Kemp

Why not get a Joy Division or Buzzcocks album instead?

whits wrand wae alcoerholics? ill box yer nut in ya sober wee sh*te

1. The Pixies - Bossanova 2. Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane - At Carneiege Hall 3. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 4. The Rapture - Echoes 5. Belle and Sebastian - Push Barman to open old wounds And quality albums all of them! Did I see Hellfire, Crytopsy and Deathspell Omega in the chill out section of my local record store the other day?

In reality, I have nothing against Morrocans nor Catholics.

Yes.

Look up! Something just flew over your head!

1. Racists 2. Bigots 3. Morrocans 4. Catholics 5. the french.

Aye, it was Zywiec all the way when I was in Poland, its equally as nice on draught I am pleased to report!

I'd start with Dickens by giving any books of his you own to the local charity shop! David Copperfield does make a good door stop though.

Yeah, I've already nicked it too. Its as good as anything they have done so far although one to be avoided if depressed, drunk or stoned.

I just noticed all this blatant Kid A bashing....I dont see how anyone can like OK Computer and not Kid A! I didnt like it at first either but it really did grow on me.....now I reckon its one of the greatest albums ever. So Radiohead wont be my top 5 bands/artists who had and lost it, who are: 1. McCartney 2. oasis - great first album, some great singles on the 2nd and then, ladies and gentlemen we present THE MOST UNIMAGINATIVE MUSIC ON THE PLANET VOLUMES 1 to 5. utter cr@p now. 3. stereophonics. see above, although were never that good. 4. Van Morrison 5. A Certain Ratio

1. Everything in its wrong place - Radiohead (from the me and this army remixes 2. Upon this wave of young blood - Clap your hands say Yeah 3. Turquoise Hexagon Sun - Boards of Canada 4. And they all look broken here - Four Tet 5. Marx & Engels - Belle and Sebastian

Well thats the last time I try to start a topic. If I change it to top 5 types of turds will it start a more popular debate?

1. Hunter S Thompson 2. Oscar Wilde 3. Hemmingway 4. Rabbie Burns 5=. Roddy Doyle / Irvine Welsh (ok so its favourites not best!!) and the worst..... 1. Dan Brown 2. James Traynor 3. Gordon Legge 4. that twat who writes the scripts for love actually, all hugh grant movies 5. whoever the f**k writes the Keane songs.

The Killers???? **** Another case of you getting bored of music rather than the other way around. The music of this generation is every bit as good as the 60s & 70s.

Exactly.....what a shame he feels the need to cash in on his popularity now. You have to ask why??? Surely he has made enough cash singing about our rights over the past 4 decades?!

Although at least Green Day dont jump in bed with Starbucks to sell albums exclusively in the outlets of their crappy chain a la Dylan, the auld sell out!

Kanye West for a start and he has the decency to not sound like Busted while he does it!!

I think the latest Mercury Rev album is a little poor but Deserts Songs is a sensational album. The Flaming Lips have a good claim at being the best band in the world just now, both live and recorded they are amazingly inventive and imaginative. SFA are great too....this thread is about influential bands and I would like to say SFA and Blur and the most influential British bands of the 90's/00's - unfortunately the bands that have influenced pop the most have been Coldplay and the Spice Girls!

Well....they did have a stab at everything, som eif it disnae work though does it?!! They are the true sipirt of punk though, politically inspiration for many and they demonstrated how important music can be. Not to mention the tunes are feckin amazing!! Its band like The Clash that make people fall in love with music and make it so important to many peoples lives. This is why so many of us cant stand the commercial side of music, the industry and the manipulation.......may Keane and Green Day hang their heads in shame!

I wouldn't argue with any of that but it wasn't really what we were talking about. Muse are great live though.

I assumed the Green Day thing was a joke.....but he's probably not far off with The Clash I reckon.

I think you are talking out of your arse regarding Radiohead but I cant be arsed to argue. I think recording the two (or even three) albums that many people consider to be the best of their decade could be regarded as reaching their potential though! Come up with one band you would consider as orignal then?? Everyone is influenced by someone, even Aphex Twin.

That's a shame you were at a bad Radiohead gig...they were responsible for the best gig I have ever been to. Kid A was an amazing and original album - an epic. Comments like "it's weird" are boring to say the least. It's a bit harsh on Radiohead to blame them for Chris Martin imitating Thom Yorke's vocals. Besides, the compositions and riffs are what make Radiohead not Yorke. I would even say its harsh on Coldplay to blame them for Keane who are in all a whole new world of bed wetting lameness. Keane wouldn't exist without Coldplay, granted but at least Coldplay can come up with some good driving bass lines and are quite a tight band ableit with a frontman sin baws. In short....as much as I hate music nazis - KEANE AND ALL WHO LISTEN TO THEM MUST BE DESTROYED.

How the hell can you compare Radiohead with those other three? Fair enough if you dont like the music but they are easily the most creative band of the last 10 years. I dont think you can seriously compare the brilliance of OK Computer and Kid A with the sound of that fat lass from Keane?