BBC's Sound Of 2005 Revealed - What do you think?

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The critic's poll (here)
of what's goin to be cool in 2005. The results are somehow disappointing. Their Nr. 1 The Bravery sound like bad The Strokes impersonators, overhyped bloc party are only The Clash revisited, The Game is 50 Cent's stunt and muthaforkin KT Tunsall is included too. The only correct choice from the projects I know is grime rapper Kano. What do other people think, or they too busy cause they discuss 80s pop?

― karl76 (karl76), Saturday, 8 January 2005 10:09 (twenty years ago)

OH MY GOD I AM SO SICK OF ALL THESE SOULLESS "THE" BANDS WHO TRY AND SOUND AUTHENTIC BY RIPPING OFF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND GET THEIR ARSES LICKED BY THE FUCKING BASTARD CUNT TWATS AT THE NME PLEASE MAKE THEM ALL GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 8 January 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

thanks.

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 8 January 2005 10:29 (twenty years ago)

*claps*
OTM!1!!!1

― eedd, Saturday, 8 January 2005 10:37 (twenty years ago)

grimecentric threadstarter. let's make an abba thread

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 8 January 2005 10:47 (twenty years ago)

i look forward to further exposure to these cutting edge sounds during my upcoming spring semester as a london transplant from the d.c. area.

― ivy (ivy), Saturday, 8 January 2005 10:53 (twenty years ago)

Death knell for Teh Bravery

― Stevem On X (blueski), Saturday, 8 January 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

something new: grind + grime = grimedcore

c'mon kids, how about it?

loads of brummie vegan satanists move down to East Ham and mash it up

or grind done on laptops= 'powerpoint violence'

or not.

― Andy Hart (AndyHart), Saturday, 8 January 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Do you like the Strokes? I like the Strokes. I think the Strokes are awesome.

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

or grind done on laptops= 'powerpoint violence'

y'mean like dataclast?

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

y'mean like dataclast?

why the fuck do i like this?

― rob mackey (mackey), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

here's that list again for posterity:

1. The Bravery
2. Bloc Party (above)
3. Kano
4. The Game
5. Kaiser Chiefs
6. KT Tunstall
7. The Dead 60s
8. The Dears
9. Tom Vek
10. The Magic Numbers

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 10 December 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

Oh the hilarity.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 December 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

What's hilarious?

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 10 December 2005 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

Bravery above Bloc Party, Kano above Kaiser Chiefs, Tom Vek above the Magic Numbers... did the Dears ever release anything?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

I guess Kaiser Chiefs should have been top. Tom Vek really sunk like a stone though.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

haha what are you talking about?
Vek is easily one of the better artists on that list, released a really solid album, and is now signed to a major, Island Records. Not exactly "sunk like a stone."

― buboclot, Sunday, 11 December 2005 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, all those things totally relate to commercial success, well done on your reading comp.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 11 December 2005 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

when i think 2005, i think "KT Tunstall"

(note: you may actually think that if you're from the UK, I have no idea)

― deej.. (deej..), Sunday, 11 December 2005 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

In all honesty I've gone thru 2005 without having any contact with K.D. Dungstall. Hooray for satterlite tv.

― Amity Wong (noodle vague), Sunday, 11 December 2005 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

when i think 2005, i think "KT Tunstall"

Top 20 selling albums of the year in the UK:

1 Back to Bedlam - James Blunt 1,656,000
2 X&Y - Coldplay 1,593,000
3 Employment - Kaiser Chiefs 895,000
4 Forever Faithless - Faithless 810,000
5 Hot Fuss - The Killers 795,500
6 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 751,000
7 American Idiot - Green Day 732,700
8 Hopes And Fears - Keane 732,000
9 Love Angel Music Baby - Gwen Stefani 685,000
10 Don't Believe the Truth - Oasis 681,500
11 Demon Days - Gorillaz 655,000
12 Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstal 639,000
13 Intensive Care - Robbie Williams 577,350
14 Definitive Collection - Tony Christie 557,000
15 The Singles - Basement Jaxx 549,100
16 G4 - G4. 548,600
17 The Massacre - 50 Cent 531,000
18 Trouble - Akon 478,300
19 In your Honour - The Foo Fighters 478,200
20 Tourist - Athlete 469,000

So, yeah, she came out in the same week as Fiddy and has outsold him by 120,000. Just educating across the pond, you know?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 11 December 2005 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

Or 108,000. My eyesight isn't what it was.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 11 December 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

639,000 copies. One of them bought by a man.

― Falling down the stairs again (noodle vague), Sunday, 11 December 2005 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

And you were that man.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 11 December 2005 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

Basement Jaxx at 15, I'm surprised (pleasantly).

― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 11 December 2005 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

6 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 751,000

This and Keane, both extremely impressive since they were the highest and second-highest sellers of 2004. Who out of the above top 20 will pull a similar trick in 2006? coldplay and gorillaz?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

So are any of you Stylus and Pitchfork people planning on doing the same thing so we can rag on you next December?

― Mitya (mitya), Sunday, 11 December 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

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