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That was me, although I must admit that it replaced my first choice which was disqualified for peaking too early I'm surprised that you don't appreciate Ringo's Photograph, lovely melodic pop song about lost love. Beats anything by Paul, IMO.

Sun 5 Jan 35 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +4 34 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 34 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 33 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 32 David Bowie - Starman 32 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 31 Golden Earring - Radar Love  30 Carole King - It's Too Late 29 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 28 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 28 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  28 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 27 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 26 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 26 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 25 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 25 Mott The Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 25 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 23 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World  23 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 23 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 22 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Rattles - The Witch  20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 16 Status Quo - Paper Plane  12 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run -6 09 Ringo Starr - Photograph 08 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy 08 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 02 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat

Sun 5 Jan 31 Faithless - Insomnia +4 01 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6

I still maintain all deaths should be recorded in this thread. I don't see the point of it otherwise. Most people probably qualify for more than one category anyway.

No, it was an email from the O2 received today. It's actually for 5 July - there was a live ticket link which I have just followed to clarify the date.

Oh, to quote the fellow in The Mikado, I've got a little list.

Just popped up.

Sat 4 Jan 33 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +4 32 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 31 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 30 David Bowie - Starman 29 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 28 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 28 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 28 Carole King - It's Too Late 28 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 28 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 28 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 27 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 25 Golden Earring - Radar Love  25 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 25 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 24 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All +1 23 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 22 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 22 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 22 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 21 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 21 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Rattles - The Witch  20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 Status Quo - Paper Plane  18 Ringo Starr - Photograph 13 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La) 12 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy 12 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 10 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat 06 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love  06 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner 06 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die -6

Sat 4 Jan 27 Faithless - Insomnia +4 21 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 18 EMF - Unbelievable

I see what you did there I'm familiar with 'aris'. That is from Cockney slang. Bottle and glass - arse. Aristotle - bottle, hence aris = arse, so almost full circle! As for scarce, I'd say the closest rhymes would be words like cares, fairs, swears etc.

Hadn't heard of this - sounds fascinating. These aren't actually Cockney rhyming slang, but a similar formula. I think you've got more of the same rhyme here. Water diviner. Morris Minor (a famous car model).

Difficult to say without context. Can you give the complete sentences in which they appear?

Not for the first time. Which has led to speculation as to what house they really live in.