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WhoOdyssey View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 05:57 PM Post #1
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Group: Genre Mod Posts: 16,031 Member No.: 67,771 Joined: 2-March 18 User's Gallery	Radio X have released their annual Top 100 list of British songs voted by their audience! Lots of new entries from rising artists such as Catfish and the Bottlemen, Blossoms, Jade Bird, Sam Fender and Gerry Cinnamon and more amongst the classics. 100. Jamie T - Sheila (-3) 99. Radiohead - Karma Police 98. Biffy Clyro - Mountains 97. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes (-30) 96. Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror (+3) 95. David Bowie - Space Oddity (-26) 94. Queen - We Are the Champions 93. Muse - Hysteria (-35) 92. Oasis - Little by Little 91. Blur - Song 2 (-15) 90. Sam Fender - Play God 89. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust 88. Blur - Parklife 87. Paul Weller - You Do Something to Me (+1) 86. Radiohead - Paranoid Android (-26) 85. Oasis - Some Might Say (-31) 84. Jade Bird - Uh Huh 83. Stereophonics - C'est La Vie (+13) 82. Biffy Clyro - Bubbles 81. Sam Fender - That Sound 80. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (+3) 79. Oasis - Half the World Away (-7) 78. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (-3) 77. Catfish and the Bottlemen - 7 (+12) 76. The Stone Roses - Made of Stone (-14) 75. Queen - Killer Queen 74. Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over 73. Blossoms - Charlamagne 72. Queen - Somebody to Love (+15) 71. Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky 70. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (-19) 69. David Bowie - Starman (-8) 68. Elbow - One Day Like This (+9) 67. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (+25) 66. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work (-24) 65. Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief (+25) 64. Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles 63. The Beatles - Let it Be 62. Queen - Hammer to Fall 61. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into the Sun (-9) 60. Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down (-21) 59. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Longshot 58. Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star (-18) 57. Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent (-11) 56. Oasis - Acquiesce (+1) 55. The Beatles - Hey Jude (-12) 54. The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black (+9) 53. Muse - Plug In Baby (-20) 52. Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows 51. Queen & David Bowie (+15) 50. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Cocoon (+29) 49. Oasis - Morning Glory (-2) 48. Oasis - Whatever (+8) 47. The Prodigy - Breathe 46. The Who - Baba O'Riley (-2) 45. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (+4) 44. Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol (-6) 43. Stereophonics - Local Boy in the Photograph (+25) 42. The Smiths - This Charming Man (-14) 41. Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? (+18) 40. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (-9) 39. The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (-16) 38. Radiohead - Creep (-1) 37. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (+27) 36. The Stone Roses - Waterfall (-1) 35. The Verve - Lucky Man (+10) 34. Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees (+14) 33. David Bowie - Life on Mars? (-19) 32. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (+4) 31. Oasis - The Masterplan (+1) 30. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (-15) 29. Oasis - Supersonic (-3) 28. The Beatles - A Day in the Life (-6) 27. The Smiths - How Soon is Now? (-2) 26. Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum (+1) 25. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (+4) 24. Oasis - Wonderwall (-18) 23. Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance (-10) 22. Arctic Monkeys - 505 (+10) 21. Pulp - Common People (-5) 20. Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever 19. Stereophonics - Dakota (+5) 18. The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon (+3) 17. The Prodigy - Firestarter 16. Gerry Cinnamon - Sometimes 15. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (-4) 14. The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums (+5) 13. Gerry Cinnamon - Belter 12. The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out (-4) 11. David Bowie - Heroes (+1) 10. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (+8) 9. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (+8) 8. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (+2) 7. Oasis - Champagne Supernova (+2) 6. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (-3) 5. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 4. Oasis - Slide Away (+3) 3. The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (+1) 2. Oasis - Live Forever (-1) 1. Queen - Bohemian Raphsody (+1) This post has been edited by WhoOdyssey: Apr 23 2019, 07:40 PM


lewistgreen View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 06:09 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Genre Mod Posts: 17,506 Member No.: 19,585 Joined: 25-July 13 No Gallery Pics	Gerry Cinnamon that high, really?!


WhoOdyssey View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 06:11 PM Post #3
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Group: Genre Mod Posts: 16,031 Member No.: 67,771 Joined: 2-March 18 User's Gallery	QUOTE(lewistgreen @ Apr 23 2019, 07:09 PM) Gerry Cinnamon that high, really?! He's massive in Scotland, just look at his TRNSMT set from last year, and is also getting bigger over here. I think he'll have a big breakthrough single/album this year.


danuary View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 06:37 PM Post #4
◢ ◤ Group: Chart Mod Posts: 62,191 Member No.: 11,746 Joined: 30-August 10 No Gallery Pics	Gerry having two songs top 20 is ridiculous considering it’s meant to be a best of all time chart. I do expect he will have a fairly big second album and possible top 100 hit though. Slide Away being the second highest Oasis song feels very odd too.


Klaus View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 07:24 PM Post #5
MP for Flydale North Group: Entertainment Mod Posts: 20,723 Member No.: 17,160 Joined: 3-June 12 No Gallery Pics	Florence and Jade Bird being the only women


WhoOdyssey View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 07:43 PM Post #6
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Group: Genre Mod Posts: 16,031 Member No.: 67,771 Joined: 2-March 18 User's Gallery	QUOTE(Klaus @ Apr 23 2019, 08:24 PM) Florence and Jade Bird being the only women (there's also Candida in Pulp) Well that's Radio X's audience for you And there aren't that many 'big' British indie female-fronted bands or female artists other than Siouxsie and the Banshees, CHVRCHES, Florence, Wolf Alice, Pale Waves and probably a couple of others. This post has been edited by WhoOdyssey: Apr 23 2019, 07:45 PM


DalekTurret32 View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 08:56 PM Post #7
FIVE YEARS OF THE TURRET 15-20 Group: Members Posts: 4,222 Member No.: 21,666 Joined: 12-March 15 No Gallery Pics	My faves from this list: 99. Radiohead - Karma Police 97. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes (-30) 96. Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror (+3) 95. David Bowie - Space Oddity (-26) 94. Queen - We Are the Champions 93. Muse - Hysteria (-35) 91. Blur - Song 2 (-15) 90. Sam Fender - Play God 89. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust 88. Blur - Parklife 86. Radiohead - Paranoid Android (-26) 80. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (+3) 78. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (-3) 74. Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over 73. Blossoms - Charlemagne 70. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (-19) 69. David Bowie - Starman (-8) 68. Elbow - One Day Like This (+9) 67. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (+25) 65. Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief (+25) 63. The Beatles - Let it Be 60. Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down (-21) 54. The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black (+9) 51. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (+15) 48. Oasis - Whatever (+8) 47. The Prodigy - Breathe 45. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (+4) 41. Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? (+18) 39. The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (-16) 38. Radiohead - Creep (-1) 37. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (+27) 33. David Bowie - Life on Mars? (-19) 32. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (+4) 30. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (-15) 25. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (+4) 24. Oasis - Wonderwall (-18) 21. Pulp - Common People (-5) 19. Stereophonics - Dakota (+5) 17. The Prodigy - Firestarter 11. David Bowie - Heroes (+1) 10. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (+8) 9. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (+8) 8. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (+2) 6. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (-3) 5. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 2. Oasis - Live Forever (-1) 1. Queen - Bohemian Raphsody (+1) [/quote]


Harve View Member Profile	Apr 23 2019, 11:17 PM Post #8
she goes by the name of Chanel Group: Members Posts: 17,545 Member No.: 4,718 Joined: 3-November 07 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(WhoOdyssey @ Apr 23 2019, 07:43 PM) And there aren't that many 'big' British indie female-fronted bands or female artists other than Siouxsie and the Banshees, CHVRCHES, Florence, Wolf Alice, Pale Waves and probably a couple of others. Come off it. Kate Bush PJ Harvey Goldfrapp Eurythmics/Annie Lennox Cocteau Twins Marianne Faithfull Saint Etienne Everything but the Girl Stereolab Laura Marling the xx Portishead ...and this is limiting ourselves to artists that are fairly strictly indie and have had multi-decade, acclaimed careers. So I'm not listing the female equivalents of Sam Fender, or the scores of female artists like Kate Nash who came and went pretty fast, because otherwise we'd be here forever. This post has been edited by Harve: Apr 23 2019, 11:18 PM


Dircadirca View Member Profile	Apr 24 2019, 05:46 AM Post #9
BuzzJack Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 3,964 Member No.: 19,614 Joined: 28-July 13 No Gallery Pics	I remember a similar thing happening over here and I had a similar rationalisation not knowing any better. It feels like an unfortunate systemic problem of music canonisation. Rock & roll canon in particular is egregiously male & white, and it sets the standard for what people internalise as music of the highest grade. Oasis & Kate Bush alike are adored for their catchy hooks & songwriting prowess all the same, but there will be a subset who dismiss one as frivolous and the other as musical perfection. There's an internal desire to vote in these things for music that is objectively good, and unfortunately it defaults to 'loud white dudes with loud guitars'.


WhoOdyssey View Member Profile	Apr 24 2019, 06:52 AM Post #10
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Group: Genre Mod Posts: 16,031 Member No.: 67,771 Joined: 2-March 18 User's Gallery	QUOTE(Harve @ Apr 24 2019, 12:17 AM) Come off it. Kate Bush PJ Harvey Goldfrapp Eurythmics/Annie Lennox Cocteau Twins Marianne Faithfull Saint Etienne Everything but the Girl Stereolab Laura Marling the xx Portishead ...and this is limiting ourselves to artists that are fairly strictly indie and have had multi-decade, acclaimed careers. So I'm not listing the female equivalents of Sam Fender, or the scores of female artists like Kate Nash who came and went pretty fast, because otherwise we'd be here forever. I meant ones that appeal to Radio X's audience and what they play - indie rock. I'm not defending them but if you asked their audience who they wanted them to play; it would pretty much all (if not exclusively) male bands, so that's who they pretty much just play. I looked at their playlist and they had about 4 female fronted bands/artists - which really isn't great when I could think of loads of new female bands that get played by the likes of Annie Mac and Jack Saunders.


coi View Member Profile	Apr 24 2019, 07:12 AM Post #11
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Chart Mod Posts: 6,790 Member No.: 73,240 Joined: 23-June 18 No Gallery Pics	I was listening to this as it was being broadcast on Monday, was a great listen and particularly loved hearing several tracks from Radiohead, Muse and The Smiths, as well as being very pleasantly surprised by Shed Seven appearing!


Dexton View Member Profile	Apr 24 2019, 10:05 AM Post #12
rip in peace Dickston Group: AF Leader Posts: 9,116 Member No.: 25,045 Joined: 29-January 17 No Gallery Pics	Charlemagne and Longshot wow


Suedehead2 View Member Profile	Apr 24 2019, 03:32 PM Post #13
BuzzJack Legend Group: Veteran Posts: 31,335 Member No.: 3,272 Joined: 13-April 07 No Gallery Pics	A big slump for Wonderwall. It must have gone on to ACR.