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Eddie Money
Quick! Name two Eddie Money songs…….
I said “Quick!!!!”………I know, it’s been a while, and you never hear this guy on the radio anymore, so it’s understandable that you’d struggle a bit, but…what?
“Two Tickets to Paradise”? Excellent. That’s one. Now give me another……………C’mon, you can do it. They played it every day for nearly two years on album-oriented radio back in the day……. Need a hint?
…..”Whatever will be will be…” Does that help?
“Baby Hold On to Me.” YOU GOT IT!!!
Awesome. Those are undoubtedly Eddie Money’s most famous songs, right?
Now, for bonus points, name just one more. Come on, double or nothing. Okay, I’ll go even better than that, TRIPLE or nothing. Just one more song. Just…….one……..more……………
You can’t do it, can you?
Well, to be honest, neither could I. So why in the world would I want to own a collection of Eddie Money songs if it DOESN’T EVEN CONTAIN HIS TWO MOST WELL-KNOWN SONGS??????? What are they thinking?
“We Are the Eighties” is a new CD series that compiles songs from has-been artists who had a modicum of popularity twenty-five years ago, but today couldn’t sell water in a desert.
Now, Eddie Money seems like a really nice guy, and I certainly do not want to offend him, but I’m sure he’s aware of the fact that he isn’t getting much airplay these days, and so is Columbia/Legacy, his record label. As a ploy to appeal to ageing baby-boomers, they are re-packaging his stuff as part of this “We Are the -80s” series. The problem is, Eddie’s biggest hits date from the ‘70s, and so this collection simply ignores their existence. Instead of compiling a genuine “Best of” collection, we get fourteen tracks of thoroughly dated and totally forgotten material. The only track that even rings a bell is “Take Me Home Tonight/ Be My Baby,” and that’s only because I remember that crappy video with a cameo from Ronnie Spector.
Honestly, if Columbia really wanted to do their artist a favor, and sell some records, don’t you think they’d at least include his hits on this compilation CD? Or, if their intent is to focus on artists from the ‘80s, why choose Eddie Money? As I type this, there are at least four collections available that feature Eddie Money’s Greatest Hits (not to mention his first album, which is a virtual greatest hits all on its own), so why does this CD even exist? Eddie may not be a star any longer, but he still deserves much better than this. This may be the most ridiculous repackaged product of the past ten years. (Sorry, Eddie)
Grade: 
 
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