Posted by paulrulzdood on 2008-08-11 11:24:24
My Score:

pretty shitty review.

"only the good die young", "the boxer", "rich girl" and "don't let the sun go down on me" are all classic Me First tunes and most people probably already had them somewhere or another (can I get an Amen for PUnk-o-rama vol.2?)

Certainly some duds as well, but it's me first.

good way to complete your collection, but really, just go get "have a ball" and "blow in the wind" and you have 85% of their good covers.

Paul

This band..........

what's the point of listening to this at all?

saw them last night at HOB in san diego. Fat Mike on the Glasshouse and their lack of booze: "I dont normally say this, but ya know what? Fuck Pomona." Good show. Relatively weak cd, but still entertaining.

Posted by telegraphrocks on 2008-08-09 12:40:09
My Score:

Real songs > cover songs.

This 'band' has always bothered the fuckin' crap out of me.

Posted by candypatrol on 2008-08-09 04:21:51
My Score:

Saw them last night, fuckin awesome. As many times as I've seen them their shtick never gets old. All the cheesy jokes, group hugs and drunken antics never fail to put a smile on my face. Plus they played "Isn't she lovely" and "Sunday morning comin down" both I'd never seen before. Only gripe was that it was at the glasshouse which had no bar. Had to down a half pint of jack in the parking lot, oh well. Score is for the show.

BTW anybody else notice that some songs sound better than others on this CD? Seems country roads and only the good die young are much louder and more crisp. Maybe cuz they were previously released on comps?

dont let the sun go down on me is in my top 3 gimmes tracks!!! that, i write the songs, good die young and rich girl are the best on here in my opinion.

id give this 7.5. better than have a ball? hmm... dunno. i can listen to all this album but i always skip jet plane, uptown girl and seasons in the sun on have a ball

Now here's a review that is as long as it needed to be. Nice job.

Does anyone else miss the 30 word fanzine reviews? Seriously, this is not a college dissertation. Its punk rock.

Posted by JerryCola on 2008-08-08 16:53:10
My Score:

On one hand most of these songs were also available from various compilations if you didn't wind up getting all those early 7" records before they went out of print... however it does feel nice to have all the songs on one album now.

But yeah some of the songs choices were better than others for this album. As much as I love You Got A Friend and Country Roads, I think Mahogany is the best cover on here with that Germs riff of Richard Dagger’s Crime at the beginning and end of the song.

I’ve been questioning which cover of Mahogany I like better, the Gimmes version or Pinhead Gunpowder’s version.

Posted by christian on 2008-08-08 15:28:26
My Score:

Love it. These guys can do no wrong.

Posted by weffjebster on 2008-08-08 14:50:51
My Score:

Score is for The Boxer.

Yeah!yeah!yeah!

Posted by booker_pee on 2008-08-08 13:29:51
My Score:

pretty good album. "the boxer" remains my favourite-ever gimmes moment.

Posted by blip on 2008-08-08 12:25:53
My Score:

haha, the end of this review reminded me of the Office when Dwight practices his first speech with Michael and ends the speech with "etcetera"

lollll score is for the office

Posted by fattony on 2008-08-08 12:20:56
My Score:

Does anyone even proofread their reviews before submitting anymore?

Also, I strongly disagree that "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is crap. I think it's one of the best songs on the album. But since this is basically a b-sides album, about half the songs are good and the other half pretty much suck. I've never read anything that indicated their first album was going to be a double album either. Most of these songs were recorded for the 7" singles they put out before their first album was released. The first album was made up of the better half of those songs.

weird way to end a review...