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SonicBebs 05.22.2008 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Moshe
due June 10 exclusively in Starbucks stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., as well as online.



So not availble in the UK then?

mil_pl 05.22.2008 04:26 AM

i hope new song its not with kims vox............................................... ...
and lee vox.....................................
must be thurston!

SonicBebs 05.22.2008 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SonicBebs
So not availble in the UK then?


dont they know how important we are in the Global market place?

HECKLER SPRAY 05.22.2008 05:01 AM

We also have Starbucks in France, and I suppose there're some in the rest of Europ

nicfit 05.22.2008 05:22 AM

no starbucks here.
I'll ask some usanian friend for help, I guess, I have no idea why but now I want this thing. Maybe it's Moshe's superpower to make us want to buy everything they release ha ha :D!

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Originally Posted by Moshe
did I mention that Slow Revolution has Kim vox?

This puts me off...
ha ha kiddin', I hope it's something along the lines of "move away" in terms of vocalisms (?). But I doubt it will.

Death & the Maiden 05.22.2008 06:31 AM

It's a predictable tracklist (except for Tuff Gnarl and World Looks Red), but why was Mary-Christ chosen?

radarmaker 05.22.2008 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
Yeah, sure, they honestly asked each of these artists to pick their favorite SY song, and amazingly it came out with a list of their most popular singles (yeah, with "Tuff Gnarl" in place of "Schizophrenia", but that's the only exception!) Hmm, could it be that the A&R team who put this together spoke to the managers of these acts and asked if their names could be associated with these particular songs? I believe the write-ups came from the real artists (after their songs were assigned to them), and maybe Watt even demanded to at least get to pick another song from Sister besides the single, but overall the whole thing is obviously completely put together.


My thoughts exactly, though maybe the various artists were given a shortlist to pick from.
Oh, and Schizophrenia was never released as a single (nothing from Sister was).

SonicBebs 05.22.2008 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden
but why was Mary-Christ chosen?


because Davis Cross thought it was their best tune.

Moshe 05.22.2008 07:37 AM

Kim is singing the new song.
You can buy the CD online so it doesnt matter where you live...

This Is Not Here 05.22.2008 08:08 AM

No UK shop-sales?

Just as well I'm going to New York this summer. It may sound like a holiday, but in fact it's a reconance mission to pick up Hits Are For Squares. Starbucks will get a one-man English invasion force. They ought to watch themselves, we pinch.

king-buzzo 05.22.2008 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Moshe
Kim is singing the new song.
You can buy the CD online so it doesnt matter where you live...


From Hearmusic.com shopping cart page:

"Please note: we can only ship orders to the United States and Canada, excluding Puerto Rico and Guam.

To learn more about security on Starbucks.com, please read our FAQ.

All prices are in Unknown dollars. Prices and offers are subject to change without notice. Items are available to ship to U.S. and Canadian addresses only."

Rob Instigator 05.22.2008 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY
Yeah, you must be right, Danny. I'm also surprised he knows this song/this band...


ae you fucking KIDIDNG?

first of all Rain on Tin is a beautiful song

second of all FLEA knows about and has been in more bands than you have jerked yr meat young man!

Flea was even in FEAR for a bit! shti! why can't a 45 year old man choose whatever song he likes? fuck you guys are some nitpicky shits!

I think that for an album to be sold at starbucks, this has some seriously anti pop songs in the mix. the entire second half of the CD is beautiful shit!

(I do agree that dipshit diablo cody picking a song that also just happens to be on her movie's soundtrack is pretty fcking lame)

Rob Instigator 05.22.2008 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
This "Celebrety selection" thing is so fake.

Yeah, sure, they honestly asked each of these artists to pick their favorite SY song, and amazingly it came out with a list of their most popular singles (yeah, with "Tuff Gnarl" in place of "Schizophrenia", but that's the only exception!) Hmm, could it be that the A&R team who put this together spoke to the managers of these acts and asked if their names could be associated with these particular songs? I believe the write-ups came from the real artists (after their songs were assigned to them), and maybe Watt even demanded to at least get to pick another song from Sister besides the single, but overall the whole thing is obviously completely put together.

Good songs? Sure. The ones the label always got most behind like every other greatest hits album ever.


what HITS? what HITS are you talking about?

what HIT has sonic youth ever had?

their best selling "single" is the little trouble girl one.

they have no HITS. chill! remember this is an album for people at starbucks, many of which have never heard any beck, much less sonic youth.

atari 2600 05.22.2008 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY
Yeah, you must be right, Danny. I'm also surprised he knows this song/this band...


As jenn described, Flea has long been a supporter of Sonic Youth. When Rolling Stone asked him for critic's picks, I think I remember him picking Dirty as the album and Theresa's as the song of the year that year.

el micky 05.22.2008 10:07 AM

i cant belive it doesnt have diamond sea on the end. whats the point of writing the stairway to heaven of space rock if you arent going to have it as the last track on your greatest hits cd?

some people have got no idea

mil_pl 05.22.2008 10:12 AM

im ciurious about h a f s .

beck surely did a great job with sugar kane (maybe this will be acoustic version or sth)

eddie vedder fit in teenage riot.

radiohead and kool thing?! wtf. i didnt think that yorke comapny even enjoy the sy music.

100% by Mike D - HELL YEAH!

flaming lips did expressway live i've heard that.

✌➬ 05.22.2008 10:43 AM

It's not a greatest hits cd. People chose it, or someone chose it. However, it is not a single hits album.

Rob Instigator 05.22.2008 10:46 AM

the sad part is that probably 80-90% of all sales of this are going to go to existing sonic youth fanatics

✌➬ 05.22.2008 10:47 AM

True, but whatever.

Everyneurotic 05.22.2008 10:56 AM

if i'm not mistaken, flea and anthony kiedis attended gila monster jamboree; i remember reading about them talking about psi-com's set at gmj.


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