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noise · 03-04-2010, 11:23 PM

as others have argued, if you want to hear the band's singles, then go download their greatest hits album. this thread is to help people learn about a band through the ears of a true fan, rather than through the pocket of a record company.

mrguy · 03-05-2010, 12:20 AM

How many of the bands covered here actually have greatest hits albums?

Bulldog · 03-05-2010, 12:49 AM

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How many of the bands covered here actually have greatest hits albums?

Kind of irrelevant considering the existence of stuff like youtube, dailymotion, grooveshark, spotify or anywhere else you can hear all their hits for free with minimum fuss anyway.

mrguy · 03-05-2010, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

Kind of irrelevant considering the existence of stuff like youtube, dailymotion, grooveshark, spotify or anywhere else you can hear all their hits for free with minimum fuss anyway.

A lot of these bands don't have "hits".
e.g. Porcupine Tree - can any of their songs be defined as hits?

And if you are new to a band how do you find a bands "hits"?

Edit... I suppose you can search by most popular....

Bulldog · 03-05-2010, 01:00 AM

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Edit... I suppose you can search by most popular....

Exactly!

Take artists like Tom Waits or Frank Zappa for example. A lot of their less popular songs aren't on youtube, and chances are short of getting hold of their entire discography piece by piece, this thread's the best way to hear their more obscure stuff - stuff that the fans think is just as, if not more noteworthy than their more well-known work.

I can see what angle you're coming from, but youtube's one of the sites I use to get an idea of what an artist's like. These mixes come in handy if I feel like hearing more. Certainly nothing remotely pretentious about making them.

mrguy · 03-05-2010, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

Exactly!

Take artists like Tom Waits or Frank Zappa for example. A lot of their less popular songs aren't on youtube, and chances are short of getting hold of their entire discography piece by piece, this thread's the best way to hear their more obscure stuff - stuff that the fans think is just as, if not more noteworthy than their more well-known work.

I can see what angle you're coming from, but youtube's one of the sites I use to get an idea of what an artist's like. These mixes come in handy if I feel like hearing more. Certainly nothing remotely pretentious about making them.

I didn't agree with the pretentious comment.

I do still feel there needs to be a certain element of "hits" in there though....

Violent & Funky · 03-05-2010, 01:23 AM

Did anybody ever make a Dinosaur Jr. comp?

mrguy · 03-05-2010, 12:54 PM

Yes, I agree with petula here.

But I think we have agreed to disagree, so I'll stop talking now.

Violent & Funky · 03-06-2010, 12:41 AM

I would love to put a Dino Jr. comp together if somebody could show me how these file upload services work...

Petula07 · 03-06-2010, 02:37 AM

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I would love to put a Dino Jr. comp together if somebody could show me how these file upload services work...

Upload it to Megaupload, please

In my opinion it's better than Rapidshare.

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