Well, here's a list that's a bit more substantial than those horrible BRIT nominations... The complete all-time Festive 50, voted for by listeners of John Peel's radio 1 show... Any comments are welcome, as some of it is quite debatable! And yes - I'll actually write something soon. (a) John Peel's All Time Festive 50 50 Pavement - ' Here' (Big Cat) 49 P J Harvey - ' Sheela-na-gig' (Too Pure) 48 Culture - ' Lion Rock' (Strange Fruit) 47 Sundays - ' Can' t Be Sure' (Rough Trade) 46 Beach Boys - ' Good Vibrations' (Capitol) 45 Beatles - ' I Am The Walrus' (Parlophone) 44 Bob Dylan - ' Visions Of Johanna' (CBS) 43 Nick Drake - ' Northern Sky' (Island) 42 Velvet Underground - ' Heroin' (MGM) 41 Beach Boys - ' God Only Knows' (Capitol) 40 Tim Buckley - ' Song To The Siren' (Straight) 39 Damned - ' New Rose' (Stiff) 38 Fall - ' The Classical' (Situation Two) 37 Jimi Hendrix Experience - ' All Along The Watchtower' (Polydor) 36 Stereolab - ' French Disko' (Duophonic) 35 Jam - ' Going Underground' (Polydor) 34 Fall - ' Totally Wired' (Rough Trade) 33 Clash - ' Complete Control' (CBS) 32 New Order - ' True Faith' (Factory) 31 Belle & Sebastian - ' Lazy Line Painter Jane' (Jeepster) 30 Pixies - ' Debaser' (4AD) 29 Sex Pistols - ' Pretty Vacant' (Virgin) 28 Joy Division - ' Transmission' (Factory) 27 My Bloody Valentine - ' You Made Me Realise' (Creation) 26 Delgados - ' Pull The Wires From the Wall' (Chemikal Underground) 25 Wedding Present - ' My Favourite Dress' (Reception) 24 Fall - ' How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'' (Rough Trade) 23 Sugarcubes - ' Birthday' (One Little Indian) 22 Smiths - ' This Charming Man' (WEA) 21 Wedding Present - ' Brassneck' (RCA) 20 Joy Division - ' She's Lost Control' (Factory) 19 New Order - ' Temptation' (Factory) 18 Only Ones - ' Another Girl, Another Planet' (CBS) 17 New Order - ' Ceremony' (Factory) 16 My Bloody Valentine - ' Soon' (Creation) 15 Joy Division - ' New Dawn Fades' (Factory) 14 Dead Kennedy' s - ' Holiday In Cambodia' (Cherry Red) 13 Capt Beefheart & His Magic Band - ' Big Eyed Beans From Venus' (Reprise) 12 Pulp - ' Common People' (Island) 11 Robert Wyatt - ' Shipbuilding' (Rough Trade) 10 This Mortal Coil - ' Song To The Siren' (4AD) 09 Smiths - ' There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' (Rough Trade) 08 Nirvana - ' Smells Like Teen Spirit' (Geffen) 07 Smiths - ' How Soon Is Now?' (Rough Trade) 06 New Order - ' Blue Monday' (Factory) 05 Clash - '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais' (CBS) 04 Sex Pistols - ' Anarchy In The UK' (EMI) 03 Joy Division - ' Love Will Tear Us Apart' (Factory) 02 Undertones - ' Teenage Kicks' (Good Vibrations) 01 Joy Division - ' Atmosphere' (Factory) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +-------------------- new york, london, paris, tokyo ----------------+ +------------------ everybody talk about... popjourno! -------------+ +----------------------- http://www.popjourno.com -------------------+ +--------- to send a message to the list, please address it to ------+ +----------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------+ +--------- declarations of love, presents, and otherwise saucy ------+ +-------- e-correspondence should be sent directly to the list ------+ +------------------- mummy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------+ +------------- popjourno currently has over 140 subscribers ---------+ +------------------------ (most of them lurkers). -------------------+ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
