John Peel's Festive 50 2002

[Rob Brewer]

Here's the full list, for those of you that care. On what I call
the "Gedge Count" (no 1 = 50 pts, etc.), this year's champs are
Gedge & Co., followed by MBA and Low. E&OE.


Rob


The Festive 50 2002
===================

1  Saloon                       Girls are the New Boys
2  Cinerama                     Quick Before It Melts
3  Miss Black America           Talk Hard
4  Nina Nastasia                Ugly Face
5  Antihero                     Rolling Stones T-shirt
6  M.A.S.S.                     Hey Gravity
7  Laura Cantrell               Too Late for Tonight
8  Pinhole                      So Over You
9  Marc Smith vs Safe 'n' Sound Identify the Beat
10 Ballboy                      All the Records on the Radio are Shite
11 Miss Black America           Miss Black America
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs              Bangs
13 Cinerama                     Careless
14 Half Man Half Biscuit        The Light at the End of the Tunnel
                                    (is the Light of an Oncoming Train)
15 The White Stripes            Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
16 Low                          In The Drugs
17 Asa-Chang & Junray           Hana
18 Low                          Canada
19 Coin Op                      Democracies
20 Belle & Sebastian            You Don't Send Me
21 The Datsuns                  In Love
22 The Fall                     Susan vs Youth Club
23 Jeffrey Lewis                Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song
24 Ballboy                      Where Do the Nights of Sleep Go To
                                     When They Do Not Come To Me?
25 Cornershop                   Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform
26 Saloon                       Have You Seen The Light?
27 The White Stripes            Fell In Love With A Girl
28 The Cranebuilders            Your Song
29 The Delgados                 Mr Bluesky
30 Bearsuit                     Drinkink
31 Ladytron                     Seventeen
32 Boom Bip and Dose One        Mannequin Hand Trapdoor Reminder
33 The Von Bondies              It Came From Japan
34 Wire                         99.9
35 mclusky                      Alan is a Cowboy Killer
36 Low                          That's How You Sing Amazing Grace
37 Antihero                     You Got Nothing
38 Half Man Half Biscuit        Breaking News
39 Cinerama                     Catgirl Tights
40 mclusky                      To Hell With Good Intentions
41 Burning Love Jumpsuit        Cheerleader
42 Interpol                     Obstacle 1
43 Melys                        So Good
44 The Delgados                 Coming in from the Cold
45 Miss Black America           Infinite Chinese Box
46 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster Celebrate Your Mother
47 The D4                       Get Loose
48 Müm                          Green Grass of Tunnel
49 The Aphrodisiacs             This is a Campaign
50 The Dawn Parade              The Hole in my Heart



Gedge Count
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Artist                          Positions       Points
------                          ---------       ------
Cinerama                        39, 13, 2       12 + 38 + 49 = 99
Miss Black America              45, 11, 3       6 + 40 + 48 = 94
Low                             36, 18, 16      15 + 33 + 35 = 83
Saloon                          26, 1           25 + 50 = 75
Ballboy                         24, 10          27 + 41 = 68
The White Stripes               27, 15          24 + 36 = 60
Antihero                        37, 5           14 + 46 = 60
Half Man Half Biscuit           38, 14          13 + 37 = 50
Nina Nastasia                   4               47
Mass                            6               45
Laura Cantrell                  7               44
Pinhole                         8               43
Marc Smith vs Safe 'n' Sound    9               42
Yeah Yeah Yeahs                 12              39
Asa-Chang & Junray              17              34
Coin Op                         19              32
Belle & Sebastian               20              31
The Datsuns                     21              30
The Fall                        22              29
The Delgados                    44, 29          7 + 22 = 29
Jeffrey Lewis                   23              28
mclusky                         40, 35          11 + 16 = 27
Cornershop                      25              26
The Cranebuilders               28              23
Bearsuit                        30              21
Ladytron                        31              20
Boom Bip and Dose One           32              19
The Von Bondies                 33              18
Wire                            34              17
Burning Love Jumpsuit           41              10
Interpol                        42              9
Melys                           43              8
80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster    46              5
The D4                          47              4
Müm                             48              3
The Aphrodisiacs                49              2
The Dawn Parade                 50              1