fuck me, they were shite...

[Final]

The Cure have much to answer for but Boys Don't Cry and Just Like Heaven are slices of pop brilliance.

that's not enough to forgive them for friday I'm in love.

 

[f for fake]

Jesus Jones! Jesus they were shit...

you have NO taste in music...

they were cool and i worshiped the air edwards breathed

 

[dweller]

Badly Drawn Boy

Though I could be wrong on this one,
just the sight of beard and woolly hat made me switch off.

 

[Cloo]

P Diddly Daddy Puffy Coombs

Being subject repeatedly to this dull man when MTV Base is on telly at the gym, I've come to realise that he a) isn't a very good rapper, b) can't dance and c) had no charisma whatever and actually comes over as rather dweeby and uncool.

So what's that about?

 

[8ball]

the kooks, the feeling, all of these castrated stupid guitar bands plaguing us with their bum-fluff wankery at the moment

you bring shame upon your telecasters

 

[Termite Man]

how can people hate

the shamen, yer that song about drugs was crap, but the rest were cool ISL anyone
Manics, before he did the disapearing act they were good, now middle of the road radio rock
reef, great party music band (travis supported, how the fuck did that happen)
Beatles? WTF?
Right Said Fred, have you no musical comedy in you?

bands i hate
oasis, nothing special, just 2 members fight and swear a lot, WOW
ANY boy / girl group
ANY solo female / male RNB bollocks
Artic Monkeys, yer they are great, they changed how we look at music
That lead singer twat whos more famous for a druggie than his bland music, Peter whats his face cockerty

would rant more but i want to do something more interseting, like watching paint dry

to be honest if your going to dismiss an entire genre then your opinion is frankly worth less than shit !

 

[Termite Man]

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - and any band that creates a buzz in the capital, aided and supported by bored members of the music press, and is then foisted on the rest of the country.

Fuck 'em. And fuck you for falling for it.

</Petrol>

Sigue Sigue Sputnik were brilliant .

 

[Boogie Boy]

1. Oasis.
2. New Order.
3. East 17
4. Celine Dion
5. The Spice Girls.
6. Girls Aloud
7. The Shamen
8. James Blunt
9. Kate Rusby.

In no particular order.

BB

 

[Hi-ASL]

Sigue Sigue Sputnik were brilliant .

Judged upon what perverted criteria?

 

[wishface]

a thread dedicated to bands whose critical or commercial success always mystified you...

1: the shamen.

why?

Texas.

 

[Orang Utan]

Judged upon what perverted criteria?

Love Missile F1-11 has got a wicked bassline and guitar riff on it - a gloriously silly dancefloor record

 

[Hi-ASL]

Wicked is probably an overstatement, but silly I can agree with.

 

[Lazy Llama]

Ooh ooh, no one has mentioned that utterly pointless band:-

Ocean Colour Scene.

That ginger bloke liked them too didn't he?

 

[bfg]

Yeah I remember them, the early 90s student population has a lot to answer for

 

[Hi-ASL]

Has anyone mentioned The Farm yet? Surely. Ok then...

The The. Pretentious twaddle in search of a tune.

Oh, and Pete Wylie. 3 or 4 good songs but, generally, a great voice wasted on cliched, corny slop. He should've got some of his mates to write him some decent songs as I'm afraid Petey Boy can't write for toffee.

 

[electrogirl]

red hot chili peppers

stop banging on about fucking california

 

[bfg]

john Legend - soul music without soul

feel theres not enough 80s bands mentioned here yet, mind. I'll say thewords mister mister and let the rest of you quickly fill up the remaining bandwidth

 

[Hi-ASL]

'We Close Our Eyes'? Not for the first time, my mind spares me the pain of remembering their actual names. Anyone?

Howard Jones; Duran Duran; erm... can we just say the 80s?

 

[Boogie Boy]

'We Close Our Eyes'? Not for the first time, my mind spares me the pain of remembering their actual names. Anyone?

Howard Jones; Duran Duran; erm... can we just say the 80s?

Go West.

The 80's WERE NOT SHITE!!

BB

 

[Hi-ASL]

Against that unsupported assertion I offer as evidence:

• Go West
• Wham!
• Ultravox
• A Flock of Seagulls
• Adam Ant
• Kajagoogoo
• Men Without Hats
• Power Station
• Simple Minds
• Spandau Ballet
• Wang Chung

And that's just for starters. God, the 80s were shite.

 

[Boogie Boy]

Against that unsupported assertion I offer as evidence:

• Go West
• Wham!
• Ultravox
• A Flock of Seagulls
• Adam Ant
• Kajagoogoo
• Men Without Hats
• Power Station
• Simple Minds
• Spandau Ballet
• Wang Chung

And that's just for starters. God, the 80s were shite.

1. The SOS Band
2. Mantronix
3. Mike Allen
4. The 'Streetsounds Electro' complilations
5. UK Fresh 86
6. New Jack Swing
7. DJ Cheese and Word of Mouth live on Capital Radio
8. Loose Ends
9. Teddy Riley
10.1p sweets.
11. Groove Records
12. Jazz Jeff going anywhere near turntables.

The 80's were NOT SHITE!!

BB

 

[Hi-ASL]

1. The SOS Band
2. Mantronix
3. Mike Allen
4. The 'Streetsounds Electro' complilations
5. UK Fresh 86
6. New Jack Swing
7. DJ Cheese and Word of Mouth live on Capital Radio
8. Loose Ends
9. Teddy Riley
10.1p sweets.
11. Groove Records
12. Jazz Jeff going anywhere near turntables.

The 80's were NOT SHITE!!

BB

• Dollar
• John Foxx
• Hall & Oates
• JoBoxers
• Kid Creole and his effing Coconuts
• Thompson 'Twins'
• The Style Council
• Kool and the Gang
• Haircut 100
• All the ones on your list

Your move, cowboy.

 

[mauvais]

Half Man Half Biscuit save the 80s. That's all.

 

[Boogie Boy]

• Dollar
• John Foxx
• Hall & Oates
• JoBoxers
• Kid Creole and his effing Coconuts
• Thompson 'Twins'
• The Style Council
• Kool and the Gang
• Haircut 100
• All the ones on your list

Your move, cowboy.

Ooooh, you can't have Kool and the Gang on the list surely? 'NT' (Parts 1 & 2)? 'Summer Madness'? And 'Joanna'...........???

Cheeky person you.

BB

 

[story]

Arcade Fire mystifies me.

I just don't get it.

Mind you, I've never been a fan of The Waterboys either.

 

[audiotech]

• Dollar
• John Foxx
• Hall & Oates
• JoBoxers
• Kid Creole and his effing Coconuts
• Thompson 'Twins'
• The Style Council
• Kool and the Gang
• Haircut 100
• All the ones on your list

John Foxx fronting Ultravox was OK.

Saw the Thompson 'Twins' and they were definately shite, particular when the power outed and you suddenly realised that most of the music had been pre-recorded as a backing track.

 

[Riff]

Magnum
Saxon
Scorpions
Journey
REO Speedwagon

 

[CaviarCigarets]

The View and The Feeling. Never Be Lonely by the latter is a shocking song that is devoid of humanity.

 

[dweller]

1. The SOS Band
2. Mantronix
3. Mike Allen
4. The 'Streetsounds Electro' complilations
5. UK Fresh 86
6. New Jack Swing
7. DJ Cheese and Word of Mouth live on Capital Radio
8. Loose Ends
9. Teddy Riley
10.1p sweets.
11. Groove Records
12. Jazz Jeff going anywhere near turntables.

The 80's were NOT SHITE!!

BB

2.3.4.5.7.10.11
that was very much me for a time in the mid 80s
but I was also listening to the smiths - a very confused lad I was

 

[Dubversion]

John Foxx fronting Ultravox was OK.

Saw the Thompson 'Twins' and they were definately shite, particular when the power outed and you suddenly realised that most of the music had been pre-recorded as a backing track.

actually, they were kind of fucked by a very lucrative but rigid contract which meant they had to keep making fairly wank electropop for years, in the meantime they were making decent dance tunes and dub stuff in their basement studio and releasing it on white labels and the like. Tom's now International Observer - excellent digidub stuff. And they could definitely play, so not sure what the backing track situation is - they were an electronic band so what did you expect them to play if there was a power cut?