My Favourite Pop Groups Not In Any Special Order

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Two Girls And An Umbrella - Some Much Younger - The Wild Eyebrows - The People From Over The Road - Caution Horses - The Fondly Recalled - The Family Of Brothers - Rachmaninov's Nightshirt - The Whites of Their Eyes - The Potato Graders - The As If We Cared - The Silence Is Finally At An End - Translated From The English - The Pity Me's - The 4th World War - A Race Apart From That - The Water Carers - Five Different People Each With A Part To Play - The Slowly Descending Stares - Decline and Decline Some More - The In Love Again - The Emily Dickinsons - Backwards Over Falling - The Chances Of Things Getting Better Are Not Very Goods - The What? - The Expectations Of Men Are Always Confounded - The Life Of Sigmund Freud - The Wittering On - Slow Trains - My Fucking Valentine - The Surprise Phone Call - Our Friend Jennings - The Half-Full Metal Jackets - The There's Something Here But I Don't Know Whats - The Concord Buttons - Pearl and Orbis - The Religion Of Family - Happiness Guaranteed - For Love Nor Money - Angels By Day - The Sky Looks So Special - The Wallow - Exotic Jasmine - Architectural Boys and Urban Babes - The 5th of July - Everything You Know - The Things That Have To Be Said - La La La La La La La La La La - My Sailboat Glide - A Little Bit Of Courage - The Dukeries - The Hollow Men - Connie Francis Fan Club - Stop Doing That - Plus - The Something Or Others - Dear Ruth - The Day For Action - The Three Most Widely Recognised Men Who Cannot Be Trusted - Gorillas - The White Cascading Water - Cup and Mail - She Pin - The Slight Damage Never Mind - Who The Why - Forty-Seven And No Longer Counting - The World To Me - Leaf - The Back They Laugh Behind - The Especial Moments - Why I Had To Do It - Your Smile On My Face - The End Of Things - Watching For Opportunity - The Useless Advice - The Not Relevants - The Waste Landers - Because I'm Fucked Up

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Vow Of Celibacy Gang - The Villanelles - Pauline Smith's Worst Nightmare - A Cat - Three People All Of Whom Are Over Six Foot Four - We're Not Very Good But We're Triers - Or - A Broken Dream - As If Alone - The Sad Violins - The Very Gods - The Lucky Girls - The Heavenly City Of The Eighteenth Century Philosophers featuring DJ Sex Groove - The Happiness - Indelibubble - The Sheep In Shadow - We're Against Stuff - The Day Lady Died - The Silver Spectacles - Facing The Wind - The Back Of Your Head - Open Mouths - The Lives - The Coast Of Africa - Devils By Night - The Line, It's Been Reached - Doing Fine - The Acapulco Girl Band - Notorious Birds - The Shooting Is Over - The Other Side Of Town - The Bracelets - The Mothers And The Fathers - Spain - Me Cry - Spa Town Cloth Cap Gamblers - The Sighs - The Surrender - Ruby O Ruby - Trial And The Tribulations - The Electricians - Older Men - Love No More - The Real Answer - The Beatles - The Comfort Zone - Pie City - The World To Me - Che Guevara's Mates - Shark Waters - A Slice Of Life - Upon Truth - The Wilkinsons - The Lakes - Always Be There - The Men From Ma's - Four Franks - The Big Stiff Pricks - Ear Clip Symbolists - Shapelessness - The Poet Laureates - Dome - Karl Marx and Diana Spencer - The Loop - The Shepherds - Flock By Night - The Squalor - Shipping Out - The Bards - Sequential Stress - Comperes Of Chaos - The Bank Statements - Explaining Things To Ruby - Yes We Will - Everything Must Change - The Donovans - File Edit View - Rocking Horse Manure - La Derbyshire - The Heavier Than Thous - Pin Top Saxophonists - The O'Angels - The Cups Of Tea - That Which Silently Approaches - You Had Your Chance - Girls Discussing Girls - We Are Us

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The Unashamed - Okay - The Takings - All Of The Alphabet - Spendthrifty - All Of The Gamblers - Sheridan Group Tombola - Crickety Crick - The Answering - Cuddle Thunder - The No Mads - The Mouse Alhambras - The Doncasters - Works - Another 6% - The Bath Waters - Things Could Not Be Better - Huh!! - The River Thames - My Only Childhood - Violins And Violins - The Yeats - Radio Video - The Borings - Mr. Grumpy - The Peter Schmiechels - The Scarlet Pimpernells - Shallo - O, I Don't Know And I Don't Care - Shop Shop - A Boy A Girl - The Wolverhampton Wanderers - Excuse Me - You're Going To Have A Wonderful Time - Name That Tune - The Bob Monkhouse Band - Unacknowledged Legislators Of The Estate - The Money - Advancing Years - The Europeans - There's Nobody Here - Ponies Or Horses - The Suspended Animals - O Toes - Garden Peace - You Sounded Different - But You Weren't - Cello Army - The Arsenal - Ground - A Telescopic View - The Defensives - A Nice Bloke Or Two - The Unwelcome Advances - You Sound Like Me - The Befores And Afters - No More Of That - Tired And Tried - The Lifes - The Wide Open Cunts - The Sudden Lapse Of Taste - The Chess Club - Shush - The Phils - Ask No More - The Lost Cause - Complete Finished - The Lisas - The Overweights - I Do This - Our Dad- The Sunshines - The Bandages On My Arm - The Cantos - Oh Alright Then - The Nearly Dones - Shape And Shop - The Road To Eakring Is Fraught With Desire - The Impalables - Squashed - Various Subjects - The Attachments - Chinese Lanterns - The Kitchens - Pencil Tips - Can't - Special Mentions - The Sevens Of Nine - I Was Wondering - The Jasmines - The Johns - Palimpsest Concourse Gang - The Imitators - More Successful Than You - Confounded Grammarians - Wine Arias - The I Love This - The Beethovens - The Extracts - Something By George Harrison - The Unconditional - Is This The End? - The Yes Mads - Extradition - Swiss Maids - Les Embarrassments - Fred Table And The Chairs - The Parting Remarks - The Crassly Commercials - The Forgotten Greats - The Necks - Pulling Ourself Together - Hitting The Ground - The Eye Witnesses - Monique's Panties - The Important Utterances - Two Weeks Running - The Morning After - Say Yes To Stress

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The Young Drinkers - I Know You're Going To Enjoy This - Members Of The World - Alright And Okay - Added Swirly Bits - The Bestest - The Tonsil Twins - This Is Not A Job - The Expediency - The Death Of Life - Pepper - This Isn't Real (Though I Guess It Could Be) - The Puzzle - Complicated Machines - 192 - The Zooms - The Moniques - Missing Ruth - The Minutes Not The Days - Some But Not Much - Water And The Gang - Fuck This - The Really Nice - A Lift To Netherfield - Alicia Zip - The Bob Dylans - Tom And The Stern Eliots -- Candy Look Like Rain - The Big Ships - But Of Course - The Mrs. Cool - The Rose Parade - Everyone Else Is - Sleep Walkers - The Mute Memories - Girl And The Grooves - The Out Louds - The Soonest Mendeds - More Fools - The Less Received - Grand Delinquents - The Missing - Based On The Gravitational Pull - And The And The - You Are In Edinburgh - Take These Dreams Away - The Me And You - Caress - The Beech Buoys - Death In Argos - Fears In The Tense - The Ears - A Certain Kind Of Music - The Blooming Foods - Open Necklaces - Beep And Bop - The Only Sound Was The Sound Of Regret - Leather-Faced Kate - Sullenly Yours - The Plump Festivals - + and - - The Differences Between Us - The To Goes - Consequence Of A Deed - Men And Boys All In A Rage - Summary Excavation - Glum Elections - The Imagination Holding Sway - The Eye Love This - The Normal Lives - Finger Hearts - Ecstatic Occasions - The Clarence Project - Noises In Your Head - The Clear - We Are The News - Only Idyllics - The Good Excuses - Separate Curtains - What You Want - An Only Child - The Importance Of Being

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Awake! Awaken! - The Landscapes - Shepherds And Nymphs - The In The Beginning There Was An Idea To Have A Good Times - The Marble Country - The Lace Lovers - The Afternoons - The Thumbnail Blues - The Dark Walls - All Reasons Why - The Comedians In The Snow - HMS Fracas - Monica's Friends - The Fallings - Fading Stars - That Extra Inch - The Coals In August - The Bridge - The Cheerfulness - In Spite Of Everything - Those Babies Again - Aftermath - The Parting Shots - We Add Up - All Of Me - The Nightmare Goes On And Ons - Our Own Little Multi-Media Show - The Very Up-To-Dates - Caring Daring Boys - The Only Yous - As If 'Twere Normal - The Syd Barrett Copyists - Four Secretaries On Their Lunch Break - The Cunnings - Empty Pocket Serenaders - The Happies At Home - Spine Conference - The Times - The Misunderstandings - Pallis Ov Dreemz -The Good Leaders - Sirens And Screams -Where Is The Real Mr. Yates? - Convivial - The Parties Of The Big Heart - R.U.O.K. - The Breakaway Republic Of Chechnya - Into The Coming Weeks And Months - The Implications - The Bus - Sharp End, The - Babe Choreography - The Biggest Shout At The World - The Worries - Will To Carry On - The Fight Of Our Lives - We Have It - One November - The Still Virgins - After All These Years - Some Vague Notion Of - The Ref waves Play On - Bliss Delivers - The Easy Ones - As If Summer - The Majestic Whatevers - The Last Impressions - Heidenstrom - Long Gones - er nai - The Same For You And Me - Man Pump Prolong Ring - The Cool Shoppings - The Mrs Beans - The Pullings Together - Best Version Of Me - Peaking Twin Star System - Doe Ray Mee Forever - The As Ifs - The Big Gladness - The Late Afternoons - Pornographic Picassos - A Ship Called Melancholy - 15 Musical Scenes - The Table Tops - Keep Going For Pleasure - The Everything Is Words - All-Time Great Watchmakers - The China Whores - The Dubious Predictions - Changing Horses Group - The Pants Off Me - Tasty Loves - The Diamond Trees - Natalie Prettie - The Clubs And Bars - Seven Ways Ahead - The Crossing The Great Divide - The Introductions - Up Arrow Down Arrow - The Blunt Pinks - The Cancelled - The I Was Lonelys - The Cups - The But Then You - Not Long To Go - The Arrived In My Life - The Any Things - The Many Misunderstood Things

© Martin Stannard 2001