I did a playlist on my ipod, Manchester versus Liverpool, my favourite tracks, ten songs each, no artist appearing more than once. It was very close as to who 'won'. The list of influential and innovative artists/bands from Manchester arguably outweighs that of Liverpool, if you leave The Beatles out. Having said that, you can't leave The Beatles out of the equation, they are our 'ace in the pack'. Manchester can put forward The Smiths, Joy Div, The fall, The Buzzcocks, Oasis, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, whoever they want. But when we can just say, 'yeah, but we've got The Beatles', there's no answer to that.

So my playlist went like this;

Manchester

Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
Regret - New Order
Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths
Totally Wired - The Fall
Loose Fit - Happy Mondays
Sally Cinnamon - Stone Roses
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald
Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
Pacific State - 808 State

Liverpool

A Day In The Life - The Beatles
There She Goes - The La's
A Promise - Echo & The Bunnymen
Heart As Big As Liverpool - The Mighty Wah!
Comedy - Shack
Here She Comes Again - The Stands
Valerie - The Zutons
Dreaming Of You - The Coral
Deep House Victims Minibus Appeal - HMHB
Wonderful Life - Black

can anyone suggest alternative tracks ?

Liverpool Sonia an the reynolds girls:unibrow::unibrow::unibrow:

Liverpool - China Crisis ( african and white )

Manchester - John Cooper-Clark ( 36 hours in the mystery chair )

Bus stop by the Hollies.
No milk today by Herman's Hermits.
Search for the hero by M people.
I'm not in love by 10cc.
Every day hurts by Sad cafe.
Matchstalk men by Brian & Michael.

The life of Riley by The lightning seeds.
Anyone who had a heart by Cilla Black.
Needles and pins by the Searchers.
Female of the species by Space.
Walk away by Cast.
Lily the pink by Scaffold.

Stalemate in the Merseybeat versus Madchester face-off...........


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Here's an alternative Top 20 list for Liverpool.

Salt Water:Julian Lennon
Enola Gay:OMD
Wake Up Boo:The Boo Radleys
Feels So Right:Thomas Lang
Stop The Rock:Apollo 440
Harvest:Clinic
Great Dreams Of Heaven:Ian McNabb
Destroy Everything You Touch:Ladytron
Two Tribes:Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Without You:Badfinger
Photograph:A Flock Of Seagulls
You To Me Are Everything:The Real Thing
The First Picture Of You:The Lotus Eaters
Pretty Green Eyes:Ultrabeat
Let's Dance To Joy Division:The Wombats
Olivers Army:Elvis Costello
Female Of The Species:Space
Alright:Cast
Insanity:Oceanic
Is There Anybody Out There?:The Bassheads.

Both cities have great music scenes,there's no winner as music is about personal taste.

There's always so much more to offer from both places,bands like Gomez,Anathema,The Rascals,The Last Shadow Puppets,Candie Payne,Kathryn Williams and even Marc Almond are from Merseyside and I'm sure there are many many more manc bands too.That's without even touching on members of The Beatles solo careers,remember Paul McCartney is the most successful musician of all time and Lennon and McCartney are the most successful duo.

I saw Peter Hooton of The Farm giving his tuppence worth. I think both cities have great music and absolutely hate this versus competition.

I saw Peter Hooton of The Farm giving his tuppence worth. I think both cities have great music and absolutely hate this versus competition.

So do I because we've both got the best music scenes in the Country by a country mile.Let's not forget Cream,The Cavern,The Quadrant Park and Erics for Liverpool and Manchesters Hacienda that made their mark on this Country too and we've even got "Scouse House.It's not all about bands either Russell Watson is great in what he does and Simon Rattle is from here and he's in charge of the best orchestra in the World,the Berlin Philharmonic.On a seperate note,I can't believe the Teardrop Explodes "Reward" or "Hollow Horse" by the Icicle Works never made it on my list either,no Lightning Seeds too,how did I forget to add them? Too many I suppose but legends like Frankie Vaughan and Billy Fury also might not be to everyones taste but they certainly made their mark and added another dimension to the Liverpool scene,I suppose we could go on forever.