Popular: My Top 25 Regrets

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As most of you know I run a blog called Popular, whose quixotic aim is to review, in order, every record to get to No.1 in the UK - currently I'm on 1967. Some discussion in the comments box led me to ask myself about songs that I wish had got to No.1, and I came up with this list of the 25 songs I most regret not making it. The criteria was:

- must have got to No.2
- must be something I really like, i.e. would certainly get 8 or more if written up on Popular
- should be something that would have let me write about things I otherwise might not get the chance to

There are plenty of things that fulfil 2 of these criteria but not 3. Here are my 25 tracks that tick all 3 boxes. Some of them are pretty obvious, some maybe not. There is a bias against the 50s, 60s and early 70s because I know them far less well.

( what a load of number twos )

Obviously I still could write about all of these, and I have written about some, but it's - choke! - not the same...

The Pop World Cup: Group G

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The penultimate games of the group stage throw up some intriguing clashes. Hotly tipped France will be looking to win through in relative comfort, though rumours of last-minute selection wrangles point perhaps to a camp in turmoil! Switzerland will be hoping its tidy game sees it through, South Korea will be taking inspiration from fellow Asian qualifier Japan's fine Group Stage performance and finally the minnow's minnow, Togo, will be hoping to cause a major upset. Intriguing, to say the least!

You can find all PWC entries here. If you can't download or are having trouble let me know either in the comments box or at freakytrigger@gmail.com.

So are here the four Group G contenders, with exclusive team talks from their managers.

( Group G )

So how will matches be decided? HERE'S HOW.

( The rules...and THE POLL )

A Special Note on Ticket Allocation: Managers and spectators are encouraged to promote the Pop World Cup event wherever they see fit. HOWEVER managers who are found attempting to influence the PWC votes outside the poptimists community may be subject to a points penalty!

Interim results up tomorrow!

Tennant Goes Identity Mentaly

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PSB release anti-ID cards choone

Are PSB going 'political'? Did they go political YEARS ago and I just had no idea? Do bands now LOSE credibility when they try and use their music to make political statements? How many people didn't tick D:Ream in that Now poll but quite like the song? I ticked it. I probably would have bought it way back then if it hadn't appeared on said Now compilation.