Cultivators in Clods of Regeneration,

A pheasant walks the streets. Icicles cling to trees drowning in the river and the fairground ride blasts out Everybody Hurts by REM. A dagger of ice is the perfect layered weapon to kill ideas.

Them in the corner, seemingly with their hopes pinned to the mast, their fate was always ill but popular culture was not their science.

Considering the past decade's noise in chart form is impossible. To demonstrate this, here are three compilations: Absolute Radio's, Channel 4's and the NME's.

Absolute Radio's makes me sick. If Keane had stopped at Somewhere Only We Know (ack ack ack), the world would be a better place. Seven Nation Army is a riff. There Goes the Fear by Doves is number 56 and Hey Ya by Outkast is 80.

Channel 4's is typically lame but annoys me most because I saw a segment where they described how great Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol is. Final Straw was the final straw (ack ack ack).

The NME has a lot to answer for. Just who will silence Florence and her flippin' Machine? Browsing their chart is well worthwhile just to be reminded of a few things.