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Re: The Greatest Hits - the Death Knell of U2....

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Tim Tschirner
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Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:33:59 +0200
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Hi,

>Is anybody else getting annoyed at how people keep mistakenly referring to
>the album as Greatest Hits? It's a BEST OF. . .and there's a difference
>between the two. A GH collection implies that the tracks were selected not
>by individual merit, but by single sales and radio play. Now THAT's
blatant
>commercialism. U2 decided that these tracks represent their best output in
>the last decade.

aww c'mon, look at the track listing once again. It's all their singles
(starting with War, ending with R&H) plus Sunday Bloody Sunday
and Bad because that's the two songs a lot of people know as well
(remember Live Aid?), so I don't see much of a difference to a
"Greatest Hits" or "The Singles Part I". The final prove is for sure the
inclusion of When Love Comes To Town of which I won't believe that
U2 think this represents one of their best output.

Tim