I am rocked by all those who popped up the charts while I wasn’t listening …
Well, Freddie is Queen-ing it again and I have to say, I’ve just about Abba enough.
No, you won’t be seeing Rainbow on the top playlists for (ear)-plugged-in trendies… in fact it’s over, it’s over … it’s over!
Even Roy’s ‘roles’ in the creation of classy music have been left torn and peeling like old posters on the corner of Coronation Street, that other cringy bit of pop culture we Brits call our own.
The problem is my musical tastes were formed way back in the Sixties listening to Dylan, the Doors, Zappa, Dr John, Small Faces, Family. Then, in my music reviewer days, The Pistols, The Damned …
I made my mark in writerly quarters by writing ‘Daniel O’Donnell is so middle-of-the-road he should be run over’ and ‘Micheal Buble, a little prick and a burst bubble…”
And when I was doing my radio weekly shows I began to champion Oasis, The Drop Kick Murphys, Nick Cave, The Flaming Lips and the White Stripes!
So, you can imagine my surprise … nay, my shock, my sense of alienation … as I went through the latest list of Britain’s top-selling albums ever. And this is what it told me.
Now, before we start, I like Queen – a brilliant band – Abba, stunning – The Beatles (just a psychedelic Abba) – and that simpering man-child Michael Jackson.
But are they really the best?
Tell us what you think? Do you own any of the albums mentioned below? What’s your favourite performer?
Okay Pop Pickers – or should that be rock pickers – here we go! From one to 10, the UK’s top sellers of all time!
1. Queen (7 million)
2. ABBA (6 million)
3. The Beatles (5.3 million)
4. Adele (5.29 million)
5. Oasis (4.9 million)
6. Michael Jackson (4.47 million)
7. Pink Floyd (4.47 million)
8. Dire Straits (4.35 million)
9. Michael Jackson (4.1 million)
10. Queen (3.99 million)
#Oasis #TheDropKickMurphys #NickCave #TheFlamingLips #White Stripes! #
