British musicians?

[X-ray]

Wasn't it Vincent who 'ordered' a Cliff CD last year?  :-P

Edit: or was it Punkie? Can't find the original post

Doobrey wrote:
Hey mdma, you forgot your all time favourite  :-D

:lol:

BTW, why has no one mentioned these guys http://www.ironmaiden.com  :-?

Coz they are crap? ;-)

/me runs like fek!

[Doobrey]

mdma wrote:
/me runs like fek!

Smithers, release the hounds... :evilgrin:

[Bezzen]

Idlewild

Some cracking songs on their new CD.

Warnings/promises

Come to think of it I don't listen to that much music from the UK at the moment. Not much new anyway. I still listen to the golden oldies though; The Smiths, Suede (the Butler era), Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers and (off course) Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. :-D

Doobrey wrote:

mdma wrote:
/me runs like fek!

Smithers, release the hounds... :evilgrin:

:lol:

[NoFastMem]

X-ray wrote:
Wasn't it Vincent who 'ordered' a Cliff CD last year?  :-P

Edit: or was it Punkie? Can't find the original post

'Twas me. I had it on my LiveJournal.

[NoFastMem]

Annalise, Sedaced, Idlewild, Broccoli (defunct) are all super great.

[X-ray]

@ NoFastMem

No, the person in question ordered something completely unrelated online and was rewarded with a Cliff Richard CD instead. I remember him complaining bitterly about the Cliff CD. I'm almost certain it was That Punk Guy (Punkie).

[countzero]

I guess ladytron is a pretty succesful new band from UK (if you like the 80's).

Displaying influences as diverse as Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, and the Velvet Underground, Ladytron rocks like the 90's never happened. The group has been branded "80's Revival," a term they loathe, though the facets of 80's music they evoke are, to my mind, the very best ones: sparse, stylish vamps, ear-pleasing synths, and almost invasively catchy tunes. I called up songwriter Daniel Hunt in an American Holiday Inn and interviewed him about the darkness of pop, the dangers of kitsch, and the pleasures of "Logan's Run," the series.

[NoFastMem]

Ohhh newbie. ;-)

I am that_punk_guy. :-D

[X-ray]

Ah, now it dawns on me...it is he with whom I now communicate. Doh!!
X-ray don't know nothing, X-ray don't know nothing, X-ray don't know nothing...

[Wilse]

@mdma:

Where's Wilse when I need him?

Here, at last. :-D

I'm listening to Sly & The Family Stone right now.
Haven't heard them in ages, although I'm about to go and DJ soul, funk and disco so I thought I'd refresh my memory.

Re. the topic, where to begin?
Slam are not a bad British house duo that spring to mind.
There's also loads of good, lesser known British house stuff.

For decent pop, you could do worse than Franz Ferdinand or Kasabian. Both are excellent live.
I also love that Cesars track, Jerk it Out. Not certain if their British, though.

There's loads more but I'm afraid I'm in funk mode just now.
Actually, The Brand New Heavies were a decent British Soul/Funk band. As were Average White Band.

-EDIT-
I should do this soul malarky more often. I've just been listening to Curtis Mayfield and Sir Joe Quarterman. Absolutely fantastic.
It's amazing how I can go years on end without listening to huge chunks of my record collection.
Having said that, there are rather a lot of them.

[Vincent]

X-ray wrote:
Wasn't it Vincent who 'ordered' a Cliff CD last year?  :-P

Edit: or was it Punkie? Can't find the original post

OMFG!

No way was it me.  I wouldn't stoop to get any form of Cliff Richard CD.

That doesn't include my The Young Ones and Cliff Richard .avi that's on here somewhere :-P

That's the *only* thing that Cliff has done right.  And only because The Young Ones are in it and knock him out at the end :-D

In all honesty I prefer Neil's Hole In My Shoe :-D

I do like The Shadows and Hank Marvin however, but I can't listen to any form of vocal work on top of the music.  I'd rather listen to the Spice Girls, Take That and Westlife doing a non-stop medley of all their songs one after the other until I die.

And that's not an offer for X-Ray to come round my gaff with his CD collection :-P

[X-ray]

@ Vincent



 :lol:

Ja, it was Punkie (AKA NoFastmem) who ordered something else and got sent the Cliff CD by mistake.
As for my CD collection, there is no Westlife etc but I have to admit that my collection probably wouldn't get much play time with the people in this thread.

I'm an 80s fan, you see.

X-ray wrote:
@ Vincent



 :lol:

Ja, it was Punkie (AKA NoFastmem) who ordered something else and got sent the Cliff CD by mistake.
As for my CD collection, there is no Westlife etc but I have to admit that my collection probably wouldn't get much play time with the people in this thread.

I'm an 80s fan, you see.

Now that's a double edge sword is that statement.

99% of the time when somebody says they are a fan of a particular decades music they mean they like pop music that was played on the radio in their youth during this decade.

I'm not an "80's fan", but I like hiphop,house,punk,electro,acid and loads of other music from the 80's.

[Wilse]

No doubt about it, the 80s had some excellent stuff.

New Order, Stone Roses, Simple Minds, Talking Heads, U2, etc, etc, all produced some excellent stuff in the 80s.

Having said that, it's probably my least favourite decade for "the charts" but I never pay much attention to them anyway.

I'm listening to "The Clash - London Calling," just now. 1979. One the best albums ever.
One of my mates bought me it on vinyl (not an easy task) and a Kasabian concert ticket, as a thank you for DJing at his wedding.