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Post by bluerisk on Jun 5, 2020 14:32:27 GMT
I can't even say if I've ever heard one of these songs...
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Post by Zos on Jun 5, 2020 14:36:48 GMT
On reflection, West End Girls is a very London song, and the Guardian a very London newspaper, so it kinda makes sense. I spent the entire duration of today's run cogitating on my favourites, so expect a list at some point. I Feel Love will be no.1 for sure. 12" 15 minute version it would have to be. Italian disco meets Krautrock, utterly irresistible. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 5, 2020 14:46:28 GMT
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Post by nogbad on Jun 5, 2020 15:19:01 GMT
On reflection, West End Girls is a very London song, and the Guardian a very London newspaper, so it kinda makes sense. I spent the entire duration of today's run cogitating on my favourites, so expect a list at some point. I Feel Love will be no.1 for sure. 12" 15 minute version it would have to be. Italian disco meets Krautrock, utterly irresistible. If you mean the original Bobby O production, I can go along with that. Even if it isn't a patch on his work with Divine at the same time. But we may not be talking of the same version, IIRC the 12" original was only around 8 minutes long. |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 5, 2020 15:21:33 GMT
Everything I Own by Ken Boothe is the greatest omission for me.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 5, 2020 16:43:22 GMT
Always loved the Pet Shop Boys but my personal favourite is Left To My Own Devices.
A few years after their first wave of hits (which seemed untoppable) I was just about getting to the right age to be buying my own music from the local "Woolies" when it came out. Never forget first time I heard it, it just sounded like an incredible step up. However not a number one!
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 5, 2020 16:46:16 GMT
Not a personal favourite but isn't that Wet Wet Wet song a glaring omission from the list? It was number one for half a year or something daft like that!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 5, 2020 17:10:26 GMT
Not a personal favourite but isn't that Wet Wet Wet song a glaring omission from the list? It was number one for half a year or something daft like that! Wasn’t even as good as the Trogs’ original version. Bryan Adams Everything I Do .. was No. 1 here for a week longer. Frankie Laine’s I Believe still holds the record though. |
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Post by Zos on Jun 5, 2020 17:29:04 GMT
12" 15 minute version it would have to be. Italian disco meets Krautrock, utterly irresistible. If you mean the original Bobby O production, I can go along with that. Even if it isn't a patch on his work with Divine at the same time. But we may not be talking of the same version, IIRC the 12" original was only around 8 minutes long. I own the 7" but sure I have a 15 minute (poss 12 min) version on a hi Def player somewhere. Will have to dig it out. I know there were some later remixes as well. |
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Post by Zos on Jun 5, 2020 17:32:05 GMT
Everything I Own by Ken Boothe is the greatest omission for me. Picked up the Trojan 7" of that last month on Discogs, sounds great. |
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 5, 2020 21:37:51 GMT
Not a personal favourite but isn't that Wet Wet Wet song a glaring omission from the list? It was number one for half a year or something daft like that! Wasn’t even as good as the Trogs’ original version. Bryan Adams Everything I Do .. was No. 1 here for a week longer. Frankie Laine’s I Believe still holds the record though. Bizarrely Wet Wet Wet are now trending on UK Twitter (for reasons unknown) which has unearthed the fact that the 15 week run at number 1 began 26 years ago yesterday! That makes me feel v old... |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 5, 2020 21:59:35 GMT
Everything I Own by Ken Boothe is the greatest omission for me. I prefer the Labi Siffre version (ducks for cover.) |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 8, 2020 16:41:56 GMT
Everything I Own by Ken Boothe is the greatest omission for me. Picked up the Trojan 7" of that last month on Discogs, sounds great. It was the third single I ever bought, in 1974. Which makes me feel rather ancient! |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 8, 2020 16:44:43 GMT
Everything I Own by Ken Boothe is the greatest omission for me. I prefer the Labi Siffre version (ducks for cover.) I've never heard that. I only know two of his songs, Something Inside So Strong, which makes me want to projectile vomit, and I Got The..., which is tremendous. I'll check it out. |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 8, 2020 16:48:26 GMT
My OFFICIAL (typing in ALLCAPS makes it so, so I learned on the old, inferior, IMDB) Top 15 UK No.1s, as I couldn't narrow it down to 10, in chronological order -
Tornados - Telstar
Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
Four Seasons - December ‘63 (Oh What A Night)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Geno
S-Express - Theme From S-Express
Timelords - Doctorin’ The Tardis
Yazz - The Only Way Is Up
Madonna - Like A Prayer
2 Unlimited - No Limit
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
All Saints - Pure Shores
Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars
Ranking them would take another three days, so sod that. I Feel Love is top, of course, with Uptown Top Ranking next.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 8, 2020 17:23:57 GMT
Telstar is great. Definitely my fave from your list.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 9, 2020 8:34:55 GMT
I prefer the Labi Siffre version (ducks for cover.) I've never heard that. I only know two of his songs, Something Inside So Strong, which makes me want to projectile vomit, and I Got The..., which is tremendous. I'll check it out. I can't find any mention of Labi Siffre ever having recorded Everything I Own. Dunno what kind of brain fart is happening there with me! Sorry about that. I do like the original version of the song by Bread, as well as the Ken Boothe version. |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 9, 2020 10:18:02 GMT
I've never heard that. I only know two of his songs, Something Inside So Strong, which makes me want to projectile vomit, and I Got The..., which is tremendous. I'll check it out. I can't find any mention of Labi Siffre ever having recorded Everything I Own. Dunno what kind of brain fart is happening there with me! Sorry about that. I do like the original version of the song by Bread, as well as the Ken Boothe version. Which would explain why I couldn't find it on Youtube! It sounds like the kind of thing he would have recorded, as might Johnny Nash. Strangely enough, at the height of my punk (particularly Stranglers) obsession at the age of 12, I also had a Bread phase, and I still enjoy their original of that song. Speaking of unlikely reggae covers, I also liked Paul Davidson's Midnight Rider very much as a kid, an Allman Brothers song. |
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Post by Zos on Jun 9, 2020 10:36:44 GMT
Picked up the Trojan 7" of that last month on Discogs, sounds great. It was the third single I ever bought, in 1974. Which makes me feel rather ancient! I bought Judy Teen in '74 which I think was my first "real" single. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 9, 2020 10:46:37 GMT
Tiger Feet by Mud was my first ever single (also 1974.) Think it's the only single I even bought to be honest! (may actually have been a gift) Didn't buy albums either! I wasn't that big on music other than listening to the radio.
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