these are the greatest songs ever.
1. four tops—loco in acapulco
2. prefab sprout—the king of rock and roll
3. mike oldfield—moonlight shadow
4. Del Amitri—Nothing Ever Happens
5. del amitri—roll to me
6. r.e.m.—the sidewinder sleeps tonight
Amerikkka—Horse with No Name
Sorry, forgot my number there.
8. Gallagher and Lyle—Stay With You
9. Gigolo Aunts—Where I Find My Heaven
10. the cure—friday i’m in love
11. Otis Redding—Sittin’ On The Dock of A Bay
12. The Wannadies—You and Me Song
13. Rod Stewart—Maggie May
14. Renaissance—Northern Lights
15. You’re Moving Out Today—Carole Bayer Sager
16. Runaway Train—Soul Asylum
17. ABC—All of my Heart
I want an equivalent thread for the in-store radio in supermarkets and Woolworths. Not clothes shops, though, that would skew the data according to location.
19. Lloyd Cole and hte Commotions—Lost Weekend
add them to this thread, the title says radio. that includes in-store radio.
20. Deacon Blue—Real Gone Kid
21. ELO—Mr Blue Sky
ha i saw your login and thought it was swygart. speaking of whom
xp
22. the beautiful south—good as gold (stupid as mud)
23. The Hues Corporation—Rock The Boat
24. paul simon—you can call me al
25. Terence Trout D’arby—If You Let Me Stay
26. east 17—stay another day
27. celine dion—my heart will go on (MOVIE REMIX)
28. Gin Blossoms—Where I Find My Heaven
29. J Geils Band—Centerfold
30. stardust—music sounds better with you
31. semisonic—secret smile
32. Rose Royce—Car Wash
28. (since that was already mentioned, and it’s by the Gigolo Aunts anyway) Bonnie Tyler—Total Eclipse of the Heart
33. belinda carlisle—heaven is a place on earth
34. manic street preachers—you stole the sun from my heart
35. kim wilde—kids in america
36. the cardigans—love fool
37. Steely Dan—Reeling In The Years
38. The Eagles—Take It To The Limit
39. boomtown rats—i don’t like mondays
40. Fine Young Cannibals—She Drives Me Crazy
41. Tanita Tikaram—Good Tradition
YES!
41. Freddie Mercury—Living On My Own
YES! was to FLC btw
42. bangles—manic monday
43. genesis—invisible touch
(lots of these are not exactly from before i can remember, btw, but, y’know, still classic)
(i too can remember a distant time before “secret smile” but sometimes it feels like i can’t)
44. Orange Juice—Rip It Up
45. Aztec Camera—Somewhere In My Heart
46. The Bluebells—Young at Heart
the triumvirate of what local radio DJs up here see as the quirky Scottish one hit wonder, remaining oblivious (no pun intended) to the rest of each band’s output. I wish they’d put Strawberry Switchblade’s Since Yesterday in the same category :-(
47. Almost anything by the Pretenders, including, at Christmas time, 2000 Miles, the song for which Samaritans straplines during Xmas Day corrie was made.
Is that the one that goes ‘And as I sit here, alone, oooo-ooo..’
48. Lionel Richie—Hello
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coming from east sussex the one “local” staple is not fit for this list. what with being the worst song ever. (dancing in the moonlight by toploader btw)
49. diana ross—chain reaction
50. Del Amitri—Always The Last To Know
(deacon blue and del amitri offically most important bands in last 25 years of uk pop)
Del Amitri are (were?) pretty much a really good singles band, aren’t (weren’t) they?
Is that the one that goes ‘And as I sit here, alone, oooo-ooo..’
Ha, I just spent too long trying to sing that to 2000 Miles by the Pretenders before realising you’d posted that suggestion yourself and you were talking about Strawberry Switchblade. So, yes, that’s the one.
51. the proclaimers—i’m gonna be (500 miles)
52. Los Lobos—La Bamba
53. des’ree—life
omfg — they really haven’t changed in 15 years if ‘king of rock ’n’ roll’ still gets played.
’2000 Miles’ is great
why do so few britishers post on ilx? (outside of dance threads and so forth,not that this is the most stimulting thread in the world, just a general question)
waht
54. Tamsin Archer- Sleeping Satellite
53. Seal—‘Crazy’
52. Simply Red—‘Stars’
Umm, not sure about what’s happened to the numbering, but:
The La’s—“There she Goes”
i think i accidentally broke enrique.
57. The La’s—“There she Goes”
Cheers! :-)
Oh People :(
you’ve just come up with a particularly dismal Virgin Radio playlist
no these are the best songs ever! virgin is all razorlight and joy division these days in my, limited, experience.
58. Chris Rea—On The Beach
45. Aztec Camera—Somewhere In My Heart
argh SO TRUE. only i never knew who this song was by. or many of them, in fact.
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Hasn’t there been an offshoot Virgin Radio station for the more guitar-y, indier stuff, branded as more ‘edgy’, presenters droppin’ their aitches and all that? maybe that’s all razorlight and joy division.
I can safely say that from my days when we had Virgin on in the office, I never heard a song I hadn’t before. Not once.
“I hadn’t heard before” I mean.
Virgin Radio have just played:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Zephyr song
12.29pm
The Fratellis
Whistle for the choir
12.21pm
Catatonia
Road rage
12.14pm
The Human League
Don’t you want me
12.08pm
Blondie
Hanging on the telephone
12.04pm
Stereophonics
Dakota
12.00pm
Razorlight
inspiring. i think i’d rather listen to the records in this thread.
Virgin has three offshoots, Virgin Extreme which is TEH ROKKK, Virgin Classic Rock which is Skynyrd and Credence and Floyd, and Virgin Groove which is “Car Wash” twice an hour.
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You’re right, had a look on the website, it’s a lot more ‘Indie’ than I remembered it.
http://www.virginradio.co.uk/music/we_play/playlist/index.html
http://xtreme.virginradio.co.uk/music/playlist/index.html
Neither has Roll to Me on their playlist atm. neither can really call themselves a radio station.
British radio playlists: they’ve been down so long we can hardly see.
59. Scarlet—Independent Love Song
60. Shanice—I Love Your Smile
30. stardust—music sounds better with you
— acrobat (kowalski9...), February 15th, 2007.
for serious? i haven’t listened to local radio since like 1993 — so a lot of these are instantly familiar. but gosh, a dance record.
mid 1998 and quite a few years after it got a lot of play between ronan keating and six pence none the richer. also the amazing titanic remix which was basically my heart will go on with bits of dialogue from the movie badly dubbed over the instrumental bits to tell the story of the film. i think it was the most requested song ever or something.
61. texas ‘say what you want’ [is that even the title?]
62. joshua kadison—jessie
“from a phone booth in vegas, jessie calls at 5 am...”
59. Scarlet—Independent Love Song
The first song in this thread that made me go NO
is it really played anymore anywhere ever?
63. i’m gonna say ultra nate’s ‘free’
64. Deacon Blue—Dignity
65. Foreigner, I Wanna Know What Love Is
I’m kinda guessing here as I don’t listen to local radio
but I used to listen to DLT on a saturday morning if that counts
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it’s no king of rock ‘n roll but it does crop up occasionally. obviously some of these are less popular these days... a bit like
66. Shawn Mullins—Lullaby
“she grew up with
the children of the stars
in the hollywood hills and the boulevard
her parents threw big parties
everyone was there
they hung out with folks like
dennis hopper, bob seeger, sonny and cher”
youtube users say:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW THIS SONG TAKE ME BACK TO 90s REALLY GREAT SONG, WHY THE TODAYs MUSIC IS SO FUCKING BAD ? I MISS THE TIME WHEN MUSIC SOUNDs LIKE THIS !!!
apparently OG prefab fans dislike the alberquirke (sp) song. they mad.
67. james—sit down (1991 or 1998 version)
68. Martha & The Muffins—Echo Beach
69. Odyssey—Inside Out
70. level 42—running in the family
62. joshua kadison—jessie
66. Shawn Mullins—Lullaby
Oh, you can’t have those without
71. Marc Cohn (or Cher): Walking in Memphis
72. The Connells: 74/75
of ’74—’75 youtube users say;
magichorse
this song >>> life
Richcarter150
Fantastic song. Great facial expressions.
73. jimmy nail—ain’t no doubt
74. Charles and Eddie—Would I Lie To You
this thread has explained british music to me. britpop brought the word “indie” into the light and the men in marketing used it to give the heirs to del amitri some “credibility”. like fuck will snow patrol ever write a “roll to me” though.
This thread needs Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen and lots and lots of Abba on it.
don’t let me stop you now
Well, I naturally don’t listen to UK radio a lot, but I am pretty sure “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Good Vibrations” are staples there like everywhere else. And they are still marvellous no matter how many times I’ve heard them.
do you like del amitri?
75. Eagle Eye Cherry—Save Tonight