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Sorry but unless it's folk music from an impoverished nation set to a cheap dance beat fronted by an Elton John drag act dressed in a tinfoil jump suit then I'M NOT INTERESTED. A transexual Celine Dion does NOTHING FOR ME

Dancing Lasha Tumbai was the ONE SOLE moment I was actually able to get on board with Eurovision. It really was TREMENDOUS.

Well that's a bit of a disaster. The cast are great and all, but Robert Sheehan really was the star of the show, and they're going to have to REALLY pull something out of the bag to replace him.

When DID they start writing Jane to be so needy and dense? Ian yes, but never Jane.

Well of course you're quite right. We'll just keep her then and whilst we're at it we'll also add a Megan Fox forum JUST BECAUSE

Jarky; Linden DIED :( Well actually I'm not :( myself, I thought he was an incredibly unlikeable and cold character.

Jac is outstanding but it is really ALL about Frieda now.

07 STARZ IN THEIR EYES - Just Jack 06 STOP ME - Mark Ronson 05 NATURE'S LAW - Embrace 04 PROPER EDUCATION - Eric Prydz 03 RUN IT - Chris Brown 02 AIN'T NO OTHER MAN - Christina Aguilera 01 SWEET ESCAPE - Gwen Stefani

+15 Seal 'Crazy' +12 James ' Sit Down' +10 Right Said Ref 'I'm Too Sexy' +08 2 Unlimited 'Get Ready For This' +06 Scorpions 'Wind Of Change' +05 Salt-N-Pepa 'Let's Talk About Sex' +04 Crystal Waters 'Gypsy Woman' +03 Extreme 'More Than Words' +02 Nomad '(I Wanna Give You) Devotion' +01 Madonna 'Crazy For You' -02 Diana Ross 'When You Tell Me That You Love Me'

She had a CONSIDERABLE part to play

An album of covers? GOOD LORD it's going to be Sharleen Spiteri's "Movie Songbook" all over again. DIRE :(

07: LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Eminem and Rihanna 06: YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH - Manic Street Preachers 05: BETTER IN TIME - Leona Lewis 04: ROCKSTAR - Nickelback 03: IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU - Shayne Ward 02: AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50 Cent 01: FOUNDATIONS - Kate Nash

Rebecca Black UP

Black Velvet is THE TITS

+15 Alannah Myles 'Black Velvet' +12 The B-52s 'Love Shack' +10 DNA & Suzanne Vega 'Tom's Diner' +08 Dee-Lite 'Groove Is In The Heart' +06 The Adventures Of Stevie V 'Dirty Cash' +05 Deacon Blue 'Four Bacharach and David Songs (EP)' +04 Kim Appleby 'Don't Worry' +03 Madonna 'Justify My Love' +02 Luciano Pavarotti 'Nessun Dorma' +01 Londonbeat 'I've Been Thinking About You' -02 Madonna 'Hanky Panky'

Indeed. I suspect McFadden's song about RAPE is more likely to shift units than Delta these days.

True. Beyond Sal the only thing that really kept my interest vaguely was the continuing Tanya/Syed double-act who work bizarrely well together. Syed certainly is much less of a happiness VACUUM when he's around her rather than Christian.

Hurrah for Aunt Sal! I'm glad that Peggy's departure hasn't been the end of her random appearances (although I'm a little surprised - Sal isn't actually related to Ronnie or Roxy is she?)

I'm another one on the Kat/Jean bandwagon. They make for a wonderful duo, one that I think could quite easily rival the Stacey/Jean relationship. In fact I think I may actually like it more, for Kat seems to genuinely appreciate having Jean around rather than feeling obligated to look after her - it allows Jean to be much more than just the crazy old lady with the screechy voice. It's bringing out a PROPERLY maternal side to her, and Gillian Wright still has the ability to light up the most banal of scenes/conversations - who else but Jean could go into absolute raptures over cereal variety boxes?

This part of the forum is actually really for ANY discussion of pop music, whether current or 5 years ago.

That's AMAZING. I need to dig out that Flopstars Go Bad thread. Paul Cattermole's transformation is PERFECT.

01. GABRIELLA CILMI - Glue 02. KATIE MELUA - Twisted 03. LADY GAGA - Born This Way 04. ARCADE FIRE - The Suburbs 05. NOAH AND THE WHALE - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. 06. CLARE MAGUIRE - The Last Dance 07. PET SHOP BOYS & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - What Have I Done To Deserve This? 08. JLS - Eyes Wide Shut 09. CHRIS BROWN - Yeah 3x 10. WHITE LIES - Bigger Than Us 11. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB - What You Know 12. ADELE - Someone Like You 13. TAIO CRUZ - Higher 14. CHASE AND STATUS - Blind Faith 15. GABRIELLA CILMI - Defender 16. ALEXIS JORDAN - Good Girl 17. GLASVEGAS - Euphoria, Take My Hand 18. THE WOMBATS - Jump Into The Fog 19. ONE REPUBLIC - Secrets 20. LOICK ESSIEN - Stuttering 21. ADELE - Rolling In The Deep 22. PJ HARVEY - The Words That Maketh Murder 23. SCALA & KOLACNY BROTHERS - Every Breath You Take 24. TAKE THAT - Kidz 25. JESSIE J - Price Tag 26. MNDR - Fade To Black 27. BRITNEY SPEARS - Till The World Ends 28. ALEX GAUDINO & KELLY ROWLAND - What A Feeling 29. YASMIN - On My Own 30. CRYSTAL CASTLES & ROBERT SMITH - Not In Love 31. AVRIL LAVIGNE - What The Hell 32. BRANDON FLOWERS - Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts 33. KANYE WEST - All Of The Lights 34. ERIC PRYDZ - Niton 35. CHIPMUNK - Champion 36. FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Rocketeer 37. KATIE MELUA - To Kill You With A Kiss 38. JOHN LEGEND - Shine 39. I BLAME COCO - Turn Your Back On Love 40. JODIE CONNOR - Now Or Never

Exactly. I submitted a CD that had the bloody CORRS on it, so I don't think anyone else needs to worry about not being alternative enough! (As an aside, Josh - the Kinks, Neon Indian and Ou Est Le Swimming Pool tracks have now become I-Pod regulars!)

Is that as in OUR Aaron?!

I know I'm hardly a regular Indie poster, and I've not bothered with Unknown Pleasures (let's face it, I'm not exactly "alternative"), but I really enjoyed the first CD swap, so I'd love to give this another go. However the idea of knowing who you're compiling music for does put me off a little. If you know who you're putting the CD together for, the obvious thing is to try and go for styles that you know that person would like, even if you know f***-all about that genre - and chances are then that the recipient may well already know half of the stuff that you're chucking them. Also I'd be completely f***ED if I got someone like Chris!