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Your Top Five.......Bands/Groups

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  • Draizetrain
    Draizetrain Posts: 801
    The Smiths
    Iron Maiden
    ABBA
    The Cure
    Pink Floyd

    .....the restriction of only naming 5 is actually quite painful....
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,967
    Pink Floyd
    Nirvana
    The Who
    The Kinks
    The Jam
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    The Stone Roses
    Fleetwood Mac
    David Bowie
    Blur
    Mansun
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,823
    JessieAddick said:

    Charlton Charlie said:

    The Cure - all time favourite band

    Great to see a couple of Cure fans on here! One of my all-time favourite bands as well! I first heard their music about eight years ago and I don't think I've been more obsessed with a band before or since.

    And also great to know bands like Depeche Mode and Japan are still loved by people in Britain. I thought they were considered outdated by you and were only popular outside of the country these days.
    There're probably a lot of posters here who hit their teens during the '70s and '80s. This would make them prime candidates for liking punk and bands who grew out of that "do anything you wanna do" era, so I'm not surprised at seeing the bands you mention as well as The Jam and The Clash who are popping up on a few lists. What's nice to see, though, is someone of a younger generation, i.e. you, getting into them, too.

    I don't know how extensive your Western music listening experience has been, but I suspect you could get a lot out if hunting down something from all the bands on this thread. I'll certainly be doing that.
  • Bcaddick
    Bcaddick Posts: 445
    Depeche Mode
    James
    The Killers
    REM
    Smashing Pumpkins
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,271
    Do
    Algarveaddick said:

    EdgeleyAddick said:

    London Philharmonic
    Halle
    Liepzig Gewandhaus
    Royal Concertgabouw
    Berlin Philharmonic

    Doubt that lot will get (m)any "likes", but they do it for me.

    Not the same without the original line up though... ;-)
    Do they still play their early stuff?
  • Swerve
    Swerve Posts: 1,242
    Madness
    The Twang
    Shed Seven
    The Jam
    The Stranglers
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Led Zep
    Rush
    Rolling Stones
    The Who
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,317
    Oasis
    Kasabian
    Stone Roses
    The Prodigy
    Primal Scream
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,174
    JessieAddick said:

    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Puressence

    @Leroy Ambrose I didn't expect they'd get a mention, let alone make anyone's top five list! I've always thought they're very under-rated. I once even used a song of theirs as my ringtone.
    They had a very fine album out just at the time of our glorious Play Off Wembley final. Must give it a play today

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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,173
    I tell you what, these threads are great Beds, if a little frustrating at what you have to leave out (even though some of us "cheat") . There are literally dozens of bands in this thread that I really like, so hard pinning it down... Interesting how some people are quite eclectic while others are one style only. Some of them you could predict would be that way, others really surprise you. Good luck compiling them! :-)
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,174
    JessieAddick said:

    PragueAddick said:

    JessieAddick said:

    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Puressence

    @Leroy Ambrose I didn't expect they'd get a mention, let alone make anyone's top five list! I've always thought they're very under-rated. I once even used a song of theirs as my ringtone.
    They had a very fine album out just at the time of our glorious Play Off Wembley final. Must give it a play today
    It must be Only Forever? It's my most listened to album of theirs. 'It doesn't matter anymore' and 'This Feeling' are my favourite songs.
    That's the one! A female DJ at BBC London was obviously a fan. When I hear it I can picture myself staggering around Kingston the day after the final, still in shock and with absolutely no voice.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,174
    Algarveaddick said:

    I tell you what, these threads are great Beds, if a little frustrating at what you have to leave out (even though some of us "cheat") . There are literally dozens of bands in this thread that I really like, so hard pinning it down... Interesting how some people are quite eclectic while others are one style only. Some of them you could predict would be that way, others really surprise you. Good luck compiling them! :-)

    Beds will soon have a complete socio demographic picture of the Typical Charlton Fan. He'd better not publish it here otherwise some "consultant " will lift it and flog it to Katrien for a large amount of money:-)
  • boogica
    boogica Posts: 2,321
    JessieAddick said:

    Charlton Charlie said:

    The Cure - all time favourite band

    Great to see a couple of Cure fans on here! One of my all-time favourite bands as well! I first heard their music about eight years ago and I don't think I've been more obsessed with a band before or since.

    And also great to know bands like Depeche Mode and Japan are still loved by people in Britain. I thought they were considered outdated by you and were only popular outside of the country these days.
    Depeche mode are brilliant live, been following them since 81 they av moved with the times massive in Germany and the states , yes they are an aquired taste but they are a must see live act.
  • RedArmySE7
    RedArmySE7 Posts: 5,407
    Arctic Monkeys
    Kasabian
    Oasis
    Foals
    The Maccabees
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    a bit off topic since I fortunately didn't notice them mentioned on this thread, but ... a heartfelt review of Coldplay's latest offering:
    http://thequietus.com/articles/15274-coldplay-ghost-stories-review
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,841
    (Not sure if it's already been done but while thinking about this i have a lot more solo artists that i like than bands.)


    In no particular order

    Alesana
    The Who
    The National
    MCR
    The Beatles
  • souladdick
    souladdick Posts: 214
    The Jam
    The Specials
    Dexy's
    OMD
    The Clash

  • kigelia
    kigelia Posts: 2,582
    Springsteen
    Manic street preachers
    Big Country
    Rolling Stones
    Radiohead
  • Man_About_Town
    Man_About_Town Posts: 997
    Beatles
    Stones
    Four Seasons
    Supremes
    Madness

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  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Salad said:

    a bit off topic since I fortunately didn't notice them mentioned on this thread, but ... a heartfelt review of Coldplay's latest offering:
    http://thequietus.com/articles/15274-coldplay-ghost-stories-review

    LOL - that is quality!!!
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,773
    Karim_myBagheri said:

    (Not sure if it's already been done but while thinking about this i have a lot more solo artists that i like than bands.)


    In no particular order

    Alesana
    The Who
    The National
    MCR
    The Beatles

    Solo artists will come up.
  • Cajetan
    Cajetan Posts: 20
    The National
    REM
    Arcade Fire
    Tindersticks
    Belle and Sebastian
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,130
    PopIcon said:


    David Bowie

    not a band or he would have been in my top 5 as would have Neil young

  • kafka
    kafka Posts: 2,371
    Mott the Hoople
    Bill Nelson's Red Noise
    Buzzcocks
    Split Enz
    Adam & the Ants
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,065
    Super Furry Animals
    Beatles
    Arcade Fire
    Sigur Ros
    Doves
  • Noss
    Noss Posts: 184
    Sleater-Kinney
    Mansun
    The Who
    The Damned
    Dandy Warhols
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,823
    kafka said:

    Mott the Hoople
    Bill Nelson's Red Noise
    Buzzcocks
    Split Enz
    Adam & the Ants

    I saw Split Enz in '79 or thereabouts and they are only the second band on anyone's list so far that I can say were awful. I've heard odds and ends since that have been OK, but that night they were vying with the other band I'm just about to mention for the honour of the worst gig I've been to.

    The other band, who I saw at the Lyceum in the Strand in '79 or '80, is U2. The sound was muddy (possibly not the band's fault) and Bono came over as a pretentious twat. Shame, because I like a lot of their so songs.
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,596
    Doves
    Beatles
    Genesis
    Manic Street Preachers
    Porcupine Tree
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,271
    AddicksAddict said:

    kafka said:

    Mott the Hoople
    Bill Nelson's Red Noise
    Buzzcocks
    Split Enz
    Adam & the Ants

    I saw Split Enz in '79 or thereabouts and they are only the second band on anyone's list so far that I can say were awful. I've heard odds and ends since that have been OK, but that night they were vying with the other band I'm just about to mention for the honour of the worst gig I've been to.

    The other band, who I saw at the Lyceum in the Strand in '79 or '80, is U2. The sound was muddy (possibly not the band's fault) and Bono came over as a pretentious twat. Shame, because I like a lot of their so songs.
    I reckon you got the measure of Bono very soon. It took the rest of us years to realise, and some people still think he's cool.
    Good to see Adam and the Antz getting a call.

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