After Nirvana blew up, a whole raft of so-called "alternative" bands flooded the market. One of them was Collective Soul, a grouping that has more in green with `70s stadium rock than grunge. Still, Collective Soul`s output was master to anything Aerosmith every wrote. 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits 1994-2001 has a crappy title (And is inaccurate.
One of the band`s biggest hits, "Shine," is really from 1993), but the tracklisting is a complete assemblage of a road-ready anthems like "Next Homecoming" and "Energy." My favorite song has ever been the somber, string-laden "The Man I Know," even though I`m not altogether certain what the lyrics mean.
Verdict: Keep.
Common
We can`t ever blame the soundtracks to our most intimate moments. I entered into the Park lot of my collection with the notion that this would be my last time listening to the MC. I got into Common during my first brief flirtation with rap in 2005. Basically, I bought Common`s Be and Outkast`s Speakerboxx/The Love Below and thinking that made me a hip-hop head. I haven`t listened to Be much since then, but now it soundtracked my fight to my girlfriend. So now Common`s songs about fidelity mean something more to me. Well, and the overbearing courtroom drama of "Evidence" and the infectious pop ghetto of "The Food," featuring a stupid-awesome hook from Kanye West: "So I had to did / What I had to did / `Cause I had the kid."
Verdict: Keep.
Common Rider
I never saw Common Rider in concert, which I regret quite a bit. Part of that`s because they ever came through on great bills, but also because, well, I used to really, really like Common Rider in high school. The belated sequel to Jesse Michaels` beloved ska/punk act Operation Ivy, Common Rider seemed to command every punk compilation I bought between 2000 and 2003. I miss their Jamaican-tinged punk, although I hear Michaels` new band, Classic of Love, is just too.
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