Depends on what you mean by "filler." I have a couple of Perry Como albums from the early '70s that are a couple of singles and a lot of covers. Some of the covers are too good to be dismissed as "filler" (though someone should have warned him that it wasn't a good idea to cover "I Think I Love You"), but they'd never have been released as singles on their own.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Fred Pete - Apr 08, 2010 4:49:52 am PDT #2849 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2010 7:38:08 am PDT #2850 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a couple of Perry Como albums from the early '70s that are a couple of singles and a lot of covers.
That's a different market. An A&R guy would be employed specifically to find songs for a vocalist. Doing the Great American Songbook is different than remaking a current Top 40 hit.
Fred Pete - Apr 08, 2010 9:32:35 am PDT #2851 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
Agreed, the Rolling Stones and Perry Como appealed to very different groups in the early '70s -- but the Como albums are It's Impossible and And I Love You So, both of which had significant pop hits.
The Beatles and the Beach Boys may have started the idea that the album was important as a coherent artistic statement (or at least something more than two-singles-and-filler), but the idea didn't immediately sweep all areas of popular music.
I think it sort of ties into yesterday's conversation about how wide open the mainstream was in the late '60s and early '70s. The Rolling Stones and Perry Como, Sticky Fingers/"Brown Sugar" and It's Impossible/"It's Impossible" together in the mainstream.
Tom Scola - Apr 08, 2010 9:37:57 am PDT #2852 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2010 9:38:53 am PDT #2853 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Malcolm McLaren Is Dead
Wow. Unexpected.
You know aside from the Pistols, I really did love that whackass opera/dance music album he did.
Trudy Booth - Apr 08, 2010 5:23:26 pm PDT #2854 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Either someone get me a paper bag or someone make Frank Iero less adorable.
It's a cute-head interview during the photo shoot for the NYLON cover. Gerard is talking about their look, as Gerard does.
Warning: Bob is here, but he looks sad.
Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2010 9:26:04 am PDT #2855 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
javachik - Apr 09, 2010 9:37:11 am PDT #2856 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
As sad as it is, I don't think he's a successful poster child for health care reform. A better candidate is one who is following all of society's "rules" about the way we're supposed to work (full time job, not quoted saying "why work when I don't have to?", etc) and still can't get affordable health care. There are millions of candidates who fit *that* bill.
Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2010 9:45:03 am PDT #2857 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm not saying that he should be a poster child, I'm just saying that it sucks.
javachik - Apr 09, 2010 9:52:01 am PDT #2858 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
Oh no, I totally get that. My comments were more along the line of "I would totally link to this on Facebook and anywhere else I can get an audience of well-meaning but ignorant people I know, but I know they'd dismiss it." That's all.
It makes me sick that we don't have universal healthcare and I'd like to get rid of insurance companies, period.