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my life ....the beatles dear john.... quo dirtywater.....quo the wizard ...... uriah heep the prettiest star..... bowie strange kinda woman.....deep purple and thats just for starters, xxxxx joy

The other 'alf's Layla - derek & the Dominoes Bitter sweet symphony - the Verve Forest - The Cure Bank Robber - The Clash Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode Mine Son of a preacher man - Dusty All the young dudes - Mott the Hoople The Cutter - Echo & the Bunnymen Oasis - Wonderwall Come up and see me Steve Harley

Clash - Bank Robber Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday Bowie - Fame Queen - Another One Bites The Dust UB40 - I Think It's Going To Rain Today Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues REM - Everybody Hurts Bob Marley - Stir It Up Debby

lol yes Paul - Yazoo but as Gwynne's making the the rules up as she goes along so will I :)

David - same decade as me :) By the way... wasn't 'Nobody's Diary' by Yazoo ? (picky, picky, picky)

Andy, LOL it will by the time you're as old as I am! CB >|<

CB, I know where you're coming from with regards 'Stairway To Heaven'. Normally, I hate it, especially say on compilation albums when the most bleedingly obvious song by such and such a band gets chosen when they so could easily have picked any number of other defining songs by the same band. I just think with 'Stairway To Heaven' that it hasn't reached that annoying level of over-exposure for me personally.

Best Led Zep track for me is Houses of the Holy, but Kashmir comes a very close second. I now loathe Stairway to Heaven - I've heard it too many times, and it still gets played as if it was the only thing they ever did. Physical Graffiti and In Through the Out Door are two of my all-time favourite albums. Such a shame vinyl scratches! CB >|<

And... Kirsty MacColl - He's on the Beach The Cure - In Between Days Alison Moyet - Nobody's Diary (maybe) Stone Roses - Fools Gold Stereophonics - Since you told me it's over Duran Duran - The Seventh Stranger Eurythmics - Missionary Man/When Tomorrow Comes Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet/Brothers in Arms Squeeze - Up the Junction Bet no-one can guess which decade I was teenager in lol

The Stone Roses - I Am The Revolution Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Elvis Costello - Man Out Of Time The Clash - I'm So Bored of the USA The Stranglers - Something Better Change (but love their cover of Walk On By) The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Yeh, right, blame a woman, typical bloke. It's not my fault you got the title wrong. Gwynne

Andy, Blame Gwynne. Other faves from me that come to mind Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World (or maybe Go Your Own Way, or maybe Rhainnon) Pink Floyd - Us and Them or Wish you were here Eurythmics - Thorn in my side Kirsty Macoll - Days (or possibly New England) The Smiths - How soon is Now Duran Duran (sorry!) - Hungry like the wolf Stairsailor (on their third album, so I'm allowed to include them I think) - Some of Us Dire Straits - Telegraph Road Squeeze - Up the Junction paul

Has anyone mentioned Paul Weller/ The Jam? Going Underground & The Walls Come Tumbling Down are classics (IMHO). Liz x

Still trying to work out how REM crept onto this list! Have they done a 'Kevin Pietersen/Greg Rusedski'? Don't think Led Zeppelin have been mentioned yet. I know it's an obvious choice but 'Stairway to Heaven' is a great track, IMHO.

How about a 'rest of the world' ? lol Trying to think of some more favourites here, but it'sd a bit early for me, so I'll collate a list and come back later.

What ALL of them, Paul? I'd be on this thread all day - I've got 50 years of them to add! You did say 'Best' of British, but there have been 'Best' bands in every decade, and of course, as music progressed, what was considered 'good' and 'the Best' has changed a great deal. How do you compare The Shadows (top notch in the 1950s) with Queen? Very difficult. Good thread. Are you going to do a US one as well? CB >|<

The Beatles = Something The Stones - Get Off My Cloud The Kinks. = Lola SMall Faces - Groping WIth a SToker!! Bowie - Suffragette City Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls

I'm glad I started this now. OK then, one track each from alll your favourite bands lol Agree with the comments re: New Order, haven't bought anything of their since 'Regret'.

What about Genesis, Animals, Roxy Music, Shadows, Pet Shop Boys, Dire Straits, ELO, FLeetwood Mac, OMD? Genesis - Burning Rope (from ... and Then There Were 3) Animals - It's my Life Shadows - Dance On Roxy Music - Pyjamarama Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin Dire Straits - Private Investigations E L O - Showdown Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love so Bad OMD - Enola Gay

Cant believe Status Quo has'nt been mentioned more than once! Margurita Time is my absolute fav (but a bit out of character for Quo, so must be 'dirty water' Queen = Bohemian Rhapsody Beatles= Eleanor Rigby Bowie = Ground control to major tom