1976 Dear all Yes very pissed more or less all the time now, so: did you know the last festive 50 john peel did before punk more or less took over was a chart in 1976 when you could still vote for any song from any year. Roy's 'Cricketer' was number 47. Does that mean it was the 47th best song ever until 1976? Meanwhile I have been flooded with your entries for the festive cock 50 and it WILL be a 50 this year but believe it or not the top 11 albums have only 2 votes between them - so if you haven't voted please vote! Festive greetings to all James
I don't listen to that much modern music (I'm firmly stuck in the early-mid '70s), but of the ones I can remember getting this year, my favourites are: 'Jim Noir' by Jim Noir 'Modern Guilt' by Beck 'A Virtual Landslide' by Pete Molinari 'Birds' by North Sea Radio Orchestra 'Distortion' by The Magnetic Fields 'Allottments' by Aidan Smith 'Stainless Style' by Neon Neon 'Real Emotional Trash' by Steve Malkmus Jim Noir is at the top as I must have played that CD 100 times or more. Best, +A
I'm Late..............as usual!! I know it's late BUT: (in no particular order) Newton Faulkner: Hand Built By Robots Scott Matthews: Passing Stranger Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid :m2::m2::m2::m2:
festive cock official chart Dear all Here it is - your favourite albums of 2008 - a brilliant year for new music I think - pretty well reflected in your top 53 (had to include all those with at least 3 votes) It begins with quite a bit of predictable and poppy stuff (so easy to get 3 votes these days) but gets very interesting later on... The amount of voting was incredible - and once again loads of you voted in the last 24 hours - making a bit of a change at the top..... and making my life more difficult. Thanks. Overall more than 200 individual albums were voted for. I have tried to check that all albums were released in 2008 (and that I haven't included the same album twice) - but as many of you know I am usually wrong - so look forward to your query emails over the next few days. Finally - thanks for voting & because our beloved leader Paul - (who got none of his votes in the 50!) didn't like me posting it over a few hours last year - I'm doing it again. Sorry Paul. THE FESTIVE COCK 50 nos. 53 to 26 39= Graham Nash - Songs for beginners Belle & Sebastian - The BBC Sessions The Raconteurs - The Raconteurs Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Chris Farlowe - Hotel Eingang Sandy Denny - The Best of the BBC Recordings TV Smith - In The Arms Of My Enemy James - Hey Ma Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs The Smiths - Sound Of the Smiths Duffy - Rockferry The Verve - Forth Young Knives - Superabundance Fotheringay - 2 Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw & Wild 26= The Owl Service - A Garland of Song Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt Tom Jones - 24 Hours Julian Cope - Black Sheep Randy Newman - Harps and Angels Seasick Steve - I Started Out with Nothin' And ... Snow Patrol - A hundred million stars. REM - Accelerate Eliza Carthy - Dreams of Breathing Underwater Black Mountain - In the Future Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice Rose Kemp - Unholy Majesty Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust more to come soon :
That must have taken some work, Jim. And I have 3 of mine in so far! But I shall be asking for a recount if Kings of Leon aren't in the top 25. And if The Killers are - we'll know that Dickie Burn's been up to his tricks!:wink::biggrin:
festive cock 25 to 12 19= Van Der Graaf Generator - 'Trisector' Kings of Leon - Only By The Night My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges John Martyn: Ain't No Saint Marillion - Happiness is the Road Julie Fowlis - Dual Tom Baxter - Skybound 17= Teddy Thompson - A Piece Of What You Need David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk 13= Portishead- Third Beck - Modern Guilt Steve Tilston - Ziggurat Anthony and the Johnsons - Another World EP 12 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That happens Will Happen Today :m2:
He posted it to the mailing list but seems to have forgotten to copy it here: 10= Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music 6= Laura Marling - Alas I cannot swim Levellers - Letters From The Underground Noah & the Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down Seth Lakeman - Poor Mans Heaven 3= Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 2 Fleet Foxes- Fleet foxes 1 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
