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Post by Milliways on Jan 18, 2017 18:27:18 GMT 1
I'm finally making my way through these after having been laid low with a particularly tenacious virus for the past 2 weeks.
These are the ones I'd score 8 or more from the first hundred or so...
229 Summer Song - Denim Snakes
212 Talk About Glory - Simon Scardanelli
210 Archer - Starflightrocks
200 Big City Women - Tattletale Saints
199 Ready To Blow - Sandinistas
190 Song Despite Apathy - Tiny Little Houses
189 Pawns of War - Miracle of Sound
184 Talking Girlfriend Blues - Trapper Schoepp
171 Heavy Balloon - Tele Novella
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 19, 2017 1:19:22 GMT 1
36 Mittens - Frank Turner
35 You & I - Colony House
34 Breakfast - Anteros
33 Wanted - Skinny Lister
**32 All Worthwhile - Ham Sandwich
31 Daddy Says No - Haschak Sisters
30 Freaks Of Nature - Matthew Wilder
29 Dancing By Myself - 4 Door Theatre
Ham Sandwich #1 right at the end of the year, then in 2017 another week at #1 (then a fall to #3 in the chart I haven't yet posted).
Haschak Sisters are 4 sisters aged between 10 and 17. Matthew Wilder made a very surprise return at the age of 63, a lot older than the Haschak Sisters.
4 Door Theatre not to be confused with Two Door Cinema Club, of course...
Anteros had a previous single which was also called Anteros which probably got filtered for having a title not in my English dictionary. (Plus having an artist and title with the same name often is the sign of some karaoke cover version, which this wasn't, of course).
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 20, 2017 0:22:35 GMT 1
28 By My Side - Interrupters
27 Follow You Anywhere - Abby K
*26 I Don't Wanna See You With Her - Maria Mena
25 Alleyway - Local Waves
24 Catch Me If You Can - Tiffany Houghton
23 Lately - Her Burden
22 Bang Bang! - Monday Blackbirds
Maria Mena had 3 weeks in the chart in 2015 but it was a slow started, 30-21-20 before making its way up more seriously to #2. However its extras from 2015 would push it up to #17, ahead of a few #1s but not above all the #2s.
That includes moving it above Her Burden which was #2 a bit after it, and the single which was #2 immediately after it but has not yet appeared.
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Post by Milliways on Jan 20, 2017 13:40:10 GMT 1
Highlights from 150-101:
146 We Come Along - Twinkles
139 Sharknado - Offspring
135 Fight The Feeling - Side
134 Stay Gold - Guthrie Brown
111 High School Is The Penalty For Transgressions Yet To Be Specified - Mr. T Experience
109 Copy Cats - Humdrum Express
103 Me, Myself & I - Baboon Show
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 20, 2017 15:03:40 GMT 1
Sharknado is actually a "cover" of a Dickies song but with different lyrics.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 20, 2017 15:14:06 GMT 1
21 Hyper - Tom Billington
**20 Christmas Telly - Ghost Station
19 Together Stronger (C'mon Wales) - Manic Street Preachers
18 19 Again - Shiners
17 Blood On The Snow - Luis And The Bots
16 Golem - Reverieme
** in the first two weeks of 2017 it fell to #9 then #24. As a Christmas song it's always like to fall fast but that would put it up to #13 already.
19 Again finishes 18th but is the lowest placed #1 that had all of its run in the chart. Reverieme peaked at #2 but is not the highest placed single in this chart that didn't get to #1. There are two #2s that are higher than it.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 22, 2017 1:14:14 GMT 1
15 Mystery Of My Brother - Glenn Andrew Smith
**14 Eyes So Cold - Shy Nature
13 No One Owns The Sky - Orion
12 Pick Me Up - Clean Cut Kid
11 You Know It - Colony House
Shy Nature has had 2 more weeks in 2017, 36 and 65 and will presumably drop out. Those weeks let it catch Orion but it doesn't catch any of the others. Orion peaked at #2 after entering the same week as Colony House and higher but getting caught by it. There is, however, one #2 that is higher still. I think you may guess which one it is...
Glenn Andrew Smith had us in tears with the sad tale of his brother. Clean Cut Kid had an uptempo #1 early in the year.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 24, 2017 23:14:18 GMT 1
Now I'm in the top 10 I should really start posting videos. However I'm not sure anyone will watch them just because I put it in here. I have a video playlist with all my #1s and #2s of the year, and the highest placed #3 was Local Waves back at #25.
10 Dirty $$$ - High Dive Heart
9 Gamma Knife - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
8 Art Of Dying Young - Skellums
7 Misfit - High Dive Heart
The highest placed #2 is at #10, High Dive Heart's second placed single. It is also the highest 2nd placed single of the year.
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Post by TheThorne on Jan 25, 2017 8:38:24 GMT 1
More likely to watch them than copy the title and go search YouTube so post them
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 25, 2017 11:10:11 GMT 1
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 26, 2017 0:27:04 GMT 1
6 Dear You - Lucy Spraggan
5 Loner - Denim Snakes
4 Quicksand - Tom Chaplin
Lucy Spraggan's tale gave her yet another #1. That song blew me away immediately and flew in to my chart at #4 then climbed to #1 the next week were it stayed on top for 4 weeks. Its fast rise to the top perhaps put it lower on the chart of the year as a result than it might have been.
Denim Snakes are a Welsh band who make fun pop-rock with just 3 chords. This single was #1 for 4 weeks.
Tom Chaplin used to be the lead singer with Keane, and "This Is the Last Time" was the #2 single of the entire 2000s, partly helped by the fact it charted twice, which sometimes happened back then. That single was stuck behind Lucy Spraggan for 2 weeks before finally yielding and staying on top for 3 weeks.
The top 3 are way ahead of the #4 with #2 and #3 close and #1 quite some distance in the lead. High Dive Heart (Misfit) was above Skellums by a tiny fraction. Tom Chaplin and Denim Snakes were also very close.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 27, 2017 2:06:31 GMT 1
As with 1966, the top 3, one at a time.
**3 Road To Rome - Cherry Head Cherry Heart
Male-female duos seem to be a big thing. Andy Johnson and Naomi Lowe from Teeside. This wasn't quite their first NM hit, they had a #74 hit in 2012 with "Is She The One". Still, it was a small artist getting a huge hit in my chart.
With the line in the chorus "Christmas Eve and we're halfway home" it was releaed in October and reached #1 in my chart in its 3rd week, the last week of October and stayed on top for 5 weeks. But 17th December it had fallen to #15 but then, being Christmas Eve, it climbed back to #10. As a result it stayed in the chart a bit into 2017, #38 and #68
Those two extra weeks move it over 500 points, above Tich and others who were near the top of the decade, but not past the top 2, as those are the biggest two hits of the decade so far.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 28, 2017 21:10:09 GMT 1
2. From The Fire To The Frying Pan - Sonic Boom Six
You'll possibly be more familiar with this song now as I nominated it in the single of the year contest, where it picked up more points than the #1 but still not as many as it deserved...
From their album "The F Bomb", this was a "political" song about a man getting into fascism, and the video shows lots of "posts" on social media sites with these views. Given from a viewpoint of Laila K who is one of the "immigrants" the man wants to get rid of, being of Islamic origin but resident in the UK.
The end part samples a bit of the Specials.
In 2011, Sonic Boom Six first burst into my chart with a song that is a bit of a diversion for them "Sunny Side Of The Street". A bit in parts like "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz but with a bit of rap thrown in, and a better lyric. It went to #1 and stayed there for 4 weeks and ended up as the #1 of the year. However this one has done better than it in spite of only being #2 of the year. In fact I think "From The Fire To The Frying Pan" is the #2 of the decade so far, beaten only by the #1 of this year. (That also means Cherry Head Cherry Heart may well be #3 of the decade so far. In 3 years time the full chart of the decade will be revealed).
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 30, 2017 0:09:11 GMT 1
And now for the number one that nobody else seems to like: 1. Time Of My Life - Lost Van Goghs This single entered in the first chart of the year at #5 then spent the next 7 weeks at #1. It is the only single of the 2010s so far to have stayed 7 weeks on top, and is comfortably also the top single of the decade so far. Musically it is reminiscent of Queen, with the piano, the heavy guitars, the choral vocals in part. Lyrically, it goes through a man's initial dreams and then living through the life and looking back at his original plans. The video shows clocks moving and then little clips of a man through different ages. The band come from Sweden and the lead singer is called Lennart Östlund and the other member is Leif Larson. |
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Post by TheThorne on Jan 30, 2017 8:08:14 GMT 1
I can understand why someone would like it, it is very Queen and very 70s just don't really enjoy it personally. Its a 5/10 for me really.
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Post by Milliways on Jan 31, 2017 0:19:05 GMT 1
I am still listening, just rather slowly! Up to #37 (the end of page 1) now, these are the highlights that I would score 8/10 or more
98 Going Away - Ladz From Bkk
90 Let Go Of The Past - Tuts
79 Geordie Lad - Skinny Lister
69 Creeper Creeper - Dameht
68 Rebecca Receiving - Dowling Poole
67 Our Place - Verge Collection
65 Tip Of The Hat - Gerhardt
58 Rhythm Of The Sun - Mariachis
54 Suburban Sex Dungeon - Dexters
50 B Side - San Cisco
43 A Fistful O' Roses - Rumjacks
42 Down - Fiddler's Green
40 Black Moon Rising - Paranotes
37 Thank You Polystyrene - Helen Love
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Post by Milliways on Feb 3, 2017 1:04:10 GMT 1
Highlights from the top 36.
Before I get to this list, just to say that IMO everything here was, with one exception (Haschak Sisters), of high quality and deserving of airplay and recognition. A few of them were just not to my taste (e.g. Maria Mena and Tom Chaplin) but still appreciated.
36 Mittens - Frank Turner
35 You & I - Colony House
33 Wanted - Skinny Lister
28 By My Side - Interrupters
27 Follow You Anywhere - Abby K
23 Lately - Her Burden
21 Hyper - Tom Billington
20 Christmas Telly - Ghost Station
19 Together Stronger (C'mon Wales) - Manic Street Preachers
18 19 Again - Shiners
13 No One Owns The Sky - Orion
12 Pick Me Up - Clean Cut Kid
11 You Know It - Colony House
8 Art Of Dying Young - Skellums
5 Loner - Denim Snakes
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Post by Earl Purple on Feb 3, 2017 12:29:55 GMT 1
Thank you for going through and listening to those songs. If you could help me build my playlists against that would also be good...  |
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Post by Milliways on Feb 11, 2017 23:04:33 GMT 1
I compiled a top 20 from your year end chart, gave it a couple of weeks to mature, and here it is as a countdown
20. Fiddlers Green - 'Down'
19. Tattletale Saints - 'Big City Women'
18. Dexters - 'Suburban Sex Dungeon'
17. Helen Love - 'Thank You Poly Styrene'
16. Baboon Show - 'Me, Myself & I'
15. Simon Scardanelli - 'Talk About Glory'
14. Dowling Poole - 'Rebecca Receiving'
13. DAMEHT - 'Creeper Creeper'
12. Tuts - 'Let Go Of The Past'
11. Frank Turner - 'Mittens'
10. Skinny Lister - 'Wanted'
9. Interrupters - 'By My Side'
8. Denim Snakes - 'Loner'
7. Trapper Schoepp - 'Talking Girlfriend Blues'
6. Skellums - 'Art of Dying Young'
5. Mr T Experience - 'High School Is The Penalty For Transgressions Yet To Be Specified'
4. San Cisco - 'B Side'
3. Rumjacks - 'A Fistful O' Roses'
2. Twinkles - 'We Come Along'
1. Tiny Little Houses - 'Song Despite Apathy'
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