Yesterday, I was browsing the iTunes Store homepage, and I burst out laughing at the fact there was an album simply called "GRRR!" - I just thought it was a marvelously silly choice for an album title, which was made even funnier by the fact it sat at #7 of the iTunes albums chart. I then laughed again after realising it wasn't an album released by some new young boyband with annoying hair, who had probably been told to use that title by some massive Simon Cowell-esque management, but by a bunch of men in their 60s with full creative-control by the name of The Rolling Stones. It had already made me laugh out loud 3 times by this point, and then I clicked on the link and saw the artwork, which you can see here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRRR-The-Rolling-Stones/dp/B0095VOYFW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352776308&sr=8-1
I laughed for the next 5 minutes, wiping away tears of laughter. It is made even better by the fact it is a greatest hits compilation, with no mention of the fact it is a greatest hits compilation. It is bloody genius.
All I really know about The Rolling Stones is "Paint It Black", but I am going to buy this collection based on the artwork and title alone. I'll probably also get the artwork on a T-shirt, because it is just flipping awesome. Everyone will see me in the T-shirt and go "hey, you like The Rolling Stones?", to which I will reply "no, I just am in love with the title and gorilla". It does mean that I like 2 out of 3 elements of the artwork, of course.
I implore my readers with Amazon accounts to click the below link, and tag the collection as "gleeful gorilla" and "GRRR". The top tag is currenly "rip-off", which is ridiculous; any product that makes me cry with laughter is worth every penny.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/tags-on-product/B0095VOYFW/ref=tag_dpp_cust_edpp_sa
GRRR!
ps. I asked people on Facebook yesterday to tag the album using the above tags; I don't think anyone did, but PDT did tag at least 10 of my photos with "GRRR!" and "gleeful gorilla". So thanks, man. Not exactly what I wanted, but I appreciate the gesture. The wonderful, piss-taking gesture. ;)
I highly recommend picking it up at some point. The Stones are a great band and the track listing certainly seems good enough. I would say 'Forty Licks' is a better compilation, but that would entirely miss the point of why you want this compilation so much. More on-topic with your blog, the artwork and title are indeed hilarious. I've done as you asked and supported your wonderful tags, and hope others will do the same.
ReplyDeleteTo close, I'm pretty sure it's possible for you to embed pictures into blog posts here on Blogger. There should be an 'add image' button somewhere in the text editor, which allows you to add images (funny that) either from your computer or from the web. This blog might benefit from the gleeful gorilla taking centre-stage!
GRRR! I actually don't have an Amazon account and the effort that would be taken to create one for this purpose seems too much but I'll admit, I did find the artwork amusing.
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