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How was it? The kids and I are fans! It was a lot better than I thought it would be - and, considering it had no 'proper' dialogue in it, really funny in places. There were some nice touches (Nick Park plays himself, the rooster is straight out of Chicken Run), so I can thoroughly recommend it.

Brace yourselves ... 'Shaun the Sheep: The Movie', with my girls

Very sad ... R.I.P.

Fish has always been a brilliant lyricist .. 'Forgotten Sons' is probably my favourite Marillion song, but I have always liked these lines from 'Slainte Mhath': "From the dreams on the barbed wire at Flanders and Bilston Glen From a Clydeside that rusts from the tears of its broken men From the realisation that all we've been left behind Is to stand like our fathers before us in the firing line Waiting on the whistle to blow We stand here waiting on the whistle to blow They promised us miracles, and the whistle still blows Broken promises, and the whistle still blows ..." And at the other end of the spectrum, another one from Dave Lee Roth: "I asked her: 'How the hell d'you get in those tight blue jeans?' She said: 'For starters, you can buy me a drink' ..."

Chariddy Shop finds ... Muse: Origin Of Symmetry Muse: Absolution Muse: Black Holes And Revelations The Beatles: 1

I've always liked 'Black by Pearl Jam: All the love gone bad turned my world to black Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be... I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, But why, why, why can't it be, can't it be mine? David Lee Roth has always been a good one for lyrics: Here's a word about my ex-girlfriend Towards the end, conflict off and on And I told her one night, "Honey every time we fight I'll write a verse to this song" Well, things got bad and things got worse But still I struggled on So sit back and get all comfortable 'Cause this little tune's six fuckin' hours long

err no ;-) Shush! I LOVE that album!

Apparently there's to be a 'Bladerunner' sequel .... WTF??

Yeah, you'd like to think so ... some bands/labels seem to think the terms are interchangeable ...

'82/'83 was when I took my first steps into the world of rock/metal, so some immediate favourites are: Toyah: The Changeling Judas Priest: Screaming For Vengeance Ultravox: Quartet Rainbow: Straight Between The Eyes Diamond Head: Borrowed Time Manowar: Battle Hymns Black Sabbath: Live Evil MSG: Assault Attack Whitesnake: Saints & Sinners Accept: Restless And Wild Demon: The Unexpected Guest Krokus: One Vice At A Time Night Ranger: Dawn Patrol Scorpions: Blackout Twisted Sister: Under The Blade Tygers Of Pan Tang: The Cage

A very quick, 'off the top of my head' list for 1981: Van Halen: Fair Warning Whitesnake: Come An’ Get It Def Leppard: High ‘n’ Dry Iron Maiden: Killers Motley Crue: Too Fast For Love Black Sabbath: Mob Rules Blue Oyster Cult: Fire Of Unknown Origin AC/DC: For Those About To Rock … Demon: Night Of The Demon Saxon: Denim And Leather

There are far too many bands out there with 'Greatest Hits' or 'Best Of' collections to their name (some have several - how the hell does THAT work, unless your band happens to be Queen?)

Their albums might be patchy, but they always turn in a killer live show

I love Coverdale's voice, and he's had a hand in some brilliant albums over the years ... but why, for the love of Gawd, does he think this is a good idea? I already own 'Burn' and 'Stormbringer', so there's nothing here to remotely interest me ... the last thing I want to listen to is the sound of a man who appears to be all out of ideas and has settled for pissing all over his legacy ...

It's an interesting thought - if you're talking about an album being ahead of its time in terms of writing, overall sound, etc. (as well as influencing what came after), then you'll probably find that no two people come up with the same answer Montrose's debut, maybe? (I did think of the first Van Halen album, but then I remembered what a debt it owes to Montrose.) Something by the Beatles? Or Zeppelin? I agree that Boston's first album is head and shoulders above anything else around at that time (as well as for many years after.) The Sex Pistols' one and only album? Regardless of whether or not you like punk, there was nothing else to compare it to back in the 70s, and it directly influenced a whole bunch of bands that came afterwards (as well as managing to outrage most of 'the establishment' ) Could it be considered 'great'? God help me - 'Bat Out Of Hell', maybe?

Glad I have Gibbo, Geoff and you who agree with me on this. Great verses, music sounds nice, but that chorus is just plain terrible. Did you ever get into Stone Gods? The band that Dan Hawkins put together when his brother left The Darkness the first time? They were pretty good - The Darkness' bass player took over vocals (and switched to rhythm guitar), and they recruited a new guy to play bass. They only managed one album and a couple of EPs, which is a shame ...

Even though he's been MIA around these parts for quite some time, I'll raise a glass to my mate James as he slides ever further into his 40s

I'm with Alpha on this one ... the music is brilliant, but as soon as Justin's vocals go into the stratosphere they become a joke ...

After a quick trawl through my collection, my revised list looks like this: Iron Maiden: Somewhere In Time Metallica: Master Of Puppets Queensryche: Rage For Order Elixir: Son Of Odin W.A.S.P.: Inside The Electric Circus Van Halen: 5150 Megadeth: Peace Sells Ozzy Osbourne: The Ultimate Sin Accept: Russian Roulette Warlock: True As Steel Motorhead: Orgasmatron Judas Priest: Turbo Cinderella: Night Songs Bon Jovi:Slippery When Wet Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In Fifth Angel: Fifth Angel Stryper: To Hell With the Devil Flotsam And Jetsam: Doomsday For The Deceiver ... there will no doubt be more to come

Thank you, kourosofsteel3 - I'd forgotten about MSG's 'Built To Destroy' and Satan's 'Court In The Act' ...

Yeah, I still have a soft spot for the third Alien film, though ... most of the actors are English, and have appeared in various TV programmes here over the years, so we're more used to seeing them in more family-orientated fare ... watching Paul McGann playing an unhinged Welshman makes me chuckle every time. I'm intrigued by the idea of a new Alien film ... but I still carry the scars from Alien: Resurrection, so I'm not getting too excited ... yet

I have NO idea why some of these have appeared as hyperlinks ... I thought I'd got rid of all that rubbish!

AC/DC: Live Alice in Chains: Dirt Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith Catherine Wheel: Ferment Celtic Frost - Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying Def Leppard - Adrenalize Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction Motörhead - March ör Die Nine Inch Nails - Broken (EP) Paradise Lost - Shades of God Great King Rat: Great King Rat Faster Pussycat: Whipped! Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union Manic Street Preachers: Generation Terrorists

Pearl Jam - Ten ... better add that to the list!