"I didn't want to include "best ofs" in this list it's cheating. But if I'm honest I don't know enough about the great John to recommend a specific album."
I ...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:49 (ten years ago) link
Actually, I'd have more respect for him if he said "These are the only albums I own"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:50 (ten years ago) link
Anyway, truth time:
How Many Of These Do You Own?
(you can only answer if you're a MAN mind)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:51 (ten years ago) link
(five)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:52 (ten years ago) link
hmmm, allow me to qualify what i was about to post "only owning 10 obvious churl-rock records is exactly part of that vision of masculinity i was thinking about."
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:53 (ten years ago) link
Our Amber owns the Ed Sheeran one, but she's not a MAN so it did not count. (oh, and she's not me obv)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:53 (ten years ago) link
I don't actually think it's wrong to pick a JLH compilation and if I was trying to introduce him to someone, that would be the way I'd go too. This guy is still a bellend though.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:54 (ten years ago) link
Dave Berry needs to know it's okay to not really be into music much. also didn't he put out some records in the 60s?
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:55 (ten years ago) link
I am 10% man ("Dummy").
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:55 (ten years ago) link
there's some kind of aporia happening around the whole "i need to think in terms of the album so i am ashamed to acknowledge the compilation album as an album even tho i like these songs" waltz that idiots do
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:57 (ten years ago) link
Trying to think who this other Dave Berry was but can only remember this guy instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL2t2Pu2Z44
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.cryinggame.co.uk/
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:59 (ten years ago) link
I don't actually think it's wrong to pick a JLH compilation and if I was trying to introduce him to someone, that would be the way I'd go too.
Nor do I, it was more the "I don't know anything about his albums" bit.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 10:59 (ten years ago) link
ILM needs a Mike Berry thread stat, wash away the taste of laughing at the unfortunates
Had not heard The Crying Game before, so thanks thread & NV for introducing me to it. Actually I lie cos apparently the Boy George version was used in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, but that somehow didn't make much of an impression on me.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:07 (ten years ago) link
"The Crying Game" is a fantastic record which is why they made a film about it.
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:10 (ten years ago) link
Hmm yes, I admit I have not seen that film. Only Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Maybe a big Mike Berry vs Paul Nicholas vs Dennis Waterman vs ??? poll would be the way to go, it's the ILM way
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:11 (ten years ago) link
who is the ??? though
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:12 (ten years ago) link
said this earlier on top, top social networking website Facebook but I doubt most people who think of themselves as 'serious music fans' could name a John Lee Hooker studio album. most canon blues artists are best served by compilations right?
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:13 (ten years ago) link
Paul Nicholas in a heartbeat unless we can find a serious challenger
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:14 (ten years ago) link
most canon blues artists released all their best records as singles so it has to be compilations really
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:15 (ten years ago) link
David Essex too heavyweight for the 70s Britpop throwdown?
Yeah he would walk it. Was he an actor turned singer though? Thought he was the other way round.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:17 (ten years ago) link
Oh wait, Paul Nicholas was a singer first too, so that doesn't work.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:18 (ten years ago) link
Paul Shane? If we're going down the sing-your-own-show's-theme route.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:18 (ten years ago) link
True but you would miss out on glorious stuff like Muddy Waters' Electric Mud
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:19 (ten years ago) link
Paul Shane is a good call, but then I feel you'd have to add Don Estelle and Windsor Davies and that wouldn't be a fair fight.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:22 (ten years ago) link
mirror straining for the zing:http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/move-over-dave-berry-tell-2458656
― as a chocolate salesperson (ledge), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:24 (ten years ago) link
was just pondering Don Estelle.
as i often do.
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:25 (ten years ago) link
On the plus side, new display names ahoy!
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:25 (ten years ago) link
i think of Paul Nicholas and David Essex as proper pop artists, whilst accepting they might be perceived as being a shade kitsch
― footballer of the future (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:27 (ten years ago) link
From the Mirror: Weirdly, there’s never been an album called The Very Best Of The Beatles. Probably something to do with Yoko.
No, but there's an album compiling all their No.1 singles, you complete and utter dipshit.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:47 (ten years ago) link
his byline pic is...unfortunate
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:50 (ten years ago) link
Pulp Fiction - The Motion Picture SoundtrackAn education. As a 15-year-old boy living in south east London I never expected I'd be blasting Al Green, Kool & The Gang and Neil Diamond out of my stereo.
An education: Neil Diamond is not on that album.
― Are you a horse? (onimo), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:56 (ten years ago) link
Curious about the timeline for that statement, like when did he never expect this, before he'd heard them? How could this be the case?
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
Was down to Elton John before I realised for sure that the second article was a piss-take.
― Many guys will try to get your attention by giving a manly stare (bends), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:59 (ten years ago) link
well for the first two i think he just meant black people generally xpost
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:00 (ten years ago) link
Couple of awesome lines in the Mirror riposte.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:16 (ten years ago) link
http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781449437589_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG
― wooden shjipley (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbMSUQE36us
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
Over my 10-year career I've worked on MTV, 4Music, and hosted the V, Homelands, iTunes and Isle of Wight music festivals. I've hosted radio shows on XFM and Capital FM, and like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music.
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/10/12/paulrobinson_wideweb__470x348,0.jpg
― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
The original Dave Berry has a pretty good reputation, Ray Davies wrote some songs for him in the 60s, I don't think I've ever heard him though
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
― Number None, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this kind of thing makes me want to side with Dave Berry tbph
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
A response to the responsehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10383450/Dave-Berrys-10-best-albums-a-further-thought.html
― ۩, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
Being the owner of a powerboat and speaking a little conversational French, I think it's safe to say that I understand a LITTLE BIT about the MUSIC INDUSTRYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXCwgHyAgAw
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLw45oAuD0
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot, actually (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
When Telegraph Men (the men's section of the Telegraph)
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
pretty sure most of the Telegraph's the men's section of the Telegraph tbh.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Thursday, 17 October 2013 09:16 (ten years ago) link
Oof, this is awful.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
BURN IT WITH FIRE. I wish I could un-read that.
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link