MANCHESTER

[Benny B]

can we have martin hannett in this poll?

big fan of this. like if CAN came from salford. the inner sleeve certainly left an impression on me aged 14

 

[Corpsey]

Do you lot reckon Simply Red would be so reviled if Mick Hucknall wasn't a ginge?

I was sort of joking when I voted for them but OTOH I genuinely do like some of their songs. I also really like Jamiroquai so what can I say? I'm a tasteless kind of guy. Perhaps my cultivation of a more 'high-brow' taste is merely a means of compensating for my deep sense of self-loathing at ACTUALLY liking cheesy, sentimental music with soaring key changes?

I really like The Smiths, tbh. One of the funniest bands I know of.

I was a huge Oasis fan as a yoot and though in retrospect I can see why people hated them I still rate their earlier stuff and although Noel and Liam are both twats they're both much less twatty than Albarn and James. Particularly Alex Bloody James. (Also like some Blur songs.)

 

[droid]

I saved up weetabix coupons and got a bananarama cassette. That's my only memory

Here we are:

Yours was the B-side of Brain's tape. 85/86

Brain's Cassette (this is the one with a torn label, so I don't know which side is which):
?.1. Bucks Fizz - If You Can't Stand The Heat
?.2. Thomson Twins - We Are Detective
?.1. Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting
?.2. ABC - The Look Of Love

http://aurallyyours.blogspot.ie/2012/07/weetabix-top-trax-top-trax-ii-various.html

 

[droid]

Anyone who could choose Oasis over the Roses is clearly insane.

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

i wanna be adored has one of the best basslines of any of these bands.

 

[luka]

Wow droid! That's exactly it!

 

[luka]

Oasis is a much better band than stone roses in my opinion. Liam much better front man than Ian Brown. I do really like I wanna be a door �� but that's their only good song

I remember reading the Mick Hucknall interview in the Observer and yeah it's charmless but on the other hand if I'd been bullied and abused and mocked my whole life and ended up a famous supermodel shagging millionaire I would probably want to stick two fingers up at the world too

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

lets do birmingham after this so we can talk about ub40.

 

[Corpsey]

The way Liam sings is I suppose John Lennon by way of John Lydon, it's one of their best aspects - ''Ah was lurrrrkin for some ack-sheyonnnn''.

Quite like the stone roses too although only a few songs stick out for me - all the obvious ones.

 

[Corpsey]

Was manchester actually the second city of grime cos I remember reading that somewhere but I reckon it might have been tony wilson chatting shit

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

he signed that group raw-t (sic?) to his new label at the time IIRC. they were alright. obv theres mark one and virus and a few others too (but tony wilson didnt sign them).

John Lennon by way of John Lydon,

liam's two top faves!

i like his voice a lot actually.

 

[CrowleyHead]

@Corpse; You got Virus Syndicate as MCs, Mark One and Plastician had some decent runs as DJs/Producers... But that was it, wasn't it? Still might've been more than any other cities produced.

In regards to Oasis vs. Roses, Noel Gallagher is a better conman than anything, the Stone Roses are marks. Plus Ian Brown is absolutely fucking dreadful as a solo artist.

That said, this is a perfect moment.

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[Corpsey]

I think I was just immature enough to really love Oasis when they were at their height of popularity. I was too young to question the nonsensical lyrics, or know where they'd ripped their riffs from, or to think of them as retrograde or nasty. I liked that they were loud, I liked the melodies, I liked the yobbish swagger, and I particularly liked that they were singing about ceeeegarettes and alcohoooool.

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

nonsensical lyrics
retrograde
nasty
yobbish swagger
ceeeegarettes and alcohoooool.

what more do you want from music?

 

[Sectionfive]

Simply Red & Jamiroquai are practically Stax & Motown in a UK doul scene that included Lighthouse Family. Well not Jamiroquai but you get the point.

 

[john eden]

That's my only memory

And they say weed is a harmless drug.

 

[mistersloane]

Plus Ian Brown is absolutely fucking dreadful as a solo artist.

Nah, he's got a really really good bunch of songs in there. He'll have a brilliant "Greatest Hits".

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

Simply Red & Jamiroquai are practically Stax & Motown in a UK doul scene that included Lighthouse Family. Well not Jamiroquai but you get the point.

jamiroquai and simply red werent the kings of uk soul. though jay kay had quite a lot of good-great songs. also, no one includes lighthouse family (or m people while were here).

 

[luka]

Yeah kids today need to learn how big the UK was in the '80s R&b scene. Lost their way in the '90s though for whatever reason

 

[Corpsey]

So who're we talking in terms of UK soul?

Gabrielle? (One-time Brian Harvey collaborator)