I am hearing that on his deathbed Charlie Kirk received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!
JD Vance Rushed To Walter Reed After Inner Hillbilly Returns
I resisted the temptation to seek an easy target like Gary Glitter or Donny Osmond. Worst of the year is "Eye Level" by the Simon Park Orchestra. This was the theme tune from the show Van Der Valk, and one of those really inexplicable no.1s. Why was it so popular?! (3/3) youtu.be/zvesdlGe-EI?...
Best no.1 of the year is Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" - it's part of the pantheon of Christmas songs with good reason. It narrowly beats "Blockbuster" by The Sweet (2/3) youtu.be/WM7M7zSMJcw?...
Years by UK No 1 Single
41/65: 1973
We're at the absolute peak of glam rock here in 1973, with no.1s from Slade, Wizard, The Sweet and Suzi Quarto. #musicsky (1/3)
I recall there being a brief spell around this period where Jessie J was hyped as the future of British pop. Christ knows why, as this, much like everything else I've heard from her is ear bleedingly bad. (4/4) youtu.be/0HDdjwpPM3Y?...
Competition for worst single of the year was stronger, with 5 Seconds of Summer's "She Looks So Perfect" (horrible grating Aussie emo pop) narrowly losing out to Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Boom Boom", a proper nails down the blackboard effort. The chorus is beyond annoying (3/4)
The only no.1 of the year that scored 8/10 or above was Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' kids disco favourite "Uptown Funk". It's alright I guess. (2/4) youtu.be/OPf0YbXqDm0?...
Years by UK No.1 Single
42/65: 2014
I paused this thankless task for a few weeks. It's because of years like 2014. It was harrowing to listen to. There were 38 no.1s, and most were painfully dull. (1/4) #musicsky
WAGE THEFT IS WHEN YOU'RE EMPLOYER EXTRACTS LABOR FROM YOU WITHOUT PAYMENT. THIS INCLUDES NOT ALLOWING ADEQUATE BREAKS, DENIAL OF BONUSES OR BENEFITS, FORCED WORK AFTER CLOCKING OUT OR BEFORE CLOCKING IN, NON REIMBURSED WORK EXPENSES INCLUDING UNIFORMS, STEALING TIPS, REFUSING TO PAY 1.5X FOR OVERTIME, AND PROBLY SOME OTHERS IM FORGETTING !!!! THE RULING CLASS EXPLOITS US AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND AT GREAT PROFIT!!!!!! AFTER ALL THIS THEY HAVE THE GALL TO TALK ABOUT "TIME THEFT" AS IF DA WORKERS OF THE WORLD ARENT JUST TRYING TO WORK SO THEY HAVE FOOD TO EAT!!! TIME THEFT AINT REAL, ITS PART OF DA WAR ON WORKERS WHICH IS PERPETUATED TO MINIMIZE LABOR COST'S AND DRIVE THERE PROFITS UP! IF YOU AINT GETTIN A PROFIT SHARE OF THE BUSINESS YOU WORK FOR THEN IT AINT YOUR FUCKEN PROBLEM!!!! I HAVE MANY MORE THOGHT'S ON THIS , ANY WAY DA IMAGE IS SKELTAN AND DA TEXT SAYS "IM GOING TO WAR WITH TIME THEFT ON THE SIDE OF TIME THEFT , PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FUCK AROUD AT WORK, TIME THEFT END'S WHEN WAGE THEFT END'S MOTHER FUCKER " - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN - MORE AT patreon.com/dasharez0ne
LONG LUNCH , ARRIVE LATE , LEAVE EARLY , HIDE IN BATHROOM , I SUPPORT ALL TIME THEFT - dashare.zone ADMIN
Iain McGilp on how "the black disease" ravaged Glasgow 25 years ago and sent the city into a panic.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/how-the-blac...
"Within four days, they had details of 12 suspected cases with broad similarities, and four further deaths likely linked to the same cause.
Something was killing Glasgowβs injecting drug users, and no one could be sure what it was or where it had come from."
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Worst No.1 of the year is utterly putrid, Charlie Pugh and Meghan Trainor's "Marvin Gaye", in which the late soul legend is turned into a sanitised verb for fucking. Poor Marvin would be rolling in his grave if he heard his name put to this utterly insipid shite. (3/3) youtu.be/igNVdlXhKcI?...
Best of the year, scoring 8/10 is Jason Derulo's "Want To Want Me". Any artist who sings their own name at the start of pretty much every song is more than worthy of our respect. He also overcame adversity this year, surviving a terrifying fall down a flight of stairs! (2/3) youtu.be/rClUOdS5Zyw?...
Years by UK No.1 Single
43/65: 2015
The mid 2010s again, and another pretty nothing year in terms of No.1s, although our worst of the year stands out a mile. The year scored 4.83/10. #musicsky (1/3)
"With Every Heartbeat" by Robyn with Kleerup. One of the bleakest no.1 singles ever, and also one of the best (5/5) youtu.be/-ojHWQrm4UM?...
Now for the good stuff: Beyonce and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar" and Timberland and Keri Hilson's "The Way I Are" are both 9/10s, while Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" is a strong 8/10 (dubious lyrics aside). Best no.1 of 2007 is... (4/5)
Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy's saccharine take on "What A Wonderful World", as queasy a bid for Xmas no.1 as you will ever hear, involving recycling a recording of a dead person and passing it off as a duet. There's something badly wrong here. (3/5) youtu.be/b8GOh0HmzFk?...
The bad start consists of Mika's "Grace Kelly" which completely sets my teeth on edge, followed by Kaiser Chiefs' "Ruby", the nadir of their "repeatedly shouting the song title = chorus" pish. The year ends with yet another whiny X-Factor winner from Leon Jackson. Worst of all is... (2/5)
Years by UK No.1 Single
44/65: 2007
2007 scores 4.82/10. It starts and ends badly, with 4 1/10 songs, however it also features several extremely good no.1s, including 3 9/10s. Let's get the bad out the way. (1/5) #musicsky
Matched only by Adamski's "Killer". It's the 1st no.1 in a few years to catch you off guard; it sounds like nothing you've heard in the charts before, the robotically inhuman backing track contrasting with Seal's soaring vocal turn (6/6). youtu.be/LtYujyhvIyQ?...
Beats International's "Dub Be Good To Me". The silly rap, the Clash sample, Lindy Layton's vocal - it's an iconic no.1 single, not just best of the year, but best of the decade. (5/6) youtu.be/LCzgsZi_zfg?...
On the plus side, there's also the greatest football song of all time, "World In Motion" by englandneworder - it would have scored higher if the whole England part was omitted however. As noted above there was an unprecedented tie for best no.1 of the year, our first joint winner being... (4/6)
Nothing is as bad as Cliff Richard's "Saviours Day", as the bold yin further attempts to monetise his faith and part your granny from her pension money, after the success of "Mistletoe & Wine". It's a honker of a single too even if you discount it's cynical motivation. (3/6) youtu.be/FTI8CWSiZ40?...
There's quite a few bad no.1s in 1990. New Kids On The Block make a bid for worst boy band no.1 of the '90s with the execrable "Hangin' Tough", while it's novelty single time in the summer with Bombalurina and Timmy Mallet, as as well as Partners In Kryme's TMNT theme song (2/6)
Years by UK No.1 Single
45/65: 1990
A bit of a bizarre year for no.1s, scoring 4.82/10, in spite of having the 2 best no.1s of the entire decade. I'm actually calling a tie on the best no.1 of 1990. Let's get the bad stuff out the way first... (1/6) #musicsky
#musicsky #5SongShuffle
Chromatics "Cherry"
Desire "Don't Call (12" Mix)"
Makthaverskan "This Time"
The Walkmen "Angela Surf City"
DARKSIDE "Golden Arrow"
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It's an Osmond-off for worst of the year. Little Jimmy narrowly defeats Donny's "Puppy Love" with the astoundingly annoying "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" (3/3) youtu.be/YriPIujLtsA?...
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I nearly plumped for Lieutenant Pigeon's "Mouldy Old Dough" as best of the year just to prove that point, but ultimately it came down to a choice between 2 no.1s by the same act; T-Rex, with "Metal Guru" trumping "Telegram Sam" (2/3) youtu.be/HKt_bBvJDzg?...
Years by UK No.1 Single
46/65: 1972
1972 has a pretty terrible reputation as year of novelty no.1s, however overall it's not as bad as what's come before, scoring 4.72/10. Some of the novelty tunes are bad, some probably better than you would think (1/3) #musicsky
