MISS PATRICIA M HEFNER ([email protected])
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:29:24, -0500
This idea might not be as wierd as it seems to be now. Like all
analogies, this one is imperfect, but here goes: awhile back, I was
fortunate enough to pick up an album called "Roxy Music: the Atlantic
Years". They'd switched labels due to some politics or whatever, so
Atlantic put out what was basically a "Greatest Hits". Most of the songs
came from two of the albums; in fact, only one came from another album,
their first. (Interesting bit of trivia here: Brian Eno was an original
member of Roxy Music, and he was on the oldest song on the album, "Do
the Strand") I'd gotten one of the albums, "Manifesto", but I almost
stopped listening to "Manifesto" and started listening to the Atlantic
collection. OK, OK, Roxy Music was no supergroup; they only had a cult
following in the States, mostly on college radio stations. The point is
that it's entirely possible for U2 to take some stuff from AB, Zooropa,
Pop, their next studio album, and to throw in another oldie-but-goodie b
-side, a la "The Sweetest Thing", and for that to make sense. Of course,
the sales figures would be a big "if" --or would they? Trends and tastes
change. Imagine someone picking up an album in the future, and becoming
a fan, and then wanting "Even Better than the Real Thing" and
"Discotheque" on the same album. Yes, record companies are bastions of
capitalism, and they run on record sales--especially from their "star"
artists. We might not like this, but-- c'est la vie.
Pax,
Patricia
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