bladeola Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 I've always thought Loveless to be slightly overrated but it has some good stuff on it. My ears still bleed in memory of seeing MBV at the SECC. Ride were my favourite band out of that 'shoegazing' period, they at least knew how to wring a good tune out of the effects rather than just create a meandering endless dirge, unlike some of the other hangers on. I always thought MBV stood apart from that scene a bit anyway. Kind of the originators of the effects driven guitar genre but more obtuse.Great post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kernel Loaf Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 If NME went out and did a survey for this list, they must have been asking retards who would be clearly too stupid to take a degree, let alone know what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Something else I've noticed about the list just now. Only one of those tracks is sung by a woman (Deceptacon by Le Tigre). And even its inclusion reeks of tokenism.Totally thought that too, it's the only song on the list that anyone could be forgiven for not knowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 I hate about 1/3 of those songs. The Arctic Monkeys, Kooks, Razorlight and The Killers are awful and annoying, yet it seems to be the in thing to like them. Now The Strokes and The Smiths, that's what I'm talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKMartin Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I no longer have any sympathy for the NME. The sooner it dies, the better. And I don't care if that spells the end for weekly music papers. Better leaving people to blunder around the world of music for themselves than having anyone read that spoon-feeding, marketing-obsessed, indulgent rag.AKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I hate about 1/3 of those songs. The Arctic Monkeys, Kooks, Razorlight and The Killers are awful and annoying, yet it seems to be the in thing to like them. Now The Strokes and The Smiths, that's what I'm talking about Isn't it 'in' to like them too? In a 'look at me, I don't rely entirely on the NME' way? Maybe not.I just got to uni and in some ways it's rubbish. It's just like being at home: all the boys in a 'preppy' style, all the girls with leggings and miniskirts. People thinking they're 'lol random' for wearing a dressing gown and Russian hat. And everyone raving on about how they love the cool 90s (because we're the 90s generation) famous people and TV series. Argh...yet I still dance with the masses to the Fratellis and the Kooks (who I don't dislike really, to be honest). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mike Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 kill 'em all...in my experience, no one in their right mind should want to be at uni it's a means to an end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 kill 'em all...in my experience, no one in their right mind should want to be at uni it's a means to an end.What? What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 kill 'em all...in my experience, no one in their right mind should want to be at uni it's a means to an end.agreed, just 3 short years and i'm finished uni too, altho i've really no idea what a "Student Anthem" is, hardly any of my friends are students, yet we all seem to have similar taste in music, really was a crap idea for a poll tho, "Student Anthems" is this gonna turn into a "Power Ballads I/II/III" type load of bollocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 All those multi choice questions on the higher papers... not in my day. etc etc.Multi choice questions in Highers? Surely not! It wasn't like that in my day either.On the students being arseholes thing, I tend to agree that (now that I'm not a student) students are incredibly irritating to say the least. I do remember when I was like that once upon a time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Most people I know are at uni as they have a thirst for knowledge and want to increase it, NOT as a means to an end.I agree wholeheartedly. I went to university and gained a second-class honours in a fairly useless field, but I was into what I was studying and wanted to know more about it.Now, I work part-time behind the bar in a strip club because it's all I can get, it seems.But I'm still very glad I went to university and learned what I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I agree with Deecie to some extent.University was something that seemed like a natural progression seeing as I did pretty well at school. However, I haven't really learned much so far except how to write a suitable essay (which by definition basically seems to mean the easiest to mark). So I'm just using it to get a piece of paper pretty much, while giving me quite a lot of spare time to play guitar.And anyway there's no denying that having a degree can't hurt your chances of getting a job.On a more on-topic note, student anthems are ridiculous. Going to university/college doesn't especially affect your music taste. It's a bit like coming up with a top 50 unemployed people anthems list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djdjdj Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Top 50 Ultimate Student Anthems 20061) I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor Arctic Monkeys2) Mr Brightside The Killers3) I Predict A Riot Kaiser Chiefs4) Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand5) This Charming Man The Smiths6) Hounds Of Love The Futureheads7) Nave The Kooks8 ) Last Nite The Strokes9) Banquet Bloc Party10) Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division11) Monster The Automatic12) We Are Your Friends Justice vs Simian13) Sugar We're Going Down Fall Out Boy14) Common People Pulp15) Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana16) Helicopter Bloc Party17) Apply Some Pressure Maximo Park18 ) Don't Look Back Into The Sun The Libertines19) Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand20) House Of Jealous Lovers The Rapture21) Teenage Kicks The Undertones22) Cigarettes And Alcohol Oasis23) I Am The Resurrection Stone Roses24) Song 2 Blur25) Time For Heroes The Libertines26) Born Slippy Underworld27) Over And Over Hot Chip28 ) Decepticon Le Tigre29) Fools Gold Stone Roses30) Power Out Arcade Fire31) In The Morning Razorlight32) Insomnia Faithless33) Baywatch Theme Sunblock34) My Generation The Who35) Blue Monday New Order36) Club Foot Kasabian37) Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet38 ) Bang Bang Dirty Pretty Things39) Valerie The Zutons40) When The Sun Goes Down Arctic Monkeys41) Dreaming Of You The Coral42) Plug In Baby Muse43) All These Things I've Done The Killers44) Sweet Child O Mine Guns N Roses45) Fake Tales Of San Francisco Arctic Monkeys46) Panic The Smiths47) Just Radiohead48 ) Voodoo People Prodigy49) Alright Supergrass50) Girls And Boys BlurOuch...what a tragic state of affairs for students. I'm glad I never was one. Whatever happened to people making their own mind up about music rather than being force-fed the rubbish peddled by those mags only fit for ripping to shreds and turning into papier-mach? I mean really, when has ANYONE ever re-read a copy of the modern NME? Some of the bands are over and done with after 10 minutes and one single! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 a thirst for knowledgeNice! I challenge you to write your next post in this thread entirely using lines cribbed from the songs in the list from the first post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 And anyway there's no denying that having a degree can't hurt your chances of getting a job.It very well can if you haven't bothered to back up your knowledge with something practical - especially if you achieve a poor degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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