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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 14:54:32 GMT
Post by sandbachhatter on Dec 5, 2014 14:54:32 GMT
Tough week for me this week as there are lots of contenders as far as I'm concerned, so I've struggled to narrow it down to just 5 nominees but I'll set you off with the following:
Pearl Jam Pink Floyd Police, The Presley, Elvis Primal Scream
No doubt there will be many others to come...
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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 15:01:08 GMT
Post by sirroger on Dec 5, 2014 15:01:08 GMT
The American Legend who does, or doesn't, work down the chippy, will be the likely winner this week.
A mention for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince & Pablo Cruise.
My winner has to be Pink Floyd.
Yes at times they've been up their own ar*es, but they are a truly brilliant band.
Pink Floyd, for me.
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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 15:19:36 GMT
Post by hatter_in_macc on Dec 5, 2014 15:19:36 GMT
There sure are many others, Sandy. 'P' is Particularly Prolific!
Among the 'highly commendeds', in roughly chronological order...: Penetration, Pere Ubu, early-ish (Metal Box-era) Public Image Limited, the Pop Group, the Pastels, Prince, the Pale Saints, Pulp, Peace and Public Service Broadcasting.
I went to school with the drummer in the Piranhas, so feel a kind of affiliation with them. (They did some much better, self-penned stuff than their Tom Hark cover, too.)
Close-but-no-cigar shout-outs for Pavement, the Pogues and (guilty-pleasure alert!) the Pet Shop Boys.
Only one winning act for me this week, though: The Pixies. The most essential band to be found anywhere during the late '80s and into the early '90s, who, in Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, produced two of the best albums by anyone, ever. Somehow, they struck a magical balance between edginess, beauty and surrealism - with bits of feedback and surf-guitar pop thrown in. Utterly brilliant.
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Post by bigfudge on Dec 5, 2014 15:41:04 GMT
Thanks to another of my dads influences I can't look beyond Pink Floyd, revolutionising music in the most unique of ways!
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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 16:11:12 GMT
Post by Epworth Hatter on Dec 5, 2014 16:11:12 GMT
It's time for a P...
Mentions for Pale Saints, Paris Angels, The Popinjaysthe and the androgenous Placebo.
Special mentions to Pavement, Portishead (dreamy chill out music), Power of Dreams (beloved by another girl I was in love with who didn't know I existed! See Week A) and The Pigeon Detectives (hailing from Leeds, the lead singer sings with a wonderful Leeds accent!)
Only one winner for me: The Pixies. Agree with every word Macc says about them. The only thing to add is that the G-Mex gig in the summer of 1991 is still the best gig I've attended - they absolutely blew everyone away. Genius, genius, genius.
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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 16:12:35 GMT
Post by countyfan on Dec 5, 2014 16:12:35 GMT
Being a fan of the 80's (and this week it could be a long list!!)...
Robert Palmer The Police Prince Pet Shop Boys The Pointer Sisters The Pretenders Prefab Sprout The Primitives Psychedelic Furs Ray Parker (Jr) (He aint scared of no ghost!) Scritti Politti Tom Petty John Parr Proclaimers Propagander
Others include...
P.M Dawn Vanessa Paradis Mica Paris Dolly Parton Wilson Pickett Pink Placebo The Pogues (appropriate for this time of year!) The Prodigy Puddle of Mudd Pulp Katy Perry Pigeon Detectives Iggy Pop
And after all that, My winner this week is The Pet Shop Boys (Favourite song of theirs fro the 80's is Suburbia, And from the 90's its Go West)
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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 16:36:30 GMT
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Post by gazz on Dec 5, 2014 16:36:30 GMT
Prince.
Totally out there, but just pure multi-talented genius in his hey day.
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Week P
Dec 5, 2014 19:10:00 GMT
Post by offertonhatter on Dec 5, 2014 19:10:00 GMT
I have been waiting for this one.
Simple choice really - Pink Floyd.
Nothing more nothing less.
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Week P
Dec 6, 2014 13:16:06 GMT
Post by sirroger on Dec 6, 2014 13:16:06 GMT
A special mention for Procul Harum. In particular 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' which, in my opinion, is one of the greatest songs of all time.
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Week P
Dec 6, 2014 20:33:14 GMT
Post by bringbacklenwhite on Dec 6, 2014 20:33:14 GMT
Was thinking of Procul Harem, not such a one hit wonder either.
But have to go with Pink Floyd this time, please.
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Week P
Dec 7, 2014 8:01:00 GMT
Post by collingecounty on Dec 7, 2014 8:01:00 GMT
We are truly spoilt for choice.
My vote goes for Prince, who in the 80s and 90s was a genius, even if his stuff since then has been so-so. A mention for The Police-Message In A Bottle is for me a perfect pop song. Plus a mention for The Pretenders-a great band with a great lead singer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2014 9:57:45 GMT
Elvis almost gets my vote this week but is edged out by Pink Floyd.
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Week P
Dec 8, 2014 10:47:53 GMT
Post by archie on Dec 8, 2014 10:47:53 GMT
The collection offers: Poco Alan Parsons Project Pentangle Pretenders Pink Floyd Pogues Psychedelic Furs
The Police and Pink Floyd were both excellent in concert but I'm going for someone who I've tickets to see next year. She's written songs for many of country music's top acts but her own albums are pretty damn good too - Gretchen Peters.
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Week P
Dec 8, 2014 11:47:20 GMT
Post by sandbachhatter on Dec 8, 2014 11:47:20 GMT
Update:
Pink Floyd 5 Pixies, The 2 Prince 2 Peters, Gretchen 1 Pet Shop Boys, The 1
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Week P
Dec 9, 2014 19:21:48 GMT
Post by another_ruined_saturday on Dec 9, 2014 19:21:48 GMT
too many of my proper faves this week.
my dad bought 'zenyatta mondatta' by the police in 1981 and i still love it. lots of great singles from them too - you have to be hard of heart not to smile along to 'every little thing she does is magic', the repetitive guitar riff on 'message in a bottle' is brilliant, and there are loads of great album tracks on 'zenyatta' in particular ('driven to tears', 'when the world is running down (you make the best of what's still around)', 'voices inside my head').
psychedelic furs were one of my early alt-rock faves. the eponymous debut in particular (with 'sister europe', 'imitation of christ' etc) and the second 'talk talk talk' i still love. first band i saw in manchester too, at the apollo in early '87.
portastatic are the side project of superchunk's mac mccaughan, and have made a range of lovely warm albums like 'i hope your heart is not bitter'. panda bear makes weirder-than-brian-wilson beauty under his pseudonym and away from his band, animal collective. papa m is the project of david pajo, formerly of post-rock titans slint, and ranges from pretty folk to huge swathes of instrumentals (such as a vocal-less version of the byrds' 'turn, turn, turn'). will oldham's palace (also palace music, palace brothers and various other derivatives) have helped shape the actual alternative (as opposed to the chart 'alternative') landscape over twenty years on albums like 'arise therefore' and 'there is no-one what will take care of you'. the postal service's 'give up' was ben gibbard and jimmy tamborello's pen pal album - sending vocals and music to each other in the post for the other to work on. was pretty brilliant.
i feel like i owe pixies a vote. from 'come on pilgrim' to 'doolittle' they were pretty much unassailable, and like palace and my winners helped map 'alt-rock' out for everybody to follow. whether it was surf-pop, voice shredding howls, or creepily clever slower stuff ('cactus', 'hey') they were fantastic. it's pointless to mention 'wave of mutilation', 'monkey gone to heaven', 'river euphrates', 'gouge away', 'gigantic', 'the happening', 'planet of sound', 'where is my mind' etc, but i will do anyway. they've reformed and kicked kim deal out again. most insouciant bass playing and backing vox ever.
pavement for me though. i saw them tour the epic 'slanted and enchanted' in summer '92 (tanya donnelly providing drool-worthy support), and then later that year with sonic youth. 'slanted' is still my favourite album ever, but it was followed by three other absolute belters (and then finally, one crap one). the b-sides were also brilliant for the first half of their life, and tracks would be tossed away but still end up special hiding on something like the 'watery, domestic' ep. saw them loads of times, always chaotic and great. noise, nonsense and then the ability to sing non-sequiturs which nonetheless managed to cause an emotional reaction akin to having your lungs suddenly hauled out of your nostrils. stephen malkmus. you slacking waste of time. f**king genius. will never tire of their best stuff. pavement. one vote. without trying too hard, the best band of the nineties and my favourite ever.
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