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NME list the top 20 songs of the last 15 years
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Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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Isn't it funny how you reach a certain age and then interest in contemporary music starts to wane and then eventually, you lose all interest and revert back to the music of your formative years.
Is it because you were more impressionable and they had a bigger impact on you. Occasionally you hear a recent song and think..." thats not bad " but you still prefer to listen to songs from your era.
I don't know any of these songs in this list and yes, I do listen to " oldies " all the time. I think most people must be like this but if there is anyone out there in their 40's or 50's who has moved forward with the music and likes recent as much as old, then I for one would like to hear from them.
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Is it because you were more impressionable and they had a bigger impact on you. Occasionally you hear a recent song and think..." thats not bad " but you still prefer to listen to songs from your era.
I don't know any of these songs in this list and yes, I do listen to " oldies " all the time. I think most people must be like this but if there is anyone out there in their 40's or 50's who has moved forward with the music and likes recent as much as old, then I for one would like to hear from them.
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sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Pretty decent list, although I certainly wouldn't agree with all of it. Unfortunately they've picked quite a few bands most well-known (as preferred to best) songs.
I don't like Hot Chip or MGMT so I'd take them off there, I'd definitely have an LCD Soundsystem track in there somewhere. I'd pick one of the early Foals tracks above Spanish Sahara (maybe Mathletics?). JLS can f*** right off (although saying that I've no idea what the song's like). I don't think I know the Justice vs Simian song either.
Hotchilidog
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There are a disturbingly high number of songs on that list that I actually like, eek!
To say they are the best of the 15 years is purely subjective though. Still given that it was the NME that compiled it's a decent little playlist.
To say they are the best of the 15 years is purely subjective though. Still given that it was the NME that compiled it's a decent little playlist.
Er, me? Wrong side of 40 and I listen to a lot of new music and probably go to more gigs now than I have ever done. Living in Brighton makes this easier than when I lived in London. I saw PlanningToRock on Monday and am seeing Apparat on Sunday and I have about 7 others lined up..mainly new bands). I have Cashier Number 9 playing right now on the office CD.
Ponce Mohammed Buzzer is even more prolific with his appetite for new music. There are others on here as well.
mcshane in the 79th
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Generates them publicity by people saying how rubbish the list is!
Remember when they did their Top 5 albums ever, it was about a week after Artic Monkeys released their first album and somehow that made it into their Top 5 ever
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Some of them i never heard of, pretty shit list
Monsieur Wabee
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None of us should really question the list as anyone connected to the NME is a much superior person to the rest of us mortals. Look how great they are.....they can chuck in acts like JLS and Missy Elliot and yet they still remain cool because they're the NME. They should keep their opinions to themselves! The NME has always been about spineless Indie toss, stick to what you know guys. Bring back Melody Maker and Sounds I say!!
I'm surprised LCD are not in the list. Band of the decade for me. James Murphy man of the decade. His Greenburg score is a change in direction but just as good as anything he did in LCD. Dont like Hot Chip? Are you insane? Foals, a very overrated band. First album was great, second is very disposable. I got bored with it within about 2 listens.
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Ok then
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
To be fair I've only listened to the first Hot Chip album, couldn't bring myself to listen to any more. I also saw them live at Benicassim and while they were energetic I just found them a bit overly simplistic. Maybe I should give them another listen see if my opinion has changed.
I strongly disagree wrt Foals. I loved their early singles, thought the first album was very average (the singles were overly simplistic and the other songs just a bit dreary), but really like the second album.
rcf0712
Out Here In The Perimeter
no, my wife's and her mate aagree with you for sure but I prefer the debut still, imature lyricism or not - going to see them in January, can't wait, never seen 'em before....
The top 20 songs from the last 15 years have all been sung by this hunk of man meat, in fact, make that the top 100 songs since 1977
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
any music list that has JL-f***ing-S in cannot be taken seriously