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''Elvis Costello | ''Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve and This Year's Model placed in the following categories: | ||
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# Live & Dangerous – Thin Lizzy | # Live & Dangerous – Thin Lizzy | ||
# The Scream – Siouxsie & The Banshees | # The Scream – Siouxsie & The Banshees | ||
# '''This | # '''This Year's Model – Elvis Costello | ||
# Some Girls – The Rolling Stones | # Some Girls – The Rolling Stones | ||
# Another Music In A Different Kitchen – Buzzcocks | # Another Music In A Different Kitchen – Buzzcocks | ||
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# Tony Banks | # Tony Banks | ||
# Brian Eno | # Brian Eno | ||
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'''New Musical Express, January 20, 1979 | '''New Musical Express, January 20, 1979 | ||
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Elvis Costello and [[Steve Nieve]] | Elvis Costello, ''[[This Year's Model]]'' and [[Steve Nieve]] placed strong in the 1978 Readers'{{nb}}Poll. | ||
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[[Charles Shaar Murray]] analyses the results. | [[Charles Shaar Murray]] analyses the results. | ||
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Meet the new bosses... In{{nb}}which the new hierarchies are consolidated, more and more of the older gods are consigned to the quiet darkness and everybody who sneered at the new bands back in '76 can kindly go laugh on the other side of their faces, OK? | Meet the new bosses... In{{nb}}which the new hierarchies are consolidated, more and more of the older gods are consigned to the quiet darkness and everybody who sneered at the new bands back in '76 can kindly go laugh on the other side of their faces, OK? | ||
Compared to the blizzard of short-sightedness that afflicts readers' polls in other publications of a vaguely rock-oriented nature, the NME readers' poll vindicates not only our belief in new rock and roll but — let's get sickening for a second — our belief in you, our readers, as the hippest bunch of punters reading any rock paper anywhere. Your votes let us know that we're not pissing in the wind as much as our most pessimistic moments tell us we are. Thanks for backing our judgements — and we hope we continue to back yours. To business then... | Compared to the blizzard of short-sightedness that afflicts readers' polls in other publications of a vaguely rock-oriented nature, the ''NME'' readers' poll vindicates not only our belief in new rock and roll but — let's get sickening for a second — our belief in you, our readers, as the hippest bunch of punters reading any rock paper anywhere. Your votes let us know that we're not pissing in the wind as much as our most pessimistic moments tell us we are. Thanks for backing our judgements — and we hope we continue to back yours. To business then... | ||
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*[http://www.nme.com/ NME.com] | *[http://www.nme.com/ NME.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | ||
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/42049759550/in/album-72157671956816408/ Flickr: | *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/42049759550/in/album-72157671956816408/ Flickr: nothingelseon] | ||
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