sean Patrick Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 p.s. columbia should of pulled an "radiohead/in rainbows" and given all of this stuff away fro any price. so if people wanted a compendium of shit they already had they could put their price on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Whatever. Go walk around in tight pants, hipster. Actually defending Pitchfork is the ultimate hipster irony technique. It's like a fractal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imsjry Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Pitchfork sucks and I have no idea why you guys talk about them so much here. In fact, this is the only place I notice that ever mentions Pitchfork. How cool of them to trash a Dylan greatest hits package. Edgy! Sticking it to the big, Columbia music machine. Yeah! This is the same website that picked "And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead" as a best of the year selection! Look, we all know this release is a "cash grab" for Columbia. Do you guys realize they are in the music business? Yeah I know, shocking. If it gets young people to discover the magic of Dylan, how can that be a bad thing? If it collects many Dylan classics in one place with better sound so my Mom will love it for Xmas, how can that be a bad thing? Pitchfork is awful. Just read the Pj Harvey review on there if you want another example.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 dylan is the columbia cash cow and they milk it rightly.Still making up for the billions Sony spent buying Columbia.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Of course this is a cash grab. Thing is, though, there are actually people out there--a lot of people--who don't own any Dylan and this new package might be just their thing. If so, good for them. If you're like me and already have this stuff, well, we don't have to bother. What's the big deal? Are we seriously supposed to be pissed about how there's another CD out there that we must somehow find the time and energy to ignore? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 The fact is that all recording artists under go reissues, greatest hits packages, etc. FOREVER. That's why the Doors, The Beatles, CCR and every other musician that labels can make money off of reissue stuff. Stop at any truck stop and you will see CDs of greatest hits packages for any number of singers both dead and alive. Why get upset about this. Just wait until Wilco's greatest hits are packaged and then repackaged by by Reprise and then Nonesuch, etc. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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