Whamageddon

[rogerzilla]

Who's still playing?  I reckon I'm home and dry if I survive this weekend's trip to Sainsbury's.

[Karla]

I'm unwhammed.  Saturday's train journey to Sussex could see my undoing though.

[Kim]

I'm fairly sure I'm unwhammed, but more importantly, I'm still in the Pogues game^[1].

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/QR9FwcwxTG4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/QR9FwcwxTG4&rel=1</a>
https://youtu.be/QR9FwcwxTG4


_{[1] Which is superior to Whamageddon, because the USAnians don't understand it.}

[Wascally Weasel]

I'm fairly sure I'm unwhammed, but more importantly, I'm still in the Pogues game^[1].

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR9FwcwxTG4
https://youtu.be/QR9FwcwxTG4


_{[1] Which is superior to Whamageddon, because the USAnians don't understand it.}

I'm not clicking that link.  I don't want to risk the one way ticket to Whamhalla.

[Karla]

I'm fairly sure I'm unwhammed, but more importantly, I'm still in the Pogues game^[1].

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/QR9FwcwxTG4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/QR9FwcwxTG4&rel=1</a>
https://youtu.be/QR9FwcwxTG4


_{[1] Which is superior to Whamageddon, because the USAnians don't understand it.}

I'm not clicking that link.  I don't want to risk the one way ticket to Whamhalla.

Even though your name is Whascally Wheasel?

I'm about to go emergency present shopping at John Lewis.  Wish me luck!

[Kim]

I'm not clicking that link.  I don't want to risk the one way ticket to Whamhalla.

It's a link to the Pogues Game, which has a "no deliberate Poguerolling" clause.  Does the Wham version not have such a feature?

[mattc]

Wham and the Pogues both featured on yesterday R1 morning show before 11ses at work; this was my first exposure to R1 this December. (no, I didn't choose the station).

Both a welcome diversion from some of the tosh the station plays for the other 50 weeks of the year.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Wham, the Pogues and Noddy Holder are all far preferable IMO to the Mistletoe and Ivy that Mr Sainsbury assaulted my ears and branez with yesterday.

[rogerzilla]

Is Sir Cliff still cranking out a Christmas turkey every single year?

[Kim]

Is Sir Cliff still cranking out a Christmas turkey every single year?

Thanks to the output of a particularly dubious banner ad targeting algorithm^[1], I know the answer to this one: He's busy with a 60th anniversary^[2] tour.

But under normal circumstances he remains cryogenically frozen apart from when they thaw him out for December and the second week of Wimbledon.


_{[1] It's since reverted to its more usual mix of adverts for Mitsubishi electro-wankpanzers, Dorothy Perkins maternity dresses and tragic hipster coffee devices.
[2] Years in the music industry, apparently.}

[Mr Larrington]

Incredibly, in spite of the BBC running a news item about George Michael's cellotaph in Highgate just now, I'm still in.  Tomorrow lunchtime will be the make-or-break trip to the Pubbe.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

I was out weeks ago and delighted to be so.

[rogerzilla]

SO has just been whamrolled by a Man U fan, in revenge for going on too much about last night's score (SO is a Man City fan).

[mattc]

I was out weeks ago and delighted to be so.

Today we got last Christmas for the 3rd day running - but this time on R2 instead of R1. There's no escape.

R1 played Freedom as well - much the better tune IMHO ...

[Wowbagger]

Technically, I am out because it cropped up on FB and Dez, in explaining it to me, played the track in question. However,

1. I had never knowingly heard it before
2. I have no idea what it's called
3. I am pretty sure I wouldn't recognise it if I heard it again.

This post was sent from another dimension in which Mozart's Great C Minor Mass is currently being played. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is WAMageddon, and I am out every day, I am pleased to say.

[mcshroom]

Incredibly, in spite of the BBC running a news item about George Michael's cellotaph in Highgate just now, I'm still in.  Tomorrow lunchtime will be the make-or-break trip to the Pubbe.

A Pub lunch with my parents was where I was got on Sunday.

Be careful! They'll lull you into a false sense of security with a mixture of non-Christmassy Pop and Muzak, then just when you think you are safe - Wham!

[Mr Larrington]

Safely home and un-Whammed.  Probably helps that I had forgotten that the Pubbe in question is mercifully free from canned music of any variety.

[Basil]

I'm out.
I've also been Noddy-ed


It's not been a great day.

[Karla]

I got Whammed, Pogued and Rickrolled within the space of five minutes

[Vince]

I think I'm still in, though had a narrow squeak with a cover Noddy at a gig last week.

[PaulF]

I’m out, on the annual mince pie ride last night someone bought a portable speaker blasting out seasonal tunes.

6Music Sladed ang Pogued me as well

[rogerzilla]

Technically, I am out because it cropped up on FB and Dez, in explaining it to me, played the track in question. However,

1. I had never knowingly heard it before
2. I have no idea what it's called
3. I am pretty sure I wouldn't recognise it if I heard it again.

This post was sent from another dimension in which Mozart's Great C Minor Mass is currently being played. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is WAMageddon, and I am out every day, I am pleased to say.

Wow, when this was a hit, YOU were young!

[Wascally Weasel]

Is Sir Cliff still cranking out a Christmas turkey every single year?

Thanks to the output of a particularly dubious banner ad targeting algorithm^[1], I know the answer to this one: He's busy with a 60th anniversary^[2] tour.

But under normal circumstances he remains cryogenically frozen apart from when they thaw him out for December and the second week of Wimbledon.


_{[1] It's since reverted to its more usual mix of adverts for Mitsubishi electro-wankpanzers, Dorothy Perkins maternity dresses and tragic hipster coffee devices.
[2] Years in the music industry, apparently.}

The most bizarre popular culture thing involving Cliff Richard has to be the Thunderbirds film in which he and the rest of the Shadows starred in (in puppet form) as part of a dream sequence.  Well odd.

[lou boutin]

My undoing was the DJ hosting our Uni's Christmas in the Quad Fayre .  He decided to play Last Christmas before inviting the Uni Choir on to the stage to sing Christmas Carols.

[Steph]

My ears remain unsullied, probably because I am not getting out much apart for work.