| September 12th, 2005 02:12 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
BEATLES TRACK NAMED BEST BRITISH SONG
THE BEATLES hit A DAY IN THE LIFE has been named the Best British Song of all time, by a magazine poll.
Music experts, quizzed by Q Magazine, chose the track over THE KINKS' WATERLOO SUNSET, and OASIS' WONDERWALL - which occupied second and third places respectively.
They hailed A Day In The Life, "The ultimate sonic rendition of what it means to be British."
JOHN LENNON described the 1967 song, after its release as "a sound building up from nothing to the end of the world".
The top ten is as follows:
1. A DAY IN THE LIFE - THE BEATLES
2. WATERLOO SUNSET - THE KINKS
3. WONDERWALL - OASIS
4. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN - SEX PISTOLS
5. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN
6. MY GENERATION - THE WHO
7. ANGELS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
8. LIFE ON MARS? - DAVID BOWIE
9. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - ROLLING STONES
10. UNFINISHED SYMPATHY - MASSIVE ATTACK.
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| September 12th, 2005 02:39 AM |
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| The Wick |
The list is a joke. Any list that has Robbie Take That Williams on it, isn't worth the paper it was written on. |
| September 12th, 2005 03:28 AM |
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| ListenToTheLion |
Especially 4, 5 , 7 and 10 are jokes. |
| September 12th, 2005 06:09 AM |
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| Voodoo Scrounge |
Bo Rap is a classic. I think it gets ranked to highly all too often, but it does deserve to be on this list |
| September 12th, 2005 06:13 AM |
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| blackandblue |
quote:
Voodoo Scrounge wrote:
Bo Rap is a classic. I think it gets ranked to highly all too often, but it does deserve to be on this list
It's imo the biggest peace of shit ever composed! |
| September 12th, 2005 07:30 AM |
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| Gazza |
I think the whole point of the poll was to pick songs that typified Britishness in music.."national anthems" as such
Who cares? Its another pointless space-filling poll by an increasingly pointless magazine
They'll probably have another one with a similar title in about 3 months time
And "A Day In The Life" isnt a bad choice. Its the best song The Beatles ever did. |
| September 12th, 2005 07:32 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
Canada just had a poll wherein 'Imagine' was voted #1!!!! Fuck polls... |
| September 12th, 2005 07:33 AM |
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| egon |
ok everyone has their own taste, but no 7 is quite bizare |
| September 12th, 2005 08:08 AM |
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| Gazza |
..and actually it WASNT a poll of "music experts" as ContactMusic seem to suggest. Theres no indication WHO were actually asked for their opinion
In all likelihood, it was probably a result of a few lunchtime drinks by Q staff who were looking for something to fill a few pages in a magazine and, as a result, get some publicity.
Which seems to work every month! |
| September 12th, 2005 10:29 AM |
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| Lazy Bones |
quote:
lotsajizz wrote:
Canada just had a poll wherein 'Imagine' was voted #1!!!! Fuck polls...
Interesting. Never heard of music polls being labelled by country of origin. Fuckin' Canadians... |
