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It's well known that 80% or more of the population are idiots, and like sh!t like One Direction and other creations of Cowell's bowels. But every now and then, a genuinely good pop tune gets to number one and is played on the radio multiple times per hour until everyone eventually hates it.
Now I haven't listened to the charts for 10 years or perhaps more like 20, but I remember these tunes:
youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w&
youtube.com/watch?v=f7lV8Q79Yqk&
Can anyone think of any others, or has everything else that people en masse actually liked been soul-crushing shite? I don't think that stuff before I was born like David Bowie or The Beatles or whatever really counts as they didn't have to compete with the type of soulless industrial scale commercialism pop music has suffered over the past couple of decades.
Over to you...
In reply to Jon Stewart:
No, they just produced truly great records then.
> I don't think that stuff before I was born like David Bowie or The Beatles or whatever really counts as they didn't have to compete with the type of soulless industrial scale commercialism pop music has suffered over the past couple of decades.
No, they just produced truly great records then.
In reply to Jon Stewart: One Direction have done some good stuff.
In reply to LakesWinter:
Not sure the soft gay porn vid distracted me enough from the shitness of the track, unfortunately.
Not sure the soft gay porn vid distracted me enough from the shitness of the track, unfortunately.
In reply to Jon Stewart:
I could go on........
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> Can anyone think of any others, or has everything else that people en masse actually liked been soul-crushing shite? I don't think that stuff before I was born like David Bowie or The Beatles or whatever really counts as they didn't have to compete with the type of soulless industrial scale commercialism pop music has suffered over the past couple of decades.
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Really?? You were lucky enough to be born too late to suffered the horrors of airwaves bringing us Brotherhood of man, the Tremeloes, Pickety Witch, David Cassidy, Tony Orlando (and Dawn),Chicory Tip..........>
> Can anyone think of any others, or has everything else that people en masse actually liked been soul-crushing shite? I don't think that stuff before I was born like David Bowie or The Beatles or whatever really counts as they didn't have to compete with the type of soulless industrial scale commercialism pop music has suffered over the past couple of decades.
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I could go on........
In reply to Jon Stewart:
If you like that Gnarls Barkley track, you might like Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - No 1 in 1970
youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM&
If you like a more punk feel, then I could point to The Offspring - Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) in 1999
youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A&
Or Rage Against Again The Machine - Killing in the Name - belatedly No 1 in 2009
youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ&
On a more poppy theme from 2000, Sonique - It Feels So Good
youtube.com/watch?v=hVzvdCKuu4w&
and I'm quite fond of Lady GaGa's Bad Romance, also a No 1 in 2009
youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I&
with apparently more than 546million views on youtube
If you like that Gnarls Barkley track, you might like Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - No 1 in 1970
youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM&
If you like a more punk feel, then I could point to The Offspring - Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) in 1999
youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A&
Or Rage Against Again The Machine - Killing in the Name - belatedly No 1 in 2009
youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ&
On a more poppy theme from 2000, Sonique - It Feels So Good
youtube.com/watch?v=hVzvdCKuu4w&
and I'm quite fond of Lady GaGa's Bad Romance, also a No 1 in 2009
youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I&
with apparently more than 546million views on youtube
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Just looked at the list do number ones for the year
http://www.number-ones.co.uk/2013-number-ones.html
Only heard 2 of them, and one of them - Get Lucky - was one of the worst and overhyped songs of the year. But Royals by Lorde is quite good, and a distinct change of style from their Eurovision winner.
Just looked at the list do number ones for the year
http://www.number-ones.co.uk/2013-number-ones.html
Only heard 2 of them, and one of them - Get Lucky - was one of the worst and overhyped songs of the year. But Royals by Lorde is quite good, and a distinct change of style from their Eurovision winner.
In reply to Dominion:
Oh yes, Mungo Jerry with the most offensive lyric ever to grace the airwaves.
Or were they, like Clarkson, only joking.
Oh yes, Mungo Jerry with the most offensive lyric ever to grace the airwaves.
Or were they, like Clarkson, only joking.
In reply to Jon Stewart:
although it was far from their best song i was in the crowd for the video of Maiden's only number one (that must make it good)
although it was far from their best song i was in the crowd for the video of Maiden's only number one (that must make it good)
In reply to Dominion:
This one was promoted by Mark and Lard to great effect:
youtube.com/watch?v=cIQWt3oMids&
Brilliant.
This was sort of good too (at the time), but just cause the sample is great - the original tune is far, far better, and now the track sounds horribly dated and bad.
youtube.com/watch?v=fKKNPLowteY&
Let's have the real thing...
youtube.com/watch?v=DeYJxXBPtRU&
This one was promoted by Mark and Lard to great effect:
youtube.com/watch?v=cIQWt3oMids&
Brilliant.
This was sort of good too (at the time), but just cause the sample is great - the original tune is far, far better, and now the track sounds horribly dated and bad.
youtube.com/watch?v=fKKNPLowteY&
Let's have the real thing...
youtube.com/watch?v=DeYJxXBPtRU&
In reply to Postmanpat:
And Creme Brulee....just what were those boys up to in the long, hot summer of 76............?
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
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> Really?? You were lucky enough to be born too late to suffered the horrors of airwaves bringing us Brotherhood of man, the Tremeloes, Pickety Witch, David Cassidy, Tony Orlando (and Dawn),Chicory Tip..........
> I could go on........
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> Really?? You were lucky enough to be born too late to suffered the horrors of airwaves bringing us Brotherhood of man, the Tremeloes, Pickety Witch, David Cassidy, Tony Orlando (and Dawn),Chicory Tip..........
> I could go on........
And Creme Brulee....just what were those boys up to in the long, hot summer of 76............?
In reply to Tom Valentine:
I see what you mean - just read them properly, can't imagine the furore that would cause today
> (In reply to Dominion)
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> Oh yes, Mungo Jerry with the most offensive lyric ever to grace the airwaves.
> Or were they, like Clarkson, only joking.
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> Oh yes, Mungo Jerry with the most offensive lyric ever to grace the airwaves.
> Or were they, like Clarkson, only joking.
I see what you mean - just read them properly, can't imagine the furore that would cause today
In reply to Bulls Crack:
Did this get to number 1 then?
youtube.com/watch?v=7Bbfrn400zs&
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> And Creme Brulee....just what were those boys up to in the long, hot summer of 76............?
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> And Creme Brulee....just what were those boys up to in the long, hot summer of 76............?
Did this get to number 1 then?
youtube.com/watch?v=7Bbfrn400zs&
In reply to Jon Stewart:
If not it should have done
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> Did this get to number 1 then?
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> youtube.com/watch?v=7Bbfrn400zs&
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> Did this get to number 1 then?
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> youtube.com/watch?v=7Bbfrn400zs&
If not it should have done
In reply to Enty:
Tried to post this earlier but think I deleted it by mistake - Going Underground was one of four no. 1s from the Jam in the 80s, along with Start, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender. The decade also produce a couple of no 1s from Blondie (Atomic and Call Me) and The Specials' Ghost Town.
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> Going underground.
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Tried to post this earlier but think I deleted it by mistake - Going Underground was one of four no. 1s from the Jam in the 80s, along with Start, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender. The decade also produce a couple of no 1s from Blondie (Atomic and Call Me) and The Specials' Ghost Town.
In reply to Jon Stewart: Miley cyrus - we can't stop
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Rhiana - We found love in a hopeless place. ( i like these young lads version)
youtube.com/watch?v=sckIDFNEjRY&
Rhiana - We found love in a hopeless place. ( i like these young lads version)
youtube.com/watch?v=sckIDFNEjRY&
In reply to Chris the Tall:
The only one I know on that list is "Let's Get Ready To Rumble"
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
> Just looked at the list do number ones for the year
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> http://www.number-ones.co.uk/2013-number-ones.html
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> Only heard 2 of them, and one of them - Get Lucky - was one of the worst and overhyped songs of the year. But Royals by Lorde is quite good, and a distinct change of style from their Eurovision winner.
> Just looked at the list do number ones for the year
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> http://www.number-ones.co.uk/2013-number-ones.html
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> Only heard 2 of them, and one of them - Get Lucky - was one of the worst and overhyped songs of the year. But Royals by Lorde is quite good, and a distinct change of style from their Eurovision winner.
The only one I know on that list is "Let's Get Ready To Rumble"
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Gorillaz/Shaun Ryder - DARE
Gorillaz/Shaun Ryder - DARE
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Arctic Monkeys - Bet you look good on the dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys - Bet you look good on the dancefloor
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Another vote for Gaga's Bad Romance.Killer tune.
Also have a fondness for Groovejet feat. Sophie Ellis Bexter and If This Ain't Love.
Another vote for Gaga's Bad Romance.Killer tune.
Also have a fondness for Groovejet feat. Sophie Ellis Bexter and If This Ain't Love.
From the OP
" I don't think that stuff before I was born ... really counts"
Jon is 34 according to his profile, so most of the 70s suggestions are invalid in the context of the OP.
I proffer "Never Ever" by All Saints.
" I don't think that stuff before I was born ... really counts"
Jon is 34 according to his profile, so most of the 70s suggestions are invalid in the context of the OP.
I proffer "Never Ever" by All Saints.
In reply to ripper:
You really know your actually good number ones. Great tune, was didn't realise it was a number 1.
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
> Gorillaz/Shaun Ryder - DARE
> Gorillaz/Shaun Ryder - DARE
You really know your actually good number ones. Great tune, was didn't realise it was a number 1.
In reply to Sherlock:
Yes, I've got a soft spot for that one.
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
> Also have a fondness for Groovejet feat. Sophie Ellis Bexter and If This Ain't Love.
Yes, I've got a soft spot for that one.
In reply to Oliiver:
Not sure if you're taking this piss there. Miley Cyrus is precisely what I was describing by the terms "soulless industrial scale commercialism" and particularly "soul crushing shite".
> (In reply to Jon Stewart) Miley cyrus - we can't stop
Not sure if you're taking this piss there. Miley Cyrus is precisely what I was describing by the terms "soulless industrial scale commercialism" and particularly "soul crushing shite".
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Carly Rae Jepson - Call me Maybe
All the Pet Shop Boys number ones (West End Girls, It's a Sin, Heart, Always on my mind)
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Eminem - Real Slim Shady, Stan, Without Me (not so keen on his others)
Oasis - Some might say, Don't look back in Anger
Sam and the Womp - Boom boom boom
Prodigy - Firestarter (the last punk song at no.1?)
Carly Rae Jepson - Call me Maybe
All the Pet Shop Boys number ones (West End Girls, It's a Sin, Heart, Always on my mind)
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Eminem - Real Slim Shady, Stan, Without Me (not so keen on his others)
Oasis - Some might say, Don't look back in Anger
Sam and the Womp - Boom boom boom
Prodigy - Firestarter (the last punk song at no.1?)
In reply to SuperstarDJ:
This one was brilliant too:
youtube.com/watch?v=NOcgXTF2MzY&
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
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> All the Pet Shop Boys number ones (West End Girls, It's a Sin, Heart, Always on my mind)
> All the Pet Shop Boys number ones (West End Girls, It's a Sin, Heart, Always on my mind)
This one was brilliant too:
youtube.com/watch?v=NOcgXTF2MzY&
In reply to J Brown:
In exactly which universe was Paranoid Android (or indeed any Radiohead song) ever a number 1?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_Android#Charts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Design_for_Life#Charts (except they have had two no. 1 singles, not very good ones though!)
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
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> Paranoid Android?
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> Paranoid Android?
In exactly which universe was Paranoid Android (or indeed any Radiohead song) ever a number 1?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_Android#Charts
> Design For Life?
Dittohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Design_for_Life#Charts (except they have had two no. 1 singles, not very good ones though!)
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Easily done, I thought Common People was a number 1 before I looked it up.
> (In reply to J Brown)
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> In exactly which universe was Paranoid Android (or indeed any Radiohead song) ever a number 1?
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> In exactly which universe was Paranoid Android (or indeed any Radiohead song) ever a number 1?
Easily done, I thought Common People was a number 1 before I looked it up.
In reply to Jon Stewart:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VLsw668PVyY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVLs...
cum on feel the noize
cum on feel the noize
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International feat. Lindy Layton
Pump Up the Volume - M.A.R.R.S
Theme From S-Express - S-Express
Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International feat. Lindy Layton
Pump Up the Volume - M.A.R.R.S
Theme From S-Express - S-Express
In reply to Jon Stewart:
No Sleep ´til Hammersmith made to the top of the album charts in 1981. IMO one of the best live albums ever.
Album charts were anyway more relevant than the singles charts. Did anyone really buy singles? Single charts make much more sense now with MP3 downloads.
CB
No Sleep ´til Hammersmith made to the top of the album charts in 1981. IMO one of the best live albums ever.
Album charts were anyway more relevant than the singles charts. Did anyone really buy singles? Single charts make much more sense now with MP3 downloads.
CB
In reply to Blue Straggler:
You're kidding right? just a bad rehash of the Clash's brilliant Guns of Brixton
> (In reply to Jon Stewart)
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> Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International feat. Lindy Layton
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> Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International feat. Lindy Layton
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You're kidding right? just a bad rehash of the Clash's brilliant Guns of Brixton
In reply to ripper:
In the context of the OP though, which seems to be pushing a notion that all number 1s are by puppet bands doing factory-written songs selected for them by committee, Dub Be Good To Me is pretty dandy. And this is coming from someone who finds Norman Cook's face to be the most punchable in the land
In the context of the OP though, which seems to be pushing a notion that all number 1s are by puppet bands doing factory-written songs selected for them by committee, Dub Be Good To Me is pretty dandy. And this is coming from someone who finds Norman Cook's face to be the most punchable in the land
In reply to Blue Straggler: guess that counts out Cornershop's 'Brimful of Asha' for you then...
In reply to ripper:
Ha! I didn't like that he speeded it up for the remix. I also have other issues with that song hitting no. 1 though they are not directly related to the music or the band... but basically all the other bands on that tiny record label (wiija) decided that they too should try for some chart action, and started trying (and failing) to make hit singles instead of being proper indie individualists. Sigh. (label head Gary Walker said as much himself)
> (In reply to Blue Straggler) guess that counts out Cornershop's 'Brimful of Asha' for you then...
Ha! I didn't like that he speeded it up for the remix. I also have other issues with that song hitting no. 1 though they are not directly related to the music or the band... but basically all the other bands on that tiny record label (wiija) decided that they too should try for some chart action, and started trying (and failing) to make hit singles instead of being proper indie individualists. Sigh. (label head Gary Walker said as much himself)
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Verve's Drugs Don't Work was ok
Verve's Drugs Don't Work was ok
In reply to Jon Stewart: youtube.com/watch?v=ZnoUlZnwYy4&
In reply to Jon Stewart:
Nena's 99 Luftballons / 99 Red Balloons had a certain impact on the impressionable teenage ripper back in the mid 80s...
Nena's 99 Luftballons / 99 Red Balloons had a certain impact on the impressionable teenage ripper back in the mid 80s...
In reply to Jon Stewart:
And like the charts were sooooooo devoid of comercialism when you was a kid.
It's an industry......the hint is in the name.
And like the charts were sooooooo devoid of comercialism when you was a kid.
It's an industry......the hint is in the name.
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