Notes:
-Comps tend to suffer from recency bias
-Ferry’s eye patch worn for the Love is the Drug video was mistaken as a fashion statement; the eye patch was for an eye injury!
-In Every Dream Comp, a Glaring Omission
-Opening instrumentals are India off Avalon & Slave to Love off Ferry’s 1985 solo album Boys and Girls
Rated:
L – 8
A- 8
J – 7.5
Average: 7.7/10
Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for more… Rate the Comp!
9 Jul 2020
RTC Episode 4: Hot Rocks: 1964-71
Best Rock & Roll band of all time.
Best comp of all time?
Hot Rocks is still on the Billboard 200 as of July 2020.
Opening instrumental is Shattered off Some Girls; closing instrumental is Tumbling Dice off Exile.
Rating:
L – 9.9
A – 10
J – 10
Average: 9.96/10
Thanks for listening! Roxy, the second best band of all time, is next!
6 Jul 2020
RTC Episode 3: Time Life's Ultimate Love Songs
Notes:
Ultimate Love Songs = Love Communism.
Richard Marx’ Right Here Waiting = Bryan Adams’ (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.
Come up and See Me (Make me Smile) is not by John Ford Coley & England Dan; it is by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
Richard Marx : Bryan Adams :: John Ford Coley & England Dan : Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
Instrumentals at beginning and end are Vanilla Ice: I Love You and Ice, Ice Baby.
The Kids Incorporated clip of Say You, Say Me as sung to It: https://youtu.be/Gb5DkLd22Ic (https://youtu.be/Gb5DkLd22Ic)
Next, it’s a very special episode of Rate the Comp, featuring THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME! Am I talking about The Rolling Stones, or Roxy Music? Check back in mid-July for the answer!
Special thanks to Cooper of Silently Cooking (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xO15BR3bk0ZO5Jr-X7zeA) for suggesting this comp.
6 Jul 2020
RTC Episode 2: The Beatles Red & Blue
The second edition of Rate the Comp explores The Beatles’ 1973 compilations Red (1962-66) and Blue (1967-70.)
Notes:
Ringo had a serious thing for the ocean.
It’s okay to have a single over three minutes long nowadays: “Like a Rolling Stone” paved the way for “Hey Jude” which paved the way for “American Pie” which paved the way for “Albuquerque.”
Magical Mystery Tour ≠ Purple Rain.
The next episode will either be the Stones’ Hot Rocks/More, Roxy Music’s Street Life, Pure Moods, Goin’ South, or a rapid-fire look rife with hot takes at various badly curated grayscale-art-laden 20th Century Masters. Keep hitting refresh!!!
https://leonferri.photo.blog/2020/06/10/rate-the-comp-beatles-red-blue/
4 Jul 2020
RTC Episode 1: Bowie The Singles Collection
The first edition of “Rate the Comp” was a success. Leon, Andrew & Joe tore apart a 1993 Bowie comp and used it as a lens against all other comps.
Notes:
Opening tracks are “South Horizon” off The Buddha of Suburbia and “Speed of Life” off Low.
We only talked about “Win” off Young Americans for a second, but it’s so good.
We talked about Queen Bitch after we finished recording, but it is also so good!
New York : New Jersey : Ellis Island :: Queen : Bowie : “Under Pressure.”
Here’s the Concert for NYC link https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4sweid (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4sweid).
Here’s the 50th Bday concert link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHzek1CJ3E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHzek1CJ3E).
We will do Beatles “Red” & “Blue” next time. Stay tuned, and leave a comment if you have a suggestion for a future episode, a comp you’ve always wondered about!
https://leonferri.photo.blog/2020/05/30/rate-the-comp-david-bowie/ (https://leonferri.photo.blog/2020/05/30/rate-the-comp-david-bowie/)
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