SHINE 5 - wife swapping is the futcher

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

SHINE 5: you know that it would suitcher! June 1996, the year Shine went MASSIVE in more ways than one, I think this is one of the best Shines yet, except for Shine 3 which was of course, my first Shine. This is the year Ash went "sensitive" and made "timeless touching pop moments" with Goldfinger and Oh Year, clearly a good move seeing as they appear on this compilation not once but TWICE - Marion and the Longpigs have their STRONGEST SONGS YET and the sodding Cranberries make yet ANOTHER baffling appearance. Audioweb make their first appearance on a Shine. WHY!!!

So, anyone remember Salt?? ON WITH THE VOTES!

[Poll #722321]

Comments

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I am dreadfully sorry Sice, but I cannot remember the EGGMAN track at all. I can't remember the 60ft Dolls at the moment either, I think I hated it at the time, but perhaps now... I might like it?

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Am I going to remain the only one who ticked Whipping Boy tho? (I *think* it was the Twinkle track I loved, they did have a rub follow-up... rather like HARVEY'S RABBIT oh yes)

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I don't remember what it sounds like! I will be interested if any brave punters choose me in ticking KULA SHAKER! I am ticking that mostly on my gleeful reaction to it at the time, too much for me not to be able to tick it in all good conscience as being "any cop"!

Poptimists are sleeping on Whipping Boy

[zenith.livejournal.com]

The follow-up, 'We Don't Need Nobody Else' was "controversial" because the guy says "I hit you for the first time today" and wot if it was TRUE?!?11? But he also was snide about Bono in a very amusing way. I liked it. These were basically their only two good songs though. But what songs!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Man this one is full of GOLD!

I have only ticked Take It Easy Chicken for historical reasons that shall not be mentioned in this here place.

Stereotypes is an GRATE Blur song. DISCUS!

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I can only remember that in the chorus he does a high voice which goes "tekk it eeeeeeeeee...eeeeee...SEEEEE", and then I can't remember anything else about it. That might even be a different song! If it is on the ATAK OF THE GREY LANTERN alBUM then I may have it, as I nicked that maxicassette from L____ Woolies (the same place I also nicked Placebo's Bruise Pristine, FAKT FANS).

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I think Charmless Man is good but not so much Stereotypes. Not sure why though.

[mellowdoubt.livejournal.com]

Stereotypes is one of Blur's worst songs i.m.o. and I REALLY like Blur. Graham's guitar sounds really awful and the whole song sounds like lazy, mockney rubbish if you ask me.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Actually I quite liked that Dodgy song. Does that make me a BAD PERSONG?

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Only if you liked 'Good enough' too.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

YES!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

My god. Indie music really is rubbish.

happy indiekid mem'rees have been well and truly stamped on.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I think Mansun hold up well!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry, but most of this looks like the worst music in the world ever (Shed 7; Dodgy; Levellers; Space; Super Furries; Marion; Gene; Ash; Longpigs; Ocean F***ing Scene). In other words an excellent dry run for rockin' Britain c. 2006 (Editors; Kaisers; Arctics; Fallout; Snow Patrol boy and all the other gloomy rock curmudgeons clogging up ver radio every time I put it on).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

BOYS + GUITARS = AAAARGH

WHALES et DOLPHINS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I want to hear this song RITE NOW.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Despite the fact that it's currently in second place, not a single one of you HEATHENS has correctly answered that the best song on this Shine is, of course, 'You & Me Song' by The Wannadies.

You're all WRONG!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it is the best song on there by quite a haul. and i'm including pulps. POPTIMISTS BE ASHAMED

I admit it

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

'Twas I who ticked the Cranberries, even though I can't really remember the song. But I suspect that this was one of the "heavy" ones with some nice yodelling on it.

[friedslice.livejournal.com]

Audioweb make their first appearance on a Shine.

You mean there are more?? HOW??

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!! I remember their cover of BANK ROBBER getting a few MENTIONS in the MUSIC MONITOR but dere gawd that was even worse, mixing as it did a) RUB AUDIOWEB + b) RUB CLASH!

Of course I have seen Audioweb live.

No Seriously

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Thinking about ALL these AWFUL bands makes me want to delete the world, and resign my throne as lord of all creation and let the Lex rebuild the universe from scratch and a few traces of Shakira's DNA.

Yours, God.

Re: No Seriously

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

thankyou God. Is it too late to become a believer?

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

I voted for some terrible songs here, but I just can't help but like them.

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

You need to listen to some serious RAWK with COJONES and JACK DANIEL'S and AMPLIFIERS TURNED UP TO ELEVEN, O fey little indie kidlets.

OOOF

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Currently tying for the coveted LAST PLACE slot....

- Out of the Sinking!
- History!
- Bluster!
- Breathe!
- Town!
- Into My World!

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

Sleeper is best!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

One of them outta Lush went to my uni. They had a picture of her framed on the wall*

* I might have imagined this. And yeah, I know loads of music types went to universities, but we're talking lo-fi universities, not your posho red-brick stuff.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I probably ticked a greater percentage here than any Now poll => I am exactly britpop's target audience.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN BRITISH!!! ;)

i, of course, love most of this except the dadrock.