Your Country’S Finest

[thesshhh]

Silly I know, but.... Imagine you’re in a contest to prove the music of your country/compatriots is the finest ever by listing five hit singles from any time, which would you choose? For example, a Welsh person might put forward Delilah by Tom Jones, Total Eclipse by Bonnie Tyler, Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey, Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkin, and Handbags And Gladrags by Stereophonics.

[Ken4155]

Could quite easily have gone for any 5 Queen songs, but with a little thought;

Hammer To Fall - Queen
Stairway To Heaven - Zep
Lola - Kinks
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
When A Blind Man Cries - Deep Purple

[goodgoalie]

Here's five off the top of my head:

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
Happy Birthday by Altered Images
Rip it up by Orange Juice
Why Does It Always Rain On Me? by Travis
Somewhere In My Heart by Aztec Camera

[douglas9401]

Dougie McLean: Caledonia
Gerry Rafferty: Baker Street
Simple Minds: Love Song
Sensational Alex Harvey Band: The Faith Healer
Nazareth: This Flight Tonight

[goodgoalie]

Good choice, doug, but not all were hit singles!

[237SJ]

Impossible to quantify it in 5 songs but -
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
A Different Corner - George Michael
In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
Imagine - John Lennon

[kvalidir]

England:-

Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody
Hazel O'Connor- Will you?
Pulp- common People
Steve Knightly- Bristol Trader
Led Zep- Stairway to Heaven

Ireland:-
Pogues- Thousands are Sailing
Sinead O'Connor- This is a Rebel song
Christy Moore- Ride On
Cranberries- Zombie
The Johnstons- Colours of the Dawn

[goodgoalie]

Has to be 'hit singles', folks, not just your faves....

[237SJ]

^ In that case I`ll switch Pink Floyd to T Rex Get It On

[Ken4155]

And i'll have to strike When A Blind Man Cries (which was only released as a B side) for Smoke On The Water, also by Purple.