British music def the best !
Mar 16th 2006, 12:57 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
British music is definitely great (although I'm not sure that I'd use james Blunt as an example of its greatness) but I don't know if I'd call it "the best".
I dug up an old list I made, here's what I though were the best albums of 05:
British: 10
American: 10
Other: 5
Not definitive of course, but there's a lot of great music from elsewhere as well.
I dug up an old list I made, here's what I though were the best albums of 05:
1. MIA- Arular- British (also sort of Sri Lankan)
2. The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute- American
3. Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary- Canadian
4. Minotaur Shock- Maritime- British
5. Gorillaz- Demon Days- British
6. Maximo Park- A Certain Trigger- British
7. Saint Etienne- Tales from Turnpike House- British
8. LCD Soundsystem- S/T- American
9. White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan- American
10. DangerDoom- Mouse and Mask- American
11. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm- British
12. Doves- Some Cities- British
13. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois- American
14. Spoon- Gimme Fiction- American
15. Quasimoto- The Further Adventures of Lord Quas- American
16. Erasure- Nightbird- British
17. The Go! Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike!- British
18. Ladytron- Witching Hour- British
19. Low- The Great Destroyer- American
20. M83- Before the Dawn Takes Us- French
21. Meshuggah- Catch Thirty Three- Swedish
22. My Morning Jacket- Z- American
23. Opeth- Ghost Reveries- Swedish
24. Sigur Ros- Takk- Icelandic
25. The Kills- No Wow- American
2. The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute- American
3. Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary- Canadian
4. Minotaur Shock- Maritime- British
5. Gorillaz- Demon Days- British
6. Maximo Park- A Certain Trigger- British
7. Saint Etienne- Tales from Turnpike House- British
8. LCD Soundsystem- S/T- American
9. White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan- American
10. DangerDoom- Mouse and Mask- American
11. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm- British
12. Doves- Some Cities- British
13. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois- American
14. Spoon- Gimme Fiction- American
15. Quasimoto- The Further Adventures of Lord Quas- American
16. Erasure- Nightbird- British
17. The Go! Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike!- British
18. Ladytron- Witching Hour- British
19. Low- The Great Destroyer- American
20. M83- Before the Dawn Takes Us- French
21. Meshuggah- Catch Thirty Three- Swedish
22. My Morning Jacket- Z- American
23. Opeth- Ghost Reveries- Swedish
24. Sigur Ros- Takk- Icelandic
25. The Kills- No Wow- American
American: 10
Other: 5
Not definitive of course, but there's a lot of great music from elsewhere as well.
Mar 16th 2006, 1:27 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
It was a thread title that promised so much - shame
Also have the "Concert For New York" DVD too. Pretty much everyone sucks on it, except for the 4-song set from The WHO! They really had the whole arena rocking with the likes of "Who Are You, Behind Blue Eyes, Baba O'Reilly & Won't Get Fooled Again"
Jim.
Mar 16th 2006, 1:30 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
Originally Posted by Celsius
So what are you listening to?
Gary Glitter: "D'ya Wanna Be In My Cell, My Cell, My Cell.......D'ya Wanna Be In My Cell.......Oh Yeah!"
Jim
Mar 16th 2006, 2:27 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
Originally Posted by dbj1000
No it doesn't. RTFM Bob 
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Mar 16th 2006, 9:25 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
They're playing a cracking song on radio 1 at the minute by some mob called the kooks or something. I think they played SXSW - sound very promising.
Song makes me smile quite a lot - very british
Song makes me smile quite a lot - very british
Mar 16th 2006, 9:48 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
Originally Posted by woodsey
we got backstage after the last Weller gig in LA and met the man himself.. 
I got talking to a really nice bunch of guys for about an hour, and my hubby came over and asked where they were playing.. 
turned out it was Madness and I had no clue.. 
I got talking to a really nice bunch of guys for about an hour, and my hubby came over and asked where they were playing.. turned out it was Madness and I had no clue.. ohhhh, suggs and paul weller - definitely a nice pair to run into. Paul Weller's performance at the Brits this year was supposed to be amazing. I think they're showing them on BBC America in the middle of April.
Mar 16th 2006, 9:49 pm
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Re: British music def the best !
[QUOTE=Hiro11]
I dug up an old list I made, here's what I though were the best albums of 05:
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I really like MIA... Bucky Done Gone has been stuck in my head for a couple of days.
I dug up an old list I made, here's what I though were the best albums of 05:
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I really like MIA... Bucky Done Gone has been stuck in my head for a couple of days.
