Enough of the nostalgia, let's talk about music of more recent times. Terry Christian and Conrad Murray announced their Top 40 Manchester Tunes Of 2005 on BBC GMR on Monday night, and given that the North West continues to contribute more than its fair share of top quality music I think it's only right we print it here (we're possibly a bit biased, given that both the CMU editors come from the North West, but what the hell). The chart runs thus:
1. Elbow - Forget Myself
2. Nine Black Alps - Unsatisfied
3. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle
4. Doves - Black And White Town
5. Lovefreekz - Shine
6. Stephen Fretwell - Run
7. Happy Mondays - Playground Superstar
8. Ian Brown - All Ablaze
9. I Am Kloot - Over My Shoulder
10. Jim Noir - My Patch
11. New Order - Waiting For The Sirens Call
12. Ironweed - Down To My Grave
13. Fear Of Music - Skin And Bones
14. My Computer - Stumble
15. The Longcut - Quiet Life
16. The Fall - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
17. Broke n English - Squeeze
18. The Earlies - Bring It Back Again
19. Raw T - Where We Live
20. The Pioneers - So Long
21. Aidan Smith - Song For Manchester
22. Starsailor - Caught In The Crossfire
23. Mint Royale - The Effect On Me
24. Omerta - Everyone Is Frozen
25. Morrissey - Redondo Beach
26. Ghostlyman - Hundred Heart Attacks
27. Performance - Surrender
28. Young Offenders Institute - We're The Young Offenders
29. Autokat - The Driver
30. Loose Canon - Altercation
31. Rowetta - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
32. Lisa Brown - What's That Sound?
33. Longview - Coming Down
34. Former Bullies - The World Ended
35. Jackie O - I Found Out
36. Hanky Park - Come On, Come On
37. RSL - Magic Of Spain
38. Alfie - Your Own Religion
39. Keith - Hold That Gun
40. Nancy Cuncliffe - Place To Shelter