Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Time to move onI thought that was their 4th single but it was their first as Status Quo. Good shout. They went downhill after that, though
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[Music] Greatest debut single
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BrightonCottager
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Not too shabby
I grew up with Jig a Jig always loved it , i will have to listen to the album . Don`t know a lot about Trans X but love the track , as for Wonderful Life it`s just one of those great summer afternoon type tracks to me .I have tried to avoid including artists with very limited 'success' aside from the debut single. But I must sat that Wonderful Lif is magical and worth inclusion.
Oddly however I think that Jig a jig is the worst track on the magical debut album by East of Eden.
(Never heard of trans x)
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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If only the OP had added 'This Century' to the thread title.
Flex Your Head
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From one of the finest debut LPs ever too.
Seagull58
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Fair enoughAll the singles I have posted are debut singles.
Many singles have been posted, by me and by others.
Together they are a candidate list of greatest debut singles.
At least one poster has included several singles in one post, yet you pick on me. Am I Zeberdi in disguise?
The one quibble about what I have posted may be The Fall. It depends whether you call an e.p. a single. I don't. So what I posted was their (amazing) debut single that was an ear worm for me for months (the singing bit at the end of the track).
Look, you know what I'm like. I only piss about when I'm pissing about. (I learned how to not abuse the daily best track thread the hard way). At all other times I'm deadly serious. And pedantic. And rude. So f*** off
The Buggles - Video killed the radio star
Empire of the sun - Walking on a dream , prefer We are the people myself
Travelling Wilbury`s - Handle with care
Huey Lewis and the news - Power of Love
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
Empire of the sun - Walking on a dream , prefer We are the people myself
Travelling Wilbury`s - Handle with care
Huey Lewis and the news - Power of Love
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
I saw them supported by the Saints and Talking Heads. The latter were shite. I saw Talking Heads again in Vancouver around 85 and they were magnificent.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Their first single after signing to Island Records, so I'm bending the rules to get this classic in
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Me too, probably my favourite music video
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Is the origin of music similar to the origins of football with the Premier League then?If only the OP had added 'This Century' to the thread title.
First charting single - I think they had a few before that though? Didn't they release Ha! Ha! Ha! as an album before then - or I guess the John Foxx Ultravox might not count?
The best i can find says they released "Ain`t misbehavin" as their first single under the name "Tiger Lily" in 75` , they became Ultravox in 76` with John Foxx as frontman until 79`.
Don`t know whether it count`s but i had his single Underpass from 1980 album Metamatic . I think that was his solo single debut .
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Weststander
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With Midge Ure, the band had been going for years. Love that single, drove my Dad nuts.
Great band . Sun always shines in tv is in my all time top ten songs . I listen to them frequently
GrizzlingGammon
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The Stooges - I wanna be your dog.
A band I saw live for under a quid on several occasions in 77/8. Agree about the debut album. Groundbreaking.