They Might Be Greedy (just kidding)
Jerry R. Blevins
It occurs to me, while I listen to "Then," that TMBG has been extremely
clever in making its fans pay for the same songs over and over again.
Admit it. You've bought all the albums, EPs, and compilations, haven't
you? And, if these songs are ever repackaged again, you'll cough up the
dough one more friggin' time, won't you?
Being a TMBG completist is a sickness, I think. The lure is always the
same: "bonus tracks." As long as there's the promise of something new
tacked onto the end, fans are willing to pay the price.
Twenty years from now, when we're all older and fatter, some new format
will have replaced the compact disc, all of TMBG's material will be
reissued once again (with, of course, bonus tracks), and we'll all end up
buying "Lincoln" for the umpteenth time.
It's sad but vaguely reassuring.
By the way, I bought "Then" as soon as I could and am enjoying it right
this minute.
--Joe--
--
"I'm currently obsessed with the arrest of Carlos the Jackal -- he's much
more interesting than O.J. Simpson. Especially since Carlos was in the
hospital allegedly receiving liposuction at the time of his arrest.
That's my kind of terrorist." - JOHN WATERS
Stefanie Elliott
In article <5hn931$1uk$1...@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>,
jrbl...@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Jerry R. Blevins) wrote:
> Being a TMBG completist is a sickness, I think. The lure is always the
> same: "bonus tracks." As long as there's the promise of something new
> tacked onto the end, fans are willing to pay the price.
>
Well, yeah, and the fact that it was all remastered helped me a bit. I
was planning on buying Msic. T and Truth or Sandwiches (I have them on
tape right now) so Then was a bargain for me, but even had I them on cd, I
would have bought Then anway. I also have Star Wars on video and have
seen all three movies a bazillion times, but I still paid five bucks to go
see it the night it came out. Why? Because it was re-done, there was new
stuff I hadn't seen before, and its my favourite movie. Same as why I
bought Then: It was re-done, there was new stuff I hadn't heard before,
and its my favourite band. Though I tend to pay quite a bit for the
novelty factor too...
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Stefanie Elliott
"It's samba time for Tambo and weep day
for Urine Man"
smel...@indiana.edu -They Might Be Giants, "Weep Day"
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