TheThorne
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 24, 2009 19:46:18 GMT 1
Whitman are pretty good just been checking them out but they seem very young,think they will need too develop a bit more they are barely a step above a pub rock band but they could get there. They have a similiar sound to Gaslight Anthem who took 3 albums to get noticed in the UK.
BtW you have to remember I am being Devils advocate a lot of the time, this is reality. The nation will not suddenly embrace a band like this, its reality.
As for Blue Babies I always have time for ska but again it sounds very amateur and rough. Don't what ever you do listen to their version of 'Tainted Love' omg But this seems to be an album release not a single??
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 25, 2009 1:08:32 GMT 1
It is an album release, I did find the title track released as a single, but didn't find a link to that video alone apart from a live version. I did notice a version of Venus on that album and wasn't overly keen on it but FBI itself is on my playlist this week.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 25, 2009 1:16:57 GMT 1
It's difficult to tell theri "charisma" just by listening to the tracks. I have actually left messages for both of these bands about the group and hope to do more of this in the future.
We are in the age now where we can interact with the musicians themselves, something that never really used to be the case. Those who have a lot of charisma in their personalities may show it by actually posting in the group itself.
If you want to suggests artists for me to promote then I may listen to some of your suggestions, particularly if they sound slightly different to the others, although it will have to be on a week they release a single or album.
As for my mention of Susan Boyle and Michael Buble, it is really in response to the suggestion that my tastes are very old-fashioned and what old people like, possibly because I am my mid-40s myself, so I am pointing out that those two would normally in my day have been described as music your granny listens to, yet they are very successful.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 27, 2009 16:33:19 GMT 1
Last chart of the 00s. I can now start compiling my charts of the year and the decade:
1 ( 2 ) Postcard From London - Ray Davies ft Chrissie Hynde < 2nd #1 hit (each) > 2 ( 3 ) Christmas Time Again - YCB ft Elliot Minor 3 ( 6 ) My Christmas Card To You - Shooting Stars 4 ( 1 ) All I Want For Chanukah (Is Hookers And Blow) - Shwa Losben (#1[4]) 5 ( 9 ) Christmas Thanks For Nothing - Slow Club 6 ( 5 ) Life From The Bone - Daisy Wheeller (#3) 7 ( 20 ) Gotta Have My Java - Bryan White 8 ( 25 ) Never Gonna Snow (At Christmas) - Chris Moyles 9 ( 12 ) Million Miles - Reamonn 10 ( 7 ) Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley (#7)
11 ( 4 ) Love Of An Orchestra - Noah & The Whale (#2[2]) 12 ( 14 ) The Blizzard - Camera Obscura 13 ( 31 ) Ode To Adge - Wurzels 14 ( 18 ) On A Down Day - Crissars 15 ( 35 ) I Would Do Anything - Joe Henson 16 ( 11 ) I'm Free - Heartdrive (#11) 17 ( 8 ) Vanity Kills - Codeine Velvet Club (#6) 18 ( 22 ) You Will Only Get It Once - Joel Alme 19 ( 39 ) Three Cheers For Christmas - MacDonald Bros 20 ( -- ) Light It Up / Cul-De-Sac - Whitman
21 ( 44 ) Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) - Laura Marling 22 ( 26 ) Never Say Die When You're Young - Bouncing Souls 23 ( 17 ) Eet - Regina Spektor (#17) 24 ( 10 ) Rain - Mika (#5) 25 ( 16 ) Walk On - Young Rebel Set (#16) 26 ( -- ) F.B.I - Blue Babies 27 ( 48 ) Crash - Ditch 28 ( 30 ) Rainy Day - Ben Montague 29 ( 13 ) Pornstar - Amy Meredith (#8) 30 ( -- ) Psycho Pretty - Malf
31 ( 21 ) A Silent Night With You - Tori Amos (#21) 32 ( 54 ) Kaleidoscope Eyes - OneSevenFours 33 ( 15 ) Duck Duck Love - Liz Fodor (#10) 34 ( 34 ) 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 35 ( -- ) Underground - 2nd Moon 36 ( 24 ) All I Want - Curtis Peoples (#24) 37 ( 58 ) Girl In A White Dress - Tiny Magnetic Pets 38 ( 60 ) A Christmas Song - Happy Little Three 39 ( -- ) Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful - Paloma Faith 40 ( 63 ) Natwest Tower - Woe Betides
41 ( 41 ) Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) - All Time Low 42 ( 65 ) Kelsey - Metro Station 43 ( 29 ) I Am Normal (You Are Not) - Chocolate Teapot (#29) 44 ( 43 ) Damaris - Patrick Wolf (#43) 45 ( -- ) Pack Up Your Memories - Men 46 ( 23 ) Run & Hide - Michael McKell (#16) 47 ( 45 ) Happy Holidays - Jason Damato (#45) 48 ( 19 ) Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell (#1[1]) 49 ( 70 ) It's X-mas Time Again - Neverstore 50 ( -- ) Going To A Funeral - Famous
51 ( 32 ) Mustard Seed - Damion Suomi (#32) 52 ( -- ) First Time - Robinson 53 ( 74 ) Cyber Love - Skyko 54 ( 50 ) Outlaw Heaven - Popes (#50) 55 ( 38 ) Kings And Queens - 30 Seconds To Mars (#38) 56 ( -- ) Kite - People From Venus 57 ( 79 ) Once - Kid Harpoon 58 ( -- ) Pripyat - Ash 59 ( 56 ) Just Me - Music Go Music (#56) 60 ( 27 ) Bunny Club - Polly Scattergood (#8)
61 ( 42 ) I Wake Up Crying - Juliano Rossi (#41) 62 ( 84 ) Rain Song - Dave Rave 63 ( 59 ) Days - Sambassadeur (#59) 64 ( -- ) Medicated Nation - Die Pretty 65 ( 28 ) Arcadia - Ash (#6) 66 ( 62 ) For The Love Of Others - Piney Gir (#62) 67 ( 87 ) Leave It - Loutish Lover 68 ( 64 ) The Dead Disciples - Ash (#64) 69 ( 47 ) You King - Starflower (#46) 70 ( -- ) Hearts - Idle Hands
71 ( 36 ) Caught In The Crowd - Kate Miller-Heidke (#21) 72 ( 91 ) Comfort Zone - Answer 73 ( 33 ) Who Says - John Mayer (#10) 74 ( -- ) Closer - Lyrebirds 75 ( 68 ) The Polaroid Song - Allo Darlin' (#68) 76 ( 93 ) That Spark - Dave 77 ( 40 ) Tracers - Ash (#27) 78 ( 95 ) Colour Blue - A Plastic Rose 79 ( -- ) G-Theory - Adrian English 80 ( 96 ) Tears Fall Like Rain - Morning Side
81 ( 37 ) You Know Me - Robbie Williams (#12) 82 ( 73 ) Bounce - Vice (#73) 83 ( -- ) Real Deal - Blue In The Face 84 ( 55 ) It's Over Now - Electric Lady Lab (#50) 85 ( -- ) Life's Got A Funny Way - Gregory Darling 86 ( -- ) I Fell Into Your Arms - Anders Elfström 87 ( 81 ) Wise (Before My Hair Turns Gray) - Remedy (#81) 88 ( 61 ) More Of This - Vetiver (#56) 89 ( -- ) I Light Up - Julia K 90 ( 51 ) I Was A Riot At The Art School Last Night - King Hats (#33)
91 ( 52 ) I Love A Girl - Frankie Clarke (#34) 92 ( 53 ) Wake Up America - Poppyheads (#35) 93 ( -- ) Like I Need You - Switchboard Spectacular 94 ( 69 ) Paved With A Little Pain - Dot Allison (#66) 95 ( 67 ) Wall Of Stone - Navigators (#62) 96 ( 46 ) Squander - Skunk Anansie (#4) 97 ( 49 ) Every Now And Then - Noisettes (#16) 98 ( 71 ) Fancy Cover - H Bird (#68) 99 ( -- ) Summer Becomes Fall - Latebirds 100 ( -- ) A City On Fire - Fightstar
-- ( 57 ) 'Cause I Love - Colline Hill (#20) -- ( 66 ) Naked With You - Turbo Fruits (#40) -- ( 72 ) Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott (#45) -- ( 75 ) Dreammaker Ave - Trashmonkeys (#11) -- ( 76 ) The Hunted - Brett Anderson (#47) -- ( 77 ) After All - Diesel Trampoline (#73) -- ( 78 ) The Summer Of A Dormouse - Boy Least Likely To (#26) -- ( 80 ) Fifteen - Taylor Swift (#27) -- ( 82 ) Bang!/Let's Dance - Raveonettes (#1[4]) -- ( 83 ) We Shall Burn Bright - Husky Rescue (#76) -- ( 85 ) What Makes Him Act So Bad - Adam Green (#31) -- ( 86 ) Rollerblades - Eliza Doolittle (#79) -- ( 88 ) Cinema vs House - Broken Family Band (#2[2]) -- ( 89 ) Succeed 101 - Jason Karaban (#53) -- ( 90 ) Protection Racket - Fionn Regan (#82) -- ( 92 ) The Bitter End - M J Miller (#58) -- ( 94 ) Over And Out - Newton Faulkner (#64) -- ( 97 ) You Dance - Friday Nights (#66) -- ( 98 ) Blue Skies - Feelers (#37) -- ( 99 ) Peel - Tibursky (#69) -- ( 100 ) Girls Like It Too - Jarvis Cocker (#16)
-- ( -- ) Bluebird Cafe - Simon Goodall -- ( -- ) Summer's Gone - Micragirls -- ( -- ) Heart On My Sleeve - Alfie And The Holics -- ( -- ) Suffer In Silence - Marvelous -- ( -- ) Now She's Gone - Sidney Joseph -- ( -- ) Through Teeth - Battleship Agenda -- ( -- ) Slow Road Home - Ukulele Ray -- ( -- ) Submarine Symphonika - Submarines -- ( -- ) Believe In Me - Fun
Commentary to follow
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 27, 2009 18:42:58 GMT 1
Some "nearlies" this week with Ray Davies reaching number one. He is nearly the oldest person to top the NM chart but not quite: That record belongs to Burt Bacharach who was 71 in 1999 on his appearance on Elvis Costello's "This House Is Empty Now". Ray Davies is only 65. He has been #1 before in 1983 when the Kinks topped the chart with "Come Dancing". Chrissie Hynde made her presence on the scene with a cover of the Kinks "Stop Your Sobbing" and had a relationship with Ray Davies around the time Come Dancing was in the chart and they had a child together although they never married. She has had one NM #1 in January 1987 with "Hymn To Her" as part of the Pretenders. She is now 58. The gap of 26 years between number ones is not the biggest as that record belongs to Elvis Presley, 1977 (Way Down) to 2005 (Tonight Is So Right For Love), but he cannot claim the record for oldest number one because for that I count the age at the time of recording and not at the time it reached #1.
The "Get Real Music Back Into The Chart" facebook campaign has started this week. Whitman, Blue Babies and Malf have all been featured this week. I would promote 2nd Moon today but cannot find any online link to the song.
Idle Hands enter the chart this week for the first time since "Loaded" in 2006, thus removing themselves now from the one-hit wonders list. One-hit wonders from 2009 have been: Zeronic, Jake, James Elder, Dakota, Lisa Mitchell and Shwa Losben. Of those I would expect Dakota and Lisa Mitchell to chart again at some point but we will wait an see.
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