September 13, 2024Sep 13 Girls Aloud didn't write much of their music but they were still an integral part of Xenomania's writing and production process, and of course they put their own stamp on the music through their vocal delivery, performances and visuals - Girls Aloud was always a complete package from all five members! For me personally, their names being listed in the writing credits wouldn't change a single thing, because their music was never faceless and it was geared specifically towards the five of them. A perfect winner - I find it impossible to separate S Club and Girls Aloud, and S Club's tour was fresh in my mind when I voted (I sent my votes JUST before my first time seeing Girls Aloud's latest tour...!!!) so I gave them the edge. They're the two most defining acts of my life though - the first two artists I ever liked! My entire taste stems from their music, and both groups created so many memories for me. Girls Aloud's music is unique, and their chemistry (no pun intended) was perfect, which is a pretty damn impressive thing when they were put together by a public vote. They shed the talent show tag with ease, and I think it'll be impossible to recreate the magic they had.
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Great countdown and great winner, excellent thread, thank you for all your hard work and i will miss the thread now that the countdown is complete
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Thanks for organising Gezza, it's been an interesting one to follow along with!
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Thanks very much Gezza! This would’ve taken some effort. It’s very much appreciated!
September 14, 2024Sep 14 Girls Aloud have some great songs and are a buzzjack fav and their comeback last year certainly would have helped them!
September 14, 2024Sep 14 Not to bothered with the result. Girls Aloud do have some great songs though, as do the Spice Girls.
September 14, 2024Sep 14 I know they aren’t BJs biggest fans but did Westlife really not score a single point? :lol: (Unless I’m just totally blind and overlooked them!) Edited September 14, 2024Sep 14 by Lee_J11
September 14, 2024Sep 14 Author I know they aren’t BJs biggest fans but did Westlife really not score a single point? :lol: (Unless I’m just totally blind and overlooked them!) You're blind :dance: No 84
September 14, 2024Sep 14 Girls Aloud and Spice Girls are my Top 2 groups! :heart: Going into this activity, I didn't imagine that they'd actually end up being the Top 2 acts in these results. It's great to see that there's still a lot of appreciation for them both! I'll keep this post short, and simply say that Girls Aloud and Spice Girls music always brings me joy. :wub: I really enjoyed this thread Gezza, thank you so much for running this activity!
September 14, 2024Sep 14 I didn't vote but it was a pleasure to follow the thread and the results are very Buzzjack. These are the ones I thought might have benefitted from my set of votes. No 9- Pet Shop Boys- 448 pts No 14- Oasis- 329 pts No 17- Fleetwood Mac- 286 pts No 19- Blondie- 273 pts No 20- Radiohead- 266pts No 25- Depeche Mode- 193 pts No 29- Green Day- 183 pts No 30- Paramore- 183 pts No 39- Cure – 155 pts - would've been my top 3! No 45- REM- 146 pts No 48- Supremes- 133 pts No 52- TLC- 121 pts No 61- Nirvana- 111 pts No 62- Roxette- 110 pts No 66- Pulp- 101 pts No 73- New Order- 87 pts No 99- Carpenters- 63 pts Cranberries My Chemical Romance Rolling Stones - these two were pretty low! Belle & Sebastian Edited September 14, 2024Sep 14 by Sour Candy
September 16, 2024Sep 16 Thanks Gezza for a fantastic countdown :cheer: Too busy to reply to everything but I really enjoyed it :heart: Edited September 16, 2024Sep 16 by Lee_his_cheeks
September 19, 2024Sep 19 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! ----- 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
September 19, 2024Sep 19 I prefer the Radio 2 panel’s choices to Buzzjack’s :lol: They're basically the same barring a few ommissions. Edited September 19, 2024Sep 19 by ElectroBoy
September 19, 2024Sep 19 It will be The Beatles/Queen/ABBA top three on a Radio 2 vote presumably, unless the Oasis reunion has pushed them into the mix, or Coldplay can make it in. Steps at least deserved an inclusion here, for their success over four separate decades and the pop classics they have contributed. But they always get overlooked in these kinds of lists compiled by broadcasters or newspapers/magazines etc.
September 19, 2024Sep 19 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.
September 19, 2024Sep 19 Imagination really is a strange inclusion. They were really only popular for a few years and not even that big. 3 top ten hits and two top 20 albums is all of note. If it was a public vote I suspect Leee John was very busy that week.
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