Best First Single?

[ouchmonkey]

Has this turned into a worst first single thread?

Suede - Metal Mickey

So promising to start with, then it was all downhill...

OK. so this Suede lark is going unopposed

1 - their first single was 'The Drowners' it was OK, everyone thought they were the new Smiths really

2 - They were always entirely rubbish and made out of fail, which is why Bernard butler left with all the tunes and ideas sharpish.

3 - I'll grant you the first three were better than anything else they did but..(see point 2 above)


the answer to this question is 'Teenage Kicks'

or maybe 'Birthday' by the Sugarcubes

or 'Hand In Glove'

 

[Pavlik]

I didnt understand the question.
I thought it was 'my first best single'
Oh well, the answer's still kate bush and siouxsie.

 

[Annierak]

I didnt understand the question.
I thought it was 'my first best single'
Oh well, the answer's still kate bush and siouxsie.

Not to worry eh?
Yeah "Wuthering Heights" was very different at the time (and NOW come to think of it). Unique singer, off her tits which is part of the appeal for me, that and the music. It was a great first single and yeah i remember the poster

Siouxsie's "Hong Kong Garden"

 

[dodgepot]

Good call stavros but the Spice Girls Wannawhatists was better than any of them

no way - GA are *far* superior a pop act than the spice girls ever were, and as much as i liekd the spice girls at the time, "wannabe" is a *seriously* shit song. it sounds cheap and rough, but in a bad way. it had a big impact, yes, but all of their subsequent singles (before geri left) were better.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Sugababes - Overload

First one that came into my head actually

It is a fucking great song though.

 

[dodgepot]

yes it is. excellent.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Upside Down -JAMC
Suspect Device - Stiff little Fingers

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Controversial Subject/Black and White - The The

 

[SpookyFrank]

Suede - Metal Mickey

So promising to start with, then it was all downhill...

Suede's first single was of course 'the drowners'


...which has the added advantage of being better than 'metal mickey' by a country mile

e2a: bugger, beaten to it. But beaten to it by a suede hater who I trust everyone has sensibly ignored

 

[SpookyFrank]

Ooh, I just remembered 'gangsters' by the specials #

Don't call me scarface!

 

[dream_girl]

"Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll" Ian Dury and The Blockheads

 

[Annierak]

Ooh, I just remembered 'gangsters' by the specials #

Don't call me scarface!

I already mentioned it

 

[dream_girl]

X Offender - Blondie

 

[Annierak]

Echo and the Bunnymen - The Pictures on my wall

 

[dream_girl]

Love Goes to Building on Fire - Talking Heads

It's pretty good - may not be the best ever though

 

[Annierak]

The Cramps - Gravest Hits EP

 

[Andy the Don]

Okay shoot me down in flames if you want but..

Never Ever - All Saints

Was pretty damn good..

 

[Annierak]

Okay shoot me down in flames if you want but..

Never Ever - All Saints

Was pretty damn good..

I've heard enough... *puts Andy the Don* on ignore

 

[rhod]

Upside Down -JAMC

I remember the first time I heard that on the radio (it was kind of a "JFK" moment). I was being driven somewhere by my Dad when it came on the radio - never heard ANYTHING like that before. I think we had to pull over to listen to it properly!

At the time I remember thinking that music couldn't possibly get more extreme than this, but listening to it now - it's quite a tuneful little number

 

[dream_girl]

I remember the first time I heard that on the radio (it was kind of a "JFK" moment). I was being driven somewhere by my Dad when it came on the radio - never heard ANYTHING like that before. I think we had to pull over to listen to it properly!

At the time I remember thinking that music couldn't possibly get more extreme than this, but listening to it now - it's quite a tuneful little number

If it had played on the radio when I was in my Dad's car, he'd have turned it off. I do remember being the only girl in school who liked this record at the time. Everyone else thought it was rubbish. I thought it was the future.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I remember the first time I heard that on the radio (it was kind of a "JFK" moment). I was being driven somewhere by my Dad when it came on the radio - never heard ANYTHING like that before. I think we had to pull over to listen to it properly!

At the time I remember thinking that music couldn't possibly get more extreme than this, but listening to it now - it's quite a tuneful little number

Indeed, it blew me away when I first heard it, now it seems quite tame.

 

[ouchmonkey]

Indeed, it blew me away when I first heard it, now it seems quite tame.

I'm sure over 20 yrs has lessened it's impact but I still think it's a great record.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Yes!

Indulging in my Kate Bush obsession again at the moment, and nothing beats this as a debut single. She was only 19 when this was released! Incredible, what a genius

 

[Idris2002]

Showgirl, by the Auteurs (the band Suede could have been).

 

[stavros]

OK, he'd already been a major feature on The Chronic the year before, but Snoop's What's My Name still bangs harder than pretty much everything else he's done.

 

[Kaka Tim]

The Cure - "killing an arab"
The Who - "cant explain"
Elvis - Thats alright mama

 

[Dr. Furface]

PIL - Public Image

 

[Pickman's model]

PIL - Public Image

another vote for this: also the damned's 'new rose'

 

[Steel Icarus]

White Riot - Clash
Suspect Device - SLF
Miles Apart/Running in darkness - Mega City Four