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Another hive mind experiment... 22:49 - Aug 13 with 1460 viewsArnoldMoorhen

If you had to pick one song, and one song only, to represent the past 50 years of British Chart Music history...

What would you pick?

(Yeah, YouTube is probably all of our friends right now, link away!)

I have a choice made.

And a First Reserve.

And a Second Reserve (because they are my favourite band).

I will show you mine on page 2, if you show me yours!

(Feel free to add as much commentary and justification as you want. I will read it, but don't be upset if no other fxker does!)
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Another hive mind experiment... on 00:56 - Aug 14 with 389 viewsnorfsufblue

Another hive mind experiment... on 23:19 - Aug 13 by Perublue

Even more scarily their concert at the Gaumont Ipswich as it was called at the time was my 2nd ever….. what saves me was that my first was the boomtown rats at the same venue.


Blimey i was at the Rats gig!
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Another hive mind experiment... on 00:57 - Aug 14 with 387 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Another hive mind experiment... on 23:22 - Aug 13 by Cheltenham_Blue

I assume British song? This for me.



Its just the uniqueness, and irreverence of it, really sums up British songwriting over the last 50 years plus.


Thanks for indulging drunken me and playing along.

That's a great shout!

Not one I had considered.
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Another hive mind experiment... on 01:00 - Aug 14 with 388 viewsArnoldMoorhen

I am utterly pssed at this point.

My wife went to bed 30 minutes ago.

Which means I have a good 45 mins left for any last minute contenders!
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Another hive mind experiment... on 01:03 - Aug 14 with 373 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Another hive mind experiment... on 01:00 - Aug 14 by ArnoldMoorhen

I am utterly pssed at this point.

My wife went to bed 30 minutes ago.

Which means I have a good 45 mins left for any last minute contenders!


Oh shtt!!! Partner! Not "wife".

My PCnezs goes to shoot after two bottles of wine and a few whiskies!

I'm a Gen Xer.

We get everything wrong!!!
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Another hive mind experiment... on 01:08 - Aug 14 with 352 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Another hive mind experiment... on 23:41 - Aug 13 by Perublue



Your wish is my command you old lush



Hahaha!

I genuinely thought BoRhap was a rapper I hadn't heard of...

As opposed to a song that I bought...

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On cassette!!!
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Another hive mind experiment... on 02:58 - Aug 14 with 325 viewsPerublue

Another hive mind experiment... on 00:56 - Aug 14 by norfsufblue

Blimey i was at the Rats gig!


I was in one of the boxes … I guess they thought it best taking a young one .. what year was it ?

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Another hive mind experiment... on 08:37 - Aug 14 with 271 viewspositivity

Another hive mind experiment... on 00:55 - Aug 14 by ArnoldMoorhen

You bstard!

That was my Number One!!!


great minds etc!
seems to sum up and predate loads of the societal changes and musical trends of the last 50 years (plus it's just a fantastic tune!)

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Another hive mind experiment... on 08:44 - Aug 14 with 272 viewsblueasfook

There is no competition


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Another hive mind experiment... on 08:52 - Aug 14 with 254 viewspositivity

Another hive mind experiment... on 23:27 - Aug 13 by Miaow



good shout, not many people would pick such a deep cut from the btb catalogue

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Another hive mind experiment... on 09:07 - Aug 14 with 234 viewsnorfsufblue

Another hive mind experiment... on 02:58 - Aug 14 by Perublue

I was in one of the boxes … I guess they thought it best taking a young one .. what year was it ?


26th Oct 1978...according to my research..... that was a good year!
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Another hive mind experiment... on 09:14 - Aug 14 with 220 viewsGavTWTD

Disappointed nobody has said


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Another hive mind experiment... on 09:24 - Aug 14 with 202 viewsBlueBoots

"If you had to pick one song, and one song only, to represent the past 50 years of British Chart Music history..."

Think I've put way too much though into this...looking at this in terms of musicology (not in terms of what I like...), checklist would be a) British Artist, b) Chart Success, and c) if it's representing the last 50 years, something from the middle of that period (late 90's / early 00's) that wouldn't sound out of place in the 70's or more recently...

I've come up with...



Don't think it would sound out of place on a late 70's Elton John or more recent Ed Sheeran album, so that's what I've come up with
[Post edited 14 Aug 9:25]

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Another hive mind experiment... on 09:34 - Aug 14 with 183 viewsnorfsufblue

Then again there is this...



or this..

[Post edited 14 Aug 9:36]
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Another hive mind experiment... on 09:49 - Aug 14 with 165 viewsDJR

These are from my three favourite artists.

A punky-reggae party song which reached the giddy heights of no.32.



This also scraped in at no.58.



This was released but sank without a trace.

[Post edited 14 Aug 9:53]
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Another hive mind experiment... on 21:20 - Aug 15 with 52 viewsStNeotsBlue

Just thought of another one.
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Another hive mind experiment... on 23:18 - Aug 15 with 22 viewsPerublue

Another hive mind experiment... on 09:07 - Aug 14 by norfsufblue

26th Oct 1978...according to my research..... that was a good year!


I was 6 … maybe it was a birthday present ? as my 7th was the week after and indeed a great year , I actually lived opposite Roger Osborne and remember his house being decorated with blue and white balloons for his triumphant return to his humble new build mid terrace semi.

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