Bluebirds
Well-Known Member
Re: Is THIS The Official GH Tracklist?
Is he? I'll concede you're possibly right. I can see what you're saying. BUT.... music is so easy to come by and so disposable now, most casual listeners probably had You Are The Quarry for free and that, in the terms you are describing, as a casual music listener would suggest to me that the market for this Hits 5 CD (no Don't Mess With My Toot Toot or Frankie or Dress You Up!! Commercial suicide) is the person who listens to a CD twice. And thats being optimistic.
Hence there is no artistic integrity in this release. At all. Despite the obvious vainglorious cover. Which suggests something to me...
You're not comparing like with like.
This isn't aimed at people that buy the singles or albums. Just the opposite in fact. This is aimed at people who liked the singles but never would consider buying them because they aren't value for money.
As Worm said, Morrissey is seen as a classic artist, as part of the "canon". Many people will buy this just because of that. I don't go along with this idea that Morrissey is a love/hate figure for most people either. He is that for some people, but most people aren't really that passionate about music or Morrissey. They will just see this as an album with some catchy pop tunes on it.
Is he? I'll concede you're possibly right. I can see what you're saying. BUT.... music is so easy to come by and so disposable now, most casual listeners probably had You Are The Quarry for free and that, in the terms you are describing, as a casual music listener would suggest to me that the market for this Hits 5 CD (no Don't Mess With My Toot Toot or Frankie or Dress You Up!! Commercial suicide) is the person who listens to a CD twice. And thats being optimistic.
Hence there is no artistic integrity in this release. At all. Despite the obvious vainglorious cover. Which suggests something to me...