Vinyl Me Please Essentials

I find the anger over the even the possibility that the Shaggs could be ROTM quite funny. VMP likes to be perceived as "edgy" which means putting out Loretta Lynn records every so often, not take a crap in a envelop and mail it to people. Putting the Shaggs out would really hurt the brand. My guess it will be a bog-standard, run of the mill lost album, with a couple of good songs and another 8 that leave no trace in the memory once you put the album back in the sleeve.
 
I will roll around laughing my face off if VMP falls for Kurt and Frank's trolling by actually choosing this as the AOTM.

Kurt and Frank's ghosts must then come back from the dead to haunt the halls of VMP by pointing at VMP staff and gleefully laughing. That's it. All the ghosts do is wait for someone to walk by them, point at them and then die laughing.
 
Whatever this upcoming “essentials” pick is this month, an obscure late 60’s private press psych record is something that would definitely be right up my alley. That being said I will likely swap just for a value play. While I personally appreciate the genre exercises that VMP sometimes release. I have learned the majority of their members do not and will likely be able to pick up September’s release on Discogs come December for like $12.
 
The story of how The Shaggs came to be is all kinds of interesting, and listening to Philosophy of the World in that context adds to the intrigue. It's not good, but there is a fundamental reason why it's not good in that it is totally free from the conventions that music exists within.

That said, I'd be absolutely hard pressed to believe that VMP would do this. A small run exclusive? Sure. RotM? Naw.
 
NathanRicaud said:
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 😂😂😂

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I’ve always said that if this album was released by Crystal Castles it’d be topping lists for best album of 2012. I always laugh when people try to posit Angelic 2 The Core and Philosophy Of The World as misunderstood avant-garde masterpieces, but this twisted ass album is one I could feasibly see an argument for
 
BattleFlag said:
The story of how The Shaggs came to be is all kinds of interesting, and listening to Philosophy of the World in that context adds to the intrigue. It's not good, but there is a fundamental reason why it's not good in that it is totally free from the conventions that music exists within.

That said, I'd be absolutely hard pressed to believe that VMP would do this. A small run exclusive? Sure. RotM? Naw.
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I think the "free from conventions" talk is bologna. That's like saying you jumped out of a sky scraper to show you were free from the conventions of gravity... Free indeed!

Some jazz that "breaks the conventional rules" while still making great sounding music is an example of actual execution of this idea.

All the Shaggs are is a cool story and a collectible item. ( there is more than one version of the story too) I get some would like the record based on these items alone. I just don't buy the many theories on why it's intriguing music.
 
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