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  • Saint Etienne: "Smash The System". A brand new, massive 34-track double cd best of compilation with all the best this band had to offer throughout the '90's. Put together, it's amazing they didn't sell more than they did. I guess they were just a little bit too experimental and kitch for the mainstream charts. But if you consider yourself a fan of great pop music, there's no way around this band. And this compilation offers a great place to start.
  • Gorillaz: "19-2000". They've been in the charts for a while now but I haven't really thought too much of them so far. I definitely see their qualities but I've missed truly great melodies in their music. Until this brilliant song came along. It may not be immediately approachable but once it sticks in your head it stays there for weeks. A brilliant pop song! And far better than what Blur have had to offer lately...
  • Baby Bird: "Dying Happy". Strange 1997 solo album from the singer of pop band Babybird. The album mainly consist of moods and atmospheres rather than actual songs but in the hours of the night this music sets an incredible scene for soul searching or just simply getting pissed all by yourself.
  • Elton John getting back to the way he sounded in the '70's. It's still a fact that the man has been in the business a least five years too long but seeing him going back to when he was actually pretty good is a positive development.
  • The Charlatans and Gay Dad. New music from two British rock bands with a sexual and funky twist to their music. Forget Oasis and Blur - this is the way forward!

Notlist

  • I wasn't going to mention he tragedy on September 11th. However, when it comes to music and entertainment, I find it rather unnecessary that US radio stations (and Danish radio as well) have chosen to blacklist a long list of songs simply because they are "inappropriate" to be played on the radio. People ought to be clever enough to separate things and when you look at the list of songs it's hard to find any reason for most of them. A few examples: Elton John: "Rocket Man", Bangles: "Walk Like An Egyptian", Beatles: "A Day In The Life", U2: "Sunday Bloody Sunday", Kansas: "Dust In The Wind". Danish radio also: Leonard Cohen: "First We Take Manhattan", Roxette: "Crash Boom Bang", Randy Crawford: "One Day I'll Fly Away". Anyway, take a look at the list below and judge for yourself...

    The complete list of songs (source: Launch.com):

    AC/DC: "Shot Down In Flames," "Shoot To Thrill," "Dirty Deeds," "Highway To Hell," "Safe In New York City," "TNT," "Hell's Bells"
    Ad Libs, "The Boy From New York City"
    Alice In Chains, "Rooster," "Sea Of Sorrow," "Down In A Hole," "Them Bone"
    Alien Ant Farm, "Smooth Criminal"
    Animals, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
    Louis Armstrong, "What A Wonderful World"
    Bangles, "Walk Like An Egyptian"
    Barenaked Ladies, "Falling For The First Time"
    Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me"
    Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot," "Sabotage"
    Beatles, "A Day In The Life," "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "Ticket To Ride," "Obla Di, Obla Da"
    Pat Benatar, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Love Is A Battlefield"
    Black Sabbath, "War Pigs," "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath," "Suicide Solution"
    Blood, Sweat & Tears, "And When I Die", "Burnin' For You", "Smokin"
    Brooklyn Bridge, "Worst That Could Happen"
    Arthur Brown, "Fire"
    Jackson Browne, "Doctor My Eyes"
    Bush, "Speed Kills"
    Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her"
    Dave Clark Five, "Bits And Pieces"
    Petula Clark, "A Sign Of The Times"
    The Clash, "Rock The Casbah"
    Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"
    Sam Cooke, "Wonder World"
    Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Travelin' Band"
    Cult, "Fire Woman"
    Bobby Darin, "Mack The Knife"
    Skeeter Davis, "End Of The World"
    Neil Diamond, "America"
    Dio, "Holy Diver"
    Doors, "The End"
    Drifters, "On Broadway", "Bodies"
    Bob Dylan, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
    Everclear, "Santa Monica"
    Shelly Fabares, "Johnny Angel"
    Filter, "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
    Foo Fighters, "Learn To Fly"; Fuel, "Bad Day"
    Peter Gabriel, "When You're Falling"
    Gap Band, "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
    Godsmack, "Bad Religion"
    Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit In The Sky"
    Green Day, "Brain Stew"
    Guns N' Roses, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
    Happenings, "See You In September"
    Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe"
    Herman's Hermits, "Wonder World"
    Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
    Buddy Holly & the Crickets, "That'll Be The Day"
    Jan & Dean, "Dead Man's Curve"
    Billy Joel, "Only The Good Die Young"
    Elton John, "Benny & The Jets," "Daniel," "Rocket Man"
    Judas Priest, "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
    Kansas, "Dust In The Wind"
    Carole King, "I Feel The Earth Move"
    Korn, "Falling Away From Me"
    Lenny Kravitz, "Fly Away"
    Led Zeppelin, "Stairway To Heaven"
    John Lennon, "Imagine"
    Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls Of Fire"
    Limp Bizkit, "Break Stuff"
    Local H, "Bound For The Floor"
    Los Bravos, "Black Is Black"
    Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Tuesday's Gone"
    Dave Matthews Band, "Crash Into Me"
    Paul McCartney & Wings, "Live And Let Die"
    Barry McGuire, "Eve Of Destruction"
    Don McLean, "American Pie"
    Steve Miller, "Jet Airliner"
    Megadeth, "Dread And The Fugitive," "Sweating Bullets"
    John Mellencamp, "Crumbling Down," "I'm On Fire"
    Martha & the Vandellas, "Nowhere To Run," "Dancing In The Streets"
    Metallica, "Seek And Destroy," "Harvester Or Sorrow," "Enter Sandman," "Fade To Black"
    Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"
    Mudvayne, "Death Blooms"
    Rick Nelson, "Travelin' Man"
    Nena, "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons"
    Nine Inch Nails, "Head Like A Hole"
    Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party"
    Paper Lace, "The Night Chicago Died"
    John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire"
    Peter & Gordon, "I Go To Pieces," "A World Without Love"
    Peter, Paul, & Mary, "Blowin' In The Wind," "Leavin' On A Jet Plane"
    Tom Petty, "Free Fallin'"
    Pink Floyd, "Run Like Hell," "Mother"
    P.O.D., "Boom"
    Elvis Presley, "(You're The) Devil In Disguise"
    Pretenders, "My City Was Gone"
    Queen, "Another One Bites The Dust," "Killer Queen"
    Rage Against The Machine, all songs
    Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Aeroplane," "Under The Bridge"
    R.E.M., "It's The End Of The World As We Know It"
    Rolling Stones, "Ruby Tuesday"
    Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, "Devil With The Blue Dress"
    Saliva, "Click Click Boom"
    Santana, "Evil Ways"
    Savage Garden, "Crash And Burn"
    Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
    Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York"
    Slipknot, "Left Behind," "Wait And Bleed"
    Smashing Pumpkins, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
    Soundgarden, "Blow Up The Outside World," "Fell On Black Days," "Black Hole Sun"
    Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire," "Goin' Down," "War"
    Edwin Starr, "War"
    Steam, "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey"
    Cat Stevens, "Peace Train," "Morning Has Broken"
    Stone Temple Pilots, "Big Bang Baby," "Dead And Bloated"
    Sugar Ray, "Fly"; Surfaris, "Wipeout"
    System Of A Down, "Chop Suey!"
    Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House"
    James Taylor, "Fire And Rain"
    Temple Of The Dog, "Say Hello To Heaven"
    Third Eye Blind, "Jumper"
    Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again"
    3 Doors Down, "Duck and Run"
    311, "Down"
    Tool, "Intolerance"; Tramps, "Disco Inferno"
    U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
    Van Halen, "Jump," "Dancing In The Streets"
    J. Frank Wilson, "Last Kiss"
    Yager & Evans, "In The Year 2525"
    Youngbloods, "Get Together"
    Zombies, "She's Not There."

  • Simple Minds: "Neon Lights". They are already very much in the autumn of their career and making an album full of cover versions is not the way to turn this around. I was hoping for a new Simple Minds album instead so I'm a bit disappointed.
  • Michael Jackson anno 2001. That he's still being hailed as the king of pop is simply ridiculous. The man hasn't renewed himself and still sounds like he did ten years ago. The royal title as king taken into consideration that's rather disappointing and should make his throne crumble. Furthermore, the fact that Danish television finds the release of the video for "You Rock My World" important enough to show parts of it on the news is also totally out of proportion. As far as pop music goes, you can do much better.
  • Britpop 1998-2001. Looking back, it's really overwhelming to think about the number of bands imitating the sound of the really big britpop era of 1994-1997. The last three years really spawned an incredible amount of has-beens even before their career started. It's a shame that whenever a certain sound or genre becomes successful, it has to be milked and draged on for years after its death.
  • Posh & Becks (alias Victoria and David Beckham) reacting very seriously to how the British media are stalking them and looking for even the smallest thing to write about. My guess is that if they would just lighten up and take more of it with a smile things wouldn't be as bad. They should just realise that people are envious bastards and move on! The worst thing you can do with the British media is letting them get to you. That's when the real trouble begins. Taking the piss has always been a fairly steady strategy when it comes to public life.


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