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Both Haas drivers were disqualified from qualifying for running an illlegal rear wing. Haas have acknowledged it was a setup error for a new part. They will start from the pitlane

Alpine: Gasly vs Ocon [Q, R] Aston Martin: Alonso [Q, R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc [Q, R] v Sainz Jr Haas: Magnussen vs Hulkenberg [Q, R] Kick Sauber: Zhou vs Bottas [Q, R] McLaren: Norris [Q, R] vs Piastri Mercedes: Hamilton [Q, R] vs Russell RB: Ricciardo vs Tsuonda [Q, R] Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Perez Williams: Sargeant vs Albon [Q, R] Pole Position: Charles Leclerc Winner: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Hamilton

5th seems very low for Strawberry Fields

This is a great little documentary about the other driver we lost in 1994 and well worth a look at. I remember the day he died so well. Me and my then girlfriend were painting a neighbours garden shed and had Saturday Qualifying on the radio. We heard the reports live and were shocked. I remember we had a long discussion about how this sort of accident was so rare in F1 these days and how unlucky he had been. The same views were echoed by our friends down the pub that night, and we celebrated the little known Austrian journeyman who'd spent years trying to make a mark and had finally reached the sport's top discipline only to be cruelly taken away. It was quite a sad evening. Then, after the next day hardly anyone was talking about him, and except for the diehard fans, he's barely remembered anymore. _Lg4izl9-0o Four episodes are on the site and all are worth watching

I wonder if it would have done better if we were rating the Naked version. Both McCartney and Starr have stated it is the superior version, and whilst I've never adored the song I would probably have given more marks for it.

Imola was great until '94 but they neutered it after that and took away much of its majesty. Yet, it's still brilliant watching the cars really hang it out there in ways most tracks don't allow these days and I'd rather see that than a boring race on a boring circuit (hello Mexico). The sport has always been more about the risk of a mistake at high speed than close quarter racing, it's why we remember the fights so well when they do emerge. If you're watching F1 for close battles and loads of overtakes you're watching the wrong motorsport. Plus it's in Italy, one of the giants of motor racing and is the home race for Ferrari, and who doesn't love that? As for Monaco, only the true greats excel there, can Max put his name alongside Senna, G Hill, Prost, Schumacher, Stewart, Moss, Hamilton, and er... Rosberg (exception that proves the rule?) as a triple winner or can Leclerc finally start to deliver on the talent he has?

A few thoughts following Imola. Imola is a glorious circuit and would be even better if the cars were smaller as has been tentatively planned for the future. Following Verstappen's impressive weekend, his 59th win now puts his win percentage above Lewis Hamilton's with 30.73% for Max vs 30.38% for Lewis. A quick visit to the calculator suggests that if Max continues to win around 80% of the races as per his form of the last 12 months, he will eclipse the great Jim Clark's 34.72% by the end of the year, Alberto Ascari's 40.63% by the end of 2025 and be closing in on Juan-Manuel Fangio's seemingly unassailable 47.06% by mid 2026. Obviously, much can happen between now and then, from injury, illness, retirements, a bad design for the car or a much improved rival but you only have to look at the consistency of his lap times to see that Max is absolutely driving with the kind of form rarely seen in the sport. Monaco however could go any way and I still can't work out which car is best suited this year. Perhaps this year is the most open for a long time. Verstappen could claim another 2 records this weekend - Most poles at the start of the season, currently equal with Prost on 7 from 1993, and most consecutive pole positions which is currently held by Senna. To take this away at Monaco would be somewhat fitting I really like the one off Senna livery McLaren are going to run this weekend. The possibility of Tsunoda replacing Perez next year seems more and more likely with each race.

Interesting question. Big where and when is key to the question. Thinking of big in the UK here. The Grateful Dead and King Crimson spring to mind as bands that have shifted millions of units in the past with no UK hit singles. More recently Sleep Token sold out Wembley Arena in 10 minutes but are unlikely to ever trouble the top 40, and Architects have number 1 albums and are festival headliners but Rock and Metal bands simply don't have hits despite having hugely successful careers.

Or it could be that it involves his intellectual property, such as the Weeping Angels or River Song (more as continuity or courtesy than legal obligation) or there's simply a connection with Boom and that they wanted consistency before submitting the scripts

Interested to hear you thoughts on these two versions then - itpRFQnpMEQ OyEOYJDjGGM Apparently Lennon loved the Deep Purple version and wished The Beatles had played it slower.

Because the complaint keeps coming up... The history of Doctor Who and nightclubs - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Nightclub In essence, multiple Doctors have visited nightclubs in the audiobooks which are generally accepted among Whovians as canon

On the plus side, I don't need to learn any of the songs as I'm familiar with them all, but will definitely have a reminder of a few I haven't heard in a while. Not sure about how I feel about that Manics track being there though. It's one of my favourite tracks on my favourite album but given how much the band actively hated the whole Britpop scene (even their era relevant anthem - A Design For Life - was partly inspired by how much they hated it), it feels quite far out on the fringes of the plus element. That being said it's a grimly compelling diary of terminal, advanced stage anorexia, and one of the bands true masterpieces, so I can't really leave it out, can I?

I agree that Help! being yet to appear seems odd but to me it sits right at the crossroads between them being a pop group who mainly wrote boy meets girl love song and them embracing more thoughtful subject matter. For a band like that to release a track that is essentially about depression and desperation, yet nailed to a great pop sensibility, was quite a leap back then. I suspect it's done so well here because it has broad appeal, being appreciated by those who like the earlier sound and those who admire the later works too. I really like it, even if I don't place it amongst their best but it is a milestone in their career and in John's writing, in the same way that Paperback Writer was for Paul.

Is Jump In My Car strictly a novelty song? I mean, it's a pretty straightforward cover of a fairly typical Pub Rock type song. It just has a silly video

Piastri has been demoted to fifth following a three place grid penalty for impeding Magnussen. Feel free to make your own jokes on this one.

He really wasn't. He was clearly having a hard time trying to dial in the car and the wind was playing havoc with pretty much everyone, but particularly the Red Bull.

Boom is a vast improvement on the previous episodes. It's not perfect of course and I don't think anyone will call ot Moffat's best work on the show but it ticks all the right boxes, allows the cast to actually do something that isn't just running around and it isn't silly thankfully. It also doesn't pander to the youngest viewers, instead it's pitched at just the right level. There's still some clunky dialogue and a lot of plot convenience but if you try not to think about it too much it works.

Alpine: Gasly vs Ocon [Q, R] Aston Martin: Alonso [Q, R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc [Q, R] v Sainz Jr Haas: Magnussen vs Hulkenberg [Q, R] Kick Sauber: Zhou vs Bottas [Q, R] McLaren: Norris [R] vs Piastri [Q] Mercedes: Hamilton [Q, R] vs Russell RB: Ricciardo vs Tsuonda [Q, R] Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Perez Williams: Sargeant vs Albon [Q, R] Pole Position: Leclerc Winner: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Verstappen

Out of curiosity, what would chartjack2's point have done for its placing?

I think when you place A Day in the Life within its historical context, it just goes to show what a completely groundbreaking and astonishing piece of work it is. It really is a masterpiece of writing, arrangement and production. Nobody had ever recorded anything quite like it before and it sits comfortably among the most influential songs of all time. With due respect to other acts like The Velvets, Pink Floyd, Beach Boys, Byrds, Hendrix etc, the entire late sixties music scene underwent a seismic shift in their wake, with A Day in the Life regularly cited as a point of inspiration. Even to this day it still gets rated as one of the greatest songs of all time, and the juxtaposition from John's surrealistic parts to Paul's more traditional section only serves to make the song even more strange, dream like and otherworldy. The transition to and from that is exceptional too. For many of my younger years I would casually dismiss The Beatles and much of the era as the music of my parents. Combined with my earliest exposure to music being Punk and Disco (and I didn't like Disco), The Beatles seemed like a relic for a different generation to cling to, even though their songs were always on the radio they seemed irrelevant when compared to all the Punk/New Wave and later Post Punk and New Romantic stuff that seemed so fresh and exciting. But if you go back and look at their work with the benefit of histrical context and free from any prejudiced thoughts... boy were they a phenominal band when they went for it.

I'm amazed that anyone wouldn't put this in their top 10 Beatles songs. I guess that's testament to the quality of the work but for me this really is flawless

Was hoping to add a lot more over this weekend but since everyone is boycotting The Great Escape it's all a bit of a mess. Apr 13, 2024: Gaffa Tape Sandy, The Wytches, City Dog, Jar of Blind Flies, Dumfun - Homegrown 2024, Various venues, Brighton, England Apr 20, 2024: The Dirty Nil, Sick Joy - The Boileroom, Guildford, England May 4, 2024: Tribe Of Ghosts, Beyond Extinction - Green Door Store, Brighton, England May 10, 2024: Pop Will Eat Itself, Interrobang‽ - Chalk, Brighton, England May 15, 2024: Kulk, Forlorn, EL MOONO, fakeyourdeath - Daltons Showrooms + Bar, Brighton, England Planned gigs this year and next - May 17, 2024: SNAYX - Black Lion, Brighton, England May 18, 2024: PROJECTOR, Monakis, ? - Black Lion, Brighton, England May 18, 2024: Noah & The Loners, PROJECTOR - East Street Tap, Brighton, England May 23, 2024: Vukovi, Calva Louise - Brighton Music Hall, Brighton, England May 24, 2024: Ice Nine Kills, Graphic Nature, The Hara - Guildhall, Portsmouth, England May 29, 2024: Jane's Addiction, Humanist - Roundhouse, London, England May 31, 2024: Vended, The Gloom in the Corner, Profiler - The Arch, Brighton, England Jun 16, 2024: L7 - Electric Ballroom, London, England Jun 18, 2024: Kerry King - Electric Ballroom, London, England Jun 27, 2024: Escape the Fate, Stictched up Heart - The Dome, London, England Jul 10, 2024: 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 21, 2024: Heathen Apostles - Hope & Ruin, Brighton, England Jul 20, 2024: Garbage - Wembley Arena, London Jul 27, 2024: Burger Jam Festival, Hastings, England Aug 08, 2024: Bloodstock Festival, England Aug 15, 2024: HotWax - The Boileroom, Guildford, England Sep 09, 2024: Belmondo, Dumfun - DUST, Brighton, England Oct 06, 2024: Arch Enemy, In Flames, Soilwork - Hammersmith Apollo, London, England Oct 31, 2024: Cradle of Filth, Butcher Babies - Brixton Academy, London, England Nov 06, 2024: Soil, (hed) P.E. - Electric Ballroom, London, England Nov 09, 2024: Wednesday 13 - Electric Ballroom, London, England Nov 12, 2024: Sepultura - Hammersmith Apollo, London, England Nov 29, 2024: Gaye Bykers on Acid - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Dec 14, 2024: The Damned - Winter Gardens, Eastbourne, England Feb 22, 2024: Motionless in White - Brixton Academy, London, England

Add me to the list of those that don't see the fuss around Come Together. It's fine but like popchartfreak says nobody discussed it much until the 90s. Although I wouldn't credit Jackson's version so much - that was actually recorded for his Bad album but slipped out quietly in 1988 on Moonwalker. In my circles it got noticed more after McCartney, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher recorded it as the Smokin' Mojo Filters for the Help project.

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Something is one of those songs that is obviously briiliant from whichever angle I look at it but yet it somehow leaves me completely cold.