March 18Mar 18 Just now, Mangø said:'Going Under' is brilliant, certainly just as good as 'Bring Me To Life'!Yeah but that's not part of this rate :/Yeah i don't even know why I put that brainfart i meant going under 🤦♂️🤣🤣
March 18Mar 18 Surprised to see ‘Going Under’ so low - but then again there were a lot of great songs in the rank. It was far outclassed though by the other two big hits from the album.
March 18Mar 18 20 hours ago, Chez Wombat said:Oh that's a really disappointing last placer, Fools Gold is a classic, it does a wonderful job slowly building over it's runtime and a classic riff throughout. Admittedly my vote was mainly for that rather than the other side, but you can't go wrong with debut era Stone Roses.Maybe some found the nearly 10 minute song off putting? Though I’ve always thought ‘What The World…’ is a great song too.My favourite ever Top Of The Pops was in November 1989 when The Stone Roses played Fools Gold and The Happy Mondays were also on there with Hallelujah, both fantastic performances and a breakout moment for indie dance music. Felt like a breath of fresh air at the time, two of ‘my’ bands making it big. Good times!
March 18Mar 18 Author 47. Nero - Guilt 872ptsWriters - Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana WatsonTop scores - danG 50, King Rollo 49, Bror 47Low scores - Mango 1, Scone1 1, Uls2000 1Average score - 20.3Guilt was the third single to be taken from Nero's debut album 'Welcome Reality' although the album itself had not yet been released. The next single, 'Promises', went all the way to number 1.
March 18Mar 18 Author 46. XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love 874ptsWriter - Jorgen OlsenTop scores - JackJones 48, CowTzy 46, Alex! 43Low scores - DaTilt 1, DarrenJ77 2, dandy* 2Average score - 20.3Fly On The Wings Of Love by the Olsen Brothers won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark. In the same year, came this cover version by Spanish dance act XTM which wasn't a hit in the UK until 2003. It peaked at number 8 three times in a chart run of 9-8-12-9-8-9-11-10-8-10.
March 18Mar 18 Interesting that even the lowest song has an average of more than 19 points.4 of my bottom 10 have gone already!
March 18Mar 18 Dubstep has generally not aged well for me but 'Guilt' is an exception, still a brilliant dance record.
March 18Mar 18 Author 45. Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone 877ptsWriters - Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Conrad Sewell, Martijn KonijnenburgTop scores - danG 49, Jason 48, jimwatts 47Low scores - Scene 1, Leonardo 1, chartjack2 1Average score - 20.4Firestone was the first of ten top 40 hits for the Norwegian DJ/producer, each of them with a different featured singer. In this case, it was the Australian singer Conrad Sewell who reached number 1 in his own country with 'Start Again'.
March 18Mar 18 Oh I am gutted at 'Guilt' being out already, that's a huge favourite for me </3 I do remember half wondering if I should have given it my top ranking in the nominations to give it a wildcard instead of 'Incredible' though so I suppose considering that it's not bad going that it got to the final.Actually none of the songs that are out so far were in my bottom 10 ('Firestone' and 'Fly On The Wings Of Love' both only just avoided it) - 'Fools Gold' is a very surprising last placer, albeit a song that I really only remember for its instrumental riff (but it's an all time classic riff so x), while Plastic Bertrand and Evanescence were both in my top half, I don't like the other two big hits from that Evanescence album but 'Going Under' is a tune.
March 18Mar 18 'Guilt' and 'Firestone' are standout songs for dubstep and tropical house respectively.'Fly On The Wings of Love' is cheesy but fun and also may have influenced the recent hyperpop genre.
March 18Mar 18 Guilt is a great track but I much prefer both Promises and Me And You from Nero. Fly On The Wings Of Love is a massive cheesefest but still pretty fun. Firestone is okay but I feel like it's very of its time.
March 18Mar 18 'Firestone' is so, so good and still sounds amazing blared out on a hot sunny day! All of Kygo's subsequent output is basically a rehash of that song lol but that remains his OG masterpiece Dubstep is a bit of its time but 'Guilt' is a pretty good example of it.'Fly On The Wings Of Love' is a bit of a guilty pleasure, it's very cheesy but one of those songs you can't help but sing along to. It brings out the camp in me.
March 18Mar 18 21 minutes ago, Mangø said:'Firestone' is so, so good and still sounds amazing blared out on a hot sunny day! All of Kygo's subsequent output is basically a rehash of that song lol but that remains his OG masterpiece Agreed with this general sentiment though I'm not quite as enthusiastic about it in general - I found the tropical house sound got played out extremely quickly and Kygo in particular really never put out anything else I liked at all iirc but 'Firestone' still remains a good representative of the genre.
March 19Mar 19 Plastic Bertrand the only one I'm fussed about so far, hilariously fun, always. Fool's Gold is very pleasant, low key vibes and surprised to see it last but maybe the low-key nature of the track works against it being memorable for some.
March 19Mar 19 Author 44. Shocking Blue - Venus 899ptsWriter - Robbie van LeeuwenTop scores - deepinside 47, Jaz13music 44, Scene 44Low scores - Mango 2, Liamski689 2, ElectroBoy 3 Jester 3Average score - 20.9There was a poll within a poll as we were also deciding what our favourite version of Venus is and Bananarama have won as Shocking Blue appear first. The original was a hit for the Dutch group in 1970 and reached number 1 in several countries, including the US. The follow-up single, 'Mighty Joe', missed the top 40.
March 19Mar 19 Author 43. Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 905ptsWriter - Phil LynottTop scores - chartjack2 44, chrissmith276 43, gasman449 41Low scores - danG 3, Jester 5, Jade 6, rio309 6Average score - 21From 1976, this was the Irish band's first top 40 hit since 'Whiskey In The Jar' in 1973. They went on to have two more top 10 singles but this one remains as their signature song.
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