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

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY, that is totally the key one, but also wot no black metallic/killing moon/24 hour party people or halleluiah/ten little girls/drowners/like ANY OTHER new order/early funny james/STOP/olympian/daydreamer or manage somehow/nancy boy

(i worked out a way of doing it without scrolling up and down ;))

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's hard to work out if the rationale is "the best tracks by these bands", "obscure gems for the US market", or both. Of course it might be that once you've licensed Common People and Live Forever your budget isn't going to stretch much beyond Thousand Yard Stare anyway.

The Mondays one doesn't seem an odd pick though! I mean if you want 1x representative of baggy that is the one!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

well yes, perhaps that is just me being contrary...

also, it sa Charlatans UK, but doens't sa London Suede, or was that you?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

That was the site I got it off! Perhaps the original Suede gave up. I can't actually even remember the details of the Suede one.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

she was AN LADY SINGER as wikipedia tells us:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suede_(singer)