Last week, with a Golden Discs voucher worth twenty five euros on offer, we asked you to reveal your favourite song from a boyband.
Yes, we went ‘there’.
You replied in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
In reverse order then….
Kriss Kross – Jump
Liam Deliverance writes:
‘Despite a deep love of great music, I have a bit of crush for Jump by Kris Kross because it was a seriously cool and super street rap song. Precise and sharp lyrics with an amazing video. We probably wouldn’t have the likes of Eminem today except for these two rapping rapscallions.
I never did get the Eagles baseball jacket that Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly wore in the video but me and my mate, when we were out of eye shot of me Ma, would take off our jeans and put em back on backwards and strut about as cool as you could be.
The oul lad in the local newsagents barred us from coming in with our jeans backwards, we think he thought it was some sort of shoplifting ploy, what did he know, the old square eh?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVD6NGznLUk
East 17 – Deep
Cool Hand Lucan writes:
‘Despite a deep love of great music, I have a bit of crush for Deep by East 17 because it’s a soulful, upbeat rap-ballad that takes inspiration from the Trip-hop scene from the early 90s and has no place in a boy-band discography. Regarding the video, urban camouflage will always be cool.’
Boyz II Men – I’ll Make Love To You
Janet I Ate My Avatar writes:
I will be big enough to admit that under the influence I might have played this but I’m off the gargle and happily immune to loosing my better judgement in the sentimental crooning of fit fellas
The Osmonds – Double Lovin’
Yep writes:
‘Despite a deep love of great music, I have a bit of a crush for Double Lovin’ by The Osmonds because when released in ’71 at the height of the free love movement, they solidified their place as the spearhead of the sexual revolution with a song that opens up the possibility of multiple lovers for women in this important time for sexual equality.
No longer did women have to pick a favourite member of their favourite pop group but could Now daydream about Donny AND Merrill taking them for picnics or the movies or whatever…’
Winner:
Take That – Back For Good
Nigel writes:
‘Despite a deep love of great music, I have a bit of crush for Back For Good by Take That, because purely in terms of phonetics, the line ‘Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup’ is the aural equivalent of crack cocaine, just the sounds made by the words, all those perfectly spaced hard consonants clicking out of the speaker, still gives me shivers…
Last week, with a twenty five euro voucher to spend at any of the many Golden Discs branches nationwide, we asked you to name the finest moment by bombastic prog popsters Queen.
You answered in your dozens.
But there could be only one winner.
In reverse order then…
Queen – Bicycle Race
Seamus keane writes:
“Bicycle Race because: ‘You say coke, I say Caine/ you say John, I say Wayne”’ and it manages to mention Fat Bottomed Girls, which is my second favourite Queen song.”
Queen – Flash
Jibjob writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was Flash owing to its even-more-wildly-over-the-top-than-usual performance for the soundtrack of the kid’s film Flash, together with bizarre lines from the film such as “Despatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!”.
Queen – Who Wants To Live Forever
Termagent writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was when I was at a house party in somewhere around 2007 and my mate Gary leapt from a stairs onto a table during the crescendo of Who Wants To Live Forever off Live At Wembley ’86 (possibly the greatest live album of all time), whereupon the table broke throwing Gary forward right into a wall knocking him out owing to its unparalleled comic perfection
Queen – Love Of My Life (Live)
Scottser writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was ‘Love Of My Life’ from the Live Killers album. a song Freddie wrote for Mary Austin. imagine you and your engaged are in the process of splitting up and a stadium full of people are singing a song you wrote for her back to you? what a gut-wrencher…
Queen – The March of The Black Queen
Nicorigo writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was The March of the Black Queen owing to its lyrics, guitar, choir and awesomeness. This is Bohemian Raphsody’s big sister, possibly the best song by Queen…
Winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktYlzVYQbwY
Queen – Live Aid full concert
Steve writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was Live Aid owing to its being the best live performance of any band in the history of rock music, except for possibly Queen’s stand alone gig in the same arena the following year. Even today its still an incredible performance to watch; energy, charisma, crowd engagement. Freddie at his finest.
Every Friday, we give away a voucher worth Twenty Five EUROS to spend at and of the many Golden Discs branches across the country.
All we ask from you is a tune we can play next week.
This week’s theme: Boybands
What precision-tooled pop confection, manufactured and ‘performed’ by dishy young men of varying musical ability, gets your heart throbbing like a new kid on the block?
To enter, please complete this sentence:
‘Despite a deep love of great music, I have a bit of crush for_______________________by ______________[name of boyband], because____________________________’
Lines MUST close at 9.15pm EXTENDED until Midnight
Every week, we give away a voucher for Golden Discs worth TWENTY FIVE EUROS.
All we ask from you is a tune we can play an unspecified time next week.
This week’s theme:Queen.
To mark this week’s opening of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, what Queen song has you caressing your mike stand suggestively while going quietly Ga Ga.
To enter, please complete this sentence
‘While not massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was__________________owing to its________________’
Lines MUST close at 6.35pm EXTENDED until MIDNIGHT!
Last week, with a Golden Discs voucher worth Twenty Five Euros on offer, we asked you to name the finest song in AC/DC’s ‘cannon’.
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
In reverse order then…
Highway To Hell
Scottser writes:
For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s highway to hell because it is possibly the easiest lead break you can learn. it’s made up of four or five very recycleable licks; a Chuck Berry, a James Burton, another Chuck Berry and some lovely Angus long note holds.
No widdly nonsense, just a really well constructed boogie. the tune also has one of the best kick drum sounds ever recorded and is only a few bpm off the Bee Gees so you can shake your tush to it when no-one’s looking.
Riff Raff
Paul writes:
‘For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s ‘Riff Raff’ because it is an accurate description of who riffraff really are!
Shot Down In Flames
Scundered writes:
For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s “Shot down in flames” because it reminds me of the time in early 1980s that I asked out Karen McCutcheon and even gave her a box of After Eights with £1 sellotaped to the outside, I couldn’t believe she would turn down such a generous offer. She still took the money and ate the After Eights….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUXMzkh-jI
It’s a Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Alf S. Perez-Lee writes:
For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” because it is the best use of Rock ‘N’ Roll bagpipes EVER! In fact, bagpipes should be banned except for in this song.
Winner!
Thunderstruck
The Q47 writes:
For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s Thunderstruck because it is the Culchie’s anthem, and is best played near the end of a country wedding (about 1:30am or later), with your tie around your head, your suit trousers rolled up to the knee, and playing your air guitar while head-banging, or else while duck-stepping all around the dance floor….
What riff-soaked song from the Australian boogie-infused heavy metal merchant’s ‘cannon’ has you literally shaking all night long, possibly into the early hours?
To enter, please complete this sentence:
‘For those about to rock, please play AC/DC’s ___________________________because it is_____________________________________’
Last week, with a Twenty FIVE EURO voucher to spend at any of the many Golden Discs stores nationwide on offer we asked: what is the best post-Beatles tune by a Beatle?
You answered in your droves.
But there could only be one winner.
In reverse order so.
John Lennon- Mind Games
Please writes:
Nothing really encapsulates the Yoko Ono era and her influence – mostly for good in my opinion like the stunning crescendo to “Yes is the answer” in that song.
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
Gareth writes:
… because of the way the song builds with each instrument joining makes for great listening. Also it is a very singable song.
Dub Spot writes:
…because of that Phil Spector produced wall of sound blended harmomic, chant-like chorus of the Hari Krishna and Christian dieties and because the song’s power reached the inner mind to the extent that Harrison was found to have subconsciously plagiarised “He’s So Fine”, a 1963 hit for the New York girl group the Chiffons. Great introduction to Mr H’s slide guitar technique too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usGObvP42GM
George Harrisson – Wah Wah
Seanydelight writes:
… because its what they would have made if they didn’t split up. Also, because of that brass layer
Oisin writes:
… because it sounds as fresh as the day it was first recorded and should have been on Abbey Road.
Winner!
Paul McCartney – Back Seat Of My Car
Ivan writes:
The finest post-Beatles song by a Beatle is Macca’s The Back Seat of my Car because for me, it could’ve sat on Abbey Road and nobody would turn a hair.
It’s pedestrian enough really for the first 3 minutes, if you can call that achingly lovely melody ‘pedestrian’ but it’s at around the 3 minute mark where the repeated ‘We believe that we can’t be wrong’ gets repeated that it really starts to cook.
First there’s a key change, a slowdown of tempo, a wee drum fill and then fuppin’ hell does he cuts loose with the kind of screech that ten years earlier was puttin’ manners on lairy sailors in Hamburg.
Meanwhile, underneath the yowling there’s an orchestral motif/descending baseline thing that I’m pretty sure Guns’n’Roses had their eye on when they were winding down November Rain, which falls into a false ending, it all goes a bit mad for twenty seconds and all you can think is ‘Jaysus’.
If the song stopped before any of that McGubbins kicked off, it’d *still* be better than 75% of John’s solo output; the fact that it doesn’t and instead he just spends the last minute and a half simply showing off (because he’s Macca) in the way he does is mesmerising and sickening in equal measure. Probably rather like the man himself.
Every week, we give away a voucher worth TWENTY FIVE EUROS to spend at any of the many Golden Discs branches nationwide.
All we ask is for a tune we can play at an unspecified time next week
This week’s theme: The Beatles solo.
What post-Fab effort from John, Paul, George or, possibly, Ringo do you deem built to last and – whisper it – up there with the best of their former band’s catalogue.
To enter, please complete this sentence:
‘The finest post-Beatles song by a Beatle is__________________________________because______________________’
