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I'd just like to know why in god's name were the MPs voting over changes to their own expenses? Some would just vote against Gordon Brown for the sake of not liking him/wanting to cause him further embarrassment/oust him from office, most would vote against because they value their precious expenses and/or don't want their embarrassing "discrepancies" to come to light. It's ludicrous, a complete farce. July's revelations will certainly make interesting reading (the ones that aren't somehow covered-up, that is)!

I don't like "Obsessions", but Jo Whiley played "I Am Not A Robot" yesterday and that sounded quite good.

Just discovered some old albums? The It Girl is a great album

Ditto.

The ones that I know... 1 Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo :D 2 The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream 3 Cher - Bang Bang ...I guess this is the original of the Audiobullys "My Baby Shot Me Down" thing? 4 The Beach Boys - Sloop John B :) 5 Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me :wub: 6 Crispian St Peters - Pied Piper :) 8 The Bachelors - Sound Of Silence ...love the Simon & Garfunkel original...don't know this version 9 Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound :D 11 The Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me :D 13 The Who - Substitute :D 15 Alan Price Set - I Put A Spell On You ...the song made famous by Nina Simone? 17 The Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul And Inspiration :D 18 The Merseys - Sorrow :) 20 Eddy Arnold - Make The World Go Away ...I think I've heard Brenda Lee singing a version of this...if it's the same song, it's OK, but not great 21 Troggs - Wild Thing 29 The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore :wub: 30 The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' :D 33 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion :D

I presume so, though of course the track "Boombox" from the album "Boombox" was a remix by LA Riots. No idea what the original was supposed to sound like.

According to some sources, none particularly official, it's a song called "Boombox" that Kylie recorded for her 2003 album "Body Language", but it didn't make the final cut.

Number 72 in 1991 in the UK chart...it was her first solo "hit".

Call The Man isn't one of my favourites, I have to say. There was a decent dance version of My Heart Will Go On with Celine's vocals at the time of it's release. I prefer the regular version though. And of course I :wub: Where Does My Heart Beat Now, number one on my Celine top10 :D

What's made Johnny Cash appear just outside the top40? "Hurt" is such an amazing song :wub:

My favourites from that chart... 01 - 01 - Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - IT'S LIKE THAT NE - 03 - Tamperer Featuring Maya - FEEL IT 03 - 04 - Celine Dion - MY HEART WILL GO ON 05 - 05 - Savage Garden - TRULY MADLY DEEPLY 06 - 06 - Ultra Nate - FOUND A CURE 09 - 07 - LeAnn Rimes - HOW DO I LIVE NE - 12 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones - THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET 08 - 13 - K-Ci And JoJo - ALL MY LIFE 10 - 16 - Robbie Williams - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU 14 - 18 - Tin Tin Out Featuring Shelley Nelson - HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS 18 - 22 - Madonna - FROZEN 20 - 25 - Cornershop - BRIMFUL OF ASHA 25 - 29 - Five - WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT 23 - 30 - All Seeing I - BEAT GOES ON 34 - 32 - Aqua - DOCTOR JONES NE - 34 - Warm Jets - HURRICANE 33 - 36 - Natalie Imbruglia - BIG MISTAKE 26 - 37 - Ben Folds Five - BRICK

A quick check on ChartStats shows Boyzone were next with All That I Need, then All Saints, then Aqua, then All Saints again and then Tamperer (one week each)

I'd like to see (or at least hear!) that too. Almost certain it'll never happen :(

1 (1) Dark Days/Light Years - Super Furry Animals 2 (NE) Attics To Eden - Madina Lake 3 (NE) Primary Colours - The Horrors 4 (NE) What Matters The Most - Shannon Noll 5 (2) Music For The People - The Enemy 6 (4) True Romance - Golden Silvers 7 (3) Sneaky Sound System - Sneaky Sound System 8 (6) Junior - Royksopp 9 (24) Welcome To The Night Sky - Wintersleep 10 (NE) Wall Of Arms - Maccabees 11 (5) Asleep In The Bread Aisle - Asher Roth 12 (15) Years Of Refusal - Morrissey 13 (7) Sounds Of The Universe - Depeche Mode 14 (11) Day And Age - The Killers 15 (NE) Roadsinger - Yusuf 16 (8) It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 17 (NE) Entertainment - Fischerspooner 18 (9) Together Through Life - Bob Dylan 19 (10) Grace/Wastelands - Peter Doherty 20 (12) The Fame - Lady GaGa 21 (14) Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun 22 (NE) In A Perfect World - Keri Hilson 23 (13) I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce 24 (19) Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon 25 (21) Out Of Control - Girls Aloud 26 (18) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 27 (17) Songs For You, Truths For Me - James Morrison 28 (23) Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 29 (NE) Grey Britain - Gallows 30 (16) Living Thing - Peter, Bjorn & John 31 (20) Love Is The Way - Eddi Reader 32 (35) Yes - Pet Shop Boys 33 (27) To Lose My Life - White Lies 34 (22) Two Suns - Bat For Lashes 35 (25) Which Bitch - The View 36 (41) It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 37 (31) Circus - Britney Spears 38 (29) A New Tide - Gomez 39 (28) Metamorphosis - Papa Roach 40 (39) Funhouse - Pink

2 - White Lies - To Lose My Life 4 - Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream 1 - Lily Allen - Its Not Me, Its You 3 - The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die 1 - U2 - No Line On The Horizon 1 - Ronan Keating - Songs For My Mother 3 - Lady GaGa - The Fame 9 - Bob Dylan - Together Through Life My number ones so far this year have been.. The Killers - Day And Age 6wks Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You 3wks U2 - No Line On The Horizon 2wks Ronan Keating - Songs For My Mother 1wk Papa Roach - Metamorphosis 1wk Peter, Bjorn & John - Living Thing 1wk Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz 1wk Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years 3wks so far

Purple Heather for you to scream out then? :P

02 - 01 - 01 - Fugees - KILLING ME SOFTLY :) didn't mind this 03 - 02 - 02 - Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds - THREE LIONS :D who hasn't screamed this out at one time or another? 03 - 03 - 03 - Peter Andre Featuring Bubbler Ranx - MYSTERIOUS GIRL :) Hmmm, passable pop 1 - NEW - 04 - Ocean Colour Scene - THE DAY WE CAUGHT THE TRAIN :D one of their best 1 - NEW - 05 - Livin' Joy - DON'T STOP MOVIN' :D not usually a dance fan, but I like this 1 - NEW - 06 - Pianoman - BLURRED :( pointless version of Blur's Girls And Boys, if I remember correctly 1 - NEW - 07 - Adam Clayton And Larry Mullen - THEME FROM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE :( who wants to buy a new version of an old theme tune 03 - 08 - 08 - Celine Dion - BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME :D beautiful ballad, from the unfairly maligned Ms Dion 07 - 06 - 09 - Tony Rich Project - NOBODY KNOWS :D another beautiful ballad 02 - 05 - 10 - Louise - NAKED :) meh, it's ok pop 02 - 07 - 11 - Robert Miles - FABLE :) not bad, but not a patch on Children, which this was the follow-up to 05 - 09 - 12 - JX - THERE'S NOTHING I WON'T DO :D another decent dance track 11 - 04 - 13 - Gina G - OOH AAH... JUST A LITTLE BIT :puke2: awful pop from our Aussie Eurovision entry 02 - 15 - 14 - Space - FEMALE OF THE SPECIES :wub: most of Space's singles were pretty good 07 - 10 - 15 - George Michael - FASTLOVE :) didn't like it at the time, but it's ok now 1 - NEW - 16 - Rod Stewart And Scots Euro 96 Squad - PURPLE HEATHER :huh: don't remember it 1 - NEW - 17 - Primal Scream, Irvine Welsh And On-U-Sound - THE BIG MAN AND THE SCREAM TEAM MEET BARMY ARMY UPTOWN :huh: don't remember this either.. 1 - NEW - 18 - Happy Clappers - CAN'T HELP IT :huh: ...or this :P 03 - 19 - 19 - Lighthouse Family - OCEAN DRIVE :D most people would probably say MOR crap, but I like it 14 - 11 - 20 - Mark Morrison - RETURN OF THE MACK :puke2: hate this with avengence

"Up" was a very good pop song, I don't think much of anything else they've done to date. I heard "Work" a while back and wasn't impressed, though no doubt this will be a "new" version in an effort to get the fans to shell out a bit more cash :rolleyes:

We realize that, but Brian entitled the topic "What's the craziest story (fact or fiction) you've heard ... about a musician?" I don't suppose Brian would mind the thread being expanded though :)

I'm glad Wire To Wire has done well somewhere for Razorlight!

He's had a top 10 single and album, so we can let you get away with that one :P

Absolutely - and the crux of the argument against what Scott is saying. I bet one hell of a lot of the rich that he (and no doubt many others) respect are taking this "silent" route away from what they see as a threat to their wealth. The answer? To put an end to tax havens and create a global economy akin to the communist ideal. Chances of this occurring in reality? Zero. In short - minimum wage works, maximum wage is unworkable in an un-nationalized society, but pure communism fails - does anyone have the balls or power to enforce a compromise? No!

My favourites: 04.(16) The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination 05.(2) Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind 06.(1) David Bowie - Let's Dance 07.(6) Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger 09.(21) The Thompson Twins - We Are Detective 12.(19) Toto - Rosanna 13.(12) New Order - Blue Monday 14.(31) Heaven 17 - Temptation 19.(7) JoBoxers - Boxerbeat 27.(11) Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? 33.(25) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 34.(27) Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart 40.(45) The Beatles - From Me To You 41.(46) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 49.(32) Orange Juice - Rip It Up 50.(78) The Beat - Can't Get Used To Losing You 71.(40) Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 74.(NE) Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

1 (1) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 2 (NE) For What It's Worth - Placebo 3 (3) Counterpoint - Delphic 4 (2) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 5 (8) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 6 (5) The World We Live In - The Killers 7 (10) Don't Fight It - The Panics 8 (4) Knocking - Will And The People 9 (6) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 10 (9) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 11 (15) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 12 (7) Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes 13 (22) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 14 (13) Heartbreak - Magistrates 15 (17) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 16 (14) Velvet - The Big Pink 17 (21) I Got Love - The King Blues 18 (11) Temptation Dice - The View 19 (18) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 20 (23) Fire - Kasabian 21 (12) Nothing To Worry About - Peter, Bjorn & John 22 (24) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 23 (29) Learn To Lose - Hockey 24 (16) The Science Of Fear - The Temper Trap 25 (19) Wrong - Depeche Mode 26 (NE) Sounds Of The City - The Dykeenies 27 (NE) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 28 (20) She's Got Me Dancing - Tommy Sparks 29 (39) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 30 (38) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 31 (NE) Be The One - Jack Penate 32 (28) Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Manic Street Preachers 33 (26) No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand 34 (NE) Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence And The Machine 35 (35) Heavy Cross - The Gossip 36 (37) Warrior's Dance - Prodigy 37 (41) Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner 38 (34) Love You Better - Maccabees 39 (25) Never Take Us Alive - Madina Lake 40 (27) Magnificent - U2 41 (33) Mercury Summer - Fightstar 42 (40) Jump In The Pool - Friendly Fires 43 (NE) Enemies - In Case Of Fire 44 (NE) The Planets Bend Between Us - Snow Patrol 45 (NE) Ghosts - Lightning Seeds 46 (NE) Juggernauts - Enter Shikari 47 (30) Revelry - Kings Of Leon 48 (32) Farewell To The Fairground - White Lies 49 (36) Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 50 (46) Airplanes - Local Natives

1 (1) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 2 (NE) For What It's Worth - Placebo 3 (4) Counterpoint - Delphic 4 (2) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 5 (10) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 6 (3) Love, Sex, Magic - Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake 7 (6) The World We Live In - The Killers 8 (12) Don't Fight It - The Panics 9 (5) Knocking - Will And The People 10 (7) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 11 (11) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 12 (17) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 13 (8) Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes 14 (26) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 15 (15) Heartbreak - Magistrates 16 (20) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 17 (9) Please Don't Stop The Rain - James Morrison 18 (16) Velvet - The Big Pink 19 (25) I Got Love - The King Blues 20 (13) Temptation Dice - The View 21 (21) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 22 (28) Fire - Kasabian 23 (27) Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal 24 (NE) Longing For Lullabies - Kleerup feat. Titiyo 25 (NE) Dust Devil - Madness 26 (14) Nothing To Worry About - Peter, Bjorn & John 27 (34) Untouchable - Girls Aloud 28 (31) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 29 (18) Halo - Beyonce 30 (37) The Climb - Miley Cyrus 31 (41) Learn To Lose - Hockey 32 (19) The Science Of Fear - The Temper Trap 33 (40) New In Town - Little Boots 34 (NE) Release Me - Agnes 35 (22) Wrong - Depeche Mode 36 (NE) Didn't You See Me Coming - Pet Shop Boys 37 (54) Gifted - NASA 38 (NE) Sounds Of The City - The Dykeenies 39 (NE) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 40 (24) I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris