September 12, 2024Sep 12 That's me out. I gave ABBA points due to weight of memorable hits and great comeback singles a couple of years ago. Find their studio albums too hit and miss to be really into though (Voyage being a perfect example - Little Things, really?!) The top 2 were nowhere near my votes but would prefer to see the Spice Girls win on the basis of cultural impact, their total dominance of pop culture in the second half of 1996 is an early cultural memory for me.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 I wasn’t dismissing them I just think they sounded like a lot of other pop bands of the time and of before and after. It’s just my opinion though that’s all, not stating the fact of the matter.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 I truly don't believe there's any other pop band who would release songs like Sexy! No No No..., Biology and Love Machine so I think we'll have to agree to disagree...!
September 12, 2024Sep 12 Were Girls Aloud a great pop group or a good pop group with great production?
September 12, 2024Sep 12 I always felt that Girls Aloud had a bunch of really strong Pop songs and sonically there was a fair few interesting things going on in a lot of them but with the exception of Sarah and maybe Cheryl if I'm generous, the girls themselves had nowhere near the levels of personality or character of Spice Girls or Sugababes. No slight on them as they all seemed pleasant enough but they were much less distinct personalities.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 Were Girls Aloud a great pop group or a good pop group with great production? Girls Aloud were essentially Xenomania's muse, what they had together was something unique and special which can never be replicated.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 I truly don't believe there's any other pop band who would release songs like Sexy! No No No..., Biology and Love Machine so I think we'll have to agree to disagree...! We most certainly will.
September 13, 2024Sep 13 I just think they sounded like a lot of other pop bands of the time and of before and after. Which other pop bands do you think they sounded like? (Not having a go, I'm just curious who you liken them to!) I really feel the opposite, that Girls Aloud were rather out of step from other pop groups of the time, and that this is what gave them the edge to become as successful (commercially and critically) as they were. Xenomania really threw the rule book out of the window; their partnership led to some very innovative pop music that was quite unlike anything else around in my view. The way their songs are constructed, it could be really surprising... you never quite knew what you were going to get from an original Girls Aloud song! I mean, 'Biology'... who else has a song like that! with the exception of Sarah and maybe Cheryl if I'm generous, the girls themselves had nowhere near the levels of personality or character of Spice Girls or Sugababes. No slight on them as they all seemed pleasant enough but they were much less distinct personalities. As someone who very intently followed all three groups, I think they all delivered personality/character! Sugababes were a bit "too cool for school" in their presentation, particularly during 1.0 and 2.0 eras - a bit of a moody bordering on sullen vibe, yet not unlikeably so, just in a teenager sort of way - they still came across polite and pleasant alongside that. However I don't think you could ever really pinpoint one particular Sugababe as being a loudmouth, etc. I feel like if I was to level "less distinct personalities" at any of the three girl groups, it would go to the Sugababes. Whereas with Girls Aloud, I think they were all actually quite different from each other. Not in a way that slaps you around the face like the Spice Girls, but there if you're looking more closely. Sarah was definitely the "life of the party", the one who brought the most energy to the proceedings, maybe the one you couldn't quite predict what she'd do or say next. I'd say Nicola has an energy similar to how I described the Sugababes. Cheryl can be outspoken, cheeky and charming. Kimberley, I'd probably classify as being the pleasantly sensible one. Nadine is incredibly quirky, and not just because of her accent! (Sorry, if I'm given the excuse to talk about girl groups, then I'll go on a bit :kink: Although writing this during a Top 2 reveal of girl groups, seems like as good a time as any for me to do this! :lol: )
September 13, 2024Sep 13 A whopping 32 voters for ABBA and not a single 30 pointer! I shamefully didn't vote, but ABBA would have received my 30 points, and Steps my 29 points. Unsure of how much of a difference it would have made, as I'd also have scored highly the two groups remaining. I'm a massive fan of the majority of the top 10, having seen 4 of the top 6 in concert, in addition to hologram ABBA. Also been lucky enough to see all 6 Sugababes perform at Manchester Pride, the first time with Heidi/Jade/Amelle and this year with the classic Mutya/Keisha/Siobhán lineup. Looking forward to seeing who triumphs, but either way, I'll be happy with the result. :dance:
September 13, 2024Sep 13 I think for sheer range in output, I’d much prefer GA to win. Not that I voted for either of the top 2.
September 13, 2024Sep 13 I shamefully didn't vote, but ABBA would have received my 30 points, and Steps my 29 points. Unsure of how much of a difference it would have made, as I'd also have scored highly the two groups remaining. Well you’d certainly have brought Steps up to 5th ahead of Little Mix.
September 13, 2024Sep 13 I love all of Girls Alouds personalities but as an absolute Stan of them and them being my number 1 of all time I followed everything they did so felt like I got to know all their individual personalities but I guess to the casual listener they are not as apparent as the Spice Girls
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Author NO 2- THE SPICE GIRLS ( 1)- 613 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 26pts, Vibe- 30pts, Scene- 29pts, Josh!- 21 pts, Gezza- 4pts, JosephBoone- 18pts, Spiceboy- 30pts, Jade- 4pts, AaronTM- 30pts, xajnipi- 23pts, Lukuzz- 29pts, Padamic Tension- 23pts, Mack- 7pts, Bris29- 30pts, …Ready For It- 26pts, Lillanv273- 27pts, Jay- 30pts, Quartonworks- 27pts, Jordanlee- 29pts, jra9189- 24pts, Mango- 4pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 28pts, Dark Horse- 23pts, Rogue- 29pts, One_For_Sorrow- 3pts, Gooddelta- 22pts, Roba- 21pts, Stonedragon- 16pts 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WANNABE (#1, 1996) SAY YOU’LL BE THERE (#1, 1996) 2 BECOME 1 (#1, 1996) MAMA/ WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE (#1, 1997) SPICE UP YOUR LIFE (#1, 1997) TOO MUCH (#1, 1997) VIVA FOREVER (#1, 1998) GOODBYE (#1, 1998) HOLLER/ LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY (#1, 2000) 1iyQBxSbvqg
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Author Full results No 2- Spice Girls- 613 pts No 3- Abba- 590 pts No 4- Sugababes- 531 pts No 5- Little Mix- 498 pts No 6- Steps- 498 pts No 7- Queen- 494 pts No 8- Beatles- 455 pts No 9- Pet Shop Boys- 448 pts No 10- Killers- 414 pts No 11- Coldplay- 400 pts No 12- Destiny's Child- 352 pts No 13- Saturdays- 342 pts No 14- Oasis- 329 pts No 15- All Saints- 327 pts No 16- Take That- 299 pts No 17- Fleetwood Mac- 286 pts No 18- S Club 7- 274 pts No 19- Blondie- 273 pts No 20- Radiohead- 266pts No 21- Muse- 229pts No 22- Blur- 222 pts No 23- Arctic Monkeys- 206 pts No 24- Erasure- 196pts No 25- Depeche Mode- 193 pts No 26- Bananarama- 190pts No 27- Linkin Park- 188pts No 28- Pussycat Dolls- 186 pts No 29- Green Day- 183 pts No 30- Paramore- 183 pts No 31- One Direction- 182 pts No 32- Manic Street Preachers- 181 pts No 33- Maroon 5- 177pts No 34- Bon Jovi- 169 pts No 35- Atomic Kitten- 164 pts No 36- No Doubt- 161 pts No 37- Daft Punk- 157 pts No 38- Imagine Dragons- 156 pts No 39- Cure – 155 pts No 40- Snow Patrol- 150 pts No 41- Black Eyed Peas- 149pts No 42- Florence + The Machine- 149 pts No 43- Fifth Harmony- 148 pts No 44- HAIM- 147pts No 45- REM- 146 pts No 46- Chemical Brothers- 143 pts No 47- St Etienne- 143 pts No 48- Supremes- 133 pts No 49- U2- 132 pts No 50- Beach Boys- 122 pts No 51- Arcade Fire- 121 pts No 52- TLC- 121 pts No 53- Wham!- 120pts No 54- Red Hot Chili Peppers- 120 pts No 55- Backstreet Boys- 119pts No 56- Busted- 119 pts No 57- Foals- 118 pts No 58- Corrs- 116pts No 59- Onerepublic- 114pts No 60- Prodigy- 112 pts No 61- Nirvana- 111 pts No 62- Roxette- 110 pts No 63- CHVRCHES- 108 pts No 64- McFly- 107 pts No 65- Massive Attack- 103 pts No 66- Pulp- 101 pts No 67- Years & Years- 101 pts No 68- Smiths- 100 pts No 69- Keane- 97 pts No 70- Pink Floyd- 94pts No 71- Texas- 91pts No 72- Clean Bandit- 88pts No 73- New Order- 87 pts No 74- 1975- 85pts No 75- Foo Fighters- 80 pts No 76- Guns N Roses- 80pts No 77- Everything Everything- 77pts No 78- Suede= 77pts No 79- Aerosmith- 75 pts No 80- Scissor Sisters- 74 pts No 81- Wanted- 74 pts No 82- Gorillaz- 74 pts No 83- The Vamps- 74 pts No 84- Westlife- 73 pts No 85- Creedence Clearwater Revival- 72pts No 86- Outkast- 71 pts No 87- Blue- 70 pts No 88- Bee Gees- 70 pts No 89- Bastille- 68 pts No 90- Royksopp- 68pts No 91- Sigur Ros- 67 pts No 92- London Grammar- 67 pts No 93- Twentyonepilots- 66pts No 94- Clash- 66 pts No 95- Human League- 65 pts No 96- Duran Duran- 64pts No 97- Garbage- 64 pts No 98- Eternal- 63 pts No 99- Carpenters- 63 pts No 100- A-ha- 62 pts No 101- 62pts OMD No 102- 61 pts Eurythmics Cranberries Simon & Garfunkel No 105- 60pts N-Sync Mis-Teeq Liberty X No 108- 59pts Five No 109- 58pts Bring Me The Horizon No 110- 57pts Beautiful South No 111- 56pts My Chemical Romance ELO Rolling Stones No 114- 55pts Heart No 115- 54 pts Blink 182 10CC Delirious? No 118- 53pts Honeyz No 119- 52 pts Placebo Kinks No 121- 51pts Genesis 5 Seconds Of Summer Tears For Fears Blackpink No 124- 50pts Stereophonics Slade No 126- 48 pts Nico & Vinz No 128- 47 pts Sparks Swedish House Mafia JLS Talking Heads No 132- 46 pts Vaccines Kraftwerk Chase & Status No 135- 45 pts Crowded House Wombats No 137- 44pts XX A1 No 139- 43 pts Simply Red Alphabeat Portishead Def Leppard No 143- 42 pts Bon Iver Savage Garden Belle & Sebastian No 146- 41pts Script Ace Of Base No 148- 40pts Biffy Clyro No 149- 39pts Culture Club Mamas & Papas No 151- 38 pts Kooks Vengaboys No 153- 37 pts Sleeper Jonas Brothers Sheppard No 156- 36 pts Sade No 157- 35pts Fall Out Boy Dead Or Alive Cardigans No 160- 34 pts Bucks Fizz Jesus & Marychain No 162- 33pts Booty Luv FLO Maneskin No 165- 32 pts Bloc Party Police Ash Train Joy Division Doors No 171- 31 pts Vampire Weekend B*Witched Boyzone Boney M Veronicas No 176- 30 pts Goldfrapp AC/DC Disturbed Killing Joke Lukas Graham Ocean Colour Scene No 182- 29 pts Travis Five Star Iron Maiden Showtek No 186- 28pts Yes Rudimental Mumford & Sons Nickelback Kaiser Chiefs En Vogue Orbital Siouxsie & The Banshees Super Furry Animals No 195- 27pts Elbow Marillion Santana Sisters Of Mercy Yardbirds Ween No 201- 26pts Skunk Anansie MGMT Big Brovaz Black Sabbath Cramps Mobb Deep Monkees No 208- 25pts Catfish & The Bottlemen Dire Straits Roots They Might Be Giants No 212- 24 pts Embrace D-12 Sex Pistols Stone Roses The Go! Team No 217- 23 pts Kings Of Leon Evanescence Dubstar L7 Maccabees N Dubz T Rex No 224- 22 pts Supergrass Moody Blues Fratellis Lynyrd Skynyrd Mercury Rev Pharcyde Pointer Sisters Status Quo No 232- 21 pts East 17 Thompson Twins Wu-Tang Clan Judas Priest Led Zepplin NO 237- 20 pts Tribe Called Quest Cocteau Twins Jamiroquai Bob Marley & The Wailers Fairport Convention Last Dinner Party M83 Pop Will Eat Itself Rogue Traders Scouting For Girls No 247- 19pts Ultravox Cascada James Disclosure 2 Unlimited Air Bad meets Evil Basement Jaxx De La Soul Dead Kennedys Eagles Procol Harum No 259- 18pts Madness Pogues Alice Deejay Clipse Kodaline Pendulum No 265- 17pts Libertines Panic! At the Disco All About Eve Soft Cell Faithless G-Unit Lady Antebellum Peter Bjorn & John No 273- 16pts Pixies Chainsmokers Avalanches Jam Aqua Glasvegas Lindisfarne LZ7 Toto No 282- 15pts Guillemots Fugees Specials Dollar Godley & Crème Doobie Brothers Everything But The Girl Hot Chocolate Krept & Konan levellers Madison Avenue Shed Seven Kiss No 295- 14 pts System Of A Down Underworld Hole White Stripes Who No 300- 13pts XTC Sweet T'Pau Zero 7 Bangles Alcazar Jane's Addiction M2M NWA No 309- 12pts LCD Soundsystem Hard- Fi ABC Housemartins Cream Damned Jimi Hendrix Experience Jungle Pigeon Detectives No 318- 11pts Art Of Noise Last Shadow Puppets HIM Axwell/Ingrosso D-Block Europe Earth, Wind & Fire Eiffel 65 Hear'Say Limp Bizkit Motorhead Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Voice Of The Beehive Cake No 331- 10 pts Of Monsters & Men Friendly Fires Prefab Sprout KLF Chiddy Bang Feeder Meduza Travelling Wilburys Walk The Moon No 340- 9pts Two Door Cinema Club Delays Bros Gym Class Heroes Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Public Enemy Scooter Stooshie No 348- 8 pts Adam & The Ants BTS Cheat Codes Shakespear's Sister Bluetones Boston Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich Nolans NSG Ramones Selena Gomez & The Scene No 359- 7pts S Club 8/Juniors Moloko Cleopatra Air Supply Echo & The Bunnymen Justice Lonely Island Ben Folds Five No 367- 6pts Sister Sledge Catatonia Mike & The Mechanics Bauhaus CNCO JJ72 Milky Chance Nero Sash! Space Brothers Village People No 378- 5pts Scorpions Kasabian Bellefire Frankie Goes To Hollywood Glass Animals Move Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Planet Funk Silk Sonic Wings Roxy Music No 389- 4pts Strokes Queens Of The Stone Age Red Box Pipettes Animals Boyz II Men Editors Eric B & Rakim Florida Georgia Line Ghost Neon Jungle Psychedelic Furs Union J No 402- 3pts Interpol Empire Of The Sun Same Difference All American Rejects Wilson Phillips Audio Bully's Beastie Boys Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Gin Blossoms GRL Portugal. The Man Jimmy Eat World Feeling No 415- 2pts Yeah Yeah Yeah's Bill Haley & The Comets Four Seasons Fun Lightning Seeds My Life Story Terror Squad Sonic Youth No 423- 1pt Primal Scream Maximo Park Karmin Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Less Than Jake Madcon Shadows Starsailor Thirteen Senses Three 6 Mafia Wonderstuff Deacon Blue
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Author NO 1- GIRLS ALOUD ( 3)- 643 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 28pts, Vibe- 18pts, Scene- 3pts, Josh!- 9pts, Darrenjames- 20pts, Gezza- 29pts, Electroboy- 30pts, JosephBoone- 29pts, Spiceboy- 27pts, Jade- 18pts, AaronTM- 27pts, Lukuzz- 30pts, Padamic Tension- 25pts, Bris29- 29pts, ..Ready For It- 16pts, Lillanv273- 25pts, Jay- 29pts, AH Gold- 24pts, GreyAsh- 15pts, Quartonworks- 25pts, Jordanlee- 30pts, jra1989- 22pts, Mango- 6pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 23pts, Rogue- 30pts, Jason- 28pts, One_For_Sorrow- 21pts, Gooddelta- 27pts 22 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND (#1, 2002) I’LL STAND BY YOU (#1, 2004) WALK THIS WAY (#1, 2007) THE PROMISE (#1, 2008) 2FF-emkNQC4
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