Great Uncle Bulgaria

Fear not, I'll be after the other one next.

22/5/2024 50 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 45 America - A Horse With No Name 37 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 23 Hawkwind - Silver Machine +4 14 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 10 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 05 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy -6

22/5/2024 87 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 67 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -4 52 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +2 49 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 46 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 43 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +2 40 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 39 Owl City — Fireflies 38 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 38 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 32 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 31 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 24 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 16 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 12 Iyaz — Replay 00 Tinie Tempah — Your Death is Written In The Stars

Sorry about that. Try again. 21/5/2024 85 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 67 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -6 52 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 50 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 48 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +2 41 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 36 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 35 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 33 Owl City — Fireflies 31 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 29 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 25 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 19 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 17 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 17 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 16 Iyaz — Replay 10 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me

21/5/2024 48 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 45 America - A Horse With No Name 32 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 31 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 20 Hawkwind - Silver Machine +4 17 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy -3 13 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 08 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack -3

21/05/24 77 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 67 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -6 48 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 45 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 44 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +1 42 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 40 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 36 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 36 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 35 Owl City — Fireflies 29 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 28 Taio Cruz — Dynamite  26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 22 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You  22 Iyaz — Replay 17 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 17 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 10 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me  07 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are +3

Oh well, at least I returned just in time to save Bruno Mars (for about two hours...)

20/5/2024 83 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 73 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 72 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 50 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 47 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 39 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 38 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 36 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 35 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 31 Owl City — Fireflies 31 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 28 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 22 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You  22 Iyaz — Replay 19 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars -6 18 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 17 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 10 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are +4 I turn my back for the weekend to celebrate Great Great Aunt Bulgaria's 92nd birthday only to find you've gone and killed Adele in my absence

5/20/2024 52 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 51 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 41 America - A Horse With No Name 40 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 29 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash +2 26 Hawkwind - Silver Machine +2 23 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack -6 18 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 14 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy

The second half of Brighton's season doesn't scream 'superstar manager' who is going to walk into one of those jobs, even accepting that they overachieved massively last season and did pretty well for the first part of this season having had to sell their two best players (albeit at a ridiculous price for Caicedo)..

17/5/2024 41 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 37 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 37 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 37 America - A Horse With No Name 34 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 32 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 29 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 27 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 26 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream +2 23 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack -6 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 17 Medicine Head - One and One is One 17 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic +2 14 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright 09 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor Surprised the Shangri-Las are still there - quite apart from being the worst one left, it's also a re-release from a decade previously, which in the case of other re-releases has usually meant being binned early on despite their often being better than their contemporaries second time around.

17/5/2024 68 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 66 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -3 50 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 37 Owl City — Fireflies 37 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 36 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 34 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 34 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 34 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 31 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 30 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 29 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 29 Iyaz — Replay 28 Adele — Someone Like You +4 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 28 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 19 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 13 Example — Stay Awake 12 Roll Deep — Green Light -3

16/5/2024 36 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 35 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 33 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 31 America - A Horse With No Name 29 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 27 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 27 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 26 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream +2 23 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 22 Gilbert O’Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) +2 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 21 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic 20 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head - One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright 18 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack -6 16 Peter Skellern - You’re a Lady 08 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 08 David Bowie - Sorrow 02 Perry Como - And I Love You So I love so many of these (have voted for 9 or 10 of them so far) that I change my mind on which 5 should progress every day. Bought Silver Machine at the time which, given I was buying chirpy chirpy cheep cheep less than two years previously, shows a rapid maturing of taste (and/or the onset of puberty).

16/5/2024 68 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé— Telephone 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 61 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -6 50 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 45 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 38 Adele — Someone Like You +1 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 35 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +1 34 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 32 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 31 Owl City — Fireflies 29 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 29 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 27 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 27 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 25 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are +1 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 16 Example — Stay Awake 13 Roll Deep — Good Times 12 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 12 Bruno Mars — Grenade Anyone else (in the UK) think the two hook lines in We found love are strongly reminiscent of the first 2 lines of the Question of Sport theme?

The Beavers hoping for a bit of stimulation - Mel Gwinnett out and Alan Julian in at Hampton & Richmond (not too far away from The Common!) in National League South. Bit of a surprise as they had gone from only a few points above the drop zone last season to being in the play off positions for most of this, only missing out on the last day of the season. Clearly doesn't do to raise expectations by doing unexpectedly well. Hit for me. https://hamrichfc.com/blogs/news/alan-julian-becomes-beavers-boss

15/5/24 33 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 32 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 29 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 26 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 25 America - A Horse With No Name 25 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 25 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 24 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 23 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 21 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 21 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic +1 20 Gilbert O’Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) +1 20 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head - One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright 20 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her +2 19 Peter Skellern - You’re a Lady 15 David Essex - Rock On 14 David Bowie - Sorrow -6 11 Perry Como - And I Love You So 08 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash The other two Bowie songs are two of his very best but this fairly straight cover does nothing for me.

15/4/2024 65 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 64 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 62 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -3 51 Adele — Someone Like You +1 46 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 39 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 33 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +1 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 32 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out -3 32 Owl City — Fireflies 30 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 29 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 27 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 27 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 27 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 27 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 26 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are +1 21 Nero — Promises 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 18 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 16 Bruno Mars — Grenade

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cld009k2kv7o Nick Montgomery out at Hibs. They had already had one change of manager this season so one for the 'ineligible' pile.

14/5/2024 64 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 61 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 60 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 54 Adele — Someone Like You +1 39 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 37 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 35 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 33 Owl City — Fireflies 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 30 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +1 29 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 28 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 26 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 26 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Nero — Promises 20 Bruno Mars — Grenade 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 13 Little Mix — Cannonball 12 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 11 The Wanted — Glad You Came 09 Kesha — We R Who We R 05 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG -6 Have seen both Olly Murs and Little Mix live. Daughter is/was a fan. Normally opposed to any act that has been within a mile of a Simon Cowell show on principle but in fairness both put on a decent show.

14/5/2024 26 David Bowie- Life on Mars? 26 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 24 The Drifters — At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 24 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 22 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain 22 America- A Horse With No Name 22 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 22 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 20 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 20 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 20 Perry Como- And I Love You So 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 20 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash 20 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream +2 19 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) +2 14 David Essex- Rock On 14 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning -6 08 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin 02 The Partridge Family- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do What a great set of tunes, I bought several of them back in the day.. There's about 12 here that I wanted to give +4 but in the end just plumped for the two currently ranked the lowest.

It's a crooner singing a good song rather better than Elvis does. RG is OK but personally not one for country and western.

13th May 63 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 59 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 58 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé— Telephone 53 Adele — Someone Like You +1 39 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 35 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 34 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 32 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 31 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 31 Owl City — Fireflies 31 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +1 30 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 28 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 26 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 26 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 25 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 24 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 23 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Nero — Promises 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 19 Little Mix — Cannonball 15 Kesha — We R Who We R 14 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 12 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 11 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 11 The Wanted — Glad You Came 10 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath -6

13th May 45 Edwin Starr — War 37 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 29 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 21 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden -6 10 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love +4 Back from a long weekend away too late to save Resurrection Shuffle :-(

10/5/2024 40 Edwin Starr — War 29 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden -2 29 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 27 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 27 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend +2 26 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle +2 25 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay -2 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 16 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie -2 12 The Supremes - Stoned Love 08 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation

Fri 10 May 54 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 50 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 50 Adele — Someone Like You 36 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 28 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 27 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +2 25 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 25 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 24 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 24 Iyaz — Replay 24 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 24 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 24 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 24 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Kesha — We R Who We R 23 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 22 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 22 Owl City — Fireflies 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 21 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 21 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 21 Nero — Promises 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 19 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 17 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem  17 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 16 Little Mix — Cannonball 15 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 15 Jason Derulo — In My Head 10 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco -6 09 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 06 Diana Vickers — Once