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The Beatles are important but music is a matter of taste. You might look down your nose at all the 12 year old girls spending their money downloading songs by Justin Bieber, 1D, the Wanted or any of the othe manufactured choirs but what makes your purchases more important than their's. I'd suggest the fact that they bought the album based on the fact that a) their friends bought it, yah someone on radio 1 said it was good, yah or c) Harry Styles is well fit, yah and I bought any music I own because a) I liked it, I liked it or c) I liked it means I am more entitled to an opinion on music than they are. Their opinion on 'fashion' or 'trends' may carry more weight than mine, but i'm a mug who wears what is comfortable and what I consider looks good, not what some half-Asian ex-fatty tells me will make me feel super and i extend that ethos to my musical purchases. I buy for the music, not the cachet that comes with owning the 'in' album of the minute/day/week and I have never, ever bought an album just because it was cool or because everyone else was doing it, which is the only explanation for Beatlemania.

No part of my post related to 'Rock history'. Disposable, interchangeable bubblegum pop history, yes. Rock history, no.

They were so bad that they inspired more than one generation of kids to go and form bands like Oasis. Oscar Wilde died peniless because he was from an earlier time. Im pretty sure, legalities or not, had he been around a the time of the swinging 60s, his influence on British culture would have been such that he would have died a very rich man indeed. Possibly. Yes, I read somewhere the other day that 'without the Beatles, there would be no 1 Direction, JLS or The Wanted'. It made me want a time machine and Mark Chapman's telephone number.

So, this curse... How can we make it extend to every dumb fucker who ever mistook a Beatles album for music and bought one? Utter tripe. That McCartney is alive and rich while Oscar Wilde died penniless is proof that we live in an unjust world.

I'm sure satanists everywhere are rubbing their hands at the idea of Peter the Roman coming to power. Rather fitting in light of some of the links posted above, that a black pope may become The Black Pope and usher in/become the anti-christ. Of course, it may all be just mumbo-jumbo and sky pixies.

Perhaps he has come to the startling realisation that a man who spent years allegedly covering up for priests when they were allegedly caught allegedly fucking kids is not exactly the face the modern church should be putting forward as its leader. "So fuck the motherfucker And fuck you, motherfucker If you're still a motherfucking Papist If he covered for a single motherfucker Who's a kiddie fucker Fuck the motherfucker He's as evil as the rapist" /Minchin

What would come as a shock is if all the lefties waiting to have their party took a look at the shit state of the country left by 13 years of Labour rule and took some responsibility. And if you think you're having party when she dies, wait till you see us rock the place when Blair pops his clogs...

Yes, but isn't it rather the point that all these alleged rampant nonces have been able to appear perfectly normal for years? It would be arther a change of form if he suddenly hid away in a darkened room, flaggelating himself for his dirty thoughts...

Problem is, it's quite an expensive business changing the head of state. While it would attract more interest in the country, there's a lot needs changing over, especially as we're going from Queen to King. If we get Charles, we'll have to go though the whole rigmarole again in 10 years time whereas if we get Wills we'll have a nice long reign (hopefully).

Well, when you have Kanye's baby you'll be able to afford a new toilet.

Lard, it sounds like all of this is a problem for the plumber, not you. Fill your broken bog with rancid arse gravy and let it stew until the overcharging, workshy tosser turns up and let him get arm deep in it before telling him that you will, of course, not be authorising repair until you've had a second opinion. Or shit in the sink. One of the two.

Hmmm. Couldnt agree more Winds. Whether it be cancer*, having a baby** or getting off drugs***, i'm routinely told that i'll 'never understand X's struggle' because i've not been through what they have. A common word used is 'hero' and it pisses me off. *: I have never met anyone who got cancer and said 'fuck it, i'll just die then'. You're not a fucking hero for fighting cancer, you just have a self preservation instinct. Whether you win or not is usually down to a combination of early detection, good genes and quality treatment, none of which YOU should actually get any credit for. Well done for not dying, cancer twat! **: So you've had/are having a kid? Well done and welcome to the exclusive club of several billion. If it was that fucking hard, human kind would have died out millenia ago. Good job letting those cells replicate inside of you and subsequqntly expelling them from your body, pregnant / ex-pregnant twat! ***: Gave up drugs? How about some credit to those of us 'heros' not fucking stupid enough to get hooked on gear in the first place? Again, you're not a hero for saving your own life. 'I had a choice between sticking shit in my veins and dying, or stopping and living. It was the hardest thing i ever done...'. Well done for being normal, junky twat!

I have the pleasure of seeing humanity at its worst most days. Trust me, however fucked you think you are, if you are able to make a coherent post on an internet forum the chances are you're pretty far from proper fucked.

Fucked over by his ex-wife because he was just about the world's worst husband, slagged off by his step-daughter for same and currently ignoring all advice given to him by continuing to drink himself into an early grave despite some very obvious health problems. IMO, he shat on himself and as he's not currently mental enough to be sectioned he has only himself to blame. Even when he was playing he was a liability. I will agree that his daughter is a disgrace. A friend of mine once bumped into Danny Dyer in a pub and asked a passing girl if she'd take a photo. She misheard and thought he'd asked for a photo with her, so started posing and pouting like a tart. It was apparently quite embarrasssing as he went on to explain that he actually just wanted her to take a photo of him and Danny as he had no idea who she was. As you have probably guessed, that girl was Bianca Gascoigne.

Jesus, Spade, if that's what you consider 'light hearted' i'd hate you to tell me a sad story! Anyway, he's on my list so i sort of hope he croaks but he MUST be replaced by a minor celebrity of equal or greater 'character' to assist the police with hostage situations.

Hmmm, user with American username in AMERICA IS THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD shocker. If we are entirely objective, Nguyen Khanh, the former Head of State and Prime Minister of Vietnam, who also happened to sucessfully lead his tiny army against the biggest superpower in the world at the time gets my vote over someone who once ran a city for a bit.

You are a website populated entirely by reasonable minded individuals who are open to and accepting of all views regardless of race, colour, religion, age or position on the political spectrum and who have a very broad sense of humour?

There are other publications available for the same purpose, although i suppose it's preferable to give your money to Lord Rothermere (even if he won't pay tax on it...) than the Murdochs or Dirty Desmond.

This is the second forum that I frequent on which posting a link to the Mail must be followed by an apology or denial of readership. Mr Dacre must be very proud.

Hey MM, You're a little late for an official DDP 2013 team, but that doesnt stop you playing along at home! For next year, you can email this site and they'll log your team officially. Details of entry can also be found on the site. Couldn't be easier, honestly. I did it and I'm really rather stupid. Happy deathlisting!

Reminds me of a bloke who used to call my old work's hotline and sing to us in the early hours. Usually gibberish in German but then he would say something cryptic in English between verses, along the lines of: 'Blah de blah de blah the red sun will set on the empire of satan blah de blah de blah your brothers cannot control his whim blah de blah de blah in the morning the red fist will rise again' We figured he was a disgruntled, drunken ex-commie.

I hate to think of the population explosion caused by Stan Lee's death. Future generations of nerds might actually get laid without the natural prophylactic that is a Marvel t-shirt. I don't think our current infrastructure can handle that.

What's the difference between Jimmy Savile and acne? Acne won't come on your face until you hit puberty.

I suspect we will not be having this conversation about the Sugababes in 30 years time...

What an absolute legend. Good on you Ronnie, I bet you'll be number 1 in 2014 as well!