the Tap are fully mid-Atlantic and it makes perfect sense
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
I mean keep in mind Judas Priest are a Brit band and one of their biggest hits is "You've Got Another Thing Coming"
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
to me that kind of US-Britishes argot is a real part of big 70s rock bands
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:36 (one year ago) link
don't want to rock any boats but apparently Robert Plant wasn't from the Mississippi delta originally
That's not the Carrie Nations' song I would have chosen... or the Spinal Tap one.
wrong Rutles track too
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:39 (one year ago) link
voted "Earache My Eye"
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
too parochial for this poll but French and Saunders's "C'est la vie" is the greatest Abba song Abba didn't write
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
Several of my favorite rock musicals featuring fake rock bands (Phantom of the Paradise, Get Crazy, The Apple) are totally unrepresented here, what the what
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
MEAT
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
It's a Rolling Stone list so I doubt French & Ssunders were up for consideration. How else to explain the complete absence of the Wombles?
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
haven't seen VELVET GOLDMINE in forever but i remember thinking the pastiches in that were great
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link
ooh, Chris Morris effortlessly, cheatingly really, doing the Pixies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K9VRl1CkLc
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
also see "Me Oh Myra"
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
"Baby on Board," because I always start singing it (generally to the irritation of anyone whose in the car with me) whenever I see one of those signs.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuQba4inleQ
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
lol, that was the first dumb thing I thought of when I saw this thread pop up.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
I sort of admire that they never added anything to the song other than the title and the mumbled line about stupid people in fancy clothes
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
There was also the “fake” album planted in real record stores by fictional band Violet Sedan Chair as promo for the tv series Fringe. “Hovercraft Mother” is the standout imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FUdB2WnZM8
― Kim, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
Also no Ja Ja Ding Dong?
― Kim, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Phantom of the Paradise not being here is a big WTF
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
"You're So Beautiful," Jamal (EMPIRE)
lol are you fucking kidding?
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6y47KcuI4Y
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX4-U2r4lS0
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEn-mmFiYDs
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYSopeqBRKo
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
Don't The Monkees qualify?
― fetter, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
weird to see "3 small words" that high. i saw/liked the movie and song but was knew it was not the sort of thing that ppl/critics especially took seriously. i have this weirdly specific memory of going to my cousin's place once and meeting a friend she had over, who was listening to the song repeatedly to transcribe the lyrics -- i guess that was a thing ppl still did in 2001. i haven't heard the song since then but still remembered the second line being 'brown paper magazine' b/c i remember being struck by how weird it seemed when written down
i guess its placement comes down to the ppl who were young enough to actually like that movie now being old enough to write for these mags? i mean, again i enjoy it but it's not that good. not that some of the other songs up that high are any better lol, in general i find it hard to believe they couldn't come up with better examples for this list (tho i can't think of any myself). voting "sugar sugar" i guess
― dyl, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
actually i'm voting "falling slowly"
― dyl, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
They should, but maybe they're being held as "better than"?
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Big fan of "Pretend to be Nice" and "Backdoor Lover" from "Josie."
just occurred to me that there's a mistake in Big Bottom, "tuxedo" is American English and while I can imagine British people using it now, that generation wouldn't. obviously this is a very minor nitpick, but the film generally gets stuff right.
Well, just as Spinal Tap (like a lot of their peers) looked to the US for musical inspiration, blues and jazz, surely they looked to the US for lyrical inspiration, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akoi-aIHN1g
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
Thymens & Sapperstein robbed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwMEZPjiBCE
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
"Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young," is the best from this list, but “The Professionals” from LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS is a huge omission
― beamish13, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:42 (one year ago) link
I guess the Monkees and FOTC fall into some category between fake band and real band.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
I mean, Spinal Tap are a "real band" too after all
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
Alice Bowie the sentimental favorite, but the songs from Hedwig are actually good.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:03 (one year ago) link
"I Think I Love You" just ahead of "Sugar Sugar." I registered my complaint elsewhere that the Partridge Family are very, very real.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
"Sugar Sugar" was massive. I had the 45, probably not long after it was released. To my young brain, the Archies were 100% real.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
I mean, I know the Monkees at a certain point--pretty early--played their own instruments. I'm not sure about the Partridge Family...vocals, at least, I think.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
I voted for the Banana Splits--it's a really good song for a bunch of filthy animals
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:36 (one year ago) link
Also, re "It Don't Worry Me" from Nashville: I don't think I'm alone in counting Barbara Jean's "Dues" as the film's musical highlight (greatest moment, period), but that's complicated by the fact that the real Ronee Blakly included that on her debut album three years earlier. So they went with something else.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2G2zcjC8Cs
Me And My Rhythm Box from Liquid Sky is my favourite song by a fictional artist. List should include tracks from Rock Follies and Jem and the Holograms as well.
― soref, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
Payday (1972) with Rip Torn has some wonderful songs
― beamish13, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:55 (one year ago) link
Also, Breaking Glass (1980) with Hazel O’Connor basically doing the soundtrack in-character is a keeper
the songs from Slade In Flame are great but that feels like cheating because it's basically just Slade
― soref, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 19:56 (one year ago) link
all the Walk Hard songs are surprisingly good but I voted Banana Splits because that one's in my head all the time. plus TMBG did a fun cover of it
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
Mention of Payday reminds me of Kris Kristofferson in Cisco Pike doing--as the fictional character Cisco--key songs from Kristofferson's The Silver Tongued Devil and I. So I guess that doesn't count. (The album came out a few months before the film.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 20:01 (one year ago) link
Three Small Words is great but whatabout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNQjFB4-nQ
― Minivan Morrison (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
Oops I meant
― Minivan Morrison (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link
The monkees situation is explained in the intro
We also had a long debate about what to do with the Monkees, before it was decided that at a certain point, they Pinocchio’ed their way into being a real band, and thus didn’t qualify. (Otherwise, “Daydream Believer” would have been very highly ranked.)
But honestly this is a good fun list, i like it
― ✖, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3cWWNXBHg
Riverbottom Nightmare Band
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 16 March 2023 18:49 (one year ago) link
List should include tracks from Rock Follies and Jem and the Holograms as well.
― soref, Tuesday, March 14, 2023 3:47 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
And the Misfits!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMv4KJlWQb8
― peace, man, Thursday, 16 March 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
This was my Jem pick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQKs0eQHZRs
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 16 March 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
"I Hate the Bloody Queen" by the Queen Haters (from SCTV) seems like a major omission.
― nth, Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link
xp YES I came here to Jempost.
My Jem pick (Jem goes neo-psych):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN9CRfbwCQI
...and for the Misfits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZwMzLkHAk
Kimber and Stormer's side project might actually be my favorite of all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iinCliptuFY
― J. Sam, Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
I forgot about "I Dig Pain"... that's a classic "fake punk" representation.
― chemtrails over the turkey club (morrisp), Friday, 17 March 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3NG2JX6lc
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 17 March 2023 05:04 (one year ago) link
Somebody call Grapefruit Records--I think we've got a box set here!
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 17 March 2023 05:47 (one year ago) link
and not forgetting the immortal, unsurpassable sound of flipin
_____*BLUESHAMMER*______
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z97FaPFkkcc
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 17 March 2023 07:26 (one year ago) link
Kraftwerk Orange "I am electro boy" is a jamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45piRm2-DV8
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 17 March 2023 07:31 (one year ago) link
todd rivers "one track lover": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO-ZGP68-3w
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 17 March 2023 07:40 (one year ago) link
not sure this punk band is from alan bleasdale's "no surrender" have a name, but...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN-h_K86_zA
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 17 March 2023 07:52 (one year ago) link
Let's not forget "The Clapham" by Kipper!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_i-13KIZU
― Mark G, Friday, 17 March 2023 08:05 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 30 March 2023 00:01 (eleven months ago) link
Scrolled down looking for this:
Don’t forget this Canadian content from Degrassi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAlQ9whq8Hs― Kim,
― Kim,
What was great about Zit Remedy is that they only actually had this one song
― touche pas ma planète (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 30 March 2023 09:46 (eleven months ago) link
Love all these - had forgotten about You All Everybody lolOne Track Lover is my fave.
There are way better songs from Josie and The Pussycats, i.e. the DuJour ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwykvrwvWW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRSkYTB_Lv0
I like Black Sheep from Scott Pilgrim too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xcSDYy3Dl4
― kinder, Thursday, 30 March 2023 11:37 (eleven months ago) link
Oh yeah, "Back Door Lover" is great.
Coming from behind with the lights down low.
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 30 March 2023 12:30 (eleven months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 31 March 2023 00:01 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyvkNDtW7Lw
mysterious overnight underground rave sensation CYBERSTORM from the film (video) vibrations!
― andrew m., Friday, 31 March 2023 14:21 (eleven months ago) link
good results. didn't vote for it but loved that song in ILD
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Friday, 31 March 2023 14:28 (eleven months ago) link