Herbs

Sophie Ellis Bextor - Mixed Up World - major tuunage Adele - Send My Love - great choice. I remember this song took time to grow on me but has aged well Marina - Homewrecker - solid choice Sam Smith - I’m Not Here To Make Friends - great newer song from Sam Bananarama - It Ain’t What You Do - fun choice if a little too cheesy Fontaines DC - I Love You - grew on me with multiple listens Darin - Satellit - like but basic Kate Bush - Army Lovers - like her voice on this but found it slightly forgettable New Order - Temptation - see comments for Kate Bush Depeche Mode - It’s No Good - see comments for Kate Bush Sam Fender - Spit of You - I feel like with my taste in music, I should like Sam but sadly this did nothing for me

I looove the idea of someone shouting John across a field!

Jay Sean 1000% agree

I demand a basmati rice vs escalator steps collaboration!!!

They heard me calling out!

Ooooh do an acoustic re-imagining of all the hits! Cant believe I’ve been a fan since I was 13 and never seen them live (unless repeat watching tours in video/dvd/youtube counts…)

Oooooh that does make sense. Come on Faye/Steps - it’s been 24 hours since the H video

My pets are named after drag queens! Go with Bob (The Cat Queen)

Eagerly awaiting Faye, Lee or Lisa’s video today…

Jay Sean

James blunt

Boot Camp Part Two - Cannonball Here's the deal. When I was told I had my 3rd choice artist, I expected to last one, maybe two rounds. Damien was going to get NO fans from the pure pop voters....and I'd maybe get some votes from the alt-fans. So having reached this stage, I just decided to play my trump cards and see how far I could get. Sadly I knew this meant that I'd be unlikely to send anything from Damien's third studio album 'My Favourite Faded Fantasy' - a superb album in my eyes, with 8 tracks that reminded the world why Damien Rice was a force of story-telling beauty. And so we get to 'Cannonball'. Back in the day I rarely bought albums on the basis of one or two tracks (unless it was an act I adored like Steps!). For some reason I made an exception for 'O'. I'd heard 'Cannonball' on the radio and I was becoming part of the audience it was gaining. It seems mad to me that years later it would take a random performance of the song on X Factor (from a contestant who didn't actually progress that far) for it to give Damien his one and only top 10 UK single. We all know that this contributed to the track being chosen for Little Mix's winning single in the same year (a version I actually really like) I always forget this song has a video, a very basic one at that....that was definitely unique for its time, when big budget videos were all the rage. When this song was first released, the combination of carefully curated lyrics and a killer chorus made it my favourite Damien Rice song. A few others have overtaken this since, but it will always be the reason I got into Damien Rice. It also gave me the below review from the Pop Factor host himself, which made me chuckle for a looooooooong time. Triggered much?!! I will take tin can, drunk man singing over soulless pop any day of the week! Anyways, the plan worked and enough people showed Cannonball some love and got me through to the next round.

Ida robbed I don’t really like either and I believe Toploader don’t even like the cover that made them huge. But I’ll plump for them

About time Now another non-Red Bull team snap them up for 2028

Saw Sigur Ros at a festival in Czechia and it was magical, especially this song