{"id":3376,"date":"2002-11-08T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-08T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2021-06-06T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T16:46:59","slug":"best-of-u2-1990-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/11\/08\/best-of-u2-1990-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of U2 (1990-2000)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/musicbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; I got the new U2 CD Best Of 1990-2000 yesterday.  I already have all the albums and B-sides, so I mainly got this to fill out my collection. At least it has some new mixes and two new songs. And, after listening to it, I was rather disappointed.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; For one thing, I prefer their earlier stuff. I know these songs are probably more popular, but to me their earlier stuff is more pure. Just bass, drums, and guitar &#8212; the primary colors of rock, as Bono used to say. The remixes don&#8217;t add to the enjoyment either. Only one is an improvement (Gone). The others are just the same thing with a different flavor. Also, a better mix of the new song was available online\u2026not on this album.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m not even thrilled with the song selection. An unworthy song like &#8220;The First Time&#8221; not only ends the collection but has already been on another collection. And adding to the insult, the UK disc has a bonus track while the US one does not.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; In short, I could&#8217;ve made a better Best Of with my CD burner.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I got the new U2 CD Best Of 1990-2000 yesterday. I already have all the albums and B-sides, so I mainly got this to fill out my collection. At least it has some new mixes and two new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/11\/08\/best-of-u2-1990-2000\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3377,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions\/3377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}