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Ok, I’m just going to give my honest thoughts on The Shaggs’ Philosophy of The World. I don’t care if it seems over the top, but this is how I feel about The Shaggs.

It would be cool owning the record because I definitely see how it’s a record that in a lot of people’s eyes, is genius......and such an album could not be replicated like @Phaneronic mentioned! 🧐

Like this record would make me look smart and like a real music nerd! And nothing is more sexy than an attractive music nerd, right? I’m just joking! 😂🤓 (got you @Joe Mac )

But at the same time, this record will make me and my collection less attractive. Like do you know how ugly it will look having The Shaggs, and then Destiny’s Child and Britney Spears in the same cube. Like ewwwwww 😖

I mean, I have Bratmobile’s Pottymouth and that’s a really different album to have, but it has so much sex appeal. That album is so raunchy, direct and had this unmatchable hyper sexual energy. It reminds me of a really hot, wooooo topless kinda girl riding those toy bulls at a bar, but the bull is going so fast and crazy! That album just yells “f**k me”!

Vanity 6, like I said before is also a bit dumb and has this super fun energy, but again, it has so much sex appeal, I love it!!! A bit like that pretending to be dumb, flirtatious, I’m a popular teenager kind of sexy aesthetic.

So I can excuse an album like Bratmoble in my collection because it’s sexy and raunchy! But The Shaggs.........this honestly sounds like they are playing at a kids fair and no one cares, which is displayed through their energy and vocals etc

The Shaggs has no sex appeal, and it just makes me giggle and cringe at the same time when I hear their songs. It’s so ugly, I can’t deal. But I know it’s a unique album.

But I need my record collection to be attractive and to replicate my personality. So I’m not going to be getting The Shaggs! 🙅‍♂️

If it was really sexual, maybe, but I’m not getting anything sexy at all from this album. So this album won’t make me look badass and sexy like Bratmobile or cutesy, innocent and adorable like Loretta Lynn. Instead, The Shaggs will make me look like a stoner who has bad taste in food and eats canned food because they’d rather spend their money on cigarettes and crap alcohol 😝

Let’s hope it’s not The Shaggs! 🙏
 
NathanRicaud said:
Ok, I’m just going to give my honest thoughts on The Shaggs’ Philosophy of The World. I don’t care if it seems over the top, but this is how I feel about The Shaggs.

It would be cool owning the record because I definitely see how it’s a record that in a lot of people’s eyes, is genius......and such an album could not be replicated like @Phaneronic mentioned! 🧐

Like this record would make me look smart and like a real music nerd! And nothing is more sexy than an attractive music nerd, right? I’m just joking! 😂🤓 (got you @Joe Mac )

But at the same time, this record will make me and my collection less attractive. Like do you know how ugly it will look having The Shaggs, and then Destiny’s Child and Britney Spears in the same cube. Like ewwwwww 😖

I mean, I have Bratmobile’s Pottymouth and that’s a really different album to have, but it has so much sex appeal. That album is so raunchy, direct and had this unmatchable hyper sexual energy. It reminds me of a really hot, wooooo topless kinda girl riding those toy bulls at a bar, but the bull is going so fast and crazy! That album just yells “f**k me”!

Vanity 6, like I said before is also a bit dumb and has this super fun energy, but again, it has so much sex appeal, I love it!!! A bit like that pretending to be dumb, flirtatious, I’m a popular teenager kind of sexy aesthetic.

So I can excuse an album like Bratmoble in my collection because it’s sexy and raunchy! But The Shaggs.........this honestly sounds like they are playing at a kids fair and no one cares, which is displayed through their energy and vocals etc

The Shaggs has no sex appeal, and it just makes me giggle and cringe at the same time when I hear their songs. It’s so ugly, I can’t deal. But I know it’s a unique album.

But I need my record collection to be attractive and to replicate my personality. So I’m not going to be getting The Shaggs! 🙅‍♂️

If it was really sexual, maybe, but I’m not getting anything sexy at all from this album. So this album won’t make me look badass and sexy like Bratmobile or cutesy, innocent and adorable like Loretta Lynn. Instead, The Shaggs will make me look like a stoner who has bad taste in food and eats canned food because they’d rather spend their money on cigarettes and crap alcohol 😝

Let’s hope it’s not The Shaggs! 🙏
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I doth believe he protests too much. Nathan for The Shaggs
 
Murfocakes said:
No. The Room is hilarious. I love it. The Shaggs is like ugly and strange in a different way. I don’t think they’ll do The Shaggs as it would be career suicide and a disdain for casual subscribers. But so was closing the forum/changing the return policy/rising the prices.
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It’s times like this where I wish Storf could come in and say “It’s not The Shaggs. There’s no way we would choose them to be a ROTM”

I don’t think we’ll be getting The Shaggs now. It’s just that so many people on here were so excited about the possibility of it being The Shaggs!

Shutting down the forum is still pretty heart-breaking. I love needlesandgrooves so much but I miss the VMP forum a lot.

I can’t wait for the Black Friday sale! I’m so hyped up for it! I’m not going to buy any exclusives from now on unless I really want them!
 
NathanRicaud said:
It’s times like this where I wish Storf could come in and say “It’s not The Shaggs. There’s no way we would choose them to be a ROTM”

I don’t think we’ll be getting The Shaggs now. It’s just that so many people on here were so excited about the possibility of it being The Shaggs!

Shutting down the forum is still pretty heart-breaking. I love needlesandgrooves so much but I miss the VMP forum a lot.

I can’t wait for the Black Friday sale! I’m so hyped up for it! I’m not going to buy any exclusives from now on unless I really want them!
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The savings might return them to the price they were pre-price hike. I predict cheaper copies of Torres, Lapsey, Betty Davis and the others that can’t be shifted.
 
Murfocakes said:
The savings might return them to the price they were pre-price hike. I predict cheaper copies of Torres, Lapsey, Betty Davis and the others that can’t be shifted.
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Let's hope the Black Friday sale is as amazing as it was last year! Even though I didn't go crazy with it as I had so much of the exclusives I wanted, I really appreciated the fact that VMP gave you the money difference for exclusives on sale (if they were purchased within the last 30 days). That was so generous of VMP! Remember that @Skalap !?!?

I definitely think Loretta Lynn and Unlimited Experience will be on sale! I have a feeling them two Essential ROTM's will take long time to sell out!

Murfocakes said:
That Amerie as your profile pic, Nathan? 1 Thing, such a great single.
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Yeah, that's Amerie! That album I have in my profile pic is 🔥🔥🔥

1 Thing is a classic song. I love that song sooooo much! That song is everything! One of the best singles of the decade for me!
 
NathanRicaud said:
Let's hope the Black Friday sale is as amazing as it was last year! Even though I didn't go crazy with it as I had so much of the exclusives I wanted, I really appreciated the fact that VMP gave you the money difference for exclusives on sale (if they were purchased within the last 30 days). That was so generous of VMP! Remember that @Skalap !?!?

I definitely think Loretta Lynn and Unlimited Experience will be on sale! I have a feeling them two Essential ROTM's will take long time to sell out!


Yeah, that's Amerie! That album I have in my profile pic is 🔥🔥🔥

1 Thing is a classic song. I love that song sooooo much! That song is everything! One of the best singles of the decade for me!
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I do remember yes, it was the time when they were honest and treated their customers well :p
 
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The more I think about it, the more I absolutely fucking love the idea of The goddamn Shaggs being picked as ROTM. Even though a lot of us here don’t find the music particularly enjoyable (for great reason!), at least most of us understand a little bit of the context of the album, how it’s gained a semi-ironic cult following on the internet, and the possibly facetious citings of it as an influence on Cobain and Zappa. But we’re the minority here - VMP have said before that the vast majority of members don’t ever swap a ROTM, so I’d imagine there’s a significant portion of the club membership that isn’t really in tune with deep musical history and just throw their monthly record on the turntable to see what it’s about for the first time. And the idea that Philosophy Of The World could imminently be arriving on the doorsteps of tens of thousands of unsuspecting Phoenix and Sleater Kinney fans... what a glorious shitstorm that would be.

I really don’t believe it’ll be the ROTM for what it’s worth. I’m not sure it’s the type of shitstorm VMP wants right now. But it would fit in suspiciously well with VMP’s recent modus operandi of “going out of our way to piss of our consumer base and giving a giant middle finger to customers”. To appropriate an old metaphor from Storf, it would really drive home the point of VMP turning full heel
 
chrb98 said:
The more I think about it, the more I absolutely fucking love the idea of The goddamn Shaggs being picked as ROTM. Even though a lot of us here don’t find the music particularly enjoyable (for great reason!), at least most of us understand a little bit of the context of the album, how it’s gained a semi-ironic cult following on the internet, and the possibly facetious citings of it as an influence on Cobain and Zappa. But we’re the minority here - VMP have said before that the vast majority of members don’t ever swap a ROTM, so I’d imagine there’s a significant portion of the club membership that isn’t really in tune with deep musical history and just throw their monthly record on the turntable to see what it’s about for the first time. And the idea that Philosophy Of The World could imminently be arriving on the doorsteps of tens of thousands of unsuspecting Phoenix and Sleater Kinney fans... what a glorious shitstorm that would be.

I really don’t believe it’ll be the ROTM for what it’s worth. I’m not sure it’s the type of shitstorm VMP wants right now. But it would fit in suspiciously well with VMP’s recent modus operandi of “going out of our way to piss of our consumer base and giving a giant middle finger to customers”. To appropriate an old metaphor from Storf, it would really drive home the point of VMP turning full heel
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This!!! All of this!!!
 
Murfocakes said:
@Skalap is wise and truthful
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Exactly what I think about Skalap. He's so transparent and friendly and kind but so smart and really tells you what he thinks! I love Skalap!!!

I think you're the same though Murfocakes! You have really good qualities as well. I really like your personality, especially your sense of humour and your love for Prince and his affiliates. You're cheeky but you are smart and professional!
 
NathanRicaud said:
Exactly what I think about Skalap. He's so transparent and friendly and kind but so smart and really tells you what he thinks! I love Skalap!!!

I think you're the same though Murfocakes! You have really good qualities as well. I really like your personality, especially your sense of humour and your love for Prince and his affiliates. You're cheeky but you are smart and professional!
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I’m coming to you next time I need a job reference
 
VMP may as well make pornstar Farrah Abraham's "My Teenage Dream Ended" an Essentials ROTM as it also has a strong cult following like The Shaggs' "Philosophy of the World". My Teenage Dream Ended is an easily misunderstood album and the album in recent years has been viewed as a masterpiece and ahead of its time. But, this Farrah Abraham album would be so unbearable for most VMP subscribers to listen to. That's how I feel about The Shaggs. I know the ROTM won't be The Shaggs but I just want to further express my feelings because I'm a child 😂😂😂

Image result for farrah abraham my teenage dream ended album
 
NathanRicaud said:
Let's hope the Black Friday sale is as amazing as it was last year! Even though I didn't go crazy with it as I had so much of the exclusives I wanted, I really appreciated the fact that VMP gave you the money difference for exclusives on sale (if they were purchased within the last 30 days). That was so generous of VMP! Remember that @Skalap !?!?

I definitely think Loretta Lynn and Unlimited Experience will be on sale! I have a feeling them two Essential ROTM's will take long time to sell out!


Yeah, that's Amerie! That album I have in my profile pic is 🔥🔥🔥

1 Thing is a classic song. I love that song sooooo much! That song is everything! One of the best singles of the decade for me!
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I've heard that song more this summer than I have in the last decade. I bought a pass to the theme park near me and it's one of the 10 songs they play on a loop. It's a great song and my 5 year old daughter dances around every time it comes on.
 
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