h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Am I the only one that dislikes Nelly and Justin Timberlake???

Your not alone. I dislike them also

You are FAR from alone. Nelly and Justin Timberlake were sent to earth to punish teenagers for liking semi-good music.

as well as Busted and any T.V created bands or singers

Busted are good for the craich...as for Nelly & Justin

So anyone fancy commenting on the list?

Hey, do you think I should start compiling the researchers most disliked artiests in some way?

Or would that go against the happy feel of H2G2?

Actually I think that that would be a good idea and then compile a Worst Album list... Good Idea.

there are probably worst things on h2g2

Hmmmmmm, it could learn more about guide hTML on the was as I'm not too great on its usage at the moment. I'll get a first draft ready for review on wednesday. It will be my first guide entry so don't expect miracles, yet!

Anvil...


If you need any help with that I'd be more than happy to help you out...


You could askh2g2 to compile a list of most disliked bands/singers etc... that way you could then put the "data" into the Guide Entry...




Serj

you could indeed.

I'm around if you need a hand with Guide ML too...and if you just wanna pinch the format for this you can

I've been thinking..

Wouldn't it be better if instead of asking for a list of the ten worst tunes, we were to ask for the 3 worst artists, in no particular order. The reason being that no-one (or me at any rate) ever seems to remember, or know to begin with what their songs are. I couldn't remember, for example, any tunes by nelly. And having 3 choices may make choosing them easier

Anvil...


yeah... good idea... you could ask them to pick their top 3 least fave bands/singers/songs etc... and then when it's finished, put them into order etc...


Serj

go for it, ten is hard, to start the list was five, but people said it was too hard

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=270232&post=3359734#p3359734 try that

*goes to post*

Hey, I've been meaning to sort out my Top 10 for weeks now and I've missed the deadline - can I do them anyway?

Dexy's Midnight Runners: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (Geno)
Spearmint: A Week Away (We're Going Out)
The Four Tops: Reach Out (Seven Rooms of Gloom)
Teenage Fanclub: Grand Prix (Discolite)
Billy Bragg: Back to Basics (A New England)
The Clash: London Calling (I'm Not Down)
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (This is the One)
Blur: Parklife (This is a Low)
Supergrass: I Should Coco (Mansize Rooster)
The Small Faces: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (Afterglow)

Oh, go on, please!

My

What all of the bands in the Top 10 seem to have in common - with the interesting exception of the Pixies - is that they are all bands who have achieved a sort of critical mass and received so much international coverage that they become accepted into the canon of 'great' or 'big name' bands, which means most people will have heard of them, and come into contact with their music, whether they wanted to or not - which of course gives them a much wider appeal... to those that wait for their music to come to them rather than seek it out for themselves.

Nearly all of them combine this with the ability to inspire and retain a fiercely loyal fanbase... Queen, Pink Floyd, and Dire Straits, for example, were once huge and aren't considered 'cool' in the current musical environment (from what you read in the press and so on) and their fans are pigeonholed to a certain extent (a common one being "All Pink Floyd fans are spotty physics students"!) but a fan of any of them will defend their band's track record and reputation against the forces of so-called 'cool', almost to the point of pugnacity.

Personally, I feel many of the bands in the Top 10 aren't as good as their enormous reputations would suggest, but equally, they've all done a lot of good stuff, most people would be able to name a lot of their songs, and there isn't a band there who haven't written *something* that I like. Which if you add it all up is probably why they got on the list in the first place...

sure I'll put in your list hun I don't think your choices would have drasically changed anything plus I'll do it just for you

Why, thank you!