The Brit Box: CANON

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Brit Box is Rhino Records' new box set repackaging - for an American audience - of the history of British indie music, 1984-1998, taking the story from the Smiths all the way to...well, you'll see.

I thought it would be a good one to do as a canon - MOAR FOOL ME as it took ages to type and typing really made me think the whole thing is incredibly badly put together. But don't take my word for it, go and use your TWENTY-SIX!!!! tickys yourself on the below.

[Poll #1092622]

(Also appearing on the Brit Box was "Common People" by Pulp, which I somehow forgot to include on the poll. I'm sure it would have done very well.)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

haha "somehow forgot"!

Tom this item is foul and I can't tick any. Can we do this for some hip-hop/r&b collections to balance it out at some point please.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

YES! You would not believe how often I've looked for a good representative hip-hop or R&B "best...EVAR" mix to canonise.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

oh any of those random "r&b winter collection 07" compilations will do really! they're all ace. I'm quite sad at the poptimist lack of response to recent hip-hop based posts, how is it possible that british indie horrors can be venerated above Trina??

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Problem with those is that all the stuff's been polled on the chart and now polls. (Admittedly you could say the same for this lot and the Shine polls). Generally R&B has a very healthy lack of respect for its own history.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Ever since I heard about this I've been thinking of compiling an equivalent Brit Dance comp, possibly devoting one disc to House & Garage, one to Rap, one to Techno & Trance and one to DnB. Or just mixing it all up (thus making it easier to include Jaxx of all trades).

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

a la the ILM rough guides?