'she's so luvverly' isn't even the worst SFG song, of the two i can remember. that one that got to #1 was even worse. about to give it a spin [via anachronistic phrases for playing music on spotify].
'dancing in the moonlight' pwns the fuck out of most of the songs named so far imo. could be a fucked up kneejerk nostalgia thing.
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
were these bands worse than the 2nd & 3rd rate britpop bands of the 90s?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I found a copy of the original "Dancing in the moonlight", it's OK.
Good Enough has a couple of good bits in.
Leaving "She's so lovely", doesn't really enlarge on why except for "I think that she is beau-ti-fl"
Which is not exactly shakespear this.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
this poll is making me rifle thru my bottle stash, but it's not nostalgia
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
you know who belonged on here even tho I liked a couple of their songs? Maximo Park
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:08 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
i love love love this first album & also the first single from album 2
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
matt's rundown is killing me, A+
can someone please unban dom for this thread only
Yeah come on, Cast and Shed Seven and Kula Shaker and the like had too many hilarious self-clowning moments. They were shit but I was glad they existed.
Rooster's debut single, "Come Get Some," reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2004. Live shows saw the band improvising and extending songs; Neale often performed a four-minute-long drum solo during "Drag The Sunrise Down." Rooster were known to incorporate covers, such as, Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love," Free's "All Right Now," Jamiroquai's "Deeper Underground," Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and The Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" into their live sets.
I bet that cover of No Diggity was... something.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Worst SFG song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9e7z9y5r2g
― DL, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
OH FUCK ROOSTER
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Re-poll
oh god, from the first two bars of that song you know it's going to suck ass.
― skip, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
example of a 2nd and 3rd rate britpop band plz.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
'she's so luvverly' isn't even the worst SFG song, of the two i can remember. that one that got to #1 was even worse.
actually i withdraw this comment. the #1 is just blander. you could probably ignore it, despite the stakeriness.
xp
lol i was going to mention rooster earlier but somehow had em pegged as a bustedwave tween act?
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Wd like to draw the jury's attention to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuwnzv9FzwM
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
xposts are KILLING here.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The Hoosier's lead dwarf's face is very stabby
oh, and:
Apparently, the Hoosiers are going to release the world's longest single, at 43 mins...
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
How many 'a load of old cock' jokes were made at the time?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I am looking forward to polling The Family Cat, The Senseless Things and the Mega City 4 in a couple of weeks.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
where is WBS
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't judge tbh. Last random 2nd-tierer i heard was Great Things by Echobelly, about a week ago. Sounded fine, cheered me a little to hear it but I am of that age now yknow. + at least there were some women were in the britpop bands.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
You'll be playing Salad next, woof.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
there's an American country song about reality TV stars etc. that reminds me of that SFG track but I'm luckily having trouble remembering the title or performer.
― skip, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Say what you like about 2011's music scene but at least we only have one Mumford & Sons whereas from 2005-2008 at least half of these would be in the charts at any one time.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
toploader guy is a really terrible vocalist
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9mpDAJOPac
― skip, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
k I've just made some fantastic cocktail of Bell's, Disaronno and Ginger Beer - let the memories commence
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
example of a 2nd and 3rd rate britpop band plz.― Mark G,
― Mark G,
Powder, though they may be 5th rate. Northern Uproar? Ocean Colour Scene?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
THE FRATELLIS - 30/10 - Chelsea Dagger might be the worst thing that any of these bands have put out
OTM. Ubiquity is a strong factor here - everyone stopped caring about The Enemy etc. very quickly, but The Fratelli pollution lingers.
― Pisle of dogs (seandalai), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Though I would take Menswe@r over every band here
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
xps
haha cannot remember a note of their music, but am able to spell and picture Marijne van der Vlugt very easily.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck I've just seen the Pigeon Detectives. Why were bubble perms suddenly an acceptable fashion statement for this scene?
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Northern Uproar made a couple of singles, I bought one, can't remember it.
OCS woe. never did
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Quite.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to the hoosiers, im thinking, why the fuck did i not form a band? could've been making serious scrilla if i'd spent just half my ilx time on trying to sound like these muppets.
haha cannot remember a note of their music, but am able to spell and picture Marijne van der Vlugt very easily.― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:36 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:36 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark
loool
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
THE FRATELLIS - 30/10 - Chelsea Dagger might be the worst thing that any of these bands have put outOTM. Ubiquity is a strong factor here - everyone stopped caring about The Enemy etc. very quickly, but The Fratelli pollution lingers.
Why i could never go to a big football match in scotland ever again. One of many reasons to avoid Hampden internationals is that they play this after goals and before and after the games.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Singles from 'Drink Me' were fab, can't remember the album. It's on spotify so will have to check it out in the name of research.
― Obese Pony-hating Liberal (Billy Dods), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
last.fm played "Drink the Elixir" at me just today! I still kinda like it. And still refuse to acknowledge that they had any other songs. (Did they?)
Similarly for Silver Sun and "Lava", except last.fm has never played that at me, I just get drunk enough to youtube it sometimes. (Don't actually watch the video tho, or they'll seem as punchable as everyone on this list.)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
a Britpop landfill poll is gonna be tarnished with accusations of sexism simply because there were a bunch of terrible fucking bands with women in them
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Who was the band responsible for that "what's that coming over the hill is it a monster?" song? That is one vile inescapable song almost as bad as that fratellis/dodgy/toploader shit
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Toploader - I can't imagine any of these other bands causing my bile to rise so quickly just at the mention of their name 12 years after their biggest hit.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I think there may need to be a separate thread for 'unusual details from wikipedia' about all these bands. Thus for the Fratellis:
They played their first show on 4 March 2005 in the O'Henry's bar in Glasgow across the road from the famous Horseshoe bar....Mince has joined a heavy metal band called Throne o' Diablo and is regularly performing with them and recording material
...
Mince has joined a heavy metal band called Throne o' Diablo and is regularly performing with them and recording material
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
monster = Automatic.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Roffle:
http://www.throneodiablo.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3B_m-r-9M
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Right then. I'm going to make every effort to find redeeming features. If I find one, they're out.
athlete - Genuinely liked the third album, plus one of them gave me an excellent interview.
babyshambles - CONTENDERSbiffy clyro - CONTENDERS
florence and the machine - Good XX remix of "You Got The Love". Hate everything else she's done, and not remotely convinced by her live show. I'm not a big one for actual HATING, but I absolutely HATE this. CONTENDERS.
hard-fi - LOVE "Hard To Beat".hundred reasons - never heard
joe lean and the jing jang jong - Redeemed by comedy value/so-bad-it's-entertaining-ness, but they are quite possibly the worst band of the 2000s. Then again, good drummer. Could never understand why he stuck with them.
kaiser chiefs - I've seen them live. They entertained, after a fashion. But then again, HATE HATE HATE "Ruby" beyond all reason. CONTENDERS.
kasabian - Quite liked "Empire" and "Fire".
keane - Actually LOVE a couple of their singles.
mumford and sons - I've moved from indifference to HATE in the past few weeks. Not sure how much of it is their fault, as opposed to what they have come to represent, which is largely out of their control.
noah and the whale - Don't mind them in small doses.
pigeon detectives - Accidentally saw them at a festival, didn't hate them. They were last minute stand-ins, playing to the wrong crowd, but they did an OK job in winning people over.
razorlight - There was one song that I didn't mind. Ludicrous front man, obv.
scouting for girls - I once spent an evening "hanging out" with the singer. He was thoroughly pleasant company, so I can't hate.
snow patrol - Grudging respect, up to a point. They shouldn't be on here, though. HELLO, THEY ARE IRISH.
starsailor - Indifference rather than hate.the courteeners - never heardthe cribs - See Starsailor.the enemy - never heard
the feeling - Moderately fond. Actually very enjoyable live. Fancied Dan something rotten.
the fratellis - I *like* "Chelsea Dagger"!
the futureheads - Started great, got boring. But they *were* great, for a while.
the hoosiers - I can live with them. My nieces loved them, and so I associate them with happy family gatherings.
the kooks - Awful, but the guitarist has his moments. See also: drummer out of the Jing Jang Jong.
the magic numbers - Car-crash of a live show, just over a year ago. Really took a dislike to Romeo. But the odd serviceable tune, for all that.
the ordinary boys - Quite fun live. Phill Jupitus sang "Boys Will Be Boys". Then BB happened. Almost contenders, but not quite.
the others - Utterly utterly shit, but commercial failures, so they have been punished enough.
the rakes - never heardthe stereophonics - HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE. But I think of them more of a 90s band.the twang - never heard
the view - Quiet liked the one about jeans.the wombats - never heardthe zutons - dull dull dull, almost contenders, but others are more deserving.
toploader - Our former next door neighbours' daughter's boyfriend ran the studio where they tried (and failed) to follow up the first album. So we are like brothers, really. It wouldn't be fair.
Contenders: Babyshambles, Biffy Clyro, Florence & the Machine, Kaiser Chiefs.
Voting for... BABYSHAMBLES!
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
it seems like an especially cruel fate that this crap is popular at your sporting events
at least we get stuck w/ the black eyed peas -- slightly less cruel imo
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Ludicrous front man, obv.
^this might be the best one sentence summation of british indie rock 05-08 for various reasons
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Most of the female-fronted Britpop bands were at least passable though, except Sleeper obviously.
That Automatic song has at least inspired some good football chants, especially one particularly delightful one for Steven Gerrard.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
surprised that this shit is played at football matches coz it all seems kind of studenty to me? is this a symptom of 'football's hijack by the middle classes'?
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link