You get these words wrong, I just smile...

Well, NO NO in the VH1 top 100 lyric poll, which is a travesty to say the least...

The complete list:

http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtvuk/news/article.jhtml;jsessionid=BCIHOVVYJEGSZQFIAIHSFE4AVABBAIV0?articleId=65133529

Although some saner people chipped in their views to the BBC's have your say:

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/search.jspa?objID=f923&q=new+order&edition=1&ttl=20060419115431

The top five lyrics in the VH1 poll were:

1. U2 - One. "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers."

2. The Smiths - How Soon is Now? "So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die."

3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit. "I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us."

4. Bob Marley - Redemption Song. "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds, have no fear for atomic energy, 'cause none of them can stop the time."

5. Coldplay - Yellow. "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you."

REF:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4915848.stm

No doubt the inclusion of Coldplay and U2 will irk many a NOOLer... but were people really voting for the lyric... or the song...?

P.S. Which NO songs would you have liked to have seen in here?

I am still puzzled as to how U2 is #1.

Craig W wrote:

5. Coldplay - Yellow. "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you."

What a load of rubbish - how is this nursery rhyme the 5th best lyric ever?

You know I've met a lot of cool chicks But I've never met a girl with all her own teeth That's why I love you babe

Now that's more like it.

i really don't know what the big deal is. us in the rest of the world have a long time ago. come to the realisation that JD/NO is our secret. another crap poll won't change that.

If you believe in VH1 polls you might as well believe in fairies.

NOOLigan wrote: i don't really know what the big deal is. us in the rest of the world have a long time ago. come to the realisation that JD/NO is our secret. another crap poll won't change that.

Well said, Ron...

Ooops!

Didn't read the list properly... see number 30!

1. U2 – One
2. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now
3. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
4. Bob Marley – Redemption Song
5. Coldplay – Yellow
6. Eminem – Lose Yourself
7. Robbie Williams – Angels
8. The Who – My Generation
9. Radiohead – Creep
10. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
11. U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
12. Abba - The Winner Takes It All
13. The Kinds – Waterloo Sunset
14. Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall
15. Tupac ft Snoop – California Love
16. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
17. Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
18. Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict A Riot
19. David Bowie – Heroes
20. The Police – Every Breath You Take
21. REM – Everybody Hurts
22. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
23. Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
24. The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York
25. Elton John – Candle In The Wind
26. The Streets – Fit But You Know It
27. The Smiths – There Is A Light
28. The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
29. The Jam – That’s Entertainment 30) Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
30. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
31. Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line
32. The Beatles – A Day In The Life
33. Eminem – Stan
34. Damien Rice – Cannonball
35. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
36. The Smiths – This Charming Man
37. Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto
38. U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
39. The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
40. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
41. Radiohead – Karma Police
42. Carole King – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
43. The Beatles – Yesterday
44. The Killers – All These Things That I Have Done
45. Jay Z – 99 Problems
46. David Bowie – Space Oddity
47. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
48. Stevie Wonder – Livin For The City
49. Stone Roses – I Am The Resurrection
50. The Rolling Stones – Jumpin Jack Flash
51. The Clash – London Calling
52. Elvis Costello/Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding
53. White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
54. Cat Stevens – Father And Son
55. Snoop Dogg – Gin And Juice
56. James Brown – It’s A Man’s World
57. The Monkees – I’m A Believer
58. The Prodigy – Firestarter
59. George Michael – Freedom 90
60. Madness – Our House
61. Radiohead – Paranoid Android
62. The Kinks – Lola
63. Simply Red/Cole Porter – Every Time We Say Goodbye
64. Outkast – Hey Ya
65. Blur – Parklife
66. Public Enemy – Fight The Power
67. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
68. Robbie Williams – Feel
69. Missy Elliott – Ger Ur Freak On
70. The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
71. Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
72. Iggy Pop – The Passenger
73. T Rex – Children Of The Revolution
74. Underworld – Born Slippy
75. The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
76. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
77. Bill Withers – Lean On Me
78. Grandmaster Flash – The Message
79. Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro
80. The Beatles – Hey Jude
81. TLC – No Scrubs
82. Human League – Don’t You Want Me
83. Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
84. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
85. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes
86. 50 Cent – 21 Questions
87. The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
88. Bob Marley – No Woman No Cry
89. Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Thru The Grapevine
90. Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky
91. Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
92. Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
93. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
94. Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
95. Madonna – Like A Virgin
96. Radiohead – No Surprises
97. The Beatles- Sergeant Pepper
98. 10cc – Life Is A Minestrone
99. Ms Dynamite – It Takes More

I'd put 'That's Entertainment' 2nd off this list... Then 'Unfinished Sympathy'...

Iggy Pop's "The Passenger"? I swear there's only two lines in it: I'm the passenger, I ride through the city tonight and "na, na, na, na, na-na na"

Still a cracking song.

#59 - The prodigy 'Firestarter' - WTF

1. U2 – One
2. Coldplay – Yellow
3. Eminem – Lose Yourself
4. Robbie Williams – Angels
5. Tupac ft Snoop – California Love
6. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
7. The Streets – Fit But You Know It
8. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
9. Eminem – Stan
10. U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
11. Jay Z – 99 Problems
12. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
13. Snoop Dogg – Gin And Juice
14. Outkast – Hey Ya
15. Robbie Williams – Feel
16. Missy Elliott – Ger Ur Freak On
17. TLC – No Scrubs
18. 50 Cent – 21 Questions
19. Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky
20. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
21. Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
22. Ms Dynamite – It Takes More

S H I T E.

The real number 1:

I've been waiting to hear your voice for too long now One way conversations do not work somehow

Temptation, Blue Monday, True Faith, and the songs on Technique deserve to be on the list.

Of course, all of them have incredibly profound lyrics.....

Can you hear me calling you?

Schring!

oldmonkey wrote: Of course, all of them have incredibly profound lyrics.....

Thought Temptation at Helsinki and Sheffield had a certain je ne sais quoi..

Which NO songs would you have liked to have seen in here?

I got a cock it looks like the M1. It's long and think and has a white line down it.

I agree that the Coldplay lyric is hardly worthy of inclusion! And Arctic Monkeys??

My NO vote would go for "Every time I see you falling, I get down on my knees and pray," or possibly "Oh, it dies so quickly, it grows so slowly, but when it dies, it dies for good."

And maybe the "World in Motion" rap. Sorry, couldn't resist!

The fact that Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" was ranked higher than the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" makes me want to puke. Actually, the fact that Christina Aguilera would make the Top 100,000 of any lyrics poll makes me ill.

I have to remind myself that video music channels know shite (and don't even show videos for that matter).

Wot no Half Man Half Biscuit?

Criminal...

Snorri xxx

What a load of crap. I can understand no NO, although "Sooner than You think" or "Dream attack" could be a contender, but no Smashing Pumpkins? No Cure? No Pet Shop Boys? And why is Christina Aguilera on there? She doesn't even write her lyrics.

The ridiculous results of yet another stupid poll don't surprise me at all-consider the source. A US VH-1 poll would look even worse. I'm shocked that Joy Division even made it. I'd put Dream Attack or perhaps Guilty Partner ("I couldn't take this from no other You're not being cool with me 'Cause I always know you'll come back to me Yes, you'll come back to me 'Cause I always know What it takes to make you my lover") Plenty of other NO (and other) songs to chose from and all too many choices as to what to eliminate. It could have been worse though, at least the Smiths made it three times and the Beatles six times (though too low).