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My attempt at being a pop nostradamus: 26th April: Roll Deep - Good Times 3rd May: Roll Deep - Good Times 10th May: ??? but I do think Edward Maya/Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love - is a guaranteed smash top 3 hit 17th May: B.o.B/Bruno Mars - Nothing On You 24th May: Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco 31st May: Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen (the Internet Facebook campaign with over 400K supporters to get this anti-establishment anthem to #1 in time for the Queen's birthday) 7th June: Various Artists (Robbie Williams, Kasabian, Russell Brand - already reported having recorded their bits according with producer/songwriter Iain Broudie; Rumoured others - Lily Allen, Noel Gallagher, Plan B, Dizzee Rascal, Take That, James Corden, Matt Lucas & David Williams) for England - Three Lions 2010 14th June - Various Artists - Three Lions 21st June - Various Artists - Three Lions 28th June - Either Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers (depending on quality of song/video) and Professor Green/Lily Allen - Just Be Good To Green (sounds awful on paper, so I hope not), or Lady GaGa - Alejandro (if the video is OMG amazing).

Well seeing how I sent a very uncommercial track by a very Buzzjack friendly act to the last contest, then it seems completely fair if I do the very opposite for this contest. Produced by William ("Ray Of Light", "Pure Shores", "Frozen", "Adagio for Strings", "Feel Good Time", "Coffee & TV") Orbit. Co-written by Guy ("Angels", "Feel", "Rock DJ", and all the majority of the other early Robbie solo hits, "Come As You Are", "First Day Of My Life", etc...) Chambers and Lauren ("one third of The Matrix songwriting team") Christy who wrote for Xtina, Avril, Britney, Ricky Martin, Hilary Duff, etc ...... with the artist in question: If only this was the UK's 2010 Eurovision Song Contest entry then we might stand a chance of coming Top 5..... Please listen without prejudice: Country: Nonsuch Artist: Katie Melua Song: The Flood DM Link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xczyuw_ka...cial-vide_music

I disagree, I thought she sang it perfectly in the understated manner of the definitive Sammy Davis Jr version. Well done to Charlotte Church correctly calling it. But too many people relate to the over corny Neil Diamond version or worse the atrocious hammy Robbie Williams version from his one terrible album "I'm Minging at Swinging" or whatever it was called. Besides WTF were they trying to do giving a song about an old adult male who has lived most of his life to a 17 year old female, unless it was an attempt to sabotage her because she is probably getting near the top of the votes week in week out (as it is the only thing Liverpool could win this year!), when ALW clearly wants Danielle, Lauren or Steph to win. Bottom two Jenny & Sophie. Goodbye Sophie.

I think after tonight it is clear that the best singer Stephanie (IMO, and the consensus of the bookies/punters), is clearly not the chosen one. It is becoming more obvious than ever that Danielle is the chosen one, with Steph closing in fast.

From BBC's website: Sunday's Polls: ICM survey puts the Tories on 36%, Labour on 29% and the Lib Dems on 27%. YouGov poll puts the Conservatives on 35%, the Liberal Democrats on 28% and Labour 27%. ComRes poll shows the Tories on 38% (up two), Labour on 28% (down one) and the Lib Dems on 25% (also down one). Whilst: Tomorrow's News of the World will carry an opinion poll conducted in 96 Labour-Conservative marginal seats, writes the paper's political editor Ian Kirby in his blog. He says their polling suggests David Cameron is "on course to win 311 seats - a massive gain of 113 from the last election". That means, he continues, that the Conservatives could have a majority of four in the new parliament - with the support of the Unionist parties in Northern Ireland. Whilst other news that will not please Labour supporters: The woman at the centre of the "Bigot-gate" row - Gillian Duffy - has spoken exclusively to the Mail on Sunday, which is devoting its front page and four inside pages to her encounter with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Rochdale last Wednesday. According to the paper, the thing that upset her the most "wasn't the word bigot. It was the way he called me 'that woman'". But most crushingly of all: Former Lib Dem leader, Paddy Ashdown: "He's just finished a phone conversation: 'Rory (Bremner), you're backing us? That's great!' He's previously come out in support of Labour. A member of the onboard staff has just asked if there's anything she can get Lord Ashdown. 'Are you still heavily involved?', she asks. 'Yes, very much involved. In fact I'm just writing an e-mail to Nick Clegg,' he replies. Presumably to let the leader know the good news of the latest celebrity endorsement for the party." :lol:

Betfair.com Odds FTW: Stephanie 6/5 Fav Danielle 7/2 Lauren 9/2 Jenny 12/1 Steph 12/1 Jessica 14/1 Sophie 28/1

At last for the first time in this series, a truly great episode, with a storyline where part 2 was better than part 1 (Unlike the RTD era, where the reverse always seemed to happen). Great acting, a great storyline, some great one liners, a bit of humour one minute, pathos the next, drama the next ... exactly what Dr Who should be about. In fact the only thing missing, (after last week's ending) was an animated weeping angel breaking the neck of an animated Graham Norton. :lol: 10/10

83 X 115 11 8 Will Young – Leave Right Now 5.730 82 118 23 X X Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 5.821 81 87 87 173 82 Liberty X – Just A Little 5.853 The Eg White penned classic from the original Pop Idol winner's 2nd album Friday's Child returns to the Top 100; Amy Winehouse's title track from her brilliant retro soul second album climbs 36 places; and narrowly missing out on the Play-offs for the 3rd straight year was the band formed out those members rejected for Hearsay. (Was I the only one who watched the original Popstars show and actually picked 1 out of 5 of Hearsay - I'd have picked Myleene Klass; and 4 of Liberty X (bar Michelle Heaton)).

86 98 48 103 X Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 5.632 85 102 X X X Britney Spears - Piece Of Me 5.636 84 123 129 81 91 Dido – White Flag 5.649 The first download only UK#1 hit climbs 12 places (I always preferred Smiley Faces); the second single from Britney best album IMHO Blackout climbs 17 spots; and Dido (remember her) completes a 5th straight year on this countdown with a new peak.

89 163 X X X Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown - No Air 5.576 88 X 72 X X Sugababes - Stronger 5.588 87 51 X X X Britney Spears - Womanizer 5.606 Jordin Sparks single climbs 74 spots (possibly due to its use in Glee); the Sugababes 2.0 re-chart with this wonderful down tempo track; and the lead single from Circus falls 36 spots.

92 113 152 29 X Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie 5.526 91 76 X 139 X Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul – Breathe 5.541 90 X 194 X 160 White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 5.541 Shakira's worldwide monster hit single climbs 21 places to go back into the Top 100; Blu Cantrell's UK chart-topping single falls 15 places; and Jack & Meg White retro blues-rock anthem is a re-entry inside the Top 100 for the first time.

92 113 152 29 X Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie 5.526 91 76 X 139 X Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul – Breathe 5.541 90 X 194 X 160 White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 5.541 Shakira's worldwide monster hit single climbs 21 places to go back into the Top 100; Blu Cantrell's UK chart-topping single falls 15 places; and Jack & Meg White retro blues-rock anthem is a re-entry inside the Top 100 for the first time.

95 X X X X Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway 5.444 94 X X 182 X Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl 5.469 93 63 X X X Girls Aloud - The Promise 5.485 The BEPs debut with their transatlantic 2009 chart-topping single; another US#1 smash hit (which samples Prince's Housequake to great effect) re-enters the Top 200 after a two year absence; and Girls Aloud's "The Pipettes doing the Blankety Blank theme tune" rip off 1960s girl group inspired excellent track falls 30 places.

98 X X X X Rihanna – Russian Roulette 5.417 97 154 138 X 37 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 5.424 96 X X X X Beyonce – Sweet Dreams 5.444 Rihanna's audition to do a James Bond movie theme debuts inside the Top 100; Scotland's alternative rock band climb up 57 places to go Top 100 for the first time in 4 years; and the I Am Sasha Fierce track which utilises the Eddie Van Halen riff from Michael Jackson's Beat It debuts at #96.

101 84 108 73 90 Sophie Ellis-Bexter - Murder On The Dancefloor 5.294 100 124 38 94 47 Jamelia – Superstar 5.297 99 42 X X X Girls Aloud – Sexy! No No No 5.385 Sophie falls 17 places from last year; Jamelia climbs 24 places to also maintain her 5 year Top 200 ROTD status; whilst Girls Aloud fall 77 places from last year's Top 50 debut.

104 111 X X X Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss 5.265 103 95 139 171 X Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 5.273 102 29 X 9 X Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 5.289 Up next Australia's Holly climbs 7 places with her only UK chart topping single (to date); David Cameron's favourite band (much to their embarrassment) fall 8 with their chart break through; and that perennial iTunes Top 300 favourite falls 73 places.

107 47 X X X Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda 5.235 106 X 136 X X Lily Allen - Smile 5.237 ihRB35ZuKnI 105 130 130 127 109 Kelly Rowland – Stole 5.243 And now three female singers with song titles beginning with the letter S! A 60 place drop for Wolverhampton's Bev; a re-entry for Fulham's Lily; and a new ROTD year-end chart peak for DC's Kelly.

110 X 107 200 X Amerie - 1 Thing 5.219 109 X X X 76 Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You 5.222 108 X X X X Noisettes - Never Forget You 5.222 q-9yZm-ajVo A Re-entry after a one year absence from an old Urban track that I loved by a US artist; followed by a re-entry after a 3 year absence by an alternative rock track that I always loved; followed by the superior (IMHO) follow up to Don't Upset The Rhythm, that deserved to be a far bigger hit, but seems to have turned into a bit of a sleeper track, as it has outperformed it's more successful single on this countdown.

TIPs Album Top 20 Week 16: 21 - 27 April 2010 01 (01) David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love 02 (02) Arcadia - So Red The Rose (Deluxe 25th Anniversary) 03 (03) MGMT - Congratulations 04 (05) Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me 05 (06) Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels 06 (07) Caribou - Swim 07 (04) Doves - The Places Between - The Best Of 08 (12) Goldfrapp - Head First 09 (09) Glee Cast - Glee The Music Volume 2 10 (11) She & Him - Volume 2 11 (08) Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights - Songs For Lulu 12 (13) Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster 13 (14) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More 14 (10) Owen Pallett - Heartland 15 (16) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 16 (15) Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 17 (18) Glee Cast - Glee The Music Volume 1 18 (17) Beach House - Teen Dream 19 (19) Leddra Chapman - Telling Tales 20 (20) Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea 2010 #1 Albums: Week 1: Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More Week 2-3 & 6-7: Glee Cast - Glee The Music Volume 1 Week 4: David Bowie - A Reality Tour Week 5: Leddra Chapman - Telling Tales Week 8: Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels Week 9-11: Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me Week 12-14: MGMT - Congratulations Week 15-16: David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love

So writer Patrick Melton has heavily implied. However, they've hinted they they would not rule out doing a Prequel in the future.

Please except my apologies, but you touched a bit of a raw nerve. I went to one or two games shortly after Hillsborough. But then I suffered from Glandular Fever in the summer after my A-Levels exams (which doctors put down to stress of my exams and I guess the enormity of what I had seen at the 1989 FA Cup Semi Final). And I went into (what in retrospect was clearly) a post-traumatic stress disorder; whereby I got anxious being in a too crowded environment, and frequently left clubs and bars if they became too full, resulting in me not attending a major Football match between 1990 and 1999. Getting back to the subject in hand, sorry if I come across as belittling you regarding your support of the LibDems. But unfortunately for them due to the nature of British Politics lack of some sort of Proportional Representation system, all their good ideas get nicked by the other two parties, usually leaving them with either impractical or borderline lunatic policies. I greatly admire Sir Ming Campbell - a very decent man (unfortunately in this media driven celebrity culture X-Factor age he is not so great at simple sound bytes), as I did his two predecessors Charles Kennedy (great to see him on the Politics Show with Michael Portillo & Diane Abbott) & Paddy Ashdown. But I don't like Nick Clegg, as he comes across as someone who should be a car or insurance salesman (fully of great sound bytes, but lacking substance). As I think he makes Tony Blair look like the Dr David Owen in comparison. But his behaviour in the three TV debates seems to have worked a treat on the British public to a depressing effect, proving that the Great British public are gullible. And some of the TV interviews with "the man in the street" going on how they are going to vote LibDems because they don't like the other two, and how lovely that Nick Clegg seems to be, even though in some of these interviews they then expose the person they are talking to, to be anti-Immigration & anti-Europe! :lol: And it irritated the hell out of me in the debates going on about how new his party is, when the Whigs (as they were originally known) were formed (1678) the same time as the original Conservative (Tory) Party! But the bottom line is at these elections is, I think everyone on Buzzjack or where ever should vote for the Party that they think will best represent their beliefs, and be of benefit to themselves/their families/their country. As everyone's personal situation is different, then it is only right and proper for posters here to come to different outcomes. It's called democracy.

I agree. The maximum the Conservatives can hope for in a pyrrhic victory is around the 280-290 seats mark. Tell you what I'll post a General Election Prediction Game Thread in the Lounge Forum later today/tomorrow. Anyway, this is very significant, a highly respected independent international weekly news and affairs magazine has spoken with their view on this election. And their key point for supporting this particular party is exactly the same as my number one concern: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General election 2010: The Economist magazine backs the Tories The Conservatives' election campaign received a boost yesterday as The Economist magazine switched its support to the party. Daily Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:30AM BST 01 May 2010 The Economist argued that Mr Cameron should be judged over the past four years, having done a 'great deal' to modernise the Tories. Having backed Labour in 2005, an editorial in the latest edition said it was siding with David Cameron because the Tories were the party most committed to scaling back the size of the state. ''The Economist has no ancestral fealty to any party, but an enduring prejudice in favour of liberalism,'' the editorial said. ''But in this British election the overwhelming necessity of reforming the public sector stands out. ''It is not just that the budget deficit is a terrifying 11.6% of GDP, a figure that makes tax rises and spending cuts inevitable. Government now accounts for over half the economy, rising to 70% in Northern Ireland. For Britain to thrive, this liberty-destroying Leviathan has to be tackled. ''The Conservatives, for all their shortcomings, are keenest to do that; and that is the main reason why we would cast our vote for them.'' In the edition out tomorrow, the editorial said the "exciting possibility" that the rise of the Liberal Democrats could lead Britain's "electoral geometry" to be redrawn had "overshadowed" the campaign – taking focus away from policies and party leaders. It argued that Gordon Brown was "underappreciated" for standing firm on Afghanistan, keeping Britain out of the euro and having "mostly made the right decisions" during the economic crisis. "But a prime minister should not get too much credit for climbing out of a hole he dug himself as chancellor," it added, criticising him for pouring money into the public sector. "This is a time-bomb of a legacy, and one that Mr Brown is ill-equipped to defuse," it said. "There are mutterings about choice in Labour's manifesto, but Mr Brown too often reverts to old-fashioned statism." It described the Government as "tired", criticised Mr Brown's "grim" campaign, and said New Labour has "run its course". "It is better for the country that Labour has its looming nervous breakdown in opposition. A change of government is essential." The editorial hailed Nick Clegg as "clever and charming" and praised some Liberal Democrat policies on civil liberties and reform of the electoral system. But it criticised the party's stance on Europe, the Trident nuclear deterrent, tuition fees, opposition to nuclear power and tax. "This newspaper has been looking for a credible liberal party in Britain for nigh on a century," the editorial said. "To the extent that elections are holidays from normal politics, Mr Clegg has been a delightful holiday romance for many Britons; but this newspaper does not fancy moving in with him for the next five years." Mr Cameron did not emerge without criticism, however, with the editorial saying the Conservatives "clearly have faults" – a "europhobic fringe" and "exaggerations about Britain's broken society" among them. The Tory leader is "prone to bouts of complacency", was wrong to oppose the economic stimulus and "has not done enough to convince voters that he is the man to bring change". But the magazine argued that Mr Cameron should be judged over the past four years, having done a "great deal" to modernise the Tories, and it praised shadow chancellor George Osborne for being the first to commit his party to an austerity programme. "Since then, like the other parties, the Tories have gone quiet on the question of cuts," it said. "But, more than their rivals, they are intent on redesigning the state. They would reform the NHS by bringing in more outside providers; their plans to give parents and teachers the right to set up schools are the most radical idea in this election. "Centralisers under Margaret Thatcher, they now want to devolve power to locally elected officials, including mayors and police chiefs. Some of this is clouded in waffle about a Big Society. Other bits do not go far enough: it is foolish to rule out letting for-profit companies run schools and wrong to exempt the NHS from cuts. "But Mr Cameron is much closer to answering the main question facing Britain than either of his rivals is. In this complicated, perhaps inevitably imperfect election, he would get our vote."

How f***ing dare you!!!!!!! That is the f***ing biggest insult anyone can say to me!!!!!! :angry: I hate the News Of The World and The Sun (and therefore Kelvin MacKenzie and a few of his cronies including Gary Bushell & especially that media whore/turncoat Piers Morgan) with a passion after Hillsborough. When you've been in a Sheffield stadia (albeit with the Nottingham Forest supporters, thank god - because it was easier to get a ticket and an old mate of mine at college was a Forest supporter), as a 17 year old a few months before my A-Level exams and seen what I saw, then you you would be f***ing insulted by what you have just said. For the record as you should know via my numerous Charlie Brooker references I'm a Guardian reader (although when they don't have it in WHSmiths I buy the Independent). And before you ask, no I'm not going to desert the paper now that it has declared its support to the Liberal Democrats today. But I'm old enough and intelligent enough to make my own opinion up on things. But Clegg's Party pro-European; pro-Euro; pro-immigration policies; Nuclear disarmament policies are a disaster waiting to happen IMHO. A far cry from the days of Paddy Ashdown when they had far more sensible moderate policies. Clegg's Liberal Democrats are a naive Utopian idealism that is completely unrealistic, rendering them unelectable in the real world, because they have so many ideas that are nice in theory/principle, but utterly unworkable in reality. HU0J1BDDMww

When the anti-establishment rock legend that is John Lydon is on the Radcliffe & Maconie show, and raves about the said track. Then you just know it is good. When Simon Mayo uses that same song to use as inspiration on his Radio 2 show for the Thursday theme of "Great Songs by not so great artists" then you know that something special is going on. If I enter that in the BJSC, then no one but a WUM like Victor Meldrew (who should have been banned from Buzzjack a long, long, long time ago) can accuse me of going cheap.

Well I hope no one sends Miley otherwise: Ashton: Gabrielle Aplin, Gabriella Cilmi, She & Him, Miley Cyrus, Molly Sanden Bare and Naked Gardens: Nicki Minaj, Sean Garrett, Kaskade, Dragonette, Dom Bignia-Zaragovina: B.o.B, Hayley Williams, Timoteij Hendinia: Simon Curtis, Scissor Sisters, Sukkerchok, Stunt Kingdom of Shadow: Le Matos, Night Bus, Stephanie Kirkham, The Good Natured, Kate Nash Liechenstaan: Kids In Glass Houses, Kids Of 88, HURTS, Dolly Rockers, Nonsuch: Lights; M.I.A.; Crystal Castles; Dizzee Rascal; Katie Melua Numayania: Music Go Music, Ace Of Base (includes Jenny Berggren), Gravitonas, Gullia Quotosibb: Mamas Gun, Seven, Beverley Knight, Kelly Rowland, Jennifer Hudson Skall: Animal Collective, Discovery, Streetlight Manifesto, YACHT, Neon Indian Torchwood: Natalia Kills, Charleene Rena, Le Kid, Vanessa Petura Yuxhaaq: Starshell, Kelis, Alcazar, Shakira, Benny Benassi CONFIRMED: Angelicland: Samantha Ben's Sanctuary: Jasper Forks Botanikka: Nora Istrefi Britmasu: The Beach Girl5 Cadbury: Uffie; Pharrell Williams Caerfyrddia: Krause Camdonia: Atari Teenage Riot Dalisska: This Episode Dulpaen: Rox Egabbac: Jónsi Elëdan: Stoffer & Maskinen Espen: Stromae Fervorosia: Alien Beat Club FNT Nickodonia: Jorun Stiansen FSR Rontvia: Sheelah Greenfroze: Cults Greenland: Aaron Fresh Jamora: The Pretty Reckless Juranabaijan: Lifehouse Kopečka: Girlicious Kylienips: The New Pornographers Land Of Jack: Tiësto, Nelly Furtado Letland : Vlad Topalov Mdice: Feldberg New Caprica: Girls' Generation Ojnoj: Alexandra Burke Palmyra: Two Door Cinema Club People's Republic of Jester: Gorillaz, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul Sangria: Samantha Marq, Jessie Payo Tinnmark: Måns Zelmerlöw, Maria Haukaas Storeng United States Of Jack: Kat DeLuna, Akon UnoShake: Leona Lewis Urvůnia: Róisín Murphy Xanaga: N Dubz feat. Bodyrox Zechonia: Serj Tankian The Pipettes are free. Please don't make me take a nuclear option to send a surefire future UK#1 single :wub: exclusively performed on the Jonathan Ross Show tonight.