Blue Moon Top 100 Bands Artists - Full List of Artists (pg 287)

[MCFC1993]

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[OB1]

Fair point on SA (though it was long ago). I liked News Of The World (especially the cover, and “It’s Late”, and “Sheer Heart Attack” which was PUNK FFS!) and several singles but a lot of their stuff was a smidge too kitschy for me.

Have you listened to the early albums. They are great hard rock for the most part. Quite bombastic and OTT but wonderful, if you like that kind of thing, which you might not.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I know I joked earlier in the thread about discarding all votes for The Smiths, but I wouldn’t do that. I thought that it was fairer to round all the points up for The Smiths and Morrissey and put them here. I wonder how fans of The Smiths are feeling? Heaven knows they’re miserable now.

I don't get this bit.... you saying that this is The Smiths and Morrissey votes combined?

 

[blueparrot]

Queen. Live Aid saved their arse.
A band on their knees..... and yesterday's men. Then shown live around the world and their career was salvaged.
And the twats were forgiven for breaking the cultural boycott of South Africa (as were Status fucking Quo).
In fact... if Status Quo are in this list I shall resign as a Mod and delete my account from this forum.

It didn't save them they were always popular.I would say I didn't like much they released after Live aid but by then they had 7 good -great albums under their belts. So I didn't have them in my list but they were always going to rank pretty high.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The Fall - never heard any of their stuff. shame on me.

So you've never heard of anything by The Ramones and The Fall?

 

[OB1]

Positions #22 – #27

Pos	Artist	Total	#Votes
22	The Clash	19	6
23	The Fall	19	6
24	Morrissey	19	5
25	Simon and Garfunkel	18	10
26	Marvin Gaye	18	8
27	Yes	18	5

All together now:

Breaking rocks in the hot sun,
BennyBoy’s happy ‘cos he’s got one,
BennyBoy’s happy ‘cos he’s got one

Yes, @bennyboy roars onto the scoreboard as he picked the top artist in this section: Combat rockers, The Clash. As far as I can see, there’s only two voters who haven’t had one of their picks appear yet: @denislawsbackheel and @KnaresboroughBlue.

The last batch of artists before we hit the top 20 (well, the Top 21) and I can already hear the cheering in some quarters.

Another couple of Mancs with The Fall and Morrissey. Say what you want about Morrissey, but for somebody with a voice that sounds like Bobcat Goldthwaite (Zed from the Police Academy films), he’s done alright for himself.

I know I joked earlier in the thread about discarding all votes for The Smiths, but I wouldn’t do that. I thought that it was fairer to round all the points up for The Smiths and Morrissey and put them here. I wonder how fans of The Smiths are feeling? Heaven knows they’re miserable now.

Marvin Gaye is the top soul artist in the list and is joined by 60s folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. Prog rockers Yes saw strong enough support to lift them to 27th place.

I've got four of those acts in my collection but have only seen one and a half live (Paul Simon is the half). Yes I've seen in various guises over the years and they were one that made my 15.

 

[RobMCFC]

I don't get this bit.... you saying that this is The Smiths and Morrissey votes combined?

Yes. But of course, I was only pulling your leg.

 

[urban genie]

I don't get this bit.... you saying that this is The Smiths and Morrissey votes combined?

Never noticed that, I was seeing morrissey and thinking smith must be higher as a seperate vote.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I've got four of those acts in my collection but have only seen one and a half live (Paul Simon is the half). Yes I've seen in various guises over the years and they were one that made my 15.

Which Morrissey album is in your collection?

 

[OB1]

Morrissey higher than Yes.
Is this some kind of alternate universe where everyone's gone insane ?

It's peoples' favourites and there's no accounting for taste. We both like Yes a lot but we diverge on other things.

There's been a lot of acts so far that I don't think much of. Morrissey would be possibly top that list but I wouldn't know a Fall record if I tripped over it (I know the name but have always avoided them).