Toast

Thu 28 Nov 24 The Tamperer featuring Maya- If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) +4 24 Lauryn Hill- Doo Wop (That Thing) 22 The Chemical Brothers- Hey Boy Hey Girl 22 Shania Twain- Man! I Feel Like a Woman 22 Bran Van 300- Drinking in L.A. 21 TLC- No Scrubs 21 Shania Twain- That Don’t Impress Me Much 20 Wildchild- Renegade Master ‘98 20 Catatonia- Mulder and Scully 20 Will Smith- Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Robbie Williams- Let Me Entertain You 20 Sash!- La Primavera 20 Kula Shaker- Sound of Drums 20 Wyclef Jean- Gone till November 20 Lutricia McNeal- Stranded 20 Savage Garden- To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs- What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Fatboy Slim- Gangster Trippin 20 U2- Sweetest Thing 20 Touch and Go- Would You…? 20 Stereophonics- The Bartender and the Thief 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C.- When You’re Gone 20 Billie- She Wants You 20 Denise & Johnny- Especially for You 20 Blockster- You Should Be… 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith- Boy You Knock Me Out 20 2Pac- Changes 20 Whitney Houston- It’s Not Right but It’s Okay 20 Billie- Honey to the Bee 20 911- Private Number 20 Britney Spears- Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe- Sun Is Shining 20 ATB- Don’t Stop! 20 A1- Everytime/Ready or Not 20 Boyzone- Every Day I Love You 20 Vengaboys- Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) 17 Celine Dion & R. Kelly- I’m Your Angel 17 Will Smith- Miami 14 Five- Got The Feelin’ 14 Cleopatra- Cleopatra’s Theme 14 Vengaboys- We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) -6

Thu 28 Nov 41 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind +4 38 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 35 Rage Against The Machine — Killing In The Name 34 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 32 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 31 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 30 Wham! - Last Christmas 27 Benny Hill — Ernie 27 The Flying Pickets — Only You 21 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World 21 Danny Williams — Moon River 21 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 20 Frankie Laine — Answer Me 20 Johnnie Ray — Just Walkin’ In The Rain 20 Elvis Presley — Return To Sender 20 Whitney Houston — I Will Always Love You  19 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me 18 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking 18 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? -2 17 Jackie Wilson — Reet Petite 15 Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie — Rockabye 14 Conway Twitty — It’s Only Make Believe 14 East 17 — Stay Another Day  09 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman — Somethin’ Stupid 06 Michael Jackson - Earth Song  -4

We fixed it.

I didn't know such a thing existed.

Wed 27 Nov 36 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind +6 34 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 28 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 28 Benny Hill — Ernie 28 Wham! — Last Christmas 27 Rage Against The Machine — Killing In The Name 27 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 26 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 22 The Flying Pickets — Only You 22 Whitney Houston — I Will Always Love You 21 Danny Williams — Moon River 21 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 20 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World 20 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me 20 Al Martino — Here In My Heart 20 Frankie Laine — Answer Me 20 Johnnie Ray — Just Walkin’ In The Rain 20 Conway Twitty — It’s Only Make Believe 20 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? 20 Elvis Presley — Return To Sender 20 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking 20 Jackie Wilson — Reet Petite 20 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman — Somethin’ Stupid 19 Michael Jackson — Earth Song 17 East 17 — Stay Another Day 14 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party 12 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody 11 Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie — Rockabye 10 Bob The Builder — Can We Fix It? -9

Wed 27 Nov 74 No Doubt - Just a Girl 56 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 56 Faithless - Insomnia 44 Suede - Trash 29 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law +4 15 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity -6

Tue 26 Nov 29 Rage Against The Machine — Killing In The Name 28 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind +4 28 Bob The Builder — Can We Fix It? 25 Wham! — Last Christmas 24 Whitney Houston — I Will Always Love You 24 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 24 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 24 East 17 — Stay Another Day 24 Benny Hill — Ernie 24 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 22 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World 22 Pink Floyd — Another Prick In The Wall 20 Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody  20 Al Martino — Here In My Heart 20 Frankie Laine — Answer Me 20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party 20 Johnnie Ray — Just Walkin’ In The Rain 20 Conway Twitty — It’s Only Make Believe 20 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? 20 Danny Williams — Moon River 20 Elvis Presley — Return To Sender 20 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking 20 The Flying Pickets — Only You 20 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 20 Jackie Wilson — Reet Petite 20 Michael Jackson — Earth Song 20 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman — Somethin’ Stupid 19 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me 17 Renée & Renato — Save Your Love 16 Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie — Rockabye 15 The Scaffold — Lily The Pink 09 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet 00 Johnny Mathis — When A Child Is Born -6

Tue 26 Nov 70 No Doubt - Just a Girl 58 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 48 Faithless - Insomnia 46 Suede - Trash 43 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 33 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law +4 25 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity -6

Tue 26 Nov 63 George Ezra — Paradise +4 44 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 37 Dua Lipa — Don’t Start Now 32 Regard — Ride It 18 Marshmello ft. Bastille — Happier 06 Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man — Giant -6

FTFY. Needs amending. not fair on msc otherwise.

I dreamed last night that King Charles had died. After barely two years in the job. So we were going to have another state funeral & Coronation. Awkward. It was a vivid dream, the sort where you wake up thinking it really happened.

Mon 25 Nov 24 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind +4 24 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 24 East 17 — Stay Another Day 24 Benny Hill — Ernie 23 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 23 Rage Against The Machine — Killing In The Name 22 Wham! — Last Christmas 20 Al Martino — Here In My Heart 20 Frankie Laine — Answer Me 20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party 20 Johnnie Ray — Just Walkin’ In The Rain 20 Conway Twitty — It’s Only Make Believe 20 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? 20 Danny Williams — Moon River 20 Elvis Presley — Return To Sender 20 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 20 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking 20 Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody 20 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 20 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me 20 Renée & Renato — Save Your Love 20 The Flying Pickets — Only You 20 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 20 Jackie Wilson — Reet Petite 20 Whitney Houston — I Will Always Love You 20 Michael Jackson — Earth Song 20 Bob The Builder — Can We Fix It? 20 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman — Somethin’ Stupid 20 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World 20 Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie — Rockabye 17 Mr Blobby — Mr Blobby 17 St Winifred’s School Choir — There’s No One Quite Like Grandma 14 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet 14 The Scaffold — Lily The Pink 14 Johnny Mathis — When A Child Is Born 08 Jimmy Osmond — Long Haired Lover From Liverpool -6

Mon 25 Nov 70 No Doubt - Just a Girl 64 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 48 Faithless - Insomnia 47 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 42 Suede - Trash 31 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law +4 27 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 10 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me -3 06 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me -3

Mon 25 Nov 49 George Ezra — Paradise +4 36 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 27 Dua Lipa — Don’t Start Now 24 Regard — Ride It 22 Marshmello ft. Bastille — Happier 20 Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man — Giant 16 Ariana Grande — No Tears Left To Cry 15 Meduza ft. Goodboys — Piece Of Your Heart 12 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 11 Ramz — Barking 00 Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey — Don’t Call Me Angel -6

So tired of the sniping at the original Band Aid, mostly coming from people who were not around at the time. This guy was, though, and he seems to have completely missed the point. "To say: 'Do they know it’s Christmas?’ is funny, it is insulting," says Dawit Giorgis, who in 1984 was the Ethiopian official responsible for getting the message out about what was happening in his country. His incredulity decades on is obvious in his voice and he remembers how he and his colleagues responded to the song. "It was so untrue and so distorted. Ethiopia was a Christian country before England… we knew Christmas before your ancestors," he tells the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dl22gz3vlo FFS! It wasn't about whether they were Christians. It was saying that the people were in such dire straits, starving and dying, that they probably wouldn't be aware of it being Christmas (or any other celebration). They had more important things to deal with. .... the chorus of disapproval about the track, its stereotypical representation of an entire continent - describing it as a place "where nothing ever grows; no rain nor rivers flow" - and the way that recipients of the aid have been viewed as emaciated, helpless figures, has become louder over time. It was also specifically about Ethiopia, where the famine was, and not Africa in general. And "emaciated, helpless figures" was what we were seeing on the news. Yes, it says "there won't be snow in Africa" but that's because "Ethiopia" doesn't scan. It's called poetic licence.

Noted he doesn't guarantee his own presence. He does look OK though.

So sorry that you, your mother and your family have had to endure this. Among other emotions you must be feeling relieved, and that is OK.

Sun 24 Nov 70 No Doubt - Just a Girl 70 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 53 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 48 Faithless - Insomnia 44 Suede - Trash 25 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law +4 23 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity -6 17 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 15 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me  

Sun 24 Nov 37 George Ezra — Paradise +4 35 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 26 Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man — Giant 25 Dua Lipa — Don’t Start Now 20 Ramz — Barking 20 Regard — Ride It 19 Marshmello ft. Bastille — Happier 19 Ariana Grande — No Tears Left To Cry  18 Billie Eilish — Bad Guy -6 15 Meduza ft. Goodboys — Piece Of Your Heart 14 Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey — Don’t Call Me Angel 12 Aitch — Taste

Sat 23 Nov 35 George Ezra — Paradise  +4 29 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 27 Billie Eilish — Bad Guy 26 Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man — Giant 25 Dua Lipa — Don’t Start Now 21 Meduza ft. Goodboys — Piece Of Your Heart 20 Ramz — Barking 20 Regard — Ride It 20 Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey — Don’t Call Me Angel 19 Marshmello ft. Bastille — Happier 18 Ariana Grande — No Tears Left To Cry 12 Aitch — Taste 00 Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj — Woman Like Me -6

List of the Missed is previous picks, isn't it? Was she picked before?

Sat 23 Nov 76 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) +4 70 No Doubt - Just a Girl 53 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 48 Faithless - Insomnia 42 Suede - Trash +4 25 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 21 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 20 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 19 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 15 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me  00 The Charlatans - One to Another -6

I don't think this was ever resolved I seem to remember some speculation that chimney might be a slang term for a black eye, but that may have been a wild guess.

I'll just leave this here.