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    50 Madonna – Get Together

    49 The Verve - Lucky Man

    48 Chic - Le Freak

    47 The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love

    46 Al Green - Let's Stay Together

    45 The Doors - Light My Fire

    44 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

    43 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

    42 Klaxons – Golden Skans

    41 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me

    40 The Cure - The Love Cats

    39 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

    38 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

    37 Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing

    36 Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire

    35 U2 - One

    34 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

    33 Radiohead - Creep

    32 Pulp - Disco 2000

    31 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet

    30 Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique

    29 The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

    28 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live

    27 The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind

    26 Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About Dre

    25 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

    24 Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight

    23 The Ones - Flawless

    22 Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You)

    21 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces

    20 Avril Lavigne – I'm With You

    19 t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us

    18 Evanescence – My Immortal

    17 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

    16 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

    15 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

    14 Green Day - Basket Case

    13 The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way

    12 Dolly Parton - Jolene

    11 Amy Winehouse - Rehab

    10 The Beach Boys - I Get Around

    9  Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control

    8 Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors

    7 Britney Spears - Stronger

    6 Kirsty MacColl - A New England

    5 Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name)

    4 Alan Walker - Faded

    3 Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol

    2 Jade - Angel Of My Dreams

    1 Lady Gaga - Alejandro


    25pts Madonna - Get Together

    24pts Madonna - Give It 2 Me

    23pts Cher - One By One

    22pts Madonna - Nothing Really Matters

    21pts Bomb The Bass - Winter In July

    20pts Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night

    19pts Avril Lavigne - I'm With You

    18pts Al Green - Let's Stay Together

    17pts Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique

    16pts Grandmaster and Melle Mel – White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

    15pts Love Inc. – You're A Superstar

    14pts Chic - Le Freak

    13pts The Verve - Lucky Man

    12pts The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

    11pts Shakespear's Sister - I Don't Care

    10pts Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me

    9pts Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton – Islands In The Stream

    8pts The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

    7pts Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name)

    6pts Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

    5pts Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet

    4pts Charli xcx featuring Ariana Grande - Sympathy Is A Knife (remix)

    3pts Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock'n'Roll

    2pts Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop - Lose Control

    1pt The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

    Some of these comments are killing me: 'Olly did a decent job vocally' or 'It was a great song' - neither are true. It was the worst vocal of the night.

     

    This lame argument that the UK are somehow building towards something is ridic and laughable. Eurovision is boom or bust. You can have a country who are in the top 3 one year, and if they get it wrong the next, they can be in the bottom 5.

     

    Send a lame act with a poor vocal and generic song, with self-indulgent staging and your song will not land, nor resonate, and will get ZERO points from the public. It's not rocket science. Olly was awful.

     

    We need a 'UK decides' public vote - after all, we can't be any worse than what they've come up with.

     

     

    Oh dear. I'm late to the party, and I want to bring positivity but UK 2024's effort with Olly Alexander is just dreadful. 27 years now without a win - something isn't working.

     

    Staging - 1/10 - it would look great in a pop video, but on the vast Eurovision stage, it feels odd, lost and very self indulgent.

    Vocals - 2/10 - Based on Tuesday, Olly can't sing live - and was possibly the weakest vocalist on both nights. Blame the tech but a true artist would overcome this.

    Song - 3/10 - formulaic rubbish - it's just not good enough - not even close.

    Performance 3/10 - generic and forgettable - look at some of the favourites, UK just gets lost.

    Prediction - bottom 5

     

    Somebody just said: ' That said I still think we’ve taken a step forward in the last 3 years'. I totally disagree. Sam Ryder was a beautiful fluke. Last year was an abomination, and this years effort is almost as formulaic and beige. We got the same results (hit and miss) when the public decided. Ultimately, its the public who decide and so it shouldn't be left to a few execs to keep choosing the wrong acts.

     

    Having acts who are no longer having big hits / number ones perform for the UK isn't working. Olly Alexander was totally the wrong choice.

     

    Maybe we should just put Sam Ryder up every year!

    I really appreciate LAP the song, but I've never loved it. It wouldn't be in my top 50 fav M songs, and I really don't know why....

     

    I do love how much critical acclaim the track gets, critics often cite it as her best song, but for me, it's not even close.

     

    Still, the album is a total banger from start to finish, and I still listen to it now.

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    Amongst the usual fawning, it's getting some stinkingly Mixed to BAD reviews:

     

    From NME: Arriving at the peak of her imperial phase, Swift’s 11th studio album is surprisingly flat and, at times, cringeworthy. A rare mistep.

     

    The Standard: Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department album review: underwhelming and clunky

     

    So whilst I think it'll do big numbers initially, the backlash has truly begun, and the wheels may just start falling off this pop juggernaut. Being vicious about numerous exes may just have run it's course. We'll see. I think it'll do 110, 000 in the UK first week then drop.

    Rolling Stone Polls are always off....

     

    The top 3 for me are:

     

    1 TRUE BLUE - not just M's greatest album cover, but also the most iconic album cover of all time by any artist!

     

    2. LIKE A VIRGIN

     

    3. MADONNA - The original cover

     

    When I think about it, her earliest 3 studio albums were by far the best. The later ones have been really, really subpar!

    15 shows left !!

     

    0 cancellations.

     

     

    This is amazing. I had such low hopes for the tour and predicted she'd burn out as I didn't think she was match-fit or well enough. I'm so happy to have been proven wrong. I saw her in October, and it was joyous and one of my best ever concerts.

     

    Madonna has proven so many people wrong by showing up and doing what she does better than anyone else.

    50 Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye / Little Star

    49 Abba - SOS

    48 Madonna - Deeper And Deeper

    47 Laura Branigan - Gloria

    46 Grace - Not Over Yet

    45 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

    44 Felix - Don't You Want Me

    42 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

    42 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

    41 Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank

    40 Rihanna - Where Have You Been

    39 They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul

    38 R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People

    37 Macy Gray - I Try

    36 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You)

    35 The Cure – Friday I'm In Love

    34 Robin S. – Show Me Love

    33 Roxette – Listen to Your Heart / Dangerous

    32 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

    31 Alphabeat – Fascination

    30 Duran Duran – Ordinary World

    29 Chicane featuring Máire Brennan - Saltwater

    28 Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God

    27 Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor

    26 The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

    25 Prince and The Revolution – Purple Rain

    24 Prince and The Revolution - Kiss

    23 Emma Bunton - Maybe

    22 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    21 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    20 Little Boots - Remedy

    19 Sia – Chandelier

    18 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

    17 Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage - Stay High

    16 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

    15 Metallica – Nothing Else Matters

    14 John Farnham - You're The Voice

    13 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

    12 Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles

    11 Sugababes - Overload

    10 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky

    9 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

    8 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    7 Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten

    6 Pink – Don't Let Me Get Me

    5 Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills

    4 Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

    3 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love

    2 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dog - Still D.R.E.

    1 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory

     

    It's super disappointing; the gay community needs it allies, and nobody has been a greater ally than M. He should save his vitriol for Trump, Putin etc.

     

    The long and short of it is that Ru has a book to sell and dropping the M-name is to try and generate some interest. It's lame, bitchy and super telling.

     

    I've lost respect for Ru here. I have NYC friends who knew the real Ru back in the day, and they paint a very different picture to the Ru we all know today..........

     

    I wonder what Michelle Visgae thinks of this?

    What was the reason for this, was it re-released? In the streaming age it's pretty common but it seems very unusual for the charts in the 80's/90's.

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    It was re-released as a Q Sound remix to coincide with the huge success in 1990/1 of The Immaculate Collection. In '85 Crazy For You" was 16th-best-selling single of the year, so it was already a major hit, and so to hit #2 again 6 years later was quite an achievement.

    25 Madonna- The Power of Goodbye/Little Star

    24 Laura Branigan - Gloria

    23 Felix - Don't You Want Me

    22 ABBA - SOS

    21 Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine

    20 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

    19 Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes

    18 Sade - Your Love Is King

    17 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You)

    16 Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki

    15 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor

    14 Macy Gray - I Try

    13 Roxette - Listen To Your Heart / Dangerous

    12 Taylor Swift - Cardigan

    11 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    10 Wilson Phillips - Hold On

    9 Tina Arena - Chains

    8 Basement Jaxx - Romeo

    7 Fatboy Slim - Rockerfeller Skank

    6 Duran Duran - Ordinary World

    5 Prince - Purple Rain

    4 TLC - Unpretty

    3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer

    2 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

    1 REM - Shiny Happy People

    Overexposed yes, and whilst she has a zillion fans, my socials are full of people who clearly don't rate her - She's becoming more marmite by the day.

     

    She does little for me musically, but I do recognise her song writing brilliance - although there is a real sameness about her themes, and lately not much evolution. I mean how many more songs can there be about English boys that have done her wrong! I also find her whole girl-squad antics really childish. Back to the topic, yes it will be a huge No.1, but I'm predicting that we are at the peak of Taylor's imperial phase, and I wonder whether the appetite will be there in 5 years time.

     

    25 Madonna - Deeper And Deeper

    24 Grace - Not Over Yet

    23 George Michael - Praying For Time

    22 Emma Bunton - Maybe

    21 Chicane featuring Máire Brennan - Saltwater

    20 Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together

    19 Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms

    18 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

    17 Alphabeat - Fascination

    16 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody

    15 The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

    14 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

    13 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

    12 Rihanna - Where Have You Been

    11 Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God

    10 Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have to Do

    9 Gorillaz - 19-2000

    8 Fergie featuring Ludacris - Glamorous

    7 Alesso featuring Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be)

    6 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dog - Still D.R.E.

    5 Carole King - It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move

    4 Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood

    3 They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul

    2 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

    1 Sia - Chandelier