Kinkybyname
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I had put together my own "Greatest Hits 2" CD of his after his original one in 1994 was just missing too many songs I preferred. By then the, um, technology, allowed compilations of such things.Saw Seger in Boston right before the pandemic. Pretty good show, even though he was wearing an old guy leisure suit and what appeared to be slippers...;)
His best song is not on this album though. The best breakup song ever: "The Famous Final Scene".
Did Bob invent the SEGA games console?I know this may come as a surprise to some, but...
Pete Seeger is not related to Bob Seger
I had put together my own "Greatest Hits 2" CD of his after his original one in 1994 was just missing too many songs I preferred. By then the, um, technology, allowed compilations of such things.
Some of the tracks had made it onto his official release that later came out in 2004, but some were different. The two opening live songs to "Nine Tonight" were must haves too. Non-negotiable. "Travelin' Man" and "Till It Shines" too. "Even Now" never made either version of GH he released. I mean, c'mon now!
"The Famous Final Scene" ended my CD, that I just dragged out of the CD library. ;-) Extra credit for the playlist only is below.
Check out 1978's "Stranger in Town". If that offering doesn't cut it in your appreciation of a single set of songs for that period, probably no other album will.OK, so I've had two listens to the Greatest Hits but because I accidently listened to 2+2 which I enjoyed, I have listened to all of his 1969 debut Ramblin' Gamblin' Man when he was the Bob Seger System.
My kneejerk reaction is his debut is everything his GH isn't, enjoyably low fi, a bit of grit as people in these parts like to say, simpler arrangements, better vocals, a stomp rather than a plod etc. The question in my mind now is should I go through his back catalogue in chronological order to work out how he got from such a promising debut to such a bland greatest hits album?
Ha ha cute. Incidentally, I love Foo Fighters, but (1) I recognize it’s junk — it’s just junk that hits me where I live; (2) Dave ran out of thematic ideas after The Colour And The Shape, which is actually ABOUT something, and is far and away their best (their debut is second); and (3) each record after that has had fewer and fewer good songs, and there haven’t been any since Wasting Light. He shares a virtue with Tom Petty though, who also wrote a lot of catchy songs about nothing: he is completely in love with rock and roll.Basically, it is the fucking foo fighters, minus the wristbands and the frowning.
There's hints of what's to come on Ramblin' Gamblin' Man. It's also an album of it's time. Very late 60's. And enjoyable for it.OK, so I've had two listens to the Greatest Hits but because I accidently listened to 2+2 which I enjoyed, I have listened to all of his 1969 debut Ramblin' Gamblin' Man when he was the Bob Seger System.
My kneejerk reaction is his debut is everything his GH isn't, enjoyably low fi, a bit of grit as people in these parts like to say, simpler arrangements, better vocals, a stomp rather than a plod etc. The question in my mind now is should I go through his back catalogue in chronological order to work out how he got from such a promising debut to such a bland greatest hits album?