The Most Important Musical City in Europe
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this is getting to be the funniest thing i've read in ages
long live the slagging of Donny!!
Gnu Odor wrote: "All I know about Sheffield I learned from that promo at the beginning of The Full Monty."
"Sheffield really is - a city on the move"
"Sheffield really is - a f*cking sh*thole" (though long live the leadmill if its still around)
"Sheffield really is - .................."
LE Roberts wrote: What cities are The Cure and Depeche Mode from?
Well, the Cure when they were a proper band (as opposed to Robert Smith and his fleeting friends) came from Crawley - which suits the Cure's image perfectly...
Depeche Mode on the other hand are ultra proud of being from Basildon of all places (just outside London, I think). They are affectionally referred to as the Basildon boys - how gay does that sound?
When Alan Wilder left the band, DM were cited as saying they didn't get on with him because he wasn't from Basildon. I wonder why Vince left then?
most important musical city in europe? manchester. because the fall is from there. new order being from there is nice too. same joy division, which follows, and came before. smiths, yeah, moz, yeah. etc, etc. there are more. but, all in all, even if the various members of the fall were the only residents of a shack in the middle of a swamp in the sponge that is england, it would still be the m.i.m.c.i.e. easy.
as for most important musical city in the world (m.i.m.c.i.w.), it wouldn't be a city, but a region. the american southeast. from new orleans to memphis to the appalachians, where various folk musics of the world were synthesized first into jazz and the blues and country and then into rock. it is the birthplace of all things good in the 20th century.
James Thomas wrote:
Barney Army wrote: Sheffield?
"shoot that poison arrow up my arrrr...."
Rather appropriate misinterpretation of the lyrics since Martin Fry is from Manchester, gay capital of the north.
Cabaret Voltaire were rather good
Narrow minded Yorkshireman, what a suprise 
Narrow minded? Did I make the initial insinuation here?
On the contrary, I was just turning what was evidently a blindly pro Manchester, anti gay, anti Sheffield statement back on yourself. :)
So...Sheffield.....
it's the birthplace of (as far as my memory goes)
Joe Cocker Def Leppard ABC/Vice Versa Human League Heaven 17 Cabaret Voltaire Clock DVA Throbbing Gristle Pulp Dean Honer The All Seeing I I Monster... Industrial Records
and is currently home to WARP Records and formerly hip eighties label FON records
and also recently was home to the National Centre For Popular Music, which closed in 2003.
James Thomas wrote: Narrow minded? Did I make the initial insinuation here?
On the contrary, I was just turning what was evidently a blindly pro Manchester, anti gay, anti Sheffield statement back on yourself. :)
Easy Lawrence Logic...
Truely Faithless wrote: As for leeds:
The Music SpaceHog Kaiser Chiefs Mel B Robert Palmer Utah Saints Chumbbawamba Sisters of Mercy Gang of Four
Vic Reeves John Simm - Played Barney in 24hr Party People! Chris Moyles Sir James Saville
Don't forget the great Mekons.
[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: As for leeds:
Vic Reeves
Vic Reeves is from Stockon-on-Tees,Cleveland,right next to Middlesbrough, not Leeds mate ;)
[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: As for leeds:
The Music SpaceHog Kaiser Chiefs Mel B Robert Palmer Utah Saints Chumbbawamba Sisters of Mercy Gang of Four
Vic Reeves John Simm - Played Barney in 24hr Party People! Chris Moyles Sir James Saville
Don't forget the great Mekons.
Or
Soft Cell The Wedding Present
LE Roberts wrote: Where do The Police hail from? London?
Newcastle (Gordon "Don'tCallMeBernardYouSillyFook" Sumner), Blackpool (Andy Summers) and Alexandria, Virginia, USA (Stewart Copeland).
NO Fan wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: More Donny facts! Famous Folk:
Jive Bunny.
I knew I hated Doncaster for some reason...
carol vorderman's from doncaster. surely, that must redeem the city?
fun fact about stewart copeland (above post): although he was born in virginia he was raised in beirut.
Taboo # 7 wrote: I hear there's a great polka-techno scene coming out of Kiev........I'm shitting you :D
I think Manchester has a pretty good claim on that title (Liverpool only gave us the Beatles, and not a whole lot else)
er & the hollies, the la's, the bunnymen, teardrop explodes, the icicle works, the coral etc etc
I think wer'e confusing our favourite city with the most important city... if it's favourite, of course it's Manchester. But if we're talking about the most important I think it's obvious it's London. Almost everything happens in London. Many of the most important bands and artists in music history are not from London, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan, from Joy Division to Nirvana, but when they get huge in London (and usually when the NME starts to build the hype), that's when things really begin to work for that band...
Mick Aneworderfan wrote: I think wer'e confusing our favourite city with the most important city... if it's favourite, of course it's Manchester. But if we're talking about the most important I think it's obvious it's London. Almost everything happens in London. Many of the most important bands and artists in music history are not from London, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan, from Joy Division to Nirvana, but when they get huge in London (and usually when the NME starts to build the hype), that's when things really begin to work for that band...
London??? my Arse
up north is where it all happens!
surely canada is doing rather well at the moment with new bands. & no, not bryan adams, or celine dion. i'm talking about bands like the arcade fire, all the gybe spin offs, the dears, the new pornographers, the unicorns
fun fact about stewart copeland (above post): although he was born in virginia he was raised in beirut.
isn't wythenshawe twinned with beirut?
AgentWood wrote:
NO Fan wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: More Donny facts! Famous Folk:
Jive Bunny.
I knew I hated Doncaster for some reason...
carol vorderman's from doncaster. surely, that must redeem the city?
fun fact about stewart copeland (above post): although he was born in virginia he was raised in beirut.
Carol Vorderman's Welsh innit?
i'm talking about bands like the arcade fire, all the gybe spin offs, the dears, the new pornographers, the unicorns
The Stills! 
hibster wrote:
Taboo # 7 wrote: I hear there's a great polka-techno scene coming out of Kiev........I'm shitting you :D
I think Manchester has a pretty good claim on that title (Liverpool only gave us the Beatles, and not a whole lot else)
er & the hollies, the la's, the bunnymen, teardrop explodes, the icicle works, the coral etc etc
I think The Hollies were Mancs. Liverpool has been repsonsible for more no.1 singles than any other city.
NO Fan wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: More Donny facts! Famous Folk:
Jive Bunny.
I knew I hated Doncaster for some reason...
Well said
NO Fan wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: More Donny facts! Famous Folk:
Jive Bunny.
I knew I hated Doncaster for some reason...
Well said
Hank Wiseass© wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
NO Fan wrote:
Truely Faithless wrote: More Donny facts! Famous Folk:
Jive Bunny.
I knew I hated Doncaster for some reason...
carol vorderman's from doncaster. surely, that must redeem the city?
fun fact about stewart copeland (above post): although he was born in virginia he was raised in beirut.
Carol Vorderman's Welsh innit?
true, she was raised in rhyl...but i swear she said on countdown that she was living in doncaster during the filming of the show! (unless it was a bad joke?)
