Those little things that get on my nerves #1

Noticed yet another new Aerosmith compilation in the record shops, humorously titled The Very Best Of, which has apparently been out for a few months now...and what utter balls it is. They've tacked on two genuine seventies classics (Dream On and Sweet Emotion) to an otherwise relentless trawl through a parade of nineties MOR bilge that makes even their eighties MTV bilge look a fine vintage in comparison.

Hilariously/tragically, they've even seen fit to include all of that little run of (s)hit singles where, as my old mate iKon pointed out at the time, they seemed to be releasing the same fucking song again and again with merely a slightly modified chorus to help us tell 'em apart from each other (Cryin', Jaded, Crazy, and Amazing if you must know). Terrible, soul destroying mush, hate it all. What's almost as awful is the inclusion of the Run DMC version of Walk This Way in place of their own original version. Don't get me wrong, that probably is the better version of the two but, FFS, on your own frigging hits compilation ? Jeez, would Led Zep have put that Puff Daddy atrocity cover of Kashmir on Remasters instead of their own original? Two chances of that, mate, and slim just left town. Shocking, absolutely shocking. Naw, I'm not buying it, either figuratively or literally. This might just be the point where the Aero boys have finally choked on Satan's scaly pecker. What a waste.

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Aerosmith's Greatest Hits - I still can't believe how good this is. Back In The Saddle, Kings And Queens, Walkin' In The Sand, priceless slabs of old skool rawk magic at every turn. And that was back when they were hoovering Bolivian marching powder up their collective hooters by the ton. A few years after they hit rehab, they end up hitting us with Don't Want To Miss A Fucking Thing. The moral of this story : just say yes, kids...