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BBC Best British Group Ever

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Results are in and I'm very angry about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/ ... oup-result

The chart is:

The Beatles
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Take That
Coldplay
Oasis
Electric Light Orchestra
The Who
Depeche Mode
The Jam
Radiohead
The Smiths
Genesis
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Duran Duran
Madness
Girls Aloud
The Beautiful South
The Kinks
Bee Gees
Wham!
The Clash
Blur
Spice Girls
The Police
Manic Street Preachers
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I don't get Queen. I don't think I've ever heard more than 3 songs that I like.

Take That, Coldplay and Oasis in the top ten. IN THE TOP TEN! I understand your anger.
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Honestly never heard of Girls Aloud.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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Olaf wrote: ↑
14 Oct 2024, 10:15am
 Honestly never heard of Girls Aloud.
Manufactured girl band. To be fair they had a good team of songwriters behind them but still a wtf moment.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Heston wrote: ↑
14 Oct 2024, 9:38am
 Results are in and I'm very angry about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/ ... oup-result

The chart is:

The Beatles
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Take That
Coldplay
Oasis
Electric Light Orchestra
The Who
Depeche Mode
The Jam
Radiohead
The Smiths
Genesis
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Duran Duran
Madness
Girls Aloud
The Beautiful South
The Kinks
Bee Gees
Wham!
The Clash
Blur
Spice Girls
The Police
Manic Street Preachers
It's radio 2 mate, it means fuck all thankfully...it just confirms that the majority of people in this country still have no taste and most likely never will...
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Heston wrote: ↑
14 Oct 2024, 9:38am
 Results are in and I'm very angry about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/ ... oup-result

The chart is:

The Beatles
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Take That
Coldplay
Oasis
Electric Light Orchestra
The Who
Depeche Mode
The Jam
Radiohead
The Smiths
Genesis
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Duran Duran
Madness
Girls Aloud
The Beautiful South
The Kinks
Bee Gees
Wham!
The Clash
Blur
Spice Girls
The Police
Manic Street Preachers
No Jimmy the Hoover, what a travesty!
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That doesn't seem too bad for a mainstream list. But yeah, I've never heard of Girls Aloud and I know of ELO, but I don't think I've ever heard and ELO song.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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matedog wrote: ↑
16 Oct 2024, 9:53am
 That doesn't seem too bad for a mainstream list. But yeah, I've never heard of Girls Aloud and I know of ELO, but I don't think I've ever heard and ELO song.
Mr. Blue Sky has over a billion listens on Spotify and it does not ring any bells for me. Oh, I know "Don't Bring Me Down." Good drum sound on that one. Oh, "Livin' Thing" is at the end of Boogie Nights. So I guess I know some ELO, but just barely.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Heston wrote: ↑
14 Oct 2024, 10:49am
Olaf wrote: ↑
14 Oct 2024, 10:15am
 Honestly never heard of Girls Aloud.
Manufactured girl band. To be fair they had a good team of songwriters behind them but still a wtf moment.
"Sound of the Underground" is pretty good. I'm surprised they didn't try to push it in the States.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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The whole point of "best" lists is to irritate and enrage. They aren't thought-provoking, they're meant to jab at the emotions.
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Sex Pistols
Small Faces
The Specials
T. Rex
Slade

Just too many missing to take the list seriously.
Girls Aloud but no Bananarama who have been the most successful girl band hits wise.
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matedog wrote: ↑
16 Oct 2024, 9:53am
 That doesn't seem too bad for a mainstream list. But yeah, I've never heard of Girls Aloud and I know of ELO, but I don't think I've ever heard and ELO song.
Do you know Changing Man by Weller?

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oliver wrote: ↑
16 Oct 2024, 11:05am
matedog wrote: ↑
16 Oct 2024, 9:53am
 That doesn't seem too bad for a mainstream list. But yeah, I've never heard of Girls Aloud and I know of ELO, but I don't think I've ever heard and ELO song.
Do you know Changing Man by Weller?

That's a lot of cello. Don't know this one.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Heston wrote: ↑
14 Oct 2024, 9:38am
 Results are in and I'm very angry about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/ ... oup-result

The chart is:

The Beatles
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Take That
Coldplay
Oasis
Electric Light Orchestra
The Who
Depeche Mode
The Jam
Radiohead
The Smiths
Genesis
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Duran Duran
Madness
Girls Aloud
The Beautiful South
The Kinks
Bee Gees
Wham!
The Clash
Blur
Spice Girls
The Police
Manic Street Preachers
These mainstream 'best' polls inevitably match sales, at least for the top ten. And radio two is as mainstream as it gets. No love for big sellers like Dire Straits, Human League or Def Leppard.
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These lists are subjective, so pinch of salt always required.

I will admit to liking Queen, as does Laxgirl, who watched Bohemian Rhapsody multiple times. The box set of Queen 1 is good fun (I haven't bought it, just been listening to it on Amazon Music).

I will also put a shout out to Girls Aloud. Sarah Harding, who very sadly passed away, was from my neck of the woods, went to school with some of my (now grown up) lacrosse juniors.
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