Spugsy

christ they've had less hits than the christians! Apart from 'mrs jones and meeeeeee' what else have they done?

Spugsy

very american, but some of his stuff is just brilliant, I've loved 'glary days' since I was a kid and still love it now.

shakh your bootie

They're a bit of a cult band rather than mainstream - very good live, too...

BangleMan

Rain King, American Girls, Big Yellow Taxi, Accidentally in Love, and about a 100 other great songs on half a dozen albums....new album comes out on 25 March too....

Very American, but every song with a message, or which tells a story...

shakh your bootie

True - saying you don't like Springsteen is a bit like saying you don't like the Beatles...

shakh your bootie

Yeah, lyrically they aren't Michael Stipe or Dylan, but they're headed that way...

BangleMan

SYB, please remember you're talking to a fella from Newcastle, so all he has to go on is Ant & Dec, and Jimmy Nail (Crocodile Shoes etc).....and Auf Widersehen Pet....show him some pity..

Spugsy

balls, they're totally mainstream, there's nothing cult about them in the slightest.

File them with the spin doctor and hootie and the blowfish.

Spugsy

i just got the new REM album yesterday, its not bad.

BangleMan

But I dont....at least we wont have a reunion tour to suffer through...

Spugsy

actually the only DVD I brought with me is the whole series of 'the likey lads'

BangleMan

Did you ever hear the song Stipe and Chris Martin collabrorated on and sang a year ago (think it was for some charity or other).....superb !

BangleMan

If you ever get the chance to see them live, they are excellent, and do a great version of Rain King / Thunder Road.....lead singer has an awesome voice

shakh your bootie

Yeah? I liked Reveal, Around the Sun was OK but not one of their best...

I'll have to get the new one (accerlerate???)

shakh your bootie

here you go...