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paulyork64 said:

DavidL said:

Surely the Eagles only have one song. You hear it, you wonder again how a bunch of dorks came up with that and then you go home.

Desperado was/is brilliant. And even more so when sung by Karen carpenter.

HaroldO said:

Awww Peter Sallis. Aside from Wallace he was also good in the original Ice Warriors story in Doctor Who with Patrick Troughton.

paulyork64 said:

Scott_P said:

QT off to a belter...

"Why don't we have internment?"

Because BT haven't laid the cables yet?

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/michaelpdeacon/status/871818741801254912

Torby_Fennel said:

HaroldO said:

Awww Peter Sallis. Aside from Wallace he was also good in the original Ice Warriors story in Doctor Who with Patrick Troughton.

His was one of the finest and cleverest guest performances in Doctor Who history, in my opinion.

Floater said:

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees back

https://order-order.com/2017/06/05/diane-abbott-car-crash-clueless-about-terror-report/

And just as useless as ever

Tykejohnno said:

Please could someone answer this - My local paper today(bradford T&A) had a political front sheet cover for labour,how much would this cost the labour party ?

camel said:

Tim Farron's folksy/comic verbosity is actually grating. He's making a twat of himself, live on BBC1.

Nick Robinson is enjoying himself, doubling down on Tim's self-inflicted twattiness.

To me, as a many times LibDem voter, after Ashdown, Kennedy and Clegg, even Campbell, Tim Farron has proved to be an utter, utter disappointment.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

Please could someone answer this - My local paper today(bradford T&A) had a political front sheet cover for labour,how much would this cost the labour party ?

£10 to £15 grand.

The_Taxman said:

Pulpstar said:

Tim Sin klaxon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRHetRTOD1Q

Have they asked him about Homosexual acts yet? In the good old days one of the other political parties would have sent a person dressed as a chicken with a ghetoblaster pounding out "it's a sin!". I suppose the best we can hope for now is Andrew Neil on this week taking the piss!

foxinsoxuk said:

SeanT said:

rottenborough said:

MaxPB said:

rcs1000 said:

Richard_Tyndall said:

JonWC said:

Coldplay fan who also saw them at Wembley.. easily the most impressive show I've ever seen. How many bands can play over twenty songs at a concert?

Hmm. I think it is a generational thing. I saw your posting and my first thought was if I saw a band that played less than 20 songs I would feel cheated. But most of the bands I watch have been around for decades. Of those I have seen in the last couple of years

Springsteen regularly does 30 plus songs - 33 when I saw him at Coventry last year
Fleetwood Mac did 23 at Leeds in 2015
The Eagles did 27 at Leeds the year before
ELO did 20 at Nottingham

Even the young upstarts Suede did 27 at Leeds last year.

I saw Paul Simon play for almost four hours a few years ago. I didn't count how many songs he sung, but it was a lot.

I remember going to see Lenny Kravitz Just after the 7/7 bombings and he was on stage for around 3 hours, some of which was just him and his band jamming and doing covers of songs about togetherness and love. It is one of the best gigs I've been to.

Aren't Grateful Dead the winners of this competition, every time?

Coz they were all on heroin. Not hard to play for 19 hours if you're totally smacked out (as I can personally attest)

Surely the question should be: how many good or great songs can you play, i.e. how brilliant is your back catalogue? Most pop stars can only claim one or two famous songs (if they write themselves).

The acts in a different league can claim a dozen, even two dozen: the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zep, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Genesis, the Smiths, Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, the Bee Gees, Abba, the entire Stone Roses first album (and nothing since)

I struggle to name bands post 1985 because I genuinely think pop music has declined since then, the way Italian painting declined post-Raphael, or English verse drama after Shakespeare.

There was a golden age of popular music, and it was 1965-1985, maybe 1990 at a push. Art forms are born, they thrive, and then they kind of die - or evolve dramatically into something different.

Kasabian are the best stadium band, or festival headliners at the moment. They are great live and know how to put on a show. They are headlining at Reading this August. Worth taking in. I have seen them 4 times, and they too are well known Leicester City Fans. They did a free concert for us on Vicky Park a year ago.

For the best song about breakup, I would nominate Husker Du's "Don't want to know if you are lonely"

youtu.be/eoKeH7JYE48

kle4 said:

In danger of breaking the spell, but all this music talk seems to have led to a more harmonious atmosphere.

kle4 said:

In danger of breaking the spell, but all this music talk seems to have led to a more harmonious atmosphere.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

Please could someone answer this - My local paper today(bradford T&A) had a political front sheet cover for labour,how much would this cost the labour party ?

£10 to £15 grand.

Even for a big city local paper ?

With the greatest of respect, Bradford isn't that big a city in terms of local newspaper circulation.is quite small, with a circulation of 15k, which is small compared to say Leeds or Manchester,

TravelJunkie said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

Please could someone answer this - My local paper today(bradford T&A) had a political front sheet cover for labour,how much would this cost the labour party ?

£10 to £15 grand.

Even for a big city local paper ?

With the greatest of respect, Bradford isn't that big a city in terms of local newspaper circulation.is quite small, with a circulation of 15k, which is small compared to say Leeds or Manchester,

Bradford wouldn't be in the top 20 cities in England

Tykejohnno said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Tykejohnno said:

Please could someone answer this - My local paper today(bradford T&A) had a political front sheet cover for labour,how much would this cost the labour party ?

£10 to £15 grand.

Even for a big city local paper ?

With the greatest of respect, Bradford isn't that big a city in terms of local newspaper circulation.is quite small, with a circulation of 15k, which is small compared to say Leeds or Manchester,

Give up ;-)

Well the cover was pretty good at getting labours message across,it nearly frightened me into voting labour ;-)

Wonder if the tories will do the same ?

isam said:

@SeanT

By the way, here is more Enoch & Buckley. No talk of immigration here, just a beautiful deconstruction of the prices and incomes policy, the perils of socialism and the moral conundrum of standing for parliament when you don't agree with the party line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0YGdROxVE

isam said:

@SeanT

By the way, here is more Enoch & Buckley. No talk of immigration here, just a beautiful deconstruction of the prices and incomes policy, the perils of socialism and the moral conundrum of standing for parliament when you don't agree with the party line

HaroldO said:

Usually the guest actors were a little....average (I'm looking at you Beryl Reid) but he had a strong voice and presence, it gave Troughton something to work with in what is a good (if overlong) story.

SeanT said:

HaroldO said:

SeanT said:

HaroldO said:

SeanT said:

Casino_Royale said:

SeanT said:

Casino_Royale said:

SeanT said:

AndyJS said:

Morris_Dancer said:

Surely the best GE Bee Gees song is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZY9oYSSjFI

I once listened to this song about 50 times in a row, without a break. It's that good.

Gosh, that is very good. I'd quite forgotten it.

I reckon pop song writing is (ahem) a bit like thriller writing. People sneer at it (especially if it is popular) because it appears cheap and ubiquitous - sold in supermarkets like detergent. In reality, it is very difficult and few can do it well, hence the huge rewards if you get it right - as the Bee Gees clearly did.

Here's another forsaken classic. In my mind the greatest song about male lovesickness and romantic rejection ever written

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpR8r0D2EyY

"I'd pay the devil to replace her"

GENIUS

I love Hall and Oates.

Also the subject of a magnificent Big Train sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh5f-_I1df4

I miss Big Train.

It was the greatest comedy sketch show of all time. Oddly neglected. So brilliantly imaginative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0TZxFQaXkc

The staring contest's were my personal favourite.

Also Darth Vader hoovering. And the wanking thing. And the rediscovered mother. And this, possibly the greatest sketch of all time in any form, the Working Classes via Hitchcock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLToN2pjik8

I have always found this funny and I have no idea why;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPhkxskRVs

Funniest show ever. Not sure why it is overlooked.

Casino_Royale said:

isam said:

@SeanT

By the way, here is more Enoch & Buckley. No talk of immigration here, just a beautiful deconstruction of the prices and incomes policy, the perils of socialism and the moral conundrum of standing for parliament when you don't agree with the party line

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0YGdROxVE

What I love about this is there is *no* embellishing: it's just one hour of very serious conversation, with a proper interviewer asking penetrating questions.

Nothing else.

In modern times, the interviewer would only be interested in forcing a gaffe, embarrassing the subject, or outing them as a bigot. The politician would want to avoid the questions, and get their soundbites across.

Depressing.

dr_spyn said:

Tykejohnno said:

Please could someone answer this - My local paper today(bradford T&A) had a political front sheet cover for labour,how much would this cost the labour party ?

The Bristol Post also had Labour wrap around front sheet today. Labour were banging on about how awful it was for the Tories to do this about 3 weeks ago.

foxinsoxuk said:

Judging by the QT audience* and Nicola's look of fear, I think my forecast of 40 SNP holds may be a bit optomistic.

* Yes, I know!

Casino_Royale said:

isam said:

@SeanT

By the way, here is more Enoch & Buckley. No talk of immigration here, just a beautiful deconstruction of the prices and incomes policy, the perils of socialism and the moral conundrum of standing for parliament when you don't agree with the party line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0YGdROxVE

What I love about this is there is *no* embellishing: it's just one hour of very serious conversation, with a proper interviewer asking penetrating questions.

Nothing else.

In modern times, the interviewer would only be interested in forcing a gaffe, embarrassing the subject, or outing them as a bigot. The politician would want to avoid the questions, and get their soundbites across.

Depressing.

tlg86 said:

Sturgeon looking utterly stupid on the top rate of tax.

KentRising said:

LucyJones said:

paulyork64 said:

KentRising said:

Completely OT: I have accidentally scratched the wall in my hallway- the paint has come off. Just a small scratch. Any DIY advice? I don't have any paint sample pots. Colour is magnolia. Maybe smear some toothpaste?? Help.

Well, can't be any more boring than my usual posts.....

I wouldn't recommend toothpaste. Ask neighbours? Loads of people have half pots of paint stored away and magnolia is v popular.

No, no, no. There are lots of different versions of magnolia. If you don't know which one you have, get a flake of paint and get it colour-matched at your local d-i-y store. Probably cost around £20 for the smallest sized pot. You can probably just paint a couple of coats over the damaged part with a roller. Make sure the wall is prepped (i.e. lightly sanded and painted over with a base coat of diluted paint) before you start so it doesn't flake off again.

Thanks. And there was me thinking TipEx..... ;-)

SeanT said:

Casino_Royale said:

SeanT said:

Casino_Royale said:

SeanT said:

AndyJS said:

Morris_Dancer said:

Surely the best GE Bee Gees song is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZY9oYSSjFI

I once listened to this song about 50 times in a row, without a break. It's that good.

Gosh, that is very good. I'd quite forgotten it.

I reckon pop song writing is (ahem) a bit like thriller writing. People sneer at it (especially if it is popular) because it appears cheap and ubiquitous - sold in supermarkets like detergent. In reality, it is very difficult and few can do it well, hence the huge rewards if you get it right - as the Bee Gees clearly did.

Here's another forsaken classic. In my mind the greatest song about male lovesickness and romantic rejection ever written

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpR8r0D2EyY

"I'd pay the devil to replace her"

GENIUS

I love Hall and Oates.

Also the subject of a magnificent Big Train sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh5f-_I1df4

I miss Big Train.

It was the greatest comedy sketch show of all time. Oddly neglected. So brilliantly imaginative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0TZxFQaXkc

HaroldO said:

Hugely fucking miscast would be better, watching her interact with the Cybermen was just....bizarre.

camel said:

Nick Robinson > David Dimbleby

isam said:

kle4 said:

Prodicus said:

Murnaghan was brilliant and very cruel. Excellent.

Didn't he go something like 'Because of all this I've been rereading this report, and I'm sure you have to'? Which is more subtle opening gambit when laying a trap than most.

He toyed with her like a cat with a half dead bird