So Long Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 HAHA, 1.6 man... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I like this: Songs from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967) that appear on DYLAN: 9 out of 10Songs from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971) that appear on DYLAN: 11 out of 21Songs from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (1994) that appear on DYLAN: 13 out of 14Songs from The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) that appear on DYLAN: 27 out of 30Songs from The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) that appear on DYLAN: 15 out of 16Previously unreleased recordings that appear on DYLAN, unless you get it from iTunes: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I like that review. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 yet another Dylan "best of", that doesn't include, "Ballad of a Thin Man". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I am often amazed at the continued release of greatest hits, best-of, anthologies, etc. by the same artist. I wonder how many Who and Doors such releases there are now. I saw a Who best-of the other day that had a sticker on it proclaiming "As heard on CSI" - pathetic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 This Dylan one has a sticker that says "As Seen On Dharma & Greg" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Ha ha There is also a cd release of tracks he plays on his radio show coming out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rac1234 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 HAHA, 1.6 man... actually.... 1.3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannygutters Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 oooh we're trashing DYLAN, we're so edgy. Hey we gave the dan deacon album an 8.7 even though we know in our heart of hearts it is uninspired hipster bullshit. We realize 'indy' has disolved into self deprecative whining, cheap panache and all the style over substance of the worst of 80s "music", Please help keep up the madness by not noticing.-PFork Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 oooh we're trashing DYLAN, we're so edgy. Hey we gave the dan deacon album an 8.7 even though we know in our heart of hearts it is uninspired hipster bullshit. We realize 'indy' has disolved into self deprecative whining, cheap panache and all the style over substance of the worst of 80s "music", Please help keep up the madness by not noticing.-PFork I think you're missing the point. They're trashing the Dylan set not because of any too cool for school hipster attitude, but because this release simply does not need to exist. It's a cash grab. It's just a repackaging of several different things that people have already paid for. Why should Pitchfork, or anyone for that matter, embrace that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 It's just a repackaging of several different things that people have already paid for. Why should Pitchfork, or anyone for that matter, embrace that? I find the critique to be a tad over the top. I mean, yes, its a repackaging of stuff you can get elsewhere, but you'd have to buy 10 cds to do it. This is a 3CD package of his entire career. It includes tracks from the last 3 studio albums, as well as Things Have Changed (which Biograph doesn't do). This is for *very* casual fans that want a career retrospective that includes his recent output. That all being said, of course its a cash grab. And I would've given it the same rating Pfork did. Seems like a retrospective with little to no creativity involved. I certainly wouldn't embrace it, but I have to think there is a market for crap like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I could understand if the Greatest Hits Albums built on one another and didn't have track repeats or if there is overlap/track repeats than let them be alternate takes of the songs, otherwise it is just another way to try to make money while doing very little work. hair bands are the masters of it. looks like dylan's troops are too. it seems like there's a dylan greatest hits or bootleg series that comes out everyother year with the same material packaged differently. maybe we're supposed to be reviewing and going for the packaging. don't get me wrong, i love bob, everything bob seems a bit tired these days. maybe i'm tired instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I could understand if the Greatest Hits Albums built on one another and didn't have track repeats or if there is overlap/track repeats than let them be alternate takes of the songs, otherwise it is just another way to try to make money while doing very little work. hair bands are the masters of it. looks like dylan's troops are too. it seems like there's a dylan greatest hits or bootleg series that comes out everyother year with the same material packaged differently. maybe we're supposed to be reviewing and going for the packaging. don't get me wrong, i love bob, everything bob seems a bit tired these days. maybe i'm tired instead. Whoa whoa isadorah! - the Bootleg Series is almost always tasty stuff, and it's mostly never-before-released material. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 and the other bootleg series stuff is awesome imo. i just don't like the greatest hits stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannygutters Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 dylan is the columbia cash cow and they milk it rightly. They have this stuff for the casual dad fan and the bootleg series for the deeper cuts. The review doesn't get any points for pointing out this obviousness. What did bruce mccullah say in that kids in the hall sketch? "Greatest Hits are for housewives and little girls!" the comment about dylan's carrear arc in the review was definatly a hipster cred statement. Too many pitchfork reviews seem to try to hard to point out that the reviewer is smarter than anyone who would have the nerve to enjoy said record. that being said, I agree it doesn't need to exist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Whoa whoa isadorah! - the Bootleg Series is almost always tasty stuff, and it's mostly never-before-released material. ok, i'll recant that par. although the latest bootleg series, no direction home didn't seem to add as much as the previous ones (for me anyway). i stick to what i said about the greatest hits stuff. although, you did say, almost always and mostly never-before released which kinda goes with my point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 ok, i'll recant that par. although the latest bootleg series, no direction home didn't seem to add as much as the previous ones (for me anyway). i stick to what i said about the greatest hits stuff. although, you did say, almost always and mostly never-before released which kinda goes with my point. But No Direction Home was the best Dylan relea ...sigh. I'm tired. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 oooh we're trashing DYLAN, we're so edgy. Hey we gave the dan deacon album an 8.7 even though we know in our heart of hearts it is uninspired hipster bullshit. We realize 'indy' has disolved into self deprecative whining, cheap panache and all the style over substance of the worst of 80s "music", Please help keep up the madness by not noticing.-PFork coming from the guy with Danielson dressed as a big tree in his little icon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 the cover art looks like the Beatles' "1". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 But No Direction Home was the best Dylan relea ...sigh. I'm tired. really, oh i think it is live 1966. guess we have different taste. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo Jones Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 If you want to criticize Pitchfork for being elitist hipsters, this is not the example to use. This collection is a pathetic cash grab. If Columbia wants to release it, people have every right to criticize it for being inessential. If a different outlet had printed the same review, I am willing to bet you wouldn't be accusing them of being hipsters who think they are smarter than the rest of us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannygutters Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 If you want to criticize Pitchfork for being elitist hipsters, this is not the example to use. This collection is a pathetic cash grab. If Columbia wants to release it, people have every right to criticize it for being inessential. If a different outlet had printed the same review, I am willing to bet you wouldn't be accusing them of being hipsters who think they are smarter than the rest of us. another outlet wouldn't have written it in such a flippiant way and if they did they would get the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I think you're seeing what you want to see based on a bias against Pitchfork. I thought that review was pretty spot-on. And I'm like old and don't understand most of the stuff on Pitchfork. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I think you're seeing what you want to see based on a bias against Pitchfork. I thought that review was pretty spot-on. And I'm like old and don't understand most of the stuff on Pitchfork. Whatever. Go walk around in tight pants, hipster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sean Patrick Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 dannygutterswe refer to these wankers of pitchfork as "muso's"they are the record stoke clerks that didnt get laid until their first sigur ros show by the woman that looked like ronnie corbet.dont worry about them, most of the time they are blowing smoke up our arses, this time they did a good job.the bjork box set from this year was another pitchfork goodie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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