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:lol: How could I have forgotten that little gem of a schmaltzy #1?

First of all, I was looking at the Catalogue Albums chart in tandem with the main one and I saw something quite strange: some albums that common sense should tell you are now "catalogue" don't appear on the respective chart. Furthermore, there's the quite odd occurrence of what I might call "exchanged positions" - album which are higher than others on the main chart, but then appear the other way around on the Catalogue chart! So what's happening here? Is there some method to the Catalogue charts that's escaping me? Another question: how many weeks on chart/years of first release must an album or song have to qualify for catalogue status? Thanks in advance. :)

If this is the next big thing in British guitar music, then the guitar truly deserves to be shot dead and put off its misery once and for all.

I think you could add Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and probably even Bill O'Reilly to that list. Oh, and Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin will either make a living on reality TV (in Palin's case, continue to) or end their days in isolation in a retirement house or a nuthouse.

Hmmm... I have a feeling that you wouldn't mind doing certain things with her either. I hear you, mate. I hear you. ;)

Haven't you guys noticed that Shelli is only trolling? :rolleyes:

Don't you know it yet? Hitler was LEFT-wing. National Socialism, Cal. SOCIALISM! RUN! Oh, and everyone knows Obama is a dangerous Muslim. After all, his second name is HOSSEIN! :P

What would become of most right-wing without the populist rhetoric and alarmist discourse? Nothing, of course. If they didn't have that, their appeal would mostly lie within the priviledged classes. So they have to adopt something to have the lower classes on their side. And that, of course, is by playing on the fact that most on the lower classes don't have enough culture and/or studies to correctly interpret things, hence the fear factor-whipping. And before someone even tries to go there, nothing in my assessement about the lower classes has anything to do with contempt, but rather with reality. And the fact is, a lot of people in those strata didn't go far enough in their studies not because they wanted to, but because circumstances in life have held them up.

Not for me. The song truly irritates me. I'm not very fond of over-emoting in song. It's cliché and, most of the time, a really LCD trick. Besides, she's nothing more than a modern-day Celine Dion to me, if you ask me.

Well, I remember big-box stores (or hypermarkets) already selling music in the late 80's and throughout the decade here in PT. Some of them still do, although with less and less shelf space.

I really can't fault "Babycakes", apart from the horredously cheesy video. :puke2: And quite frankly, I think the hate for it comes from the fact that it held off The Libertines's "Can't Stand Me Now" from the top spot. Since that was easily the Libs's only decent song by far, it does end up being quite a shame. Worst #1 single in the UK ever? Well, the obvious answer would have to be some novelty like "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", Renee & Renato, "Two Little Boys", Little Jimmy Osmond, any of Jive Bunny's three (count them!) number ones, any X-Factor/Pop Idol/ coronation song, Chico, "Cha-Cha Slide", Crazy Frog, "In The Year 2525", David Soul, Goombay Dance Band, The Firm, etc. Of course, any of Cliff Richard's Xmas-related tunes or every Shakin' Stevens #1 ever would also be quite a contender for this title. But honestly, it will have to be between Nizlopi's "The JCB Song", James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", Adele's "Someone Like You", anything by Celine Dion, Limp Bizkit's "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", Slim Whitman's "Rose Marie", Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire", Herman's Hermitts's "I'm Into Something Good", anything by Brotherhood of Man, anything by Johnny Logan, Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me", anything by Paul Young, Glenn Medeiros's "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" (not even the fact that he carries Portuguese blood saves him :P)... I mean, I could go on, right?

Which basically sort of confirms that it's impossible that he worked alone. He must have had some accomplices working with him. In one word: religious terrorism. Just not by Muslims this time. Or the proof (if we needed any) that religious terrorism isn't exclusive to any sect/faith/etc. But that is what a lot of people are finding hard to accept. As Charlie Broker's article above says so eloquently, when people found out we were in the presence of a White Christian, all of a sudden conversation wasn't about "the Muslim threat" or "European identity", but rather "an obviously insane man". Makes you wonder, right?

Yes, demographics also play a part. But don't underestimate the buying habits of each musical culture, though, vidcapper. ;)

It depends on a lot of things. Most of all, it's something to do with different music genres and the culture that supports it. From long ago, guitar music fans have been known to value the album more, whereas dance music is more of a singles culture. Of course, these things aren't always black and white and you'll occasionally get your David Guetta, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers or Basement Jaxx, who manage to sell both singles and albums. And as someone pointed out, most of the acts who are selling albums consistently but not singles these days are already established ones. They already have a strong and usually reliable fanbase to build upon, so they don't really need the hit singles anymore. Oh, and Liam, you forgot to put The Vaccines on your list, as they DID have a Top 40 hit with "Post Break-Up Sex" (#32). ;)

Is this all physical releases? Or are those duly marked in parenthesis with their respective formats?

First of all, hello to you all! :) If the info that's coming through proves to be correct, I think I can see his rationale. In his mind, it was all (to use a typical liberal-baiting American conservative expression) the lefties fault. The way he saw it, the fact that foreigneirs, non-Christians and basically everything typically non-Norwegian was entering his country was all due to the Left's policies. Bottom line: he was a man driven by hatred borne out of frustration of some kind. I mean, he was a suburban, middle class man in his mid-to-late 30's "still living in his momma's basement" (another typical American expression here). He was obviously someone with antisocial issues. And as we all know, nutcases aren't exclusive to any social class, nationality, race, religion or political affiliation.