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Probably a combinations of the album had been out for a month already so the fans had it, and it probably getting lost among all big hits that were out then - George Michael & Elton John, Queen, Nirvana, KLF, Michael Jackson, Guns N Roses, Simply Red and Diana Ross were all having sizeable hits that month. Plus they hadn't quite won over a lot of doubters just yet, following Rattle & Hum's lukewarm reception.

I want a rate for them too.

Trust me when I tell you there have been less riots since the year 2000 than there were in the 80s/90s alone, there's just better coverage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_riots

As regards to two out of the three left in, when Kirsty MacColl gave her reasoning for the running order she picked for The Joshua Tree, she was right.

Paint it Black might well be my favourite song ever. I'd have been much more likely to vote for the Stones if they'd have quit in the early 80s

Must admit, I'm a little disappointed, as I thought it was my turn next

I really liked S!CK. Def a band to keep an eye on

So, for you it's like an extension of the driver you support? I can understand that. I think the thing with pretty much everyone liking Ferrari is that they are so synonymous with F1 and racing in general. There's so much history there, it goes back to the 1920s and the only reason their road cars exist is to fund the racing team (originally at least, it's murkier now), the old man lived and breathed for racing and they've undoubtedly had a high number of the greatest drivers ever in their cars. How can anyone not love that? They are essentially a racing fans team. As Enzo once said, “Ask a child to draw a car, and certainly he will draw it red.” There's a good reason for that.

I really like Rubber Bullets but somehow I've never been able to embrace the brilliance of 10CC. I feel the same about ELO. Loads of obviously great songs but they kind of bore me. I think it may be that my earliest musical memories are around Punk Rock and so much beforehand seemed less exciting when I was young and maybe I've never got passed that for some bands.

Talking of wanting teams to do well/badly, it kind of sits weird with me and things have definitely changed around this since I first started following the sport. There never used to be much of a thing for following a specific team unless there was a particularly clear reason - the French might support Ligier for example, then later on Renault etc, Generally though, besides everyone wanting Ferrari to do well (everyone was a Ferrari fan at heart), not many stood behind a specific team. Drivers? Absolutely, (although there was never the silly, partisan extremes you see online now) everyone had a favourite driver and the discussions around what made one better or preferred to another were fascinating but not for teams. Almost never for teams. I don't think I ever knew anyone who was a Brabham, Leyton House, Shadow or Jordan fan, for example. Although I'll admit I was once very excited to see Mercedes return. Then sometime in the 90s it started to become noticeable and teams began selling their own merch at races. Now you see whole reams of comments about peoples feeling towards a particular team. Good and bad. It seems to me like it's down to the death of the garagistas, the decline of owner run teams and the works teams becoming far more corporate and having a brand identity to push. Even the teams we have change their setup so wuickly that it's hard to see the current Williams, Mercedes or McLaren team as having any real connection to those from the 50s/70s/80s etc. Only Ferrrari and at a push McLaren seem to have a genuine connection back to their founders. So I guess I'm asking those on here who support a team, why and for what reason? Not judging just curious as it seems pretty alien to me.

The two best songs from their early period and the very excellent The Fly, which signalled their much needed 90s rebirth. Surprised not to have seen Mysterious Ways by now though

That's good for me, the three iffy ones alll out straight away.

Doesn't look good but I'll wait until a conviction before claiming he's guilty.

Motley Crue did a Girls Girls Girls too

Great to see The Kinks up there and the first couple of Placebo albums are decent enough too

They're not decidedly the second worst team though. It's only Sargeant's skill issues that are dragging the backwards like a massive anchor. If Sainz is equal to Albon (and he's probably better) they'd have more than double the points they have now and be in a big old tussle with Haas, Alpine and possibly RB.

Unless it's Alex Harvey doing The Boston Tea Party

Are you saying that Madness were IRA informants? :o Just kidding, Michael Caine is a bit of an exception lyrically

Bruce himself has said the song is based on his experiences as a budding singer in the NJ area and many of the characters are based on people he knew so maybe. It's also more a collection of images than a coherent narrative. There was a VH1 thing where he explained it sometime ago. Found some bits online - I'm sure there's more somewhere

I did originally suggest the remix being listed as well, since it charted separately from the original (and actually charted higher too) but it wasn't included. Personally, I can't bear the remix so I'm not unhappy about it.

Most popular theory for Russell DSQ is that the extra tyre wear from going one stop equates to the 1.8Kg he was found to be underweight, which does actually make some sense given it was unplanned. Normally there's a good chance to pick up extra weight on the cool down lap but with Spa being so long, it doesn't have one and Russell was unable to do that. Mercedes hadn't run the hards in practice at all so had no information about how the re-laid surface was affecting the tyre deg, whereas Aston Martin, who also one stopped, had run them and so knew how much rubber they'd lose and pitted later as planned. Basically, Russell's switch to a one stop and resulting win would probably have stood if he'd pitted 3 or 4 laps later.

I was surprised Sainz didn't do it once it became obvious the hards were holding up well and maintaining pace. Alonso and Stroll were the only others to do it and both effectively made it work, with Alonso only dropping a place (which was essentially Verstappen) and Stroll gained 3 positions by the end despite the car not being very competitive.

Sounds like modern Pop is having it's Grunge moment

Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own feels out of place to me and I'd happily bin off Beautiful Day myself, but otherwise probably the obvious contenders

As it's written by Springsteen there's always more to it and a curly-wurly is apparently a New Jersey expression for a fancy car. Many of the lyrics actually make sense when you look in to them