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I prefer it too, though I do like both. My sister was never that much of a music fan historically or at least not as driven by hi-fi mania as I was. She finally suggested for a christmas present an update to her 10 year old 10 quid computer speakers that she had used for everything - watching tv on the same device. So whilst not particulary a fan of soundbars (I really am a sad hi-fi nerd) I thought it appropriate in this case and bought her one of those bar/sub combo's. (we struggle yearly at our age, most things in the xmas present price range that you want you already bought, why wouldn't you have?). The point of this long and rambling anecdote that means nothing to anyone? We were testing it out, and she loved 'Temple of Love' much against my expectations (I imagined her a 'chicken korma' afficionado - perhaps unjustly, appropriate apologies to LadyFiona). Even agreed that a good track was raised to the level of truly great by the addition of Ofra Haza. Moral? I'm a berk who doesn't even really know my sister after all this time.

Bit of a marmite winner there eh? One of those where maybe the exact timing of the votes had an influence. Still, a worthy winner for me, I don't generally like rap and moan about it constantly, then somebody reminds me that done well and fitted with a tune somewhere it can be blinding. Track is absolutely nothing like In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins - except in one way - I'll let you guess why I think that (rightly or wrongly) .

05/01/25 23 Faithless - Insomnia +4 03 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6

I said up thread somewhere I struggled mightily with 1970 for 6-10 to find anything I gave a stuff about and ended up entering a dire novelty song for a laugh (it rightly got binned off early doors). Then again, there may have been loads I liked that didn't make the top 10, I didn't look (at least not yet). The other 6-10's from '71 on were somewhat easier, with a couple of them yielding several candidates. As I said I haven't spent the time to look if everything that never made top 10 is going to be harder, as you suggest, it may well be. I'd imagine a major problem with stuff that is now 50 odd years old is there will be a few that everyone knows because they still get played (all the bloody time) and an absolute shit-ton of stuff nobody under 50 will have a clue about. I may indeed find it hard to suggest something for each group - however I'm willing to try or as you suggest combine them into one, not really bothered either way. However if we do, do we then carry that forward for later decades? I mean I think it'll be much easier to pick from the lower order in the 80's and 90's before possibly tailing off again after 2000, but maybe that's just my age and era's. Shrug.

4/1/25 33 Faithless - Insomnia +4 16 EMF - Unbelievable -6 09 No Doubt - Just a Girl

3/1/2025 31 Faithless - Insomnia +4 24 EMF - Unbelievable 19 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 

2nd Jan 28 Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar 28 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2 27 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 26 David Bowie - Starman 26 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle +2 25 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 25 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 24 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 24 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 24 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 23 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 23 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 23 Carole King - It's Too Late 22 Olivia Newton John - If Not For You 22 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 22 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 21 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 21 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 21 Golden Earring - Radar Love  21 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 21 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 20 Ringo Starr - Photograph 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 20 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 20 Rattles - The Witch 20 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love  19 Status Quo - Paper Plane  18 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat  18 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy  17 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 15 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People 15 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La) -3 12 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet  10 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner 08 Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand -3

Thu 2 Jan 45 Faithless - Insomnia +4 35 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 24 EMF - Unbelievable  18 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 8 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin

Yeah, but I'd run into the BMW in front doing even that.

1st January 2025 23 Carole King - It's Too Late 23 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 23 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 23 Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar 23 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle +2 22 David Bowie - Starman 22 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 22 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 22 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 22 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 22 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2 21 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 21 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 21 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 21 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 21 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 21 Olivia Newton John - If Not For You 20 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 20 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 20 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 20 Rattles - The Witch 20 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 20 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 20 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 20 Golden Earring - Radar Love  20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love 19 Status Quo - Paper Plane 19 Ringo Starr - Photograph 18 Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand -2 18 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La) -2 18 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy 18 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat 17 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner 17 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People 17 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet 13 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken 13 Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding  12 John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People 07 Wombles - Banana Rock -2

Good luck with that estimate. I can't even post in that time what with moving things up and down and adding and removing bold and so on, and I can fuckin touch type on a pc. Gawd knows on a phone, mine would be halfway down the garden.........

New Years Day 39 Faithless - Insomnia +4 35 No Doubt - Just a Girl 31 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 23 EMF - Unbelievable 14 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin -6

This went to hell in a handcart fast XD.

Actually nvm, just post away. I cba this takes far too long when this happens. Ignore mine (I'll remove it)_ and I'll do it later or something. I know I didn't add 'posting mine' first time around, then when I do add something it gets ignored anyway. I know I have a bad habit of only voting once in a while but It needs a spreadsheet where you can just add or subtract your entry to speed it up (this is only half a joke :))

Read above, dont yet.