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<br>… but surely Aranalde, Judge Yrself is more worthy of a place on the list than You Stole The Sun…!

I’m suprised at the numbers of people who like ‘alternative’ rock. For some reason, I imagined that everyone would only listen to that traditional Irish folk music you hear at every outdoor market (Foster And Allen, etc).

I could honestly make about five CDs, and enjoy everyone equally. I can already think of around a hundred songs I should have included in my first post (Solisbury Hill, Genius Of Love, nearly all of Nirvana’s In Utero bar the singles, and on, and on, etc).<br>

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Quote: from tooting on 12:23 pm on Oct. 26, 2005[br]Just dragged this up from the basement to say I’ve just read Kazuo Ishiguro’s "Never Let Me Go", and thought it was terrific.<br>

I haven’t read Never Let Me Go (I’ll wait for the paperbook), but The Remains Of The Day is one of my favourite books: I find it sad but extremely funny (especially the main character’s confusion over "that very strange activity of ‘banter’ that so many people indulge in’, and his subsequent dire attempts at telling jokes).

Otherwise, I recommend: anything by Daphne Du Maurier (particularly I’ll Never Be Young Again, which is like The Catcher In The Rye with its stream of consciousness prose, and theme of youthful disillusionment, but superior in every way, and Rebecca, her masterpiece), and anything by The Brontés (particularly Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre).

Other favourites, albeit some of an acquired taste, include: A Clockwork Orange, My Summer Of Love (Helen Cross), Brighton Rock, Junky (William Burroughs) and London Fields (Martin Amis).<br>

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Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows<br>MSP – Faster<br>MSP – Motorcycle Emptiness<br>Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven<br>Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties<br>Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot (probably my fave. song ever)<br>Sonic Youth – Skitzophrenia <br>My Bloody Valentine – SueIsFine<br>My Bloody Valentine – Swallow<br>My Bloody Valentine – To Here Knows When<br>My Bloody Valentine – Never Say Goodbye<br>Neil Young – Ambulance Blues (probably my fave. artist)<br>Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control<br>Public Enemy – Shut Em Down<br>Bjork – Big Time Sensuality<br>Bjork – 5 Years (I love most of Homogenic)<br>Kate Bush – Cloudbusting

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