and Pins, not bad songs, but I would have happily left them off in favor of: I Don't Want You, Go Mental, Bad Brain and It's a Long Way Back to Germany. So they really fucked that one up. Not sure I've ever seen a Best Of comp for any band you could name that got the track selection right as far as I was concerned. 

 

 

 I owned Road to Ruin when I was in H.S. It's got some weak points IMO like don't come close , but it has some great songs. Something to Do is my favorite as well. No doubt they converted a lot of metal fans with that one. 

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1 hour ago, markm said:

 I owned Road to Ruin when I was in H.S. It's got some weak points IMO like Don't Come Close , but it has some great songs. Something to Do is my favorite as well. No doubt they converted a lot of metal fans with that one. 

See what I mean?  Even you, Joe Comp Buyer, cite Don't Come Close as one of the weak points on that album. And yet that was one of only 5 songs out of the 12 total on that album that got the honor of being selected for the comp, while several other more deserving tunes were left off. I understand they're going for a mix of harder faster Johnny tunes and more mellow Joey tunes, but there are much better Joey tunes than Don't Come Close. 

 

 

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