Bibliogryphon

I am not going to take any huge credit for this he was essentially a name from the lower leagues to fill the list. However, happy to be on the Scoreboard

Saw a trailer yesterday for the Sky Arts Documentary which features a new in depth interview with David Hockney. He sounds absolutely awful. I think he should be considered for the 2024 list

In an unexpected turn of events both Dutran Duran tracks would rank above the two Madonna tracks - not peak Madonna

28.08.2023 37 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 36 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 31 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 30 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat -2 28 Lily Allen - Smile 28 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’  25 Mika- Grace Kelly +1 24 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) +1 24 Sugababes- About You Now 23 Madonna - Sorry +1 23 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 23 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 23 Orson - No Tomorrow 23 Kanye West- Stronger 23 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm- Nasty Girl 22 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby +1 22 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 22 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 21 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 21 Razorlight- America 21 Take That- Shine 21 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 21 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) -2 20 Take That - Patience 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  19 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again 18 McFly- Star Girl 18 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 14 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 12 Westlife- The Rose -2 12 Leon Jackson - When You Believe 11 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please  08 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That  06 Ne-Yo - So Sick For me this is a much better selection than the last couple in this round because this is when my daughter began getting into pop music. Life In Cartoon Motion was one of the first contemporary albums she owned.

28.08.2023 35 A-Ha — Take On Me 32 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 31 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 28 Queen — Radio Gaga +1 26 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 25 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 23 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 23 Duran Duran — Wild Boys 22 Phil Collins — Against All Odds +1 22 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 22 Madonna — Holiday 22 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 22 Madonna — Crazy For You 22 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me +1 21 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 20 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 20 King — Love & Pride 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 18 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 18 Culture Club — The War Song 14 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 13 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 09 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 00 Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Welcome To The Pleasuredome -6

It probably has the power of nostalgia for me. When I first got a Walkman I didn't have many cassettes so my girlfriend (now wife) taped two of her favourite Paul McCartney albums. Tug of War on one side and Give My Regards to Broad Street on the other. Later Paul McCartney's Greatest Hits was one of the first CDs we owned

I feel this is really harsh. This is by no means a poor song and there seems to be some anti-Paul sentiment in this voting demographic. I will acknowledge that Give My Regards to Broad Street was a huge piece of self indulgence but if any one had earned the right to be self indulgent it was Paul. My wife is currently selling her vinyl single of this which actually has the titled misspelled on the disc.

27th August 31 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 31 A-Ha — Take On Me 28 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 25 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero +1 24 Madonna — Holiday 24 Queen — Radio Gaga +1 23 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 22 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me +1 21 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 21 Phil Collins — Against All Odds +1 21 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 21 Marillion — Kayleigh 21 Duran Duran — The Wild Boys 20 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight 20 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 20 Culture Club — The War Song 20 King — Love & Pride 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 20 Madonna — Crazy For You 20 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 20 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants -2 18 Neil — Hole In My Shoe -2 15 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 14 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Welcome To The Pleasuredome -2

I did acknowledge that it was a triumph of style over content and the vindictive campaign against my preferred finalist have left me in the position where it needs to be saved over Duran Duran and the lesser of The Human League tracks in this round

5th September

Pete Murray

27.08.2023 28 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 26 Lily Allen - Smile 25 Take That - Patience 24 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 24 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 23 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 23 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) +1 22 Mika- Grace Kelly +1 22 Madonna- Sorry +1 22 Justin Timberlake- SexyBack 21 Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby +1 21 Kanye West- Stronger 21 Orson- No Tomorrow 21 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 21 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 20 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 20 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm- Nasty Girl 20 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Scissor Sisters- I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 20 Razorlight- America  20 My Chemical Romance- Welcome to the Black Parade 20 McFly- Star Girl  20 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 20 Take That- Shine 20 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar 20 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 20 Sean Kingston- Beautiful Girls 20 Sugababes- About You Now 20 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua- What a Wonderful World 20 Leon Jackson- When You Believe 17 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please 17 Sugababes vs Girls Aloud- Walk This Way 17 Westlife- The Rose -3 16 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 14 Leona Lewis- A Moment Like This 14 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That 12 Ne-Yo - So Sick 07 Chico- It’s Chico Time -3

27.08.2023 61 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 42 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 40 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer -6 31 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 16 Heaven 17 — Temptation +4 07 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination

This now means we have a tie for first place between @tracy and @MariNisia Just as we head towards the final third

Congrats @MariNisia 1923 Vic Seixas/Gloria Whelan  1924 William Russell/Eve Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Kitty Hart-Moxon 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/K.M.Peyton 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

Congrats @MariNisia 1923 Vic Seixas/Gloria Whelan  1924 William Russell/Eve Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Kitty Hart-Moxon 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/K.M.Peyton 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

26.08.23 56 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) +2 48 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 44 Heaven 17 — Temptation +2 38 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 31 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer -6 22 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination

26.08.2023 83 Gorillaz - Dare 79 Britney Spears - Toxic 66 Stereophonics - Dakota 65 Sugababes - Push the Button 50 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 25 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words -6 10 Madonna — Hung Up 10 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful +4

Here was me thinking they were going to hire Michael Bay to film a car chase through the streets of Paris complete with petrol tankers, helicopters and say a nuclear missile just for good measure..... (I posted this here because I am too chicken to put it on Twitter)

25/8/2023 60 David Bowie — Modern Love 60 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 53 Heaven 17 — Temptation 44 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 41 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 30 Yazoo — Only You +4 25 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination 24 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer -6

25/8/2023 75 Gorillaz - Dare 75 Britney Spears - Toxic 69 Stereophonics - Dakota 63 Sugababes - Push the Button 40 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words -2 40 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor -2 35 Madonna — Hung Up 27 James Blunt - You're Beautiful +4 12 Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! -2

I have joined the European Movement Time to put my money where my mouth is

I have now banned the extremely old from my 'work' game. All wildcards must be under the age of 100 when they are first picked so unless a supercentarian was famous originally they aren't part of the game. It was too easy to get points by picking the oldest man and/or the oldest women so I had to include them as main picks to prevent them being wildcard picks and worth a disproportionate number of points

I like everything left on the list but I have five that I want to go through. I think I might get four

Steve McMichael - 31st August Shane MacGowan - 22nd February 2024