Stale Music Review #1 - Bob Segar

Greatest Hits by Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band

Cost: $0.92US

Song Count: 14

I've never been one to go searching for a Greatest Hits album by anyone.  They just aren't all that great, in my opinion.  Usually, when you listen to full albums there are some hidden gems that would never make it onto any greatest hits offering.  As with anything, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  So, expecting the songs picked for greatest hits CD would surely resonate with the executive who chose the songs but not necessarily to the average listener.  But, going against instinct, I chose Bob Segar's Greatest Hits to add to my expansive collection.

I really chose this album for one song: Against the Wind.  It is THE Segar song and really the only one that NEEDS to be on this disc; the other songs could be four minutes a piece of Bob farting into the microphone.  Against the Wind is that good.

Bob Segar has written some damn hits, though.  As a child of the '70's, I pretty much grew up with Bob blasting on the stereo of my dad's Chevelle (8-track, of course), so Segar is ingrained in me as much as Tom Petty, the Eagles, or Fleetwood Mac.  These songs are my youth.

So, as we shall do with Stale Music Reviews, here is a track listing and my limited notes/musings on selected tracks.

1.  Roll Me Away

2.  Night Moves - Been working on my Night Moves.  Good song.

3.  Turn the Page - Not a fan of remakes, but Metallica does a better version.  Sorry Bob.

4.  You'll Accomp'ny Me

5.  Hollywood Nights - An excellent, fun rocker.

6.  Still the Same - Yawn.

7.  Old Time Rock & Roll - If you can listen to this and NOT think of Tom Cruise in his tighty whities then you are better man than I am.

8.  We've Got Tonight

9.  Against the Wind - Damn...this is a perfect song.

10. Mainstreet - For some reason I love the main guitar lick on this tune.

11. The Fire Inside

12. Like A Rock - Yup.  The truck commercial jingle.  Lame as fuck.

13. C'Est La Vie

14. In Your Time

Overall, not a bad track listing.  Other than Like a Rock, which sucks balls, and Still the Same (which is an absolute snoozer), it's a really tight, well organized disc.  It sure beats Bob cutting ass into the microphone, for sure.