"And I bet that this is how life
Turns out when you're finally grown
And you know if this my life
Sit around all day and I moan"

YOU ain't ever gonna burn my heeeeeeart ooooout

His vocals on The Importance Of Being Idle, The Death Of You And Me, Everybody's On The Run, Where Did It All Go Wrong.

The chorus of Acquiesce.

"Come on baby blue" etc. on Let There Be Love

Vocally he sings the following songs great

Full On.
Part Of The Queue.
Lord Don't Slow Me Down.
Helter Skelter.
Ballad Of The Mighty I.

But that's not the thread...His best line ever has to be "And SOOO SALLY CAN WAIT" right?

I've been lost, I've been found
But I don't feel down
No I don't feel down

Get the count in... where is it...

One... there it is... two... three... fooooaaar!

"The tears you cried,
You never did explain
And I remain,
Blowin' through you like a hurricane"

I've been enjoying it a lot recently, yeah. The verses are a bit ropey, and there's no doubting it's quite a generic song, stylistically, but it's got a lot going for it as well. 

"There's something in the way
She moves me to distraction
I travelled all this way
To try and make amends"

I tried to forget, but unfortunately with my late Father I was in Blackpool in 1996 to hear those words in this context:-
The idea that Tony Blair owes a debt of inspiration to John Smith?! and Neil Kinnock=Honour? If anything TB owes NK a debt of inspiration for showing him how to board the gravy train after democratic politics no matter what one may have done!

aaaaannnnnd breath   Sorry theyknowwhatimean but you knew that was coming 

Always happy to rant when it comes to him and that odious piece of (fill in your own appropriate words) Alistair Campbell 

It does happen time and again, but Tony Blair was on a whole new level. I have always been involved more in fringe policies so mainstream never really affected me other than in the same way as everyone else by policy implementation, but I and a few friends were astounded by how old Labour men including our fathers and grandfathers were falling for his complete lies.

It came really in my opinion as the logical conclusion to over a decade of Reagan/Thatcher derived policies that completely destroyed sections of society and divided others, followed by five years of ineffectual rule by the corrupted leftovers of her former cabinet under John Major. The time was right for a Labour comeback, and  John Smith to me had looked like an old school type to lead the party until his untimely death in in 1994 aged 55. This unfortunate turn of events was seized upon by the triumvirate of Blair, Brown and the "Minister without portfolio", later Lord Mandelson to reshape the party under a public relations blitz as the future of the UK. John McTeran wrote a piece in 2014 for The Guardian on how different it might have been under John Smith- John Smith would have led us to a decent world- The only frightening thing in that piece for me is the idea of Harriet Harman in any form of political power, much less his successor!

Whether or not John Smith would have achieved all he sought to is a matter of debate, however I agree he would have handled Europe a lot better in terms of population interest as opposed corporate, he would certainly have had no issue refusing to commit troops to Afghanistan or Iraq, thereby weakening the US myth of a 'coalition of nations', although with Scotland I believe myself he would have either allowed a full cede from the Union, or have not had the issue raised by running the closest thing to a truly Socialist Government this country had seen since WWII and perhaps before. Instead we are left with picking up the pieces of self serving liars, sociopaths and those subservient to unaccountable individuals who wield more power than any elected politician at present.

So where does this leave the future? If I am to follow Tony Benn's example and be positive only in public, then I would say that the death of Labour could spark in the near future the birth of truly socialist parties once more, as well as bringing more outside parties into the mix. This will of course be dependent on political engagement not just by my generation and those older, but by the 18-24 generation especially who vote least and because of that bear the brunt with the bulk of the targeted cuts. There are signs of hope- in 2005 38% of this  category voted, in 2010 it was 52% and in 2015 up to 58% which is very positive, but this must be backed by at least having an understanding of their politics rather than resorting to BBC/Guardian or Sky/The Sun for points of view, which is at best misleading and at worst dangerous as it can play into the hands of those whose interests are higher power serving or self serving.

Also because you are younger perhaps it is difficult to remember the Conservatives had a disastrous time in the political wilderness, which resulted in Lord Ashcroft bailing them out financially Telegraph 2007 and selling their former Smith Square HQ for £30,500,000 to Irish firm Harcourt Developments, who themselves have interesting strategies relating to nationalised Irish debts they owe and tax avoidance- Harcourt Goes Offshore Ahead of NAMA exit and NAMA to sell part of Harcourt Loan Book , both from the Irish Times and essentially translates to Irish taxpayers taking on debt to cover the banking and property collapse in the country- NAMA- Wiki so they still dealt with the usual type of suspect.

Back on track the main point to the above paragraph is they survived and returned stronger, whether that was a bad or good thing. The left leaning and true socialists movements can do likewise if they stop focusing on minor or side issues at least until they have established a coherent plan and started to get the primary message across to the general public. In that respect I hope to see in the next decade a shift towards a more broader political spectrum that creates headaches and keeps power and warmongers in check.

That's the guigsysEstring , theyknowwhatimean and matt (amongst others!) promise!