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22 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

How about something a little more musky? This one's called Mimmo.  

Are you the brain specialist? 

On 9/3/2023 at 5:47 PM, blackhawkrush said:

Better take the bloody lupin too.   

Oh no, I really want something that will make people be attracted to me like a magnet. 

16 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

Real goalfest today! Apart from Chelsea, that is . . . 

I heartily endorse this post. 

On 9/1/2023 at 8:00 PM, blackhawkrush said:

He's been nothing but trouble all morning.     Stop it, Ralph! Stop it!

After a blazing row, the Germans and Italians had turned back, taking with them the last of the hairnets.  

3 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Sun&Moon's Atalanta in the same group with the Polish champion.   

Jamming the midweek with fixtures, that`s so passé. 

3 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

I quite simply wish to ensure that nothing interferes with your complete enjoyment of the meal.    

 I want to go home.

6 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Oh, monsieur, I assure you, I will personally make sure you have a double helping.         

That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah. 

6 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

He places a plate of under his chair and locks himself in the cupboard. 

Yeah, I know that, but I wanted to give the impression of a real last supper. 

15 hours ago, laughedatbytime said:

And the top r two (my opinion only of course) are:

 

#165.    Half the World (T4E, 11th best of 11)

#164     Good News First (S&A, 13th of 13)

#163     The Speed of Love (CP, 11th of 11)

#162     Tai Shan (HYF, 10th of 10)

#161     Bravest Face (S&A, 12th of 13)

#160     Second Nature (HYF, 9th of 10)

#159     Faithless (S&A, 11th of 13)

#158     Neurotica (RTB, 10th of 10)

#157     Anagram (for Mongo) (Presto, 11th of 11)

#156     High Water (HYF,  8th of 10)   

#155     Spindrift (S&A, 10th of 13)

#154     Stick It Out (CP, 10th of 11)

#153     Peaceable Kingdom (VT, 13th of 13)

#152     The Larger Bowl (S&A, 9th of 13)

#151     Out of the Cradle (VT, 12th of 13)

#150     Scars (Presto, 10th of 11)

#149     Superconductor (Presto, 9th of 11)

#148     Heresy (RTB, 9th of 10)

#147     The Way the Wind Blows (S&A, 8th of 13)

#146     War Paint (Presto, 8th of 11)

#145     You Bet Your Life (RTB, 8th of 10)

#144     Open Secrets (HYF, 7th of 10)

#143     In the Mood (Rush, 8th of 8)

#142     Time and Motion (T4E, 10th of 11)

#141     Hand Over Fist (Presto, 7th of 11)

#140     Presto (Presto, 6th of 11)

#139     Available Light (Presto, 5th of 11)

#138     Emotion Detector (PoW, 8th of 8)

#137     Take a Friend (Rush, 7th of 8)

#136     Grand Designs (PoW, 7th of 8)

#135     Armor and Sword (S&A, 7th of 13)

#134     Resist (T4E, 9th of 11)

#133     Freeze (VT, 11th of 13)

#132     The Stars Look Down (VT, 10th of 13)

#131     Dog Years (T4E, 8th of 11)

#130    Double Agent (CP,  9th of 11)

#129    Chemistry (Signals, 8th of 8)

#128    Here Again (Rush, 6th of 8)

#127    Middletown Dreams (PoW, 6th of 8)

#126    Mission (HYF, 6th of 10)

#125    The Twilight Zone (2112, 6th of 6)

#124    The Big Wheel (RTB, 7th of 10)

#123    Face Up (RTB, 6th of 10)

#122    I Think I'm Going Bald (CoS, 5th of 5)

#121    Everyday Glory (CP, 8th of 11)

#120    Totem (T4E, 7th of 11)

#119    Territories (PoW, 5th of 8)

#118    Cut to the Chase {CP, 7th of 11)

#117    Alien Shore (CP, 6th of 11)

#116    Red Lenses (p/g, 8th of 8)

#115    The Color of Right (T4E, 6th of 11)

#114    Ghost of a Chance (RTB, 5th of 10)

#113    BU2B2 (CA, 12th of 12)

#112   Mystic Rhythms (PoW, 4th of 8)

#111   The Pass (Presto, 4th of 11)

#110   What You're Doing (Rush, 5th of 8)

#109   Digital Man (Signals, 7th of 8)

#108   Nobody's Hero (CP, 5th of 11)

#107   Need Some Love (Rush, 4th of 8)

#106   Madrigal (AFTK, 6th of 6)

#105   Carve Away the Stone (T4E, 5th of 11)

#104   Vapor Trail (VT, 9th of 13)

#103   Virtuality (T4E, 4th of 11)

#102   Chain Lightning (Presto, 3rd of 11)

#101   Before and After (Rush, 3rd of 8)

#100   Different Strings (PeW, 6th of 6)

#99     The Fountain of Lamneth (CoS, 4th of 5)

#98     Bravado (RTB, 4th of 10)

#97     We Hold On (S&A, 6th of 13)

#96     Tears (2112, 5th of 6)

#95     Lessons (2112, 4th of 6)

#94     Red Tide (Presto, 2nd of 11)

#93     Marathon (PoW, 3rd of 8)

#92     Lock and Key (HYF, 5th of 10)

#91     Working Them Angels (S&A, 5th of 13)

#90     Limbo (T4E, 3rd of 11)

#89     Where's My Thing?  (t4\, 3rd of 10)

#88     The Necromancer (CoS, 3rd of 5)

#87     Making Memories (FBN, 8th of 8)

#86     Hope (S&A, 4th of 13)

#85     Kid Gloves (p/g, 7 of 8)

#84     Halo Effect (CA, 11th of 12)

#83     Countdown (Signals, 6th of 8)

#82     The Body Electric (p/g, 6th of 8)

#81     Lakeside Park (CoS, 2nd of 5)

#80    Finding My Way (Rush, 2nd of 8)

#79    Prime Mover (HYF, 4th of 10)

#78    Animate (CP, 4th of 11)

#77    Test for Echo (T4E, 2nd of 11)

#76    Leave That Thing Alone (CP, 3rd of 11)

#75   Cold Fire (CP, 2nd of 11)

#74   Carnies (CA, 10th of 12)

#73   How It Is (VT, 8th of 13)

#72   Afterimage (p/g, 5th of 8)

#71   Between Sun and Moon (1st of 11)

#70    Turn the Page (HYF, 3rd of 10)

#69    Secret Touch (VT, 7th of 13)

#68    7 Cities of Gold (CA, 9th of 12)

#67    Show Don't Tell (Presto, 1st of 11)

#66    The Main Monkey Business (S&A, 3rd of 13)

#65    Sweet Miracle (VT, 6th of 13)

#64    The Wreckers (CA, 8th of 12)

#63    Rivendell (FBN, 7th of 8)

#62    Malignant Narcissism (S&A, 2nd of 13)

#61    New World Man (Signals, 5th of 8)

#60    Clockwork Angels (CA, 7th of 12)

#59    Caravan (CA, 6th of 12)

#58    Wish Them Well (CA, 5th of 12)

#57    Fly By Night (FBN, 6th of 8)

#56    The Big Money (PoW, 2nd of 8)

#55     Ghost Rider (VT, 5th of 13)

#54     Earthshine (VT, 4th of 13)

#53     Roll The Bones (RTB, 2nd of 10)

#52     One Little Victory (VT, 3rd of 13)

#51     Beneath Between and Behind (FBN, 5th of 8)

#50     In the End (FBN, 4th of 8)

#49     Between the Wheels (p/g, 4th of 8)

#48     Nocturne (VT, 2nd of 13)

#47     Losing It (Signals, 4th of 8)

#46     Best I Can (FBN, 3rd of 8)

#45    Cinderella Man (AFTK, 5th of 6)

#44    A Passage to Bangkol (2112, 3rd of 6)

#43    Red Sector A (p/g, 3rd of 8)

#42    Force Ten (HYF, 2nd of 10)

#41    Closer to the Heart (AFTK, 4th of 6)

#40    A Farewell to Kings (AFTK, 3rd of 6)

#39    Far Cry (S&A, 1st of 13)

#38    Manhattan Project (PoW, 1st of 8)

#37    Ceiling Unlimited (VT, 1st of 13)

#36    The Camera Eye (MP, 7th of 7)

#35    Time Stand Still (HYF, 1st of 10)

#34    The Weapon (Signals, 3rd of 8)

#33    BU2B (CA, 4th of 12)

#32    Cygnus X-1 Book I  (AFTK, 2nd of 6)

#31    Entre Nous (PeW, 5th of 6)

#30    Driven (T4E, 1st of 11)

#29    The Enemy Within (p/g, 2nd of 8)

#28    The Garden (CA, 3rd of 12)

#27    The Analog Kid (Signals, 2nd of 8)

#26    By Tor and the Snowdog (FBN, 2nd of 8)

#25    Headlong Flight (CA, 2nd of 12)

#24    Bastille Day (CoS, 1st of 5)

#23    Jacob's Ladder (PeW, 4th of 6)

#22    Anthem (FBN, 1st of 8)

#21    Working Man (Rush, 1st of 8)

#20    Distant Early Warning (p/g, 1st of 8)

#19    Limelight (MP, 6th of 7)

#18    Something for Nothing (2112, 2nd of 6)

#17    Witch Hunt (MP, 5th of 7)

#16    The Anarchist (CA, 1st of 12)

#15    Cygnus X-1 Book II (Hemi, 4th of 4)

#14    Dreamline (RTB, 1st of 10)

#13    Tom Sawyer (MP, 4th of 7)

#12    The Trees (Hemi, 3rd of 4)

#11    Vital Signs (MP, 3rd of 7)

#10    Freewill (PeW, 3rd of 6)

#9      YYZ (MP, 2nd of 7)

#8      Circumstances (Hemi, 2nd of 4)

#7     La Villa Strangiato (Hemi, 1st of 4)

#6     The Spirit of Radio (PeW, 2nd of 6)

#5      Subdivisions (Signals, 1st of 8)

#4      Red Barchetta (MP, 1st of 7)

#3      2112 (2112, 1st of 6)

 

#2.     Natural Science (PeW, 1st of 6)

#1.     Xanadu (AFTK, 1st of 6)

 

As mentioned yesterday, revealing #2 reveals #1.  As such it is incredibly difficult to distinguish between these two songs, both of which have been #1 at one time, and it's usually NatSci, just not on this day.  Both have truly transcendent live versions which somehow manage to improve on their flawless studio counterparts.   These two songs represent, in my opinion, the peak musical achievements in rock history.  You all know why and can express it better than I could, and I can't tell you anything about these colossuses (colossi?) you don't already know.

 

Hate away, if it's possible to even come up with a scintilla of hate for perfection.

Bottled it, right at the end. 

3 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Have you got anything a bit...a bit stronger?   

Hey, that's Gerry Marinello. He fought the Killer last week. 

1 hour ago, blackhawkrush said:

This sloppy, long-haired civilian plagiarism will be dealt with most severely.    

 All right all right all right we'll kill him first and then have tea and biscuits.

19 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Well, there he goes. Harry Bagot. A good try.  

His eyes just closed, and he fell into the wastepaper basket. I've covered him with a copy of the 'Charlie George Football Book'. 

1 hour ago, blackhawkrush said:

Hands off, you filthy bally froggie!     

 If you're going to split hairs, I'm going to piss off.  

1 hour ago, blackhawkrush said:

All of you, get out of my kitchen! Shove off! Go and find yourself another flat! Get out!   

And so, Yakomoto... blimey, he`s gone! Never mind. I'll have you instead. 

15 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Yes, well of course they come here for the two o'clock matinee.    

Tonight on The Money Programme, we're going to look at money. Lots of it. On film, and in the studio. Some of it in nice piles, others in lovely clanky bits of loose change. 

6 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

But you do duck down and shout 'Hey! Balloons!' when there are none about.   

There are also scenes of naked women with floppy breasts, and also at one point you can see a pair of buttocks and there's another bit where I'll swear you can see everything. 

Season 7 has started fairly well, I think. Prince is a decent antagonist in a show with nothing but antagonists. Not sure if Axe will appear again. I`ve watched it since it started and like the references - Peart and Rush in one episode, Van Halen in another - although the constant smart-ass dialogue can be tiring. It`s always visually attractive.

12 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Over here, Hughie.  

I am here. No traitor to the King. 

6 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

A typical case, whom we shall refer to as Mr. 7, although his real name is this:  73   

What, behind the rabbit? 

12 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

He will escape from a sack, three padlocks and a pair of handcuffs.   

Oh, my god, he's fallen off the edge of the thread. 

5 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Well Simon will be riding his Viking Super Roadster with the drop handlebars.     

No, it's not right for my idiom. I must escape more... dramatically! 

3 minutes ago, blackhawkrush said:

Chaffinch brains?   

I think in future I will latch them to the handlebars with adhesive tape. 

Hey Robert! Spurs are top after three games (just like 2021 and 2022 and assuming nobody else plays from now). I`m making my yearly post requesting that the season ends here. 

12 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

   Now, don't jostle the Chosen One, please.  

I'm afraid we never have that at the end of the week, sir, we get it fresh on Monday. 

4 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Come on, little birdies...come and see what mummy's got for you.      

Well, one Messiah is what I want!