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[bunnyben]

hi, i am making a comp cd of the best of english music for a freind from austraila and was wondering if people could recomend their best band and song from each decade

eg

60s- the kinks
70s- joy div
80s- bunnymen
90s- oasis
00s- richard hawley

cheers guys- any english rap/classical/jazz would also be apreicated and am i right in thinking belle and sebastian are english? (they seem so obviously so they probably aren't) merci

[runcible]

60s - Beatles/Stones (can't choose) - 'I Feel Fine'/'She's A Rainbow'
70s - Led Zeppelin - 'In The Light'
80s - Spacemen 3 - 'Walkin With Jesus'
90's - Spiritualized - 'Shine A Light'
00's - The Heads - 'Fuego'

Fairly easy - the songs could change on occasion though.

[twentysixdollars]

Performers:
60s - Beatles, obviously.
70s - Van Morrison (actually Northern Irish but in the late 70s based in England)
80s - Spacemen 3
90s - Verve
00s - ??????

Songs?
60s - The Who - "The Kids Are Alright"
70s - Brian Eno - "St. Elmo's Fire"
80s - Jesus & Mary Chain - "Some Candy Talking"
90s - Pulp - "Disco 2000"
00s - Spiritualized - "Power and the Glory"

[Zenchan]

Belle and Sebastian are Scottish

[spzretent]

60s: Beatles- Tomorrow Never Knows
70s: Stones- I Just Want To See His Face
80s: House Of Love- Destroy The Heart
90s: Verve- Bittersweet Symphony
00s: Peoples Revolutionary Choir- Breeze That Blows

[noOne]

Performers:

80s - Jesus & Mary Chain - "Some Candy Talking"

Scottish

[toomilk]

1680s: Henry Purcell - Conclusion of Act 3 from Dido & Aeneas .

[twentysixdollars]

Performers:

80s - Jesus & Mary Chain - "Some Candy Talking"

Scottish

Oops. Withdrawn.

[MODLAB]

1680s: Henry Purcell - Conclusion of Act 3 from Dido & Aeneas .

that is actually fantastic. any others enjoy classical?


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[Stuart X.Hunter]

hi, i am making a comp cd of the best of english music for a freind from austraila and was wondering if people could recomend their best band and song from each decade

Hmm, kinda broad/vague ben. I'm not sure if you're trying to encapsulate English music (or the essence of) over the decades or you are perhaps giving an introduction. I'd presume the former as I'm sure at least some part of English culture will have crossed the waters.

'60s - Dusty Springfield - "I just don't know what to do with myself" (bacharach and david penned)
'70s - David Bowie - "Heroes" (alt. Philip Glass "Heroes" remix by aphex twin)
'80s - New Order - "Temptation" (12" version and not to be confused with Heaven 17 version)
'90s - Massive Attack - "Weather Storm" (Craig Armstrong version)
'00s - Gravenhurst - "See my friends" (written by Ray Davies)

Idea behind these 5 tracks is that you can dig a bit with them...you can wander through the whole spectrum of english music by using the names here...could be fun...could be dull;

From Dusty you get a kinda torch song...reminiscent of the 50's buzz with an american tinge, bacharach/david influences on English artists (st. etienne and oldfield of note) and a picture of burt appears on an Oasis LP, Bowie to Eno to AFX kinda introduces the broad spectrum of avantgarde and electronica, New Order/Joy Division, miserable manchester, escape, the bands/the times etc etc, Massive Attack includes hip-hop, soul, jazz and electronica with classical arranegemnt by Armstrong, Gravenhurst is from the folk aspect with a 60's "legend" penning the words....you could wander round n round as you desire or you could just have 5 good tunes to listen too.

I guess it's just up to what you want to say, really but I'd ditch the Beatles, Stones, Zep, Floyd, Spacemen, Spiritualized stuff IMO as there are more subtle ways to get psychedelia, folk, avantgarde, electronica etc across
Good luck and if you need any cut/paste or "treats" I'm happy to help you out.

Cheers

[bunnyben]

1680s: Henry Purcell - Conclusion of Act 3 from Dido & Aeneas .

can you be more specific of which track in particualr- the one that i have been looking at range from 26-44 tracks without the acts being highlighted- each track with it's own name/description, cheers

good work so far, thanks guys, keep it up!

[toomilk]

1680s: Henry Purcell - Conclusion of Act 3 from Dido & Aeneas .

can you be more specific of which track in particualr- the one that i have been looking at range from 26-44 tracks without the acts being highlighted- each track with it's own name/description, cheers

I believe it is called "With drooping wings ye Cupids come".

[bunnyben]

1680s: Henry Purcell - Conclusion of Act 3 from Dido & Aeneas .

can you be more specific of which track in particualr- the one that i have been looking at range from 26-44 tracks without the acts being highlighted- each track with it's own name/description, cheers

I believe it is called "With drooping wings ye Cupids come".

wonderful! i was going to included that for the name alone! thank you!