ah yeah I had that one too. some nice indie-dance crossover selections too
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
A lot more good tunes on that one.
― chap, Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
my god following the majesty of McAlmont & Butler with moz... the humanity...
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Would actually have paid money for that The Best... Album In The World... Ever! one - but we've already established I have a pavlovian response to all that indie-dance crossover stuff - hahaha I mean it has EMF's Unbelievable, but the Shamen track is ridiculous.
― Specific and Limited Interests (Branwell with an N), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
the word "indie" means "signed to a subsidiary of warner music group"
Tbf, it never referred strictly to the status of labels on either side of the pond. I don't think a bluegrass artist on an independent label (itself a vague concept) would have been what I'd expect if someone told me about an indie band in 1995. I wouldn't even expect a progressive metal band on an independent label if someone told me about a new indie rock band.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
Stuff like Dreadzone makes me quite fondly nostalgic, even though I was indifferent at best at the time.
― chap, Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
If there is only one vote for Jesus Jones, it me.
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Although not the most anachronistic inclusion, I'm more than a little baffled at the inclusion of a track from Doubt on a compilation from 1995. Jesus Jones felt like they'd happened eight million years ago at that point, IIRC.
― Don't be such an idot. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Unless the hits from that album had just kept on a-rollin' in the UK? They most certainly did not in the US.
― Don't be such an idot. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
unfortunately there were only 8 Brilliant Indie Hits in 1995 so the numbers had to be made up
― how do i shot moon? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
From worst to best
The Cranberries - "Zombie"Shed Seven - "Speakeasy"The Wonder Stuff - "The Size of a Cow"Electronic - "Getting Away with It"James - "Sit Down"Green Day - "Welcome to Paradise"Jesus Jones - "International Bright Young Thing"The Farm - "All Together Now"Dodgy - "So Let Me Go Far"The House of Love - "Shine On"Inspiral Carpets - "Dragging Me Down"Oasis - "Cigarettes & Alcohol"The Charlatans - "Weirdo"Blur - "Parklife"Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel the Pain"Suede - "Animal Nitrate"New Order - "Regret"The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"Elastica - "Connection"Pulp - "Do You Remember the First Time?"
― 这是我的显示名称 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
this kind of music as played by Indie DJs at Indie discos
is this a thing that happened in the u.s.? probably accounts for the different usage of the word on either side of the ocean
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
maybe it would help if you think of it like indie (UK) = alternative (US)?
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
Oh god, you've just reminded me I owned this one
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― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
I had Happy Daze vol 2. tbh there are some classics on that one fuiud
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
to give it it's strictest definition, if you can tippex the band name on a pencil case AND find it in camden market on a badge BUT NOT A WOVEN PATCH then it is indie, anything else is pop or metal and not for you.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
i hear some College Rock wasn't made by Colleges either
― how do i shot moon? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
i think "getting away with it" just edges out "regret"SameSame
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― or something, Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
since my brain worked out the melody lift from Love My Way, i can't listen to Getting Away With It any more :-(always thought Disappointed was superior actually!
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Connection
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
"Getting Away with It."
― clemenza, Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
green day feels very out of place here
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
Getting Away With It or Animal Nitrate.
On a compilation that features The Cranberries, Shed Seven and Dodgy it's something to say that Parklife is the most annoying thing here.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
if you google "getting away with it", guess what you get? a song by james! which is quite good, actually.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
btw i also voted for it.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 10 September 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
Tbf, it never referred strictly to the status of labels on either side of the pond. iirc the NME's weekly Indie chart referred strictly to distribution, so if Food Records didn't go through EMI's in-house distributor, Jesus Jones and Blur would have counted, but if a fanzine cassette got into shops bc a mate worked at Warners and helped them out, it was disqualifiedthis definitely meant that Kylie Minogue records frequently topped the Indie chart, being on the sole-ownership concern Pete Waterman Limited
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
although ironically, "Indie" Kylie's records never troubled that chart
― Number None, Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
Ha, yeah, I thought of stating that chart as an exception. "Indie" DID always have that economic meaning but it was also used as a shorthand for a style of rock music on both sides of the Atlantic.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Back in the early 90s people used to tell me 'alternative' was just the American name for 'indie'.
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 10 September 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
But I think of like, Faith No More and I dunno Primus being 'alternative'.
― chap, Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
this is almost the same tracklist as the naked chef compilation which is real
― plax (ico), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
This was the first compilation I ever bought! on tape. don't think I'd heard Suede before that point and Animal Nitrate just blew most of the rest away, but I have overwhelming fondness for nearly all other tracks on here purely for nostalgic reasons. except Cigarettes and Alcohol.
― kinder, Thursday, 10 September 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
and Sit Down, which I hate obviously, but probably didn't mind the first 3 or 4 times i heard it hang on, when was Now 26? that had Laid on it, maybe that was my first comp.
― kinder, Thursday, 10 September 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
If there is only one vote for Jesus Jones Zombie, it me.
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 10 September 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
I think Now 26 was about 1993... is that the one with Creep on it?
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Friday, 11 September 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Is the "How soon is now" a mid 90s remix or something?
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 05:10 (three years ago) link
green day
― flappy bird, Friday, 11 September 2020 05:49 (three years ago) link
Cigarettes and Alcohol
best Oasis song, basically perfect tune
― naked and sexually active alien (rip van wanko), Friday, 11 September 2020 05:55 (three years ago) link
DL, yes, that's the one. 1993! And Play Dead right after So Natural!
― kinder, Friday, 11 September 2020 07:45 (three years ago) link
I swear I will take some of those Now tracklistings to my grave. Have we ever put lord the UK Nows? Vaguely remember a US one happening
― Leighton Buzzword (dog latin), Friday, 11 September 2020 07:54 (three years ago) link
“Put lord” = polled
I went through a phase of listening to them all in order until it hit approx the year 2000. The year 1999 was the absolute nadir for chart music.Madonna never on any Now btw. Probably other obvious exclusions too?
― kinder, Friday, 11 September 2020 07:59 (three years ago) link
Suede or Electronic probably.
Never particularly cared for Suede but saw what must have been several of their earliest gigs when they'd be first on at the Bull & Gate with about five people watching. Then very quickly they'd have this posse of enthusiastic female supporters who'd stand by the stage even when the place was mostly empty, which was pretty unusual for third on the bill, or.indeed any 'indie' groups then.
― grebo shot first (Noel Emits), Friday, 11 September 2020 08:06 (three years ago) link
Madonna never on any Now btw. Probably other obvious exclusions too?
Think Michel Jackson only has one appearance for similar reasons
― groovypanda, Friday, 11 September 2020 08:09 (three years ago) link
Yeah, was thinking of MJ. I revise my former statement btw, I think I only listened to all the Nows of the 90s.
― kinder, Friday, 11 September 2020 08:15 (three years ago) link
The Hits Album often featured songs by artists such as Madonna, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and other big international artists that did not appear on rival Now compilations, and it was probably for this reason the albums were equally popular throughout the 1980s.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
i think "getting away with it" just edges out "regret"SameSameSame
The opposite
― daavid, Saturday, 12 September 2020 04:20 (three years ago) link
"Getting Away With It" is the dictionary definition of "less than the sum of its parts"
― 这是我的显示名称 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 12 September 2020 07:42 (three years ago) link
Yeah, but those are big parts
― Mark G, Saturday, 12 September 2020 07:44 (three years ago) link
CAAL's top five looks spot-on, but I voted Suede of course
― imago, Saturday, 12 September 2020 08:05 (three years ago) link
He sings like John Lennon doesn't he? Can't understand a word of it but as I recall it's all gibberish anyhow 😅
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 17 September 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link