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Sharing the love for Kraftwerk. A monumental band in my formative listening although strangely The Model isn't among my very top favourites.

From the 70s so far, again all brilliant choices, but obviously Kate, Blondie's Heart of Glass was one of the first singles I ever owned (bought for me) and The Wall is one of my top 3 albums of all time (the others being The Holy Bible, and The Dreaming). And I think I'd probably try to shoehorn about 9 Bowie song in if I could but Life on Mars? is hard to beat.

#01 The Ronettes - 'Be My Baby' (1963) #02 The Beatles - 'Tomorrow Never Knows' (1966) #03 The Mamas & The Papas - 'California Dreamin’ (1965) #04 The Animals - 'The House of the Rising Sun' (1964) #05 Ben E. King - 'Stand By Me' (1961) #06 Procol Harum - 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (1967) #07 The Rolling Stones - 'Paint It, Black' (1966) #08 The Beach Boys - 'God Only Knows' (1966) #09 The Doors - 'Light My Fire' (1967) #10 The Velvet Underground & Nico - 'Venus In Furs' (1967) That's a stonking top 10 and I couldn't possibly argue with any of them, although naturally mine would be quite different. The '60s is one of my favourite decades, particularly 1965 onwards, with the Psychedelic and garage scene being so creative. Paint It, Black remains my favourite song of all time still, so that the Velvets and The Animals would probably make my top 10 if I could ever narrow it down

Actually it's from this song primarily. It's enchanted me since I was a kid. I'd say it's about 70% Velvets and 30% the Banshee as the inspiration, but he took his name from this song too and I was aware of all this when I chose it. This is a great idea and will be checking this thread out properly in a minute. I got one post in and had to reply! A cracking start so far.

Not even close to one of the greatest drives. Probably not even Antonelli's best this year. It was good, don't get me wrong, but you put the best engine/battery package in the car with the best aero design, on a power circuit where it can breeze passed all opposition with ease, where there's minimal tyre deg and the high speed corners are taken at 40kph slower than last year and this is what you get. Antonelli is fast no doubt about that but not one driver bar Russell, made any real attempt to keep him behind because they all knew it was a lost cause. There were a few genuinely good overtakes under braking but this was closer in Indycar style oval racing than F1, just without the same high speed corners, concrete walls and thin line of grip. And indycar is a spec series so is naturally closer in car performance. The only real question was which Merc was gonna win. And the best driver did.

August 340 Artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 The Beatles 50 02 U2 45 03 Tom Waits 40 04 Gaffa Tape Sandy 38 05 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 34 06 The Waterboys 34 07 The Pogues 33 08 KNIFE BRIDE 27 09 Cheap Trick 22 10 Battlesnake 20 11 Radio Werewolf 19 12 The Smiths 18 13 Morrissey 17 14 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 16 15 Lake Malice 14 16 Sleeper 14 17 Ministry 13 18 Sonic Youth 13 19 Terrorvision 13 20 Heartworms 12 21 Jayden Hammer 12 22 Marilyn Manson 12 23 SNAYX 12 24 Crawlers 11 25 Echo & the Bunnymen 11 26 Dinosaur Pile-Up 9 27 Korn 9 28 Mimi Barks 9 29 The Cure 9 30 is this ok 8 31 Ramones 8 32 Royal Blood 8 33 The Men They Couldn't Hang 8 34 WARGASM 8 35 Status Quo 7 36 Alice in Chains 6 37 Desperate Journalist 6 38 Grinderman 6 39 Kenny Rogers 6 40 Lene Lovich 6 The Year to Date 1,053 artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 (01) Pink Floyd 213 (2) 02 (02) Kate Bush 172 (-) 03 (03) The Cramps 151 (2) 04 (04) Siouxsie & the Banshees 144 (-) 05 (08) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 137 (16) 06 (10) Heartworms 132 (12) 07 (16) Radio Werewolf 128 (19) 08 (05) The Clash 128 (1) 09 (15) Sleeper 127 (14) 10 (07) Saint Agnes 126 (2) 11 (06) Lambrini Girls 125 (-) 12 (09) Bruce Springsteen 124 (4) 13 (12) The Sisters of Mercy 120 (3) 14 (11) YONAKA 120 (2) 15 (13) HotWax 115 (-) 16 (14) Delilah Bon 114 (1) 17 (20) KNIFE BRIDE 113 (27) 18 (23) The Pogues 112 (33) 19 (31) Gaffa Tape Sandy 109 (38) 20 (17) Manic Street Preachers 98 (-) 21 (18) L7 93 (2) 22 (19) Nine Inch Nails 91 (1) 23 (RE) The Beatles 87 (50) 24 (21) Simple Minds 86 (-) 25 (NE) U2 86 26 (27) Mimi Barks 85 (9) 27 (22) Gaye Bykers On Acid 84 (-) 28 (25) R.E.M. 82 (5) 29 (NE) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 81 30 (24) Bambie Thug 77 (-) 31 (26) Garbage 76 (-) 32 (36)Terrorvision 73 (12) 33 (28) Cassyette 73 (1) 34 (29) The Mission 73 (1) 35 (30) The Pretenders 73 (1) 36 (32) Die Spitz 71 (1) 37 (37) Marilyn Manson 71 (12) 38 (33) WREX 71 (1) 39 (41) Ministry 68 (13) 40 (35) The Damned 65 (3) 41 (34) Prince 64 (-) 42 (39) Joan Jett 60 (5) 43(38) The Police 58 (1) 44 (40) Killing Joke 57 (2) 45 (NE) The Waterboys 55 46 (42) Tigercub 55 (1) 47 (44) Johnny Cash 53 (2) 48 (43) Bloodworm 52 (-) 49 (47) Taylor Swift 52 (3) 50 (45) Peter Gabriel 50 (-) Dropouts Prince & the Revolution 49 (-) The Lords of the New Church 49 (1) The Velvet Underground 49 (-) Fields of the Nephilim 48 (-) Former Entries Joy Division 48 (1) The Jesus & Mary Chain 48 (4) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) Cranes 45 (1) Rob Zombie 45 (2) congratulations 44 (-) CARNE 43 (-) LN 43 (1) PROJECTOR 42 (-) The Prodigy 42 (-) Eville 41 (-) Faith No More 41 (1) GWAR 39 (-) fakeyourdeath 38 (-) Midnight Oil 38 (2) Sick Joy 37 (-) LOA LOA 35 (-) Arcade Fire 34 (1) Depeche Mode 34 (3) Motorhead 32 (-) Kim Dracula 30 (-) Kid Kapichi 28 (-) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) Die So Fluid 27 (1) Korn 27 (9) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 26 (2) Beastie Boys 25 (1) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Eurythmics 22 (1) Shadow Project 22 (1) Chappell Roan 21 (-) Beastmilk 19 (-) Birdeatsbaby 19 (1) System of a Down 17 (2) The Libertines 17 (2) Iggy Pop 16 (1)

And yet conversely to the above it is my favourite Manics album and my favourite album of all time. Additionally the band were never better live than at this point in time. Yeah, I'm interested.

Not sure it's a new album myself. Everything in that clip seems to be audio and video from The Holy Bible era

At least five there I've seen live (including my own) and two more I'm familiar with so a stack load I don't know. John Fogerty sticks out like a neon sign at first glance

Your entries always seem to be near to top of my votes, so I wasn't surprised to learn it was yours!

Yeah, Cohen was a no brainer for me as soon as I saw it in there. Clearly mine wasn't the best choice this time as it's proving popular with very few. Thanks though for anyone who has dropped points on it.

No idea how my entry will go but I have a firm idea who I think wins

I have now sent my votes and comments. Enjoyed listening to some very strong contenders this time.

Every time this comes on I get half way through the track before I remember it's not actually by Dinosaur Pile-Up but by Royal Blood. It's uncanny

Yeah I think a fair chunk of that list are artists that we would all be familiar with to some degree and from my point of view I like to pick things that would be new to people, even if they might now the name. Which is ironic for me to say as I actually felt I went way too obvious this time.

January Jan 13 2026 - BABYTEETH, is this ok?, Carva - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Jan 24 2026 - Gaffa Tape Sandy, H_ngm_n, All Better, Ahsoka, Really Big Really Clever, Self Torque - Hope & Ruin, Brighton, England Jan 30 2026 - HotWax, SLAG, Half Happy - Kola, Portsmouth, England February Feb 04 2026 - VUKOVI, Saint Agnes, Flesh Planet - CHALK, Brighton, England Feb 13 2026 - HotWax, Jeanie and the White Boys - CHALK, Brighton, England Mar 17 2026 - YONAKA - Resident Records, Brighton, England Mar 26 2026 - Gaye Bykers On Acid, Scant Regard, Magnetic Empire - Green Door Store, Brighton, England April Apr 11 2026 - All Better, H_ngm_n, PROJECTOR, Ahsoka, CLT DRP - Homegrown Festival, Brighton, Eng;and June Jun 29 2026 - Deathby Romy, Jayden Hammer - DUST, Brighton, England Jun 30 2026 - WARGASM, Jar of Blind Flies, Bones Ate Arfa - CHALK, Brighton, England July Jul 08 2026 - SPRINTS, The Dirty Nil, Lake Malice, Hyphen - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 09 2026 - Don Broco, Superheaven, Delilah Bon, Mariachi El Bronx, Tigercub, LEMONSUCKR, Cowboy Hunters, Saint Agnes - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 10 2026 - Funeral for a Friend, The Wildhearts, Militarie Gun, House of Protection, Higher Power, Tropic Gold, Knives, Bratakus - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 11 2026 - Marmozets, As Everything Unfolds, Petrol Girls, Dead Pioneers, Scustin, Vinnie Caruana, Battlesnake, Frozemode - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 31 2026 - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (w/ Kylie Minogue), The Flaming Lips, English Teacher, Cate Le Bon - Preston Park, Brighton, England August Aug 09 2026 - Battlesnake, Jar of Blind Flies - Concorde 2, Brighton, England Total sets so far -64

July 244 Artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 L7 28 02 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 23 03 Trash County Dominators 22 04 The Stranglers 19 05 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 18 06 The Waterboys 14 07 Jar of Blind Flies 13 08 Gaffa Tape Sandy 12 09 Radio Werewolf 12 10 Sleeper 12 11 Crawlers 11 12 Joan Jett 11 13 The Cult 11 14 The Mission 11 15 Echo & the Bunnymen 10 16 Mimi Barks 10 17 Nitzer Ebb 10 18 Saint Agnes 10 19 Sick Joy 10 20 Crimson Veil 9 21 Witch Fever 9 22 Heartworms 8 23 Manic Street Preachers 8 24 Marilyn Manson 8 25 SNAYX 7 26 In This Moment 6 27 Kim Wilde 6 28 R.E.M. 6 29 The Last Dinner Party 6 30 YONAKA 6 31 Suede 5 32 The Pogues 5 33 Travis 5 34 Garbage 4 35 Gulls. 4 36 LEMONSUCKR 4 37 Ministry 4 38 Mouth Ulcers 4 39 Pop Will Eat Itself 4 40 Taylor Swift 4 The Year to Date 958 artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 (01) Pink Floyd 211 (1) 02 (02) Kate Bush 172 (1) 03 (03) The Cramps 149 (1) 04 (04) Siouxsie & the Banshees 144 (1) 05 (05) The Clash 127 (2) 06 (06) Lambrini Girls 125 (3) 07 (09) Saint Agnes 124 (10) 08 (15) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 121 (23) 09 (07) Bruce Springsteen 120 (2) 10 (11) Heartworms 120 (8) 11 (12) YONAKA 118 (6) 12 (10) The Sisters of Mercy 117 (4) 13 (08) HotWax 115 (1) 14 (13) Delilah Bon 113 (2) 15 (14) Sleeper 113 (12) 16 (16) Radio Werewolf 109 (12) 17 (17) Manic Street Preachers 98 (8) 18 (32) L7 91 (28) 19 (18) Nine Inch Nails 90 (2) 20 (19) KNIFE BRIDE 86 (1) 21 (20) Simple Minds 86 (1) 22 (21) Gaye Bykers On Acid 84 (1) 23 (23) The Pogues 79 (5) 24 (22) Bambie Thug 77 (3) 25 (26) R.E.M. 77 (6) 26 (24) Garbage 76 (4) 27 (30) Mimi Barks 76 (10) 28 (27) Cassyette 72 (2) 29 (35) The Mission 72 (11) 30 (25) The Pretenders 72 (-) 31 (36) Gaffa Tape Sandy 71 (12) 32 (29) Die Spitz 70 (67) 33 (28) WREX 70 (1) 34 (31) Prince 64 (-) 35 (34) The Damned 62 (1) 36 (33) Terrorvision 61 (-) 37 (42) Marilyn Manson 59 (8) 38 (37) The Police 57 (1) 39 (RE) Joan Jett 55 (11) 40 (38) Killing Joke 55 (2) 41 (43) Ministry 55 (4) 42 (40) Tigercub 54 (2) 43 (39 Bloodworm 52 (-) 44 (41) Johnny Cash 51 (-) 45 (44) Peter Gabriel 50 (1) 46 (45) Prince & the Revolution 49 (1) 47 (NE) Taylor Swift 49 48 (46) The Lords of the New Church 49 (1) 49 (47) The Velvet Underground 49 (1) 50 (49) Fields of the Nephilim 48 (2) Dropouts Joy Division 47 (1) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) Former Entries Cranes 44 (-) congratulations 44 (-) The Jesus & Mary Chain 44 (1) CARNE 43 (-) Rob Zombie 43 (1) LN 42 (1) PROJECTOR 42 (1) The Prodigy 42 (1) Eville 41 (1) Faith No More 40 (-) GWAR 39 (1) fakeyourdeath 38 (-) Sick Joy 37 (10) The Beatles 37 (1) Midnight Oil 36 (-) LOA LOA 35 (-) Arcade Fire 33 (-) Motorhead 32 (1) Depeche Mode 31 (2) Kim Dracula 30 (-) Kid Kapichi 28 (2) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) Die So Fluid 26 (-) Beastie Boys 24 (-) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 24 (-) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Chappell Roan 21 (3) Eurythmics 21 (-) Shadow Project 21 (1) Beastmilk 19 (-) Birdeatsbaby 18 (3) Korn 18 (-) System of a Down 16 (-) Iggy Pop 15 (-) The Libertines 15 (-)

Neil Young - Philadelphia Martha & the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street mentions Philly Oh yeah and there was some guy who was 'West Philadelphia born and raised...'

Philadelphia Freedom, perhaps?

In all honesty I watched this before I saw the 'controversy' around the language and have to say that I didn't even notice it that much. It's a massive departure from conventions of fantasy characters speaking in English accents but it didn't register that much with me. What I did find a bit strange was the rewriting of Odysseus's character. It's kind of there in moments but he's much more humble and likeable in this which makes him seem far more relateable and empathetic, whereas he was always previously written as full of hubris and arrogance, which is why he has to suffer so much. I think a little more could have been done to flesh out the supporting characters ideally but as brilliant as the film is visually I felt it really needed to be tackled like Dune was and have perhaps 2 films to properly tell the whole story. Possibly because the story is perhaps the most familiar in all history, (second only to the New Testament?) they felt comfortable with breezing through Scylla & Caribdes and the Sirens and ignoring 'the bed test', the Lotus Eaters and the bag of winds entirely. Might have been worth putting Achilles' shade in there too but that's a minor quibble. Felt a little like the first half took its time to get in to the details and then rushed the second half of the journey but the ending reclaims lost ground and brings it home in style. That said it is a film where every cast member knocks it out of the park - especially Hathaway and Morton (Oscar nods?) - and it's hard to find fault in. As a treatise of PTSD it works really well and I think Nolan deliberately leaves just enough room that you can interpret it as having much of his travels as playing out in Oddyseus's mind, since he's clearly positioned as an unreliable narrator.

Lewis was hard done by in Belgium with the collision. I can see why it was given but just like in football it's down to the referees opinion on the day. He's not the only one who's ever been on the end of a tough call and he won't be the last. Rather than Lewis being unlucky with the jump start because others have been let off, I'd prefer to see any driver registered as moving before the lights go out penalised.

It was nice to see someone actually overtake under braking and Hungary is one of the best tracks to work around the battery issues. Ferrari blew it again of course and Oscar was very unlucky as he looked to be managing his pace well until Ferrari forced his hand. Would have been interesting to see how it played out between just the 2 McLaren's though I think Lando had the pace to overcut eventually. Lewis can moan all he likes about the penalty but it if your speeding there's no defence. He's reminding very much of Schumacher in his final Ferrari year. Pace is there often but making lots of errors. Looks like Antonelli very much has this season under control if he takes more of a Prost/Brabham approach in the 2nd half. Collect the pointa and when you can, win whilst going as slowly as possible.

I have just been having a discussion about wish lists and regrets on live music so thought it might be interesting to see what others might have to contribute on this. Who are you top 10 bucket list artists to see perform live that you still haven't and who are your top 10 that you regret not seeing but no longer can. For the former it has to still be possible - i.e. not dead or split up and still performing live regularly. For the latter it has to be reasonable that you could have seen them - i.e. you were old enough when they were still around. Let's say old enough to go on your own so at least 15 years old (which rules out Queen for me) Here's my lists (not in any order) - Bucket list 01 Joan Jett 02 Rammstein 03 Nine Inch Nails 04 Slipknot 05 Napalm Death 06 Taylor Swift 07 Bob Dylan 08 Public Enemy 09 Betty Boo 10 Tori Amos Regrets 01 Prince 02 Siouxsie & the Banshees (did see Siouxsie solo though) 03 R.E.M. 04 Motorhead 05 The Smiths (did see Morrissey's infamous Madstock show) 06 Black Sabbath 07 Soundgarden 08 The Pogues 09 Danielle Dax 10 Fleetwood Mac

Many faves been mentioned already but R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me Perry Como - Delaware Doors - Alabama Song Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Lousiana Woman, Mississippi Man (thanks GTA Vice City!) Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Dre & 2pac - California Love

I can't be bothered to list them all but Prince released 37 studio albums between 1978 and 2015, averaging 1 per year. This neglects to factor in the stacks of unreleased material from this period. This number does not include the cancelled Black Album or any compilations or live recordings. It should also be noted that several are double albums or more.