BEAT GROUP SMACKDOWN

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
The Zombies	6
The Hollies	4
The Searchers	2
Herman's Hermits	2
The Dave Clark Five	1
The Honeycombs	1
The Dave Clark Five	1
The Mindbenders	1
Brian Poole and the Tremeloes	1
Freddie and the Dreamers	0
Gerry and the Pacemakers	0
Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers	0
The Applejacks	0
The Swinging Blue Jeans	0
The Merseybeats	0
Some other guys	0

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link

oh shit, did i double up on the dc5? just vote for their first appearance on the list if yr that way inclined 'k?

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link

Best song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bswxaeyQDFI

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link

Unfuckable with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWQCLqab4o

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link

Somewhat rad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxAV2z_zVJU

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link

First wave of uk landfill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GViapgwDYo

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link

Kind of a shit song but *goodness* an actual female musician:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO8VJwlwCQY

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:44 (nine years ago) link

Nudge nudge, wink wink:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbDV-QnvJJc

― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link

sadly not an aphex cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsysUPLCkdU

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link

oops...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsysUPLCkdU

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Psychedelic banjo ftw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2cze58R5E

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link

Reverberations-ations-ations-ations-ations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH1JEI79emU

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link

nuff said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqbZ67CAF0

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link

In der heißen Bongo Bar ist der Whisky wunderbar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9gj-Vn_p4U

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqKlN8AqBhY

― the late great, Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:32 (nine years ago) link

also: where's WHIMPLE WINCH?!?

― the late great, Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:35 (nine years ago) link

^ need a seperate freekbeat poll

― john wahey (NickB), Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link

Can't see these youtube links at work, but voted for the Tremeloes because I dig some of their later psych singles and b-sides, esp. 'Instant Whip'

― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 4 August 2014 08:32 (nine years ago) link

hadn't heard that tremeloes song before but wow, that's great. sounds a bit like the byrds' captain soul

― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 10:39 (nine years ago) link

Herman's Hermits have the best songs, so they get my vote. However the Dave Clark Five movie is way better than either of the two Herman's Hermits movies.

― Josefa, Friday, 8 August 2014 07:25 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fyetn3cLnU

This.

― Mark G, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link

The Hollies are head and shoulders above most of these. All these bands have songs or albums but only the Hollies have got dozens of good songs and numerous good albums - like five or six that are excellent throughout and done in a variety of styles while still being essentially THEM.

― everything, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 17 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Way to not include the Liverbirds in the poll!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne7nhZJVHwk

― DDD, Sunday, 17 August 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link

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