Thoughts, notes, observations on the everyday nonsense of American Pop Culture from one of the most not-hip people on the face of the planet...

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Greatest Hits?!?!?

From Pearl Jam to Tom Petty to George Strait, these albums are dropping all over the place. But Britney Spears....BRITNEY SPEARS?!?!? How is this girl qualified to have a greatest hits album? Pearl Jam is releasing their first GH collection...the same time as the teen queen of mediocre pop (who, btw, only made her debut 6 years ago, as opposed to PJ's 15). that just isn't right.

Then again, remember when the Backstreet Boy's released "Greatest Hits Vol.1" a few years back? Yeah, I thought not. With that release, the BBs were implying they had great hits among hits, as opposed to just hits...and that there would be more. They had been a band for less than 10 years and somehow felt that merely having a few hits songs on three CDs gave them license to deem them "great." Now, one of them is Paris Hilton's sex tape boy and all are without a singing career.

But Britney? Britney? How is her music deemed good enough for a "Greatest Hits" collection? That's the sort of music I'm supposed to look back on when I'm 40 and pissed off about the pop radio of 2020 and suddenly think is GH worthy. Not now. Is there really a person out there saying, "Man, Britney Spears...if only I could collect her masterpieces on one album to remember my lost youth..."?

If so, that person has the mentality of a 19-year-old girl and is more than likely passed out naked in a fraternity house anyway. Her opinion doesn't count enough to market this drivel. Does it?

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