Urban75's favourite band

[Dubversion]

i still maintain it's an entirely specious and pointless assertion. would you claim that Mogwai wouldn't have existed without Lonnie Donegan and the skiffle boom? because that's more true but equally meaningless.

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

i still maintain it's an entirely specious and pointless assertion. would you claim that Mogwai wouldn't have existed without Lonnie Donegan and the skiffle boom? because that's more true but equally meaningless.

Nor would Joe Strummer

Where do you draw the line?


And Nick Cave is not Goth.

 

[Dubversion]

And Nick Cave is not Goth.

quite right too

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

The Clash would have been a pub rock band without the pistols , and Joe Strummer wouldn't have picked up a guitar if it weren't for Woodie Guthrie.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

He's not a band either.

</pedant>

 

[strummerville]

i still maintain it's an entirely specious and pointless assertion. would you claim that Mogwai wouldn't have existed without Lonnie Donegan and the skiffle boom? because that's more true but equally meaningless.

'specious and pointless' eh? Get her!

I don't think Ive ever heard Mogwai mention Lonny Donegan as major influence although maybe they should cover 'Why does my chewing gum lose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight?'

Let's call it a 1-1 draw shall we? Back to the thread. Lee Perry?

 

[twistedAM]

Johnny Boy just randomly popped up on iTunes - now no one whose I've listened to either of their two singles with has had a bad word to say about them.
Maybe we can award them the Championship prize and let the others slug it out for the Premiership.

 

[Hollis]

'specious and pointless' eh? Get her!

I don't think Ive ever heard Mogwai mention Lonny Donegan as major influence although maybe they should cover 'Why does my chewing gum lose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight?'

Let's call it a 1-1 draw shall we? Back to the thread. Lee Perry?

Lets's just add Lonny to the list and keep everyone happy.

 

[akirajoel]

Johnny Boy just randomly popped up on iTunes - now no one whose I've listened to either of their two singles with has had a bad word to say about them.
Maybe we can award them the Championship prize and let the others slug it out for the Premiership.

Who the fuck is Johnny Boy?

 

[twistedAM]

Who the fuck is Johnny Boy?

ask Mick Jones or Don Letts

 

[ChrisFilter]

See, the Pixies, as a teenage Nirvana fan everyone went on about how they were Nirvana's biggest influence, and that the Pixies were better.. but I don't really get it.. I've tried really hard to like them, but find them a bit dull..

Ah well.

 

[magneze]

Is this Urban75's favourite band or the Urban75 Music Forum's favourite band?

I bet we'd get different answers.

I mean, no-one's suggested Busted yet and I know how popular they are outside this forum...

 

[DrRingDing]

What about backing the local lads?

Alabama3

Top Cats

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

See, the Pixies, as a teenage Nirvana fan everyone went on about how they were Nirvana's biggest influence, and that the Pixies were better.. but I don't really get it.. I've tried really hard to like them, but find them a bit dull..

Ah well.

What as opposed to Nirvana!

 

[Divisive Cotton]

So is this gonna be a poll then???

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

See, the Pixies, as a teenage Nirvana fan everyone went on about how they were Nirvana's biggest influence, and that the Pixies were better.. but I don't really get it.. I've tried really hard to like them, but find them a bit dull..

Ah well.

Thank god I am not alone.

 

[Major Tom]

This will never work.

But I'll throw in a few - The Small Faces, Velvet Underground, The Kinks, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, XTC, Half Man Half Biscuit, Elvis Costello and The Attractions.


or...


Paul McCartney and Wings?

 

[ChrisFilter]

What as opposed to Nirvana!

yup, I f*cking love Nirvana, semi-obsessed, but Pixies just never did it for me. Odd, cost I like most late 80's / early 90's bands..

 

[akirajoel]

So is this gonna be a poll then???

I'll do it tomorrow - give you something to look foward to...

Heh.

 

[Termite Man]

Half Man Half Biscuit

I think thats settled the whole best band debate now !

I shout all my obscenities from steeples,
but please dont label me a madman,
I'm off to see the Bootleg Beatles,
as the bootleg Mark Chapman,
Cafe bars, idiots and pidgeons,
theres far too many in this town,
so me and the ombudsman,
are gonna do what we can,
when the evening sun goes down.

Yes, some of my pull-overs are roll-necked,
It kind of breaks up the ennui,
But your experimental side project,
Must have put 10 years on me,
Opposite the Bannister and Shamrock,
Which used to be the Rose and Crown,
I like to play Pat Boone,
On the county bassone,
When the evening sun goes down,
When the evening sun goes down,

When the evening sun,
When the evening sun,
When the evening sun goes down,

When the evening sun,
When the evening sun,
When the evening sun goes down,

There are questions in corners of my mind that lurk,
(When the evening sun goes down)
Like How do the road gritters get to work?
(When the evening sun goes down)
Answer me that, and you could win a cruise,
(When the evening sun goes down)
And heres Judy Tsuke to take us up to the news,
(When the evening sun goes down)

Are these my ultimate Pajamas,
Is this my final dressing gown,
I'm sending on this rhyme,
deep in injury time,
When the evening sun goes down,
When the evening sun goes down,
When the evening sun goes down,
When the evening sun goes....

 

[LDR]

yup, I f*cking love Nirvana, semi-obsessed, but Pixies just never did it for me. Odd, cost I like most late 80's / early 90's bands..

I feel pretty much the same. I do like the Pixies but I've always thought they were over rated. However, the real benchmark for a band for me is how good they are live. I'm off to see the Pixies this week for the first time so this gig could change my life.

 

[WasGeri]

Ok then so far we've got:

Kraftwerk
Public Enemy
Flaming Lips
The Broken Family Band
Mogwai
The Fall
Massive Attack
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Rules are if someone think they're shit - then they're not allowed in...

For example - I reckon Primal Scream are pony. So they don't get in.

Poll to follow (at some point).

I think all those bands are shit.

 

[Tricky Skills]

I think first you need to decide what u75 *is* before you can name the best band.

I'd have no arguments with Alabama 3 though

 

[WasGeri]

I think first you need to decide what u75 *is* before you can name the best band.

I'd have no arguments with Alabama 3 though

I think they're shit.

 

[LDR]

I think they're shit.

You're Keane fan though aren't you?

 

[WasGeri]

You're Keane fan though aren't you?

Shhhh, I'm just trying to sabotage the poll!

 

[cyberfairy]

Where's the choice of baby eating (or sitting) anarchists everywhere-the mighty chumbabwamba? And don't mention 'that' song-they have been and still are the best band in the world ever... *flounces*

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Where's the choice of baby eating (or sitting) anarchists everywhere-the mighty chumbabwamba? And don't mention 'that' song-they have been and still are the best band in the world ever... *flounces*

Dub will back you up there. And I quite like a few of their songs too - especially 'Timebomb' and 'Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!'.

 

[WasGeri]

Where's the choice of baby eating (or sitting) anarchists everywhere-the mighty chumbabwamba? And don't mention 'that' song-they have been and still are the best band in the world ever... *flounces*

I think they're shit, and thereby eliminated from the poll.

 

[DrRingDing]

I think they're shit.

Boo Hiss!

I bet you haven't seen them live.