Yeah I haven't really been enthused by much from Bastille beyond their first album either unfortunately D:

Another 30 pointer this evening

NO 67- BON IVER- 63 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 25 points, *Dandy- 8 points, Bjork- 30 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2

BIGGEST UK HIT: EXILE (#8, 2020)

 

 

NO 66- CHVRCHES- 63 POINTS (Voter: Dircadirca- 9 points, Elgornio- 18 points, WhoOdyssey- 7 points, Josh!- 28 points, King Rollo- 1 point)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 2

BIGGEST UK HIT: HERE WITH ME (#9, 2019)

 

Dircadirca said "The bands I like sure did stop breaking into the charts in the 2010s. I do not endorse the song Miracle"

 

 

NO 65- PIXIES- 64 POINTS (Voter: Jimwatts- 20 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 24 points, Bjork- 20 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 3

BIGGEST UK HIT: DEBASER (#23, 1997)

 

2 acts in a row there who had one low top 40 hit as lead artist and then a top 10 hit as a feature! (Also would have voted for both of them and both deserve to have done far better - CHVRCHES had my favourite song of 2019 with 'Death Stranding', I wasn't expecting them to ever top 'The Mother We Share' for me but they only went and did it ~)

 

Not particularly familiar with Pixies but I do love 'Where Is My Mind?' by them (thanks Chez in BJSC x).

CHVRCHES are ok, but the other 2 I don't know.

Great to see Chvrches here, I was worried they had missed out - they would've scored another 15 points from me

Edited November 18, 20204 yr by StoneDragon

Last 5/6 don't really do anything for me, but I guess nice to see a nice mix and not just one genre of band

Three whole weeks, 39 points and 85 places since my last nomination to be eliminated, I lose the next one :o and I have 22 of them in the top 65 *.*

 

I'm so glad Pixies got some other high votes - they're the only of my nominations never to have had a Top 20 single and none have charted since the 90s. Where Is My Mind is their best known song, but my favourites are Debaser, Velouria, and especially Monkey Gone To Heaven - whose lyrics sadly seem increasingly apt in 2020. They were truly one of a kind - oh and Kurt Cobain liked them too, apparently.

I agree that Not Gonna Get Us by Tatu is a better song than All The Things She Said a

 

Both are among my favourite songs of the 00s. ATTSS is all time great.

 

There isn't a bad track on any of the first three Suede albums :wub:

 

 

Lazy? :lol:

If I'd got around to voting, Suede would have an extra ~25 points.

Bon Iver are another one of those bands that I've never got the fuss for (I'm too uncultured to get them, or whatever).

 

I'm not that familiar with the Pixies outside of their most well known couple of songs.

 

CHVRCHES are great, can't believe they've had so few actual hits. 'Get Out' should have been a big Top 10 single!

 

 

Bon Iver's first two albums are superb but the move away from the sound just alienated me completely - have only been able to get into the occasional song since and even then it's nowhere near as much. The recent features on Exile and the Japanese House's 'Dionne' make me long for that sound so much :wub:

 

Love Pixies - they're a band I feel I should investigate more of tbf as don't know lots of their catalogue, Doolittle up there with my favourite albums of all time.

Lazy? :lol:

It's not their best admittedly but I never feel the need to skip it, it kinda works on Coming Up

NO 64- PLACEBO- 64 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 23 points, *Dandy- 10 points, Gezza- 15 points, Bjork- 16 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 15

BIGGEST UK HIT: NANCY BOY (#4, 1997) PURE MORNING (#4, 1998)

 

 

NO 63- YEARS AND YEARS- 64 POINTS (Voter: Elgornio- 24 points, Jason- 11 points, WhoOdyssey- 13 points, Aaron TM- 10 points, Vibe- 6 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 8

BIGGEST UK HIT: KING (#1, 2015)

 

 

NO 62- FIFTH HARMONY- 64 POINTS (Voter: Elgornio- 2 points, Josh!- 9 points, Aaron TM- 9 points, …ready for it- 25 points, Miichaelking21- 19 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5

BIGGEST UK HIT: WORK FROM HOME (#2, 2016)

 

I quite like Years & Years in general but their biggest hits are all of their worst songs imo. Yes, I'm alone in this opinion xx

 

Placebo are another band I largely only know for one great song - 'Pure Morning' :wub: (I like their cover of 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' as well).

Placebo are fantastic, they probably would have been in mine if we had a larger number to vote for.

Years and Years are OK but they don't have many songs I'd regularly listen to.

Fifth Harmony one of the most overrsted girlbands, prefer stuff they have done solo since tbh

I though years and years would be much higher !

oh my 30 gone, poor Bon Iver. Foe Emma Forever Ago might be in the top 3 best albums in the history of music with incredubike

songs like Flume, re:Stacks, the Wolves and of course Skinny Love, which is not a Birdy cover :D

Exile is also the best song of the last 5 years by a million miles!

 

also used to be the biggest Pixies fan as a kid. Doolittle is also a classic of classics album with songs like Debaser, Monkey gone to Heaven,

Gouge away, Here comes your man,... if it weren't for Pixies, Nirvana would have never existed.

 

Placebo I also loved. The first 5 albums were all incredible, especially 1, 2 & 4, later albums are a bit of a let down, but that happens to most bands.

But they got incredible singles like Pure Morning, Nancy Boy, The Bitter End, This Picture, Every you every me...

 

Sad to see those 3 gone, but actually amazed Bon Iver got so far. Was expecting no one else voting for them.

Edited November 19, 20204 yr by Bjork

Placebo are another band I largely only know for one great song - 'Pure Morning' :wub: (I like their cover of 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' as well).

I'll have to check out that cover as I haven't heard it before, but 'Pure Morning' and 'Nancy Boy' are great, and 'Every You Every Me' is an 11/10 :wub: