Greatest Hits

Friday January 02, 2004 @ 05:59 PM (UTC)

I don’t really get “Greatest Hits” albums from musicians that are still giving a whirl to fortune’s wheel. From the Beatles, yes; from Elvis, who I would be very surprised to see rise up to lichlike rock star glory; certainly. But from, gee, I dunno, Peter Gabriel, it sounds like an admission of defeat. “I shall never make another song so good,” it mourns. If, instead, you put your collections in jars dated for freshness, it says, “or We|text|I never going to go away.” Either that, or it’s acknowledging that you’ll put out another one every ten years. Cocky or honest, it’s better than defeatist!

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I do not wish to spend the money to have all the Peter Gabriel albums which contain songs on them that I wish to acquire. There are many songs on those albums which I don’t care to listen to. Hence, I purchased Peter Gabriel “Shaking the Tree.”

Capisc?

Ah, but is it titled (or subtitled) ‘Greatest Hits’?

“Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats.”

That is one corny-ass album title.

Plus you could subtitle any “Greatest Hits” as “Greatest HIts SO FAR!” Better?

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