Top 500 Indie Songs

Originally posted by sonickteam3:
Idioteque is clearly thier best song….

i'm partial to "black star", but that's just because i like their geee-tar stuff more than the newer stuff … "idioteque" is awesome though, great party song …

Originally posted by Sir HC:
Know that song, but I would not put it as better than so many other Radiohead songs.

no joke. maybe not even top 10.

I didnt even know Radiohead was indie.

Now I know why you like the Music…..

"y the end of October 1991, "On A Friday" were stalked by various record company people. And by the end of the year, they finally had a their record deal. On December 21, they signed an eight album deal with EMI. They also had a new name. See, "On A Friday" just didn't cut it. But what name should they pick? Being a band full of English majors, someone suggested "Jude The Obscure" from the title of a Thomas Hardy novel-but that was too, well, obscure.

Then there was "music". Thom liked that one, but he was shouted down. Someone suggested "Gravitate," but that didn't have the right ring to it. But then someone dug into Thom's DJ collection and pulled out a 1986 album by the talking heads called true stories. And on that album was a song called "Radio Head"."

http://www.edge.ca/ongoinghistory/sp_radiohead1.cfm

Originally posted by Miss MArKiE?:
Being a band full of English majors, someone suggested "Jude The Obscure" from the title of a Thomas Hardy novel-but that was too, well, obscure.

thank god they didn't pick that. great book, amazing author, horrible band name.

Didn't know that about radiohead. "Jude the Obscure" was too obscure? Maybe it just sucked as a band name.
There's a band on the Black Cat's schedule called Exit Clov, I think. I thought maybe they ought to go more obscure with their literary references than Beckett. Unless they're, you know, real theatrical or absurd.

Originally posted by dfmcpete:
Didn't know that about radiohead. "Jude the Obscure" was too obscure? Maybe it just sucked as a band name.
There's a band on the Black Cat's schedule called Exit Clov, I think. I thought maybe they ought to go more obscure with their literary references than Beckett. Unless they're, you know, real theatrical or absurd.

If you are unaware of the humor in your line, congrats, someone associated with Exit Clov hangs here.

also cue o'mankie

Originally posted by dfmcpete:
There's a band on the Black Cat's schedule called Exit Clov, I think. I thought maybe they ought to go more obscure with their literary references than Beckett. Unless they're, you know, real theatrical or absurd.

Oooh… my BigYawn sense is tingling…

Originally posted by Miss MArKiE?:
But then someone dug into Thom's DJ collection and pulled out a 1986 album by the talking heads called true stories. And on that album was a song called "Radio Head"."

funny. the first time i ever heard Creep on the radio back in 1991 (or 1992), the DJ played the song "Radio Head" by Talking Heads before it and said, "from a song called Radio Head to a band called Radiohead" and then played "Creep"

I don't mean to badmouth the band; they could be fantastic. I have no idea.

Also unfamiliar with this BigYawn you speak of. I don't read here enough. Mainly just days before and after shows I attend.

Back on topic - The La's?

Originally posted by dfmcpete:
I don't mean to badmouth the band; they could be fantastic. I have no idea.

Also unfamiliar with this BigYawn you speak of. I don't read here enough. Mainly just days before and after shows I attend.

Back on topic - The La's?

It seems that the results suggest that the people voting were some 30 somethings. The La's were huge with that song, still concidered by some critics to be one of the best pop songs ever.

Originally posted by Sir HC:
The La's were huge with that song, still considered by some critics to be one of the best pop songs ever.

I think that point is evidenced by its continued overuse in commercials, movie trailers, movies, etc. Both the Las version and several cover versions. Must speak well for the endurance of the tune (a bit like "Lust for Life"…)

Originally posted by dfmcpete:
I don't mean to badmouth the band; they could be fantastic. I have no idea.

Also unfamiliar with this BigYawn you speak of. I don't read here enough. Mainly just days before and after shows I attend.

You're out of your element Donnie…….like a child who wanders into a movie…..

Originally posted by Bags:

Originally posted by Sir HC:
The La's were huge with that song, still considered by some critics to be one of the best pop songs ever.

I think that point is evidenced by its continued overuse in commercials, movie trailers, movies, etc. Both the Las version and several cover versions. Must speak well for the endurance of the tune (a bit like "Lust for Life"…)

I love that edited version that cuts the greatest lines. Just because I keep on with the verse as they break it. Makes me want to go on those cruises.

Best song on that list?

#218

She Smells Sanctuary
The Cult

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:

Originally posted by dfmcpete:
There's a band on the Black Cat's schedule called Exit Clov, I think. I thought maybe they ought to go more obscure with their literary references than Beckett. Unless they're, you know, real theatrical or absurd.

Oooh… my BigYawn sense is tingling…

Funny. I guess I don't overwhelm anyone with Clov posts anymore. Hard for folks to make any conneections to BY, much less the Clov. Props to catching the Beckett reference though, few do.