Greatest Indie Anthems Ever Top Ten (according to NME & XFM)

[medicine man]

Buz I'm a big The The fan, they don't tend to anthemic though (thank Matt!)

 

[Buzzer]

I'm sure there's 50 more we've forgotten.

Hang on - St Etienne "Only love can break your heart" needs a mention too.

and how can I forget Nick Cave?

 

[Buzzer]

Buz I'm a big The The fan, they don't tend to anthemic though (thank Matt!)

It's my life?

edit - oops - wrong band.

 

[medicine man]

That's Talk Talk

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Buz I'm a big The The fan, they don't tend to anthemic though (thank Matt!)

The Beaten Generation?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Big up to whoever nominated 'Girl from Mars' too. I lOVE that song.

 

[Buzzer]

How about a bit of the Orb (fluffy clouds) or Primal Scream (Loaded) Happy Mondays (Kinky Afro) Charlatans (only one i Know) Suede (Animal Nitrate) Echo and the Bunnymen (anything by them), Chemical Brothers (Hey Boy Hey girl)


I'm on a roll

 

[hans kraay fan club]

and if we're talking ANTHEMS, then surely we're looking at 'This Charming Man' and 'William, it was really nothing' rather than 'there's a light..'

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Big up to whoever nominated 'Girl from Mars' too. I lOVE that song.

It's the fact that doesn't lie

 

[Grendel]

Hang on - St Etienne "Only love can break your heart" needs a mention too.

Cover versions should be excluded from any "Best ever...." lists. Except "Best ever cover versions" lists, obviously.

 

[medicine man]

If anthemic means slightly bouncy, then I guess Beat(en) Generation might just creep in.

Hang on a good god damn minute

Most of The The's material was on Sony- so NOT indie!

 

[Buzzer]

and if we're talking ANTHEMS, then surely we're looking at 'This Charming Man' and 'William, it was really nothing' rather than 'there's a light..'

or bigmouth, or last night I dreamed (my personal favourite)

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Yeah, see what you mean!

I meant it's about the biggest indie anthems ever- so didn't think June 1980 would be a problem- especially on INDIE label Factory records.

Good point, well made

 

[Buzzer]

Cover versions should be excluded from any "Best ever...." lists. Except "Best ever cover versions" lists, obviously.

noooo...... It's so far away from the original it deserves to be in there.

 

[medicine man]

Ooh, ooh

Weekender by Flah'd Up

great vid too- kinda mini Quadrophenia for the e generation (or summat)

 

[hans kraay fan club]

'Strawberry Fields' by Candy Flip
















I AM joking, though I did once roadie with a mate for a Candy Flip mini-tour of the North-West. Which was nice!

 

[Buzzer]

'Strawberry Fields' by Candy Flip
















I AM joking, though I did once roadie with a mate for a Candy Flip mini-tour of the North-West. Which was nice!

my mate used to go to school with them in Stoke interestingly (or not) enough).

Come on HKFC - there must be more we missed. What about the Waterboys? Do they count?

 

[medicine man]

I saw Carter USM playing at a school in Steyning 89-90, I think, a charity do, they don't like to talk about it though.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I saw Carter USM playing at a school in Steyning 89-90, I think, a charity do, they don't like to talk about it though.

I saw Carter at a union bar in Liverpool, and they were quality.

From memory, I saw the Wedding Present AND the House of Love in that same week.

Oh to be a student again!

 

[medicine man]

Pearl by Chapterhouse
The Storm by World Of Twist
True Faith by New Order
Love Song by The Cure