The NME top 500 songs of all time

[starchaser]

http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/playlist-nmes-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time

i just looked at the top 8 in that link , and it's like a bunch of old men from the 80s.. sad out.

i dont have the actual top 500 to hand, but can anyone tell me if any Henry's tunes made it to the top 500 ? or even any Italo Disco ? if you have the top 500 in text format , do post it here. thanks!

 

[Jim Comic]

nme isn't exactly renowned for it's house knowledge

 

[starchaser]

Here's there top 8

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Sprit
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us
3. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
4. Smiths - How Soon
5. Strokes - LastNite
6. Pulp - Common People
7. Arctic Monkeys - Dancefloor
8. New Order - BlueMonday

have visions of retired NME journalists , voting Tory, or something.. unbelievable. the ENTIRE house music revolution from 1988 to 2014 is completely ignored..

 

[starchaser]

nme isn't exactly renowned for it's house knowledge

or their Italo Disco .. jeez.. those guys must live in a bubble. i have the urge to just DJ for them one night, just to educate them.

sad out.

 

[starchaser]

btw - would love to get the actual top 500 posted on here. their website is shite.

 

[Jim Comic]

equally i wouldn't expect mixmag or one of them dj mags to have too much indepth knowledge on country music or, say, post-rock



horses for courses, innit




so much music around it'd be next to impossible for anyone to know everything about all genres

 

[starchaser]

yeah , but at least MixMag would say "best DANCE tracks ever"..
NME are very po-faced in their statement.

 

[Jim Comic]

nothing new there

 

[Eoin]

Donna summer at number 3 - the first major electronic dance record

New Order at number 8, again a hugely influential dance record

 

[collapsedfaceman]

The nme was a grand read before it started putting mediocre bands on the cover trying to scoup the next big thing bullcrap. Off hand I recall poo bands like terris, campeg velocet, gay dad. Alfie etc.
These days its the bloggers that do this. Your man nialler a prime example. Leads the way in promoting a lot of bland, scenester "I heard this band first" crapology.