The 2nd Annual Son of Music Club Poll

[Gigmeister General]

So, here we are again.

It's getting near to the end of the year (the latest Now That's What I Call A Compilation is in the shops already) so time indeed for one of those Best/Worst Of The Year type things.

All you have to do (should you wish to do so) is copy the selections below into a fresh reply and fill in with what has tickled (or upset) your respective fancies this year. If you're not sure about the whole 'copy/paste' thing then PM me.


Best Album:
Best Single:
Best Band:
Best Solo Artiste:
Best Newcomer:
Best Gig:
Best Video:

Worst Album:
Worst Single:
Worst Band:
Worst Solo Artiste:
Worst Newcomer:
Worst Gig:
Worst Video:

Album\Band from yesteryear that I've stumbled across this year:
Music Website of the Year:
Song of the Year:

You don't have to fill in all the fields if you don't want to, you can give more than one answer to each section and there's no prizes for naming the most obscure band you can think of. Just fill your boots and have a go...

[Brandonshero]

Best Album: (1) Stone Sour - Come what (ever) may
Worthy of mention include...............
: Angels & Airwaves - We don't need to whisper
: Eighteen visions - Eighteen visions
: My Chem Romance - The Black Parade
: Jewel - Alice in Wonderland
: Aiden - Nightmare anatomy

Best Single: Lost prophets - rooftops

Best Band: Bullet for my valentine

Best Solo Artiste: Seth Lakeman

Best Newcomer: Blue October

Best Gig: Wickham Folk Festival

Best Video: My Chem Romance - The Black Parade

Worst Album: Justine Timberlake, yes, yes i have heard it.

Worst Single: 90% of them, esp that Just timberlake nonsense.

Worst Band: Scissor sisters and many many others

Worst Solo Artiste: don't know

Worst Newcomer: that idiot chico

Worst Gig: they all been good.

Worst Video: don't know, only seen one!!

Album\Band from yesteryear that I've stumbled across this year: Bullet For My Valentine - the poison (2005)


Music Website of the Year: play.com

Song of the Year: 30/30 - 150 Stone Sour.

[Frank]

Best Album: - Dunno
Best Single: - Dunno
Best Band: - Hmmm do you mean of all time? Or who became known this year?Or released something this year? I Dunno
Best Solo Artiste: - Oh umm err dunno
Best Newcomer: -Whatsis face, thingie, oh I duuno
Best Gig: The Bluetones at The Guildhall (easy one that)
Best Video: That one Andrew lent me, with the girl with the big norks and the shaving foam. And her friends, the cowboys.

Worst Album: Ever? or released this year? Or I heard this year Too many to choose from.
Worst Single: See above
Worst Band: I think the Kooks are overated, no doubt there are worse though.
Worst Solo Artiste: oooh I dunno
Worst Newcomer: All of the feckin NME overated radical haircut carp.
Worst Gig: Ever? Only went to one this year and that was soooper.
Worst Video: That one Dave lent me with bloke who obviously was in love with his donkey, and so were his friends.

Album\Band from yesteryear that I've stumbled across this year: Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Mountain, thank you Planet Rock
:-)
Music Website of the Year: Dunno
Song of the Year: All this modern stuff is rubbish, absolute rubbish.

[thisisexploding]

Best Album: The Decemberists - 'The Crane Wife', Pure Reason Revolution - 'The Dark Third', Wolfmother - 'Wolfmother', Amy Winehouse - 'Back To Black', The Knife - 'Silent Shout' and, strange but true, Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People Say I Am..' (a complete about face there then, I was slagging them off this time last year).
Best Single: The Fratellis - 'Chelsea Dagger', The Raconteurs - 'Steady As She Goes', Lily Allen - 'LDN'
Best Band: The Knife
Best Solo Artiste: King Creosote (for being a really nice bloke and putting up with two tipsy Englishmen wittering on to him for a couple of hours on a Summer's day).
Best Newcomer: Lily Allen, Scott Matthews
Best Gig: I've seen some really good gigs this year (King Creosote @ The Wedgewood Rooms, The Decemberists @ Koko, The Who @ Beaulieu, Easy Star All-Stars @ The Brook, Richard Hawley @ The Wedgewood Rooms) but Delays @ The Wedgewood Rooms probably takes the prize. They were so good I went back the next night to see them again. Oh, and Girls Aloud were entertaining as well. Ahem.
Best Video: Gnarls Barkley - 'Crazy', Lily Allen - 'Smile'

Worst Album: Me? Buy a bad album? For shame... the new Kasabian CD was a disappointment though, as was the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and the Flaming Lips albums.
Worst Single: Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Dani California'
Worst Band: The Feeling (they're just so.. whiny)
Worst Solo Artiste: Whoever wins X-Pop-Factor-Idol
Worst Newcomer: see previous answer
Worst Gig: I had the misfortune to see Journey South live, strangely they were marginally less annoying than The Automatic. Teddy Thompson was pretty bad, which was a shame as I like what I've heard from him since.
Worst Video: Well, I've seen some wrong things on YouTube..

Album\Band from yesteryear that I've stumbled across this year: Gotan Project
Music Website of the Year: Last.FM, Swedes Please, Stereogum
Song of the Year: Too many to pick from..

If I'd got around to buying The Eraser or Live It Out they'd more than likely make an appearance in the Best Album list (I like what I've heard of both), there's only so much money I can spend on shiny things though..