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I expect that by expressing this opinion I will now be labelled as a “terrorist” as well as an anti-Semite, but here we go. Certain sections of the media will have us whipped up into an outrage over a little known act saying a few nasty things about a military force currently carrying out war crimes against women and children on an almost daily basis. They will also want us to be outraged against the BBC showing a documentary about the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza without checking whether the boy narrating the documentary was in any way associated with Hamas (not that makes the slightest bit of difference to what we see on screen). Ask yourself this. In what world are either of these items more horrifying and abhorrent than the situation where human beings, including many young children, are blown apart or shot just for trying to get some food or a drink of water? Perhaps the people who think that this is funny would like to explain how it is morally ok to get worked up against the people who made some nasty comments against the perpetrators of war crimes and ethic cleansing or the omission of the people who made the documentary shown by the BBC to make it clear that the narrator of the documentary was the child of someone with an association to Hamas yet ignoring the fact that innocent women and children are being starved and murdered every day of the week just because they live in Gaza. What kind of world is it that labels you a terrorist for speaking out against genocide?

Our self deprecating and often bizarre sense of humour. Tommy Cooper, Morecombe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, The Goon Show, Monty Python, The Young Ones, Blackadder, Only Fools And Horses etc. The Brits have always excelled at find new ways at laughing at what it is to be human, especially what it is to be British. As the great Edna Everage once said to Jeffery Archer, “If you can’t laugh at yourself, you might be missing the joke of the century.”

This is the same nutty nic who claims that he is not a conspiracy theorist. 😜

For many years the only record player in our house was an old wind up gramophone so we just used to play the old 78’s that were lying around on it. When we finally persuaded Dad that we needed to have a “proper” record player, the salesman was trying to sell him a stereogram. He pointed to a piece of furniture with one speaker in it, saying we don’t need two speakers, how much is that! Consequently we ended up with a (mono) radiogram when stereo records were starting to be a thing. The first record they bought was the 1812 Overture but I did get With The Beatles from my Nan for Christmas. I remember badgering Mum to buy the Twist and Shout EP but most of the records were either classical or by Ray Conniff (don’t ask). They did buy Revolver and Sgt Pepper for us though, bless ‘em. I am not exactly sure what the first record I bought when I got my first paper round but it was probably Living In The Past by Jethro Tull or maybe Hello Suzie by Amen Corner or Carrie Anne* by The Hollies. I’m pretty sure the first album I bought was Stand Up by Jethro Tull and the second In The Court of the Crimson King for my then girlfriend. It wasn’t until well into the 70’s that we managed to persuade Dad to dump the mono radiogram and invest in a stereo system. I think that he probably regretted it when my brother and I cranked up the volume to Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin etc. I don’t think that he ever did get the point of stereo speakers. *Having checked the release dates it would have been Carrie Anne (which I have just discovered was written about Marianne Faithful). The first album would also have been The Beatles White Album in 1968.

It is weird isn’t it? Does it happen with women’s rugby? I’ve not seen the same reaction in that sport. Women’s sports have the same rights to be promoted as men’s sports and if you don’t like any of them, don’t watch them. It’s really not difficult.

Genocide apologist, Islamophobe, misogynist and now an internet stalker. Do your family know what you do behind closed doors?

In the same vein, I once bought a standard lamp from The Communards singer Sarah-Jane Morris. Sadly, when I went to collect it she wasn’t in and her partner handed it over instead. The lamp still has pride of place in our lounge though.

I’ve always been reticent about approaching celebs when they are out and about on their private business but do regret not saying hello to Keith Emerson when I walked by him at Brands Hatch. I did meet Greg Lake and Carl Palmer at their (solo shows) meet and greets though. Both very pleasant and chatty, as was Lloyd Cole. I also won a Yes competition in the NME back in 1973, the prize being a copy of their latest album, Tales From Topograhic Oceans, two tickets to their show at The Rainbow and two tickets to the after show party at the Inn on the Park. All the band were sat at individual tables with their families and friends (apart from a very drunk Rick Wakeman who turned up late). I would have loved to have had a chat with them, but again, it didn’t seem right to bother them as no one else was. Whispering Bob Harris was sat on the next table with what looked like his mother. Either that or he had pulled the world’s oldest groupie.

I missed off Mel & Kim from my list. I was stuck in traffic in Hackney and they were stuck in traffic going the other way.

How did I miss Go Your Own Way/Rumours from my last list? D’oh! Anyway, yes, easier to come up with a top 10 album list (providing I stick to only one album per artist, otherwise I would struggle again). In no particular order - Revolver - The Beatles The Yes Album - Yes Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Led Zeppelin IV The Joshua Tree - U2 Foxtrot - Genesis Out of Time - R.E.M Who’s Next - The Who Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

These are 10 tracks that made me rush out and buy the album and still make me turn the radio up today when they come on… Senses Working Overtime - XTC Refugee - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Starlight - Muse The One I Love - REM Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash Because The Night - Patti Smith Psycho Killer - Talking Heads Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush Subs bench National Express - The Divine Comedy Pure And Easy - The Who (Odds and Sods) Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel Questions - The Moody Blues Mad World - Tears For Fears

Following on from Benji’s music thread and the other thread on the main board… Kate Bush and her then partner and band member Del Palmer in Sainsbury’s, Eltham. Jon Anderson (Yes) in Harrods. Rick Wakeman (also of Yes) and his then wife Nina Carter in WHS, King’s Cross Stn. Mike Rutherford (Genesis), Holland Park Tube Stn. Keith Emerson (ELP) at Brands Hatch. Joe Strummer (The Clash) at Paddington Stn. Fergal Sharkey (The Undertones) riding a bike in Islington). Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) also riding a bike in Islington but on a different day. Mike Nolan (Buck’s Fizz) in Rye. We also saw Tracey Emin the same day but I’m not going to start a thread about random artists you’ve bumped into as well as she is the only one 😉

I couldn’t agree more egg. The great thing about music is that no matter what your music tastes are, we all know what it feels like to be moved by music, even if we don’t agree with what is great or not. I have over 3000 tracks on my Apple playlist and, at any time, many of them could end up in my top ten. Having seen tracks on this thread that I had forgotten about I will end up adding even more. I’d be hopeless on Desert Island Discs.

Chris Coleman whilst manager of Wales was standing at the bar at a pub I was sat in in Oxted, Surrey. Bobby Woodruff (Crystal Palace 1968ish) in a sweetshop in West Wickham, Kent. Saw Steve Williams and Tony Woodcock going for a run around the backstreets of Highbury in the 80’s. Sat next to Martin Chivers and Mark Falco in a pie and mash shop in Exmouth Market, Farringdon Rd.

Blimey, how does anybody whittle it down to just 10. I could do a different 10 everyday for months, as I’m sure we all could. Here is my first effort though - Debora - Tyrannosaurus Rex Badge - Cream Supper’s Ready - Genesis In My Life - The Beatles And You And I - Yes Baba O’Riley - The Who Glory - Television Tarkus - ELP (live version 1974) Love Will Tear Us Apart Again - Joy Division Down On Mission Street - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Subs bench Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears Gloria - U2 Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin Hold Out Your Hand - Chris Squire

So you are saying that it is perfectly ok to persecute people if you have suffered persecution in the past? There are plenty of Jewish people who dispute that and I have posted their comments here. This constant use of claiming that people are antisemitic if they criticise Netanyahu and his cronies for there actions and breaking international laws is wearing thin. If he is found guilty of committing genocide, which is possible, him and no doubt you, will still be crying antisemitism. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/benjamin-netanyahu-keir-starmer-gaza-war-hamas-israel-b2755925.html Same old same old. It is perfectly ok to criticise Muslims but you are not allowed to criticise Netanyahu and his other international law breaking cronies. Netanyahu, his government and the IDF are above the law and above criticism and that is ok and even funny to the forum dickheads.

More atrocities. https://news.sky.com/story/nine-of-gaza-doctors-children-killed-in-israeli-strike-13373740 Nine children dead and hypochondriac thinks it worthy of a laughing emoji. Sick fucker should be ashamed of himself.

Didn’t see that coming but a cracking goal to win the game. Sheffield United must be gutted.

And the type of weirdo who thought that Pelle was rubbish!

Bugger, missed it by two days, but beat MLG 😎

Ahead of the game!

Great news that Reform and Tory supporters are least fanciable. Gradually they will be bred out of the gene pool.

Great name for an Indie band!

Here’s a thought for those still supporting Netanyahu. Using his logic, whenever you criticise Keir Starmer and his government, you are anti-British.

No one said that though did they? We were talking about the use of decapitation. You have sunk to a hypochondriac level of conflation. Another new low.