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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:41 PM Original message |
Bands HUGE in the UK that don't register here |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ian Brown by extention as well. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. True, tho Ian Brown never did it for me |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Robbie Williams |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. is 'e any 'ood? |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Robbie was my first thought. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. David Gray, James Blount |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, I think the Stone Roses broke up just before they were about to break... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Some years ago, Slade |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I was going to say Slade...hell,Noddy Holder remains a freaking institution over there |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. To be fair, "Run Runaway" went to #20 in the US. nt |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I wasn't aware of that |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Their best known in the UK is now "Merry Christmas Everybody" - THE Christmas song |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Having found a list of the most successful acts in the UK, I'd suggest: |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Are the Arctic Monkey's big in the States? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Cliff Richard finally had a US radio hit in the late 70s |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "Devil Woman," in 1976 |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Don't forget about "We Don't Talk Anymore." |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. but I did forget |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. He did "Suddenly" with Olivia Newton John: |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. That's it... |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. "Our House" was a "middling hit"? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Well, I did spend the 80s in a daze... |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Didn't he have a hit with a tune called |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Blur is known for "Song 2" only |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Unless you listened to college radio in the 90s... |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. kate bush |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. The Wombles |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. Are Muse huge there? |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. Status Quo. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. The Quarrymen |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And, of course, to the east were the Thamesmen |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. maybe because tyrannosaurus rex had album titles like |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. another one |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't need a tv when I got T. Rex. |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. What amazes me are American bands |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. the UK music industry is more permeable to new bands, |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. And a shitty generic sound |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Boney M |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Hudgie DeRobertis (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Jam. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Good point - Paul Weller is held to be very influential on subsequent bands here |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thunder. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
40. Another one is Girlschool. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. Chris De Burgh. On the strength of his sole #1 hit in the U.S. "The Lady In Red", he was |
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