Doubts even here: Musicophilia's post-punk mega-work made better?
It's not really a criticism (more a kind of praise if anything), but the minority of tracks I dislike in Musicophilia's epic 1981 Post-Punk Box Set (my previous post ) are - as it were - just begging to be replaced by a few superior songs. In fact, songs from artists who've found themselves overlooked in even this fairly comprehensive 12-hour selection. Yeah, I really couldn't resist. Improvement (if that's what it is) is the sincerest form of flattery, no? Anyway, here are my tinkerings: *Kick out: Depeche Mode (x2), Duran Duran, the Pretenders (x2), the Cars, the Buggles, Matt Johnson, Was (Not Was) and Classix Nouveaux. A modest culling of ten tracks. *Bring in (for example): the Spizzles' Melancholy (or something else from Spikey Dream Flowers ), Girls At Our Best's Getting Beautiful Warm Gold Fast From Nowhere ( Peel session ), The Monochrome Set's The Mating Game , The Passage's Hip Rebels , The Room's Bated Breath , UB40's B Line (Dub)...
