SPARKS

Spyke · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:53 pm Post subject:

For me, it was a toss-up between Sparks, Roxy Music and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Sparks got the vote because they've been around longer and changed with/against the times.
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david uk · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:07 am Post subject:

Oh well, I voted yes, because my 2 other favourite artists- Janis Ian and Marc Almond are not bands- otheriwse it would have been tough!

Annika · Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject:

There are a lot of great bands, like Queen that i also love.
But I would rather listen to Sparks anyday.

Sparks in my opinion are the best!!!!!!!!
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Candy Darling · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:06 am Post subject:

I voted no. I only think Sparks have had three moments of genius, the Kimono era, No.1 in Heaven and Lil' B/Hello Young Lovers. I also wouldn't consider Sparks as a band, more Ron and Russell and whoever they've choosen to perform live with.

For me the best band ever would have been The Smiths. They speak to a lot of people in a way no other band has and for the influence they have cast on everything since.

Sparksswede · Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject:

I voted yes (ofcourse).
OK there are many great bands /groups and artists but no ones compared to Sparks.
They´ve done SO MUCH GREAT.

Inspector Muffin · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:15 am Post subject:

I think it all depends on your own personal definition of "Best." Does that mean the band you listen to the most? The one you like best? The most hits? The most talented? And it also depends on the genre. Some group might be the "best" in a category of music that us Sparks fan wouldn't even listen to. That's why they have different categories at the music awards (as if that's any judgement of what's good...)

So maybe we should have a poll about who everyone's favorite (or next favorite after Sparks, that is) bands are. One would think we'd all have similar likes, but I think we'd be surprised. After all, you have to be pretty open minded to be a Sparks fan!

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Alan Liddell · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:21 am Post subject:

I have loved Sparks music for 32 years but could not in all seriousness place them above The Beatles.

As well as being genius songwriters (who basically invented the 'singer/songwriter') The Beatles pioneered through the 60's with every sinlge and album evolving and setting new trends in music and life.

They were the 4 most famous people on the planet.

IMO The Beatles back catalogue is the best collection of songs written and performed by any artist.

I agree with the earlier poster who said Sparks truly genius moments are Kimono/Propaganda/Indiscreet/Li'l Beethoven/Hello Young Lovers. I'd put them up there with Bowie who has at least 5 brilliant albums.

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Dunno really.

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Raoul · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:38 am Post subject:

Would I have been aBeatlesfan when they still exsisted as a band?Probably!But for temporal bands:Yes,Sparks ARE best!It's a band you can respond to while they're still creative.

fossilise_apostle · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject:

Sparks are great, but they aren't consistent enough to be the best band ever. My pick would be XTC, simply because they never realased an album that wasn't brilliant and inventive, apart from their first two which are merely a disappointing "excellent". But both White Music and Go2 beat Music You Can Dance To with their arms tied behind their back.

Leanne · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

Queen are tough to beat. I also think U2 are one of the best performance bands. I'm a huge Beatles fan. Pink Floyd are up there too. Take That are great, and have just reformed.

Sparks are new to me. I kinda knew they were big back then, But I don't know much about them, TBH, although, I remember using one of their lyrics on my signature on the Sinatra forum, way back when I was 18. I'd hear this playing in our club. and me and my mates thought it was a cool lyric.

"Don't try to talk my dear your tiny little mouth is full
Here's a flavour you ain't tried you shouldn't try to talk, your mouth is full"

I just can't believe I'm now into Sparks. It's freaky.
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Sparksswede · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:

Sparks have MANY cool lyrics. Atleast some of them are also two dimensional (or how to say it in english,I meen the lyrics in one song can have two meenings).Cool songs aswell,most of them,I think.
Cool brothers and GREAT.Great goes for the whole band and Sparks bandmembers in the past aswell (well I don´t know so much about ALL of them but many were/are GREAT,I think).

Sparks is also one of the most influentical of all artists/groups/bands in pop/rock history.
They have influenced (correct gramatic???) among others Queen,Depeche Mode,Pet Shop Boys,Erasure,Devo,New Order,Pulp,Björk,Morrissey,Franz Ferdinand,Scissor Sisters and I´m sure I´m missing some.
Russell has atleast one of the best singing voices in pop/rock.... history,I think.I just have to listen to his singing now and then (that goes for the music aswell).
Ron is a musicmaker and lyric genius (that goes for Russell at some point to).
A world without Sparks is a world I can´t think of.It would be strange and poor.
Sparks is the best band in the world ever and probably will be,I think.

maelstrom · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject:

From 1972 to 1984, yes!

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