TheSnake

Chain Reaction is an upbeat dancefloor classic. It's like 'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in that an uncredited famous singer sings backing vocals.

I like the song lyrics it tells a story and sets a mood for staying up all night watching TV to try and forget about someone, but yeah I fear its AI because it has that autotune and also some of the lyrics don't rhyme/have too many syllables.

Nice choices. Are you following these two threads about UK chart music in 1984 at the moment, where Shannon and Nik Kerhaw have recently been mentioned?! The UK Top 40 singles of the 1980s: listening sessions + polls: next session 12 July - Page 27 - 20th Century Retro - BuzzJack Music Forum Julian rates every Top 40 hit: the 1980s edition - Page 22 - 20th Century Retro - BuzzJack Music Forum

Since when was Oasis - Wonderwall popular in the US?

If Farage loses and resigns then does that mean Restore merge with Reform again though?

'Give Me Everything' I compared with 'Club Cant Handle me and yes its harder hitting dance I compared it to early 00s dance at the time. A bit grim sounding with the heys but I did quite like it at the time. 'Price Tag' I didnt like at all, just found it a disappointment after 'Do It Like A Dude' which I was a fan of. In retrospect 'Do It Like A Dude' is a bit cringe though.

France 2 - 1 Morocco Spain 2 - 1 Belgium England 1 - 0 Norway Argentina 2 - 1 Switzerland

No penalty then? Egypt as unlucky as Senegal.

Its looking like the Senegal - Belgium match now.

Axel Witsel is on didnt think he was still playing.

OK I feel a bit sorry for them now

Why were the USA fans impersonating Norway fans there lol?!

This is as good as the England - Mexico match so far.

And '12 to 12' still his only track I like, he needs to get back to making danceable music like it!

Infantino looking like a movie villain there

Omg yesssssssss

Gone for Snoop Dogg and Pharrell; they have better songs.

Which was clearly ripped off for that new AI Saxboy Billy track now in the top 100 Love 'Loco In Acapulco' though!

Will David Guetta, John Martin and Third Party - Human make the July list? - just for John Martin's reappearance?!

I didn't really like 'We R Who We R'. It's preferable to 'Die Young' though. 'Take It Off' and to a slightly lesser extent 'Blow' and 'My First Kiss' were the only Kesha songs I really liked. Professor Green's 'Read All About It' rap is quite personal and heartfelt so I prefer it to Part 3 with just Emeli on her own. Yeah he she was too much everywhere, especially her ballads. I prefer her more upbeat stuff - 'Lifted' was fab with Naughty Boy.

Je suis Belge! Also I like Lukaku and De Bruyne!

'Freed From Desire' lyrics can be changed to any striker's name ____ _____'s on fire, your defence is terrified Having said that searching now I haven't seen any new videos on youtube of England fans singing it.

Thought Vindaloo was more like Slade, being forgotten compared to more newly popular anthems like Wonderwall, Freed from Desire and Hey Jude.

Great standard of tracks. That Shannon song is probably my favourite of the bunch, very good and yes its so good to hear electronic production take the place of disco. Elsewhere, 'Street Dance' is a good breakdancing anthem with a synth and whistle riff 'drop' in place of the chorus - quite modern. Rockwell too, thats three great songs for American electronic post-disco, the genre is really getting good now. Used to prefer the Beatfreakz version of 'Somebody's Watching Me' but the original has more to it and retains most of its dance power anyway. '99 Red Balloons' I have liked for a long time, it is good when it speeds up. 'Radio GaGa' is overplayed but still a very good synth track, it's like a response track to 'Video Killed The Radio Star' in defence of radio, and there's quite a few 80s songs about radio - Cliff Richard also got in on the act with 'Wired For Sound' and Rush with 'Spirit of Radio'. And obviously Taffy 'I Love My Radio' in 1987. 'Doctor Doctor' is better imo from Thompson Twins than their previous or next single. Nik Kershaw 'Wouldn't It Be Good' is a bit slow and MOR for my tastes but is still a good well-constructed song.

I think might be back one day as Portugal manager!?