http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7163404.stm
1. Adele 2. Duffy 3. The Ting Tings 4. Glasvegas 5. Foals 6. Vampire Weekend 7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong 8. Black Kids 9. MGMT 10. Santogold
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:42 (seventeen years ago)
Jonas Woost should start dating Mark Speight.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:46 (seventeen years ago)
BREAKING NEWS
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― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:49 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.blinne.org/photos/uncategorized/siren.gifADELE, 19, IS TIPPED AS THE 2008 VINTAGE WINEHOUSEhttp://www.blinne.org/photos/uncategorized/siren.gif
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:51 (seventeen years ago)
Wait, is "vintage wine-house" a pun?
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:53 (seventeen years ago)
yeah ok i am getting old but these are literally the WORST BAND NAMES OF ALL TIME.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:56 (seventeen years ago)
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
what bands do you like?
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
FUCK YOU
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:57 (seventeen years ago)
I said some nice things about Duffy in that other thread (based on one song, mind) but the majority of these will be utterly turgid, completely without constructive merit, gimmicky and compromised.
"The Ting Tings" might be THE worst band-name of all time.
― Just got offed, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:58 (seventeen years ago)
Adele went to same stage school as Winehouse, Nash, all those rubbish acts
― Tom D., Friday, 4 January 2008 11:58 (seventeen years ago)
note to people who ostensibly have ears: stop promoting mundane soul-singers in 2008
― Just got offed, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:01 (seventeen years ago)
20. Lil' Wayne
^^^Brave prediction to name this obscure underground artist just at the start of his career.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:07 (seventeen years ago)
You think these are bad band names, some clueless tossers called The Courteeners are playing in Hull this month.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:08 (seventeen years ago)
16. The Courteeners
― Tom D., Friday, 4 January 2008 12:09 (seventeen years ago)
adele is awful
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:10 (seventeen years ago)
That "Have Your Say" link is illuminating.
― Just got offed, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:11 (seventeen years ago)
Tom no way was I going to actually click on the article and read about any of this shite. I like the zings to be spontaneous over the course of the year.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:12 (seventeen years ago)
Still pretty confident that the Courteneers are gonna be the most horrible band out of this 20, if not the least escapable
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:13 (seventeen years ago)
I'm sure that Adele's lack of skeletalness will lead to some top-notch work from ILM's leading feminist thinkers.
xpost On the name alone they cannot fail. Are these the nob-ends we found that awful blog review of in the Jilted John and the Yongy Bongy Bo thread?
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:14 (seventeen years ago)
dom passantino, notorious fattey-hater.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:15 (seventeen years ago)
The Dompassanteeners
― Just got offed, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:16 (seventeen years ago)
Dom's about the only one I'm counting on not to make with the "lol fattey" gags.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:17 (seventeen years ago)
Joe Louis and the Jigger Jagger Jogger
― Tom D., Friday, 4 January 2008 12:18 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.oxid.ru/images/covers/328349.small.jpeg
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:18 (seventeen years ago)
Tom Adonnelly
― Just got offed, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:19 (seventeen years ago)
-- Tom D., Friday, 4 January 2008 12:18 (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC07/Images/JoeLouis&FidelCastro_NET.jpg
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:19 (seventeen years ago)
Is that the real sleeve???
xxxpost
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:19 (seventeen years ago)
it screams "buy me" to insane people.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:20 (seventeen years ago)
Also lulz: try googling: cute fat girls. Note the first link.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:20 (seventeen years ago)
Most lulz of all is quite how misanthropic NRQ is today. Keep it up big man.
― Just got offed, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:22 (seventeen years ago)
"today"
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:23 (seventeen years ago)
Where's UFFIE on these lists?
One minor name and image change and boom!
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:34 (seventeen years ago)
there are broadsheets with better music coverage than the guardian - the indie for one. andy gill is always good to read. and he actually tells you what he thinks, unlike most guardian writers who tend to repeat PR fluff.
Andy Gill today describes Black Kids as "neither black nor kids". That's what he thinks, then.
― Bocken Social Scene, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:09 (seventeen years ago)
Is that Andy Gill from Gang of Four? I'm confused, because Wikipedia says Andy Gill should not be confused with the Andy Gill who writes reviews for The Independent newspaper. They are however, the same person.
― nate woolls, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:13 (seventeen years ago)
Ting Tings? Jing Jang Jongs? What is this, the Eurovision Song Contest?
― StanM, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:13 (seventeen years ago)
on the jing jang jong where the cows go stfu hipster scum
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:16 (seventeen years ago)
Andy Gill should not be confused with the Andy Gill who writes reviews for The Independent newspaper. They are however, the same person.
Oh Wikipedia, you crazy pedia
(they're different people)
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:18 (seventeen years ago)
Im disappointed, thought it was the same Andy Gill :(
― bakerstreetsaxsolo, Friday, 4 January 2008 14:16 (seventeen years ago)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44325000/jpg/_44325106_adele_203.jpg
"Make-up and stickers and ponies and Myspace.com!"
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 14:19 (seventeen years ago)
How do people get into the Brits performing arts school?
― blueski, Friday, 4 January 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)
Too fucking dumb to do a proper course?
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 4 January 2008 14:50 (seventeen years ago)
the one Glasvegas track I've heard was pretty good. Horrible name, though.
― Neil S, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)
Glasvegasmask
― StanM, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)
Most Retarded-Looking Member of Foals in this Picture Thread:
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― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)
don't think i'd like 'em
― blueski, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:55 (seventeen years ago)
Not the butterfly.
― Neil S, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:56 (seventeen years ago)
Fifteen of the best rising music stars have been announced as the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2009.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 5 December 2008 11:42 (sixteen years ago)
Yes to Kid Cudi, qualified yes to Lady GaGa, don't know yet about Master Shortie, but the rest are all long-standing hypes and should be avoided.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 5 December 2008 11:44 (sixteen years ago)
IT'S THE FUTURE, IT'S THE FUTURE: BBC Sound of 2009 'Longlist' Poll
― William Bloody Swygart, Friday, 5 December 2008 11:44 (sixteen years ago)
The correct answer is Chipmunk but Radio 2 grannies would get upset.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 5 December 2008 11:45 (sixteen years ago)
Well, last years list wasn;t far off...
Number 7 was way wrong though...
― Mark G, Friday, 5 December 2008 11:46 (sixteen years ago)
I see their album promo's going for an optimistic £32 in MVE at the moment.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 5 December 2008 11:48 (sixteen years ago)
They got a decent hit rate out of that lot, although presumably the Black Kids album did naff all in the end? Also two of the acts actually turned out to be good.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 December 2008 12:14 (sixteen years ago)
I understand heads at the BBC are already rolling for failure to include Fleet Foxes last year.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 5 December 2008 12:16 (sixteen years ago)
Which two, Matt? (I'm guessing Vampire Weekend are one of them.)
― Doing you a favour MATE (Dave from Norwich), Friday, 5 December 2008 12:31 (sixteen years ago)
and santogold
― Bomb Sackantino (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 December 2008 12:35 (sixteen years ago)
vw <> mgmt
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Friday, 5 December 2008 12:36 (sixteen years ago)
Vampire Weekend and Santogold. Can't stand MGMT.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 December 2008 12:39 (sixteen years ago)
i still haven't heard jo lean etc, are they any better or worse than most of the others?
― Doing you a favour mate (Dave from Norwich), Friday, 5 December 2008 12:53 (sixteen years ago)
no-one knows as no-one can get past the name to hear them
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Friday, 5 December 2008 13:00 (sixteen years ago)