My Top Ten for the Year that Was

"Agree to differ" what have you done with the real veloceraptor

well huntsman, there`s no point arguing music with a faithless fan.

1. Get Ready - New Order
2. Last Night I dreamt Somebody Loved Me - Low
3. Sigur Ros
4. Gorillaz
5. Mullholland Dr.
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Psychedelic Furs Double Bill
7. That Potter kid
8. Trembling Blue Stars - the new one I forget its title
9. English Beat - Beat This greatest hits
10. Pet Shop Boys re-releases, specifically Please and Actually

Just my thoughts

Originally posted by velocity girl well huntsman, there`s no point arguing music with a faithless fan.

Or a lighthouse family fan

cant say ive ever argued over music with a lighthouse family fan either.

shimmin aren`t you taking your huntsman hero worship a bit far?

Originally posted by velocity girl cant say ive ever argued over music with a lighthouse family fan either.

well you obviously like their sound so why would you?

cant say ive ever paid any attention to them; i like subtlety not muzak..i don`t suppose a faithless fan would know much about subtlety :P

Originally posted by velocity girl cant say ive ever paid any attention to them; i like subtlety not muzak..i don`t suppose a faithless fan would know much about subtlety :P

VG I don't want to sound all anal and stuff, but it's well worth having a listen to some of their less obvious stuff..i.e non-singles. I'm less a fan of their big cheesey trancers (of which they do 2 an album) than the more considered rap tracks..ie. Bring my family back, Reverence and Muhammed Ali

uggghhh! contemplative, new age, self help, ambient rap bollox courtesy of maxi! just another reason to hate faithless if u ask me. considering evry other person between the ages of 16 and 25 seems to be into faithless, theres no getting away from their music for me im afraid.

New age, Self help? Thats what NME would probably say. Not really listened to the lyrics have you?

Plaid, Roots Manuva, Two lone Swordsmen --- all great choices, I wish I had a better memory. Faithless is 21st Century pop music. Nothing more, nothing less. I did like the song about the baseball hat on the first album but they are in the same league as Madonna, Kylie, Brittney, NSync etc...

no matter how much you try to block something out relentless exposure to it, unfortunately means that whether you like it or not it will seep into your consciousness. 2months spent working in a boutique managed by a faithless obsessive has left me with an unwanted familiarity with them. So correct me if Im wrong(and let me assure its not a proud moment for me, quoting faithless lyrics) but "muhammed ali" sounds a helluva lot like a self- help song to me. And I quote "your achievements beyond belief from the belly of the beast rises like yeast. You are my relief from low self esteem…". And what about "the liontamer"? the lyrics are new agey style, get-in-touch-with-yourself pseudo-spiritual guff. This may be what you look for in music but not me, mate. Once again, how does it go "if you have a thing in the centre of your life that lacks power to nourish it will poison and destroy all that u are.." or something along those lines. And the first track on the album had some "peace in your soul" type nonsense, cant remember too well…and theres 2 more albums worth of this oh so spiritual, contemplative clap trap.Is this stuff meant to be profound and thought provoking? Well if it is, I dont get it and all you maxi disciples are welcome to it. I agree with brian its only pop music and as meaningless(to me at least) as any other pop act. So now lets agree to differ, horses for courses and all that.

Originally posted by velocity girl shimmin aren`t you taking your huntsman hero worship a bit far?

That's more like it Ms.Raptor P.S. fooled ya!!!

Originally posted by velocity girl And I quote "your achievements beyond belief from the belly of the beast rises like yeast. You are my relief from low self esteem…".

Is that Self Help? Not really IMO - just sounds like his whinging about being hard done by - but sod it - crap argument, I'm not exactly a mega fan anyway. Tell me you support Liverpool FC and argue about that instead. Just to piss everyone else off.

Well here's my list then (well, a dozen anyway):

1. STEREOLAB - Sound-Dust
2. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Rings Around The World
3. THE DAMAGE MANUAL - The Damage Manual
4. AVALANCHES - Since I Left You
5. RADIOHEAD - Amnesiac
6. SPIRITUALIZED - Let It Come Down
7. ASH - Free All Angels
8. SAINT ETIENNE - Smash The System
9. NEW ORDER - Get Ready
10. MERCURY REV - All Is Dream
11. BIRDIE - Triple Echo
12. RIALTO - Girl On A Train

Actually didn't buy that many LPs this year - quite amazing really - due to the amount of shit we've been subjected to this time round. 2001? Not a good year for records all told ...... So much for the fucking millennium hype then.