Friday, May 05, 2006

New Musical Express

Music rant---> Right now I hate;

The Kooks (really hate them)
Corinne Bailey Rae (with vengeance)
Jose Gonzalez (though there is a 1/4 chance I may come to like him)
The Streets (Never Went To Church, the "best" song off the new album is awful itself)

Right now I like;

The Raconteurs (Jack White's new supergroup)
The Like (fit girl band that can play)
The Zutons (Why Won't You Give Me Your Love is excellent)
The Flaming Lips (<3 them)

How about this for a fuck up too:

Will Young has been voted the most popular British artist of all time by commercial radio listeners in the UK. The former Pop Idol winner beat a host of legendary acts including The Beatles (34), Pink Floyd (11), Oasis (9) and Coldplay (4).


Beverley Fucking Knight is at number 10! Paul McCartney at 3? He should be at 34, with The Beatles in his place. The top two shouldn't even be in the top 20! Simply Red? Go to hell! Arctic Monkeys at 12? Why? Why? Below is the list for you to get angry about just as I did, I can only imagine what you think about this. It proves one thing anyway, that commercial radio listeners in the UK know shit.

1 Will Young
2 Robbie Williams
3 Paul McCartney
4 Spice Girls
5 Coldplay
6 Sugababes
7 Take That
8 Gorillaz
9 Oasis
10 Beverley Knight
11 Pink Floyd
12 Arctic Monkeys
13 Simply Red
14 Jamiroquai
15 George Michael
16 Kaiser Chiefs
17 James Blunt
18 Girls Aloud
19 Keane
20 Sir Elton John



Also, staying on the music subject. It can to my attention that bands are choosing increasingly crazy/long names for their bands, why is this? Are all the normal/short names gone? Anyway I can't be bothered to really elaborate on this further so here are three band names to back up my theory:

dirty pretty things
Be Your Own Pet
we are scientists

->All good names actually, and good bands too from what I have heard.

1 Comments:

Blogger Ruomlig said...

WTF!?! Yeah I did hear about this travesty. Where the hell are: The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Queen...the list could go on. Actually where the hell are The Beatles!? The Jam? The Clash? The Sex Pistols!? WTF!!!??? Aaaarghhhh!

Oh and what's wrong with Corrine Bailey Rae? Thought she was quite good.

5/06/2006 10:19:00 AM  

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