1. christina aguilera
2. celine dion
3. beyonce
(this thread has really got me into karen carpenter and the carpenters! never had heard them before until this thread, brilliant!)
top 3 rap songs
1. kanye west - all falls down
2. eminem - mosh
3. rihanna & eminem - love the way you lie (it's an instant classic!)
top 3 first singles i bought
1. where is the love - black eyed peas
2. can't hold us down - christina aguilera
3. move your feet - junior senior
baring in mind i have just turned 18 haha. great idea for a thread OP! change of topic as it's been nearly a whole day... ok so top 3 albums of all time? heres mine:
1. christina aguilera - stripped
2. florence and the machine - lungs
3. arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am thats what i'm not
1. Kenny Everett. Genius.
2. Janice Long. Plays loads of classic Indie stuff I love.
3. Mark Radcliffe. Struggled with a third choice as I don't like many of them tbf. I listen to the radio for music not to hear them lot bloody nattering John Peel was ok but I find him massively overrated. Sacred cow imo.
Agree with the John Peel sacred cow remark . What I did love about John was the way he introduced Top of the Pops with his tongue firmly in cheek aided by Janice Long .
1) What have a done to deserve this ? Pet Shop Boys / Dusty Springfield
2) Umbrella - Rihanna / Jay-Z
3) Could it be I'm falling in love - David Grant / Jaki Graham
Comments
1. Calvin Harris
2. David Guetta
3. Sam Sparro
I doubt they are even classified as dance. I'm just going by the three dance artists on my iPod genre
Probably slightly better than Earth Wind and Fire
revised list
1. Jacksons
2. Kool and the Gang
3. Gap Band
Your favourite 3 UK number one singles from 1978
List can be found here -
http://www.number-ones.co.uk/1978-number-ones.html
1. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
2. Take A Chance On Me - ABBA
3. Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
2) Rivers Of Babylon ~ Boney M
3) Rat Trap ~ Boomtown Rats
2. Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
3. Three Times A Lady ~ Commodores
1. Dreadlock holiday - 10CC by a mile !
2. Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
3. Night Fever - Bee Gees
2. Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc
3. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
2) Matchstick Men...
3) Uptown Top Ranking
2) Night Fever
3) Wuthering Heights
top 3 over rated bands
1. the killers
2. U2
3. Westlife
top 3 female vocalists
1. christina aguilera
2. celine dion
3. beyonce
(this thread has really got me into karen carpenter and the carpenters! never had heard them before until this thread, brilliant!)
top 3 rap songs
1. kanye west - all falls down
2. eminem - mosh
3. rihanna & eminem - love the way you lie (it's an instant classic!)
top 3 first singles i bought
1. where is the love - black eyed peas
2. can't hold us down - christina aguilera
3. move your feet - junior senior
baring in mind i have just turned 18 haha. great idea for a thread OP! change of topic as it's been nearly a whole day... ok so top 3 albums of all time? heres mine:
1. christina aguilera - stripped
2. florence and the machine - lungs
3. arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am thats what i'm not
2) All 'n' All ~ Earth Wind & Fire
3) Midnight Magic ~ Commodores
All time is a bit hard - so did soul - consider this 'all time'
Have a bit of patience my young padawan
1. Quadrophenia - The Who
2. Revolver - The Beatles
3. The Wall - Pink Floyd
2. Triumph - The Jacksons ( better than anything Michael Jackson did solo - honest)
3. A new world record - ELO
Great to see someone so young appreciating quality singing of quality songs .
I liked a lot of your choices btw Calum
2. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
1. Alan Freeman ( by a mile ! )
2. John Peel .
3. Steve Wright ( makes me laugh )
2. Janice Long. Plays loads of classic Indie stuff I love.
3. Mark Radcliffe. Struggled with a third choice as I don't like many of them tbf. I listen to the radio for music not to hear them lot bloody nattering
2) Terry Wogan
3) Batesy
2) Sir Jimmy Young
3) Tommy Vance Reminds me of the R1 Top 40 in the 80's
2) Bob Harris
3) Mal Pope- very early weekend mornings BBC Radio Wales
Your Top 3 Duets
1) You're Everything ~ Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
2) With You I'm Born Again ~ Billy Preston & Syreeta
3) Lucky Stars ~ Dean Friedman & Denise Marsa
2) Up Where We Belong - J Cocker & J Warnes
3) On My Own - P La Belle & M Donald
Is it wrong to omit MC Miker G & DJ Sven's Holiday Rap?
Not wrong at all. I was going to include Arthur Mullard & Hylda Baker but thought better of it.
2) Umbrella - Rihanna / Jay-Z
3) Could it be I'm falling in love - David Grant / Jaki Graham
That was bloody difficult !
It was! So many classic duets, took me ages to narow it down to three.