Welcome back to my countdown of numerical songs, 100-1. We have reached #86.
"When used as a verb, eighty-six, eighty-sixed, 86, 86ed, or 86'd is American English slang for getting rid of something, ejecting someone, or refusing service." So says Iffypedia, and Alyson, who offered up from her bookshelf...
Subcircus - 86'd
Why Alyson keeps her records on her bookshelf is anybody's guess, but fair play to her for reminding us of a Britpop band that even I'd forgotten (and Britpop was my heyday). This was their biggest hit though, reaching an incredible #56 in the UK singles chart... in the year that even Hurricane #1 managed to get into the Top 40 three times.
I did have an 86'd song in mind though...
Ty Segall - 86'd
Along with a couple more American alt-rock contenders...
Deathcab For Cutie - Expo '86
Bomb The Music Industry - Future 86
In the end though, this week came down to a toss-up between two songs, both of which were identified almost immediately by Martin. This was the first, from the excellent album Insomniac...
Green Day - 86
However, as Martin rightly stated, this is better...
(Martin, we could have used your input a couple of Saturdays ago when nobody guessed I Am Kloot due to my clue being bollocks... quite literally.)
Any ideas for 85?
