Sue - yes, of course; actually that's why I originally nominated SMBJ rather than one of the really obvious choices (like, er, Strawberry Fields Forever or Good Vibrations). Still, that to me is so much the essence of a great pop song that I'm really curious to know what people who slate it would put in its place. Maybe I'll start a BS thread.

Richard - yes, the folk process is still going in a few isolated pockets, but as far as 99% of society is concerned it's gone. Apart from anything else, as folkies we're specialists - it's a bit like saying that people never stopped wearing flares and big collars, because you can see people wearing them at a Seventies Night.