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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 9, 2020 14:28:18 GMT
These list compilations are designed purely for discussion and debate, but you have to doubt credibility when something as painfully shit as Whigfield is on the list when The Hollies with I'm Alive and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother are not...  Had that damn Whigfield stuck in my head the past few days! Watched the Inside No. 9 karaoke episode... |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 9, 2020 15:53:35 GMT
First 3 singles I purchased were Peaches/Go Buddy Go (Double "A" Side) - The Stranglers - John Miles - Slow Down & Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols. All got from Rumbelows at the top of the road where I grew up. I've never heard that John Miles song, but I don't mind, as I've allowed myself to be deeply prejudiced against him for the past 45 years. His atrocity Music was probably the first song I ever really detested! Honestly I couldn't tell you another John Miles song. I was starting to begin my love affair with Punk and had enough money for three 7" singles. The plan was obviously to buy 3 Punkers, but they only had the 2 I mentioned so I asked the guy behind the counter if he could recommend anything lively with guitars, and so Slow Down came my way. I liked it, haven't heard it for years but it's pacey with rocking arrangements. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 9, 2020 15:55:09 GMT
These list compilations are designed purely for discussion and debate, but you have to doubt credibility when something as painfully shit as Whigfield is on the list when The Hollies with I'm Alive and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother are not... Had that damn Whigfield stuck in my head the past few days! Watched the Inside No. 9 karaoke episode... Yeah it's sickeningly irritating it that way. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 9, 2020 16:02:55 GMT
Well I thought I would stay with the comedian theme, I could easily have gone with St Winifred's School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma or Claire and Friends - It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½). Man my country used to buy some shit and get them to No.1 …  |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 9, 2020 16:05:19 GMT
These list compilations are designed purely for discussion and debate, but you have to doubt credibility when something as painfully shit as Whigfield is on the list when The Hollies with I'm Alive and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother are not... was on my (not very) shortlist. Edited to retain your credibility! |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 9, 2020 16:12:27 GMT
I'm Alive was on my (not very) shortlist. Edited to retain your credibility! I wasn't aware I had any! You did see No Limit in my top 15, didn't you? Some, not me, would say that is considerably worse than Saturday Night. While I on the other hand assert that both are superior to He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, or the Hollies' other great mistake, The Air That I Breathe. Both of which IMO taint their legacy as one of our very best singles bands. |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 9, 2020 16:14:01 GMT
I've never heard that John Miles song, but I don't mind, as I've allowed myself to be deeply prejudiced against him for the past 45 years. His atrocity Music was probably the first song I ever really detested! Honestly I couldn't tell you another John Miles song. I was starting to begin my love affair with Punk and had enough money for three 7" singles. The plan was obviously to buy 3 Punkers, but they only had the 2 I mentioned so I asked the guy behind the counter if he could recommend anything lively with guitars, and so Slow Down came my way. I liked it, haven't heard it for years but it's pacey with rocking arrangements. If I'm feeling bold at some point I'll check it out, if only to assure myself that it can't possible be as bad as Music. The snippet of which I played earlier (from Carl's link) confirmed that I was right when I was ten, and I'm still right! |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 9, 2020 16:17:58 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. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Bravo! I'm not a great Manics fan as a rule, but every now and then they come out with a cracking single, and that's the pick of the bunch. I recently rediscovered it in my rather neglected cd singles box, and was surprised by how much I like it. |
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Post by staggerstag on Jun 9, 2020 17:26:53 GMT
Well I thought I would stay with the comedian theme, I could easily have gone with St Winifred's School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma or Claire and Friends - It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½). Quirks of coincidence, or whatever it's called, are fun sometimes. My re-raise was instinctively the very same track (probably auto-piloted by Grandad) but I also decided to stay with the theme. Don't think I've ever heard that Claire one and don't think I ever want to. Another rotter is Long Haired Lover From Liverpool. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 10, 2020 12:46:06 GMT
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 11, 2020 8:07:33 GMT
I wasn't aware I had any! You did see No Limit in my top 15, didn't you? Some, not me, would say that is considerably worse than Saturday Night. While I on the other hand assert that both are superior to He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, or the Hollies' other great mistake, The Air That I Breathe. Both of which IMO taint their legacy as one of our very best singles bands. Well it was easy for me to "single" out The Manics from your list since there's a distinct lack of genuine musicians on your list!  But slagging off He Ain't Heavy, that's a low blow mate  Even from someone who rates Doctorin' The Tardis - which brings you into the category of Brits who by supporting such rubbish has brought the Brit music industry to the abominable state it is today. Do admire your unwavering support for your musical beliefs, I have always had to do it for my Punk passion even to this day, you have to have broad shoulders sometimes. We like what we like and stick to it. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 11, 2020 8:13:35 GMT
Well Dusty surely has to go down as one of the best female voices - ever! School's Out and Block Buster! - outstanding choices. The one who put Joe Dolce up should be rounded up and shot  |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 11, 2020 13:06:06 GMT
The readers' picks are a mixed bag, but Never Ever and Where Do You Go To My Lovely? were not far from my all-important, soaraway top 15. I agree with what the guy says about Lonnie Donegan, hearing him as a kid was quite a revelation even in the 70s, but I can imagine what it was like hearing him in the 50s. I myself have been known to credit him with the invention of punk rock on occasion. While my particular fave, Frankie And Johnny, sounds like proto-Beat Happening to my ears. |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 11, 2020 13:09:46 GMT
I wasn't aware I had any! You did see No Limit in my top 15, didn't you? Some, not me, would say that is considerably worse than Saturday Night. While I on the other hand assert that both are superior to He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, or the Hollies' other great mistake, The Air That I Breathe. Both of which IMO taint their legacy as one of our very best singles bands. Well it was easy for me to "single" out The Manics from your list since there's a distinct lack of genuine musicians on your list! But slagging off He Ain't Heavy, that's a low blow mate Even from someone who rates Doctorin' The Tardis - which brings you into the category of Brits who by supporting such rubbish has brought the Brit music industry to the abominable state it is today. Do admire your unwavering support for your musical beliefs, I have always had to do it for my Punk passion even to this day, you have to have broad shoulders sometimes. We like what we like and stick to it. is moronic genius of the kind I've always loved. A Blockbuster for the 80s if you like. I even like their ideas about music, and I devote my life to not over-thinking it. I'm a 55 year old man who merrily wanders around my one horse town in a Never Mind The Bollocks t-shirt, so we are on much the same wavelength even if one of us has rather less rigorous taste in Hollies songs! |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 11, 2020 13:14:32 GMT
The readers' picks are a mixed bag, but Never Ever and Where Do You Go To My Lovely? were not far from my all-important, soaraway top 15. I agree with what the guy says about Lonnie Donegan, hearing him as a kid was quite a revelation even in the 70s, but I can imagine what it was like hearing him in the 50s. I myself have been known to credit him with the invention of punk rock on occasion. While my particular fave, Frankie And Johnny, sounds like proto-Beat Happening to my ears. Gotta admit that I usually turn off my radio when a Lonnie Donegan track comes on! I do like the Sarstetd track though. Never got into All Saints. Used to fancy Mel Blatt but that was as far as my admiration went! The real crime was that this track didn't make the Graun list. I'd have been happy to see it as the No. 1 No. 1. It's well nigh perfect. |
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Post by nogbad on Jun 11, 2020 14:23:58 GMT
The readers' picks are a mixed bag, but Never Ever and Where Do You Go To My Lovely? were not far from my all-important, soaraway top 15. I agree with what the guy says about Lonnie Donegan, hearing him as a kid was quite a revelation even in the 70s, but I can imagine what it was like hearing him in the 50s. I myself have been known to credit him with the invention of punk rock on occasion. While my particular fave, Frankie And Johnny, sounds like proto-Beat Happening to my ears. Gotta admit that I usually turn off my radio when a Lonnie Donegan track comes on! I do like the Sarstetd track though. Never got into All Saints. Used to fancy Mel Blatt but that was as far as my admiration went! The real crime was that this track didn't make the Graun list. I'd have been happy to see it as the No. 1 No. 1. It's well nigh perfect. I'm not keen on that song, but I love their version, the definitive IMO, of Unchained Melody. Perhaps surprisingly, given his terminal one hit wonder status, Peter Sarstedt's eponymous debut LP is rather good, if not challenging. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jun 13, 2020 9:55:43 GMT
Well it was easy for me to "single" out The Manics from your list since there's a distinct lack of genuine musicians on your list! But slagging off He Ain't Heavy, that's a low blow mate Even from someone who rates Doctorin' The Tardis - which brings you into the category of Brits who by supporting such rubbish has brought the Brit music industry to the abominable state it is today. Do admire your unwavering support for your musical beliefs, I have always had to do it for my Punk passion even to this day, you have to have broad shoulders sometimes. We like what we like and stick to it. is moronic genius of the kind I've always loved. A Blockbuster for the 80s if you like. I even like their ideas about music, and I devote my life to not over-thinking it. I'm a 55 year old man who merrily wanders around my one horse town in a Never Mind The Bollocks t-shirt, so we are on much the same wavelength even if one of us has rather less rigorous taste in Hollies songs! My only surprise is that you didn't have Star Trekkin on your list next to the good Doctor... :-) Well you have a year seniority on me, but we be cut from the same cloth, just been down to the local corner shop in my Eddie & The Hot Rods/Life On The Line T-Shirt  One of my regrets was not getting to see The Hollies with Clarkey up front. I saw them when Carl Wayne was on vocals, a great night and because of Wayne's appearance in the band they did 2 numbers by The Move, which went down a storm. He sadly died a couple of years later. |
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