[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

The Vengaboys and We're Going To Ibiza!

Today's Transcript:

Stardust Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust first name Alvin is somebody you’d associate with road safety - Road safety is important, and you should always follow the green cross code - Codes and colours are often used in safety stuff, with code red meaning “danger” - Danger Zone was a hit for Kenny Loggins - Log ins are what computer support staff give you, in order for you to get onto your computer - The computer was invented by Charles Babbage - “Babbage” shares many of the same letters as “cabbage”, which is something that Rachel probably grows on her windowsill - The plural of sill is sills, which are also found on cars and can be vunerable to rust - Rust is basically just iron oxide - Oxide is the musical partner of Neutrino, as in Oxide & Neutrino, who I think were also part of the So Solid Crew - Crew are required on a boat - A boat is a giod way of getting to an island, such as Ibiza - and Ibiza is a great place to go on holiday, especially if you like dancing and Radio 1 - and this weekend Radio 1 is celebrating ten years of going to Ibiza as you’ve probably heard - So to comemerate this monumental anniversary, it seems appropriate to play a record that is synomonous with the whole vibe of the White Isle - Which links us predictably to the Vengaboys and We're Going To Ibiza!

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Nearly:
*Danger Zone wasn’t really a hit for Kenny Loggins - it got to number 45 in the UK Chart.
TRACK INFO: - Released September 1999
- Amazingly The Vengaboys second number one single, which spent 12 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The Vengaboys were the first Netherlands based act to score six successive top five singles in the UK. What with all that competition eh..
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From April 99’s “The Party Album!”, which went to number six in the album charts and criminally spent another 48 weeks on there. *spits*.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Placebo and Nancy Boy

Today's Transcript:

Vengaboys We’re Going To Ibiza! - Ibiza is where Radio 1 held a 12 hour party at Space on Saturday night - “Saturday Night” was the title of a 1994 record for Whigfield - Whigfield is from Denmark - Denmark play England in a friendly on Wednesday night - If you add a K to the front of night you get “knight”, as in Knightrider starring David Hasselhoff, or Leon Knight who scored for Brighton in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Crewe Alexandra - If you add an I to Alexandra you get “Alexandria”, which is the capital of Egypt - Egypt is where you go to see the pyramids - and “pyramids” is also a word associated with tea bags - Tea bags are normally kept in the kitchen - The kitchen is also where you’d expect to find a fridge - A fridge keeps things cool and stops them from melting, which is why it’s often a good place to keep chocolate - Some of the best chocolate in the world comes from Belgium - The capital of Belgium is Brussels - and Brussels is the birthplace of singer and guitarist Mr Brian Molko from the band Placebo - Which links us to Placebo and Nancy Boy.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Eugene and the text regulars helped to pick holes in the Tedious Link:
*The capital of Egypt is Cairo, not Alexandria. Sounds obvious I know but Dave does do his best to f*ck things up doesn’t he.
TRACK INFO: - Released February 1997
- Placebo’s second Top 40 hit went top four, spending six weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - A placebo is a substance which has no effect on the body, yet looks identical to the experimental drug being investigated. Or something. I don’t actually care.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Placebo’s June 96 self titled debut album “Placebo”, which reached number five on the album charts upon re entry (good mornin’) in February 97. Wow.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Zoe and Sunshine On A Rainy Day

Today's Transcript:

Placebo Nancy Boy - A placebo’s basically a substance that contains no medicinal qualities, but is given to someone to reassure them and pyschologically help them to get well and feel better - “Better Days” was a 1992 hit for Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen once invited Courteney Cox up on stage, and she danced with him in one of his videos when she was very young - Young MC provided the Y entry for Colin and Edith’s A-Z compilation tape yesterday, with the seldom heard genius track that is “I Know” - Phonetically “know” is the opposite of “yes” - Yes had a 1983 hit with “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, while Heart on the other hand had their biggest hit in 1987 with “Alone” - If you add a T and an H to the middle of alone you get “Athlone”, which is a town in the Republic Of Ireland - The Republic Of Ireland is where The Corrs and The Cranberries are from, and also where Joe Elliott from Def Leppard now lives - Def Leppard are originally from Sheffield, as are The Human League, Pulp, Babybird and Heaven 17 - Heaven 17 are a good example of an act who re released the same track more than once, in their case it was “Temptation” - and this is exactly what Zoe did, with her track “Sunshine On A Rainy Day”, which was first released in 1990 but then re released a year later when it smashed into the charts at number four - Which links us to Zoe and Sunshine On A Rainy Day.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Ha. Rubbish, failed link today (graded D- by Chris):
*Firstly there was some debate over the definition of a placebo and the birthplace of The Corrs.
*The Young MC track was “Know How”, not “I Know” (a De La Soul track) which subsequently buggers up the next connection and therefore the entire link.
*Dave’s claim that Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott lives in Ireland was off the back of no evidence whatsoever, just the fact he used to live there years ago. He said it was “hunch” he still did.
*If you add a T and an H to the middle of Alone you actually get “Altohne” not “Athlone”. Dave covered up by claiming the middle of a word was anything between the first and last letter. Chris quite rightly pointed out his blatant stupidity with his example the word “yesterday”, and the fact that according to Daves rules, the first “E” in it is therefore in the middle of the word. Total rollocks.
*Also, the Zoe and Heaven 17 tracks were remixed, not re released in their original state as such. Dave called that “musicologist tittle tattle”.
TRACK INFO: - Remix Released August 1991
- Long runner, with eleven weeks on the chart in total - peaking at number 4, as stated in the link.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Zoe’s surname was “Pollock”. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - You can get it on the dance compilation “Back To Love Volume 1” - Full tracklisting on Amazon here.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Foo Fighters and Everlong

Today's Transcript:

Zoe Sunshine On A Rainy Day - Sunshine on a rainy day is what normally results in the weather phenomenon that we call a “rainbow” - Rainbow had a top six hit in 1979 with “Since You've Been Gone” - “Gone With The Wind” is a classic movie starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable - A gable is what you might find on the roof - “Roof” shares many of the same letters as the word “hoof”, which is like the animal word equivalent of a foot - A foot is a unit of imperial measurement, as is a yard - A yard is also what the Americans have outside their house - “House Of Love” was a 1992 hit for East 17 - East 17 is the postcode for Walthamstow, which is where Brian Harvey is from - Brian Harvey accidentally ran over himself with his own car - If you add an additional R onto the end of car you get “carr”, as in the surname of Stephen Carr, who used to play for Spurs but is now at Newcastle - Newcastle is the location of the forthcoming Great North Run - “Run To The Hills” was a big hit for Iron Maiden - and Iron Maiden are headlining this years Reading & Leeds festivals (MC edit - Which I’m going to! But definitely not to see them..), as are the Pixies and the Foo Fighters - Which links us to the mighty Foo Fighters and Everlong.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - In a word, no:
*Gables are joined to the roof and wall, so more in the brickline of the house than actually on the roof itself.
*Also, not all Americans have yards outside their houses - especially if they live in apartments.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1997
- Peaked at number 18 in the Top 40, spending 3 weeks on the chart..
- MC FACT ATTACK: - There are hundreds of different interpretations of the lyrics of Everlong, e.g it’s about heroin, rough sex, Dave Grohl’s ex wife... and Kurt and Courtney.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the Foos’ top 3 second album “The Colour And The Shape”, released in May 97. Other tracks include Monkey Wrench and My Hero.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Take That and Back For Good

Today's Transcript:

Foo Fighters Everlong - The drummer from the Foo Fighters is called Taylor - “Taylor” is the surname that links three of the original members of Duran Duran, even though none of them are actually related - If you swap the first letter of related for a B you get “belated”, which is a word associated with greeting cards which are late - Late has the general meaning of the word “tardy” - “Tardy” rhymes with “mardy”, which is another word for grumpy - Grumpy is the name of one of the seven dwarfs - The seven dwarfs hung out with Snow White - Snow White shares the same surname as Jimmy White, who recently changed his name to “Brown” as part of a corporate promotion for a well known brand of sauce - Source featuring Candi Staton had a big hit with "You Got The Love" - "Love Me Tender" was a hit for Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley shares the same surname as Priscilla Presley, who starred in the Naked Gun movies alongside Leslie Nielsen - Leslie Nielsen shares the same christian name as Leslie Grantham - Leslie Grantham has got a webcam like Chris Moyles - and Chris Moyles has met lots of showbiz personalities over the years, including Mark Owen and Robbie Williams, who both used to be in a band called “Take That” - Which links us to Take That and Back For Good.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - I think so:
*Just text debate on the members of Duran Duran and how they are all related or not, which was frankly quite dull.
TRACK INFO: - Released April 1995
- Of course, went straight in at number one, spending 13 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This was Take That’s best selling single, with 959,582 copies sold in total.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the May 95 number one album “Nobody Else”, which spent 33 weeks on the UK Album Chart.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Cliff Richard and Summer Holiday

Today's Transcript:

Take That Back For Good - Take That were managed by a man called Nigel - Nigel was also the name of the fella who ran the video shop in EastEnders - EastEnders is a show that Steve McFadden is most famous for, although he also does panto - Panto normally takes place at Christmas - Christmas trees are a major export from Norway - Norway’s capital is Oslo - If you add an N to Oslo you get “Onslow”, who was in Keeping Up Appearances, and the same actor who played Onslow also played Twiggy in The Royle Family (MC edit: called Geoffrey Hughes) - Family allowance is something you might get from the post office, as are stamps - If you swap the A of stamps for a U you get “stumps”, which are an integral piece of kit in the game of cricket - Cricket is popular in places like Australia and the West Indies, and Pakistan and India - and India is the birthplace of Cliff Richard - Which links us to Cliff Richard and Summer Holiday. [MC Edit: or more accurately Cliff Richard & The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings.. and Summer Holiday. Thanks..]

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - No but yeah but no but yeah but no:
*The link was actually seamless, but the choice of song wasn’t. For the second Friday in a row, Dave picked a load of old sh*te.
TRACK INFO: - Released February 1963
- A number one single, with 18 weeks on the chart under its belt.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The seventh of Cliff’s 87,645 number ones... and that’s a fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on the Summer Holiday 40th anniversary film soundtrack, digitally remastered an all that gubbins.

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Chemical Brothers and Let Forever Be

Today's Transcript:

Cliff Richard Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard likes tennis and is mates with Sue Barker - Sue Barker shares the same surname as Ronnie Barker, who starred in Open All Hours alongside David Jason, who then went on to do Only Fools And Horses and A Touch Of Frost - Frost first name Jenny used to be in Atomic Kitten with Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton - Natasha Hamilton has got a son with former Celebrity Love Island star Fran Cosgrave - Fran Cosgrave shares the same initials as both Frank Carson and Fearne Cotton - Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates host Top Of The Pops, and have also just been signed up by Radio 1 - Radio 1 is now truly global and broadcasts live around the world - “The world” is another way of describing planet earth - “Planet Earth” was the first single from Duran Duran - Duran Duran are fronted by Mr Simon Le Bon - “Bon” in French means good, while “bon bon” is actually a sweet - “Life Is Sweet” was a 1995 hit for The Chemical Brothers - and The Chemical Brothers have collaborated with many artists other the years, such as Noel Gallagher, who provided the vocals for “Let Forever Be” - Which links us to The Chemical Brothers and Let Forever Be.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Yes, but I have one query:
*Does Reggie Yates actually present TOTP anymore? I thought he’d been booted off? Anyone?
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1999
- Reached number 9 and spent 7 weeks on the countdown.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This was the second top ten Chemical Brothers hit featuring the vocals of Noel Gallagher, the first being October 96’s “Setting Sun” (which got to number one!). Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on the number one July 99 album “Surrender”, but more recently on the 93-03 Chemical Brothers Singles Collection. Tracklisting doesn’t look too bad to be fair..

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Today's Tedious Link:

INXS and Need You Tonight

Today's Transcript:

Chemical Brothers Let Forever Be - The Chemical Brothers are two blokes called Tom and Ed, who’ve both met Jo Whiley - Jo Whiley today has an exclusive Maida Vale special from the Foo Fighters - The Foo Fighters are one of three headline acts at this weekends Reading & Leeds festivals - Reading & Leeds don’t just share a joint festival, but also compete footballing wise with their respective sides in the Championship - Reading are currently top of the Championship and Leeds are fifth - and if you add up their combined points total you get the number 16 - The square route of 16 is 4, while 4 multiplied by 6 is 24 - 24 is the amount of hours in a day, and also a top US drama series starring Kiefer Sutherland - Kiefer Sutherland starred in “Flatliners” alongside Julia Roberts, who played the lead role in "Pretty Woman" alongside Richard Gere - The plural of gear is gears, which is what you’d find on a racing bike like the ones they use in the Tour De France - The Tour De France and cycling in general must give you strong muscles in your legs, as do karate and judo - Karate and Judo are two martial arts that involve the use of the kick - “Kick” was the title of a classic album from INXS - and it was this INXS album which featured a wealth of hit singles, including the 1988 hit “Need You Tonight” - Which links us to INXS and Need You Tonight.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - All bar one mistake:
*Judo doesn’t involve any kicking, it is all throws and ground work and stuff.
TRACK INFO: - Released November 1988
- Got to number 2 in the UK, spending 11 weeks on the chart... was a US number one single too.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - INXS are Australian. Short but sweet. Coooooooooooooome on England for Thursday!!!
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Get it on 2002’s “Definitive INXS” CD, or (if you want to be old skool) it’s on their 1987 album “Kick” too. This track won five MTV awards in 1988 incidently.

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Today's Tedious Link:

All Saints and Never Ever

Today's Transcript:

INXS Need You Tonight - Need You Tonight was released in 1988, the same year that the Olympics were held in Seoul - Soul, spelt differently but linked phonetically, is a type of music and a fish associated with Dover - Dover is where Joss Stone was born - Joss Stone shares the same surname as both Sharon and Oliver Stone - Oliver Stone directed “JFK” - JFK is the name of an airport in New York City - “New York City Boy” was a hit for the Pet Shop Boys - The Pet Shop Boys consist of Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant - Neil Tennant used to edit Smash Hits Magazine - Smash Hits is a popular music magazine of course, and magazine is also something you’d find on a machine gun - “Machine Gun” was a 1974 hit for The Commodores - The Commodores were fronted by Mr Lionel Richie, whose solo hits have included “Hello”, “Dancing On The Ceiling” and “All Night Long” - If you remove the last two words of “All Night Long”, you’re left simply with “all” - and if you combine “all” with the word “saints”, you get “All Saints” - Which links us cleverly to All Saints and Never Ever.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Class track and seamless too. *applauds*
TRACK INFO: - Released November 1997
- The first of All Saints’ five number one singles, with a mammoth 24 weeks in the chart and two at number one.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This track actually climbed to the top of the chart in January 1998 and sold a whopping 1,254,604 copies in total.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the self titled debut album “All Saints”. It reached number 2 when released in December 97 and stayed in the album chart til mid 99 (71 weeks in total).

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Today's Tedious Link:

Feeder and Come Back Around

Today's Transcript:

All Saints Never Ever - As well as being the name of a girl band from the late 90's, “All Saints” is also a popular name for a church - Church, first name Charlotte is dating spikey-haired rugby star Gavin Henson - Gavin Henson shares the same surname as Jim Henson, who created the Muppets - “Muppets” is the collective name for the characters Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Gonzo - Gonzo is the name of a show on MTV hosted by Zane Lowe - Zane Lowe is from New Zealand, as is Daniel Bedingfield - Daniel Bedingfield shares the same initials as David Bellamy, who in turn shares the same surname as Craig Bellamy - Craig Bellamy has got a tattoo on his arm, as has Lenny Kravitz - Lenny Kravitz used to date Nicole Kidman - and Nicole Kidman used to be married to Tom Cruise - Tom Cruise starred in "Risky Business" opposite Rebecca De Mornay - Mornay is a type of sauce I think, that is served with cod - Cod is a type of fish of course - Fish is often found on the menu in Wales - and Wales is a country that has given us many good bands over the years, with one of the most consistent being the mighty Feeder - Which links us to Feeder and Come Back Around.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Yes. Watertight. No really it was..
TRACK INFO: - Released October 2002
- Only got to number 14, and spent just 5 weeks on the chart. Shame.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This was the first single Feeder released after the death of drummer Jon Lee.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the top six November 2002 album “Comfort In Sound”, which spent 30 weeks on the UK Album Chart.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Iron Maiden and Run To The Hills

Today's Transcript:

Feeder Come Back Around - The bass player from Feeder is called Taka and is from Japan - Japan is the country that invented sushi - Sushi’s eaten raw and “Raw Like Sushi” was the title of an album by Neneh Cherry - Neneh Cherry originally did “7 Seconds” with Youssou N'Dour, although he did it this year at Live 8 with Dido - Dido has a brother called Rolo, who’s sort of in Faithless with Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss, who along with the rest of Faithless were at my 30th birthday party - Birthday parties only happen once a year, a bit like Easter and Bonfire Night - Bonfire Night is a celebration of the death of Guy Fawkes, who I think tried to blow up the Houses Of Parliament - The “H” from Houses and the “P” from Parliament provide the “H” and the “P” in HP Sauce, which is brown - “Brown Girl In The Ring” was a big hit for Boney M - If you were to allocate a number to every letter of the alphabet using the order in which they appear, with A being number 1 and Z being number 26, then the M (as in Boney M) would be number 13 - 13 is a prime number, a bit like 11 and 7 - 7 is the number of hills that surround the city of Edinburgh - and if you were into running or fell walking, and wanted to run towards the hills, you’d have to quite literally “Run To The Hills” - Which links us to Iron Maiden and Run To The Hills.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Yeah. No one can be arsed pointing out flaws this week it seems.. including moi.
TRACK INFO: - Released February 1982
- Got to number 7 and spent 10 weeks in Radio 1’s Top 40.. at the time presented by the late Tommy Vance.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - I will be at Leeds tonight... and staying as far away from the Main Stage and Maiden as I possibly can do. (I am actually posting this on the following Tuesday, so that really should be in the past tense i.e “I did stay as far away from the Main Stage”.. but I am trying to fool you into thinking I actually took time out from camping, eating falafels and being a druid to somehow get onto the internet from the festival site and post this crap). Its our little secret...
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the April 82 album “The Number Of The Beast”, and the first single to feature singer-come-pilot-come 6Music presenter Bruce Dickinson on vocals. He replaced Paul Di'anno in Oct 1981.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Supergrass and Alright

Today's Transcript:

Iron Maiden Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a qualified pilot like John Travolta - John Travolta’s movie credits include Grease, Pulp Fiction and Saturday Night Fever - A fever is something you might catch in the jungle - “Jungle” rhymes with “Bungle”, who was mates with Zippy and Geoffrey - Geoffrey’s the name that links Boycott with Archer - Geoffrey Archer has written loads of books, as has Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens is sadly no longer with us, and in that respect shares something in common with Winston Churchill - “Churchill” is the name of the dog on the insurance adverts, which used to feature the voice of Vic Reeves - “Vic Reeves” isn’t actually Vic Reeves’ real name, as he was born “Jim Moir” in Leeds, before moving to Darlington - Darlington is a famous town in the world of trains, and was where George Stevenson first tested his train, which was called “The Rocket” - “Rocket” is also a type of leaf found in salad - “Salad” is a word often found on a menu in a restaurant, as is “chicken” and “coffee” - “Coffee” rhymes with “goffey”, as in Chris Goffey, who used to present Top Gear - and Chris Goffey is the father of Danny Goffey, out of Supergrass - Which links us to Supergrass and the classic Alright.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Despite a few text quibbles, pretty much all there.
TRACK INFO: - Released July 1995
- Still Supergrass’s (joint) highest chart placing at number 2, spending 10 weeks inside the Top 40 in total.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Seen as one of the defining Britpop singles, this track was released as a double A Side with “Time”, from Supergrass’s May 95 debut number one album “I Should Coco”.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Get it as one of 21 tracks on the impressive “Supergrass Is 10 - The Best Of 94-04” CD, a top 4 hit in June of last year.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Fun Lovin' Criminals and Scooby Snacks

Today's Transcript:

Supergrass Alright - The video for Alright featured the band riding around on bicycles - Bicycles are a popular form of transport in China - “China In Your Hand” was a 1987 hit for T'Pau - The name “T'Pau” was taken from a character in Star Trek - Star Trek is set in space - Space were a late 90’s Scouse beat combo, who once did a roadshow with us in the pouring rain in Rhyl - Rhyl is in North Wales, which is where the Scott-Lee’s are from - Andy Scott-Lee is the one who’s going out with her out of Liberty X - Liberty X used to be called “Liberty”, and were actually formed from the rejects who never made it into Hearsay - Hearsay’s Suzanne Shaw has a baby by serial love rat Darren Day, who used to go out with Tracy Shaw, Andrea Boardman and Isla Fisher, who’s now with Ali G star Sacha Baren Cohen - Sacha Baren Cohen went to Oxford or Cambridge I think, both of which compete every year in the University Boat Race - “Boat race” is * rhyming slang for “face” - Face was a character in the telly show “The A-Team”, the title sequence for which featured an army helicopter known as a “Huey” - and “Huey’ is the name of the frontman from the Fun Lovin' Criminals - Which links us to the Fun Lovin' Criminals and Scooby Snacks.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Yes. Dave (by his own admission) is currently on a “rich vein of form”.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1996 + July 1997
- First time around got to number 22 (3 weeks on the chart) and second time around number 12 (5 weeks).
- MC FACT ATTACK: - As if you didn’t know already, the opening sample in Scooby Snacks (the “any of you motherf*ckers” bit) is taken from the conversation between Pumpkin and Honey Bunny at the start of the genius, masterpiece that is Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994).
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the Fun Lovin' Criminals July 1996 debut album “Come Find Yourself”, which went top 7 over here but apparently failed to do as well in the States.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Robbie Williams and Angels

Today's Transcript:

Fun Lovin' Criminals Scooby Snacks - Scooby Doo was mates with Thelma and Shaggy - A different Shaggy is a rapper who is mates with Rayvon, while a different Ray Von is mates with Max, Paddy and Brian Potter - Brian Potter shares the same christian name as Brian May, who is the other half of Anita Dobson - Anita Dobson played Angie in EastEnders, who was married to Den Watts, who’s now brown bread again, having been buried under the cellar of the Queen Vic under a load of cement - Cement needs to be mixed, as do * - “* and Dreams” was the name of the bar that Tom Cruise’s character Brian Flanagan eventually sets up in the 1988 film “*”, which also starred Brian Brown - Brian Brown shares the same surname as both Jocelyn Brown and Bobby Brown, who is the husband of Whitney Houston - Houston is the home city of Beyoncé, who sort of goes out with Jay-Z, who’s one of the richest and most important and influential people in the world of rap music, along with Dr Dre and Sean Puffy Combs Puff Diddy - “Diddy” is a word you’d also associate with David Hamilton, who I think still does the pitch announcements at Fulham’s ground Craven Cottage - Cottage pie is something you might have for your lunch in a pub - and in a pub was where Robbie Williams was brought up in Burslem - Which links us to Robbie Williams and the classic Angels.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Dave’s rich vein of form stops here:
*Concrete needs to be mixed, not cement - that is a constituent of concrete, under which Den is or was buried.
*”* and Dreams” wasn’t the name of the bar in *, it was called “Flanagans”. * and Dreams was on a neon sign behind the bar apparently. I wouldn’t know, I’ve never seen it.
TRACK INFO: - Released December 1997
- Only got to number 4, but spent a mammoth 27 weeks inside Mark Goodier’s Official UK Top 40.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This track sold 828,000 copies, is undoubtedly one of the greatest records of the last ten years, and was only Robbie’s fifth solo hit - at the age of 23. Robbie is also 9 days older than Chris Moyles (fact).. and will be on the show this forthcoming Monday after half 7.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Get it on “Life Thru A Lens”. October 1997. Number one. 123 weeks on the album chart. Nuff said.

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Today's Tedious Link:

KLF and Last Train To Trancentral

Today's Transcript:

Robbie Williams Angels - Angels are what you’d expect to meet in heaven - “Heaven” was a 1985 hit for Mr Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams is from Canada - Canada is famous for geese - Geese fly south for the winter - The plural of “winter” is “winters”, as in Bernie Winters, who had a dog called Schnorbitz, who was a St Bernard - Bernard Butler used to be in Suede - “Suedehead” was a hit for Morrissey - Morrissey was in a band called “The Smiths” - “Smiths” is a name you’d associate with crisps - Crisps are sold in bags - Bags are what you’d be waiting for in the airport, if you were standing at the carousel - The plural of “carousel” is “carousels” - Baggage carousels in airports are identifiable by a number, such as say number 1, number 5 or number 2 - and number 2 bizarrely was the exact chart position reached by the KLF in May 1991, with their hit “Last Train To Trancentral” - Which links us to the KLF of course and Last Train To Trancentral.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Almost, but:
*Smiths crisps don’t actually exist anymore, as they were taken over by Walkers.
TRACK INFO: - Released May 1991
- A top 2 hit for the KLF, which spent 9 weeks on the chart presented then by Mark Goodier (for the first time)...
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The KLF “retired from the music industry” on the 5th of May 1992, deleted their entire back catalogue, and burned all remaining merchandise to prove that this action was serious and not a stunt to sell more records.. FACT.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the March 1991 album “The White Room”, which spent 46 weeks on the UK Album Chart... peaking at number 3. That’s it, have a good weekend people. Cheerio.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Queen and A Kind Of Magic

Today's Transcript:

KLF Last Train To Trancentral - The KLF are also known as the “Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu” - If you remove one of the mu’s from “Mu Mu” you’re left with “mu”, which is a noise made by a cow - The plural of cow is “cows”, which produce milk - Milk is what you pour on your cereal - A serial of a different type is a multi episode continuing drama series, a bit like Lost on Channel 4 - Lost is all about the survivors of a plane crash - “Crash” was a 1988 hit for the Primitives - The Primitives are from Coventry, which is where Lady Godiva rode naked through the city centre on a horse - A horse has its height measured in hands - “Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)” was a top 3 hit for Ottawan, and one of the fellas out of Ottawan has got a son who’s now in Daft Punk I think - Daft Punk are French - The French colonised much of Africa - and Africa has got many islands off it, with one of the biggest being Zanzibar - and Zanzibar of course is famous for being the birthplace of the late, great Freddie Mercury, off of Queen - Which links us to Queen and A Kind Of Magic.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Yes, I think so. Sir Robert of Williamshire was in though, so the post-link analysis wasn’t up to its usual detailed standard.
TRACK INFO: - Released March 1986
- Spent eleven weeks on the Top 40 countdown, peaking at numero trois.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Today (as in Monday 5th September) would have been Freddie’s 59th birthday. FACT.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Get it on the 2002 triple CD “Queen - Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection”... you Queens.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris and Gossip Folks (Fatboy Slim Remix)

Today's Transcript:

Queen A Kind Of Magic - Magic is the business of Paul Daniels, who used to host “Wipeout” - “Wipeout” was a hit for the Fat Boys & The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson shares the same surname as both Quentin Wilson and Steve Wilson, who used to present Live & Kicking - If you add an A to the front of “Live & Kicking” you get “Alive And Kicking”, which was a 1985 hit for Simple Minds - Simple Minds were led by Jim Kerr, who has a son with Patsy Kensit, who also has a son by Liam Gallagher, and is now in Emmerdale along with that bird who played Marilyn in Home and Away, who I think used to go out with Matt Le Tissier - Matt Le Tissier is from Guernsey - Guernsey is famous for cattle - Cattle are prevented from straying onto main busy roads with the use of a grid - The Grid had a hit with “Swamp Thing” in 1994, the same year that “Carry Me Home” was a big hit for Gloworm - A gloworm, as the name would suggest, can glow in the dark - “Dark” rhymes with “lark”, which is a type of bird, as is a chicken - Chicken is what you might buy from a butcher, like Fred Elliott out of Corrie - and Fred Elliott shares the same surname as Missy Misdemeanour Elliott the singer - Which links us, unusually for me, to Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris and Gossip Folks (Fatboy Slim Remix).

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Hmm. Kind of:
*Apparently “her out of Emmerdale” left last night, although Dave and Emma were busy watching Location: Location: Location on the other side, so Vitty couldn’t confirm this flaw.
TRACK INFO: - Released March 2003
- Got to number nine and spent nine weeks on The Official Chart, at the time presented by Wes.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The last time Dave chose this as Tedious Link was Friday 18th of March earlier this year - proving that this feature is now conclusively dead due to Daves choices being repeated in 4/5 month cycles. Anyway, the last time he chose it the track wasn’t in the system so Chris had to play 4 My People instead. The point being, two Missy Elliott tracks on the show OUT OF CHOICE this year is two too many, as far as I’m concerned.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - You don’t care frankly do you. Plus I also refuse to promote Missy Elliott’s back catalogue in any way. Don’t buy her records people.. maybe then she’ll go away.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Ian Brown and F.E.A.R

Today's Transcript:

Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris Gossip Folks - Missy Elliott did “Car Wash” from the soundtrack to “A Shark’s Tale” with Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera used to do the Disney Club with Britney Spears, who’s now currently pregnant, a bit like Mariella Frostrup - Mariella Frostrup is Scandanavian, as is Magnus Magnusson - Magnus Magnusson used to present “Mastermind”, which is now done by Mr John Humphrys - John Humphrys shares the same initials as Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix is now sadly no longer with us, and in that respect shares something in common with King Harold - King Harold died when he got hit in the eye with an arrow at the Battle Of Hastings - The Battle Of Hastings took place in the year 1066 - If you add up all of the numbers contained within the numerical representation of the date 1066, you get 13 - Spookily 13 is the exact total number of letters contained in the words “The Stone Roses” - and the Stone Roses were fronted by the legend that is Mr Ian Brown - Which links us to Ian Brown and F.E.A.R

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - No, but just the one mistake:
*Magnus Magnusson is infact from Iceland - which isn’t part of Scandanavia, so thus he is not Scandanavian. He is Icelandic though, a bit like Björk. Thanks.
TRACK INFO: - Released September 2001
- Spent just four weeks on the chart and only got to number 13, when it deserved much better.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Brown appeared in a cameo role in the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), due to him being good friends with the director Alfonso Cuarón. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Taken from his third and highest charting solo album to date, “Music Of The Spheres” (number 3 in Oct 01). A musical genius and you should all own an Ian Brown or Stone Roses album. If not, “Ian Brown: The Greatest” (Hits) is out soon.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Pearl Jam and Alive

Today's Transcript:

Ian Brown F.E.A.R - Ian Brown shares the same surname as Gordon Brown, who is the Chancellor Of The Exchequer - The Chancellor Of The Exchequer does the budget thing every year, where he puts up the price of fags and bitter and petrol and stuff - The price of petrol fluctuates depending on the international price of crude oil - Oil is sold in a barrel - “Barrel” rhymes with “Carol”, as in Carol Smilie, who is from Glasgow - Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland - Scotland last night won 2-1 in Norway - The capital of Norway is Oslo - If you add an E to “Oslo” and then re-arrange the letters, you get the word “lose”, which England did last night against Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland is where Colin Murray is from - Colin will be here with Edith from 1 - “One” was a 1992 hit for the band U2 - If you take the number two from U2 and then multiply it by the number of working days in the average week, you get ten - and “Ten” was the title of the 1991 debut album from Pearl Jam, which spawned the hits “Even Flow”, “Jeremy” and the classic track “Alive” - Which links us to Pearl Jam and Alive.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - No, as Dave messed up his Oslo link:
*He added an E to create the word “lose” when it wasn’t needed. It gave us “loose” instead. The silly billy.
TRACK INFO: - Released February 1992
- Spent six weeks on the chart and cracked the top twenty, getting to number sixteen.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - For those of you unaware, Pearl Jam were a big part of the early 90’s US grunge explosion, along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. Kurt Cobain at one point attacked the group because he saw them as commercial "sell outs"; however Kurt and Eddie Vedder later made up and reportedly became friends. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - It’s all in the link there kids. From 1991’s “Ten”. Go purchase if of that musical persuasion. Peace Out.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Strike and U Sure Do

Today's Transcript:

Pearl Jam Alive - Pearl Jam are fronted by gravel voiced legend Eddie Vedder - Eddie Vedder shares the same christian name as Eddie Halliwell, who in turn shares the same surname as Geri Halliwell, who was known as “Ginger Spice” - Ginger the root is used extensively in Chinese cookery - One of the leading names in the foeld of Chinese cookery is Ken Hom - If you add an E on the end of the word “Hom” you get “home”, which in the world of sporting fixtures is the opposite of away - “Away In A Manger” is a good example of a Christmas carol - Carol Vorderman is dead smart and really good at Maths - “Maths” is an abbreviation of the full word, which is “Mathematics” - “Mathematics” shares many of the same letters as “Bass-O-Matic”, who had a 1990 hit with “Fascinating Rhythm” - It’s quite fascinating that the word “rhythm” contains no vowels - and when you look at the names of all of the people who work on this show, the only one whose name doesn’t contain any vowels is executive producer Rhys - Rhys is from Lincoln, which isn’t far away from Grantham - Grantham is where Maggie Thatcher is from, and she had problems with the miners - and this whole problem with the miners reached a peak in 1984, when the miners decided to go on “strike” - Which links us to Strike and U Sure Do.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Seamless for Friday. There’s some kind of cricket reference to be made there but I can’t be arsed.
TRACK INFO: - Released December 1994 & April 1995
- In two seperate entries, the track clocked up over 15 weeks on the chart and a top 4 position. Deserved it too.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - I don’t have a fact about this song. Just an opinion. It’s bloody brilliant.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Get it on “Back To The Old Skool: Club Classics”. Have it large everyone. Or something.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Tears For Fears and Everybody Wants To Run The World

Today's Transcript:

Strike U Sure Do - “Strike” is a word associated with a match, which is used to make fire - “Fire!” follows the words “ready” and “aim” in the world of shooting - Shooting Stars was the genius Vic and Bob quiz show that they’re talking about bringing back - Back pain is one of the most common excuses for bunking off work - “Work It” was a top six hit for Missy Elliott -”Elliott” was the name of the lad with the flying bike out of E.T, which also starred Drew Barrymore - Drew Barrymore shares the same surname as Michael Barrymore, who used to present Strike It Lucky - “Lucky Star” was Madonna’s second single release and the follow up to her debut hit “Holiday” - “Holiday” is a BBC show presented by Craig Doyle - Craig Doyle is doing the Great North Run this year, like we are - For us this race is a bit like “running the world” - and when you think of “running the world”, and the fact that everybody might want to do it, well.. everybody except me and Dom, you think of Everybody Wants To Run The World, the follow up to “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Tears For Fears, which came out in 1986 of course, to coincide with Sport Relief - Which links to Tears For Fears and Everybody Wants To Run The World (on Vinyl!).

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Just the one:
*Everybody Wants To Run The World came out for Sport Aid (following Live Aid the year before), not Sport Relief.
TRACK INFO: - Released May 1986
- This charity single got to number five and spent seven weeks on Radio 1’s Top 40.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Sport Aid was held on May 25, 1986, and is the sporting event with the most participants in history. It took place in 78 countries simultaneously, and was organised by Bob Geldof (who else?). As Dom would say - so now you know.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Can’t see any you can buy it on, sorry. But the back catalogue of other Tears For Fears stuff is all there. Great.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Yello and The Race

Today's Transcript:

Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Run The World - Everybody Wants To Run The World was released as part of Sport Aid in 1986, the same year that “When The Going Gets Tough” was a chart topper for Billy Ocean - Billy Ocean shares the same surname as Danny Ocean, who is the lead character in Oceans Eleven and Twelve, and is played by George Clooney - George Clooney also starred in “A Perfect Storm” with Marky Mark Wahlberg, who was in New Kids On The Block - Bloc Party were nominated for this years Mercury Music Prize, along with and Hard-Fi - Hard-Fi are from Staines, just like Ali G - The letter G in the numerical order of the alphabet is the number 7 - “Seven And The Ragged Tiger” was the title of an album by Duran Duran - Duran Duran are a good example of a band whose name consists of the repetition of one single word, a bit like “Talk Talk” and “Wet Wet Wet” - Wet Wet Wet are fronted by Marti Pellow - and “Pellow” rhymes with “Yello”, who had a top seven hit in 1988 with “The Race”, which is what we’ve got to do on Sunday in Newcastle, which is now only five days away (MC - That doesn’t work) - Which links us teasingly and topically to Yello and The Race

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - “Not quite, no” to quote the Tedious one himself:
*Marky Mark was in The Funky Bunch, not New Kids On The Block. Dave’s wife Emma went to see New Kids On The Block at the NEC in Birmingham y’know... fascinating.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1988
- Reached number seven and spent eleven weeks on the chart. Hate this song.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Yello were Swiss male/instrumental duo Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. Ha ha, no yah really.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Yello’s top 56 December 1988 album “Flag”. I know what you’re thinking, an essential in any record collection.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Bryan Adams and Run To You

Today's Transcript:

Yello The Race - Yello are from Austria - The capital of Austria is “Vienna”, which was also the title of the biggest hit by Ultravox - Ultravox were fronted by Midge Ure, who organised Live 8 with Bob Geldof - Bob Geldof shares the same initials as Barry Gibb, who was the tall, hairy one out of the Bee Gees - The Bee Gees are brothers, a bit like The Osmonds - The Osmonds are also Mormons, which is a type of religious group, a bit like the Amish People, who don’t drive cars or watchy telly and stuff, and actually was their clothes with a mangle - “Mangle” was the surname of Joe Mangle in Neighbours, who was played by the actor Mark Little - Mark Little shares the same surname as Stuart Little, who is a mouse - The plural of mouse is mice - If you swap the M from “mice” with an R you get “rice”, which is a type of carbohydrate like pasta and bread and stuff - Carbohydrates are a good thing to eat if you’re doing a big long run, like The Great North Run, which we’re doing this Sunday, you’ve probably heard - and if you came to the Great North Run to cheer us on, and were stood on the finish line, we would literally “run to you”, like the famous running anthem from Bryan Adams, Run To You - Which links us to todays clever athletics based Tedious Link track Bryan Adams and Run To You (bob on).

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Couple of minor major problems today Dave:
*Yello are from Switzerland, not Austria.
*Bob Geldof’s initials are R.G, as in “Robert Geldof”, not Bob Geldof.
*Mangles are used to dry not wash clothes. Dave argued something about them being involved in the washing process.. and then I lost interest.
*Also, and I do like this record, but is it really a “running anthem?” Discuss amongst yourselves.
TRACK INFO: - Released January 1985
- Spent 12 weeks on the chart, just peaking short of the top ten at number 11.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This was Bryan Adams’ debut UK hit single, 248 months ago back in January 1985. I wasn’t even born then and stuff. Woah.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From “Reckless”, the debut album, released by Bryan in March 1985. Number 7, 115 weeks... all that guff I usually say.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Kate Bush and Running Up That Hill

Today's Transcript:

Bryan Adams Run To You - Bryan Adams is Canadian, as is the beautiful Evangeline Lilly, who plays Kate in “Lost” - “Lost In Music” was a hit for Sister Sledge, as was “We Are Family”, while “Family Affair” was a hit for Mary J Blige - “Blige” is an anagram of “bilge”, which is a nautical term to describe the rounded portion of a ship's hull - Hull is a city on the river Humber - If you replace the H of “Humber” with an L you get “lumber”, which is the lower region of the back - “Back In The USSR” was a 1976 hit for The Beatles - The only two surviving members of which sadly are Ringo and Paul McCartney - Paul McCartney performed at Maida Vale on Monday night, as part of Zane Lowe’s “Legends Week”, which also features performances from The Prodigy and Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden knocked us out of this years celebrity Soccer Six tournament, which was held at West Ham - West Ham beat Villa 4-0 on Monday night with an astonishing Premiership hatrick from Marlon Harewood - Marlon Harewood shares the same surname as Marlon Brando, who is a famous actor, a bit like Kevin Kline - If you add an "in" to the front of Kline, and swap the K for a C, you get “incline”, which is a word associated with hills, of which there are many on The Great North Run - and when we do the run on Sunday, we will be running up that road and running up those hills, just like the famous record by Kate Bush - Which links us to Kate Bush and Running Up That Hill.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Not quite nope:
*Marlon Harewood and Marlon Brando share the same christian name, not surname.
*Also, Marlon Brando “was” a famous actor, not “is” a famous actor, as he died last year.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1985
- Went top three (unbelievably) and spent eleven weeks on the countdown.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Kate Bush’s new album is due out on November 7th.. twelve years after her last one. I don’t know much by her I’ll admit, but if it’s half as dull as this track then she shouldn’t bother.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From September 85’s number one album “Hounds Of Love”... uh oh uh oh oh uh oh! (etc)..

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Beatles and The Long And Winding Road

Today's Transcript:

Kate Bush Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush is mates with Peter Gabriel, who used to be in Genesis - Genesis is one of the chapters in the Bible - The Bible is the one book that you’ll find in a hotel room, because the gideons put it into the drawer next to the bed - “Bedshaped” by Keane was taken from their album “Hopes And Fears” - If you add “Tears For” to the front of Fears you get “Tears For Fears”, who consisted of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith - Curt Smith shares the same christian name as Kurt Russell, who’s the other half of Goldie Hawn, whose daughter Kate Hudson is married to Chris Robinson from The Black Crowes - The Black Crowes’ 1992 album “Southern Harmony And Musical Companion” featured the fantastic track “Remedy” - A remedy is what a doctor might give you and is not dissimilar to a cure - The Cure had a 1986 hit with “Boys Don’t Cry” - “Cry” is a word associated with wolf - Wolf was one of the Gladiators - Gladiators was hosted by John Fashanu, who also appeared in the jungle in “I’m A Celebrity...”, which was hosted by Ant and Dec - Ant and Dec are from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne is where we’ll be beginning the thirteen mile half marathon that is The Great North Run this Sunday, as we navigate the “long and winding road” to South Shields - Which links us to The Beatles and The Long And Winding Road.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Of course... not:
*Genesis is like a book, not a chapter in the Bible or something. Dave said “it’s a component part. Fact.” (good enough for me).
*A remedy is a treatment not a cure apparently.
*Also (spotted by me), Curt Smith and Kurt Russell only share the same name phonetically, which Dave didn’t point out. Thanks.
TRACK INFO: - Released N/A (Only by Gareth Gates & Will Young.. *murdered*).
- N/A
- MC FACT ATTACK: - There is no fact cos its after midnight and I’m bored to death of looking for facts. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - The final track on the November 2000 Beatles compilation “1”... probably like the greatest CD compilation ever. That’s it.