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"Irish Blood, English Heart" at 98 in NME Top 100 tracks of the decade

posted by davidt on Saturday November 28 2009, @11:00AM
Johan de Witt writes:
NME have just published their top 100 albums an singles of the decade. No Moz album made it, but Irish Blood, English Heart made the singles-list at 98.

Here's the full list.

Excerpt:
Morrissey’s truly great ‘comeback’ song, a stirring little nationalistic drama which comes across as impassioned rather than bombastic. It heralded the new barrel-chested, gladiatorial Morrissey, who was soon seen brandishing a tommygun on the cover of his ‘You Are the Quarry’ album. The revolutionary spirit was burning strong in...
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  • Did they listen to it. Once again they seem to have totally missed the point. How unlike them.
    Q -- Saturday November 28 2009, @02:10PM (#345481)
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  • The saddest thing about that list is that "Irish Blood, English Heart" is actually the best song on it. Even at his barrel-scraping worst, Mozzer is still head and shoulders above the generic shit NME favours.

    Best song of the decade? "Did You See Me Coming" by Pet Shop Boys ft Johnny Marr, of course!
    Anonymous -- Saturday November 28 2009, @02:17PM (#345482)
    • Re:Awful list by Celibate Cry (Score:1) Sunday November 29 2009, @08:37AM
    • Re:Awful list by Badeer (Score:1) Monday November 30 2009, @11:12AM
  • lol
    Joemoz -- Sunday November 29 2009, @02:46AM (#345515)
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  • should just give up.
    Anonymous -- Sunday November 29 2009, @08:54AM (#345564)
  • made it into the top 100 list of albums of the decade???

    wow,... i'm flabbergasted
    no really... who makes up these kind of lists...

    it seems such a long time ago Moz was heralded back into the musica arena with YATQ...
    but ofcourse now they decided it was just an mediocre album by an mediocre artist...

    soooo NME! pffff
    Anonymous -- Sunday November 29 2009, @03:01PM (#345593)
  • Beyonce best song of the Decade - This from the NME. FFS.

    I can hear John Peel turning in his grave.
    JohnnyMunro -- Sunday November 29 2009, @04:12PM (#345601)
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