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Ten Thousand Motels |
ELO are UK's guiltiest musical pleasure
Mark Brown, arts correspondent
Wednesday August 2, 2006
The Guardian
It was the winter of 1976. It had not stopped raining since that ridiculously hot summer. The news was about British trawlers being banned from Icelandic waters, or if that was getting you down you could turn over and watch The Bionic Woman instead.
But there was hope in the form of Jeff Lynne. "It's a livin' thing/It's a terrible thing to lose/ It's a given thing/What a terrible thing to lose," sang the Electric Light Orchestra.
It earned him millions and became embedded into our brains to the extent it has been voted the top musical guilty pleasure by Q Magazine.
The magazine has taken it upon itself to list the top 50 songs we don't publicly admit to loving as the success of the club night, Guilty Pleasures, continues.
ELO comes top and the magazine is effusive. "ELO may never be fashionable, but in terms of sheer aural elation, this one song betters more revered bands' entire back catalogues."
Eyebrows might be raised by the runner up, Boston's More Than a Feeling, throats will be cleared by No 3, S Club 7's Don't Stop Movin' and tea may be spilled by No 4, 10CC's I'm Not In Love - a song to listen to alone in a darkened room after a relationship break-up.
Sean Rowley, the DJ who invented the Guilty Pleasures club night, also gives his top 10. At No 1 is 10CC's Dreadlock Holiday but also in his list is Dolly Parton's 9 to 5, Hall and Oates' Maneater and Neil Diamond's Love on the Rocks.
Sharon Osbourne tells the magazine that she does her housework to Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart - yes, her housework. And Cliff Richard reveals that Devil Woman (No 41) is his favourite vocal performance "because it is my kind of rock'n'roll."
While there are some songs on the list that you might admit to a close friend you like, there are others which will go to the grave a secret. None more so than Dennis Waterman's I Could Be So Good For You (No 35) - "a wonderful beer-fuelled romp."
Hall of shame
1 Livin' Thing ELO
2 More Than A Feeling Boston
3 Don't Stop Movin' S Club 7
4 I'm Not in Love 10CC
5 Rock 'n' Roll Part 2 Gary Glitter
6 Cold As Ice Foreigner
7 Rebel Yell Billy Idol
8 Whatever You Want Status Quo
9 Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
10 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
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jb |
embarrassing to the core...this is as bad as it gets. |
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pdog |
Kinda like Supertramp with an extra boost of suckiness! |
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jb |
We are destroying Hezbollah . Sadly, Ohmert, a very inexperienced leader, did not go in strong initially as Begin and Sharon would have Finally, we are sending in more ground forces, and with the help of Hashem, we will kill everyone of them, no matter where they hide. They say death to the jews, and I say death to them...May god protect his chosen people , and delivereth us unto Zion, out land by birth, and help us annihilate the Islamofacists enemies, regardless of any collateral damge...Amen. |
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gypsy |
quote: jb wrote:
We are destroying Hezbollah . Sadly, Ohmert, a very inexperienced leader, did not go in strong initially as Begin and Sharon would have Finally, we are sending in more ground forces, and with the help of Hashem, we will kill everyone of them, no matter where they hide. They say death to the jews, and I say death to them...May god protect his chosen people , and delivereth us unto Zion, out land by birth, and help us annihilate the Islamofacists enemies, regardless of any collateral damge...Amen.
Amen! Death to Hezbollah! |
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jb |
quote: gypsy wrote:
Amen! Death to Hezbollah!
Thank you my loveliness....you are smart, attractive, and very well respected by many.
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pdog |
quote: gypsy wrote:
Amen! Death to Hezbollah!
When anyone else says that it's just okay. When you say it, it's so F'n sexy!
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Dan |
quote: Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
ELO are UK's guiltiest musical pleasure
1 Livin' Thing ELO
2 More Than A Feeling Boston
7 Rebel Yell Billy Idol
I will admit to liking these songs. For some reason Billy Idol has grown on me a bit over the years. A lot of the hits of the 80's are masterpieces compared to the hits of today
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6 Cold As Ice Foreigner
I wont admit to liking this song. |
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pdog |
quote: Dan wrote:
I will admit to liking these songs. For some reason Billy Idol has grown on me a bit over the years. A lot of the hits of the 80's are masterpieces compared to the hits of today
I know why!
Not hearing them everyday and seeing idiot fans idiolize mediocrity!
Time heals all wounds and bad haircuts!
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Black and Blue |
quote: pdog wrote:
Time heals all wounds and bad haircuts!
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TampabayStone |
quote: Black and Blue wrote:
The cat's pajama's, no? |
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Black and Blue |
quote: TampabayStone wrote:
The cat's pajama's, no?
No more WolfPuss? |
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TampabayStone |
quote: Black and Blue wrote:
No more WolfPuss?
Not a fan of the wolfpuss. |
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