Music : Anthology
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724352757329
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: August 29, 2000
Sales Rank: 73271
Studio: Capitol
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Though his audience isn't as big as it used to be, George Thorogood has, at the very least, attained minor-legend status. After all, was there anyone who saw Terminator 2 and didn't recognize "Bad to the Bone" from the very opening riff? Thorogood is the punk-rock god of the blues, thrashing out Chicago riffs with confidence, even though he's never been technically brilliant--his interpretation of "The Sky Is Crying," included on Anthology, is pedestrian at best. But Thorogood has always made up for in enthusiasm and energy anything he might have lacked in technique. It's likely that more people have heard his versions of "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," "Reelin' and Rockin'," "Who Do You Love?," and "If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)" than the originals. Purists will never be impressed by Thorogood, but in many ways, it's guys like him who are the best ambassadors for the blues: they're accessible, they love this music, and a good time is always guaranteed. --Genevieve Williams
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George is one rockin cat. No one is like rockin George. If you don't get the spirit listening to his music you never will. Tina Turner once said of her and Ike's "Proud Mary" ..."we play it hard and rough." That is what George does to his songs..loud and rough. He does a good job on Elmore James songs (he usually gives Hound Dog Taylor the credit though) and also I like his cover of the Canned Heat cover of "Let's Work Together." You either love George or you don't like him. No flashy gimmics, no frills just hard rockin rock-n-roll. Only to have more like him. This has every essential G.T. & T.D.D. song that you need on it. For me the cherry on top of the whipped cream was "the rock-n-roll national anthem - Johnny B. Goode." It was live, done in St. Looie and he will never be Chuck Berry but if Chuck were younger he just might do it like George did...blew me away! George you rock me and you always will...rock on baby..the Wolf Man and the Joliet Jayke the Bluze Brother are out there listening. The rest of you buy the cd and see for yourself. Come on and "be bad to the bone."
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I saw George & the Destroyers live last night for the first time since the early '80's (at the Fabulous Ballroom in Baltimore, I think - that has to be a pile of rubble by now). Back in the day, I used to throw his first album into the cassette player in my Mercury Lynx every time I drove from Jersey over the Delaware Memorial Bridge going down to DC - turned way up, of course. Even though he & the other Destroyers are a bit older (who isn't???), he still rocks out & had the crowd in the palm of his hand for the whole show. And my ears were still buzzing this morning so he still likes to crank it, too.
The reviewer who trashed him is missing the point - it's all about his love for the music, his respect for the original artists & his obvious enthusiasm for performing these great tunes live. If it wasn't for him, there are a lot of people who would have never heard a John Lee Hooker or Elmore James song. I know that listening to him & other so called "cover" artists like the Fab T-Birds prompted me to check out the original versions & explore those artists.
This collection is a great way for casual GT fans to get a good taste of his music, & for old timers like me who had everything on vinyl to get many of our old favorites on CD.
Keep rockin', George - we love you in Jersey!!!!
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....it amazes me that Thorogood gets on the radio at all....why are you people here considering buying 'his' music....buy the original recordings by the original artists. KFOX in San Jose, CA is a classic rock station, and on Tuesdays it's - Two for Tuesdays, and throughout the weekend it's "Triple Shot of:(artist/group)" ....I can't get to my volumn control fast enough when they play one of 'his' songs, let alone 2 or 3. Worst music ever....and they only play, "Bad to the Bone; One Burbon, One Something, One Beer; Who Do You Love; and Move It On Over"....what a 2nd rate collection of OTHERS PEOPLES SONGS.....don't waste your money. And you don't want to know what I think about Janis Joplin and Santana?
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Maybe it's just because I'm used to the originals, but George Thorogood's abilities as a bluesman (or a slide guitar player) don't impress me.
To me, Elmore James did a considerably more convincing Elmore James, but there is no doubting that Thorogood rocks, in a meat-and-potatoes kind of way, and some of the originals on this extensive compilation album, such as "If You Don't Start Drinkin'", "Move It On Over" and "I Drink Alone" are fun, catchy rockers.
This compilation is much too long for the casual fan, though, and the tempo and the approach barely changes through all thirty songs, but "Anthology" is certainly a very comprehensive overview of the Delaware-born guitarist's career. Still, anybody who is not a diehard fan should look for the single disc "30 Years of Rock - The Greatest Hits" or the classic compilation "The Baddest of George Thorogood And The Destroyers". That one cuts right to the bone, delivering just the cream of the crop.
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This collection is an excellent overview of Thorogood's large and impressive catalogue. His music is good old rock and roll stripped of the unecessary gimmicks that plague modern "rock". Accept no substitute for this All American Rock and Roll Man.
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