HEN wrote:But since when did 'Alright' fall out of favour?
The combination of quirkiness and overplay, I think. It's a bit too catchy, kna' mean?
HEN wrote:But since when did 'Alright' fall out of favour?
fange wrote:One of the things i really dislike in this life is people raising their voices in German.
HEN wrote:Not surprising that 'Wonderwall' hasn't got many votes, but I do like that song, as overblown and joyless as it is.
But since when did 'Alright' fall out of favour?
PENK wrote:HEN wrote:But since when did 'Alright' fall out of favour?
The combination of quirkiness and overplay, I think. It's a bit too catchy, kna' mean?
Ranking Ted wrote:I think it was overplayed in a way most of those other marvellous Supergrass singles weren’t and as a result has lost a little of its lustre.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
PENK wrote:HEN wrote:But since when did 'Alright' fall out of favour?
The combination of quirkiness and overplay, I think. It's a bit too catchy, kna' mean?
Darkness_Fish wrote:Polishgirl wrote:Girl From Mars kicks the arse of everything.
Absolutely, I love that song. I remember bouncing around the floor of Wigan Pier nightclub to that on my 20th birthday, being a drunken danger to all and sundry. Pity they never really captured both energy and tune again.
echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.
Darkness_Fish wrote:Longlist is much, much better:
1. Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape
2. Supergrass - Alright
3. Pulp - Sorted For E's And Wizz
4. Oasis - Some Might Say
5. Foo Fighters - This Is Is A Call
6. Oasis - Wonderwall
7. Mcalmont & Butler - Yes
8. Pulp - Common People
9. Blur - The Universal
10. Tlc - Waterfalls
11. Tricky. Black Steel
12. The Boo Radleys - Wake Up, Boo!
13. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
14. Orbital - Times Fly
15. The Verve - History
16. Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt
17. Radiohead - High And Dry
18. Ash - Girl From Mars
19. Method Man - Release Yo'delf
20. The Bluetones - Bluetonic
21. The Stone Roses - Ten Storey Love Song
22. Blur - Country House
23. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
24. Plush - Found A Little Baby
25. Blackgrape - Kelly's Heroes
26. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Llanfwrog Ep
27. Nick Cave And Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
28. Clubbed To Death - Clubbed To Death
29. Scarface - Hand Of The Dead Body
30. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
31. Black Grape - In The Name Of The Father
32. The Cardigans - Sick And Tired
33. Ash - Kung Fu
34. The Bluetones - Are You Blue Or Are You Blind
35. Weezer - Buddy Holly
36. Nicolette - No Government
37. Passengers - Miss Sarajevo
38. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
39. Beastie Boys - Root Down Ep
40. Pavement - Father To A Sister Of Thought
41. Pj Harvey - Down By The Water
42. Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction
43. Elastica - Waking Up
44. Hole - Doll Parts
45. Spooky - Stereo EP
46. Tortoise - Gamera/Ciiff Dweller Society
47. Take That - Back For Good
48. Radiohead - Lucky
49. Supergrass - Mansize Rooster
50. The Connells - '74-'75
Pool Hall Richard wrote:I saw Pulp live in '95, bought Different Class, which I love, His and Hers, which I love but I've never liked Common People.
Count Machuki wrote:How long did it take after 1995 for 'Common People' to become y'all's national anthem?
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
HEN wrote:Pool Hall Richard wrote:I saw Pulp live in '95, bought Different Class, which I love, His and Hers, which I love but I've never liked Common People.
I've never been mad keen on it either. It's 'anthemic', and the lyrics are some of his best, but musically it's just bip-bip bop-bop.
But, you know, one hell of a band. For a couple of years they had the same kind of magic The Smiths had had a decade earlier (I probably prefer Pulp, actually).Count Machuki wrote:How long did it take after 1995 for 'Common People' to become y'all's national anthem?
You have to realise how visible Jarvis Cocker was around this time. He was regularly on the front cover of the inkies and the monthlies, and for a short time he became so popular that you'd even see him on kids' TV shows. I think he presented The Turner Prize in 1995. And of course there was the small matter of rushing the stage during Michael Jackson's Brits performance...
His presence wasn't exactly welcomed by everyone (thickos, mainly) but he was sort of elevated to a kind of iconic status that I don't think we've seen since. And because he'd already been around a bit by the time Pulp broke through, he wasn't fazed by the bright lights and seemed to take all the trappings of fame in his stride. The Yorkshire 'thing' certainly helped, too.
Anyway - we were ready for him, and we were ready for 'Common People'. Many of us quickly took it to our hearts.
I wish Betty Denim was still around. She wrote extremely articulately about Pulp and JC (among other things)
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
Count Machuki wrote:Thanks for that...a thoughtful response to a flippant comment.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
Goat Boy wrote:Andrew Lloyd Webber, no?
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.