Best Of Mg

[ood_mutler]

MGB - best of....

Maybe all the singles which had videos

+

Havn't Slept in Years

Raygun

Under the Influence

All Together

Pony Boy.

 

Can just make your own best of's anyways.

[radio_bomb]

I pretty much love every song by Matthew Good (Band) but heres my reduced best of list...

 

1. Alabama Motel Room

2. Apparitions

3. Middle Class Gangsters

4. Giant

5. The Future is X-Rated

6. Truffle Pigs

7. Under the Influence

8. Weapon

9. Avalanche

10. House of Smoke and Mirrors

11. Blue Skies Over Badlands

Edited January 11, 2005 by radio_bomb

[miss new wave]

I'm certain it's not a joke.

 

I heard about this a couple months back from someone affiliated with Matt.

 

Apparently it's all the label's idea... Will probably be released later this year.

[Guest acrobate]

PVNC, I have Pony Boy. Do you want me to e-mail it to you? And you're right: this song is great! Holly McNarland does backing vocals on it.

[Radiohead]

Ok, personally I don't think MG is about the singles, and I find many of his best songs weren't released as singles, so creating a best-of collection filled almost entirely with singles is misguided to say the least. That is not to say that there aren't a few singles that deserve to be on there, simply that the majority should include his best work rather than what we get bombarded with on the radio.

 

Henceforth, my nominations for a reasonable 14-track compilation (trying to give play to each release):

 

1. Hello Time Bomb

2. In Love With a Bad Idea

3. Flashdance II

4. Apparitions

5. Fearless

6. The Fall of Man

7. Avalanche

8. Prime Time Deliverance

9. Strange Days

10. Generation X-Wing

11. Man of Action

12. Weapon

13. The War is Over

14. Change of Season

 

That is to say, that should be the track list if a best-of had to be released, although I'm against an actual best-of album per se. Releasing best-of albums is a ploy of has-beens used to make more money or regain some of the attention that they miss. MG is neither superficial-attention seeking or a has been, and should opppose such a best-of collection at least until he does retire from music, which, hopefully, won't be any time soon.

 

That is all.

[mrs jesus]

i dont like best-of albums

[Devil On Rollerskates]

I think the best of collection would just be MGB since the MGB is no more and his solo career has practically just started. I think it would be cool if he rerecorded some of the songs the way he played them on the last tour and Avalanche tour.

 

1.Alabama Motel Room

2.Symbolistic White Walls(the new version with the extended lyrics)

3.Generation X-Wing

4.Everything Is Automatic

5.Indestructible

6.Apparitions(solo acoustic)

7.Rico

8.Deep Six

9.Giant(new version)

10.Hello Time Bomb(new version that gets slower towards the end)

11.The Future Is X-Rated

12.Strange Days

13.Load Me Up(new version leading into Carmelina)

14.Carmelina(new version)

15.Anti-Pop

16.Pony Boy

17.All Together

[S.E. Hardy]

Actually, i'm sure it will only be a single album. Mostly the singles off the albums, ghetto-wlrrr

That's not a "Best Of" album, it's a "Greatest Hits" album.

[Biggie]

The best songs are generally the singles, though.

[S.E. Hardy]

I, almost always, consider singles the *worst* songs on any given album...

[Matt]

It will be an "MGB" best of. Why have a best of, of two very different things? Fans of the "Matthew Good Band" who don't like Matthew Good would probably steer clear, plus Matthew Good is still pretty new.

[NA4Life]

If it was Universal's idea, i assume their choice of tracks will be on it. That said, get ready to expect the MGB singles.

[james wood]

They should release a greatest album tracks cd, no singles, just gold. Remastered, of course, aren't all best of's?

 

1. Giant

2. Near Fantastica

3. Poor Man's Grey

4. Deep Six

5. Man Of Action

6. Primetime Deliverance

7. Suburbia

8. Tripoli

9. Sort Of A Protest Song

10. House Of Smoke And Mirrors

11. Pony Boy

12. All Together

13. Pledge of Allegiance (live version)...somehow.

[Dan #2]

I think it should be best of MGB with a DVD-rom of all the bsides and live stuff. We can wait a few more albums for a best-of MG

[sedated19]

I think the idea of releasing a b-sides album would be the best idea, even if it came limited ed.. A best-of cd is good and all, but I already have those songs on disc, and computer...

 

cheers

[WinstonSmith357]

I think I'd perfer a double (as in 2 CD's) live album to a simple collection of songs from albums most of us own.

 

From a Kids in the Hall Skit:

 

Kevin: Oh right! [Looking through the record bin eagerly] I guess I should start with the Greatest Hits?!

 

Bruce: Hey! Greatest Hits are for housewives and little girls!

[bryce]

I hate best of albums, because they usually contain a couple unreleased tracks, dragging collectors into buying them, and the rest is obviously something one already has.

 

I would most likely not buy this. I would much rather have a live album.

[rmak]

don't go matt~! live on with ryan dahle

[Dan #2]

i vote greatest hits live, if they really MUST go with the greatest hits idea

 

bside disc would be sweet

[Maverick]

I think the rare tunes from Loser Anthems and Lo-Fi should be added.

 

I would love to own Fated and The Fine Art of Falling Apart. As well as many others I haven't even heard yet, which is depressing.

[Sparq]

If it had a few of the live-only songs (Big City Life for example) and Enjoy The Silence on there, I'd be happy.

[Sparq]

If it had a few of the live-only songs (Big City Life for example) and Enjoy The Silence on there, I'd be happy.

[AnythingYouWant]

My ideal Greatest Hits/Best Of/whatever you wanna call it CD would be as such:

 

Disc 1:

1. Giant (live post 2003 version)

2. Symbolistic White Walls (live post 2003)

3. Carmelina

4. Load Me Up (live post 2003 version)

5. Generation X-Wing (live post 2003 version)

6. Everything Is Automatic

7. Strange Days (live Cayuga version)

8. Alabama Motel Room

9. Under The Influence (live post 2003 version)

10. The Future Is X-Rated (live 2003 slow version)

11. Rico

12. Hello Time Bomb (live post 2003 version)

13. Indestructible

14. Anti-Pop

15. Apparitions (solo acoustic)

rarities

16. Born To Kill (Lo-Fi B-Sides version)

17. Enjoy The Silence

18. Fated

19. Pony Boy

20. All Together

 

-julz

[Daedalus]

As far as ideal would go i think the ideal album would be good CD quality recordings of absolutely every song he has ever done with a dvd of all the music videos, hehehe ;)

 

Of course I will buy whatever it ends up being but i would like to hear some of the bsides like cant get shot and big city life in great CD quality.

[guitarchick]

As far as ideal would go i think the ideal album would be good CD quality recordings of absolutely every song he has ever done with a dvd of all the music videos, hehehe ;)

Yeah that's when I'd scream like a little girly.