What is it with 7 – is it some kind of special number?
We have Zero 7, Shed 7, System 7, Seven the movie, The magnificent seven, 7 brides for 7 brothers, seven and seven is,seven (The James song).
Just asking like.
Musings on the byways of popular culture
Black Celebration says
You could probably do this with every number if you really think about it. Anyway, gives me an excuse to share a groovy track.
JustB says
I found out the other day that this is St Etienne, but they rebadged it cos they felt it was “too cheesy”. That little fact made me happy.
Black Celebration says
Actually, maybe 7 does have something. If it’s in a song title – it’s a classic.
Gary says
Perhaps not a classic, but a choon nonetheless:
duco01 says
Well, we’ve had two out of the “Crucial Three” Liverpool bands – Echo & the Bunnymen and the Teardrop Explodes. So it’s only fair that we should have the third band, too – Wah!, with their ‘Seven’ song…
Kaisfatdad says
And me!
Beany says
Seven days in a week, seven colours in a rainbow, seven seas, seven continents and not forgetting…seven deadly sins. These are my favourite – the seven dwarfs.
Black Celebration says
Oh.
Hawkfall says
Has anyone ever been to Goombay? I thought it might be in India somewhere but they look a bit blonde for that. It’s a stumper.
Black Celebration says
They were German IIRC and possibly from the same stable as Boney M. It’s a shit record and I can’t believe that enough people bought it to get it to number one. Skulduggery.
GCU Grey Area says
It might be near Bumble Hole.
http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t449/GCU_Grey_Area/image-1_zpsjbx5zbmr.jpg
Pilleus Jr says
It’s the ‘of Quality Egg Products’ that just sets it off nicely, isn’t it?
davebigpicture says
Madness:The Return of the Los Palmos 7
Desmond Decker: 007
Sniffity says
Blakes 7!
craig42blue says
The Pixies explain the significance well…
If Man is five, if Man is five, if Man is five
Then the Devil is six, then the Devil is six
The Devil is six, the Devil is six and if the Devil is six
Then God is seven , then God is seven
This monkey’s gone to Heaven……..
hubert rawlinson says
Seven deadly Finns Eno
Rob C says
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/nop/nop14.htm
Junior Wells says
One 7 is fine but just remember that two sevens clash
http://youtu.be/Kj6rFiNRyTA
duco01 says
Seven Stones (from Nursery Cryme)
This is hardly the most famous Genesis number – far from it – but it’s always been a personal favourite of mine. I love Gabriel’s vocals on this.
Junior Wells says
Ahh_Bisto says
All this way and no-one’s mentioned Seven And The Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran?
Neil Staughton says
“Seven Worlds Collide” was the name of Neil Finn & Friends live album in 2001 and the later 2008 album recorded with another bunch of friends.
Sewer Robot says
Those 3 Steps to Heaven again:
Step one: you find a working juke box
Step two: you select Eddie Cochrane
Step three: the machine plays a 7 inch single
That sure seems like heaven to meeeeeee pow!pow!
Rigid Digit says
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Something mythical about the concept, thus:
Rigid Digit says
Iconic shirt number for Liverpool. As worn by:
Kevin Keegan
Kenny Dalglish
Luis Suarez
Robbie Keane
Jimmy Carter
now on the back of James Milner
Kid Dynamite says
ring ring seven am….in dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VTg1lFWoA
Rigid Digit says
Judge Dread – Big 7
Tiggerlion says
7 is a great Prince single (well, it was when he was a symbol) from a great Prince (symbol) album. Of course, you can’t find it on YouTube, so here’s an interesting version for you.
Black Celebration says
“Seven lies multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets”
A quite-good fan video here for yer Mode’s John the Revelator.
http://youtu.be/zZeRwuN68VQ
Black Celebration says
…and just because it’s interesting – here is the original
todayoutof10 says
Yes, it’s indeed a special number
http://youtu.be/qAx19EZ6-2w
Also brilliantly covered by Dexys ❤️
Skirky says
And *that*, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call ‘bathos’.
Uncle Mick says
The Icicle Works with seven armed drummer Chris Sharrock
Lando Cakes says
Worth a read: “The magical number seven, plus or minus two
Some limits on our capacity for processing information”
http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/peterson/psy430s2001/Miller%20GA%20Magical%20Seven%20Psych%20Review%201955.pdf
Steerpike says
The obvious one (to me anyway):
paulspud says
@duco01. I’m not alone then! One of Gabriel’s great vocals for me. ‘Despair that tires the world….’
paulspud says
Hawkwind, 7 by 7
hubert rawlinson says
Curses!
Harold Holt says
Barry Sheene
and L7
Black Celebration says
Seven Things I Wouldn’t Much Like to Do
SixDog says
Seven members of Madness
And the title of their third album (bit of a stinker)
Diddley Farquar says
Or even Seven Minutes Of Madness by Coldcut. Their remix of Paid In Full by Eric B and Rakim. Not on youtube apparently. One step beyond the original anyway.
duco01 says
Here’s a good old good ‘un: REM’s “Seven Chinese Brothers”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBgSJqxFWv4
Johnny Concheroo says
Bob Dylan – Seven Days (given to Ronnie Wood)
and
Traveling Wilburys – Seven Deadly Sins (in Lego)
seanioio says
Seven days too long
Chuck Wood