Room 19 Competition question

iang · Someone's Looking At You

Room 19 Competition question

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

I always thought it was The Bachelors with Diane, but I suppose the Rats were the first in my lifetime biggrin

suss · In the Long Grass

Technically I'd argue A and B are both correct, as Rats were indeed the first Irish band to have No 1s with tracks in question.

In fact they were the only band (first and last) to have No 1s with the tracks in question wink

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

suss wrote:
Technically I'd argue A and B are both correct, as Rats were indeed the first Irish band to have No 1s with tracks in question.

On the show the question was phrased slightly differently, and there is only one possible answer.

Besides, don't be helping anyone get the right answer!

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Shouldn't this be in the Boomtown Rats part of the forum?

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Funny you never hear much about the first Uk band to have number one hit in Ireland . Had to look this up. The first offical charts were compiled in October 1962 and Elvis Presley was the first number one with She's Not You. The first British band to reach no1 was The tornadoes with Telstar, written by Joe Meek,the famous producer. All a bit before my time!

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
Shouldn't this be in the Boomtown Rats part of the forum?

Maybe, but too lazy to move it and I don't want too many enetering as it'll harm my prospects!

JoanOfArc · The Fine Art of Surfacing

i know! i know! i know the answer!

however i'm not sure i want to travel all the way down to bloomin devon to watch billy boring bragg or the rats for that matter, too much travelling, time and expense i'm afraid for a days outing.

btw i confess! i hold my hands up in admission!!! I CANT REMEMBER WHAT BRAGG SOUNDS LIKE so i dont actually know if hes boring or not, having said that if he had made any kind of lasting impression on me surely i would know what he sounds like........ in fact i confess to an ex boyfriend from when i was in my teens used to call him billy boring bragg and as an easily influenced youngster i decided he must be boring...... and so never sought his music out.......... yeh well anyway i spose i should check out some of his music, i might even find i like it........

btw! I discovered that i really quite like BLUR recently!!!!!!! WOOHOO!

:D

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Billy Bragg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbddqXib814 Not so boring. Give it a go, think you might appreciate it. And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkXQm7tSCY

Yes it's too much travelling, but we don't know how many times we will see the Rats again, so would be worth it.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

JoanOfArc wrote:
... too much travelling, time and expense i'm afraid for a days outing.

btw i confess! i hold my hands up in admission!!! I CANT REMEMBER WHAT BRAGG SOUNDS LIKE...

btw! I discovered that i really quite like BLUR recently!!!!!!! WOOHOO!

I'm thinking that about every date so far. Even the one I had intended to attend is bugg3red up with the afternoon flight to Cork no longer on the schedule. Devon looks most likely as it is a straightforward car ride/train.

Billy Bragg is ok in small doses. A New England is perhaps his most well known song, even if it's the Kirsty MacColl version.

Only just discovering blur. Better late than never.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Billy Bragg is ok in small doses. Most of his music is left wing politics, if you like being lectured to about class and unfairness in society. Can be a bit boring, especially when just playing an acoustic guitar. He immortalised Shoeburyness in a song called A13 (Trunk road to the sea) so he does have a sense of humour.

For all you latecomers to Blur welcome. Always rated them back in the day. Fave Blur songs are Tracy Jacks, This Is A Low and M.O.R The mockney thing is a bit irritating though.

My current Britpop revival is listening to Supergrass' album In It For The Money. Really good band, good memories of the nineties.

Re Rats in Devon I am looking forward to going.It's a change of scene, and something to look forward to and it is the original line up after 26 years.