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Beautiful stuff - and that methodology doesn't take into account tactical voting does it?

Owen Jones has now joined Threads so that's the deal sealed for me! As agree with 99% of his views.... :kiss:

I loved that 'Traitor', 'Good For U', 'Drivers License' and 'Deja Vu' in effect tell exactly the same story but with different time of the event and emphasis on emotions: Betrayal, Anger, Despair, Sarcasm. I pretty much like all 4 the same but prob 'Deja Vu' just is my favourite, thought it was a very brave follow up and initially looked like it would be middling hit but surpassed my wildest expectations. 'Brutal' and 'Jealousy Jealousy' are clever angsty bangers. 'All I Want' is a lovely track too - obviously more juvenile but showed there was something quite special about her.

I don't actually post on Twitter (and probably not a habit I want to get into) but read it often and probably would do the same with Threads. If Meta does actually moderate against hate speech and bans Far Right accounts and it gets a high level of engagement of prominent people, then I'd be happy for it to succeed and Twitter fail as right now the latter is like posting on Fox News forums say. I take the point re: too much power going to a single company but that's a lesser evil IMO.

Aren't the vast majority of UK rap stars only successful here (or to a lesser extent Ireland) - Stormzy, D Block Europe, Aitch etc etc. 'Body' and 'Sprinter' are exceptions to the rule.

Without a doubt. The right wing assholes wake up every day with thr sole goal of destroying the "woke" and the left and they have the money to do it sadly as capitalism rewards the ones free of morals.

YJUhjLVfx6Y Early predictions have this debuting at no.1 in the Billboard Top 100 knocking Morgan Wallen off after 13 weeks there.

That's a depressingly "corporate" comment although for the most part that happens anyway. Music stars tend to be (with a few exceptions) very silent on the glaringly obvious problems in society and are very reluctant to challenge the status quo. Wasn't the case a few decades back and musicians through their art did challenge the Government of the day. Not that I'm a massive fan of the genre but good on Dave and Stormzy too being the very rare examples of those that do. Although you could add stars like Lady Gaga who are political in terms of social views (LGBT+ acceptance).

Could you categorise 'Take Me Back to London' as UK rap? - that had 5 weeks at no.1. The regular version had Stormzy and of course the remix had a couple more rappers.

The Republicans would undoubtedly pack the courts too but that's a worry for the future, and FWIW think they have no chance to win in 2024. But in the here and now, for such regressive, authoritarian crap being passed by Supreme Court during a Democrat presidency must be stopped any way how.

Agreed but blue on blue violence is great. Plus Goldsmith is correct about our current Government betraying future generations by not giving a crap about the planet.

But why do the Dems always play nice? - they should have packed the courts with friendly judges when they had the chance. Now it's a hard right majority in the court for a minority of views. Incredibly undemocratic.

Well it's kinda ironic that the no.2 Luke Combs sings a song as a checkout girl given the madness they have about gender roles in the US currently. Didn't have 'Eyes Closed' being higher in the US chart than the UK chart 13 weeks on - I know it's suffered from ACR in UK but holding up pretty well here.

Agreed, I'm no economist but anyone thinking that big corporations do things out of the good of their hearts is in la la land. Sadly rampant capitalism is destroying society and the planet. But it's too entrenched in people's DNA to turn back sadly.

Thanks so much for this rate Gezza. Really great fun to read and certainly lead to me reconnecting with a few blasts from the past and discovering new music. Great that a lot of my fave alternative artists climbed so much (although slightly sad Kate Bush didn't make top 10). Of the top 10, Madonna was my favourite, although having nothing decent since 'Confessions of a Dancefloor' surely means that she is sure to lose her crown next time unless she pulls something amazing out of the bag!

Was wondering whether there would be a male version - hadn't started posting by then . Thought possibly not bearing in mind Buzzjack. :P Genuinely shocked MJ won though based on the extra curricular activities as although never found officially guilty, by 2020 the tide was definitely against him and then Leaving Neverland had been released. Ed Sheeran very very low at 19 - thought he'd pick up more casual votes (as not a negative poll). Anyhow, digress. Gags vs Madge it is - I think the latter should just take it but happy with either outcome.

Oh is he actually still stepping down? Anyway he's turned it into such a far right hell hole that actual Right wing equivalents such as Parler have had to close as there's no need for them. Recently of course we've had Musk's blatant partnership with the terrifyingly homophobic Ron de Santis, bullying scientists unless they "debate" Covid with shock jocks and conspiracy theorists, raising fake accounts of leftwingers (AOC) etc etc And yet the progressives haven't yet found a platform that they can move too en masse - a bit depressing.

Yep Pink way too high- I personally find her style a bit brash but more importantly cannot think of a single thing she's done musically which has covered new ground. Very standard pop. Hope Madonna and Gaga are the top 2.

Oh apart from making jokes about trans people during Pride Month. https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/18/rish...n-leaked-video/ He's so brave and really punches up you see! :rolleyes:

It's a horrible situation but it would be extremely unfair if homeowners got subsidies when they have considerable advantages over renters anyhow. That said, I understand how finely balanced these things are.

Britney has had some fantastic singles love 'Circus', 'To the World Ends' and 'Everytime' most) but prob deserved a fall on the basis of that 'Hold Me Closer' monstrosity alone! :kink:

Taylor is an artist that does nothing for me. Just kind of there. I mean "Shake it Off" and "LoveStory" are kind of iconic but the rest is so so average. There's singer songwriters who go far deeper and pop/dance singers who produce better bangers.

Is GGG on ACR now- bit of a drop for that one?

Oh quelle surprise! He's getting paid a very high 6 figure salary to write a weekly column for the Daily Heil! :mansoncheer:

Yes Cameron and Osbourne claimed they were caring, co-opted a principle free narcissist (Clegg) and went on a project to make the poorest and vulnerable suffer most whilst ensuring their wealthy friends and backers earned even more. All whilst saying "We are in this together". Oh and pretending to be green one day and then saying "let's cut the green crap" from their manifesto in private.