The cream of Manchester, 2006 vintage

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 30 comments 14:49 January 4th, 2006

More lists I'm afraid (well, it is the start of a new year): Terry Christian and Conrad Murray announced their top Manchester-born songs of 2005 on BBC GMR on Monday night, and the top 20 includes faces both familiar and not so.

1 Elbow - 'Forget Myself'
2 Nine Black Alps - 'Unsatisfied'
3 Oasis - 'The Importance Of Being Idle'
4 Doves - 'Black And White Town'
5 Lovefreekz - 'Shine'
6 Stephen Fretwell - 'Run'
7 Happy Mondays - 'Playground Superstar'
8 Ian Brown - 'All Ablaze'
9 I Am Kloot - 'Over My Shoulder'
10 Jim Noir - 'My Patch'
11 New Order - 'Waiting For The Sirens Call'
12 Ironweed - 'Down To My Grave'
13 Fear Of Music - 'Skin And Bones'
14 My Computer - 'Stumble'
15 The Longcut - 'Quiet Life'
16 The Fall - 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow'
17 Broke n English - 'Squeeze'
18 The Earlies - 'Bring It Back Again'
19 Raw T - 'Where We Live'
20 The Pioneers - 'So Long'

No word on Southampton's finest yet I'm afraid. Best tap up Wave 105...

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i'll do it

1. FLeeing New York - Eyeballs
2. Birdpen - Fake Kid
3. The Sways - Euan
4. Objects - Spies
5. Tri-City President - They Went Insane
6. Dead! Dead! Dead! - Sex At Gunpoint
7. Cathode Ray Mission - Stendhal Syndrome

etc.

And the Fall at only 16? BELOW IAN BROWN?!?!? Something is amiss.

thommo | 4 Jan '06, 14:58 | X | Reply

oh and

songs of 2005 surely? As there's only been one Monday's lot of releases in 2006.

thommo @thommo | 4 Jan '06, 14:59 | X | Reply

terry christain

is a cock

phil_t @thommo | 4 Jan '06, 15:00 | X | Reply

'Appen

Blindess was the best Fall song from last year - and that whole NEw ROder album was worse than terrible

prole-art-threat @phil_t | 4 Jan '06, 15:12 | X | Reply

what?..

no Land Ahoy? or Former Bullies? or Beecher? this is a bad list. top 20 manchester somnambulist songs.

usa_nails | 4 Jan '06, 15:24 | X | Reply

I hate myself

Mike_Diver @thommo | 4 Jan '06, 15:25 | X | Reply

We

love yourself.

thommo @Mike_Diver | 4 Jan '06, 15:28 | X | Reply

Elbow

Are fucking ace, and so is that song. Speaking of lists, have DiS abandoned the idea of a best of 2005 album list then?

brusma | 4 Jan '06, 15:30 | X | Reply

dunno

it's lingering in the editorial queue whilst the staff argue about how predictable it is (guess where 'Funeral' came...)

thommo @brusma | 4 Jan '06, 15:33 | X | Reply

Hmm

I'd agree with the first, ninth and sixteenth. The rest can all jump off Urbis as far as I'm concerned.

Parsefone @ncgirl | 4 Jan '06, 18:39 | X | Reply

^^^

Re Thommo's list: Aren't Fleeing New York from Southampton?

I may be wrong however, but I'm sure I read that somewhere

dove_from_above @Parsefone | 4 Jan '06, 19:10 | X | Reply

i believe he was referring to...

......the last of Mr Diver's article.
fleeing new york are still ace though, no matter where they come from! 'here i stand' by them could also be a standout southampton track from 2005. lovely little acoustic number, which is not at all like them.

owenwhite @dove_from_above | 4 Jan '06, 20:44 | X | Reply

that should've said last line

up there

owenwhite @owenwhite | 4 Jan '06, 20:44 | X | Reply

!

No Oceansize? No Amplifier? shocked!

Though kudos on Elbow at number yes, tis correct.

Help! She Can't Swim are from Southampton right? And Scarlett Letter Union? And They Don't Sleep? All good...

IranDIS @owenwhite | 4 Jan '06, 21:04 | X | Reply