T3rry Chr1st1an's Manchester Top 40 of 2005

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Top ten

1. Elbow – Forget Myself
2. Nine Black Alps – Unsatisfied
3. Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle
4. Doves – Black and White Town
5. Lovefreekz - Shine
6. Stephen Fretwell – Run
7. Happy Mondays – Playground Superstar
8. Ian Brown – All Ablaze
9. I Am Kloot – Over My Shoulder
10. Jim Noir – My Patch

11-20

11. New Order – Waiting For The Sirens' Call
12. Ironweed – Down to My Grave
13. Fear of Music – Skin and Bones
14. My Computer – Stumble
15. The Longcut – Quiet Life
16. The Fall – I Can Hear The Grass Grow
17. Broke n English – Squeeze
18. The Earlies – Bring It Back Again
19. Raw T – Where We Live
20. Pioneers – So Long

21-30

21. Aidan Smith – Song For Manchester
22. Starsailor – Caught in the Crossfire
23. Mint Royale – The Effect on Me
24. Omerta – Everyone is Frozen
25. Morrissey – Redondo Beach
26. Ghostlyman – Hundred Heart Attacks
27. Performance – Surrender
28. Young Offenders Institute – We’re The Young Offenders
29. Autokat – The Driver
30. Loose Canon – Altercation

31-40

31. Rowetta – Stop Crying Your Heart Out
32. Lisa Brown – What’s That Sound?
33. Long-View – Coming Down
34. Former Bullies – The World Ended
35. Jackie O – I Found Out
36. Hanky Park – Come On, Come On
37. RSL – Magic Of Spain
38. Alfie – Your Own Religion
39. Keith – Hold That Gun
40. Nancy Cuncliffe – Place to Shelter

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

your thoughts, ILM?

Good to see the wonderful Jim Noir in the top 10, but a lot of it seems to be "posthumous" sympathy voting (Happy Mondays, New Order) and plain old "they're rubbish, but at least they're Mancunian rubbish" (Fear Of Music, The Longcut, Keith, Longview).

So, C/D, RFI (Lovefreekz, Ironweed, Broke N English, Raw T etc), S/D?

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

bump, for the britxor.

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

i remember the city of manchester

calderdale in the 70s (gareth), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

Whatever happend to Tony Wilson's grime signing? I liked that single...

JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

'the driver' by autokat is indeed rather good.

mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

No Virus Syndicate, no credibility...

Who was this list for? And why?

Isn't it about time Manchester forgot that it was Manchester?

Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

BBC Manchester thing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/01/03/030106_terry_top40_feature.shtml

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

I read that as:

Whatever happend to Tony Wilson's grime singing?

mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

Why are Kloot only at No 9????

Niall, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't it about time Manchester forgot that it was Manchester?

Hear hear! Such a depressingly boring beige yesteryear list. Couple of nice things in the lower reaches but Manchester will never ever move on as long as we have people with such unexciting lad-centric tastes in control of our radio, Tv, press, etc. For fucks sake, Elbow at number one! The whole thing screams of "Eeee arr, best help me mates out a bit innit."

Me, I'm waiting for Manchester's Fashionable Gays to take over. Oh, and Clique.

(Stevem (and Barima if you're about), did you get my email?)

Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think that Oasis #3 song is much cop.

the bellefox, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

31. Rowetta – Stop Crying Your Heart Out

I think we should just pause, here, and reflect on this one.

mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Affectian, I did - reply on the way

Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

**but a lot of it seems to be "posthumous" sympathy voting (Happy Mondays, New Order)**

New Order don't need any sympathy! WFTSC is a blindingly brilliant record from a still magificent band.

Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

The Tony Wilson grime signing is Raw T isn't it? At number 19.

I am slowly coming round to Dr C's position regarding WFTSC.

PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

How slowly?

the bellefox, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)


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