100 Favourite Singalongs - Diamond Accordion Band

Advantages: It's Neil Diamond
Disadvantages: It's Neil Diamond

.... Mr Diamond, he assured me, was highly fashionable when he was my age and liking his music was nothing to be ashamed of! Furthermore he was mean, moody and magnificent a figure to look up, nay aspire to - in his heyday most definitely a bit of a babe magnate.... (really?). "Yes, just ask my wife." Not to mention a seriously accomplished musician etc etc... The long and the short of it, I was almost convinced but at the same time, a little afraid he might be joshing... When I was the age my boss thought I was, that is, young enough to go to pop gigs and enjoy them, the bands I wanted to see had names like "Mucus and the Bottywipes" not Neil Diamond but then my ex-boss is 13 years older than me, he was a young man in an era when it was not only de rigeur to wear chest wigs, medallions, lurex shirts undone to the waist and flares... Read review

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Advantages: loud, brilliant, upbeat, pure genius perhaps
Disadvantages: a little on the short side, if you dislike loud music chances are you won't like the Hives

...Okay - so the title is a little lame. But heck, I'm only the second person to write about 'Your New Favourite Band' and the title just seemed apt. I've bought several cd's of late, some old, some new, and of all of the cd's I have purchased, I find it is The Hives who are back in my cd player again and again. When I first played the cd, my sister (she of no discernible musical taste) asked what that 'noise' was. When I responded, and quite enthusiastically I might add, that that 'noise' was my new favourite band, she simply gave me a withering look and asked if I could kindly keep it down, if not actually change the cd. I probably could see my sister's point of view. Your New Favourite Band is definitely a very 'loud' album. Loud drums are a prominent feature, the vocalist does not so sing so much as shout and the pace... Read review

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Advantages: Spiky garage rock with a kick, infectious, raw rock 'n' roll
Disadvantages: Idiotic lyrics, simple guitar work, inconsistent

...structures, themes and goals- namely to get drunk, get laid and rock n’ roll till you drop dead. So then, The Hives- a good band for a laugh, a great band for a party. But my new favourite band?……HELL NO!!... Read review

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