My Random Music

Best 5: Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight UB40 - One In Ten Genesis - Abacab Ultravox - The Thin Wall Worst: The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand

I wouldn't put the Puff Daddy or LL Cool J records that far down but I can't say I particularly like either and that formula of rapped verses and 80s choruses sang by somebody else got very tired very quickly. I do like "I Believe I Can Fly" but all 3 of those records got to number one for non-music reasons.

Good shout to the above poster on Third World, I'm going to vote for it too. Top 5: Third World - Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) Dead Kennedy's - Too Drunk To f*** Specials - Ghost Town Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood Depeche Mode - New Life Worst: Elaine Paige - Memory

There were some great records in 1996 but very few of them got to number one. I've not take a proper look at the list before, most of those records are dreadful. My Top 3 would be "Breathe" by The Prodigy, "Setting Sun" by Chemical Brothers and "Ready Or Not" by Fugees. I've never been able to get into Oasis which is a bit of a shame because I often find myself nodding and agreeing with what Noel Gallagher has to say. One factor is that I find their music too slow.

It depends how you would define an artist you listened to in your late teens/early 20s. When I was that age I had a huge list of CDs I wanted but only a limited budget to buy them with so for example Leftfield have only just become part of my music collection but would of been part of it in the 90s if I had limitless funds. I still see it as music of my youth though because it was music I was very much into at the time. Going with the music I was into definition, most of my teens were spent listening to nothing but rave but then I opened myself up to other genres and by my early 20s I was into all sorts of music. Most of the artists that I've got into since are older music acts such as Roxy Music and ELO. I did however go through a phase in my late 20s of getting into new music because I still felt too young to be just listening to the old stuff. The last new music act I got into was Fenech Soler when I was just about still in my 20s.

The 5 best: The Clash - The Magnificent Seven Freeez - Flying High The Undertones - It's Going To Happen! Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator Squeeze - Is That Love The worst: Hazel O'Connor - Will You

I also cannot stand "Wannabe" or the Spice Girls in general. Not only was the music terrible but I also hated that girl power nonsense when in reality they were assembled by a male and all their singles were written by men. At the same time we had a genuinely talented female musician in Sister Bliss from Faithless yet even today few people seem to realise there's a female behind their music.

My Top 5: Kool And The Gang - Summer Madness Visage - Mind Of A Toy New Order - Ceremony Public Image Ltd - Flowers Of Romance John Lennon - Watching The Wheels Worst: Kim Wilde - Kids In America Tiebreak: Ultravox - Vienna

I agree that all of those 3 number ones are terrible and would certainly come near the bottom of my list. I'd say the Gary Barlow one is the worst of those. However my bottom 3 would have to be the 3 Spice Girls number ones with "Wannabe" down the bottom.

I see everybody so far has voted for Ultravox, Visage and Talking Heads. I'm about to do the same: Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Fade To Grey Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet Worst: Honey Bane - Turn Me On, Turn Me Off

I'm not signed up to any loyalty schemes for that very reason. I did experience having to show ID when purchasing beer when I was younger but now I'm well into my 40s so in the unlikely event that will happen again I will take my custom somewhere else. By paying in cash the banks don't even see where I'm spending my money.

The original comment I responded to was "who CARES that you bought 2 packets of chocolate digestives this week" which in turn was a response to a comment that included "only those that likely have something to hide are so up in arms about it". My point is that buying a packet of biscuits is nothing to hide but I wouldn't want a permanent record of me buying a packet of biscuits because what I buy is nobody else's business.

OK other shoppers in the supermarket can see what's in my trolley but I wouldn't want them to know what I buy every time I go to the shop. The point is my day to day activities aren't a secret but I like my privacy and don't want a record of what my day to day activities are.

It's not just knowing you once bought a packet of biscuits though. When I go to a restaurant everybody in that restaurant can clearly seeing what I'm having for my dinner and I'm fine with that. However if everybody in that restaurant suddenly knew what I'd be having for my dinner at home every day I wouldn't be comfortable with that. Quite frankly what I do in the privacy of my own home whether it's what I'm having for dinner or something else is nobody else's business.

I'm one of those who signed the petition. I'm aware that businesses already have ways of stalking you by simply having a bank account, phone etc. but I always do what I can to maintain my privacy. I have no apps on my phone, I've never scanned a QR code and the only time I use the internet on my phone is to check the tube/train statuses. On my computer I clear my cookies after visiting each website. The only social media I use is Twitter and I only tweet about music. I use cash for my day to day purposes and utilise my bank branch which is fortunately still there. I know not everyone goes to the same extent I do but I do think there's still many of us against technology being forced upon us. A couple of days ago I was in a queue at the shop with one manned till and every single person making a purchase was in that queue whilst a number of card only self checkouts were available and not being used.