Hey.
So we’re trying to put together the music for The Olde English Pub which is scheduled to open in early September.
Because it’s an English pub, I’m thinking it should be heavy on all the amazing British bands over the years (Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, The Who, etc.).  and maybe throw in some of the great female artists from England  (Adele, Amy Winehouse, The Spice Girls.)  just kidding.  although I did see their movie IN THE THEATER in 1997.
If you have any suggestions for good English music you think should be played at The Olde English Pub, please leave us a suggestion.
Thanks so much.
Chris V
Aug 7, 2011 at 10:54 am
I think you should be replicating the pub experience, where in my experience music is in the background, not the foreground. Given that I think it would be cool to notice an old Kinks, Clash, or Housemartins song mixed in with newer music.
Bill
Aug 7, 2011 at 11:00 am
The Kinks! Totally the most under appreciated band of all time. Scott walker is pretty awesome too.
Eric Michael
Aug 7, 2011 at 11:27 am
the Kaiser Chiefs & the Style Council should make your patrons want to commit a riot while shouting to the top!
Erica
Aug 7, 2011 at 11:27 am
As a huge anglophile, I definitely have suggestions! You’ve probably thought of many of them before, but as for food, I would love to see scotch eggs, sunday roast, Cornish pasties, and steak and mushroom pie, maybe some curry dishes in there too. For music, you’ve really hit all the greats there, I would only add Robbie Williams. His music is loads of fun.
lynn b
Aug 7, 2011 at 11:53 am
the Faces, the Yardbirds, Elvis Costello, the Buzzcocks!
Chad
Aug 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm
If you’re looking for some party/bar tunes that represent the UK, go with anything by:
Happy Mondays, The Cure, Human League, New Order, Joy Division.
Look up Madchester.
Zach J
Aug 7, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Maybe some old(e) and new brit bands / artists? I’d have to agree with Chris V that having older, fantastic songs pop in and out in between some more casual tunes would really make the older songs shine a little bit. Music definitely isn’t everything though, don’t rack your brain too hard. I don’t go to the biergarten for the music, which can be a little off the wall at times.
Fowo
Aug 7, 2011 at 12:40 pm
All the pubs I went to in England seemed to play more American music than anything. Beach Boys seemed to be the most played. So, if you’re trying to replicate an authentic English pub experience, there you go.
Julia
Aug 7, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Led Zeppelin-obvious, The Cult, The English Beat, Yes,The Police..Although technically Stewart Copeland is American, but whatever-He was an army brat & lived in England for a while..
Bob
Aug 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Throwing in some of the 60′s British invasion would be fun, Jerry and the Pacemakers, Dusty Springfield, Yardbirds, Dave Clark 5, Hollies.
elizabeth
Aug 7, 2011 at 3:56 pm
shirley bassey, tom jones, dusty springfield, pet shop boys, petula clark, englebert humperdink, julie andrews, rex harrison, cilla black, maryanne faithful, dave clark five, oh that bubble gum group…manfred mann and herman’s hermits also too many to mention. dont forget the british crown colony’s for artists as well. jamacian, canadian…anne murray would be hot LOL for sales.
Munson
Aug 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm
The Rakes, Mumford & Sons, Cold Play, Muse, The Kooks, Artic Monkeys, The Fratellis, The Clash, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Franz Ferdinand, Oasis, Bloc Party, The Verve, The Wombats, The Libertines, and the Manic Street Preachers.
Munson
Aug 7, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Please do this right Matt… I really think Stout dropped the ball on the Irish pub experience, which was expected. Based on my experience at the Biergarten, I’m confident that we’ll get that olde english pub feel. Abbot Ale on tap!
Robbie Wiiliams
Aug 7, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Speaking as Robbie Williams, which I most certainly am, I would recommend the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom, Robbie Williams. If you have additional room I might recommend some hits from my pop group Take That, then again I may not.
Cheers mate.
tolar111
Aug 7, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Some King Crimson and Genesis would work for me!
Jacky
Aug 7, 2011 at 6:34 pm
pink floyd. definitely the faces. elton john. traffic!! zombies would be hot to hear in a bar. the yardbirds too! tull. radiohead. queen.
DB
Aug 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm
But is not Oasis the greatest British band since the Beatles? Can we not vote on this?!
caroline
Aug 7, 2011 at 11:21 pm
@DB – Oasis has my vote!!!
Michelle
Aug 8, 2011 at 12:29 am
RIP Amy
Larry
Aug 8, 2011 at 2:04 am
Nick Lowe, Squeeze, Rockpile, Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, think JB Scotts from around 1983.
Maurice
Aug 8, 2011 at 9:25 am
I would love to hear some punk and post punk stuff
Aaron
Aug 8, 2011 at 9:29 am
Oasis, The Verve, Hard-Fi, Fratellis, Artic Monkeys, Athlete, Richard Ashcroft, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Stereophonics, Kaiser Chiefs, Blur, The Feeling, Orphan Code, Glasvegas, Blur, The Last Shadow Puppets, Muse, James Morrison, Travis
bugman
Aug 8, 2011 at 9:50 am
Communards
Jessica R
Aug 8, 2011 at 10:24 am
From the British folk revivials of the 60s/70s: Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson (or Richard and Linda Thompson)
bill
Aug 8, 2011 at 11:50 am
i sing for a led zeppelin tribute band and i must say, we’re pretty good. any interest matt?
iamadog
Aug 8, 2011 at 12:39 pm
I didn’t think anyone else would mention Fairport and R & L Thompson! But it’s all good, from pre-Beatles to present day, just mix it all up and don’t leave anything out.
Kimberly
Aug 8, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Stone Roses & Charlatans are two I’d add to the mix
mike
Aug 8, 2011 at 1:51 pm
can i please get some love for
Eric Burton & the Animals….you know before Eric went crazy
Jennifer
Aug 8, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Queen and the Pet Shop Boys…it really does not get any better!
cheryl
Aug 8, 2011 at 3:03 pm
idk if people already suggested them. . but i love my british girls. . duffy, adele, and ms. joss stone ( i think they are all british). .:)
Michael
Aug 8, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Alison Moyet, Yaz, Depeche Mode, Annie Lenox, Sting, Police, Eurythmics, R.E.M.
CC
Aug 8, 2011 at 9:37 pm
The entire Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry catalog. I second the King Crimson suggestion(originally Dorset-based by the way Craig)
CC
Aug 8, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Theme song from every James Bond movie.
wowie
Aug 9, 2011 at 8:31 am
Hollies, Depeche Mode and Tears for Fears….oh and Elton John
Jenne O
Aug 9, 2011 at 10:25 am
Culture Club, Depeche Mode, Howard Jones, Kate Bush, Morrissey… in that order!
RLM
Aug 9, 2011 at 5:51 pm
The Smiths!
Lindsay
Aug 9, 2011 at 7:53 pm
DB – No. It’s definitely Radiohead.
juli
Aug 10, 2011 at 10:25 am
Some great suggestions already. How about Squeeze and T. Rex, also?
Danielle
Aug 10, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Ellie Goulding is amazing (she sang at the royal wedding…kind of a big deal)
Rich
Aug 10, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Kinks
Jam
Stone Roses
Happy Mondays
Small Faces
Spiritualized
The Verve
The Creation
Yardbirds
Oasis
Blur
Smiths
The Specials
Madness
Paul Weller
Early Rolling Stones
Early The Who
Beatles
Sex Pistols
Clash
Alison
Aug 11, 2011 at 9:34 am
The Jam, Style Council, Squeeze, Mumford & Sons
John
Aug 24, 2011 at 11:54 am
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE…. SMALL FACES OVER THE FACES
Colin
Aug 30, 2011 at 1:16 pm
If you include Oasis, you’ve got to have Shed Seven in there too. Little known and underrated here in the States, but the best thing out of York since the pudding.
Louise
Aug 31, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Westlife
The Original Mike
Sep 18, 2011 at 9:28 am
The Stranglers
Lavonne Clause
Aug 3, 2012 at 9:28 pm
There are quite a few around the shoreline reached when one walks from the North Channel bridge parking lot to the area across from JFK … no hatchlings yet, though. Do you know when they’d come out?