A supervillain? Doctor Doom? Magneto? Loki? Lex Luthor?

@@BenDowdy Bob Dylan

@@BenDowdy MF Doom

There is a BBC radio programme called "Desert Island Discs" that has been broadcast since 1942 (that's nineteen forty two) in which the notable person chooses 8 musical tracks (a book and a luxury item) to take to the proverbial desert island. This has seeped into the general consciousness in terms of a scenario that requires boiling down choices from a lot to not very many at all.

@@BenDowdy it’s actually Vince Neil and his evil partner in crime Bret Michaels

I agree.

I think their whole point though is that for them, with these bands, they're not that bothered with missing the "deep cuts"

Thats IF a band has any more Good songs or any Good deep cuts, if not then the Greatest Hits will be more than enough.

With some bands, that is true. Not so with all bands, however.

It depends on how many good songs/hits the artist in question has released. Many artists are/were a singles band/artist in which case you often only need to collect their greatest hits. (Queen, CCR, The Pretenders, Steve Miller Band, ABBA, The Sweet, Three Dog Night, etc.).

Of course, probably my second favorite Pete show besides Hudson valley squares.

Martin and Pete are both Brilliant Martin's knowledge of Hard Rock and Metal is insane

Alot of Pete's topic videos such as this one he does with Martin on Fridays and also the Hudson Valley squares on Monday nights are "probably all you need"........lol

So is the Generation X comp.

Doesn't have "Blue Highway," "Come On, Come On" or "Speed" on it.

story teller👌🏼

@@midohiobuckeyeaorwarrior9743 not sure 🤔 also missing don’t need a gun

@@poitor5915 It's on "Greatest Hits" (2001.) At least it's on the one I have, but it's the 5 min. 23 sec. single edit version.

Been listening to those albums for 40 yrs. Still not tired of them.

Heartbeat City was a monster release. I think six of its songs were made into videos. My favorite LP after the debut.

I’d much rather hear the first 3 LP’s than any collection.

@@Gunther-pr8jd Love that album too. I also think the final album, "Move Like This", is teriffic.

@@Gunther-pr8jd HC is a great album!! I kinda look at "The Cars" and "Candy-O" as one album. They both have the same tonal quality and not a weak song on either one of them.

"Bingo Jed had a light on..."

Agreed and that is a killer. And then if you want the greatest "hits" before he broke through with "The Joker", Anthology, which covers his 1968-1973 albums, is excellent and a lot of these songs got played on the classic rock channels before they shortened their songlists.

Fly Like An Eagle and Book Of Dreams are both great.

When Pete announced the show the first thing I thought of was Stevie "Guitar" Miller. His greatest hits album is possibly the greatest greatest hits collection there ever was. (Sales wise) I love every song on it. His anthology is better (for me) because it gathers the remaining good tracks from his catalog. There aren't really many "deep cuts" that I like from him. There's a huge drop off in quality from his hits to the album tracks.

@@Gunther-pr8jd You mean "Big Ol' Jed at the line-up." 🙂 First couple times I heard that song back when I was 10, I thought it was about football. 🤪😂

Bingo!

"A Day In The Life" was never a hit, nor released as a single, and it's easily one of the greatest songs ever written.

Yep. Dan Fogelberg's best songs are his non-hit album cuts or underplayed rockers that made the Top 40.

i found that with the stones the hits are fantastic but there’s heaps of above average other stuff😂

The songs are more interesting because you don't automatically put your brain on autopilot when it comes on the radio, thanks to oversaturation. I have a friend who loves Chicago, but try as I might, I cannot compel him to listen to anything but their hits. Their first three albums are incredible, with long, varied suites filled with intrigue and nuance, but he gets bored with that and wants to hear Saturday In The Park, If You Leave Me Now, and all the other radio friendly hits everyone knows. These are radio rock fans, not fans who buy the albums and listen to the entire album to make their own determination whether or not they like the songs. The only thing worse for me are those who love songs they heard in movie soundtracks or beloved covers of great songs written long before. Of course, the flipside are the fanbois who love EVERY song their heroes recorded and get offended when others dismiss them. In my experience, Rush has the most of these, but others like Genesis, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and of course, The Beatles, are others (does anyone really like Revolution 9?)...

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RUFF CUTS

Annoying....

3 dog night his vote😂

Pure Cult....awesome!

Great shout. Love The Cult, but Pure Cult is excellent.

They are perfect if you‘re not a fan. I recommend to get all the regular albums, they‘re all great!

And that’s like 1/4th of their best stuff

Often, but a lot of artists put effort into not repeating too much from live set to live set too.

What!!!!!! So you don't think, bands should put out live albums.

That is far from the truth. Take just two of three great rock/metal bands Status Quo, Maiden and Deep Purple. Are their seminal live albums, greatest hits ? Well obviously not as they give the album songs roomto breathe that you would not find on their greatest hits.

@Deli 6505 Could you elaborate on this point? I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

I love live albums. I don't care if they are dubbed or in some cases re-recorded. The end product is what matters. UFO's Strangers in the Night, Whitesnake's Live in the Heart of the City, Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, Neil Diamond's Hot August Night. Do I need to go on? Yes, I said Neil Diamond!

That’s a good one.

Yes that's a good one.

Their debut is the first "rock" album i ever owned. I was six. So it's dear to my heart. It really brings back memories of my childhood. It's almost too hard for me to listen to because it makes me miss those days.

At that point in time, heavy rock & metal became somewhat stale. America was a breath of fresh air utilising 6 & 12 strings guitars. I went out to get their debut album ... moving on to 'Homecoming' 'Hattrick' 'Holiday' 'Hearts' 'Hideaway' up till 'Harbor'. Then Dan Peek left.

First album is great, add ventura highway thats all i need. Later on, the band is so bland, and boring.

FUN FACT! WHEN THERE IS FILLER ON AN ALBUM, it was almost always because the LABEL and MANAGERS put all the bands under pressure, and booked the tours FAR in advance, so they would ALWAYS run out of studio time to finish the record because the tour HAD to begin! GREED by the suits.

Going a bit softer Cyndi Lauper's and Roxette's greatest hits had everything you would ever need...even I'd rather whack Maidens greatest hits on as a casual listen, Faith no more too...and Queen.

Great band Crowded House though. They did more than one 'Best Of' but at least two of their studio albums are worth owning in any record collection [Woodface and Temple Of Low Men spring to mind]. Their best one is probably their live album 'Farewell To The World.' The version of Fingers Of Love on that is one of my all time favourites.

@@SiLatics56 Finn is a great songwriter.

I think the first 3 Boston albums are solid! The 1st is the best but all the songs on the first 3 are worthy

Live Love & Hope I thought was a decent album

That is a lousy version I agree

Pure click bait, that one!

Hendrix songs are mostly average.

@@stephanea5364 kind of agree...Are you Experienced was stellar...but..yea

@@tommypwood672 Yeah, his guitar playing is amazing but songs? OK, I guess, but far from the quality of Led Zeppelin, for example.

You must be having a laugh

1 and 2 for me

@SIMPLE MAN yeah. but the third one technicly ain"t a Queen greatest hits. cause it includes Mercury and may solo stuff. . So I don't count 3 with one and two.

Biggest selling album in history!

Yeah, ABBA is one of those bands I really like but I don‘t need a regular studio album of. S.O.S and Knowing Me Knowing You are essential 7“ singles, apart from that I‘m fine with a greatest hits compilation.

Nearly ALL Abba is greatest hits, they're that good

It's 4 o'clock somewhere.

@@independenceltd. it’s 4 o’clock somewhere 😂

Badfingers albums are all great though, Hollies I agree with

Badfinger's best songs aren't hits

@@xomthood True

Badfinger has absolutely great albums too though

Badfinger is criminally underrated,Great Band!!!

The two greatest ever debut albums. Still need the others, because they all have other great songs!

I totally disagree

@@ebee3522 Fair enough. Everyone has their own opinion. Who are yours then?

A great debut album to me is NIN Pretty hate machine and another is Nevermore and also Queensryche.

@@ebee3522 And how many more debut albums sold by those bands than the tens of millions that Boston and Cars sold?

Make sure to get BOTH Steve Miller GH albums. The 1968-73 album gives you his spacier and blues oriented songs.

@@thomasbeck2934 steve miller was always pretty good including the hits☝🏻

Golden Biscuits is perfect.

@@shyshift excellant

so tasty is Three Dog Night's greatest hits! Awesome vocals and clever arrangements....."Jeremiah was a bullfrog....." !!!!

@@treffbennett6534 Out In The Country is my favorite by them. Captured Live at The Forum is pretty awesome too.

@@shyshift Hey Rand-I am gonna check both those albums you mentioned by the awesome Three Dog Night! They were one of my first music experiences where I was totally transfixed on their killer harmonies and stellar instrumentation and songwriting! Any jukebox that had Mama Told Me Not To Come or Joy To The World or Shambala or One etc etc. would be force fed quarters until my pockets were empty-and then I would empty everybody else's pockets! I thank you for the info on those albums-I am probably going to get em' both. Peace.

With the Bee Gees--"Here at Last...Bee Gees Live" is all you really need. Yeah it was before SNF, but it really is all you should need.

@@TmRnBn I have that album on LP, great live set.

@@TmRnBn Yes, but that's a live album. Some people prefer the studio versions. Is there a good compilation of their early song without the disco stuff?

ABBA have other compilations worth having. Number One's and More ABBA Gold I think.

i bought a few thinking that and get bored of them quickly😩

If I see one more Elton John compilation in Wal-Mart....

there were a LOT of bands who had great SINGLES and the label demanded an entire album (which would often be FILLER to sucker more money out of kids' pockets) --- it's not about taste. It's about HOW MUCH FAT OR FILLER Is in a band's catalog. (EX: LZ and Sabbath have dozens and dozens of KILLER tunes. Deep Purple's catalog is NOT as consistent, for instance.) Listen to how much UNINSPIRED FILLER is on some of the RUSH albums, or QUEEN albums! It's not a taste issue. Except some ppl don't really pay attention and are "FINE" with filler. I originally HATED Sabbath and Purple, b/c the radio would only play Paranoid (I thought it was DUMB FILLER and the band has been very honest that it was DUMB FILLER) and Smoke On The Water (DUMB song sounds like filler!). Then I heard War Pigs and Highway Star and i realized OH THEIR HITS ARE DUMB GARBAGE but the album tracks are INCREDIBLE!! (The OPPOSITE of a Singles Band!)

I have to disagree with a few of these. Jefferson Airplane is my all time favorite band and so of course, for me, their deep cuts are absolutely necessary. It's the very reason they titled their " greatest hits" as the The Worst Of. Blackfoot, Foreigner and Alice Cooper also have great songs outside of their greatest hits. Grateful Dead I would kinda agree with except American Beauty would have to be included as it's fantastic from start to finish

@The Terrence Reardon Podcast I saw Floyd in Toronto Sept 87' and they opened the concert with Echoes. The band hadn't played a concert with a regular set list since the last Animals gig and now the driving force of the band, Waters is gone so you think they play it safe and open with something from Dark Side or the Wall...Nah let's play a 17 minute instrumental. Echoes is the beginning of their run of 5 Classics which ended with The Wall.

Yes! When Pete mentioned Bad Company's 2-disc anthology set, I immediately thought of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Anthology. Excellent.

I could live with the Anthology alone if it wasn't for the Not Fragile LP. That whole album is smokin'. But otherwise, agree completely. Same thing with Bad Company if it wasn't for Straight Shooter, which is another completely great LP (except Shooting Star should have the last 3 minutes of Na-na-na-na's & woo's trimmed to 30 seconds).

@@overtheedge4711 - I loved the 1984's *Bachman-Turner Overdrive* reunion album the best. Have to have an album with *Let It Ride* (album version - single version stinks) & *Looking Out For Number 1* on it. Then I'm fine with BTO. With Bad Company, love *Bad Company, Straight Shooter & Desolation Angels* albums. Parts of them. I'll be satisfied with their first compilation album *10 from 6.* Just wish *Shooting Star* was 3 minutes longer. 😁 🤪

Yes, indeed. Bread is wonderful music. I have the Bread Anthology and find it better than the Best Of. The Anthology has more songs and an obvious longer running time. But, yes, Bread is a great call. Good music for a quiet Sunday morning.

Sorry but I could not stomach Bread songs and always changed the radio station when there tunes came on the air. Far too wimpy for my taste. Tons of people liked them but not me. To each his own

@@dhblan8591 "Mother Freedom," "Fancy Dancer" and "Let Your Love Go" are good rock 'n' roll songs by Bread.

@@midohiobuckeyeaorwarrior9743 - Sorry but I disagree and don’t think these are great rock songs. Again, just my own taste and opinion. But thank you for a civil response and I respect your opinion and that of the many who liked the group. Their songs were very popular but I could not get into their sound or their songs. Stay well.

Huge respect to you for the way that you RESPECTFULLY disagreed with another music fan! Your kind and level-headed comment, stating your difference of opinion should be taught in school, or put on billboards! As a country of many different viewpoints and cultures, this sparkling example of how to disagree with other folks should be taught to EVERYONE! Great job being a humane human! Cheers!

Odds & Sods

That was my first introduction to them, same here.

Agreed

Basically agree here, except SHA, ANATO and NOTW are great albums.

You would be missing so much!

I agree except for ANATO, NOTW, & The Game are must haves imo.

I think I have to to agree with you their.

that is a great choice although his albums are classic☝🏻

@Marijan Brkic Many John Mellencamp albums have great 'B' sides.

Yea Mellencamp has some great albums in late 80s early 90s

@@dtmania Actually early 80's onward (American Fool 1982, Uh-huh 1983).

That is a great one!

YES... but I wouldn't call it a greatest hits album - it's a live album and like KISS ALIVE 1 and 2 (and Billy Joel Songs in the Attic and Springsteens Live 75-85) it better represents the earlier albums than the studio albums because it captured the sound and energy of their live shows.

If you’re listening to just the hits and not listening to Mistress Of Mine you are missing one of the gems of their catalogue!

I love LRB's hits. I've never dug into their back catalog. Maybe I should.

Agreed.

Sleeper Catcher is a great album and I like all the songs. I don't like all the songs on their greatest hits collection; I'd certainly pick SC over it. But maybe part of that is that SC songs seem to belong together, if only temporally. Greatest hits collections (any) that span a bands evolution often don't feel "of a piece."

@@darkpatches That is well said. Collections always feel disjointed if you are familiar with the albums.

For the first 7 albums, yes.

definitely not her first 2 albums are worth it☝🏻outstanding singer

@@poitor5915 It was $3 in a 2nd hand shop. I'll look for more of hers

@@jockmctodger now that’s a bargain😂pat’s a great rocker with a fantastic vocal i like hearing her what ever she does☝🏻

There is a Steve Miller complete hits ( or whatever it s called) that covers the 60s ,SPACE COWBOY,LIVIN INNA USA, thru the 80s, ABRACADABRA. A single CD set.

@@jimfritz9503 well same here Steve Miller band greatest hits 74-78 if I have the hits I don’t need anything else I was never into prince his music is boring to me I won’t even buy a greatest hits album and some people whould tell me u should get into prince

Love early Zappa !

Agree...except for Kansas...far from ordinary

Good one!

Growing up in the 70's all we had were the Red & Blue Beatles best ofs.

@@samanthab1923 Me too, but then I discovered how good that the Beatles deep tracks are. I encourage you to try listening to the original albums. You'll at least discover a dozen gems that you'll wish you had been listening to since the 70s.

No

Which are all the album's from Rubber Soul onwards.

@@steevenfrost wow, you are missing out

I have a CD copy of Hotel California and haven't really felt the need to buy anything else from the Eagles.

The Long Run is by far the worst album they ever made.

@@chrisvanuden nah long road is

@@mickb44 That one isn’t great either, agreed.

Don't forget the amazing title song to *On The Border.* That has become my absolute favorite by them.

i was so happy to see the dude in the video SLAM DYLAN. Dylan is the DONALD TRUMP / BIDEN of music: a CON MAN and nothing but. Dylan was not liked or special in any way, but he was in the right place right time and the NYTimes did a piece on him and THAT WAS IT. (That's why ppl bribe the press to write about them.) Joan Baez started dating him b/c he was in the NYT and EVERYONE FELL FOR THE HYPE. Dylan's LYRICS and songwriting are the WORST. He doesn't even like music! He even said he's a fraud!

I'll second that, the guy doesn't like Pub Rock, Patti Smith, Dylan, Talking Heads, singer-songwriter in general, they need to get more subtlety into their taste. Not everything has to be blazing or otherwise called bland

He probably meant in the U.S. They didn't get big until Dark Side Of The Moon.

@@jordanfarquharson5345 I imagine so, but for someone who knows a lot about international music - most of his faves are from the UK - you'd think Martin would know the Floyd were HUGE elsewhere before Dark Side. In fact, Atom Heart Mother got higher in the UK charts than Dark Side did.

Jeff seemed to take the comments section hard - which Pete had to make a video about asking people to be civil. Sad that he couldn't express opinions without people insulting him.

@@DavysFlicks Yes, very sad that that made him decide to quit. I saw Pete’s video later that day. As I do understand and respect Jeffs decision, I would love to see hem return.

The problem with 12 Gold Bars is it only has the edited / shortened Living On An Island. It is, nevertheless, the only Quo album I own.

As I say above listening just to 12 gold bars or the Live albums you are seriously missing out on a lot of great music. Yes they never broke the Americas but that doesnt mean their catalogue particulary 70-81 should be overlooked.

Love the quo

Great album, love the b-side to “you don’t know how it feels” “girl on lsd” from that era a lot too

@@kevinlaird8321 I like wake up time, good to be king and time to move on

Wildflowers is a work of genius. Great album top to bottom. It's good to be king and have your own world It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls

Any track on Wildflowers could have been a minor to massive hit for any other band. It’s one of several by him that feel like a greatest hits collection on their own.

@@robgasper8521 wildflowers, full moon fever, and damn the torpedoes definitely. Highway companion is another sleeper favorite of mine