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HUSH Silence is one of those few tracks that has hundreds of different versions, and all of which are quite brilliant. Although perhaps not as immediate as the trance versions, the Gregorian chant original of Silence is WONDERFUL. But it wasn't the version I featured on my CD. Tracklisting later this evening...

It's actually SACRILEGE to plump for a wishy-washy Tin Tin Out remix over the GLORIOUS power balladry of the original.

Caroldene is clearly NOTHING on Des'ree, and in fact I quite RESENT the implication. She's clearly more the new Heather Small.

Some wonderful stuff there; Robyn of course, Delerium (one of the best dance anthems of all time), Take That (who I hope have given up the anthemic manband sound now, because I don't think they will top The Flood again), and Sarah McLachlan; World On Fire just about manages to avoid being preachy and is instead a rather touching worldly lament. Gorgeous.

Well out of those Corrs tracks; one is of course UTTERLY WONDROUS (see the CD Swap thread), and one really isn't; Summer Sunshine was the epitome of the Corrs at their worst; lightweight, cheap and without any substance whatsoever.

Oh don't get me wrong, I don't find Christian appealing in the least either. Syed however...

He never did anything for me. A very plain face.

John-Paul was hardly likeable, and I never understood why all the internet gays looned over him. He was a selfish sod who actively went out of his way to seduce the fiance of one of his supposed friends. And then went actively out of his way to seduce a priest. I know he was "in love" and all that, but his character was JUST as self-driven, destructive and needy as Christian, if not more so.

Oh to be fair, more power to you for owning up to them! And in all honesty, by the time I get round to doing my own countdown, the phrase words "pot", "kettle" and "black" will all be making a big comeback.

NEVER did I think I'd EVER be allocating points to WESTLIFE, but I really do ABHOR the only other alternatives (La Roux, Taylor Swift and Get Sexy would all also make wonderfully deserving -2s) +15 Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror +12 James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings +10 Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind +08 Rihanna - Russian Roulette +06 Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm +05 Robbie Williams - Bodies +04 Leona Lewis - Happy +03 Mr Hudson - Supernova +02 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite +01 Westlife - What About Now -02 The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough

Oh now Erase/Rewind IS a genuinely great record. It's one I always tend to forget about it, until it pops up on my shuffle and I fall back in love with it all over again. However some of these other choices are bland / utter cheese on a scale that even I can't defend :(

Although to be fair I can't see the sales being MUCH higher now than they were back then. Much as I like a good bit of M People, they're not exactly brimming with the sort of stone cold classics that still manage to shift thousands on a yearly basis on I-Tunes, perhaps Moving On Up aside.

AMAZING. Being a female MOR singer, I of course adore Jewel; I would go with Down So Long being my favourite by her, although the radio edit (which I CANNOT find to purchase dammit) of What's Simple Is True is also BEAUTIFUL.

Oh HELL YES. Bizarrely they actually were my favourite EE characters at the time, what with me being a naive schoolboy who had no interest in whether actors could actually ACT or not. Whilst we're at it, can we PLEASE bring back Mick the cafe owner, Jules Tavernier and Shirley Benson's cat Boots? EDIT: Oh no we can't - Jules DIED :(

+15 Coldplay - Speed Of Sound +12 Robbie Williams - Tripping +10 Mario - Let Me Love You +08 U2 - City Of Blinding Lights +06 Razorlight - Somewhere Else +05 Snoop Dogg - Signs +04 Manic Sreet Preachers - Empty Souls +03 Mariah Carey - We Belong Together +02 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc +01 Oasis - Let There Be Love -02 Rihanna - Pon De Replay

You know, if Dandy wouldn't mind, I wouldn't say no to receiving his CD link (please?). It's about time I started attempting to do credible music.

Surely the most random return of them all - as posted on DS...

01. Take That - Happy Now 02. Ellie Goulding - Lights 03. The Pierces - You'll Be Mine 04. Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights, Bigger City 05. The Naked And Famous - Young Blood 06. Plan B - The Writing's On The Wall 07. Guillemots - Walk The River 08. Andrea Corr - State Of Independence 09. White Lies - Strangers 10. Andrea Corr - Tinseltown In The Rain 11. Hurts - Sunday 12. Katie Melua - Twisted 13. Magnetic Man & John Legend - Getting Nowhere 14. Lady GaGa - Born This Way 15. McFly - That's The Truth 16. Kanye West - All Of The Lights 17. Adele - Rolling In The Deep 18. Kate Bush - Deeper Understanding 19. Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath 20. OneRepublic - Secrets 21. Adele - Someone Like You 22. Clare Maguire - The Last Dance 23. Hurts - Illuminated 24. Adam Lambert - Aftermath 25. Above And Beyond - Sun & Moon 26. Jessie J - Who You Are 27. UNKLE - Only The Lonely 28. Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know 29. Gabriella Cilmi - Glue 30. Alex Gaudino & Kelly Rowland - What A Feeling 31. Dionne Bromfield & Diggy Simmons - Yeah Right 32. The Wombats - Anti-D 33. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 34. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar 35. Imogen Heap - Lifeline 36. Glasvegas - Euphoria, Take My Hand 37. Jennifer Hudson - I Remember Me 38. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This? 39. Slash & Fergie - Beautiful Dangerous 40. The Hoosiers - Bumpy Ride

I'm not a regular Emmerdale viewer, but I thought Jackson's last episode was very well done. Pauline Quirke and Danny Miller were absolutely GUT-WRENCHING Inevitably it's sparked off the usual complaints to Ofcom from the Mary Whitehouse brigade.

On A Night Like This is an OK record, and certainly it's dated much better than the flimsy handbag house of Spinning Around or the novelty Please Stay. But it is nevertheless a rather generic and uninspired track, and the turn of the century was FLOODED with dance acts who were genuinely doing it better.

+15 Donell Jones - U Know What's Up +12 Artful Dodger - Movin' Too Fast +10 Daft Punk - One More Time +08 Sonique - Sky +06 Blink 182 - All The Small Things +05 Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue - Kids +04 Sash! - Adelante +03 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You +02 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers +01 Moloko - The Time Is Now -02 Bomfunk MCs - Freestyler (I really HATE this)

That's complete nonsense. Paula Abdul anybody? Dannii Minogue? Even J-Lo was in a bit a rut before she got taken on at American Idol. All it will do is mean that Cherly will be scrutinised even more by the media, so she'd better hope she's up to the job.

Beyond the first few, what a load of utter GARBAGE. I have no choice but to... +15 Cheeky Girls – The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) - YES +12 Coldplay - In My Place +10 Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out +08 Oasis - Little By Little +06 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You +05 X-Press 2 - Lazy +04 Appleton - Fantasy +03 Pink - Get The Party Started +02 Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight +01 Shakira - Whenever Wherever -02 S Club Juniors - One Step Closer

Well I can honestly say that bar Imogen Heap and Alexis Taylor I have NEVER heard of ANY of Pavel's acts in my life. Which will of course put my own tracklisting to shame! And if Eurovision really ARE rejecting songs like 'Vardlokk' in favour of Jedward and Loreen NONSENSE, than all of the criticism is QUITE deserved. Also I am immensely proud of myself for getting the Hans Unstern languages correct.