squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoBuying a best-of-album is like giving the artist/label money for a playlist of their songs they createdmessage-squaremessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1111
arrow-up1111message-squareBuying a best-of-album is like giving the artist/label money for a playlist of their songs they createdsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoYou mean where they used cheap studio bands to recreate big hits? I bought one once, in the 80s. What a letdown. But iirc Bravo Hits always used the original music.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI remember in high school one of my friends bought one of these, not knowing what it was. He was so pissed and called it a knock-off.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThat’s exactly what they were.
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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI don’t think I’ve seen this particular grift since the 80s. OTOH Spotify is recently doing similar shit with underpaid musicians and/or AI.
You mean where they used cheap studio bands to recreate big hits? I bought one once, in the 80s. What a letdown. But iirc Bravo Hits always used the original music.
I remember in high school one of my friends bought one of these, not knowing what it was. He was so pissed and called it a knock-off.
That’s exactly what they were.
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I don’t think I’ve seen this particular grift since the 80s. OTOH Spotify is recently doing similar shit with underpaid musicians and/or AI.