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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 19, 2006 10:53:55 GMT -5
Great Britain (not including Ireland)
Common People - Pulp
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Street Spirit - Radiohead
Bittersweet Symphony - Verve
Girls and Boys - Blur I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Plug In Baby - Muse
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Inbetween Days - The Cure
I'll keep New Order's "Temptation" as the bonus ball.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 19, 2006 10:57:35 GMT -5
If anyone can come up with other countries, or even disagree with my UK list, then go ahead.
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Post by luke on Mar 19, 2006 13:50:21 GMT -5
Oh please, putting any Oasis but "Live Forever" is downright silliness.
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Post by maarts on Mar 19, 2006 14:27:30 GMT -5
Replace that Blur-song by Stone Roses- I Wanna Be Adored and you've got a deal.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Mar 20, 2006 7:27:36 GMT -5
10. Babylon Zoo – Spaceman
9. Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
8. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11
7. Prodigy – Firestarter
6. Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers – Swing the Mood
5. Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas
4. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
3. Spice Girls – Wannabe
2. Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
1. Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 20, 2006 12:47:24 GMT -5
Hey, I quite like Love Missile F1-11. Great kitsch value.
I thought long and hard about "Live Forever" vs "Don't Look Back In Anger". But I went for the pop classicism of the latter, which is rightly regarded by critics as one of the best songs ever made. Truth be told I could swing either way though. So to speak.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 20, 2006 12:48:49 GMT -5
I don't think it's anywhere near as clear cut as "Oh please, putting any Oasis but 'Live Forever' is downright silliness," suggests, anyway.
Plus Liam is absent from my choice, which has to be a bonus.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 20, 2006 12:49:24 GMT -5
Replace that Blur-song by Stone Roses- I Wanna Be Adored and you've got a deal. Yeah, great song. Better than the Blur. We have a deal. |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 20, 2006 12:50:01 GMT -5
10. Babylon Zoo – Spaceman 9. Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 8. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 7. Prodigy – Firestarter 6. Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers – Swing the Mood 5. Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas 4. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up 3. Spice Girls – Wannabe 2. Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 1. Kajagoogoo – Too Shy Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Nickelback... don't make me go there  |
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Post by Paul on Mar 20, 2006 12:56:28 GMT -5
Was anything from London Calling released as a single in 1980? "Train in Vein" perhaps?
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Post by dolly on Mar 20, 2006 13:01:28 GMT -5
Was anything from London Calling released as a single in 1980? "Train in Vein" perhaps? Possibly - but I think that's cheating  If we're talking 80s singles by The Clash - then howzabout Rock the Casbah? Classic. |
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Post by riley on Mar 20, 2006 13:20:53 GMT -5
Great Britain (not including Ireland)Common People - Pulp Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis Street Spirit - Radiohead Bittersweet Symphony - Verve Girls and Boys - Blur There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths Plug In Baby - Muse Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division Inbetween Days - The Cure I'll keep New Order's "Temptation" as the bonus ball. That's pretty solid. I like your Stone Roses replacement for Blur, a la Maarts' suggestion. I was think "Killing Moon", but I don't know what you would take out, so it probably qualifies as bubbling just under. |
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Post by luke on Mar 20, 2006 13:40:11 GMT -5
I don't think it's anywhere near as clear cut as "Oh please, putting any Oasis but 'Live Forever' is downright silliness" suggests, anyway. . It's a nationality thing, I'm sure, but "Live Forever" is the only "classic" they ever did. It's head and shoulders their best, too, and the one they'll always be most recognized for. In a very different way, it's their "Here Comes Your Man" or "Cut Your Hair". Just that immortal tune for the ages, the one song that even people who agree that Oasis sucks have to bow before. It's not a song that most people are physically capable of disliking before the 10,000th listen. From my perspective, anyway, it's completely cut and dry. |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 20, 2006 14:01:54 GMT -5
Yeah, could be nationality. "Live Forever" announced them and got a good buzz. Even hit the top ten, I think. It remains their best song purely on musical terms.
"Don't Look Back In Anger" got to number 1 for weeks and owned the UK. It was a song and the high point of a cultural phenomenon. Every club and every drunk on every street belted out that anthemic chorus every single night for about 3 years - "sooooo Sally can waaaaait" - and just for a short time in the summers of 96 and 97 Oasis really were the Beatles. "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova"... the classics just kept rolling out and we thought Noel's magic was going to, um, live forever.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Mar 20, 2006 14:03:35 GMT -5
Me and Dolly were kicking around some ideas for a US top ten just now, over a Big Mac. But we're just a couple of Limeys and weren 't up to it.
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