Cut the Fat - Number 7

Have you ever thought "Man, this is a perfect record except for this one track?" For the next week, I'm going to play "cut the fat." That's where I name an essential Glam record and tell you which track I think is a dud. In other words, the album would be stronger without the worthless track in question.

Today's essential Glam record is Motley Crue's Red, White & Crue. The double-disc set is a must-own for any Motley fan as it marked the band's big "comeback" and also includes all the hits.

But there's one dud.

"Use It or Lose It."

Why this track was chosen for the greatest hits is beyond me. The track comes from Theatre of Pain, one of Motley's weaker records...and it wasn't even a single. Couldn't the band find an awesome B-side - something to match "Black Widow" - instead of "Use It or Lose It?"

Red, White & Crue tracks:

1. Live Wire    
2. Piece Of Your Action    
3. Toast Of The Town    
4. Too Fast For Love    
5. Black Widow    
6. Looks That Kill    
7. Too Young To Fall In Love    
8. Helter Skelter    
9. Shout At The Devil    
10. Smokin' In The Boys Room    
11. Use It Or Lose It    
12. Girls, Girls, Girls    
13. Wild Side    
14. You're All I Need    
15. All In The Name Of...    
16. Kickstart My Heart    
17. Without You    
18. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)    
19. Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)    
20. Dr. Feelgood
   
Disc: 2

1. Anarchy In The UK    
2. Primal Scream    
3. Home Sweet Home ['91 remix]    
4. Hooligan's Holiday [Brown Nose Edit]
5. Misunderstood [Successful Format Version]    
6. Planet Boom    
7. Bittersuite    
8. Afraid [Alternative Rave Mix]    
9. Beauty    
10. Generation Swine    
11. Bitter Pill    
12. Enslaved    
13. Hell On High Heels    
14. New Tattoo [single version]    
15. Street Fighting Man
16. If I Die Tomorrow
17. Sick Love Song

Agree? Disagree? Tell me your thoughts.

Comments

[Brian C.]

Damn.....I like Plant Boom by Tommy Lee and I like Can't Stand the Heartache by Skid Row....I'm starting to doubt my good taste.

[Metalboy!]

And now for yet more controversy...

I always thought Crue should have redone Vince's solo song, "Promise Me" and tacked that onto the "Saints of Los Angeles", which would have helped that come up a little, as there's another example of them blowing a chance to put out a legit album the way the Stones came back from the dead with "Some Girls".

Also, here's a crazy challenge...

To me, Ratt is the king of too much filler per album.

I mean, c'mon, as much as I love 'em when they were/are at their best, a lot of their album output you could only classify as "All Filler, One Killer", seriously. I mean, the dumb words of some of their otherwise super catchy songs just kills 'em for me.

So, how about taking the best from "Invasion of Your Privacy" and "Dancing Undercover" and combining them to create one album of all killer material.

What exactly is that material, I'm not sure.

I'll leave it to the experts to figure that one out, just as they so finely did with Use Your Illusion on the previous page of comments!...

... Now I'm gonna play with all of those suggestions on my iPod. I can tell just by looking at the basic running order suggested, it would have been a much more "serious" record, GnR.

And as for, Aerosmith "Rocks"...

I was gonna attack that one and I was even thinking about "Get The Lead Out", but I gotta say, I always liked that tune except for maybe the part where Tyler keeps repeating, "Oh no, Oh no..." to a really annoying guitar riff... But seriously, I think that album approaches flawless perfection, which is pretty funny, considering the total madness of that record and the circumstances under which it was recorded.

[BB]

My fat free Use Your Illusion would look something like this:

Right Next Door To Hell
Dust N Bones
Double Talkin’ Jive
Garden of Eden
Pretty Tied Up
You Could Be Mine
Perfect Crime
The Garden
Don’t Cry (from 1)
You Ain’t the First
Bad Obsession
Back off Bitch
Bad Apples
Don’t Damn Me
Yesterdays
So Fine
Civil War
Estranged
November Rain (piano demo, not the overproduced version that was released)

[Damnp78]

Most definitely agree ! There is ZERO POINT ZERO fat on "Appetite" That album is solid gold through and through ! Not a bad song on there.

[Allyson]

Geesh, you guys are getting ahead of me. Lots of fat to cut - keep checking back!

Allyson

[Bryon]

Use It or Lose It is actually one of my favorite tracks from Theatre of Pain, which I agree isn't a very strong Crue album.

[nirVrana]

I think you need to take Primal Scream off disk 2, put it on disk 1 in place of Smokin Pole In the Boys Room and cut the entire disk 2.
This collection reminds me why I love/hate Crue. Yes, they have some of the best songs out there, basically TFFL, SATD and DRF. Then they have entire album sides worth of chum. I mean really, how do you follow up SATD with Theater of Pain? Pink outfits, covers, ballads, crap I don't even remember the titles of, and I owned the record! And really, has any other band put out more greatest hits/live albums than actual albums?

[Brian]

I dunno.....Since they put the other version of HSH on this version of their greatest hits, they needed another song from TOP. I personally like Use It, and would have been okay with Keep Your Eye On The Money as well. But bottom line, they only had two singles from this album, and there weren't a lot of other choices. I'm good with this one being on there. There's a lot better choices for the fat, including the Q stuff, or one less track from New Tattoo.

[Dj]

use it or lose it is cool, the thing that gets me on red white and crue, is that it shouldve had im a liar and thats the truth on it.