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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 3, 2018 20:41:47 GMT 10
The aim of "Chart to Chart" is that someone posts 4 music charts (US, UK, AUS & NZ) from the exact same period of time and the next person has to pick their favourite music chart out of the four. After the person picks their favourite, they need to add to the tally (which I have created at the bottom of this . As such, the respondent then has to post four charts of their own and the cycle continues. The charts can be from any time period.
This is an example of how the start of this game may look like: Me: *Posts the US, UK, AUS & NZ Charts from the 14th October 2001. I'll create the tally. Member #2: *Picks the US chart as their favourite out of the four. Underneath that, the member adds to the tally. Because the member picked the US, they would add a 1 next to the US. US: 1 UK: 0 AUS: 0 NZ: 0 Then the member posts four charts of their own. The next person to post in the thread would then do the same thing (i.e pick their favourite chart, add to the tally, post 4 charts of their own). For reference, here are the links to the charts:US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=sNZ: nztop40.co.nz/Because the ARIA Charts started in 1988, the Australian Singles Charts prior to 1988 are not on the link for the Australian charts above:1966 - 1974 [AUS]: www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/index.html1974 - 1983 [AUS]: rateyourmusic.com/list/Badgerdarkness/kent_music_report/* I haven't been able to find the singles charts from Mid 1983 - 1988 online, but I will keep searching.  I'm not sure how this will go, but let's see how it pans out. 
US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2001-10-13UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011014/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2001&date=20011014 (* The "Malcolm in the Middle" theme song was at #41 ) NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1148US: 0 UK: 0 AUS: 0 NZ: 0
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Post by #Infinity on Jan 4, 2018 15:18:34 GMT 10
My criterion for judging this is not just which songs were in the top 40 for a particular week, but also how high each respective single ranks. Overall, I would definitely have to award victory to the UK for this week of October. The entire top 10 is really solid for that territory, with the exception of the so-so "U Remind Me." Furthermore, it's great to see such classics as "In the End," "Fat Lip," "Flawless," "You Rock My World," and "Chain Reaction" performing so high on the chart, and even some of the hits that peaked a few weeks earlier, such as "21 Seconds," Baby Come On Over," and "Stuck in the Middle," remained within the top 40. It's also the only place where the atrociously annoying and childish "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" was not super popular at the time. The Australian list has mostly good songs, mainly comprised of general international hits, as well as songs popular in the UK a few months earlier, such as "Don't Stop Movin'" (infuriating for me as it is to see that song on the AUS and NZ charts but not the American one), but the top 5 for that week is rather unfortunate. I enjoy "Can't Get You Out of My Head," even though it's overrated, but I've really only ever marginally liked "Ride wit Me" and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," and the other two songs are good only for a laugh, not if you want to take them seriously. Even with "Don't Stop Movin'" at #6 this week, the rest of the chart isn't enough to put the AUS list nearly on the same level as the UK chart. The New Zealand chart is a little better, even with "Don't Stop Movin'" charting lower for that week, but the top 10 is still just good, not great. The US chart would actually probably rank second among the four of these, as the excellent "Fallin'" was at #1, and there are quite a few songs around the middle of the top 40 that I love that aren't represented on the other three charts. However, the high placement of the not-so-great Murder Remix of "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule, as well as "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" put the country at an ultimate disadvantage against the UK. US: 0 UK: 1AUS: 0 NZ: 0 US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1995-08-26 (Since the Hot 100 for a particular week is usually posted like 11 days in advance, this date makes more sense for the period in question) UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19950820/7501/ (This was the week of the highly publicized Battle of Britpop, in which there was a chart rivalry for the #1 spot between Blur and Oasis' respective new hit singles; ultimately, Blur won, but Oasis ended up becoming the true kings of the genre as it entered its peak in the 1995-1996 school year) AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1995&date=19950820NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3677
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 4, 2018 15:48:22 GMT 10
To my surprise, the US Billboard Hot 100 is actually quite good. With the exception of "I Can Love You Like That" and "One More Chance/Stay With Me", I think the Top-10 is pretty decent. It's good to see a Collective Soul song chart so high as well. I think i'm going to award the point to the US, namely because the Top-10 was generally the best out of the four. The UK Singles Chart isn't too bad either, although i'm not particularly fond of a lot of the songs on the chart. It would rank it 3rd out of the four charts. The Australian chart is generally not too bad. "Under The Water" by Merril Bainbridge would be my personal favourite out of the songs on the Top-10 that week. From a biased point of view, while it's good to see songs from Live, Faith No More and Foo Fighters in the Top-50, it's not enough to redeem the rest of the chart. However, with that said, the Australian Chart would rank 2nd out of the four charts. Overall, the New Zealand chart would have to be my least favourite out of the four. I'm not particularly fond of the Top-10 from that week and the rest of the chart doesn't really appeal to me either. US: 1UK: 1 AUS: 0 NZ: 0 These charts are from the week I was born:  US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-03-06UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990307/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1999&date=19990307NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1020
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Post by #Infinity on Jan 4, 2018 16:48:09 GMT 10
Well, it looks like you were born during a week that was far superior for Oceania than it was for the United's. In my opinion, New Zealand is the definite winner for the first full week of March 1999. "You Get What You Give" is an absolutely killer #1 song, and the whole rest of the top 10 is great, too, especially "Changes" by 2Pac, "Have You Ever" by Brandy, "Silly Love Songs" by Ardijah (a pretty cool alternate take on a fun Wings song from the 70s), and "To You I Belong" by B*Witched. Even beyond the top 10, the NZ chart is full of huge winners, such as "If You Buy This Record," "Praise You," and "One for Sorrow." There aren't really any high-charting songs that I dislike, so the overall mix is excellent. Australia is a solid runner-up for the week, but unfortunately, the amateurishly corny "Animal Song" was #3, while Cher's ridiculously overrated "Believe" was #2. Also, my least favourite song of the 1990s decade was at #17. Regardless, songs such as "That Don't Impress Me Much," "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)," "Anthem for the Year 2000," "Jackie," "Heartbeat/Tragedy," "Big Big World," and "All Torn Down" make this a great week for you to have been born on. The US Billboard Hot 100 is decent for this week, but a pretty large chunk of it is so-so, in my opinion. Monica's cover of the excellent "Angel of Mine" (originally by Eternal, but in a different key despite similar production) was the #1 song for the week you linked to, but Cher's "Believe" was #1 for the following week, whose chart was already posted by the time you were born. Beyond that, I'm not terribly crazy about "Heartbreak Hotel," "All I Have to Give" ( great composition, phony lyrics coming from the Backstreet Boys), "Miami," or "It Ain't My Fault," though "When a Woman's Fed Up," "I Still Believe," and "Kiss Me" are nice exclusives. Surprisingly, the UK is probably last for this particular week for me. I really like Boyzone, but their fairly pointless cover of "When the Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)" is a weak #1, and it certainly doesn't help that Whitney Houston's awful "It's Not Right (But It's Okay)" is at #5. "Can I Get A..." is also really awful, even though it didn't chart as high. Songs like "Fly Away" and "Maria" are pretty solid, but the mix of dull and annoying songs ends up hampering the UK Singles Chart into last. US: 1 UK: 1 AUS: 0 NZ: 1Here are the charts from the day I was born, August 18, 1992: US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1992-08-29 (This chart would've been published on that particular day, due to the issue of Billboard Magazine being released each Tuesday back then, and 11 days in advance) UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19920816/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1992&date=19920816NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3520
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 4, 2018 17:22:12 GMT 10
To be completely honest, the Early '90s aren't really my favourite era for music and the four charts aren't particularly great, IMO. However, if I had to pick a favourite, the New Zealand Chart would be the best out of the four charts. The Top-10 isn't all that great and it's a shame that "Baby Got Back" was at #8 that week, but the rest of the chart is somewhat decent and there are a few standouts for me, such as "Lithium" and "Nothing Else Matters". The Australian chart is my least favourite out of the four. I honestly wouldn't go out of my way to listen to any of the songs on the ARIA Top-50. Even the Australian songs which were on the chart are quite mediocre. The Teen Queens.  In my opinion, the UK Chart is quite mixed in terms of overall quality. With the exception of "Achy Breaky Heart", the Top-10 generally isn't too bad. I personally think the UK Chart is better than the Australian Chart, in any case, and I would rank it as the runner-up. The Billboard Hot 100 is neither good or bad. The Top-10 isn't particularly great, with songs such as "November Rain" and "Baby Got Back" at #3 and #5 respectively. US: 1 UK: 1 AUS: 0 NZ: 2Here are the charts from the first full week of the 2000s: US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2000-01-01UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20000102/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2000&date=20000102NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4130
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Post by #Infinity on Jan 4, 2018 18:24:31 GMT 10
Australia finally gets on the map for this week. Having both "Bring It All Back" and "Absolutely Everybody" in the top 10 is enough to put the country way in the lead, as those are two of my very favourite songs of the Y2K era, but I'm also highly impressed by the rest of the entries for this week as well. Among the other highlights would include "Waiting for Tonight," "I Try," "Weir," "Don't Say You Love Me," "The Bad Touch," "That's the Way It Is," "Don't Call Me Baby," and "(You Drive Me) Crazy." The UK is very close behind Australia, however. S Club 7 being at #2 is great, of course, but I'm also impressed by the songs by Steps, R. Kelly, Cuban Boys, Vengaboys, Boyzone, and Westlife. This is surprising to me because the subsequent Now album, Now 45, is one of the weaker entries in the series, but at the very start of the 2000s, things were actually quite solid. New Zealand makes a strong showing for the beginning of the new millennium, but the competition against Australia and the UK is too stiff. Although S Club 7 held the #1 slot for this week, "S Club Party" is definitely my least favourite of the 3 S Club 7 singles that charted in different countries at the time, due to being a partial guilty pleasure rather than an excellent pop song through and through. "Don't Say You Love Me" charting super high is a plus, as is the presence of "She's the One" and "2 Times," but on the downside, "Shake Your Bon-Bon" and "Summer Girls" are also in the top 20. The United States, however, is dead last. To start off, the US is the only one of these countries to not have an S Club 7 song on the charts, let alone in the top 5, due to Miami 7 premiering here later than other territories and also because Americans have their head up their arse when it comes to welcoming in good imported pop. Besides that though, the top 5 is mostly dominated by a gaggle of middling ballads, and stuff like "Girl on TV," "U Know What's Up," "Get It On Tonite," "Dancin'," and "He Can't Love U" is certainly nothing to write home about either (the former is memorable, but not for the right reasons). The best exclusives, like "Meet Virginia," "Black Balloon," and "Learn to Fly," rank far too low to redeem the Hot 100 for this week. US: 1 UK: 1 AUS: 1NZ: 2 Next up is the first full week of 2008, so roughly a decade ago from now: US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2008-01-12UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20080106/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2008&date=20080106NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1464
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 4, 2018 19:07:55 GMT 10
Overall, I believe the Australian chart is the best out of the four. The Top-10 is quite easily the best out of the four charts, IMO, particularly with songs such as "Untouched" and "How Far We've Come" being at #2 and #9 respectively. I also like the fact that "Hey There Delilah", "The Pretender" and "Shadow of the Day" were in the Top-30 at the time. The big plus for me is that the ARIA chart wasn't over-saturated with "ringtone rap", unlike the American and New Zealand charts. There is a lot more diversity on the Australian chart than the other three. The New Zealand chart is the runner-up for this week. Most of the songs on the chart are pretty average and I don't like the fact that Soulja Boy had two Top-20 singles. However, there is a fair amount of diversity on the chart and that is the redeeming factor for me. IMO, the UK Chart generally isn't too bad. Even though it ranks at 3rd place, I think it's substantially better than the Billboard Hot 100 at the time. While I appreciate the fact that "ringtone rap" didn't saturate the chart, most of the songs on the UK Chart aren't really to my liking either, which is why it comes in at 3rd place. The Billboard Hot 100 comes in at last place. 2008 was a pretty mediocre year for American music and it's easy to see why. Honestly, I think the Top-10 is quite awful. The only somewhat decent song is "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles. As for the rest of the chart, it's just as subpar. Just as a side note, I think it's interesting that "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was in the Top-10 for all countries, except for Australia, where it was only at #49 on the chart. US: 1 UK: 1 AUS: 2NZ: 2 Here's a completely random one. The charts from the 18th/19th May 1991. US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1991-05-18UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19910519/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1991&date=19910519 (You may be unfamiliar with the Top-4, so here are the links to them: "The Horses", "Don't Go Now", Tingles EP, "Better") NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3455
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Post by #Infinity on Jan 5, 2018 18:32:21 GMT 10
1991 is just not a very good year for popular music, and that's represented thoroughly in this gaggle of robotically upbeat dance/house songs and dull adult contemporary and 80s leftover music. That said, Australia and New Zealand are in the clear lead for this particular week, as both countries have great exclusives. The top 4 songs you linked for Australia sound surprisingly progressive for a pre-Nevermind world; all are great alternative rock songs that sound quintessentially 90s. New Zealand's #1 is more of a typical hair metal rocker, but it's pretty good too, if not excellent. "Tears on My Pillow," "Why Does Love (Do This to Me)," "Standback," and "Burning Rain" are great exclusives, however. Ultimately though, Australia once again wins this round, as the strength of its top 4, including the apparently loathed "The Horses," puts it at a solid advantage over the rest of these, while New Zealand is severely burdened by "I've Been Thinking About You" being at #5. Still, this round is quite close. As for the US, I suppose I really like "I Touch Myself," "I Don't Wanna Cry," and "Baby Baby," but there are just a lot of songs on this list that I really don't care for that much. I've never been that into "Losing My Religion," and "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" and "Here We Go, Let's Rock and Roll" are pretty weak top 3 entries. Michael Bolton's "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" is just pitifully kitschy, and most of the rest of the top 20 is just so-so. The UK Singles Chart contains a lot of really good songs, like "There's No Other Way," "Fading Like a Flower," "The One and Only," and "RSVP," but they're ranked too low to put it on the same level as Australia and New Zealand. The top 10 isn't bad, but it's just not quite as good as those two countries. US: 1 UK: 1 AUS: 3NZ: 2 Here are the charts for beginning of 1998, so two decades ago from today: US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1998-01-10UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19980104/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1998&date=19980104NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3801 (FYI, I'm pretty sure "Butterfly" is actually supposed to be the song by Mariah Carey, not Crazy Town, as that version wasn't made yet.)
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 5, 2018 19:47:56 GMT 10
I must admit, the Top-10 for all four countries aren't particularly great. Ultimately though, the UK Chart wins this week. I like the fact that "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia is at #9 and "Angels" is quite a decent song as well. The rest of the chart is "hit and miss", although it's generally not too bad. The Billboard Hot 100 comes in as runner-up for this week. Personally, I think it's good that there were no Aqua songs within the Top-20, unlike the other three charts. "Truly Madly Deeply" as a Top-10 single is a bit of a let-down and i'm not overly keen on some of the songs outside of the Top-10, but it's still marginally better than the NZ and Australian charts. Like the ARIA Chart (which I will talk about in the next paragraph), the Top-4 is pretty mediocre. I'm not particularly fond of the rest of the Top-10 either, to be honest. However, I still believe the NZ Top-50 is generally better than the Australian chart. The thing that most intriqued me was the song at #23 on the New Zealand chart. I thought "Butterfly" by Crazy Town was released in 2000?  For this week, Australia comes in at dead-last. For starters, having "Doctor Jones", "Tubthumping", "I Will Come To You" and "As Long As You Love Me" as Top-4 singles isn't exactly a great look and sets the tone for the rest of the chart. While "If You Could Only See", "Hitchin' A Ride" and "Dammit" are personal standouts, it doesn't redeem the chart, which is mediocre at best. US: 1 UK: 2AUS: 3 NZ: 2 Many people have mixed opinions over music from the Mid 2000s, so I decided to randomly pick a chart from 2006. Here are the charts from Mid-April 2006: US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2006-04-08UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20060409/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2006&date=20060409&cat=s (Like the chart from 1991, there are a few Top-10 songs which you may be unfamiliar with. Here are the links to them. "Forever Young", "Flaunt It" ( ), "When It All Falls Apart", "All I Hear") NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1373The top 4 songs you linked for Australia sound surprisingly progressive for a pre-Nevermind world; all are great alternative rock songs that sound quintessentially 90s. The "90s alt-rock" scene actually started earlier in Australia than it did in the US. Sometimes I wonder how the alt-rock scene would have played out in Australia, if Nevermind had never been released and Grunge had never become a mainstream movement in the US. As for the New Zealand songs, I haven't listened to them before, but i'm planning on listening to them later on tonight.
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Post by longaotian on Jan 7, 2018 5:40:32 GMT 10
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Post by #Infinity on Jan 7, 2018 18:49:24 GMT 10
New Zealand definitely wins this round. Even though it's only a month later than one of the periods I already rated, things quickly went south for Australia and especially the UK. The UK Singles Chart has rather little in the top 20 that I really enjoy, and the presence of both "Girl on TV" and especially "Ooh Stick You!," the latter of which is in my list of least favourite 10 songs of the 1990s, makes it a truly subpar week for the country. The two songs I really adore on Australia's chart for the beginning of the millennium are much lower here, and while the chart is still good overall, there are just other songs exclusive to the New Zealand chart that stand out much more, like "2 Times," "Flying wihtout Wings," and "She's the One." New Zealand also includes "Candy" and "All the Small Things," which are on the American chart as well but chart much higher there. "Shake Your Bon Bon" being #13 is unfortunate, but the rest of the songs placing high on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart make up for that. The American Billboard Hot 100 is better here than it was a month earlier, but it's still held back by the lousy "Get It On Tonite" placing at #5, as well as most of the exclusives not being as good as they are for Australia and New Zealand. US: 1 UK: 2 AUS: 3 NZ: 4Next up, here is the middle of 1996: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-07-13www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19960630/7501/www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1995&date=19960630nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3722
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Post by longaotian on Jan 9, 2018 10:35:54 GMT 10
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 9, 2018 14:46:47 GMT 10
This is a tough one. The Billboard Hot 100 has the best Top-20, while the ARIA Chart is the best overall, IMO. If I had to choose, I would have to go with the ARIA Chart as the best end of year chart for 2002. A few notable highlights for me are "In The End", "Sk8er Boi", "Wherever You Will Go", "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)", "Smooth Criminal", "The Greatest View" and "Where's Your Head At?". The Billboard Hot 100 comes in as runner-up, namely due to it's strong Top-20. New Zealand comes in at third place, just behind the US Billboard Hot 100. I like quite a few songs in the NZ Top-20, such as "Amazing" and "Wherever You Will Go". However, the rest of the end of year chart doesn't live up to the same standards, with it being "hit and miss". Coming in at last place this round, the UK Chart. I must admit, most of the songs on the UK end of year chart don't really appeal to me. US: 1 UK: 2 AUS: 5NZ: 4 Here are the charts from the 4th/5th December 2004. US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2004-12-04UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20041205/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2004&date=20041205&cat=sNZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1303
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Post by #Infinity on Jan 14, 2018 17:25:19 GMT 10
Wow. I think the 2004-2005 school year was a mostly solid time for music, but these charts just aren't very good, much to my surprise. I'm giving this round to the US, however, because even though the high slots contain more than a few songs I'm not that into, there's also at least a somewhat decent representation of hits I do really like, such as "Breakaway," "Goodies," and "I Don't Want to Be." The lower half of the top 40 is also mostly solid, too. The UK is quite disappointing for this particular week. Aside from the #1 spot being occupied by a Band Aid rehash of all things, hardly anything in the top 10 impresses me much, and the slots beyond that aren't too impressive, either. The UK saw a lot of excellent hit singles in the mid-2000s, but this week does not reflect that at all. The Australian chart is full of many of the same songs I really don't like that simultaneously did well in the UK, like "Just Lose It," "Lose My Breath," and especially that god-awful cover of "Car Wash." "My, My, My" is pretty cool, but obviously that can't save an otherwise really mediocre list. Much of the same garbage is on the New Zealand chart, but the Shark Tale cover of "Car Wash" that soured me to the song before I even heard the original is #4, which just puts the list on a special level of weak, even with "These Words" being #3. US: 2UK: 2 AUS: 5 NZ: 4 Next up, a slice of late 1993: US: www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-10-30UK: www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19931024/7501/AUS: www.australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1992&date=19931024NZ: nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3582
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 15, 2018 10:49:28 GMT 10
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