++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++
I like Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero. And yes -- there are a very few cuts, like Oh The Guilt, that are solid (I'd disagree on prolific noodlings of Clean Up Before She Comes, Blandest, and They Hung Him on the Cross). But it hardly supports the filler on the rest of it.
Music labels are incredibly cynical when it comes to repackaging re-released material in this manner. A lot of cuts released in this fashion are little more than mistakes that take on a "posthumous " life of their own by the music labels ... and they are targeted to the tunnel-vision fans who think more is necessarily better. Fans who are treated like the five-year-olds who would watch a DVD of The Little Mermaid 7 38 times before even considering branching out a little.
I like Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero. And yes -- there are a very few cuts, like Oh The Guilt, that are solid (I'd disagree on prolific noodlings of Clean Up Before She Comes, Blandest, and They Hung Him on the Cross). But it hardly supports the filler on the rest of it.
Music labels are incredibly cynical when it comes to repackaging re-released material in this manner. A lot of cuts released in this fashion are little more than mistakes that take on a "posthumous " life of their own by the music labels ... and they are targeted to the tunnel-vision fans who think more is necessarily better. Fans who are treated like the five-year-olds who would watch a DVD of The Little Mermaid 7 38 times before even considering branching out a little.
