1. Royal Blood – Trouble’s Coming
2. Bruce Springsteen – Ghosts
3. Kylie Minogue – Magic
4. Declan McKenna – Be An Astronaut
5. Dermot Kennedy – Giants
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THE FRIDAY FIVE – 7.6.2019
1. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
2. Liam Gallagher – Shockwave
3. Lewis Capaldi – Grace
4. Feeder – Save Us
5. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Rattling Rose
So, are you all excited? Tonight is The Story Of 1988 on BBC Four. So, to get you in the mood ahead of that and the next year of Top Of The Pops repeats, here’s a chart for you.
FIVE SONGS FROM 1988
1. Jane Weidlin – Rush Hour
2. U2 – Angel Of Harlem
3. Ofra Haza – Im Nin Alu
4. Desireless – Voyage Voyage
5. Kylie Minogue – I Should Be Lucky
It appears that yesterday was Sweden’s National Day. I only found out after their promotional bus was packing up outside Belfast City Hall. So here’s some Swedish songs for you
FIVE SONGS BY SWEDISH ACTS
1. Europe – The Final Countdown
2. Roxette – Joyride
3. The Cardigans – Lovefool
4. Ace Of Base – The Sign
5. Emilia – Big Big World
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 25.1.2019
1. Rose Elinor Dougall – First Sign
2. Keuning – Boat Accident
3. Ryan Adams – Manchester
4. The Vaccines – All My Friends Are Falling In Love
5. Circa Waves – Movies
This weekend is Australia Day. So, as is tradition on this blog, here’s an Australian chart for you.
FIVE SONGS BY AUSTRALIAN ACTS
1. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
2. INXS – Baby Don’t Cry
3. Steffan Dennis – Don’t It Make You Feel Good?
4. Kylie Minogue – I Believe In You
5. Holly Valance – State Of Mind
THE SOUND OF 2018
Better late than never, I decided to wait until the first day of 2019 to post my favourite songs of 2018.
It would have been a shame not to continue the tradition of this award* (*Disclaimer, no actual trophy) that goes all the way back to 2006.
I cobbled this up after browsing through my Friday Fives from 2018 with absolutely no scientific methodology whatsoever. So, here it is, the Top 50 Songs Of 2018.
1. Loveleytheband – Broken
2. Alice Merton – No Roots
3. Kyle Falconer – Family Tree
4. Rasmussen – Higher Ground
5. AJR ft Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up
6. Mumford and Sons – Guiding Light
7. Pale Waves – Eighteen
8. Jade Bird – Uh Huh
9. Kyle Falconer – Poor Me
10. Richard Ashcroft – That’s When I Feel It
11. George Ezra – Shotgun
12. Kylie Minogue – Dancing
13. Tom Grennan- Sober
14. Chvrches – Graffiti
15. Kyle Falconer – Kelly
16. Rudimental – These Days
17. Manic Street Preachers – Hold Me Like A Heaven
18. The Coral – Reaching Out For A Friend
19. Portugal, The Man – Feel It Still
20. Snow Patrol – Don’t Give In
21. Sam Fender – That Sound
22. Madame Monsieur – Mercy
23. James – Coming Home (Part II)
24. Manic Street Preachers – Distant Colours
25. Blossoms – I Can’t Stand It
26. Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend
27. Kylie Minogue – Stop Me From Falling
28. Snow Patrol – Empress
29. Dennis Lloyd – Nevermind
30. The Kooks – Four Leaf Clover
31. Blossoms – There’s A Reason Why
32. APRE – All Yours
33. Ash – Annabel
34. Pound Shop Boys – Fireman Sam
35. Editors – Cold
36. Vampire Weekend ft Danielle Haim – Sone Of A Preacher Man
37. Weezer – Africa
38. Natalie Prass – Short Court Style
39. Hozier – Nina Cried Power
40. Sleeper – Look AtYou Now
41. Turin Brakes – Lifeforms
42. Arctic Monkeys – Four Out Of Five
43. Yonaka – Creature
44. Florence and the Machine – Hunger
45. Courtney Barrett – Nameless Faceless
46. Weezer – Roseanna
47. Ten Tonnes – G.I.V.E
48. Razorlight – Carry Yourself
49. Ash – Confessions In ThePool
50. Aurora – Queendom
So, congratulations to Loveleytheband on winning this year’s poll.
If you haven’t heard it, the video is below.
They join an illustrious list of former winners, listed below.
2017 Liam Gallagher – For What It’s Worth
2016 The Strumbellas – Spirits
2015 Blossoms – Charlemagne
2014 Jamie T – Zombie
2013 Haim – The Wire
2012 Taylor Swift – We Are Never Getting Back Together
2011 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA … What A Life
2010 Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain
2009 Little Boots – New In Town
2008 Sons and Daughters – Darling
2007 Feist – 1, 2, 3, 4
2006 Kasabian – Empire
MAGAZINE ARCHIVE : SMASH HITS – 10.2.1988
In answer to their question, appearing on the cover of Smash Hits is probably a good sign that Bros are famous. They found being on the cover of Smash Hits to be weird, having read the magazine at school.
As you open the magazine, there is a poster of Morrissey.
In competitions, you could win an Eddie Cochran single and a Levi’s T-shirt, or you could try to win an AC/DC satchel. Larry Mullan Jnr is interviewed, where he reveals people ask him to hold their umbrella for them while they got Bono’s autograph.
The American and Australian versions of Smash Hits had their Readers Polls, with the results being published. Duran Duran were popular in America, while Australian acts were unsurprisingly popular in Australia.
There is a profile of American star Taylor Dayne, riding high in the charts with Tell It To My Heart.
Kylie Minogue gets a poster an and interview, where she reveals she doesn’t like her teeth.
Debbie Gibson gets a double page interview, where she offers readers a guide to America.
In tours, you could see Pink Floyd, Robert Plant or Erasure if you wished.
Beastie Boys get a double page interview, where they say they want to start a Heavy Metal TV channel.
The Bangles get interviewed where Susanna reveals that her favourite music is Terence Trent D’Arby, Peter Gabriel and Rolling Stones.
Patsy Kensit reviews new singles, giving her favourite to Sting, and admitting to liking early Echo and the Bunnymen, but not knowing who The Doors were.
In concerts, Tiffany gets reviewed as she tours UK shopping centres.
The magazine ends with a double page interview with cover stars Bros.
MAGAZINE ARCHIVE : SMASH HITS – 27.1.1988
We go back to early 1988, when American teen star Tiffany is the cover star of Smash Hits, having just had a massive hit with I Think We’re Alone Now.
As you open the magazine, there is a poster of Eddie Kidd, famous as a Stuntman but is also launching a singing career.
In news, Pet Shop Boys have recorded a song with Patsy Kensit, and Roger Taylor has launched a career as a singer with a band called The Cross, and is interviewed.
Cher gets a full page dedicated to her, looking at her fashion over the previous twenty years.
A-Ha announced they were going on a UK tour, beginning at Shepton Mallet Showering Pavillion and George Michael is doing a tour which includes two nights in Belfast.
Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers is interviewed, while Smash Hits reports than a Soap actress called Kylie Minogue has recorded a song called I Should Be So Lucky which was described as “Quite good”, to their surprise.
The Housemartins also announced their split this week.
Bros get interviewed, with Craig revealing his first concert was AC/DC.
Michael Hutchence gets a double page profile, billed as “The most fanciable creation in the history of the universe?”
Also being interviewed is Dollar, with David and Thereza being asked questions about each other.
Tiffany gets a three page interview where she reveals he prefers Sindy over Barbie, and that boys at school called her “Whiffany”
In singles reviews, The Bangles cover of Hazy Shade Of Winter was the best single of the fortnight.
As the magazine ends, there is a double page interview with Bananarama where they, like Dollar, were asked questions about each other.
MAGAZINE ARCHIVE : SMASH HITS – 19.4.1989
Wendy James of Transvision Vamp is the cover star of Smash Hits, having broken into the charts during 1989.
As you open the magazine, there is a poster of Fleetwood Mac and Rolling Stones haters The Reynolds Girls.
Smash Hits asks various pop stars if they are O-Zone friendly. Simon Le Bon states that the situation is “Bloody frightening”.
A Spokesperson for Prince Charles says he has given up using O-Zone damaging products.
Jim Kerr of Simple Minds will be hosting a show on Radio 1 about ecological concerns. There is also a cut out letter to send to lobby the Minister for the Environment.
Nathan Moore of Brother Beyond is subject to a questionnaire asking if he is a thug or a weed, with the result putting him in the middle.
There was a token for readers to get free badges – Kylie Minogue, Yazz, Rick Astley and Michael Jackson.
Smash Hits previews Madonna’s new album with a poster and an interview. The interview isn’t with Madonna, but the Songwriters she worked with on the album.
As well as hosting a show on Radio 1, Jim Kerr and his band Simple Minds have a new single out, This Is You Land, which gets the Lyrics Poster treatment.
Cover star Wendy James gets a two page interview, with the headline asking if she is the new Kylie Minogue, revealing that she was suspended from school for knocking over chairs in assembley.
Holly Johnson is the Singles Reviewer, wanting to sit on the fence for songs he doesn’t like such as Texas, Kylie Minogue and Cher. He awarded Best Single to I’m Every Woman by Chaka Khan.
There is a feature on Duran Duran, as they try to regain their status as biggest band in the world.
The magazine ends with a poster of The Bangles.
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 8.6.2018
1. The Kooks – No Pressure
2. Johnny Marr – Hi Hello
3. Courtney Barrett – Nameless Faceless
4. Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend
5. Aurora – Queendom
And now, the first of many apologies.
Apologies for not having a Friday Five last week, I was too busy doing blogs from Biggest Weekend.
The last time I did a Friday Five, I totally forgot that it was Her Majesty Kylie Minogue’s 50th birthday.
Belatedly, he’s a chart to celebrate Kylie’s half century on earth.
FIVE SONGS BY KYLIE MINOGUE
1. I Believe In You
2. Better Than Today
3. I Should Be So Lucky
4. 2 Hearts
5. Some Kind Of Bliss
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but the World Cup starts. So here, is a series of musical charts based on the groups. You may notice that some acts are appearing under FIFA’s nationality rules.
SONGS BY ARTISTS FROM COUNTRIES IN GROUPS A-B
1. Tatu – All The Things She Said
2. Enrique Iglesias – Do You Know?
3. Nelly Furtado – Maneater
4. Tatu – All About Us
5. Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
SONGS BY ARTISTS FROM COUNTRIES IN GROUPS C-D
1. Alphabeat – Boyfriend
2. Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
3. Desireless – Voyage Voyage
4. Steffan Dennis – Don’t It Make You Feel Good
5. Daft Punk – Robot Rock
SONGS BY ARTISTS FROM COUNTRIES IN GROUPS E-F
1. Yello – Oh Yeah
2. Ace Of Base – The Sign
3. Freiheit – Keeping The Dream Alive
4. Modern Talking – Brother Louie
5. Emilia – Big Big World
SONGS BY ARTISTS FROM COUNTRIES IN GROUPS G-H
1. Glenn and Chris – Diamond Lights
2. Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know
3. FR David – Words
4. The 5678s – Woo Hoo
5. Shakira – Underneath Your Clothes
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 23.3.2018
1. Frank Turner – Blackout
2. Manic Street Preachers – Distant Colours
3. Kylie Minogue – Stop Me From Falling
4. George Ezra – Paradise
5. The Killers – Wonderwall
Firstly, an apology for there being no Friday Five. I was either busy or lazy, depending on how you look at it, and didn’t get a chance to do one.
That meant I didn’t get to do a St Patrick’s Day chart for you. So, either 1 week late or 51 weeks early, here’s some St Patrick’s Day charts for you.
FIVE SONGS BY ACTS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND
1. The Adventures – Broken Land
2. Brianna Corrigan – Hold Me Now
3. Baltimora – Tarzan Boy
4. Relish – Rainbow Zephyr
5. Snow Patrol – How To Be Dead
FIVE SONGS BY ACTS FROM REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
1. Phil Lynott – Yellow Pearl
2. U2 – The Fly
3. The Strypes – Get Into It
4. Sinead Lohan – Whatever It Takes
5. Kodaline – I’m Ready
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 23.2.2018
1. Muse – Contagion
2. Hookworms – Static Resistance
3. Paramore – Rose Coloured Boy
4. Kylie Minogue – Dancing
5. Tom Grennan – Sober
A lot of gig news this week. Where to start?
George Ezra for CHSQ. Not that surprising after he left Belfast out of his upcoming tour. Might pop along to that.
Reef will be playing their one song at Holywood Rugby Club. Genuinely.
Noel Gallagher is playing Edinburgh Castle in the Summer, but not during the Festival in August, so I won’t be going to that.
Next Thursday, is St David’s Day. So, for all my Welsh readers, here’s a chart for you to celebrate. Stay tuned in three weeks when i’ll be going to see Stereophonics, and then in May when I go to see Manic Street Preachers.
FIVE SONGS by WELSH ACTS
1. Stereophonics – Dakota
2. Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever
3. Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
4. Jem – It’s Amazing
5. Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
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