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top 10 u.k. bands/singers i thought were headed for world domination until they began to suck mightily:1 - the human league
2 - the gang of four
3 - ultravox!
4 - the stranglers
5 - the damned
6 - aswad
7 - magazine
8 - elvis costello
9 - wire
10 - stiff little fingers
One of the things I like about this group is the total lack of geeky, meaningless lists. However, as long as it's kept safely corralled within a 'Lists' category and I can easily ignore it - knock yourself out!
OkTop 5 genres I hate the most:-
Funk (urgh)
Reggae
Country (argh)
Modern R&B
Bjork
Shouldn't there be some kind of weird yelping shriek in Brackets after Bjork? ;o>(YEEOWWWAAAHHHNOOOYEAHHHOOOHHHHHNOEYEIEIE!!!)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Shouldn't there be some kind of weird yelping shriek in Brackets after Bjork? ;o>
(YEEOWWWAAAHHHNOOOYEAHHHOOOHHHHHNOEYEIEIE!!!)"
It was oh so quiet.... :)
(YEEOWWWAAAHHHNOOOYEAHHHOOOHHHHHNOEYEIEIE!!!)"
It was oh so quiet.... :)
I'm sure my favourite Icelandic pixie will be delighted to learn she's a genre of her own! 😎
I like Bjork myself....horses for courses an all that.
Top five songs containing lists...1. Death Trap - Hawkwind
2. Tempted - Squeeze
3. You Bet Your Life - Rush
4. The Days Before Rock & Roll - Van Morrison
5. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Nat "King" Cole
List of things to do1. Keep breathing.
2. Get more sleep.
3. Errrmm, I think that's it.
4. Oh, put cat out.
5. Let cat back in.
Top 20 UK singles of all time.1. Whiter Shade Of Pale ~ Procol Harum
2 to 20. See above.
Maybe I'm just biased!
I have a definite list to the right when I walk.
When I have so much to do that I need a list to keep track, I always include halfway down, a couple of things I've already done so I can cross them off to encourage myself... Sad, but it works for me.
Shopping lists have become an essential in my advancing years and as failing memory takes it's toll, the problem is when I get to the shop and realise I've left it at home or have forgotten my wallet. Even then I usually come home without one or two items. I've lost count of the amount of times I have had to retrace my steps to a shop or bank to sheepishly ask if they have my card that I left in the machine!
List of things I want to do when me vision is balanced again:1) Lose weight, as I've been sitting on my ass for an eon, waiting patiently to have my vision improved.
2) Re acquaint myself with hiking again...i'm dying to get out and revisit some of my favourite country walks & mountains & get fit again.
3) Take up swimming again - Haven't swum since I was a young man, because of my extreme myopia, because it was a bugger to find my glasses in the baths, when they fell off! I'll be long sighted after the 2nd op is done..hooray! :)
4) Finish all my many projects, currently on hold.
5) Take out a some kind of pension, as I've not ever had one.
6) Visit Scotland again..the land of my ancestors.
7) Start considering the possibility of going independent at last, and find a new home that has more assessable amenities, than where I am currently.
8) Socialise more, with actual human beings!!!!
9) Mibbe find romance at long bladdy last?!
10) Um...….learn to understand how a washing machine works?!
Simple wishes....that roll about upstairs...but with my eyesight improving...I think I may now finally get to do stuff again! :)
theDuke wrote: "List of things I want to do when me vision is balanced again:1) Lose weight, as I've been sitting on my ass for an eon, waiting patiently to have my vision improved.
2) Re acquaint myself with hi..."
Sounds as if 'Life begins", Duke!
Since I had my eyes done, and it sounds like mine were never as bad as yours, it's such a pleasure to see birds properly for the first time. I hadn't realised that glasses, brilliant as they are, don't give you the real detail. The bird feeders in our garden let us get a good view but now, even at a distance, I can easily see the difference between sparrows and dunnocks, just at a glance.
Only downside, I could also see all the imperfections that I missed before (cracks in the ceiling etc) but I've got used to that, enough to slide over them when I want to. ;o)
Enjoy your new self.
top ten living musicians/singers i'd have preferred not to have bothered;1 - bruce springsteen
2 - mick jagger
3 - rick wakeman
4 - phil collins
5 - van morrison
6 - roger waters
7 - ali campbell
8 - jeff lynne
9 - ian anderson
10 - elton john
Isabella wrote: "theDuke wrote: "List of things I want to do when me vision is balanced again:1) Lose weight, as I've been sitting on my ass for an eon, waiting patiently to have my vision improved.
2) Re acquain..."
Well..they do say life begins in one's forties Isabella! ..I turned 44 last month! I've also noticed the difference without specs...not sure what it is about wearing specs..but some detail is lost, in favour of clarity close up. But I can now detail with my right eye, that I've never seen before...amazing stuff....can't wait to see what my vision will be like when they are balanced again.
A second chance maybe..to finally get to do things that I never had the confidence to do before...I really do need to sort myself out...get a life for myself...and begin preparing for my twilight years, when I get there......hopefully. I guess it's just that a good portion of my life has been wasted because of vision..denting my confidence & these last few years I have pretty much just been coasting along, with not much happening. Perhaps when the 2nd op has been done...I can start to think about my future and get a bit more out life once again...whilst I am still young enough to do 'em! :)
Tech wrote: "top ten living musicians/singers i'd have preferred not to have bothered;1 - bruce springsteen
2 - mick jagger
3 - rick wakeman
4 - phil collins
5 - van morrison
6 - roger waters
7 - ali campbell..."
Not to have bothered ........ singing, making music or living?
In the Land of the Bland, the blandest is king.In no particular order, some very average acts that are unaccountably hugely popular:
Adele
Kanye West
Ed Sheeran
Coldplay
Beyonce
Sam Smith
Jake Bugg
James Bay
Drake
Kings Of Leon
Tech wrote: "top ten living musicians/singers i'd have preferred not to have bothered;1 - bruce springsteen
2 - mick jagger
3 - rick wakeman
4 - phil collins
5 - van morrison
6 - roger waters
7 - ali campbell..."
What, no Rod Stewart?
Tech wrote: "i did say living! :)"😁
Tech wrote: "i did say living! :)"What; John Lennon? 👻
living dead!ok, edited. still not convinced about rod tho'!
Fishy_Jim wrote: "In the Land of the Bland, the blandest is king.In no particular order, some very average acts that are unaccountably hugely popular:
Adele
Kanye West
Ed Sheeran
Coldplay
Beyonce
Sam Smith
Jake Bug..."
You forgot Justin Bieber on that list..he's defo gotta go on it!
Probably the same people who watch Love Island etc. Unfortunately being bland is not a crime, we can but hope this will change and a reintroduction of the death penalty for repeat offenders.
Isabella and Duke, welcome to the club for corrective eyesight. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has recently undergone cataract surgery so we are in good company!
Martin wrote: "Isabella and Duke, welcome to the club for corrective eyesight. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has recently undergone cataract surgery so we are in good company!"Wrong way round, Martin, HM's the one in good company! ;o)
At risk of setting myself up, here are the first 15 singles I owned, from 1972 (aged 9) to 74. A bit of background; as there was only a single record player in the house at the time my older brother and I had an 'agreement' that if one of us bought any record, the other wouldn't buy the same one. It made some kind of sense - duplicating on very limited funds would have been silly. As he was more into music than I was at the time, he got more of the better stuff! A few notes will follow. E&OE, as they say.1. Chelsea Football Club - Blue Is The Colour (1972)
2. Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (1972)
3. Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (1973)
4. Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy (1973)
5. Sweet - Hellraiser (1973)
6. Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) (1973)
7. Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1973)
8. Sweet - Teenage Rampage (1974)
9. Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (1974)
10. The Wombles - The Wombling Song (1974)
11. Hudson-Ford - Burn Baby Burn (1974)
12. Glitter Band - Angel Face (1974)
13. Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way (1974)
14. Gary Glitter - Always Yours (1974)
15. Glitter Band - Just For You (1974)
Notes:
Chelsea was given as a present. I wasn't and never have been a Chelsea fan!
Jimmy Osmond - my brother insists I had this. Whilst I can remember some dreadful records I did have (which aren't on this list chronologically), I don't remember having this at all, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. Yikes!
Wombles - shut up!!!! I liked the one who was more fond of sleeping than working, lol. Brother had a triple album box set of them, so there! And that's definitely true.
A lot of these bit the dust, as it were, when my dear brother decided it would be a good idea to lie down in front of an electric heater on full power, with a pile of singles (his and mine). A lot of them got warped beyond any use at all.
Do yer worst! 😀
Martin wrote: "Isabella and Duke, welcome to the club for corrective eyesight. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has recently undergone cataract surgery so we are in good company!"Yes..i heard about that! For a woman of 92...she nevers seems to ever be ill or need any medical treatment till now, unlike the Duke of Edinburgh, who has had mild ailments of one sort or another over the last few years..and recently had a hip replacement op at the age of 97!
I've less then one week to go for my pre op appointment for the left eye...so getting there...slowly! :)
Tim wrote: "At risk of setting myself up, here are the first 15 singles I owned, from 1972 (aged 9) to 74. A bit of background; as there was only a single record player in the house at the time my older brothe..."Hmmm.....You're a brave man for admitting owning Gary Glitter records Tim. Granted, my dad had a couple of his records too...which have long since gone....I wonder how many folks still own any of Glitter's stuff, today?
Sends a shiver up my back, to think I used to like listening to his stuff as a wee lad...then learn 20 years later what kind of a man he really is....urgghh. *Shudders*
Martin wrote: "Isabella and Duke, welcome to the club for corrective eyesight. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has recently undergone cataract surgery so we are in good company!"I shall soon be able to join this exclusive club! Op. 1 on July 13 and Op. 2 on July 20, all being well. We can also add Sr. Monica Joan (Call The Midwife).
I don't have any of them now, Duke (excepting the two Sweet records which I bought replacement copies of decades later). So far as Glitter goes, what he has done is revolting. But a few of those early A-sides were great; the two drummers and the sounds of the guitars had been big influences on some later musicians.
"Do yer worst!"so, you've never had any taste then, tim! boom!
1st single owned - the mighty 'lily the pink' - chronology fuzzy after that, genuinely, and not to save any embarrassment.
1st single bought with own money - 'see my baby jive'
didn't own any gary glitter records - I thought he was for the weans - and I was right!...……………………………………………….whit?
1st single owned, on 78rpm disc, Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan, released in 1958 when I was 8 years old.
so, you've never had any taste then, tim! boom!First reggae - 'Dat' by Pluto Shervington (1976)
first reggae would be either 'two sevens clash' or Pablo's 'east of the river nile' albums in 1977.edit, no i'm a liar, I bought 'no woman no cry' on 7" when it came out!
How do you people remember these things? ;-) I have absolutely no idea what album or single I bought first. I can't even remember all the live acts I've seen. The earliest album I remember having was Captain Beaky & His Band, but I would have been too young to have bought it myself.
I used to be able to tell you where I bought every record, how much it cost and more often than not, the catalogue number as well! but was probably heading for the rubber room, so got a life instead!first l.p. owned - '40 great hits from the 50s and 60s', on arcade, I think.
first l.p. bought - *lt*n j*hn - 'goodbye yellow brick road' - it was £3.99 from woollies! :)
....first l.p. bought - *lt*n j*hn - 'goodbye yellow brick road' - it was £3.99 from woollies! :) Bet it still gets a regular, if unmentioned on these threads, spin in the Tech household! ;-)
i'm afraid (very afraid), foe, that it does not! the great cull of '77 saw it given away to a mate's auntie! no room for sentiment in a cull! :)
Had a few children's records as christmas or birthday presents, Pinky & Perky etc, played on my parents old radiogram which was as big as a small sideboard. First single bought 'I Can See For Miles' The Who, first album 'Bayou Country' Creedence Clearwater. After that pretty much albums mostly very few 45's but here's a few I remember in no particular orderWhiter Shade Of Pale (who else but)
Sabre Dance ~ Love Sculpture (Dave Edmunds and Terry Williams from Man)
Snowblind Friend ~ Steppenwolf
Living In The Past ~ Jethro Tull
I'd Rather Go Blind ~ Chicken Shack
Guilty Secret
Sugar Sugar ~ The Archies. Was in there somewhere but that may possibly down to my older sister.
First Reggae
Bob Marley ~ Lyceum Live
Second Reggae
Little Roy ~ Columbus Ship
I do still like a lot of that glamrock stuff but not GG, as Tech said more for the teeny boppers at that time, but Slade, Mud, Sweet, T Rex, Roy Wood, all very much enjoyed and danced to, great party records
Lonnie Donegan, Rock Island Line/ Battle of New Orleans, probably my MUCH older brothers. Jim was ten years older than me and always bringing home a very eclectic selection of folk, classical, jazz and blues, Terry, I don't recall him being that much into music, My sister Kathleen was Stones, Beatles, Elvis and the like, Mum, Country,Ballad singers 40's/50's, Dad, Andy Stewart and some other Scottish stuff.
What can I say? I'm a nostalgic old fxrt!
My first album, as has been mentioned before I think, was Reg's 'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player', followed by a couple of Gary Glitter ones, 'Remember Me This Way' a live semi-soundtrack album if I recall, and 'Always Yours', a Music For Pleasure branded hits collection. I then did a left turn and bought the soundtrack album for 'The World At War' (which series still is shown on some channel or other), then back for another compilation 'The Beatles: Rock 'N' Roll Music' (found in the racks of a DIY/warehouse type place!) and 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. That's the story up to circa 1976.
top 15 reggae albums;1 - 'heart of the congos' - the congos
2 - 'playing it cool, and playing it right' - keith hudson
3 - 'world war III - mikey dread
4 - 'two sevens clash' - culture
5 - 'east of the river nile' - augustus pablo
6 - 'satta massagana' - the abyssinians
7 - 'best dressed chicken in town' - doctor alimantado
8 - 'message from the king' - prince far i
9 - 'isiah, first prophet of old' - big youth
10 - 'africa must be free by 1983' - hugh mundell
11 - 'hail h.i.m.' - burning spear
12 - 'man from wareika' - rico
13 - 'rasta communication' - keith hudson
14 - 'in the light' - horace andy
15 - 'wa do dem' - eek a mouse
top 15 dub albums,1 - 'king tubby's meets the rockers uptown' - augustus pablo/king tubby
2 - 'super ape' - the upsetters/lee perry
3 - 'meets the space invaders' - scientist
4 - 'dub i' - jimmy radway
5 - 'orthodox dub' - errol brown
6 - 'commandments of dub' - jah shaka
7 - 'dub landing, vol.1' - scientist
8 - 'pick a dub' - king tubby
9 - 'dub conference' - winston edwards/blackbeard
10 - 'cry tough dub encounter, vol.1 - adrian sherwood
11 - 'boss man's dub' - linval thompson/revolutionaries (king tubby's studio)
12 - 'rids the world of the evil curse of the vampires' - scientist
13 - 'african dub all mighty, chapter 3' - errol thompson
14 - 'warrika dub' - ?
15 -'dub me crazy' - mad professor
don' mind me, i am , 'ow you say, rich of the time thees morning!top 25 u.k. reggae/dub (in suitably random style);
1 - 'handsworth revolution' - steel pulse
2 - 'live at counter eurovision '79' - misty in roots
3 - 'aswad' - aswad
4 - 'wise and foolish' - misty in roots
5 - 'forces of vict'ry' - linton kwesi johnson
6 - 'mek it run' - dennis bovell
7 - 'smoking my ganja 12"' - capital letters
8 - 'heart' - noah house of dread
9 - 'a fraction of jah action' - i benjahman
10 - 'tribute to the martyrs' - steel pulse
11 - i-surrection' - talisman
12 - 'i-surrection (oldwah deconstruction) - talisman
13 - 'new chapter' - aswad
14 - 'new chapter of dub' - aswad
15 - 'poor and needy 12"' - misty in roots
16 - 'hard food' - dub syndicate
17 - 'leaps and bounds' - singers and players
18 - 'threat to creation' - creation rebel/new age steppers
19 - 'dread beat an' blood' - poet and the roots
20 - 'dole age 12"' - talisman
21 - 'english girl 12"' - (sister) audrey
22 - 'roots controller' - misty in roots
23 - 'dubbing with anansi' - mad professor
24 - 'time boom x de devil dead' - lee scratch perry/dub syndicate
25 - 'armagideon time 12"' - the clash
here is a platform to make lists.
top 10s, top 5s, top 20s, top whatever'
top 10 peruvian nose flautists
top 5 russian reggae albums
top 20 u.k. singles of all time
whatever
i like lists.