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For the record from his tweets he had previously seen Lady GaGa and highly praised her; and was very complimentary about the Black Eyed Peas performance.

^ A good performance, vocally very much in tune ... but lacking a bit of spark due to sheer fatigue/exhaustion of the last 18/24 months taking their toll. As for the performance visual originality I can think of two famous performances by female icons she admires that she has clearly been inspired by: GoQHVEXODgg skblUJYXJV0

I'm pretty certain this will be the first General Election where I'm at work the day of the results. For some reason I've normally had a week's holiday or booked off the Friday (which makes me a sad git). So I don't know how late I will stay up tomorrow night (who am I kidding)/the early hours of Friday morning. :lol:

Indeed. They were due a bit of luck, especially when you consider the season when this decision ultimately cost Spurs an UEFA Cup place a few years ago: U-8dOjeVC80

I said I loved him .... but I lied. :kink:

I love Glee. But I back a ban in principle. But more importantly with the episodes being shown in America a few days before being shown in the UK, then entering a Glee song would be impractical, like entering a song in the current UK Top 40.

Well I'll be honest I fully expected Man City to grab 4th. But Spurs ability to sign all the intermediate decent midfielders and strikers who came available have paid handsome dividends. Crouch is a legend whom Liverpool should never have sold, and he just has to go to South Africa in the England World Cup XXIII.

Funnily enough, that is exactly what I do when I'm running through all BJSC entries. However, this time my entry just so happens to have a video worth seeing, especially if you like masculine male bodies. :lol:

Better than late than never. You have until 10PM tomorrow (UK BST) to make your predictions: GENERAL ELECTION PREDICTION GAME Here

To Recap: The 2010 Record Of The Decade FINAL results were: 50th Sugababes - Overload 86 49th Linkin Park - In The End 98 48th Nelly Furtado - Maneater 98 47th Riva ft Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? 103 46th Sugababes - Push The Button 109 45th Little Boots – Remedy 110 44th Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Oooh 110 43rd Aaliyah - Try Again 121 42nd Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 124 41st Lady GaGa - Just Dance 129 40th Lady GaGa – Paparazzi 134 39th Nelly Furtado – Say It Right 150 38th Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes 153 37th Sugababes – Hole In The Head 153 36th All Saints - Pure Shores 153 35th Girls Aloud - Biology 160 34th Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 161 33rd Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 163 32nd Sugababes – Freak Like Me 166 31st Beyoncé - Irreplaceable 167 30th Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground 170 29th Lily Allen – The Fear 170 28th Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You 173 27th Shakira – Whenever Wherever 176 26th Madonna - Hung Up 180 25th Spiller ft Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 180 24th Pink - Who Knew 182 23rd t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said 185 22nd Killers - Somebody Told Me 186 21st Amy Winehouse - Rehab 190 20th P!nk – Just Like A Pill 193 19th Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor 195 18th Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 197 17th Snow Patrol - Run 199 16th Girls Aloud – Call The Shots 201 15th Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love 202 14th Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 206 13th Rihanna - Disturbia 213 12th MGMT - Kids 215 11th Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 217 10th Leona Lewis - Run 219 9th Sugababes – About You Now 233 8th Britney Spears - Toxic 236 7th Robyn ft Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat 249 6th Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 250 5th Killers - Mr Brightside 257 4th Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 267 3rd Rihanna ft Jay-Z – Umbrella 272 2nd Lady GaGa – Poker Face 324 1st Lady GaGa – Bad Romance 364 Many thanks to the 44 of you who voted in the Final, and to all of you who voted in the individual Record of The Year Contests. :wub: All things being equal, I'll do it all over again in 2011..........

2 X X X X Lady GaGa – Poker Face 324 L53A22tBaMg Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world. The song is an uptempo dance song following in the footsteps of her previous single "Just Dance" but has a darker musical tone. The main idea behind the song is bisexuality and was a tribute by Gaga to her past boyfriends. Lyrically "Poker Face" is about sex and gambling. It was nominated in Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording. This song was #1 in most countries around the world and Year-end charts Chart (2009) : Australian Singles Chart 1 Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 1 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 1 Canadian Hot 100 1 Danish Singles Chart 2 European Hot 100 Singles 1 French Singles Chart 4 German Singles Chart 1 New Zealand Singles Chart 3 Romanian Top 100 1 Russian Digital Chart 2 UK Singles Chart 1 US Billboard Hot 100 2 1 X X X X Lady GaGa – Bad Romance 364 zCL--IOY5cE It is the lead single from her second studio album/(extended edition of her first album The Fame), The Fame Monster. The track was produced by RedOne and was inspired by the paranoia that she had felt while touring through the previous year. The song was written by Gaga while touring and was inspired by German house-techno music (and surely some Boney M "Ra-ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine ..."). Lyrically it talks about being in love with one's best friend. The song was a #1 hit in 17 charts including the UK, but peaked at #2 in the USA. But will it be #1 in 2011, or could it be replaced by a new Lady GaGa track from her third/second album or something old, or something else from 2010.....

So Buzzjack has gone Radio goo goo for Lady GaGa whom this month Time magazine named as the most influential person/icon in music right now. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta took her musical moniker from the following two songs by two of her favourite musical heroes: K_j7yYdEta4 _jn9hSndIXA But which of Lady GaGa's two songs is the Buzzjack 2010 Record Of The Decade??????

Has Lady GaGa got the Top Two or has Rihanna's Umbrella climbed from last years' runners up spot? 3 2 5 X X Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella 272 sEyIisL0mJM Released as the lead single for Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The track was released worldwide on March 29, 2007, and since its release, "Umbrella" has been covered by many artists worldwide and became a zeitgeist hit in pop culture. In 2008, "Umbrella" earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In the UK it managed to stay at number one for 10 weeks, the longest time spent in the 21st century to date. This track reached #1 in 18 of the 29 major nations pop singles charts, and was a Top 10 hit in the other 11.

Now to the Top Four ...... 4 1 21 X X Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 267 fcgqmoE4yI8 So Last Year's #1 fails to become the first song to top the Record Of The Decade chart more than once .... This "Rule The World" slaying track was a global #1 hit written by Jesse McCartney & Ryan Tedder. The track has sold over 3,370,000 digital downloads in the United States alone, and was the best selling single there in 2008. It was named the 17th most successful song in the US from 2000 to 2009, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. The song achieved a similar feat in the United Kingdom where it was the best-selling single of 2007. Bleeding Love has sold more than 9 million copies worldwide as a single putting it in the top 5 selling songs of the decade.

6 12 3 3 2 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 250 haoCgGzS0wY 5 13 25 101 X Killers - Mr Brightside 257 xyBeaRXFqYA At #6 back into the Top 10 is a track recorded nearly 15 years into a very successful career that has come to deefine her as the Princess of Pop. Again co-written by Cathy Dennis. Like all great pop songs it does what it says on the tin, yet I've never tired of it. Up next ..... well I like The Killers but I think this track is overrated. Probably because I'm a David Bowie fan, whose favourite album of his is Hunky Dory, so I'm very aware this track rips of "Queen Bitch". Plus I find it strange how most neutral music fans barely know many of their better other singles/tracks, yet they behave like demented idiots when this comes on at my local. Still this song was named "Song of the Decade" by UK radio stations Absolute Radio and XFM, and in April 2010 Last.fm revealed that it was the most listened to track since the launch of the online music service, with over 7.66 million plays scrobbled. ..... and the way this has consistently moved up this countdown over the years suggest I'm very much in the minority. :lol:

No sign of the GaGa yet ...... 8 4 1 6 6 Britney Spears - Toxic 236 5Uus0tRRdvA 7 125 33 X X Robyn ft. Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat 249 3NzpaJxQmrE First up is this truly fantastic track falling to its lowest position to date (and co-written by Cathy Dennis), could it be her plans of replacing Madonna as the Queen of Pop have gone GaGa?; and now a song that was a contender as the most pleasant surprise as a UK#1 hit in the last decade. If only Radio 1 had got behind The Girl and The Robot in 2009 like they got behind this track.... :thinking:

Now to the Top 10 which sees just 4 songs in it the same as last years Top 10; three songs climb from last years Top 20; two new (Lady GaGa) 2009 songs; and a climb of over 100 places for Robyn. Whilst the Killers are the only act featuring dominant male vocals in the Top 10 ........ Anyways ..... 10 16 X X X Leona Lewis - Run 219 RkUAMELIDso 9 9 24 X X Sugababes – About You Now 233 oXOCDxA6lrA At #10 .... now that's what I call a cover showing that despite Simon Cowell's and Syco's best efforts of unintentionally screwing up a substantial talent's career ("the sappy snorefest "Happy" as the first single from her second album Echo, and leaving the brilliant #1 in waiting "Outta My Head" as an album only track, what are those idiots on)... a diamond can come through a turd. I've posted the Radio 1 Live Lounge version as I think it was even better than the single. Then comes the last (ever?) UK#1 hit by the Sugababes (v 3.0) taken from their album Change, written by Dr Luke & Cathy Dennis (who has two more songs in the Top 10). This song is so bomb proof that the Saw Doctors covered it and took it #1 in Ireland in 2008. Whilst in 2009 Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove took the song into the Top 50 in the USA.

12 X X X X MGMT - Kids 215 S9hw8n7RQ5A 11 3 19 26 19 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 217 CMMvEIjr3CI I wonder why this MGMT track has done so well this year? Is it due to the truly fantastic video featuring Joanna Newsom released in June 2009 (8 months after the single) that gave the track a second wind in the UK, and pushed it to become their first ever USA Top 100 hit; or was it due to a certain awful Chiddy Bang single sampling it early in 2010? Then we have a faller for the original American Idol winner, perhaps due to her 2009 UK/USA#1 hit taken some of the shine away from this (and Behind These Hazel Eyes) in the voting.

14 35 13 10 26 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 206 mpcYPSJHcuU 13 44 X X X Rihanna - Disturbia 213 dqBMHbDyJlM The missing link between Tina Turner and Taylor Dayne finest four minutes on record was co-written with Dallas Austin & Glen Ballard. This song from her self titled third album went Top 10 all over Europe, and reached #1 in Australia, yet this never charted in her native America. Next up taken from the re-release of Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded. Is the third single from the re-release, following "Take a Bow" and "If I Never See Your Face Again" which reached UK#3 and USA#1 (the 4th of her 6 US chart toppers to date).

16 10 30 X X Girls Aloud – Call The Shots 201 yGH4fKZdZ3s 15 24 29 17 20 Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love 202 ODyhKufOPys Up first is the Tangled Up single, that I'd certainly rate in their Top 3 singles (to date?) - you might want to look at this pre Cheryl as X-Factor judge X-Factor performance by the five girls; and then we have the global blockbuster by the former Destiny's Child Beyonce featuring her husband on this infectiously catchy track.

18 34 10 4 7 Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 197 keQGXOtyiAU 17 39 146 55 148 Snow Patrol - Run 199 PU_DAbCrpzg Well (virtually) all these songs are anthems left aren't they? Xtina is up first with her early 2003 UK#1 hit written by Linda Perry; and indie-rockers Snow Patrol lose the battle with their breakthrough hit against the subsequent UK#1 cover by Leona Lewis.

Counting down #20 to #05 in batches of twos: 20 23 20 7 15 P!nk – Just Like A Pill 193 qpQwiheekuY 19 26 7 172 58 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor 195 c7dt1li5SyY A pair of #1 hits. Check. Both peaked at #7 on this countdown in different years. Check. Both have climbed from last years top 30. Check. Both are brilliant pop anthems. Check.

Well I still think our entry is blandnest personified, sounding like an Kavana album track circa 1997. I'm enjoying Graham Norton sitting in for Chris Evans on Radio 2's breakfast show where he is playing an old Eurovision winning song followed by a 2010 ESC entry that he rates highly, and asking for responses from the listener (so far he has played Armenia's & Azerbaijan's :wub: entries - I think his 10 selections must be running in alphabetical nation order?) As for the political anthem for Eurovision, then maybe the UK should have sent this fantastic song that escaped yesterday co-written by (two celebrity Tory supporters) Gary Barlow & Rick Astley. XIw3gv_ZaSE I don't know about you, but it could sound very apt come Friday 7th May. (Has visions of Cameron sending this via his mobile to "Rickroll" Brown) :rofl:

To a degree a Rogue poll, but then again maybe the LibDem Wheel of Misfortune http://www.wheelofmisfortune.co.uk/ is hitting home; along with a couple of points Clegg made in the third debate (on Immigration - see earlier post; and criticising David Cameron on not revealing what measures they would take if elected; then when the Tories did on Sunday, he accused them of being arrogant and presumptious on Monday, which is what others could say of Clegg and co saying they are the second most popular party in the polls) :lol:

You, really, really, really, don't understand economics do you if you think Brown's policies are more beneficial to the UK than Camerons plans. If the IMF come in to bail out the UK we are already completely f***ing screwed far more than a double dip recession ever will be. By doing nothing NOW, it will mean the following: Problems of National Debt 1. Interest Payments. The cost of paying interest on the government’s debt is very high. In 2008 Debt interest payments were £31 billion a year (est 2.5% of GDP). In 2009, they were £35 billion (similar to defence budget - 5.2% of GDP). Public sector debt interest payments is already the 4th highest department after social security, health and education. If nothing is done about it this year in an emergency budget by whoever takes power in June until the next annual budget - then Public Sector Debt interest payments will rise to 3rd place in 2011/12. 2. Higher Taxes in the future. By not taking action now, it will mean the amount we have to pay back in the future will increase, because we are doing nothing now, so that we have to pay a greater proportion in taxes back later. Whilst with interest rates being so low, it is logical to cut (pay back) the debt as soon as possible, and not wait for interest rates to rise, when we will have to pay more back. 3. Crowding out of private sector investment / spending. It is argued by virtually all Economists that if government borrowing increases, it will cause crowding out of the private sector. If the private sector buy bonds it means the private sector has less funds for private sector investment. Also, if borrowing increases, interest rates may rise. Higher interest rates also reduce private sector spending and investment. Furthermore, as is full evidence in the UK today, public sector workers are getting paid significantly more than their private sector counterparts, working in a more secure job environment, with superior final salary/early retirement pension schemes, and with significantly less productivity. Remember the private sector pays for the public sector via taxes. It goes without saying this is an unsustainable as well as very unhealthy business model. 4. The debt problem will only get worse as an ageing population places greater strain on the UK’s pension liabilities. Many Western OECD economies are facing an unwelcome population projection. As the baby boomer generation starts to retire (around 2016), the dependency ratio (number of people not working to number of people working) is forecast to rise. This ageing population is exacerbated by declining birth rates which is reducing the number of working age adults. Some countries are affected more than others. UK Dependency ratio is forecast to rise from: 0.34 to 0.65 by 2040. The government will be faced with higher spending commitments and lower tax receipts. If the government doesn't radically change policy, national debt is likely to increase. Furthermore, the government will not be borrowing to finance sustainable investment but making transfer payments which don't boost productivity. All the above lead to the following scenarios for Governments to use to resolve the problem: With prospect of higher spending and relatively lower tax receipts, the government may have to consider some politically unpopular policies. 1. Raise retirement age to reflect longer life spans. In 1950, average life expectancy was 75. It is now 86. But a higher retirement age will not be welcomed by people who have been planning and expecting to retire at 65. Governments may delay implementation of higher pension age for several years. 2. Higher tax rates. Increasing income tax to pay for an ageing population hardly inspires. The argument is higher tax rates will reduce productivity and deter people working. The impact of higher taxes on labour productivity is less than many claim, but, it would still be an unwelcome development 3. Cut spending. Making people pay for private health care and private nursing homes is one solution. But, it would inevitably require an extensive and unpopular means tested scheme to decide who can't afford. It won't please children seeing a fall in their inheritance levels. 4. Immigration. Immigration of young workers will be one of the easiest solutions to the demographic time bomb. But, immigration is equally unpopular. Plus it has an adverse affect on the existing infrastructure so that it's benefits are to a degree neutralised to the extent that if it is not managed correctly with a monitoring of the skills and personal brought into the country it can have a detrimental impact. Negative impact on Exchange Rate * A rapid increase in national debt means the government have to borrow more from the private sector (which as already mentioned above is being squeezed by the burden of supporting an unsustainable public sector.) If markets have 100% confidence in the UK's ability to repay debt - foreigners will be happy to buy some of our debt (through buying bonds and gilts). * If markets start to worry borrowing is getting too high / unmanageable, then investors will not be keen to hold UK government bonds. They will invest abroad i.e. many sterling assets will be sold. This will reduce demand for sterling on foreign exchange markets and cause a depreciation. Basically when investing (especially in turbulent times) it makes sense to invest in the safest countries. If markets start to price in a risk of debt default, it will be more more difficult for that country to attract capital flows. This is exactly what has happened to Greece because they did not take action before it was too late leading to their credit rating being downgraded raising the cost of future government borrowing even further to near unacceptable levels; at the moment the markets are now putting pressure on Portugal & Spain; with the UK & Italy next in the line of fire. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10097072.stm But here are the killer reasons why I'm changing my vote from Labour to the Conservatives at this election: Key fact 1: "Labour have doubled the debt. Having inherited a debt of just £351 billion, Labour have more than doubled this to £858 billion. On the Government’s own figures the debt is set to continue to soar to £1.4 trillion by 2015, meaning every person will owe £23,000 - the highest forecast in the EU with the exception of Greece (who now have the EU to bail them out), Portugal & Spain. (ONS, Public Sector Finances; and HM Treasury, Budget 2010)." Key fact 2: "Unemployment higher than in 1997. Unemployment and youth unemployment are both higher than in 1997, while the employment rate is lower than when Labour came to power. Whilst those skivving bast*rds on incapacity benefit have risen from 934K in 1997 to 2.6million under Labour in 2010" Key fact 3: "Competitiveness falling. Britain has fallen from 7th in 1997 to 13th in the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness league table (World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, September 2009)." Key fact 4: " Police officer numbers are already being cut. Thirteen police forces have cut police officer numbers in the last five years (Home Affairs Select Committee, Police Service Strength, Fifth report of Session 2009-10, 19 January 2010). A leaked report for the Home Office, co-written by Mark Rowley, the Chief Constable of Surrey, has raised the prospect of 28,000 police officers being replaced by civilian workers to save money (The Daily Telegraph, 11 March 2010). And just four out of the 43 police forces in England and Wales say they plan to maintain current staffing levels (Home Affairs Select Committee, Police Service Strength, January 2010, Appendix A)." Key fact 5: "Total net migration to the UK, the difference between immigration and emigration, increased from 48,000 in 1997 to 163,000 in 2008. The 2008 figure was lower than the preceding years as a result of record emigration. The inflow of people coming to the UK actually increased despite the recession, from 574,000 in 2007 to 590,000 in 2008. This represents a continuation of the level of immigration seen since 2004 (Office of National Statistics, Long-Term International Migration Tables, 1991-latest, 2008 first release, table 2.06; Office of National Statistics, News Release: Emigration reaches record high in 2008, 26 November 2009)." P.S. to LibDem Clegg supporters - In the third and final debate your man was factually incorrect to state that the current net rate of EU citizens coming into this country was 80% in 2009. It was actually just 39% acoording to the Office of National Statistics. Therefore, making Cameron's figure of 600,000 mathematically correct. Which the LibDem leader accused Cameron of being incorrect about. But where did David Cameron get that figure from in the first place - well guess who: f-MVeAYQSN4