The Alternative Nation News Report 01.25.09: I'm Back (Seriously)
Posted by Taylor Martin on 01.25.2009
Radiohead, Slipknot vs. Metallica, and DLC of the Week. I'm back this time, really!
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Fuck my life. After the holidays, I was back and ready to go. Then my computer craps out. But it's fixed now and so I'll have a column every week now from now on.
Probably.
Maybe.
NEWS TIME!
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In the continuing of exploitation of Radiohead, EMI will re-release their first three albums (Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer) in double and triple disc formats. The double disc format will be the album itself on one disc with B-sides and live performances on the other. The third disc will be a DVD consisting of live performances from that album's era. EMI is totally looking for a quick buck here, but it is a pretty good collection and one that is convenient as well, even though none of the songs or live performances were previously released. All three albums hit stores on March 24th.
Here's the tracklistings:
Pablo Honey
CD1:
1. You
2. Creep
3. How Do You?
4. Stop Whispering
5. Thinking About You
6. Anyone Can Play Guitar
7. Ripcord
8. Vegetable
9. Prove Yourself
10. I Can't
11. Lurgee
12. Blow Out
CD2:
Drill EP:
1. Prove Yourself (Demo)
2. Stupid Car (Demo)
3. You (Demo
4. Thinking About You (Demo)
"Creep" B-sides:
5. Inside My Head
6. Million Dollar Question
7. Yes I Am
8. Blow Out (Remix)
9. Inside My Head (Live)
10. Creep (Acoustic)
11. Vegetable (Live)
12. Killer Cars (Live)
"Anyone Can Play Guitar" B-sides:
13. Faithless, The Wonderboy
14. Coke Babies
"Pop Is Dead" single:
15. Pop Is Dead
16. Banana Co. (Acoustic)
17. Ripchord (Live)
"Stop Whispering" B-side:
18. Stop Whispering (U.S. version)
BBC Radio One Session [06/22/92]:
19. Prove Yourself
20. Creep
21. I Can't
22. Nothing Touches Me
DVD:
Music Videos:
01. Creep
02. Anyone Can Play Guitar
03. Pop Is Dead
04. Stop Whispering
"Top of the Pops" [09/16/93]:
05. Creep
The Astoria, London – Live [05/27/94]:
06. You
07. Ripcord
08. Creep
09. Prove Yourself
10. Vegetable
11. Stop Whispering
12. Anyone Can Play Guitar
13. Pop Is Dead
14. Blow Out
The Bends
CD1:
1. Planet Telex
2. The Bends
3. High and Dry
4. Fake Plastic Trees
5. Bones
6. (Nice Dream)
7. Just
8. My Iron Lung
9. Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was
10. Black Star
11. Sulk
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
CD2:
My Iron Lung EP
1. The Trickster
2. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
3. Lozenge of Love
4. Lewis (Mistreated)
5. Permanent Daylight
6. You Never Wash Up After Yourself
15. Just
16. Maquiladora
17. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
18. Bones
DVD:
Music Videos:
1. High and Dry (UK Version)
2.High and Dry (US Version)
3. Fake Plastic Trees
4. Just
5. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
The Astoria, London – Live [5/27/94]:
6. Bones
7. Black Star
8. The Bends
9. My Iron Lung
10. Maquiladora
11. Fake Plastic Trees
12. Just
13. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2 Meter Session, Holland [02/27/95]:
14. My Iron Lung
15. High and Dry
16. Fake Plastic Trees
17. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
"Later With Jools Holland" [05/27/95]:
18. The Bends
19. High and Dry
"Top of the Pops":
20. High and Dry (03/09/95)
21. Fake Plastic Trees (06/01/95)
22. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (02/01/96)
OK Computer
CD1:
1. Airbag
2. Paranoid Android
3. Subterranean Homesick Alien
4. Exit Music (For a Film)
5. Let Down
6. Karma Police
7. Fitter Happier
8. Electioneering
9. Climbing Up the Walls
10. No Surprises
11. Lucky
12. The Tourist
5. Meeting in the Aisle
6. Lull
7. Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix)
8. Climbing Up The Walls (Fila Brazillia Mix)
"No Surprises B-sides:
9. Palo Alto
10. How I Made My Millions
11. Airbag (Live in Berlin)
12. Lucky (Live in Florence)
BBC Radio One Evening Session [05/28/97]:
13. No Surprises
14. Climbing Up the Walls
15. Exit Music (For a Film)
DVD:
Music Videos:
1. Paranoid Android
2. Karma Police
3. No Surprises
"Later With Jools Holland" [05/31/97]:
4. Paranoid Android
5. No Surprises
6. Airbag
Slipknot's Chris Fehn (you know, the guy who bangs on garbage cans) said in an interview that the band will be bigger than Metallica one day. He also thinks that Slipknot has not reached their musical apex and that they have yet to make their "Black Album". Sounds like someone has their mask on too tight. When Slipknot sells over 100 million copies, is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, records (arguably) the best metal album of all time, AND the best selling metal album of all time then they might have a chance of becoming bigger than Metallica. Until then, shut the fuck up and bang on your garbage cans.
DLC of the Week
Rock Band:
The Dead take over Rock Band:
Grateful Dead
"Cold Rain & Snow"
"Doin' That Rag"
"Don't Ease Me In"
"Fire on the Mountain"
"Hell In a Bucket"
"Uncle John's Band"
I'm not a huge fan of The Grateful Dead, however their songs are pretty fun to play. Slight recommendation.
Guitar Hero:
The Boss and Brits dominate this week:
Bruce Springsteen:
"Born to Run"
"My Lucky Day"
"My Lucky Day" is a track from his newest album, Working on a Dream, and since I haven't heard it, I have no opinion. "Born to Run", however, is a classic and I highly recommend it. The best part is these two songs are free for a limited time so there is no reason you shouldn't have these songs.
Oasis:
"The Turning"
"I'm Outta Time"
"(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady"
"Falling Down"
"To Be Where There's Life"
"Ain't Got Nothin'"
"The Nature of Reality"
"Soldier On"
Along with "Bag it Up", "Waiting for the Rapture", and "The Shock of the Lightning", Oasis' latest album, Dig Out Your Soul is now available, in its entirety, on Guitar Hero. It also happens to be their best album since (What's The Story) Morning Glory, so this is also highly recommended.
The Greatest Albums of My Life
…will be back next week. Stay tuned!
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I'll have a better and longer column next week. Hopefully.
Jesus FUCKING Christ!!!!! I've heard artists talk a lot of shit before, but the Slipknot dude comparing his mediocre fly-by-night band to Metallica has got to take the cake. Slipknot isn't even in the same ballpark with Korn, let alone Metallica.
Posted By: Michael L (Guest) on January 25, 2009 at 02:10 AM
Let's see...Slipknot (who ripped off Mushroomhead and Mr. Bungle in appearance, and Fear Factory and Slayer in sound) bigger than Metallica (who combined the way European metal was heading with the current US punk scene, creating an entire genre of music that has branched out to create the two largest styles of heavy music in existence, all the while consistently growing popularity-wise and releasing an album that would go platinum WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF RADIO OR MTV EXPOSURE by the name of Master of Puppets)...yeah, right. They're not even bigger than Poison and Motley Crue are NOW. "But we have good record sales and sold-out tours!" Yeah, and your fanbase are also a bunch of 15-year-old's who discover REAL extreme music a year later and realize how awful you are.
Posted By: AndrewCrow (Guest) on January 25, 2009 at 01:20 PM
Slipknot made one amazing record, their first. Metallica, at least in this guy's opinion, made 2.5 Master of Puppets is one of metal's best records ever. ...And Justice for All is fucking solid, and the Back Album...well, half of it is good, anyway. The other half led them towards Load, and for that they should never, ever, ever, ever be forgiven.
Either way, Slipknot guy, you're still wrong. Maybe if you had continued to make great records after your debut, I might agree. But as it stands, Iowa was so bad I only gave Vol 3 one spin, and have yet to bother with your new album. Metallica has such name recognition, that we'll all check them out, even AFTER the sacrilegious releases of Load and Re-Load.
Props to Andrew for pointing out Slipknot's ripoff ways, as well. People I know love to bag on Mushroomhead and say they ripped off Slipknot, and this typically makes my head explode from the sheer force of their ignorance.
Posted By: Nick (Guest) on January 25, 2009 at 02:03 PM
fair enough chris is talking compete rubbish, but calling slipknot a fly by night band when they've been around way over a decade is beyond stupid
Posted By: Guest#0389 (Guest) on January 25, 2009 at 02:03 PM
fuck metallica... all they do is piss and moan now and yes all of their albums in the 80s are classics EVERY song on those albums besides whatever ballad they wanted to throw on track 4 sounds the fucking same
Posted By: the clown dude (Guest) on January 26, 2009 at 08:19 AM
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