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Welcome to the Your Views topic - the place to come if you want to chat or comment about the Radio 1 shows as it happens. Come back at 4pm to chat live with others about Scott's show. Please refrain from text talk, and your posts may be moderated to keep the thread running smoothly or maybe used to create discussion threads elsewhere on the forum. Thank you!

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It was ok actually, and it's one of those that really grow on you.

At the moment I'm still in a Violet Hill mood.

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Rather liked the next new Coldplay track Zane just played. An exclusive I believe Scotty!

It was a bit Stone Roses-ish

I thought it was a bit like U2. Don't know if that was the full track or not - Zane seemed to cut it off pretty sharply. Not all that impressed on first listen, but then again Violet Hill has definitely grown on me since I first heard it.

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Blimey. Car Park Catchphrase was bonkers this morning?!? They nattered for so long with the callers that they didn't even have time to play the game...

Pretty amusing though.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Is Chappers doing the voiceovers for Grand Designs Live on Channel 4? He's a voiceover whore.

Yeah, Helen mentioned it earlier. Love Grand Designs.

Is it just me, or has Robbie Williams finally totally lost it???

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Is it just me, or has Robbie Williams finally totally lost it???

What? What about Robbie? Did I miss something important :shock:

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Oh never mind, I just heard the news. Wow, that's hilarious :P He must be so bored!!! I don't think he's lost it, he'll never lose it. I love Robbie Williams, he's one of my favourite people in the world :D I'm more of an indie rock fan but I know the lyrics of every song he has ever done.

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Robbie "I've grown a beard, and I'm going to Nevada to speak to people about UFOs". :confused: Newsbeat today 12.55ish

Maybe he wants to become a Scientologist?

PS. I love Robbie too, but this is a little extreme?!?

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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The newspapers game about someone claiming to be abducted by aliens wasn't far off then.

Haha true. AND it was Kylie :shock: What a coincidence.

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Does anyone else feel like UM is being plundered by Edith's show for ideas? And not for the first time...

Today the theme is being stuck in a lift. I seem to recall a recent blog on this very subject. Hmmmmm

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Does anyone else feel like UM is being plundered by Edith's show for ideas? And not for the first time...

Today the theme is being stuck in a lift. I seem to recall a recent blog on this very subject. Hmmmmm

Friday's theme was drunken texts if I recall? Amusing, will take it as a compliment.

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Yeah it's quite warm over here

It's a lovely day.

I wouldn't open the door of your house in London. You might get quite a few unexpected visitors.

Scott spent his bank holiday 'meeting the people'. He makes himself out like the mayor or something. I bet he didn't manage the Bank Holiday with no wine.

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The zoo is miles away here, although there's one opening in Cromer real soon. I might have to visit. It'll probably be full of chavs though. I mean visiting, not in the actual cages, that'd be even more amusing...

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    • It’s not necessarily the fact that Jamie is posh. It’s that the show seems to be really keen to play on it. Within 10 minutes of their first show they were playing voice notes from his Celeb mates. Compare that to Vick and Jordan’s first week in September 2021; their first links were about Jordan’s awkward encounter with his plumber and Vick slapping a roast chicken.    And then on Monday this week, Jamie is sulking (exaggerated sulking admittedly) about something, this ultimately being that another of his celeb mates has cancelled his appearance on their show, and they’re literally reading out texts such as ‘I’m sure this is going to be relatable to the entire population.’
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    • It's a bizarre thing though....it would be nice to hear a few more tracks from the past 10 years mixed into daytime. However, at the other extreme, I find it odd how often really old tracks come up on Anthems and even the likes of Soundsystem Party and Dance Anthems.   The odd throwback is great but sometimes it feels too much.
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