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And this old banger by Queen *grabs balls* is the best number twoooooooooooooooooo, of the 70s! Tbh I'd have been happy with any of the final five awesome songs, and it really could've gone any way. Sing us out, Freddie. Anyway, whether you like it or not (and I mostly do), this is how things stacked up: 1st: Queen — Somebody To Love 2nd: Elton John — Rocket Man 3rd: Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us 4th: Queen — Killer Queen 5th: David Bowie — The Jean Genie 6th: Sweet — Ballroom Blitz 7th: Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke 8th: T. Rex — Ride A White Swan 9th: M — Pop Musik 10th: Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free 11th: The Moody Blues — Question 12th: Squeeze — Cool For Cats 13th: Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds 14th: Deep Purple — Black Night 15th: The Police — Can’t Stand Losing You 16th: Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 17th: Boney M — Ma Baker 18th: Blondie — Dreaming 19th: Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye 20th: Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me 21st: Don McLean — American Pie 22nd: Sweet — Fox On The Run 23rd: Boney M — Rasputin 24th: T. Rex — Children Of The Revolution 25th: The Kinks — Lola And, having totted up the scores for all six rounds, here's the kill count: 1st: theoldlady - 34 2nd: LadyFiona - 16 3rd: BuffaloPhil - 14 4th: Drewsky - 10 5th: MariNisia - 8 =6th: Toast, Paul Bearer, lilham, DoltonMoney, Fraudulento - 5 =11th: Death Impends, Sir Creep - 4 =13th: Commtech, Wannamaker, Imelda - 3 =16th: time, RoverAndOut, Root Inspector, Joey Russ, TQR, Wee Jum - 2 =22nd: Clorox Bleachman, Bibliogryphon, Book, ThereWillBeDeaths, Great Uncle Bulgaria, justonecornetto, Captain Chorizo - 1 Thanks for playing everyone, and @theoldlady, maybe get in an ice bath and treat yourself to a new scythe; this one'll be knackered after that psychotic run of yours. Come back later today when we'll get going in our mission to find the UK's best No.2 of the 1980s.

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This is huge. Not only did I completely forget Doreen Mantle was my pick in 20/20+3 but my first thought in seeing news of her passing was the impact on this game She is clearly the pick of the more determined player because she is at least a fourth hit for almost all her six pickers. She is also the first of the Coronation Street alumni to head to Weatherfield Cemetary. Doreen Mantle ms, ro, af, gr, to, sc However the most important outcome is that we now have a player who is one hit away from victory @Spade_Cooley only needs a Brit winner to cross the line Potential winning hits 1. Phil Collins 2. DJ Minutemix 3. Andy Taylor 4. Terry Williams 5. Bobby Z Three of them are uniques picks so Spade does not face the prospect of having all their winning picks taken by someone else Game (as they say) On!!

But you never left. You've been online daily ever since you created that thread.

Thu 10 Aug 23 Elton John - Rocket Man 22 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -3 21 Queen — Somebody To Love +4 00 Queen — Killed Queen  -3 yesssssss

That’s that decided. You’re not playing the 80s No.2 game.

Is this Nadine Dorries? I don’t see how it can be complicated enough to have a technicality, you’re either here or you’re not. You’ve been here ever since you ‘quit’. Either take back those words or log the fuck off. No one cares either way.

Thank you @TQR Well done! I think that's a very solid top 5 and Somebody to love a well deserved winner! All in all, the No.2 hits of the 70s didn't inspire as much as I thought, so I'm now hoping for greater hit potential in the 80s.

Aleksandar Matanovic reportedly dead: https://www-rts-rs.translate.goog/sport/ostali-sportovi/5252117/preminuo-sahovski-velemajstor-aleksandar-matanovic.html?_x_tr_sl=sr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

This has been enormous fun @TQR Thanks for running this. I am very excited for the 1980s. I started secondary school in 1980 and finished Uni in 1990 - peak music listening years

10/8/2023 45 Queen — Somebody To Love +4 00 Elton John — Rocket Man -5 Would have preferred Sparks (or Ballroom Blitz) but there you go. My first Kill in a couple of weeks from memory.

10/8/2023 29 Gorillaz- Dare 25 Britney Spears - Toxic +4 24 U2- Vertigo 24 2Pac ft. Elton John- Ghetto Gospel 24 James Blunt- You’re Beautiful 22 3 of a Kind- Babycakes 22 Natasha Bedingfield- These Words 22 U2- Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 22 Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris- Yeah! 22 The Streets- Dry Your Eyes 22 Madonna- Hung Up 20 Michelle McManus- All This Time 20 LMC vs U2- Take Me to the Clouds Above 20 Sam & Mark- With a Little Help from My Friends 20 Busted- Who’s David? 20 Peter Andre ft. Bubbler Ranx- Mysterious Girl 20 McFly- Five Colours in Her Hair 20 Mario Winans ft. Enya & P. Diddy- I Don’t Wanna Know 20 Britney Spears- Everytime 20 McFly- Obviously 20 Usher- Burn 20 The Shapeshifters- Lola’s Theme 20 Busted- Thunderbirds Are Go/3AM 20 Nelly- My Place/Flap Your Wings 20 Brian McFadden- Real to Me 20 Eric Prydz- Call on Me 20 Robbie Williams- Radio 20 Ja Rule ft. R. Kelly & Ashanti- Wonderful 20 Girls Aloud- I’ll Stand by You 20 Steve Brookstein- Against All Odds 20 Elvis Presley- Jailhouse Rock 20 Ciara ft. Petey Pablo- Goodies 20 Elvis Presley- It’s Now or Never 20 Eminem- Like Toy Soldiers 20 Jennifer Lopez- Get Right 20 Nelly ft. Tim McGraw- Over and Over 20 Stereophonics- Dakota 20 McFly- All About You/You’ve Got a Friend 20 Tony Christie ft. Peter Kay- (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 20 Akon- Lonely 20 Oasis- Lyla 20 McFly- I’ll Be OK 20 Sugababes- Push the Button 20 Arctic Monkeys- I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 20 The Pussycat Dolls- Stickwitu 20 Nizlopi- JCB Song 20 Shayne Ward- That’s My Goal 18 Westlife- You Raise Me Up 18 Oasis- The Importance of Being Idle 18 Elvis Presley- One Night/I Got Stung 17 Eamon- Fuck It 17 Frankee- F.U.R.B.  14 The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes- Don’t Cha 14 Band Aid 20- Do They Know It’s Christmas? 14 Eminem- Just Lose It 08 DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide 00 Crazy Frog - Axel F -6 Thank you @justonecornetto

10/8/23 06:40 hrs 37 Queen — Somebody To Love +4 11 Elton John — Rocket Man -6 I would have preferred the two songs that were voted out to be in the final. Two banging tracks from two banging albums ( For the benefit of the young whippersnappers here, This Town from Kimono My House and Killer Queen from Sheer Heart Attack) Only voted for Queen as I’m not keen on Elton.

Killer Queens: 15 theoldlady 8 Paul Bearer 5 BuffaloPhil 3 RIP Wee Jum 3 lilham 3 DoltonMoney 2 ladyfiona 1 Sir Creep 1 Clorox Bleachman 1 Root Inspector 1 diego 1 Dreswky1211 1 Imelda 1 Toast 1 RoverAndOut theoldlady and BuffaloPhil retain their 1st and 3rd place positions from the last round, while Paul Bearer gets second place. Assists: 13 Toast 9 diego 7 Clorox Bleachman 3 Great Uncle Bulgaria 2 Hell 2 wannamaker 2 RoverAndOut 2 TQR 2 lilham 1 msc 1 Bibliogryphon 1 theoldlady 1 Book 1 Drewsky1211 Toast is clearly the Mesut Özil of KoS, while diego's constant up & downvotes in the lower parts of the table made him take second place.

Thu 10 Aug 27 Queen — Somebody To Love -6 25 Elton John — Rocket Man +4 06 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us I can’t do it…

So close! Of these, I'd have got rid of Aaliyah for Pink, but this would not have been my final five at all in this round. Oh God, the X Factor lot are back next, and Westlife, and...kill me now...

10/Aug/2023 25 Queen — Somebody To Love +4 23 Elton John — Rocket Man 16 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -6

Thu 10 Aug 70 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 45 Aaliyah — More Than a Woman +4 41 Evanescence — Bring Me To Life 37 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 26 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 00 Pink — Just Like A Pill -6 GAME OVER! (Thank you Toast.)

British-American atmospheric physicist Richard M. Goody (Wiki) dead at 102

Isaac Hayes died on this day 15 years ago, aged 65. - In the 1960s, Hayes was a songwriter who often collaborated with David Porter, often composing songs for the band Sam & Dave. - Hayes' breakout song was the theme song he composed for the 1971 film Shaft, which reached the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. It also earned Hayes an Oscar for Best Original Song. - In 1974, Hayes became a co-owner of the ABA basketball team the Memphis Tams, which he renamed to the Memphis Sounds. The team would be sold the following year and relocated to Baltimore. - Hayes would take a break from music to pursue an acting career, most notably appearing in movies such as Escape From New York and Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights. - Hayes' career made a comeback in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef on South Park. An extended version of the song "Chocolate Salty Balls" from the season 2 episode "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" topped the UK Singles Chart in early 1999: Hayes would voice the character up until the Season 9 episode "Die, Hippie, Die"... for reasons that will be explained below. - Hayes joined the Church of Scientology in 1993- they were lampooned in the 2005 South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet". In 2006, a statement was made in Hayes' name asking for him to be released from his contract with Comedy Central, citing the episode as the reason for his departure. Chef was subsequently killed off in a brutal fashion in the Season 10 premiere nine days later (where he would only speak using recycled dialogue, and the plot revolved around him being brainwashed by a club consisting of pedophiles): It would soon be revealed that Hayes had not written the statement himself, but rather his Scientologist entourage. This was due to the fact that Hayes had suffered a stroke in January of that year. Hayes died from a second stroke ten days before his 66th birthday, two and a half years after the first.

Antonio Banderas is 63.

August 9th 2023 33 Queen — Somebody To Love +4 21 Elton John — Rocket Man -2 06 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -4

10/Aug/2023 29 Queen — Somebody To Love +4 23 Elton John — Rocket Man 10 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -6

I got 3 facepalms from user "mymango" for suggesting that Jimmy Carter's situation is not that urgent (in May and June). Whoever that is, I was right, you were wrong.