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1. Blink 182 by an absolute landslide at the top - ENDLESS joy past, present and future, the live album is funnier than any stand-up comedy.
2. Justin Timberlake - the thrill of SexyBack coming on at a party is almost unparalleled
3. The Killers - extremely funny that Papa Pervo calls them āBrandon and the boysā and talks about them like he knows them personally, good times at discos
4. Queen - enjoyment levels strongly negated by Donāt Stop Me Now but still derive a lot of joy from BoRhap and Killer Queen
5. U2 - my least faves still in the competition, but the THRILL of Beautiful Day on ITVās The Premiership hosted by Des Lynamā¦ I rewatched the opening sequence the other month and wept with joy!!
6. Foo Fighters - Everlong is truly lovely and beyond that, meh
7. Bloc Party - I quite like Silent Alarm but I canāt say Iāve ever derived any specific joy from them
8. Coldplay - I donāt even hate them, like a few songs, butā¦ boringgg. it is funny that Chris Martin was apoplectic with rage when Crazy Frog beat Viva La Vida to #1 though.
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Yeah itās interesting to see how much age plays into it. Never understood the kicking some of these bands get but I must have been at the perfect age / time of my life for them all. Silent Alarm is pretty much a a perfect album, Hot Fuss is amazing, Blink 182 have some great albums. Even though they released some rubbish after you canāt take away those great debuts
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Spend less time talking about Slayer and more time watching Mean Girls!
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Yeah, Iād probably be going out to bat for Oasis if they were bottom 40
Mean girls is totally fetch.
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I donāt really ālikeā the song as its own entity (itās a pandering ālook the real, earnest U2 is backā commercial move imo) but I completely agree with this
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Agree. Iāve deliberately held back, especially in relation to Queen who I absolutely abhor. Each to their own.
Interesting how all those who point out everyoneās āproblematicā aspects have forgotten Freddie and the boysā money spinning jaunt to apartheid South Africa thoughā¦
Again, I think this is an age thing. Donāt ever remember this being played at student discos or whatever in the late 90s but I think (maybe post-Shaun Of The Dead) it became ubiquitous. So itās not my favourite song but it doesnāt irk me in the way it irks others
I mean even seeing RHCP and Muse in the very bottom over some of the stuff that came out in the middle section. Californication!! absolute bangers on there!
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It was definitely played at the student nights I went to in the 90s
RHCP are creepy sex funk sex pests who have added nothing at all to the human experience
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Butā¦Californication!!
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In 1984, at the height of Apartheid and in breach of the United Nations cultural boycott.
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that is shitty for sure but people give Radiohead a pass for playing Israel
Is there a United Nations boycott of Israel?
is the United Nations a moral authority?
Does there need to be for it to be a morally suspect thing to do?
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Itās the closest thing weāve got.
Their was a global consensus about the need for a cultural boycott of South Africa. Anyone who breached it was rightly a pariah. Queen were censured by the Musicianās Union for being one of the few acts to breach the boycott but somehow nine months later they played Live Aid and everyone forgot.
Many people think the same should be the position in relation to Israel, but there is not a global consensus.
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most famous artists are disappointing in many ways. Definitely sucks that Queen did that and Brian May seems like a right dickhead, somehow it seems more galling when itās bands like Radiohead who have built their brand on political posturing
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