Pting Rollo

I seem to be the only one who has actually sent a song by her to a contest. I entered The Ballad Of Sleeping Beauty (Only Love) to the Pride spinoff where it finished in 33rd place. There are some great songs on her third album from 1999 which would not have been vetoed.

Round 1: 33 To Me, the year Round 2: 33 Heatwave, the year 3 in 10: 3 My Way, Strangers in the Night, Three Coins in the Fountain (we all picked the same three songs)

Another Brick In The Wall is certainly the best of those three and was my introduction to Pink Floyd. I wouldn't have known any of their other songs at that point. The Slade single is not one of my favourite Christmas songs.

Nine gold medals for GB at the European Championships and two for Ireland. It's obviously easier to win gold in the absence of athletes from the Americas and Africa but still good to see. Amy Hunt is now odds on to win Sports Personality Of The Year after becoming the first athlete from any country to win four gold medals at the same European Championships.

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Tesla Girls Nik Kershaw - Human Racing Queen - Hammer To Fall Freddie Mercury - Love Kills The Cars - Drive No room for Ultravox

I can host a synctube listenthrough on Monday 24th August if that's alright with everyone. The BJSC will have finished by that time.

Substitute is my favourite out of those three. We had another song by Clout in the 70s Rock edition of the 20th Century song contest. Le Freak is a disco classic and She is an OK ballad, much covered.

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes up here. I first started listening to the Sunday chart countdown around 1974 so I'm more familiar with the singles from that point onwards but I should know most of the big hits from 1970-73.

Well done Tylky for today's 39. Round 1: 36 The year Round 2: 24 Santana, the year, I Can't Explain 3 in 10: 2 There It Is, A Night To Remember

This theme is right up my street so I've confirmed something already.

Well done John for two more 39s. Round 1: 36 Lonely Sound (close with Lonely Place) Round 2: 33 Rooms On Fire 3 in 10: 0 (Should have got at least one)

I've entered something I had ready for this.

Round 1: 27 Why, Slade, Gallagher & Lyle Round 2: 30 The year, Slip Sliding Away 3 in 10: 3 On The Beach, Tell Me There's A Heaven, The Road To Hell Part 2

To give you an idea, a song with 113 million streams was vetoed from this contest. I think anything else over 100 million would also be vetoed but that doesn't mean that one with 95 million would sail through.

11th - 17th August 1966 31. They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP653fXnd1I An American novelty song with a marching beat similar to the one in 'Vindaloo'. The production is ahead of its time with speeded up vocals, echoes and siren sound effects. Napoleon XIV was Jerry Samuels and this will reach number 4. 36. Barefootin' - Robert Parker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azIytXgdggA The second one hit wonder of the week is an enjoyable R&B song with a brass section playing in the background. 37. Give Me Your Word - Billy Fury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPOF4bCLkfc Billy's final top 40 hit is a cover of a 1954 number 1 single by Tennessee Ernie Ford. It's another warm vocal with plenty of flourishes from the piano player. 38. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - The Four Tops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXGBGmpkf0 Another good one from the Four Tops with the rhythm coming out of the left speaker, the guitars on the right and the vocals in the centre. Stevie Wonder co-wrote the song and also played drums. 39. All Or Nothing - The Small Faces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjpMCnY7-fQ A great piece of pop/rock with the repeated few notes on the guitar making it stand out and going all the way to the top of the chart. Record of the week : 8. Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles This is mainly for Eleanor Rigby which is clearly the better song of the two. Both lyrically and musically, it's so different to anything else so far in 1966 with lyrics about loneliness and death and the cellos and violins being the only instruments being used. Yellow Submarine, in contrast, is a fun singalong tune. The single will spend four weeks at number 1.

Well done John for two 39s today. Round 1: 36 Jamiroquai Round 2: 39 💥 Tie-break: 2 out of 2 3 in 10: 2 When Will I Be Famous, Silent Night

Round 1: 33 The Right Thing Round 2: 36 The year Tie-break : 1 out of 2 3 in 10: 2 Sign Your Name, If You Let Me Stay

Great to see Amy Hunt take the gold medal in the 100m just now.

It's six for me now, boosted by two winners this year. Club Bizarre 15 : Mike Foyle vs Signalrunners - Love Theme Dusk (Mike's Broken Record Mix) Club Bizarre 24 : Adam Dixon - Flight The Best Of Club Bizarre (winners from the first 25 contests) : Mike Foyle vs Signalrunners - Love Theme Dusk (Mike's Broken Record Mix) Unknown Pleasures 30 : Mikko Joensuu - There Used To Be A Darkness BJSC Spinoff (Lottery) : Archive - Collapse / Collide Bop Idol 7 : Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken

I've confirmed something. I hope we get plenty of entries for this theme.

Well done Tylky for that 39 score. Round 1: 33 Medicine Head Round 2: 36 Do Anything You Wanna Do 3 in 10: 3 Why, Nobody Does It Better, You're So Vain

I've not been watching much of The Hundred, it's a fairly meaningless competition. Nobody cares who wins it. I can see how it can appeal to families wanting a day out which explains how it still fills up the grounds. Instead, I've been watching Middlesex's 50 over matches on youtube. That was an exciting match against Durham today which they won right at the end thanks to three sixes from Toby Roland-Jones and Henry Brookes. It's good to see their young team top of group B with two matches left.

Even though I'm not taking part, I will listen to the 14 minute song and the 37 minute song.

Round 1: 36 Boyzone Round 2: 33 Pride (like the contestant, I could only remember 'In The Name Of Love') 3 in 10: 3 In Too Deep, No Son Of Mine, Land Of Confusion

I've been keeping an eye on the discussion. Maybe the quality of long songs has declined since the Rolloland era. We did sneak into a BJSC spinoff earlier this year and won it with a nine minute song so there is clearly still a demand here for high quality long songs. Everybody, don't be put off continuing to enter long songs to the contest. If some entrants don't want to listen to them all the way through, then they are missing out.