Comments on: Tough Love http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/ By the Bowie fans, for the Bowie fans. Fri, 16 May 2008 06:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: station2station http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-232 station2station Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:44:24 +0000 http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-232 As a Bowie fan for over 30 years I am truly disgusted with the onslaught of collections, greats hits, etc., that Bowie has been putting out since the RYKO releases. Enough already. Expanded box sets aren't cutting it either. It's almost like Frank Sinatra's family is running his catalogue. Enough already. I'm not even looking forward anymore anniversary issues after the recent Young Americans release. How many time can you buy the same album? I lived during the lp, 8 track, and cassette years. Now you can get some of these titles on CD's on 3 or 4 different labels. As a Bowie fan for over 30 years I am truly disgusted with the onslaught of collections, greats hits, etc., that Bowie has been putting out since the RYKO releases. Enough already. Expanded box sets aren’t cutting it either. It’s almost like Frank Sinatra’s family is running his catalogue. Enough already. I’m not even looking forward anymore anniversary issues after the recent Young Americans release. How many time can you buy the same album? I lived during the lp, 8 track, and cassette years. Now you can get some of these titles on CD’s on 3 or 4 different labels.

]]> By: Webmistress http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-202 Webmistress Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:52:39 +0000 http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-202 The Webmaster and I love the old Bowie stuff as well, but the latest box set includes stuff that was already released in a box set! We own the previous box set that includes Outside, Earthling, and Hours, not to mention all the new re-issues of the old albums, (and all of Bowie's original old stuff...just to make sure I make this sentence a complete run-on) but releasing box sets just for the sake of producing something new to own is just silly. A box set of previously unreleased material like Saudade mentioned would be cool, but that's not what this is. Heck, I'm not even sure if he's got any unreleased material that we fans haven't gotten out hot little hands on. Unless you count the hours of unreleased recording from the Outside sessions. Anyway. Nice spoof, Howie. Made me giggle and quit being pissed off at Bowie. I hate being pissed at Bowie. He needs to make it up to me and the Webmaster by releasing the aforementioned Outside recording sessions. The ones we don't already have. The Webmaster and I love the old Bowie stuff as well, but the latest box set includes stuff that was already released in a box set! We own the previous box set that includes Outside, Earthling, and Hours, not to mention all the new re-issues of the old albums, (and all of Bowie’s original old stuff…just to make sure I make this sentence a complete run-on) but releasing box sets just for the sake of producing something new to own is just silly. A box set of previously unreleased material like Saudade mentioned would be cool, but that’s not what this is. Heck, I’m not even sure if he’s got any unreleased material that we fans haven’t gotten out hot little hands on. Unless you count the hours of unreleased recording from the Outside sessions.

Anyway.

Nice spoof, Howie. Made me giggle and quit being pissed off at Bowie. I hate being pissed at Bowie. He needs to make it up to me and the Webmaster by releasing the aforementioned Outside recording sessions. The ones we don’t already have.

]]> By: saudade http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-201 saudade Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:35:33 +0000 http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-201 Box sets of already released material at this point in a career are LAME, and may I also add, LAZY. I also hate box sets with one unreleased song or outtake as a hook. That's so cheap. All that makes me want to do is download it. When you're a legend AND have more money than god, either retire and do one-offs or make something new and edgy and possibly brilliant to add to your legacy. If you're a legend and have no money, well then I can forgive box sets such as these. And I can really respect the less moneyed legends like David J of Bauhaus because of his tentative plans for a box set of all UNRELEASED material. So anyway, good on you guys to post the requisite blurb about the box set, but then leave out any sycophantic sighing like so many other fans of legendary musicians, and really just cut to the chase. This is why I frequent this site! Kudos. Box sets of already released material at this point in a career are LAME, and may I also add, LAZY. I also hate box sets with one unreleased song or outtake as a hook. That’s so cheap. All that makes me want to do is download it. When you’re a legend AND have more money than god, either retire and do one-offs or make something new and edgy and possibly brilliant to add to your legacy.

If you’re a legend and have no money, well then I can forgive box sets such as these. And I can really respect the less moneyed legends like David J of Bauhaus because of his tentative plans for a box set of all UNRELEASED material.

So anyway, good on you guys to post the requisite blurb about the box set, but then leave out any sycophantic sighing like so many other fans of legendary musicians, and really just cut to the chase. This is why I frequent this site! Kudos.

]]> By: howiecopywriter http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-200 howiecopywriter Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:02:47 +0000 http://www.crackedactor.com/2007/10/31/tough-love/#comment-200 I love the old Bowie stuff. I guess I'm a rebel, rebel. Here is my spoof of it http://www.realcrash.com/new-york-city-glamrock-bowie/.. Love that glam rock. I love the old Bowie stuff. I guess I’m a rebel, rebel. Here is my spoof of it http://www.realcrash.com/new-york-city-glamrock-bowie/.. Love that glam rock.

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