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The Sex Pistols' single, God Save The Queen, peaked at number 2 in the official UK Music Charts in early June 1977, at the height of the celebrations around the Queen's Silver Jubilee. It was kept off the top by Rod Stewart's double A side single, The First Cut Is The Deepest / I Don't Want To Talk About It.

There have been numerous conspiracy theories since that suggest the Pistols were kept off the number 1 spot to avoid embarrassment to the Royal Family.

However, various sources state that it was indeed the highest-selling single of the week, and it has been suggested that the song was deliberately blocked from reaching the top spot on the "official" BMRB chart. According to a 1998 article in The Independent, for one week compilers "decreed that shops which sold their own records could not have those records represented in the chart", and thus sales from Virgin Megastores were not counted.
 

I wouldn't be  surprised it was  deliberately kept off no 1

Speaking of the  sex pistols,  John Lydon spoke out about  Jimmy Saville  and what he was up to, back in the late 70's , and was subsequently banned from  the BBC for years.  Turns out, he was telling the truth. I suppose back then  he was looks upon as a nut, a conspiracy theorist, or whatever. Over 30 years after that Saville died , with no prosecutions

Makes you wonder  how far up the Saville thing went. I'm  guessing very very high

I've never seen an article saying John Lyndon was a conspiracy theorist.

Have you made that bit up?

I said "I suppose".

 I was just  Assuming though , as I wasn't really around then , but  I'm assuming  those who  wanted to shut him up painted him in a bad  light

Took me about  five attempts to sit  through all of Pulp fiction.

Can't say i remember  much from it other than the dancing  and Sam J's big afro. Could hardly quote a line other than the Royal with cheese  bit. Or was that  the Simpsons version ?

The Sex Pistols' single, God Save The Queen, peaked at number 2 in the official UK Music Charts in early June 1977, at the height of the celebrations around the Queen's Silver Jubilee. It was kept off the top by Rod Stewart's double A side single, The First Cut Is The Deepest / I Don't Want To Talk About It.

There have been numerous conspiracy theories since that suggest the Pistols were kept off the number 1 spot to avoid embarrassment to the Royal Family.

However, various sources state that it was indeed the highest-selling single of the week, and it has been suggested that the song was deliberately blocked from reaching the top spot on the "official" BMRB chart. According to a 1998 article in The Independent, for one week compilers "decreed that shops which sold their own records could not have those records represented in the chart", and thus sales from Virgin Megastores were not counted.
 

I wouldn't be  surprised it was  deliberately kept off no 1

Speaking of the  sex pistols,  John Lydon spoke out about  Jimmy Saville  and what he was up to, back in the late 70's , and was subsequently banned from  the BBC for years.  Turns out, he was telling the truth. I suppose back then  he was looks upon as a nut, a conspiracy theorist, or whatever. Over 30 years after that Saville died , with no prosecutions

Makes you wonder  how far up the Saville thing went, when it was  very clear to  a lot of people that he was up to jo good. I'm  guessing very very high

[you were not forced to do it.]

Safe and Effective

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kj1pmr7jdo

Vaccines, any vaccines are not full proof, as far as I known you were not forced to do it.

Not yet anyway

Do yourself a favour and stay off the internet

Ah, stick to the  refereeing! 

I've been  wanting to say that for ages   

That's a least 2 hours of staying off the internet.

the amount of rabbit holes people go down looking for being directed to 'facts' because their cookies keep throwing up stuff they think is right is mad.

Oh, no ref's no games

I wasnae Down  any hole . I was  referring to  this proposed health bill

[you were not forced to do it.]

Safe and Effective

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kj1pmr7jdo

Vaccines, any vaccines are not full proof, as far as I known you were not forced to do it.

Not yet anyway

Do yourself a favour and stay off the internet

Ah, stick to the  refereeing! 

I've been  wanting to say that for ages 

[you were not forced to do it.]

Safe and Effective

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kj1pmr7jdo

Vaccines, any vaccines are not full proof, as far as I known you were not forced to do it.

Not yet anyway

https://x.com/SmallerFishGAA/status/1845545520938267056

This is exactly why we need 3v3.

Why don't teams leave a couple of players up  top all the time anyway? Keepers wouldn't come out as far if 2  forwards are on their 21 yard line. They'd  have to stay back. And  all the defenders wouldn't venture  into the opponents half

Work like terriers in  defence, win the ball  and hoof  it up to the 2 forwards. Goal. Problem solved.

No, it was an illusion, in fact if you look hard enough those buildings are still standing

Dill Dandin' surely?

[Finkelsteins voice and body language is one of despair and weariness.]

Norman Finkelstein has conceded that Gaza is gone. The bombing of some hospitals and schools that where  left suggests Isreal and its western lapdogs have achieved their goals in Gaza. The place is or soon will be no longer fit for living in. After fighting for decades on behalf of the Palestinians, Finkelsteins voice and body language is one of despair and weariness.

I don't doubt that. I think  a lot of people feel  the same.

It is absolutely unbelievable  how nobody of influence is  shouting "stop!" . The world  really is being run by a cabal of  psychotic , murdering b******ds. 

What if a player is getting treatment  inside the 50?  Does he count as one of  the three kept up top?

Of course I haven't read them, I'm not a f**king moron.

I listed to Seamus O'Reilly talk about reading them, and that was sufficient.

 

Ah you dunno what  you're missing... apparently .

Heard them talk about  them on Football weekly  podcast a while back. Apparently they go for big money on eBay   and the likes.  Somebody must  love them!

[Steve Bruce books from the end of the 90s.]

The Wire comes up here every couple of years. It remains the single greatest piece of dramatic storytelling on TV of the 21st century, far surpassing both the Sopranos and Breaking Bad. It is simply incredible, with top notch performances across all five seasons, whether the characters are cops, dealers, kids, dockworkers, journalists, teachers, politicians or the hundreds of other people that are all connected by the city.

Seeing people mention it in the same breath as unrelenting, directionless gibberish such as Lost is an affront to human intelligence. The Wire is Shakespeare. Lost is the Steve Bruce books from the end of the 90s.

Have you read them? Very difficult to get  them apparently

[Lost]

Give Gomorrah a go! Best TV show I've ever watched.

Excellent show. Would be in my top tier...

Lost, GoT, Forbrydelsen, Gomorrah, the Wire, Sopranos, Breaking bad

I've probably missed some too

Lost? Really?

Five minutes of Lost  was all I could take

I found Breaking Bad very tedious. It only livened up the last  few episodes.

I think part  of the problem was there was  nobody to root  for. You need somebody to cheer on , but they were all arseholes, particularly the wife. She did  my head in .

It was a  hard slog getting  through it. No way could I sit through it again.... Bitch!

One quick question @AustinPowers are you familiar with the views/opinions of Marjorie Taylor-Greene before reading about her Conspiracy Theory?

No. I never heard of her. Just caught  a headline of what she said. But I've heard  it said before about  weather control.

So , forget MTG. Is weather control  possible (given the posters above stated  it can be done at a micro level)?