Is the list a good representation of Welsh music of the last 15 years? What would you add?
Jan Hay, 52, nurse, Cardiff
I don’t really know any Welsh singers from the last 15 years to be honest. I’d have thought there would be more than that in the top 150 though.
Rhianon, 25, Cardiff
I suppose that’s fair enough, if you look at what’s made it from Wales. Most of the bands I listen to aren’t really recognised by NME so I suppose that’s a fair reflection of what’s made it.
Josh, 17, Schoolboy, Barry
I don’t really listen to Welsh music, I like Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and all that. I don’t really know any Welsh music.
Ben Ridgeway, 18, looking for employment, Fishguard
I think one of the other bands people don’t hear about is Feeder, well lots of people have heard of Feeder but obviously the charts is more mainstream.
Jack Williams, 17, and Natasha Jones, 17, students, Cardiff
Welsh music is the best. Tom Jones should be there. Marina and the Diamonds, Hollywood should be in there, and I Am Not a Robot.
Steve Roberts, 44, works in marketing, Cardiff
There’s not enough in there, there’s loads of Welsh bands that should have songs in there. But it’s just someone’s opinion I suppose.
Welsh bands account for just three of the top tracks of the past decade and a half, according to a leading music magazine.
In a recent feature, writers from NME selected their “best 150 tracks of the last 15 years”.
In a list littered with international hits, only three are by Welsh bands: at 150 Manic Street Preachers’Australia, at 75 the Manics’ A Design For Life and at 66 Super Furry Animals’ The Man Don’t Give a Fuck.
Graf Middleton, of Cardiff’s Spillers Records, feels that it’s not a fair reflection of the diversity of the Welsh music scene, and points to the abundance of Welsh-language songs.
Of the list’s top-ranking Welsh song he said, “Even Super Furries have got better songs than that, and there’s plenty of other great songs around… but the ones that get remembered, maybe they’re the ones with the most swear words in”.
Is the list a good representation of Welsh music of the last 15 years? What would you add?
Jan Hay, 52, nurse, Cardiff
I don’t really know any Welsh singers from the last 15 years to be honest. I’d have thought there would be more than that in the top 150 though.
Rhianon, 25, Cardiff
I suppose that’s fair enough, if you look at what’s made it from Wales. Most of the bands I listen to aren’t really recognised by NME so I suppose that’s a fair reflection of what’s made it.
Josh, 17, Schoolboy, Barry
I don’t really listen to Welsh music, I like Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and all that. I don’t really know any Welsh music.
Ben Ridgeway, 18, looking for employment, Fishguard
I think one of the other bands people don’t hear about is Feeder, well lots of people have heard of Feeder but obviously the charts is more mainstream.
Jack Williams, 17, and Natasha Jones, 17, students, Cardiff
Welsh music is the best. Tom Jones should be there. Marina and the Diamonds, Hollywood should be in there, and I Am Not a Robot.
Steve Roberts, 44, works in marketing, Cardiff
There’s not enough in there, there’s loads of Welsh bands that should have songs in there. But it’s just someone’s opinion I suppose.