Dear Americans (/Canadians/Australians/etc), which of the follow groups you've presumably never heard before do you prefer?

Can us Brits vote too?

Chas and Dave (never heard either before now)

Waxthumper (6 days ago) Show Hide
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I want this played at my funeral

Waxthumper OTM

Did most of the Wurzels become actors in BBC historical dramas/mysteries? They look mighty familiar.

The lead singer of The Wurzels looks a lot like Phoenix Nights' star Dave Spikey, which may be confusing you:

http://www.harrogateinternationalcentre.co.uk/images/spikeyred2%20-Detail%20-web.jpg

Awful awful stuff by the way, but I think prefer the Wurzels from the three songs here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jSoH3pOHow

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this song is balls. i'm still adopting it as my personal themetune though.

Fuck Phoenix Nights

Wheel on the Barron Knights - far superior to these two fake boy bands

Was going to make it a triple threat with the Macc Lads.

Splodgeannessabounds

Sorry - no 'anne' in there. Bless her for trying the little slag.

Splodgenessabounds

But to answer the question

Gertcha - anyday

Such a moving piece

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As a long-time American anglophile, I appreciate the education this this thread has given me. I've heard of Chas n' Dave before but Wurzels is a name more vague to me. I too chose Chas n' Dave as I'm afraid I find Wurzels utterly repellant, though Gertcha stretches the bounds of my patience and really wasn't there better stuff around in '79?

I'm sad that there haven't been more responses to this thread. Hopefully the vote count totals will show people were at least willing to vote.

Went to a wedding in Somerset this summer and that combine harvester song was played. What the fuck is up with that!

Wow. I mean... I don't even...uh... what kind of music is this?

I'm gonna go with Chas n' Dave.

C&D. of course i have the 8 x 7" v/vm version of snooker loopy so i've kind of heard them

It's sorta "pub drinking song" music isn't it?

xpost

Or does this relate to dancehall in some way? Or was that the Kinks and something completely different (haha Monty Python..)

The Wurzels guy sounds a bit like the dude from Killdozer.

wurzels

have heard neither

Wow. I mean... I don't even...uh... what kind of music is this?

-- BigLurks, Thursday, 24 April 2008 04:20 (4 hours ago) Link

according to wikipedia, fount of knowledge, its "Scrumpy and Western" (Wurzles) and "Cockney Pop Rock" (Chas n Dave)

it appears from these vids that that chas and consistent acheivers whilst the wurzels the dizzying heights of combine harvester but the lame crapppy lows of the rest.

I vote chas n dave

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lol

hahaha

"In the seventies Chas & Dave were prolific session musicians before their own thing took off, playing on many albums for a wide range of artists. One such album was Labi Siffre's 'Remember My Song' from 1975. One of the tracks on this album - 'I Got The' - was sampled by Eminem on his breakthrough hit 'My Name Is' and is the main musical refrain of the track. Chas is playing guitar and Dave is playing bass."

"Chas & Dave as you've never seen them before...entertaining people!"

SmileOnADog (1 week ago) Show Hide
Hey you guys have rednecks too!

mano0obe (1 week ago) Show Hide
These are cockney from London, not rednecks =)

SmileOnADog (1 week ago) Show Hide
I figured they were northeners or some other group that Brits tend to be embarrassed about. Americans have rednecks and downeasters (rural New Englanders). : )

One of them was in Head, Hands and Feet, who are supposed to be pretty rad!

The Wurzels guy sounds a bit like the dude from Killdozer.

-- BigLurks, Thursday, 24 April 2008 04:32 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

BigLurks just made my day <3

"Gertcha" is a killer song.

Just seen this. Heartbroken. So rong.

Thanks, DJ!