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'This Charming Man' #7, 'How Soon Is Now?" #42 in NME's Top 100 Singles list
posted by davidt on Thursday November 14 2002, @09:15AM

 BlueGirl writes:

NME's 100 greatest singles of all time unveiled - Nov. 12, 2002

NME has selected the hundred "singles that have touched us deepest, the 100 singles of the last half-century that have indelibly marked our souls. Voted for by NME staff, our chart brings together innovators, outsiders, superstars, people in torment and people on top of the world. Artists, in other words, with nothing in common but the immortality of their music."
 
The top ten of the hundred they chose were:

1. Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
2. Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
3. The Sex Pistols - 'Anarchy In The UK'
4. The Rolling Stones - 'Paint It, Black'
5. David Bowie - ''Heroes''
6. The Stone Roses - 'Fools Gold'
7. The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'
8. Oasis - 'Live Forever'
9. Massive Attack - 'Unfinished Sympathy'
10. The Clash - 'London Calling'
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monsieurgazerina adds "How Soon Is Now?" came in at no. 42.

 
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    I agree totally (Score:1)
    with #1.
    Havfine -- Thursday November 14 2002, @09:17AM (#48852)
    (User #284 Info)
     "Have you forgotten how to love yourself?" Red House Painters
      why oh why.... (Score:1)
      why have these charts at all? the fact that a bunch of nme music journos put it together means nothing to me. what is the relevance of such things? it's all a matter or opinion.......
      mrbleepbleep -- Thursday November 14 2002, @09:26AM (#48854)
      (User #4268 Info)
        ...again! (Score:1)
        Excellent choice! I think you can never grow tired of praising JOY DIVISION over and over again, as Ian Curtis is/was the only singer in my book, exploring emotional depths such as MORRISSEY. Also it was good to see the oh-so-overrated BEATLES not popping up within those first ten single shots. Too bad the crappy SEX PISTOLS did. "Here are the young men, but where have they been..."
        Opolus -- Thursday November 14 2002, @10:31AM (#48867)
        (User #5987 Info)
         "Slit my eyes, for they'll remember..."
        • Re:...again! by Dasher69 (Score:1) Sunday November 17 2002, @07:31PM
          but... (Score:1)
          ... surely it should have been Pregnant For the Last Time?. I jest.

          http://www.delaneytheband.cjb.net
          troubledjoe01 -- Thursday November 14 2002, @11:16AM (#48871)
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            Nirvana ..... again (Score:1)
            Why does every organization that puts out a "best of" list find it manadatory to include Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?

            Good song? Yes.
            Touching us deeply? You've got to be kidding.

            It is a safe song the radio and VH1 can routinely play because its "edgy and provocative". The shelf life has expired alrady.

            I'd rather listen to Peter and Gordon.
            Lemmy -- Thursday November 14 2002, @01:31PM (#48886)
            (User #6587 Info)
              White riot (Score:1)
              The top ten is ridiculously white...it gets marginally better as you go down the list. Seven of these acts could reasonably be described as English white male rock groups. Good to see the NME isn't pigeonholing itself, then.

              A lot of predictable choices.

              And I'd rather have Transmission.
              Boy With The Thorn -- Thursday November 14 2002, @03:27PM (#48899)
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               Reliably devious and truculent.
              • Re:White riot by mrbleepbleep (Score:1) Friday November 15 2002, @08:26AM
                • Re:White riot by Boy With The Thorn (Score:1) Friday November 15 2002, @02:38PM
                • Re:White riot by Almodis (Score:1) Friday November 15 2002, @12:02PM
                  • Re:White riot by Boy With The Thorn (Score:1) Friday November 15 2002, @02:59PM
                    • Re:White riot by Almodis (Score:1) Friday November 15 2002, @03:24PM
                  Pisses me off (Score:1)
                  Dude How Soon Is Now in my opinion touched me more than Smells Like Teen Spirit n Paint it Black anyday.Dude, im sick n tired of Kurt Cobain getting like all this hype n all this attention in the media for like screaming n stuff. I understand that he catered to the lost generation feeling of the youths of his generation but so did Mozz u know? But Mozz did it without the screarming, the drugs and extra distortion. God bless Kurt, but still...Oh N way to go Ian! I love Joy Division-theyre AWESOME!Love will tear us apart is sick!
                  WilliamMozzChick <chumpny@yahoo.com> -- Thursday November 14 2002, @07:46PM (#48916)
                  (User #7082 Info)
                   There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
                    the most annoying thing is.. (Score:0)
                    that the Stone Roses always beat The Smiths in these sorts of things. They are so overrated. Ditto Nirvana. Good choice at number one, though I always preferred "Atmosphere".

                    I would pick "There is a light.." as the best song ever, but I suppose that didn't make the poll since it wasn't really released as a single, till later anyway.
                    Anonymous -- Thursday November 14 2002, @08:38PM (#48919)
                      Oh, this is new...or mot... (Score:1)
                      Haven't we seen the same list about, oh, a thousand times? Oh well.

                      I always get sick and tired of seeing Nirvana ranked above The Smiths, through.
                      Rediffusion -- Friday November 15 2002, @03:30AM (#48935)
                      (User #176 Info)
                       What do we get for our trouble and pain? Whalley Range!
                      The emperor's new gold (Score:1)
                      Fool's Gold is the most tedious, ill-fitting song on Stone Roses. I'm always glad I got the version of the CD *without* that song. Ick!
                      alainsane -- Friday November 15 2002, @12:34PM (#48959)
                      (User #460 Info)
                        Good call on Number One however... (Score:1)
                        surely there are FAR better choices than Smells Like Teen Spirit? No? Well maybe thats just me... Any of Smiths stuff touched me in a way Cobain could only dream of - except Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others though perhaps
                        skunk_anansie -- Friday November 15 2002, @01:47PM (#48961)
                        (User #3842 Info)
                          Iggy Pop/Suede (Score:1)
                          Lust for life, shouldve been in the top 10 list,
                          and The Wild Ones ,from Suede's masterpiece album
                          Dog Man Star.
                          Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Friday November 15 2002, @10:29PM (#48982)
                          (User #220 Info)
                           and the hills are alive with celibate cries
                            Listen to me for what I say is THE TRUTH (Score:0)
                            In no particular order it should be

                            Elvis - Heartbreak Hotel
                            Past Gone Mad (or anything by the) - The Fall
                            My Favourite Dress - The Wedding Present
                            I Feel Love - Donna Summer
                            Shoot Your Shot - Devine
                            Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
                            Rub and Squeeze - Lee Perry
                            Man at C & A - The Specials
                            Sunday Funnies - Pindaric Ode
                            Decades - Joy Division
                            Anonymous -- Saturday November 16 2002, @01:35AM (#48987)
                            Not bad, could be better (Score:1)
                            Yay for the likes of Joy Divison, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, the Clash, and of course, the glorious Smiths. I'm not so sure I agree with choosing Nirvana or the Stone Roses in the top ten. I mean, the Nirvana song is good, but it isn't revolutionary. Personally, I would've put an early U2 song in the top ten. Other than that, the list wasn't too bad. I glanced at the others further down and I'd say I agree with half of them. I'm happy that Joy Division is number 1. I love Joy Division....
                            Anonymous-shnonymous <eyes_painted_red@yahoo.com> -- Sunday November 17 2002, @12:41PM (#49076)
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                             Anything is hard to find when you will not open your eyes.
                              Re:Suck my cheb end (Score:1)
                              i liked that 'would rather jack' song. does that make me a bad person?

                              oh.... and your cheb end? non monsiuer!
                              mrbleepbleep -- Thursday November 14 2002, @09:48AM (#48858)
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