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King Rollo
post 19th September 2024, 10:51 AM
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I'm guessing they wanted to boost the number of black groups. Soul II Soul are the only other one on the list.
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gooddelta
post 19th September 2024, 11:07 AM
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Hot Chocolate would have been a better inclusion imo, or Eternal, but I guess they wanted to sidestep the recent Bennett sisters' controversy.
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post 19th September 2024, 11:25 AM
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Oooh. Little Mix coming top 5 even without my vote cheeseblock.png (I'm annoyed I didn't vote as STEPS wouldn't have received many (if any) points from me - so I would have broken the tie!) but tbf, I'm not sure I would have been able to come up with 30 groups that I would have liked to have voted for and been happy with.
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post 19th September 2024, 11:32 AM
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QUOTE(dandy* @ 19th September 2024, 11:20 AM) *
Love seeing Erasure in the radio 2 list, they are often snubbed for anything like this.

On the whole I think the list is pretty well balanced across eras and types of music. Imagination jump out at me as being the ones I know very little about - unless I'm missing something I can't see why they would be included over some of the more successful acts. I'm not sure I'd put Wings in there either.



Any band with Paul McCartney is always going to automatically get in despite other more successful acts being left out.

Steps is really quite a glaring omission on that list seeing as they have 15 top 5 singles and #1 albums across 4 consecutive decades, then Westlife too with their numerous #1 singles and albums... blink.gif They have just as much right to the list as Girls Aloud for instance if they are left off due to being "pop puppets" as pop acts often are on these type of things.


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post 19th September 2024, 11:34 AM
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Just noticed no S Club either, guess it's due to personal preference of the panelists too. rolleyes.gif
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post 19th September 2024, 12:27 PM
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Westlife don't qualify due to being Irish but I agree that it's a shame that pretty much all of the prominent turn of the century (1998-2003 era) British pop acts got shut out, especially Steps and S Club 7 as arguably the two biggest and most impactful. But they never impressed the critics I suppose.
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post 19th September 2024, 03:21 PM
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I'm more surprised at the omission of Roxy Music than anything else. An entire generation cited them as hugely influential. Practically all of the Post Punk bands, the New Romantics and any 'arty' band have said they owe a debt to them. Maybe the younger generations only know the later Sophisti-Pop hits and not the really important stuff.
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post 19th September 2024, 03:31 PM
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Suede are a massive omission IMO
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post 19th September 2024, 05:15 PM
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Surprised about Sex Pistols tbf and Roxy Music is another glaring omission!
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post 19th September 2024, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE(-Jay- @ 19th September 2024, 06:53 AM) *
BBC Radio 2 celebrates National Album Day with a listener vote to find the nation’s Ultimate British Group

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/radio-...p-vote-launches

More discussion about this event can take place here: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=274907

...but I specifically wanted to share the list in this thread, to highlight where the groups placed in the results here. It could interesting to compare with the eventual Radio 2 results!

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Alphabetical

115th: 10cc
15th: All Saints
23rd: Arctic Monkeys
26th: Bananarama
88th: Bee Gees
22nd: Blur
11th: Coldplay
149th: Culture Club
25th: Depeche Mode
96th: Duran Duran
195th: Elbow
111th: Electric Light Orchestra
24th: Erasure
102nd: Eurythmics
17th: Fleetwood Mac
42nd: Florence + the Machine
378th: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
121st: Genesis
1st: Girls Aloud
n/a: Imagination
232nd: Led Zeppelin
n/a: M People
259th: Madness
32nd: Manic Street Preachers
21st: Muse
73rd: New Order
14th: Oasis
31st: One Direction
9th: Pet Shop Boys
70th: Pink Floyd
66th: Pulp
7th: Queen
20th: Radiohead
139th: Simply Red
n/a: Soul II Soul
2nd: Spice Girls
124th: Stereophonics
4th: Sugababes
16th: Take That
8th: The Beatles
110th: The Beautiful South
94th: The Clash
39th: The Cure
95th: The Human League
273rd: The Jam
119th: The Kinks
165th: The Police
111th: The Rolling Stones
68th: The Smiths
212th: The Stone Roses
295th: The Who
n/a: UB40
53rd: Wham!
378th: Wings


BuzzJack's Order
1st: Girls Aloud
2nd: Spice Girls
4th: Sugababes
7th: Queen
8th: The Beatles
9th: Pet Shop Boys
11th: Coldplay
14th: Oasis
15th: All Saints
16th: Take That
17th: Fleetwood Mac
20th: Radiohead
21st: Muse
22nd: Blur
23rd: Arctic Monkeys
24th: Erasure
25th: Depeche Mode
26th: Bananarama
31st: One Direction
32nd: Manic Street Preachers
39th: The Cure
42nd: Florence + the Machine
53rd: Wham!
66th: Pulp
68th: The Smiths
70th: Pink Floyd
73rd: New Order
88th: Bee Gees
94th: The Clash
95th: The Human League
96th: Duran Duran
102nd: Eurythmics
110th: The Beautiful South
111th: Electric Light Orchestra
111th: The Rolling Stones
115th: 10cc
119th: The Kinks
121st: Genesis
124th: Stereophonics
139th: Simply Red
149th: Culture Club
165th: The Police
195th: Elbow
212th: The Stone Roses
232nd: Led Zeppelin
259th: Madness
273rd: The Jam
295th: The Who
378th: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
378th: Wings
n/a: Imagination
n/a: M People
n/a: Soul II Soul
n/a: UB40


The biggest snubs from BBC's list according to BuzzJack would be the following artists, all of them making the BuzzJack Top 40:

Little Mix
Steps
The Saturdays
S Club
Atomic Kitten
Snow Patrol



Apart from Snow Patrol there is a bit of a theme in the snubs 😂
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post 19th September 2024, 06:24 PM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ 19th September 2024, 07:22 PM) *
Apart from Snow Patrol there is a bit of a theme in the snubs 😂

It’s almost they don’t even post on Buzzjack laugh.gif
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Jessie Where
post 19th September 2024, 06:48 PM
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Justice for Girls Can't Catch
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spiceboy
post 19th September 2024, 06:48 PM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ 19th September 2024, 07:22 PM) *
Apart from Snow Patrol there is a bit of a theme in the snubs 😂


laugh.gif I laughed laugh.gif
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Gezza
post 19th September 2024, 07:04 PM
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A convenient time for another plug- Erasure rate still has ten days left to vote in!

Erasure Rate

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JulianT
post 19th September 2024, 08:58 PM
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QUOTE(Jessie Where @ 19th September 2024, 07:48 PM) *
Justice for Girls Can't Catch

We didn’t quite get Girls Can’t Catch but Bellefire definitely made an appearance, and Fifth Harmony were rated above bands like R.E.M. wink.gif
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