Ask Shawn Collins: Best British Band
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That’s a sort of random, non-affiliate marketing question, but I’m game. I am still living in the 80’s when it comes to a lot of my favorite music – stuff I picked up on from the old MTV show, 120 Minutes (Sundays at midnight back in the day).
I would say the Smiths are/were my favorite group. Not just among British bands, but all over. Now don’t mistake that with being a Morrissey enthusiast. He’s had some good singles as a solo act, but it was all about his voice with Johnny Marr’s guitar.
Now if I could go with an individual, I’d say Billy Bragg. Whether it’s the early 80’s folk-punk, the more rootsy Woody Guthrie stuff or whatever, Billy is just fantastic.
Anyhow, since the door was left open here, I felt compelled to give a brief performance of each. For your listening pleasure, I’ve belted out “Greetings to the New Brunette” from Billy Bragg and “Bigmouth Strikes Again” by the Smiths.
And I do have an affiliate marketing tie-in here to bring it all on home. Back at Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas, I got a gift from Liz Angus, Affiliate Marketing Manager at Studeo. It was the American Idol Singer’s Advantage kit.
It’s a vocal home study course to help mold raw talent like myself into the likes of Sanjaya Malakar. They’ve got an affiliate program for it at IdolAffiliates.com – promote it while it’s red hot in the ratings.
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On April 13 @ 11:37 am posted[...] Actually, they are not so random – the common theme is Shawn Collins. For some reason after hearing his rendition of the Big Mouth Strikes Again by the Smiths I was mesmerized or something like that. [...]
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On April 14 @ 9:37 pm posted
[...] Actually, they are not so random – the common theme is Shawn Collins. For some reason after hearing his rendition of the Big Mouth Strikes Again by the Smiths I was mesmerized or something like that. Anywhoo *If [...]
British? Eighties? Best Band? Easy, took me less than a second:
DEPECHE MODE
Final answer, no life line needed. Don’t even try to argue hehe
reply to this commentOr as the Dead Milkmen referred to them… Depeche Commode
reply to this commentGo Billy Bragg! Good taste, Shawn.
reply to this comment“You’ll listen to anything by the Smiths!”
reply to this commentThis video made my day. If you take requests, I’d like to hear Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before please.
=)
-Pete
Will you be at Ad-Tech in San Francisco?
I’d be happy to do a live show out there from the Affiliate Summit booth (#6452) – free beer at the booth on 4/25.
reply to this commentI guess I’m all alone here, but I would, without question, list Iron Maiden as my first favorite British band and Judas Priest as number two. I’m I really so alone? Oh well.
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