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Notes:

-Comps tend to suffer from recency bias

-Ferry’s eye patch worn for the Love is the Drug video was mistaken as a fashion statement; the eye patch was for an eye injury!

-*In Every Dream Comp, a Glaring Omission

-Opening instrumentals are India off Avalon & Slave to Love* off Ferry’s 1985 solo album Boys and Girls

Rated:

L – 8

A- 8

J – 7.5

Average: 7.7/10

Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for more… Rate the Comp!

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• Best Rock & Roll band of all time.
• Best comp of all time?
• Hot Rocks is still on the Billboard 200 as of July 2020.
• Opening instrumental is Shattered off Some Girls; closing instrumental is Tumbling Dice off Exile.

Rating:

L – 9.9

A – 10

J – 10

Average: 9.96/10

Thanks for listening! Roxy, the second best band of all time, is next!

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Notes:

• Ultimate Love Songs = Love Communism.
• Richard Marx’ Right Here Waiting = Bryan Adams’ (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.
• Come up and See Me (Make me Smile) is not by John Ford Coley & England Dan; it is by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
• Richard Marx : Bryan Adams :: John Ford Coley & England Dan : Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
• Instrumentals at beginning and end are Vanilla Ice: I Love You and Ice, Ice Baby.
• The Kids Incorporated clip of Say You, Say Me as sung to It: https://youtu.be/Gb5DkLd22Ic

Next, it’s a very special episode of Rate the Comp, featuring THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME! Am I talking about The Rolling Stones, or Roxy Music? Check back in mid-July for the answer!

Special thanks to Cooper of Silently Cooking for suggesting this comp.

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The second edition of Rate the Comp explores The Beatles’ 1973 compilations Red (1962-66) and Blue (1967-70.)

Notes:

• Ringo had a serious thing for the ocean.
• It’s  okay to have a single over three minutes long nowadays: “Like a Rolling  Stone” paved the way for “Hey Jude” which paved the way for “American  Pie” which paved the way for “Albuquerque.”
• Magical Mystery Tour ≠ Purple Rain.

The next episode will either be the Stones’ Hot Rocks/More, Roxy Music’s Street Life, Pure Moods, Goin’ South, or a rapid-fire look rife with hot takes at various badly curated grayscale-art-laden 20th Century Masters. Keep hitting refresh!!!

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The first edition of “Rate the Comp” was a success. Leon, Andrew & Joe tore apart a 1993 Bowie comp and used it as a lens against all other comps.

Notes:

• Opening tracks are “South Horizon” off The Buddha of Suburbia and “Speed of Life” off Low.
• We only talked about “Win” off Young Americans for a second, but it’s so good.
• We talked about Queen Bitch after we finished recording, but it is also so good!
• New York : New Jersey : Ellis Island :: Queen : Bowie : “Under Pressure.”
• Here’s the Concert for NYC link https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4sweid.
• Here’s the 50th Bday concert link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHzek1CJ3E.

We will do Beatles “Red” & “Blue” next time. Stay tuned, and  leave a comment if you have a suggestion for a future episode, a comp  you’ve always wondered about!

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