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Oh look, the media have finally discovered Bob Vylan, and they're getting all agitated about them.

I think it's time to put Lawson back in the Red Bull. The only chance Max has of winning the title is to put him in the RB as it's clearly the better of the two cars. I'm not even sure it's that silly an idea... Tsunoda, in his defence, was a mere 0.263 off of Verstappen's time in Q1, which is much closer than most of Max's teammates have managed. The tightness of the grid is really costing him.

Adam & the Ants were my first official favourite band (there have only been 8 since 1980). I first fell in love with them when my brother came home with the original release of the Kings of the Wild Frontier single. Here was this fascinating tribal Post Punk track that sounded like nothing else. A couple of months later and Dog Eat Dog sealed the deal. By the end of the year Antmusic made them the nations latest stars. I remember a big split in junior school between those who loved the Ants and those who loved Madness as they seemed to be the two hot new acts and apparently you couldn't be a fan of both - nonsense of course. The first Ants album, Dirk Wear White Sox is an underrated Post Punk classic. It was after that and the Zerox single that McLaren nicked both Adam's band and his Burundi drumming idea for Bow Wow Wow. Worth mentioning too that the Ants Mk II featured guitarist Marco Pirroni of the original line up of Siouxsie & the Banshees , bassist Gary Tibbs who would record Roxy Music between 1978-81 and Drummer Merrick, who became better known as Chris Hughes and produced for the likes of Tears for Fears, Def Leppard, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartny and many more. Of those that McLaren stole to form Bow Wow Wow - Dave Barbarossa was in the original line up of Republica and Leigh Gorman's most notable moments came when he produced Soho's Hippychick and Silver Bullet's Twenty Seconds to Comply. And speaking of McCartney - not a fan of his '80s work is probably the politest way to put it

It's difficult to convey just how popular The Jam were back in the day. I didn't know anyone at school who didn't like them. Although they probably split at the right time. Weller's writing was moving in a very different direction and Style Council were nowhere near as well liked. Culture Club weren't so broadly popular, failing to capture the attention of the more alternatively minded. However, their more openly commercial pop soul reggae Mix won many fans too. They sort of ballsed it up in '84 when they half-arsed their third album and the band fell apart fast. After that the press had a field day with Boy George's personal life. Loved The Jam but never liked Culture Club, although George has a great voice and the 2nd best bit in Do They Know It's Christmas.

I'd switch out Culture Club for Frankie. Cc were in the decline by then but i guess it could be.

I have never heard this expression for that era before (except in Thrash Metal) although I can guess the four you mean.

Standard Ballet, all credit to them, are the only genuine Blitz nightclub band given that Visage were a studio collective fronted by Strange. They also hit the ground running and To Cut a Long Story Short is quite excellent. Sadly that was as good as they got and floundered for ideas quite quickly (although Musclebound and Chant No. 1 are ok) Then the one idea they hit on was generic yacht rock like True and Gold etc. A sad waste of potential. Queen's best days were behind them by '81 but The Works gave them second wind and Live Aid earned them enduring adoration when they were in danger of being left behind. History doesn't look back kindly on Queen's post Live Aid material as much is forgettable but there are gems to be found and the band managed a weird crossover appeal to all tastes. I'll never forget my friends 18th birthday party in Nov 1991, full of Punks, Goths, Metallers and Grebos, turning in to an impromptu Queen night. They somehow connected with us all at some point.

Shame Neil Young won't be shown live on tv but it's typical of him.

There's no way realistic modern F1 is suitable for accurate representation in cinema - too much technical detail and strategy that won't be interesting in a movie. That's one of the reasons Drive to Survive is so fabricated and that's got 10 episodes a year. I'd just like it to be plausible and I'm not hearing that

^ Thanks for the reply. A bit of a shame as I was going to bump it up if it was her original take. Not that keen on the re-recording.

Can I just get a clarification on Proud Mary. Is this the Tina Turner solo version or the Ike & Tina version we're talikng about here?

Give me the Supremes over Diana any day, but to be fair Upside Down and I'm Comig Out are pretty great. Really didn't like Chain Reaction at the time as it screams the Bee Gees very loudly but my attitude to it has mellowed over the almost 40 years of hearing it. Almost like it now. But not quite there yet. Kool and the Gang I never liked and doubt I ever will.

From the reviews I've read, I get the impression that as both a long time F1 fan and cinephile, I'm going to find it comes up short in both departments

+25 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb +24 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain +23 Pixies - Where us my Mind? +22 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence +21 David Bowie - Changes +20 Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 +19 The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun +18 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +17 Cat Steven's - Wild World +16 Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light +15 Alt-J - Breezeblocks +14 The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it be Nice +13 Aerosmith - Dream On +12 Blondie - One Way or Another +11 Dolly Parton- 9 To 5 +10 Lily Allen - f*** You +09 Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum +08 Adele - Rumour Has it +07 Elton John - Tiny Dancer +06 Oasis - The Masterplan +05 Oasis - Half an World Away +04 Tina Turner- Proud Mary +03 Oasis- Champagne Supernova +02 Paramore - Ain't it Fun +01 Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me

Small update following the weekends festival January Jan 15 2025 - Lambrini Girls - Resident Music, Brighton, England Jan 18 2025 - Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Flip Top Head, goodbye, SLAG - Green Door Store, Brighton, England* Jan 30 2025 - THE HARA, Eville - Green Door Store, Brighton, England February Feb 21 2025 - Eville, Hell Hotel - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Feb 22 2025 - Motionless in White, Fit for a King - Brixton Academy, London, England Feb 25 2025 - Heartworms, She's in Parties - Concorde 2, Brighton, England March Mar 03 2025 - HotWax - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, England Mar 07 2025 - HotWax - Resident Records, Brighton, England Mar 18 2025 - Cleopatrick, Projector - Chalk, Brighton, England Mar 30 2025 - HotWax, The Pill - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, England April Apr 01 2025 - Jar of Blind Flies, CARNE, Spill - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Apr 09 2025 - Look What Happened, Down in Motion, Halloween Club - The Pipeline, Brighton, England Apr 12 2025 - HotWax. Projector, GENN, Gaffa Tape Sandy - Homegrown Festival, Green Door Store, Brighton, England Apr 15 2025 - Heilung, Eivor - Brixton Academy, London, England Apr 29 2025 - Triple Drain, CARNE, Wrench - Hope & Ruin, Brighton, England May May 03 2025 - Slung, El Moono, CARNE - Green Door Store, Brighton, England May 15 2025 - HotWax, Currls - Alternative Escape, The Black Lion, Brighton, England June Jun 11 2025 - Heartworms, Dogviolet - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, England JUn 18 2025 - House of Protection, Bobby Wolfgang - DUST, Brighton, England 22 Jun 2025 - Kraftwerk, Death Cult, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The The, Billy Idol, Johnny Marr, Public Image Ltd, Psychedelic Furs, She Wants Revenge, The Chameleons, Berlin, Theatre of Hate, UK Decay - Forever Now Festival, Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, England *Left before they came on Artists in bold denotes the reason for attendence.

Bananarama were always entertaining in their own way. Unfortunately, by the late 80s they got the SAW treatment, some really good pop songs neutered by cynical and characterless production but the girls' personalities just about shone through. Robert De Niro is one of those songs that hides a really dark subject matter in glossy pop, and I am a sucker for that. Kylie Minogue's 80s material is horrific to my ears. Human League started the decade well with Travelogue and the mega selling Dare - an era defining album - but the follow ups Hysteria and Crash saw the magic had gone and they've never really got back on track since.

Ah, the one they didn't even write lol

Such is the number of well known songs they have, I have to ask which one you thought they were known for?

Quite a few faves have dropped out by the look of things. Fleetwood Mac's Rhiannon would have got my top score

Cambodia is brilliant and I won't hear otherwise. Both Kim's first two albums are good. My favourite description of the first is 'The best Blondie album Blondie never released'. Chequered Love us my favourite of hers. Eurythmics were mostly great bar a few stinkers. Not a Lionel fan

Damn. Missed this by a day. I'd definitely have chucked a bucketload of points at CCR and Slipknot too. Hope a few of my favourites can still make it through

Never particularly liked George Michael's work and really didn't like Wham. That being said he was a talented songwriter, and a good singer, although not that pleasant an individual but much of the success was thoroughly deserved. Depeche Mode are my favourite of the three here and are definitely among the best of the synth bands. The early pop tracks are good (although 1 minute of Just Can't Enough is ironically, quite enough) and the move into more serious work served them well. I think they've been treading water since Gahan overdosed but they've never been awful. Although it drives e up the wall when they get labelled Goth! Pet Shop Boys had some great early Pop singles but seem content to never do anything particularly different musically. I feel they're a tad overrated but a decent singles band.

Hot Milk - The American Machine The Molotovs - Today's Gonna Be Our Day Dinosaur Pile Up - Sick of Being Down Muse - Unravelling

Muse, the only one for me. Added to playlists this week - Hot Milk - The American Machine The Molotovs - Today's Gonna Be Our Day Dinosaur Pile Up - Sick of Being Down

Dexys were a much more interesting band than they often get credit for. I like all three of the 80s albums. Soft Cell too were really good at first, and the second album The Art of Falling Apart is my favourite. By thetime Marc formedMarc and the Mambas with The The's Matt Johnson I thought they were spent and the new band was a more interesting group. Marc's work in The Immaculate Consumptive with Nick Cave, Foetus and Lydia Lunch was incredible stuff too. OMD are one of those bands that started out very Kraftwerk influenced but by 1984 had become more of a pop group. Similar to what happened with Thompson Twins and Ultravox to a degree. I will always prefer the really stark, cold European feel of the early synth bands over the poppier numbers. Give me Enola Gay over Tesla Girls any day.