I only have six rock star crushes ever. They are five of them.

Barbarian that I am, the first time I heard of BNL was when the NY State Lottery used "If I had a $1,000,000" for their commercials. I came across an article about that, found out about the group, and then bought Stunt...

These are great. I love Ed's lyrics. Sometimes he stretches just a little too far, but he's so different from anybody else that it's okay.

Thanks for the link.

So much BNL love. :-)

Braggy bnl moment of pride: I once karaoked through all of One Week without a stumble. Once. With much practice. It's the golf clubs line that kills.

Damn, Bear, is there any music I love that isn't on your list too? BNL, Beautiful South, "Hallelujah"...should I just email you my list of 5-star ratings in iTunes and be done with it?

Pick up their covers album if you haven't already. All I should need to say: they cover "Don't Fear The Reaper".

Incidentally, the core of The Beautiful South came from the short-lived Housemartins; one Housemartin that didn't join TBS was a guy named Norman Cook, better known these days as Fatboy Slim.