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Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 5:17 pm
by Nidgie
New Order - World In Motion must be the only half-decent football song ever recorded
Shame about John Barnes rapping, though
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 5:38 pm
by The Last Word
I quite liked it, especially the nudge-nudge lyric 'there's only one way to beat them/get round the back..'. Quite subversive for a footy song, that. And it's still the only recorded instance of John Barnes doing anything remotely useful in an England Shirt.
The Last Word
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 6:44 pm
by steve56
i recall 1990 wen it was out it must have been nearly 90 in the shade.
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:53 pm
by Cleverclogs
don't know any of those mentioned I'm a Classical music lover also I might
add how many of the records named will be remembered in five,ten or
fifty years time?
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:55 pm
by steve56
rachmaninov piano concerto no 1/2 is ok with me.
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:55 pm
by What?
Made of Stone - The Stone Roses
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:06 pm
by buttsie
Next you will be believing that the rankings are actually based on sales figures
I know a few music store owners and the pressure that record companies
bring to bear on these owners is scary
The difference in sales of being ranked number 1 as opposed to number 10 is megabucks
cheers
B....OZ
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:43 pm
by Caractacus
There was a major investigation over here in the early 1980s when Dire Straits got to number one with Private Investigations, a song I never heard all the way through since it put me into a coma after 47 seconds. A bit of dodgy number counting got that to the top. More recently, record companies on the hype have been buying up thousands of their own artists' records.
The singles market is primarily aimed at the "no grass on the pitch" brigade these days. Which may explain why R Kelly is so popular.
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 4:13 am
by buttsie
Private Investigations was a return to the bad old days of 15-20 minutes songs.Think that changed mid seventies-thank god
Now you take Dire Straits-Twisting by the Pool-thats what a single should sound like.About the only one from them that I will listen to
How dumb are the consumers to buy albums & singles on the strength of a chart rankings or even worse a tv advert like
U2......best band in the world or
Bon Jovi.....hardest working band in the world
Must work though otherwise they wouldn't do it
cheers
B....OZ
Re: records that never made no 1 but should have done
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 10:39 am
by The Healer
Since you've been gone - Rainbow, Poison - Alice Cooper, Whole Lotta Rosie - AC-DC, Roll Away the Stone - Mott the Hoople.