Guilty As Charged

Freebie paper Metro ran an interesting little piece today, about the "guilty secret" tracks we have stashed on our iPods, which we dare not admit to liking but can't help having buried in an obsure playlist:

1. Livin' Thing - ELO
   
2. More Than A Feeling - Boston
   
3. Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7
   
4. I'm Not In Love - 10CC
   
5. Rock 'n' Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
   
6. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
   
7. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
   
8. Whatever You Want - Status Quo
   
9. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
   
10. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
    
11. Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow
12. Centrefold - J Geils Band
    
13. Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
    
14. Never Ever - All Saints
    
15. Mr Boombastic - Shaggy
    
16. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
    
17. Manic Monday - Bangles
    
18. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
    
19. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
    
20. Rock On - David Essex
    
21. How Tou Remind Me - Nickelback
    
22. Mandy - Barry Manilow
    
23. If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
    
24. Walking In Memphis - Mark Cohn
    
25. Life Is A Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating
    
26. Can You Dig It? - Mock Turtles
    
27. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
    
28. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
    
29. Chant No 1 - Spandau Ballet
    
30. Boogie Nights - Heatwave
    

I was quite alarmed to learn that, of these top 30 (compiled by Q magazine), I actually have 8 on my mp3 player. Yikes! I'm not telling which, though. And thankfully, some of the naffest (#3, #5, #20 #22) are not on my playlists! ;-)

That End Of Term Feeling

Sarries had a good first half hour of their game against London Irish, but then seem to go into meltdown mode - Irish scored several easy interception tries, but Sarries should have been awareded a Penalty Try by the ref after Thomas Castaignède was brought down off the ball chasing his own chip-ahead kick to the line. In the end, Irish finished up 30-18 and are now heading to the Guinness Premiership semifinal playoff against the Tigers.

Several noteable milestones at this game - Bob Casey captained the team on his 101st appearance; Kieron Dawson lead them out of the tunnel for his 200th and last game. And Saracens' Kyran Bracken played his last competitive game for the club he's served for so long. When he finally came off the field, substituted in the second half, he got a well-deserved standing ovation from all the crowd - a lovely gesture on the part of the Irish supporters, who probably rue the fact that the Dublin-born Bracken won his 51 International caps for England, not Ireland!

I decided to let the SSA bus take the strain, and caught it from Sarries' old ground at Bramley Road, to Reading. This meant quite a lengthy drive, first in the car then on the bus. So I took May's Rugby World and my iPod with me for entertainment.

What did I listen to on the journey? Quite a varied playlist, including the hauntingly beautiful Takk by Sigur Rós; the ever-brilliant Paul Mounsey's second album, Nahoo Too; In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson; Hopes & Fears by Keane (really looking forward to their new album in June) plus a bit of a blast from the past in the form of a playlist mix by ELO. An eclectic bunch really.