The book is way better than the film!
As many of you know I am somewhat of a fan of lists, very much like the protagonist in Nick Hornby’s excellent book ‘High Fidelity’ Although I was pretty disappointed that the film was set in the US, were you? So back to those lists, there have been a couple published recently that you might be interested in. I certainly was!
The first is from UK Radio Station Absolute Classic Rock whose listeners have voted in a poll to identify Britain’s favourite rock songs. I was a little surprised at some of the entries; The Beatles only song in the top ten is “Revolution” and only seven different acts appear in the Top 10. Led Zeppelin get three entries and the Who get two. Obviously I was incredibly disappointed that there was nothing from David Bowie in the final ten. Here is the top 10 and you can click here to go to the Absolute Classic Rock Radio website
Dangerous Dave representing Freddie and the boys at number three, which is exactly where I hope he is after the election. Another One Bites The Dust perhaps?
1. Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
2. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
3. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta love
5. Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
6. The Who – Baba O’ Reilly
7. Led Zeppelin – Rock n ’ Roll
8. Free – All Right Now
9. The Beatles – Revolution
10. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
The second of the lists is much more US centric and covers the best debut albums. These were selected by Dave White at About.com:Classic Rock
‘Are You Experienced’ – Jimi Hendrix Experience
‘Boston’ – Boston
‘Can’t Buy A Thrill’ – Steely Dan – actually this is one of my favourite albums of all time as well
‘The Doors’ – Doors
‘Eagles’ – Eagles
‘England’s Newest Hitmakers’ – Rolling Stones
‘Led Zeppelin’ – Led Zeppelin
‘Music From Big Pink’ – The Band
‘Please Please Me’ – Beatles
‘(pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd’ – Lynyrd Skynrd
You can click here to see more details about the albums on the list. But where are the Clash and the Pistols? What was your favourite debut album? On reflection mine is probably ‘Grace’ from the late, great Jeff Buckley. Add a comment to let me know your choices
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