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Member	Item		Review/Comment
kimbozw 14th Nov 2024		CD Single Vaders Trots - Patsy (1994)	Sounds good enough to me! :-)
kimbozw 4th Nov 2024		CD Single Vaders Trots - Patsy (1994)	Band name possibly translated as "Proud fathers".
kimbozw 16th May 2022		CD Single Imaani - Where Are You Now (Single Version) (1998)	Came 2nd at Eurovision. Nice to see the UK come second again two nights ago with its 2022 entry, the UK's best finishing position in 24 years! Despite coming last 3 times and out of the final 4 positions 4 times out of 10 entries between 2010 and 2021, the UK still achieved (overall 1957 - 2022) 16 number 2 positions and 5 number ones and has the most Top 10 placings (42).
kimbozw 3rd May 2022		CD Single Max Q - Sometimes (Straight Rock Mix) (1989)	I believe Michael is the one standing, not the seated one. Can I get a witness?
kimbozw 4th Feb 2022		CD Single Haddaway - I Miss You (Radio Edit) (1993)	he had a way of racking up hits for a while ... with his first 6 singles i think? :-)
kimbozw 6th Jan 2022		CD Single Armin - Blue Fear (Trouser Enthusiasts E.B.E. Edit) (1998)	Armin Van Buuren.
kimbozw 24th Jan 2021		CD Single Märy Kiani - I Give It All To You (Radio Edit) (1995)	I see Albert Hammond was one of the composers of Track 1. True, better to have the disc with scans and initially an error or two than nothing at all.
kimbozw 24th Nov 2020		CD Single Velvet [Italy] - Boyband (2001)	did you gain anything of note?
kimbozw 29th Sep 2020		CD Single Stromae - Alors On Danse (Radio Edit) (2010)	Artist with roots from Rwanda. Reached No 25 in the UK and (I think) No 1 in France. Since retired from music.
kimbozw 19th Aug 2020		CD Single Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me To Your Heaven (1999)	I was listening to COME ON YOUR REDS by Manchester United 1994 Football Squad, a UK No 1 single in May 1994. To me the verses sound quite similar to the verses in this Eurovision winner of 1999.
kimbozw 5th Jun 2020		CD Single Jean-Marc Duchenne - Feuillets D'Album (Le Narratif Et Le Plastique: 2ème Volet) (1995)	are these songs or spoken word recordings?
kimbozw 11th May 2020		CD Single Cynthia Lennon - Those Were The Days (1995)	good on yer, mate.
kimbozw 24th Apr 2020		CD Single Marco Borsato - Dromen Zijn Bedrog (Storie Di Tuttie I Giorni) (1994)	Track 01 was a cover version of a song by RICCARDO FOGLI from Italy.
kimbozw 25th Feb 2020		CD Single Electric Light Orchestra Part Two - One Day Tomorrow (1996)	The word on the sleeve is spelled Arternis - spelling error?
kimbozw 18th Feb 2020		CD Single Marc Almond - The Days Of Pearly Spencer (1992)	I saw Marc performing PEARLY SPENCER on a German TV show a night or two ago ...
kimbozw 9th Oct 2019		CD Single Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (1999)	RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW has seemingly been remixed to include elements from activist Greta Thunberg's recent United Nations Speech.
kimbozw 20th May 2019		CD Single Johnny Hallyday - 45 Tours De Collection 1 (1999)	Seemingly this was issued free with an issue of the magazine 45 TOURS DE COLLECTION together with a CD single by Michel Sardou.
kimbozw 29th Apr 2019		CD Single Ensemble - Sa Raison D'Être (1998)	The full name of this group appears to be "Ensemble contre le sida" or, (en anglais), ANTI-AIDS ENSEMBLE. Consisting of various well known French artists.
kimbozw 6th Feb 2019		CD Single Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (2017)	WHATEVER IT TAKES is one of those hits which have almost immediate impact the first time one hears them. Included on a 2018 French compilation CD album which I was given ...
kimbozw 31st Jan 2019		CD Single Luis Fonsi And Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa (2018)	This song name-checks LET IT BE by the Beatles. Just heard it on a French CD compilation from 2018. A bouncy tune. I recall Demi as a contestant on THE APPRENTICE, a TV show which was chaired by Donald Trump several years ago before he became the U.S. President ...
kimbozw 2nd Oct 2018		CD Single Elvis Costello - She (1999)	Here's Elvis's cover version of the Charles Aznavour song SHE. English lyric by the South Africa native Herbert Kretzmer, also known for his English lanuage lyrics for the musicals "Les misérables" and [the ABBA-related] "Kristina".
kimbozw 17th May 2018		CD Single Jade Ewen - It's My Time (2009)	Despite the UK's poor results overall in recent times at the Eurovision final it still has the record of the most Top 10 placings achieved in the contest with 41. Closest to that is 39 from Sweden, 36 from France, 34 from Germany and 31 from Italy and Ireland. Placings relate to the period 1957 to 2018. The full results for the first Eurovision final in 1956 have not been made public so cannot be included. The UK's Top 10 placings since its first entry in 1957 have been as follows: 1st - 5 times 2nd - 15 times 3rd - 3 times 4th - 5 times 5th - once 6th - 7 times 7th - 6 times 8th - not yet achieved 9th - 1 time 10th - 3 times. Based on an inverse points system (currently 26 points for a #1 placing down to 1 point for a #26 placing in the contest) from 1957 to 2018 the UK's overall ranking amongst all countries who have reached the Eurovision final is 10th (based on 1052 inverse points divided by 61 entries). Countries with the most entries in the Eurovision final from 1957 to 2018 were as follows: 61 - UK 60 - France, Germany 58 - Spain 57 - Sweden 54 - Norway 50 - Belgium. The first four listed countries are from the "big five" which have a guaranteed place in the Eurovision final these days. The UK's placings outside the Top 10 have been as follows: 11th - twice 12th - once 13th - once 15th - twice 16th - twice 17th - once 19th - twice 22nd - twice 23rd - once 24th - three times 25th - twice 26th - once. This data has not been audited or confirmed but hopefully is correct.
kimbozw 14th May 2018		CD Single Jade Ewen - It's My Time (2009)	I found this year's winner dreadful. the UK entry was much better.
kimbozw 12th May 2018		CD Single Jade Ewen - It's My Time (2009)	Quite a songwriting combination: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren. 9 Eurovision entries ago in 2009 this was the last UK Eurovision entry to enjoy a top 10 placing in the contest coming 5th, or the 2nd of the last 16 entries to reach enjoy a top 10 placing in the contest (the previous top 5 placing to 2009 was by Jessica Garlick's COME BACK which came 3rd equal in 2002). How will the UK fare in Lisbon tonight at the 63rd edition of the contest since 1956? We wait with bated breath ...
kimbozw 16th May 2017		CD Single I.O.S. (Is Ook Schitterend) - Meer Van Jou (2006)	Schitterend means brilliant or splendid according to a dutch-english dictionary which I have consulted.
kimbozw 15th Mar 2017		CD Single David Bowie - Survive (Live) (2000)	Montmartre?
kimbozw 5th Apr 2015		CD Single Cynthia Lennon - Those Were The Days (1995)	I saw a nice internet message from Yoko Ono speaking of Cynthia after her passing. Was the Chris Norman mentioned on this disc the singer from Smokie?
kimbozw 12th Mar 2015		CD Single Robin Thicke Ft. Kendrick Lamar - Give It 2 U (2013)	Latest news is that the Gaye family have been awarded 7 400 000 from Messrs Thicke and Williams.
kimbozw 5th Mar 2015		CD Single Robin Thicke Ft. Kendrick Lamar - Give It 2 U (2013)	No sign of BLURRED LINES here but interesting in the current legal case by Marvin Gaye's family to read that BLURRED LINES has produced the following in profit so far (as the biggest song of 2013) in U.S. Dollars: 16 675 690 The pie has apparently been split as follows: 5 658 214 - Robin Thicke 5 153 457 - Pharrell Williams 704 774 - T.I. The record companies took home the rest. Pharrell's share was made up as follows: 4 300 000 - publishing royalties 860 000 - producer royalties. "Overhead costs" for the song have been estimated by Universal Music to be 6 900 000. Not bad for one song. Not surprising that the Gaye family would like some of it ...
kimbozw 23rd Oct 2014		CD Single Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight (1998)	Vocals a little Cat Stevens-esque in parts.

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