February 5, 201312 yr Both songs are miles better, than 90 % chart music in last 3 years. Only in your opinion... but then this is a discussion forum. Things like Frozen and Push the Button ARE better than 99% of chart music in the last three years. But Peters and Lee (and Renee & Renato) are so far beyond even being a Guilty Pleasure. They are worse than 99.9% of pop music from the last 60 years.
February 5, 201312 yr I've gone through the list of number 1s and I've picked out the ones I kinda like. I have 130+. I may well do a Top 50 of them at some stage. Pity about All the Things She Said, Alex. Its construction is amazingly efficient and it has hooks in every part of the song.
February 5, 201312 yr Author Things like Frozen and Push the Button ARE better than 99% of chart music in the last three years. But Peters and Lee (and Renee & Renato) are so far beyond even being a Guilty Pleasure. They are worse than 99.9% of pop music from the last 60 years. For everybody his / her personal. :angry: Yes, agree only with your first opinion. How old are you? If you are younger, than me (I'm 29 years old), that I can understand, why you don't like this style of retro music. Pity about All the Things She Said, Alex. Its construction is amazingly efficient and it has hooks in every part of the song. First reason : I think, that "All The Things She Said" is very overrated for modern song. Second reason : The one single from my ultimate all-time favourites wasn't # 1, because "All The Things She Said". :( Anthony, I think that 1 single from the worst UK # 1 (in my opinion) can be your favourite # 1. :) Edited February 5, 201312 yr by AlexRange
February 5, 201312 yr Author I think we look for different things in music. Agree. Our music tastes are totally opposite. I hate all dance "songs" and never was a fan of indie pop/rock. Think, that I know your favourite UK # 1. :) Edited October 1, 201410 yr by Outcast
February 5, 201312 yr I'll give you "Frozen", but "Push the Button"'s chorus is such a non-event. Yeah - I hope Grebo meant About You Know.
February 5, 201312 yr Agree. Our music tastes are totally opposite. I hate all dance "Music" and never was a fan of indie pop/rock. I think, that I know your favourite UK # 1. :) I must complete personal "Worst UK # 1 singles" :) Why music in ""? Music doesn't have to be melodic and dance music is just as much a form of music as pop music.
February 5, 201312 yr Author Why music in ""? Music doesn't have to be melodic and dance music is just as much a form of music as pop music. Maybe "songs" would be more right. I will correct my previous post :)
February 5, 201312 yr For everybody his / her personal. :angry: Yes, agree only with your first opinion. How old are you? If you are younger, than me (I'm 29 years old), that I can understand, why you don't like this style of retro music. What on earth has age got to do with it? Just because I am old(er than you) doesn't mean I have to like any old retro shit that gets thrown my way. I don't like this style of music because it is bland, forgettable, turgid, boring rubbish.
February 5, 201312 yr Yeah - I hope Grebo meant About You Know. I don't think it really matters which Sugababes song. Most of them (all?) pre-Keisha leaving were better than 99% of the stuff being posted here.
February 6, 201312 yr Author # 77. Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String (3 weeks # 1 - 1967) http://i2.listal.com/image/449662/600full-sandie-shaw.jpg GCs7iZGvK4s "Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release. The song was a UK Singles Chart number one hit on 27 April 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks Shaw had originally performed the song as one of five prospective numbers to represent the United Kingdom in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest on The Rolf Harris Show. She had never been taken with the idea of taking part in the contest but her discoverer, Adam Faith, had talked her into it, saying it would keep her manager Eve Taylor happy. Taylor wanted to give Shaw a more cabaret appeal and felt that this was the right move - and also felt that it would get Shaw back in the public's good books as she had recently been involved in a divorce scandal. Of the five songs performed, "Puppet on a String" was Shaw's least favourite. In her own words "I hated it from the very first oompah to the final bang on the big bass drum. I was instinctively repelled by its sexist drivel and cuckoo-clock tune." She was disappointed when it was selected as the song she would use to represent the country, but it won the contest hands down, though it has always been felt that this was partly due to her existing popularity on the continent (she had recorded most of her hit singles in French, Italian, German and Spanish). As a result "Puppet on a String" became her third Number One hit in the UK (a record for a female at the time) and was a big worldwide smash (the biggest selling single of the year in Germany). Shaw also recorded "Puppet on a String" in French ("Un tout petit pantin"), Italian ("La danza delle note"), Spanish ("Marionetas en la cuerda"), and German ("Wiedehopf im Mai").
February 6, 201312 yr Author I don't like this style of music because it is bland, forgettable, turgid, boring rubbish. Boring rubbish for me is "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Another Brick In the Wall"
February 6, 201312 yr Author # 76. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth (2 weeks # 1 - 1988) http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/b/belinda-carlisle/album-heaven-on-earth.jpg 9LwoSxc_J4Y "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of The Go-Go's. Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, and interpolating the aria "Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh'" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 5, 1987, becoming Carlisle's only U.S. chart-topper with or without The Go-Go's. A month later it hit number one on the UK Singles Chart and held the spot for two weeks. The song reached number one in many other countries, among them Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden, South Africa and Norway. The song also reached number three in Germany, number two in Australia, and number six in Italy. It is widely considered to be Carlisle's signature song because of its success on the charts and its continued relevance today. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
February 6, 201312 yr Boring rubbish for me is "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Another Brick In the Wall" That's fair enough. Your opinion. One of those would feature in my Top 50 #1s and one wouldn't.
February 6, 201312 yr I hate all dance "songs" and never was a fan of indie pop/rock. Now there's a man with an open mind.
February 6, 201312 yr Author # 74. Madonna - American Pie (1 week # 1 - 2000) http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/gallery/madonna/madonna8.jpg 8BIAi3Oo7To "American Pie" is a song by American folk rock singer-songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one U.S. hit for four weeks in 1972. In the UK the single reached No. 2 on its original 1972 release and a reissue in 1991 reached No.12. The song is a recounting of "The Day the Music Died" — the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.)—and the aftermath. The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century. "American Pie" is considered Don McLean's magnum opus and his signature song. American pop star Madonna released a cover version of the song in March 2000 to promote the soundtrack to her film The Next Best Thing (2000). Her cover is much shorter than the original (it contains only the beginning of the first verse and all of the second and sixth verses) and was recorded as a pop-dance song. Released in March 2000, the song was a big worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in many countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany (her first since "La Isla Bonita", in 1987), Switzerland, Austria, and Finland. The song was the 19th best selling of 2000 in the UK. The single was not released commercially in the United States, but it reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 due to strong radio airplay. NME gave it a negative review, saying that it was a "sub-karaoke fluff" and that "it's a blessing she didn't bother recording the whole thing." Chuck Taylor from Billboard on the other hand, was impressed by the recording and commented, "Applause to Madonna for not pandering to today's temporary trends and for challenging programmers to broaden their playlists. In all, a fine preview of the forthcoming soundtrack to The Next Best Thing." Don McLean himself praised the cover, saying it was "a gift from a goddess", and that her version is "mystical and sensual." According to The Official Charts Company, the song has sold 385,000 copies there and is her 16th best selling single to date in the UK.
February 6, 201312 yr I think I should stop read this thread as I fear that most of the tracks will be inferior to All the Things She Said and that would just make my head explode.
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