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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It REALLY IS, isn't it!

Ugh Britpop. The ticks piling up for...all but like FOUR of these songs are VERY SURREAL TO WATCH.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I actually like an awful lot of songs on here. After ticking like, ONE song last time I have ticked a MYRIAD here! May the God Of Bosh forgive me!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

which are your 4?

I ticked, tres unsurprisingly, Radiohead, Pulp and Gene. And I hesitated over R'head but thought that in this company they deserved a tick for not being HIDEOUS.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Pulp, I got really annoyed when they won three Now polls in a row over superior opposition but they were good and I can't get away from that. Garbage because they're not the same SORT of indie as the rest, they look out of place here, I think of them more alongside eg Tori Amos, ie acceptable. Wannadies because I associate it with Romeo & Juliet and that was a great film for 13-yr-old Lex. Also Lush and Cardigans in a half-hearted "it's OK I guess" way.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i ticked TWO which did NOT INCLUDE INDIE-MEISTERS GARBAGE!

ie super furries (=PROG) and lush (=SHOEGAZER)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Garbage had a) a singer who could sing and b) non-messy production ===> they were not indie!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

repetition is the secret of true comedy!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I ticked 5, and that involved a great deal of soul-searching re. the Divine Comedy.