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There was talk of it, I shall have to see if I can remember where I saw it. Football songs are usually excruciating though, the only good ones that spring to mind are Three Lions and World In Motion.

I can actually bear to watch this lot. They seem like a nice bunch of lads, and not overpaid workshy prima donnas for a change. They all sing the National Anthem unlike some of the little shits that have worn an England shirt. I always liked Gareth Southgate, unglamorous hard-working player, he knows what it's all about.

So post about it in the appropriate existing thread. I know that is hard for you to wrap your head around. But you said - oh, never mind.

Relevant? Only to the lowest common denominator.

Well, I haven't and I've never heard of her. I have heard of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma though because it killed my mother. She got halfway through a course of chemotherapy at which point it seemed to have almost wiped out the lymphoma. However it came back immediately and she was dead within two weeks. So you never know.

Don't you dare pick me in the alphabet deadpool, you hear me?

I don't have much to work with here. Toast is more suited to ska. Toastin' Toastie.

I'm happy but my runner beans aren't, so not looking forward to more watering. (No garden tap)

Oddly enough, something I read reminded me of Bobbie Gentry and sent me down the internet rabbit hole last week. I read all sorts of articles about her and learned a lot that I hadn't known.

Actually, in the case of sudden unexpected death, we wouldn't have "had our chance whilst living" unless we broke your Rule #1.

So what do we all think it was that they threw off that bridge?

Oh but wait, I had Danny Kirwan in this. New team: George Alagiah Michael Barrymore Tony Blair Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton Johnny Clegg Robbie Coltrane Steve Davis Les Dennis Ben Elton Marie Fredriksson Dawn French Stephen Fry Mel Gibson George Galloway Liza Goddard John Goodman Russell Grant Prince Ernst August of Hanover Peter Hook Bruce Jones (ex soap actor) Val Kilmer Ray Kennedy John Landis Joe Longthorne Shane MacGowan Rory McGrath Richard Madeley Timmy Mallett Peter Mandelson Morrissey Liam Neeson Linda Nolan Paul O'Grady Genesis P-Orridge Joe Perry Randy Quaid Chris Rea Nile Rodgers Paul Ross Kenny Sansom Graeme Souness Kevin Spacey Leon Spinks Willie Thorne John Travolta David Van Day Rose(mary) West Rowan Williams Rita Wilson Ray Winstone Already departed: Eric Bristow David Cassidy Keith Chegwin Carrie Fisher Sharon Jones Danny Kirwan Piers Sellers Mark E. Smith Malcolm Young

Nurse! Nurse! Deathray's out of bed again!

Post of the thread!

In the 70s, bands used to play really LOUD so it's surprising I can hear anything at all now.

I can't remember knowing anyone who used 8 track cassettes, so I guess they never really caught on in a big way. There are always those people who immediately buy anything that's new, but beyond that ...

Also post-cassette, but I'm pretty sure their main functionality (judging by my parents casette collection) was taping the top 40 so you didn't have to buy each single individually in the pre-internet era or for buying audiobooks and yes the quality was shite for music, but they were cheap.... Yep, making your own tapes was the equivalent of today's playlist. Other than that, they were a PITA because they were prone to getting mangled, often beyond salvage. But then vinyl was quite fragile too. And there was no way to select tracks. It was tedious trying to fast forward or rewind to a particular track; at least with vinyl you can drop the needle where you want. An advantage was that they were more portable, so you could play music in the car other than the radio.

I agree with most of your points, SC, except your point 1 quoted above. If a person is interesting enough and regularly newsworthy, then I think they may be worth discussing without ticking your illness box. Some people have lifestyles or family history that puts them at risk of premature death. And people often die unexpectedly for all sorts of reasons, not least because they have kept their diagnosis confidential.

You mean you missed it? Someone did indeed start such a thread, but it was swiftly merged into the First Ladies thread.

I like my CDs and have filled many gaps in my music library by buying used CDs cheaply in charity shops and ebay. I like having a tangible object. I load most of them into my laptop and thence to my ipod, which I use a lot while walking the dog. It encourages me to do longer walks, especially if it's on shuffle, as I always want to see what will come up next. I also find that the ipod shuffle has led to me appreciating previously overlooked songs. Often an album has one or two outstanding songs which overshadow the others, some of which turn out to be gems when heard out of context. When I was a kid we only had vinyl. The big drawback was that you needed to replace the stylus far, far more often than we did. Every time I got a new disc it would jump, because the stylus was worn. Old records would play fine because the stylus had worn its own track, but of course that was damaging the disc at the same time, quite apart from all the careless handling that led to many of them getting scratched. I do still have an 80s music centre somewhere, with CD player, turntable and double cassette for playing and recording tape-to-tape. And radio. Probably quite desirable now! But I wouldn't want to go back to vinyl or cassettes. So my poll answer is both CDs and Other (ipod).

I was at a Bruce Springsteen gig in Coventry. They all knew James Gandolfini because Steve Van Zandt was in 'The Sopranos" . They played the whole of the 'Born To Run' album and dedicated it to Gandolfini.

The Stones again, but .... this ..... https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/thousands-of-rolling-stones-fans-face-travel-meltdown-after-twickenham-concert-a3867216.html Did get home eventually, but it was all very stressful and I am crippled today.

The flipside to your point 1 - If they definitely are going to drop dead any moment now, is it really worth starting a thread about them?

One of my subs has died, don't know if it will count for anything. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark