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British Bands
Animals
Beatles, The
Cream
Dire Straits
Elastica
Fine Young Cannibals
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Hollies, The
Iron Maiden
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Kinks, The
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues
Nashville Teens
Overlanders
Patto
Queen
Rolling Stones, The
Smiths, The
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Uriah Heep
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XTC
Yes
Zombies, The
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I'm fairly sure you'll get to it first, but as long as it's in the running I don't much care.
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Loaded - Primal Scream
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^^Hmm so am I, it wouldn't happen to be one Full Moon Fever would it?
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A young Depeche Mode, cute indeed.
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^After all that I hope someone ends up actually nominating one of his albums.
Or maybe...
Groundbreaking post-punk: Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Classic mainstream rock: Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
One of the best break-up albums ever: Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
The punk masterpieces:
- Entertainment! - Gang of Four
- Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
- Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges
- My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
- Never Mind the Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
A reggae classic: Exodus - Bob Marley & the Wailers
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When I was older and wiser
Portishead
Massive Attack
I'm jealous beyond words (excepting these seven).
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True, true.
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One of the hardest lists to narrow down to just ten, so I didn't bother.
1. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
2. This Fire - Franz Ferdinand
3. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Nothing To Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John
5. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
6. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
7. Elephants - Them Crooked Vultures
8. This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case
9. Shake A Fist - Hot Chip
10. Quiet Dog Bite Hard - Mos Def
11. Barcelona - Plastiscines
12. Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs
13. ABCs - K'naan
14. The Calculation - Regina Spektor
15. Northshore - Tegan & Sara
16. Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis
17. Daniel - Bat For Lashes
18. Winter Dies - Midlake
19. Norway - Beach House
20. New Pony - The Dead Weather
Definitely my kind of music, great choices Lizard.
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1. Strict Machine - Goldfrapp
2. Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio
3. Sunflower - Low
4. Drowners, The - Suede
5. Dirty Love - Frank Zappa
6. Bang Bang - The Knux
7. Blue In Green - Miles Davis
8. Stuck Around - Shaimus
9. You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos!
10. Silent Lucidity - Queensrÿche
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"The Thought of You" - Jocelyn Alice
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I expected the Gallagher bros. to rank much higher, most of the others probably have/would have calmed down with age.
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Ramones - Ramones (1976)
2. "Beat on the Brat"
4. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
5. "Chainsaw"
6. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"
7. "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement"
8. "Loudmouth"
10. "Listen to My Heart" Ramones
11. "53rd & 3rd"
12. "Let's Dance"
13. "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You"
14. "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"
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^Nice one.
Who's Next - The Who (1971)
Side One
2. "Bargain"
3. "Love Ain't for Keeping"
4. "My Wife"
Side Two
7. "Going Mobile"
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1. Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
2. Pepper - Butthole Surfers
3. Held - Smog
4. Bukowski - Modest Mouse
5. Little Girl - Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse
6. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
7. The High Road - Broken Bells
8. My Heroics - Absynthe Minded
9. Plateau - Nirvana
10. Summersong - The Decemberists
Tough to narrow down, lot of great stuff.
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come to think of... Low is just great, period
Agreed.
Things We Lost in the Fire is probably my favourite. "Sunflower" just missed out being included in my second PTT. Mimi and Alan's voices are in such perfect, beautiful balance even by their high standards. I also like their early stuff especially Long Division and The Curtain Hits the Cast.
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1. Into My Arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2. All Mine - Portishead
3. Modern Love - David Bowie
4. Mr. Hurricane - Beast
5. Chase Scene - Broken Social Scene
6. It's Tricky - Run-DMC
7. Tightrope - Janelle Monáe ft. Big Boi
8. Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out - Freak Power
9. You All Everybody - Drive Shaft
10. Time To Kill - The Band
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^I loved that line.
I also heard some unfavourable reviews about the ending. Forgive me this mild rant in reply.
I absolutely agree that most of the negativity was by people who never really understood what the show was about in the first place: the characters, their stories, their lives, not some in-depth quantum mechanics-level explanation of how the island glows/time travels/gives eternal life/heals etc. Not always getting the full why and how is something everyone can relate to. People are more than the things that happen to them. But you don't need all the technical answers to understand the show, you just need to invest some time, attention and bit of brain power into the story which, as evidence by the popularity of reality TV, is something the general public seems strongly opposed to doing.
As for the finale, I don't think they could have ended it any other way. Reconciling the flash-sideways with the regular time line was in typical mind-blowing, heart-wrenching yet believable Lost style. Death of some, survival of others, good trumps evil, Hurley in charge and Jack at peace, closing his eyes paralleling when he opened them after the crash in the first episode. Classic.
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"Stellar" - Incubus
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^Nice one. A friend of mine got me The Great Destroyer a little while ago. I particularly like "Monkey", "On the Edge of" and "California" as well.
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One of the most beautifully romantic songs I know:
"Into My Arms" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997)
And I feel the lyrics deserve a full cut and paste...
I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
But I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candles burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And for balance, a decidedly unromantic one
"Mr. Hurricane" - Beast (2008)
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I personally think this is the way Wild Horses was meant to sound. It's at least as good as The Stones .... I know, heresy!
I was actually thinking the same thing listening to this version (I like the Sundays cover too). Though it is an intrinsically great song, I don't really care for the original. Apart from the chorus, it just doesn't sound "right" to me.
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Can't say I blame them, they'll need to be in top form when we seek our revenge next season in the Premier League (champion by one lousy point.)
Though its not great news for Germany and worse for Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.