The Bluemoon Song Cup 2023

[chesterbells]

Love both these tracks tbh.

 

[chesterbells]

I'd say it's not the location that's important here but the board members demographic.
Most footy forums will be full of men with average age of around 40ish. Lots of them will have listened to the Manc bands in their youth and now hold a strong connection with the music of that time. And, that music had a strong connection with football.
I'd take Massive Attack over Oasis. The Jam before James and the Pixies over the Roses.

40ish? Feels more like 60ish at times on here mate ;-)

 

[threespires]

OK, something I've been wondering about; This is a genuine open question to all and feel free to be as honest/insulting etc as you like, but please take a few minutes to think before giving your answer.

If this wasn't on a City forum but was on a Wolves, Bournemouth or a Chelsea forum do you think

a- there would be as many Madchester bands nominated?

b- which do you think would have universal appeal and actually win through to the later stages?


would it be all Blur and Adele on a Spurs forum for example? I honestly don't know.

Does it need universal appeal, or is local appeal appropriate for a City site?


What other considerations should be in there?


over to you

Yes there's clearly a Manchester bias which is to be expected but I think you are also overlooking the fact that Manchester has been a significant music city for a long time that punches well above it's demographic weight so that bias is not simply parochialism.

I would actually argue that some of the more dismissive comments about NO and The Smiths ignore, particularly in the former case, what hugely important and influential bands they are.

I don't want to send us off on a tangent but there is also probably a conversation around the nature of musicianship and talent that would show deep divides amongst the posters herein. I get that people have preferences but I do find it a bit depressing that stuff people don't understand just gets dismissed out of hand.

As for your comment about Spurs, don't be ridiculous...it would obviously be full of Chas and Dave's finest cuts :-) (and yes before anyone pulls me up on that I know Chas Hodges was a fine musician who shouldn't be defined by a few Spurs songs).

 

[threespires]

If this was a Wolves board there would only be one winner…

A great pension plan free from the vagaries of the market.

 

[JASR]

If this was a Wolves board there would only be one winner…

Slightly more modern band from Wolverhampton

 

[stonerblue]

Yes there's clearly a Manchester bias which is to be expected but I think you are also overlooking the fact that Manchester had been a significant music city for a long time that punches well above it's demographic weight so that bias is not simply parochialism.

I would actually argue that some of the more dismissive comments about NO and The Smiths ignore, particularly in the former case, what hugely important and influential bands they are.

I don't want to send us off on a tangent but there is also probably a conversation around the nature of musicianship and talent that would show deep divides amongst the posters herein. I get that people have preferences but I do find it a bit depressing that stuff people don't understand just gets dismissed out of hand.

As for your comment about Spurs, don't be ridiculous...it would obviously be full of Chas and Dave's finest cuts :-) (and yes before anyone pulls me up on that I know Chas Hodges was a fine musician who shouldn't be defined by a few Spurs songs).

Gertcha..

 

[jimharri]

Snowy White, clearly.

 

[GornikDaze]

Slightly more modern band from Wolverhampton

I think NEDS were from Stourbridge a hotspot that also spawned Diamond Head and PWEI… not far from Wolves though tbf

 

[JASR]

I think NEDS were from Stourbridge a hotspot that also spawned Diamond Head and PWEI… not far from Wolves though tbf

I thought they played their return gigs at Wolverhampton- but yes, Stourbridge is more accurate.
You’re preaching to the perverted ;-)

 

[Mozzer]

OK, something I've been wondering about; This is a genuine open question to all and feel free to be as honest/insulting etc as you like, but please take a few minutes to think before giving your answer.

If this wasn't on a City forum but was on a Wolves, Bournemouth or a Chelsea forum do you think

a- there would be as many Madchester bands nominated?

b- which do you think would have universal appeal and actually win through to the later stages?


would it be all Blur and Adele on a Spurs forum for example? I honestly don't know.

Does it need universal appeal, or is local appeal appropriate for a City site?


What other considerations should be in there?


over to you

A yes. The quality of the Madchester era was phenomenal, I'm not even going to begin to attempt to list the bands because there are way to many.

Sheffield had a great scene and dare I say it Liverpool did to with The Bunny men and all. Even going back to the 70's Birmingham were the hard rock daddies.

Good question though.