The Friday Canon: ORBITAL v THE ORB

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A double-header for your delectation this week! Between them, Orbital and The Orb have racked up 15 UK Top 40 hits, so you get just FIVE ticks spread over the lot. Strap a torch to your head and get ticking!

[Poll #1032733]
The Kinks: (link)
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. You Really Got Me
3. All Day And All Of The Night
4. Lola
5. Sunny Afternoon
6. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
7. Victoria
8. Days
9. Dead End Street
10. Tired Of Waiting For You

EDIT: B0LL0CKS for some reason everyhit didn't show Orbital's last 6 singles when I first searched. Arrrrrrrrrgh :(

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Top Five Things About The Orb (Other Than Their Music Being Good)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1. 3D Space Chess on TOTP (thanx poll for reminding me of this)
2. "Clitus, I'm BORED. What PLAYTHING can you offer me today?"
3. Their "huge ever growing..." title has become 1x grebt MEME
4. Explaining that their album title Live Orb 93/Evil Bro 39 was a reference to H1TLER!
5. Finding said live album on a grumpy pub landlord's jukebox that summer and putting an entire 70 minute ambient disc on for a quid.

Re: Top Five Things About The Orb (Other Than Their Music Being Good)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

6. Randomly listening to Doctor Fox*'s Jukebox on Capital FM, when 8-year-old girl rings up and requests George Michael for her mum. Doctor Fox asked her what she would have picked for herself, patronisingly prompting her with "come on, what's your favourite song at the moment?". Girl replies "Toxygene by The Orb!" Fox is rendered speechless for a moment before saying "Really??".

*NB I don't think he's a real doctor.

Re: Top Five Things About The Orb (Other Than Their Music Being Good)

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

He is Doctor of Rhythmology from the University of Shaking Your Ass.

Re: Top Five Things About The Orb (Other Than Their Music Being Good)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

7. S1mon R3ynolds giving a very sniffy review to Ultraworld in Melody Maker on the grounds that it contained too many joeks!