Next week's themes...
Thanks to everyone who supported Children In Need last week and a special thank you to the regulars who came down to say hello on Friday night. I am looking forward to getting 'back to normal' this week and I think we've got some good themes lined up for you...
Monday:
Mine is 'Judy Garland', Barbara's is 'Maggie Bell' and Kirsten's is 'John Paul Jones from Led Zep...but who was born on your birthday? That's the theme for tonight as we look forward to BBC Radio Scotland's 30th. Text or call during the show or why not leave a comment on the blog and if you can't think of one tell us what day you were born on and we'll find you a celebrity to blow out the candles with...
Tuesday:
Julie in the Borders suggested 'first' and 'last' as a theme. Tonight we'll do First Kiss and First Time Ever I Saw Your Face....
Wednesday:
...which means tonight we'll do Always The Last To Know. What do you want to hear? Email your suggestions to getiton@bbc.co.uk
Thursday:
BBC Radio Scotland is 30 years old at the weekend so tonight we turn back the clock to the year we came on air. 1978 is the theme so e-mail or blog with your memories of '78.
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GIO Team - I thought last weeks shows were fantastic, it was obviously very hard work for you all so well done!
I am very lucky to have 2 good artists for 14 Decemeber:
Mike Scott, Waterboys - Whole of The Moon is always a great song to hear but a bit overplayed so how about The Big Music as it features Eddie Reader or The Thrill Is Gone which is my favourite Waterboys track.
Beth Orton - she plays an absolutely great cover of Stolen Car. Would love to hear that.
May I make Bowie and Elvis picks for them (8 January):
Elvis picks Golden Years as Bowie apparently wrote this for him.
Bowie picks - Little Sister.
Cheers
Norrie Maclean, Renfrew
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Hi All
I'll second Norries comments re last week, great shows and well done to all the team.
I share my birthday with Chris Cornell so I would love to hear "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden but as something a little more listener friendly I would settle for "Black Hole Sun" which is also a great track.
Thanks
Maria
p.s. My birthday is July 20th :-) Remember after first singles and occupations I said it felt like a first date? Here we go again!
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MONDAY
'Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing' - Chris Isaak
Chris and I were born on June 26th
He is, of course, much older than me.
In fact, he's old enough to be my...........
...............big brother!
TUESDAY
'First Thing In The Morning' - Kiki Dee
WEDNESDAY
'The Last Chance Texaco' - Rickie Lee Jones
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Willie Nelson covers bot Tuesday and Wed:
Willie Nelson - Last Thing I Needed First Thing THis Morning
Absolute classic Willie Nelson - worth the admitance for Willies delivery of the opening few words.
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Norrie,
Tues and Wed also both covered by The Sisters of Mercy - First Last and Always. Guess which one BB will play!
I'm off to research my Birthday Buddy now ;-)
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Ali - maybe they will play both? Thats a good Sisters track, its the only Sisters album I have I must admit.
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THURSDAY
Glen and I wish to know if there will be a rerun of the nadir that was Smash Hits theme night.
If so, we shall be ensconced in the Mohawk and Safety - Pin.
Unless we're still barred.
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Hi,
Birthday Buddies... Below are the results of my search and suggested songs for Monday:
Tommy 17 Sept:
Fee Waybill of The Tubes (checked them out on YouTube...Hmm)
Bebe Winans, a gospel singer
Ali 1 Oct:
Keith Duffy of Boyzone( I mean, REALLY!!)
Jerry Martini of Sly and the Fam.
Julie Andrews
Eve 14 Feb:
Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 (don't know much about them)
Aedan 29 June
Ian Paice of Deep Purple
Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls
Think it's safe to say Aedan's Buddy wins and I don't mean Pussycat Dolls, he wouldn't appreciate them anyway.
So BB can we get some Deep Purple on for our rocking 4 year old,Highway Star or Hush would be good.
Cheers
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Tramp Basher: My father told me about 1978.
Monday
I share my birthday with:
Roger Waters - High Hopes
Claydes C. Smith - Kool and the Gang - Let's Go Dancing
Also with Buster Bloodvessel, Scott Travis (Judas Priest), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (A-ha) and Ireland's answer to Cerys Matthews - Dolores O'Riordan: all of whom I have no desire to hear.
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Roger Waters, of course, had nothing to do with High Hopes but he was there in spirit.
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I also share my birthday with Christopher Brookmyre, with whom I once shared a toilet.
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Monday - Birthday Buddies
It was too difficult to choose just one...
October 3
Eddie Cochrane (1938) - Summertime Blues
Chubby Checker (1941) - The Twist
Lindsey Buckingham (1949) - Go Your Own Way
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954) - Cold Shot
Tuesday - First
Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time
Nick Drake - One Of These Things First
Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
Aretha Franklin (The First Lady Of Soul) - Think
Wednesday - Last
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Paolo Nutini - Last Request
The Strokes - Last Night
Thursday - Songs from '78
The Who - Who Are You
The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Parliament - Flashlight
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Monday
Share my birthday with Darryl Hall so how about playing "I can't go for that" or "Maneater".
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Mon.
Trent Reznor & the Nine Inch Nails with Hurt
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Glen, I'm hurt!
Surely you won't allow a Welsh girl to drive a wedge between us?
Besides which, it's your round.
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She means nothing to me and I distinctly remember buying you a Campari just before you passed out.
Tuesday
Ike Turner - Rocket 88 - First rock'n'roll record
Wednesday
Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys - You'll never get another one
Thursday
Warren Zevon - Johnny Strikes Up the Band - An ideal opener from my favourite album
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Aye Glen sometimes you do seme quite exciteable!
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Forgive me Glen, for I have sinned.
When we went for the matching tattoos, I got a dabbity.
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MON:
On the non-musical front I'm quite happy with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Garfield Sobers, Beatrix Potter, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Earl Tupper (the inventor of Tupperware!) and Marcel Duchaump...plus it being the anniversary of the first potato arriving in Britain!!!).
Not quite so much on the music front:
Rudy Vallee...about whom I know nothing except that he used to sing through a megaphone.
Rachel Sweet - born on exactly the same day as me. Her most well-known song is probably B.A.B.Y but she also sang the theme tune to the original, John Waters version of Hairspray which is fun.
Peter Doyle of The New Seekers - "Never Ending Song of Love" reminds me of car journeys with my two sisters and us trying to recreate the harmonies in the chorus.
Bit more street-cred with Mike Bloomfield, guitarist on Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited".
The daughter (who wishes to remain nameless) shares a birthday with Mick Jones of The Clash (and also with Scotch Git!!!). She would like to hear "Should I Stay Or Should I Go".
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Hi guys.
Thoroughly enjoyed all of last week's programmes. Great job and loads of money raised for the bairns! Check out Vic's Pudsey Party from just before 20 minutes in... LOL
My choices for this week are as follows!
Monday - Birthdays:
I share my birthday with Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, so will not hesitate to recommend 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana! Fantastic track!
Tuesday - 'First':
You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White (Works for Wed as well!)
Wednesday - 'Last':
This Is The Last Time - Keane
Thursday - 1978:
Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs - Brian and Michael
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I was quite pleased to discover that I share my birthday - 6 February - with some great musicians (and others!):
Bob Marley - No woman no cry
Kate McGarrigle - Go Leave
Natalie Cole, - Miss You Like Crazy
Jerry Marotta, a member of Orleans - Dance with me
Axl Rose of Guns & Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Please don't play Rick!
Joe
Linlithgow
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It seems I share my birthday (26 June) with more famous GIO bloggers and listeners (Scotch Git and Julie from Edinburgh's daughter) than great musicians.
However, I was born on exactly the same day as Mick Jones of the Clash. Julie's daughter's shout for Should I Stay or Should I Go is good - but I would probably prefer (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais or Janie Jones.
One other possibility for 26 June is Georgie Fame. Sitting in the Park or Moody's Mood for Love would be fine (but not Yeh, Yeh - please).
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Well, well - twa tawties on the same day.
Monday - I share my birthday with John Cleese and Simon Le Bon, so unless its The Lumberjack Song I guess we'd better go with the Duran Duran brothers.
"Rio" is appropriate I suppose.
Curiously enough they are playing a gig here this Saturday. Havent bought my ticket yet.......
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Birthday Buddy
Lyndsey de Paul - sugar me
Tuesday
First of the Gang to die - Morrissey
Wednesday
Last of the famous international playboys - Morrissey
1978 is coming soon!
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22nd May and having researched loads of composers whom I've never heard of apart from Wagner I the found the following
Jerry Dammers
Bernie Taupin
Morrisey
Therefore it's either Death Ride of the Valkyries or Pressure Drop by The Specials.
Never noticed Lynsey De Paul, but there's no song there I'd request.
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TUE. FIRST:
Bananarama - "Love in the first degree"
WED. LAST:
KLF - "Last train to trancentral"
THU - 1978 - One of my favourite years - I was 16...I loved punk, new wave and reggae, went to loads of concerts, bought loads of singles...I may have to venture into the cupboard under the stairs again...expect a list!
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Bobby - like you I am looking forward to 1978, for my musical tatse that has the potential to be a great show, though I have to say a quick scan of the Number 1's from 1978 is extremely unpromising!
Good couple of Mozz tracks suggested, the live version of Playboys on the recent greatest hits is great, another good Last track would be
Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me.
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Aaah. What nuggets you find when researching for themes. When? 8th September.
Who? Pink, Jose Feliciano, and Frank Tovey amongst others who include Patsy Cline. Frank Who? Think Fad Gadget..... different anyway.
I'd settle for Jose and Light My Fire
Runnerman6 formerly known as Davie from Cardross
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Finding out who you share your birthday has been quite interesting. I don't think that I really want to hear Serge Gainsborough or Bananarama (Keren Woodward) so it comes down to a choice between Emmylou Harris or Marvin Gaye.
Despite my leanings towards country music, Emmylou has to lose out - but only because she is 5 years older than me but looks 10 years younger!
Marvin Gaye has put out some great stuff but how about "Abaham, Martin and John" which doesn't get a lot of airplay but, to me, is a better version than Dion's.
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Monday Birthday Night -
Not only do I wait all year for my birthday (Dec 24th), my birthday buddies are a pretty strange combo -
Ace of Spades - Lemmy from Motorhead
She Bangs - Ricky Martin
Working in a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
You Must have Been A Beautiful Baby - Harry Warren (composer)was born on my birthday.
Alternatively, the number one song on the day I was born was 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade ( for the very first time). Or is that a theme for another night?
I reckon Lemmy is my best bet for tonight, unless someone can think of something better?
:)
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A few thoughts for the rest of the week....
First
#1 - Goldfrapp
Last
At last - Etta James
Last request - Paulo Nutini
Last to die - Springsteen
Last train home - Nanci Griffith
1978
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Because the Night - Patti Smith
Denis - Blondie
Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer
Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth Wind and Fire
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Joe
Linlithgow
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Surprise!!!
Hmmm. seems i share my special day with OJ simpson.. Any chance we can have the Smiths - Hand in Glove then?.......
Marc Almond is also a buffday Buddy, Say Hello, Wave G`bye would be a bittersweet kind of birthday wish but surely.. surely we have to bust a few subwooffers with some AC/DC as Bon Scott was one of my birthday bretheren, Rock & Roll ain`t Noise Pollution , please.
Lets Get it On Bry
kindest rearguards
Paul
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It would be good to hear that one Kirsty. I think that it was on "The Tube" that Lemmy was larking around and really got up Muriel Gray's nose. She came close to losing her temper with him but cut him down to size beautifully by telling him that it was pretty obvious why he was called a lemon. :-)
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Ah, order is restored!
I've done something wrong in a past life (or maybe even this one!).
July 15th - birth date of Joe Satriani, Jason Bonham and Linda Ronstadt :-(
Oh! Also Ian Curtis (I'd do a smiley but that's not necessarily appropriate for the doomy ones), so could we please have "Ceremony" by Joy Division just to bring the mood down a bit?
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Norrie, Julie,
Canny wait for 1978, I was 16 and left school in the summer to go into the shipyards. Anthem of the year was God Save the Queen, however here's my list (see which ones were taken from John Peels Festive Fifty!)
God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols
White Man - The Clash
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
If I can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Alison - Elvis (who my dogs named after!)
Switch - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Shot by Both Sides - Magazine
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
I'm sure there will be more!
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#34 - Harry, Linda Ronstadt is pretty cool... No problem with that one at all!
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Birthday:
Marc Bolan and Buddy Rich. And Radio One (a year before me)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_30#Births
Any of the following would be just peachy:
Children of the Revolution
Life's an Elevator
Truck on (Tyke)
Jeepster
The Beat Goes On
And for the R1 link: Flowers in the Rain
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Re. No 11 - glenmiller, would you care to explain or expand (and there is a very obvious follow-on question there which I will not deign to ask)?
Tuesday - "Summer the First Time" (the Millie Jackson version, of course)
Wednesday - Joni Mitchell "The Last Time I Saw Richard"
Thursday - I quite liked 1978 (I think) - learning to smoke, drink and make (semi) sensible conversation with girls.
Bob Marley - Kaya
Radio Birdman - Anglo Girl Romance
Jim Morrison feat. The Doors - Ghost Song (from the rediscovered "American Prayer")
The Stranglers - Nice & Sleazy
Tom Waits - Kentucky Avenue
Wire - Outdoor Miner
The Adverts - Bored Teenagers
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan
Todd Rundgren - Onomatopeia
Devo - Satisfaction
Kevin Ayers - Hat Song
Hawklords - The Flying Doctor
Oh, you could fill a whole week with good stuff from '78.
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# 36 - Jim, I have one LR album (inherited from ex) which I would have to say is godawful.
# 35 - Bobby, you were a year behind the times, maaaan.
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MONDAY -- I share my birthday, April 16, with Nick Berry, but I will not torture everyone by asking for the theme tune to "Heartbeat" or the thing he recorded when he was Wicksy on "EastEnders." My superior birthday buddy is Dusty Springfield, so how about "I Only Want To Be With You"?
Rich in North Carolina
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Harry - did you ever see the Linda Ronstadt album cover (forget the name) where she is wearing roller skates? Forget the music! Phwoarrrr...... :-)
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Wednesday:
Last Nite - The Strokes
The Last Farewell - Roger Whittaker
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Norrie,
I'm going for a long lie down!
I will rely on my singles collection tonight when I get home for a more accurate list!
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Bobby - I am with you on 78......I apologise to all in advance but I am going to do a list for this theme. It will be a good one!
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ps it was great to be driving home to White Man.....brilliant!
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Typing this from London on a 3 day music trip ending with a great gig in Piccadily tomorrow night with Andy Mackay And The Metaphors
I share the same birthday (20th may) with Nick Heyward (I love the fretless bass on 'Whistle Down The Wind') and also huge Roxy fan John Taylor of Duran Duran.
Also born then was the very talented Lucy Wilkins who has played with many artists and also was the violin player on Roxy Music's 2001 tour. If you can dig out Roxy Music Live you hear a great soaring violin solo on 'Out Of The Blue' failing that you can hear her on Ferry's version of 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' from the 'Frantic album.
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Tuesday FIRST
Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera 'Initial Speed'
Wedensday LAST
Roxy Music 'Bitters End'
Thursday 1978
Bryan Ferry 'Sign Of The Times'. 'What Goes On or anything else of 'The Bride Stripped Bare
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First songs:
The Associates - Those First Impressions
Willie Nelson - Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
Lyle Lovett - Her First Mistake
Clash - First Night Back In London
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RJ - you just knew that was going to be on my 78 list! A great cover version I think.
Hope your trip is fantastic.
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To see tha ofore mentioned Lucy Wilkins perform Out Of The Blue check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfxEKILTXRO
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oops that link doesn't work. go to You Tube and search Lucy Wilkins Out Of The Blue
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Hi All
Really lookin forward to Fridays show already for 1978!! Not only do we now know everyones birthday we now know ages as people admit to first fags, booze ups and chat ups ;-)
Anyway....FIRST;
First Love Never Dies - Walker Brothers
Lucky Number (1) - Lene Lovich
First Cut Is The Deepest - PP Arnold (not Rod!)
Do You Remember The First Time - Pulp
Maria
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2 for 1 tomorrow & Wednesday
First Week/Last Week...Carefree ? Talking Heads
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Norrie - work got in the way of the show today and I haven't had a chance to listen again yet. Did they play Beth Orton for you? I wanted to second that vote, but didn't have a chance to get to the blog until now.
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Maria - Great call pp arnold, totally forgot to include that.
Danielle - i am afraid not, no Beth, no Waterboys :o(, hope it was good busy at your end!
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Norrie - that's too bad. I really do like her. I had actually requested that song for the car theme show too. I guess I'll just have to listen to my copy tonight. Have a great night!
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First night -
Love in the First Degree , Bananarama - great shout Julie!
First Picture of You, The Lotus Eaters
First Time , Robin Beck (remember that soft drink ad...?)
My First, My Last, My Everything , Barry White
Last night -
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, Indeep
Last Train to Clarksville, The Monkees
Save the Last Dance For Me, The Drifters
Or what about Band of Gold by Freda Payne as that was the first and last time she saw her new husband!
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Bryan
Was I just very tired driving home last night - or did you really miss out Rio completely (having given it a huge build up for Adam) - and call Arthur Ashe something rather rude? Anyway, thanks for playing the Clash.
For tonight - One of these Things First - Nick Drake
For tomorrow - Last of the Hobo Kings - Mary Gauthier (a great, great story song about Steam Train Maury)
Or - I'm Down to my Last Cigarette - kd lang
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Tonight
First Cut is the Deepest - PP Arnold definitely
First Impressions - Fischer Z
There Goes My First Love - Drifters
First We take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
BobbyfromHowood great call on Alison by Elvis Costello fro 1978, one of my all time favourites, though it totally failed to impress a young lady of that name in Miami in 1980. Glad you reminded me it was 1978, my memories of late seventies early 80's are pretty hazy due too far too much partying.
Jimfraeerskine Linda Ronstadt in roller skates was on the album Living in the USA and like many of her covers and pictures was enough to get a young man?s hormones in overdrive!. I think she gets a lot of unfair criticism these days. She did some good stuff including a version of First Cut is the Deepest, but at the moment I can?t remember if it?s god enough to consider before PP Arnold
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Ha Ha Harry,
nice to have you back on the blog.
RE#11 I also was tempted to ask THAT question.
FIRST:
Sticking with First Last and Always by The Sisters of Mercy, alternatively for a laugh could we have I Am A Rock by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.
Looks like 1978 is going to be a busy night. Oor Tommy is working on a list, as I was only 10 that year my music knowledge is limited. I was still mourning the death of Elvis! However I will second Harry's request for Flying Doctor by The Hawklords. Excellent choice H.
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I can beat that Ali, I was only 6!
However, I was lucky to have older siblings to influence me so you never know what might be on my suggestions ;-)
Maria
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First -
ALAN JACKSON - First Love
SADE - Frankie's First Affair
Last -
ROLLING STONES - The Last Time
RODNEY CROWELL - Last Waltz
MAMAS AND PAPAS - I Saw Her Again Last Night
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The two night themes seem quite popular - has Left and Right been done?
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My attention has been brought to #11, a quite bizarre admission whcih really should be expanded. I mean was this just in the same area, so to speak, or was it a cheek each?
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Let's save it for the General Election.......
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Re: #11
Think Amsterdam. Think Marathon.
Think, 'who took that photie?'
Bryan swears a big boy did it and ran away.
As usual, it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.
Still, it's not the end of the world!
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glenmiller has gone very quiet though....
For Wednesday can I take the opportunity to also punt "The Last Film" by Kissing the Pink. A strange and wonderful chart record from the 80s.
Not many of those in the pound is there?
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Thursday - As we did a lot of the 1978 stuff a few weeks ago on the Smash Hits show I thought I'd look at the albums of that year. And lo! Probably the finest live album ever came out that year "Live and Dangerous" by Thin Lizzy (alright some of it was touched up in the studio, but still a belter of an record). I'd go for "Cowboy Song" from it but if you want something more people would know then "Dont Believe a Word". But be daring and go for the former.
I went to see them tour that album and got back stage at the Edinburgh Odeon to meet them after the show.
Oh and Maria, fyi, I was 16.
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Adam
Tony Visconti also produced Bowies live album Stage that year - two very touched up albums. Breaking Glass from the live ep.
Norrie
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C'mon glen, out with it...bad choice of phrase, I admit.
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Decided not to fight my way to the back of the cupboard to find my singles - think I bought these in 1978:
"Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions" - Graham Parker and the Rumour
"Fantasy" - Earth Wind and Fire
"Whoops a Daisy" by Humphrey Ocean and the Hardy Annuals. Humphrey Ocean was in Kilburn and the High Roads with Ian Dury (who wrote the words to this single - the other side is a so-bad-it's-(almost) good version of The Ballad of Davey Crockett). He's now an acclaimed portrait painter who's been hung in the National Gallery (ouch!).
"What a Waste" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
"Follow You Follow Me" - Genesis
"Identity" - X-Ray Spex
"Love You More" - Buzzcocks
"If the kids are united" - Sham 69
"Tommy Gun" - The Clash
I'm having to exercise much restraint here -I could very easily compile the Mother of all lists...1978 was a very rich year, musically speaking...just so many good songs to choose from. I may not be able to resist adding more...
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AFR - are you stalking me? Not only were we both at the same Big Country gig but we were both at the same Thin Lizzy gig. Was great wasn't it...i feel very lucky to have seen both Phil Lynott and Bon Scott in concert (though not at the same time!). Wasn't the Odeon a great venue.
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Thin Lizzy, rmember seeing them live, great gig and my hearing took days to get back to normal. Phil RIP!
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Phil Lynott wore the best Rock-Star Trousers!!!
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Care to elaborate on that Julie?
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Ooooh! Came over all girly there!!! Anyway...some musicians wear items of clothing that just look the part e.g Justin Currie when he used to wear proper rock-star cuban-heeled boots onstage, and I think that Phil Lynott's leather trousers were the best lead-singer, rock-star-trousers ever.
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Like Van and his big heels and hat?
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Julie
Did you forget Jim Morrison's trousers?
.. or PJ Proby's?
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Robert Plant.....
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Tuesday
Hot Chocolate - Its Started With A Kiss
Ok it doesn't have first in its title but it is about that all important very first kiss.
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2 Hot Chocolates in one week would just be too much to bear.....
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Julie - re #76 - I saw Justin Currie in HMV in Glasgow a while back, buying a huge stack of CD's - he still wears the heels!
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Scotch - re #65 - Spelling mistake?
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I see the Guillemots and Sisters of Mercy share a singing teacher.
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Jim, #65
Your mind is in the gutter!
As if the speculation surrounding Glen was not enough.
Maybe Christopher will reveal the truth in his next book.
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He could call it 'Keep Yir Haun Oan Yir Ha'penny'
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Jim: I hope you're being serious and they're nice chunky manly heels and not kitten ones. If so...that's just made my day.
Angus: Don't lower the tone :0)
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Glen,
The toilet was at Love Street, wasn't it?
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Now now Scotch...how would you know that ? LOL
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Doing some research and was reminded of something else released in 1978...no matter how much I loved punk etc. The Band's "The Last Waltz" still contains some of the best performances ever - if it's on TV, no matter how late I have to stay up to watch it all.
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Julie - maybe our paths crossed a few times in Edinburgh in years gone by.
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AFR - what a thought!
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Julie
If you'd crossed paths with AFR you would have remembered.
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Angus #78
Jim Morrison "trouser wearing" tops the poll for me ;-)
Wednesdays show - HAS to be The Smiths "Last Night I Dreamed...."
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Maria - totally with you on that one.......eh the Smiths I mean! Suggested it as well as Last of the Famous International Playboys.
Not a Bruce suggestion in sight.....till 78!
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Tomorrow
Last Living Souls-Gorillaz
Thursday
Shot By Both Sides-Magazine
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Last....
Rosney Crowell - Last Waltz
Mozz / Smiths - as above posts
Josh Ritter - Next To The Last Romantic
Boo Hewerdine - Last Cigarette (though I love kd lang I still think his original is best)
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye or Unforgiven (Last Goodbye) from Sin-E
Del amitri - Always the Last To Know
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Tip of the ice berg Norrie?
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Madmac was just going to ask you something.....when did Magazines version of Thank You For Lettin Me Be Mice Elf Again come out??
Do you meant tip of the 1978 iceberg...then yes!
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Norrie: Nice to see Jeff Buckley on your list too! I did enjoy listening to LC tonight.
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Danielle - its funny isn't it as my favourite version of that track is by Jennifer Warnes!
Glad you managed to catch the show tonight / today after yesterdays busy one for you!
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Norrie: That is funny. I'm actually just listening to the show now. I'm thankful the listen again feature is working, as it looks like the rest of the week will be just as busy!
I'm looking forward to your 1978 list as I'm with Maria on the age front, without older siblings. I can't even recall what I was listening to at 6 and doubt anyone would want to hear it if I could remember. Actually, I'm sure it would be back to the AM Gold compilations!
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Danielle - its going to be a cracker - and I promise not a google in sight!!
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#93 - Steady EC.
What happens in Edinburgh, stays in Auld Reekie ;)
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...apart from the last train to Glasgow, which generally just escapes with it's life... LOL
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JOKING!
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...well maybe... LOL
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Wednesday:
Sinead O'Connor - "The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance"
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#104
Thanks for the reminder.
A lot happened in Auld Reekie which is best left there right enough.
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1978 - for the first half of the year spent many a friday night at the West End disco on Princes Street (I think that's what it was called). Never was that sober by the time we arrived there. Who wasn't John Travolta in '78? 8 weeks in Singapore stocking up on bootleg cassettes. All of the latest albums for 25p each. Those were the days. Oh and Christmas in the Bahamas.
Just a few choices to choose from -
Werewolves of London - Warren Zeavon
Dance, Dance, Dance (and the iconic - Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A taste of Honey
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Come Sail Away - Styx
It's so easy - Linda Ronstadt
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Native New Yorker - Odyssey
Because the night - Patti Smith.
Play any of the above BB, enjoyed them all.
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THURSDAY
'Just For You' - Alan Price
'I Must Be In Love' - The Rutles
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Jan fae Ruglin #89
Elementary, my dear Jan................
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Rock star trousers, cuban heels. I'm sorry I had to leave the blog yesterday, work and then my wif'e birthday getting in the way.
Tonight I'm in agreement on some suggetsions
Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
The Last Time ? Rolling Stones
Last Waltz ? Rodney Crowell
Save the Last Dance for Me ? Drifters
Last to Die ? Bruce Springsteen
25 Minutes to Go ? Johnny Cash (definitely a ?last? song)
At Last ? Etta James
Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie ? Bob Dylan
Still thinking about 1978
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Could we do 1979 next week please...I keep thinking of good tracks to suggest only to find I'm a year out.
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Is it just me or is there anybody else out there who thinks that 1978 was pretty poor for music? Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta? Chick? Trammps? The Michael Zager Band? Heatwave?
Let me put my head on the block by saying that the 70s as a whole weren't great!
Thankfully 1978 was saved by a few gems by Meatloaf, Eric Clapton and, of course, Queen.
My own selection would be:
THE CARS - My Best Friend's Girl
THE WHO - Who Are You
WARREN ZEVON - Werewolves of London
TALKING HEADS - Psycho Killer
THE STONES - Miss You
BARBARA STREISAND AND NEIL DIAMOND - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
and .. how's about
VILLAGE PEOPLE - Macho Man?
(and he's got the cheek to run down John Travolta!) ;-)
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Wed Night
'The End' by The Doors
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OK Angus...so we were subjected to Boney M, Brian and Michael and The Smurfs (not to mention Mull of blimmin Kintyre and The Floral Dance) but, I'll plead that (as well as the ones I posted earlier) the following more than made up for some rubbish:
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Public Image - PIL
Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
Because The Night - Patti Smith
Airport - The Motors
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
Down at the Doctors - Dr Feelgood
Statue of Liberty - XTC
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Shame - Evelyn Champagne King
Walk and Don't look Back - Peter Tosh/Mick Jagger
Turn To Stone - ELO
The One Love Peace Concert was in 1978
and possibly the two best funk/disco tracks ever were released in 1978...
You Make Me Feel Mighty Real - Sylvester
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
Again...the list could be many times this size. Looking forward to Thursday's show :0)
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# 112 - Scotch, do you think they may be best buddies, then?
~115 - Angus, you should have got out more in '78, it was pretty damn good. See # 38 but also:
The Jam - Down in the Tube Station
The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist
PIL - Public Image
Crass - Do They Owe Us a Living?
Planet Gong - Floating Anarchy
Nick Lowe - Marie Provost
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Lou Reed - Street Hassle (I dare you, Bryan!)
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1978 - forgot "Judy Says (She's Gonna Knock You In The Head Tonight)" by The Vibrators.
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Julie and HFG - I agree that you have some really good ones there but there was also a lot of dross around. It seems to me that mainstream "pop" lost its way in the 70s, although there were some excellent artistes around to save the decade. Hopefully they are the ones we will hear tomorrow!
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HFG,
Only Glen knows. But if you're sharing toilet facilities with thousands of other men, chances are one of them is a best selling author who shares your birthday.
Your witness.
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Very hard to beat the suggestions already posted for 1978! I have been trying to resist lists but could not resists this time!
In 1978 this particular spotty teenager was working part time on a frozen food delivery lorry, hoping Scotland would win the world cup, being heavily influenced by his elder brothers varied tatse in music and about to hear 4 of the best ever years of music 78-81 for me the best period with great album after great album released.
1978 Bruuce Springsteen's finest year with the release of the sublime Darkness On The edge Of Town and at the very least writing credits on the following crackers:
Patti Smith - Because The Night
Pointer sisters - Fire
Southside Johnny - Hearts of Stone (better than Bruce's)
Bruce himeslf - Badlands or The Promised Land
Appearance on
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
In 1978 i was still listening to the end of Glam and people like Showaddywaddy who had three big hit singles in 1978 and the Sweet had their last - Love is Like Oxygen, Rod Stewart was giving up seruious music but did release a world Cup Song Ole ola, his other hit was Hot legs, oh dear. It was a fascinating year as disco, punk, new wave, straight rock, glam were all co-existing in the charts quite happily!
Norries favourite album of the time and still a classic was Bob Dylan and Street Legal, the lead single and would be great to hear Baby Stop Crying.
With only a couple of exceptions and two more passables the Number 1's of 1978 were dreadful and i can disticntly remember the cheer when the Rats kicked John travolta and Olivia off Number One! (having said that i did queue! to get in to see Grease - oh dear)
favourite band - the Clash, easy winner.
my notables, other than above, from 1978
The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
Siouxsie - Hong Kiong garden
The Jam - News of The World, Tube Station
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Nick Lowe - i Love The Sound of breaking glass
The Clash - Clash City Rockers / Jail Guitar Doors, White Man, Tomnmy Gun
The Skids - Of One Skin from the wide open e.p
Ian Dury - What A Waste
Stranglers - Five Minutes
Magazine - Shot By Both sides
Willie Nelson - Someone To watch Over me
David Bowie - Breaking glass live ep
Boomtown rats - Shes So Modern, rat Trap
Kate Bush Wuthering heights
Jackson Browne - Stay
The Who - Sister Disco, Who Are You
Bryan Ferry - What Goes On, Sign Of The Times both great tracks from the Bride Stripped Bare lp
Buzzcocks - Promises
Phew off for a lie down.
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Norrie,
You're right about 'You're The One That I Want'
Hilda Baker and Arthur Mullard did a much better job of it.
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Scotch - don't say I am bad to you....get your cash out unless it has all gone to charity, there is a copy on ebay right now or follow this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xylV4rb_-SE&feature=related
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As well as Grease, other films out in 1978 were Superman The Movie and The Dear Hunter (theme might be worth playing). Also out in 78 was FM. Look at the soundtrack for this flick. (Norrie, you probably have the LP in your garret!)
1. FM (No Static At All)" - Steely Dan
2. Night Moves - Bob Seger
3. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller
4. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
5. Breakdown - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
6. Bad Man - Randy Meisner
7. Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
8. Do It Again - Steely Dan
9. Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
10. More Than a Feeling - Boston
11. Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt
12. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
13. Livingston Saturday Night - Jimmy Buffett
14. There's a Place in the World for a Gambler - Dan Fogelberg
15. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
16. It Keeps You Runnin - The Doobie Brothers
17. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor
18. Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
19. We Will Rock You - Queen
20. FM (Reprise) - Steely Dan
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Adam - great shout. And dont buy the CD of this it misses half the tracks out! Stick with the scratchy version!
That was my first introduction to a lot of these artisst and Bob Seger is still a favourite of mine, amazing how many of songs have been murdered over the years!
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Fill a week with '78??? We might as well just teleport back 30 years and relive the whole thing like Groundhog day.
Er ----- Mum, can I just say I'm sorry again for throwing up in the bath?
Maybe not...
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A few lasts for Wed. This will be the Last Time- The Stones. The Last Kiss- Pearl Jam, The Last Waltz- Engelbert Humperdinck.
Walter McLean
Bowmore
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For all you bloggers who were looking forward to a bit of Billy Connolly, here is where you will find a clip with Last TRain To Glasgow Central:
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=02zNinsp7K8
Enjoy! :-)
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Good Stuff from 1978 - roughly in date order - that I wish I remember from the time and listen to regularly these days:
ELO: Mr Blue Sky
Blondie: Denis
Elvis Costello: (I Don't Wanna Go To) Chelsea
Ian Dury & Blockheads: What A Waste
Blue Oyster Cult: (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Boomtown Rats: Like Clockwork or Rat Trap
Jeff Wayne/Justin Hayward: Forever Autumn
Jilted John: Jilted John
Buzzcocks: Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
The Jam: Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
The Who: Who Are You?
Not much of the disco or glam vibe there :-)
But what I actually remember most was
Racey: Lay All Your Love on Me
Paul Evans: Hello This Is Joanie
Streetband (featuring a very young Paul Young): Toast - could have done that on the Food theme a while back
Various Grease soundtrack tracks
My sisters' Abba collection and
oodles of Showaddywaddy.
Forgive me - I only turned 10 that year!
Re Football though - I have blocked it *all* from my memory.
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1978 eh? Scary thought! Turned 15 that year and was more concerned with spots and girls than music :-(
What I remember listening to around then was (and they are not necessarily from 78) Santana, Deep Purple, Led Zep, Neil Young's Harvest (still love that album), Blondie, Police (or was that 79?) and loads of "uncool" stuff like the Bee Gees that I now know were fantastic. Dylan got it right when he sang " I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"
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Norrie,
That cheered me up! Many thanks!!
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1978 a big year for me. Turned 11 in February started secondary school in August. Just started getting into music myself. My home never quiet, had 4 big brothers and their music to contend with!
I am listing the no. 1's from 1978 to jog some memories.
Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Brotherhood of Man - Figaro
ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Brian and Michael - Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
Boney M - Rivers of Babylon
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want
The Commodores - Three Times A Lady
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Boney M - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord
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In 1978 there was too much disco in my world. I retreated into country music, which that year featured the tremendous collaboration "Waylon and Willie." A real musical highlight of the year, though, was "The Rutles," a silly spoof on the surface but quite musically adept when you listened closely... and a whole lot more fun than "Saturday Night Fever."
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As admitted earlier in the week I was only 6 in 1978 but have some really strong memories of music around that time. I was lucky to grow up with a brother and sister who had Radio 1 on all the time. Anyway....here are some songs that bring back very happy memories.
James Galway- Annies Song (I remember doing a gymnastic display to this!!)
Brown Girl In The Ring - Boney M
Hello This is Joanie - Paul Evans
Can't Stand Losing You - Police
You're The One that I Want - John Tavolta/Olivia NJ (my sister taught me the dance to this the night she got back from seeing the film, my Mum thought it was inappropriate for a 6 year old to be faking smoking but I loved it!!)
Denis - Blondie
Fool If You Think Its Over - Chris Rea (radio 2 favourite)
September - Earth Wind & Fire
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and The Blockheads
I have tried to ignore The Smurfs and Terry Wogan's Floral Dance.....
Maria in Stirling
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I like The Rutles too.
So good that the Beatles take a cut.
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It seems that there were a couple of us that were 6, and 10; an 11 and 13 year old (Bryan); a 15 year old and quite a few that were 16 in 1978. Looks like it's going to be a great show tomorrow!
Bruce - it would be great to hear 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys'! That's one I actually remember listening to back then.
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Hey Jan - hope you are doing good. Didnt I say 78 was a terrible year for No. 1s
ABBA - Take A Chance On Me okish
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights good
The Bee Gees - Night Fever mmm
The Commodores - Three Times A Lady not for me but...
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday okish
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap great
79 was a much better vintage!
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Hi guys.
Great idea the 1978 party for Thursday's show! I am going to do a buffet with those wee sausages, pickles and wee cubes of cheddar that your mates' mums always presented you on birthdays and at Christmas! I have also dug out an old VHS tape with some episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard which aired from 1979 (close enough) and The SWeeney! I checked the timecode on the tape and it's one of the last episodes - taped in 1978!
So after the show we wil be having an alternative evening - I don't think I have any flared trousers but I do have a Beatles-type chesecloth shirt - THAT'S CUMMIN OOT! :-)
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1978, I had just started primary school, which should hopefully excuse the following suggestions -
Figaro, Brotherhood of Man
Rasputin, Boney M
YMCA, The Village People
The Floral Dance , Terry Wogan
Norrie, not sure '79 was any better as it gave us the classic Day Trip to Bangor by Fiddler's Dram!!
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As some have pointed out there was some real rubbish in 78, and the 70?s in general, but so it goes for 60?s, 80?s, 90?s and the 00?s or whatever we are supposed to call them. There was also some cracking stuff and I would like any and all of these to be played, many of which have already been requested, so hopefully numbers will count.
I note some Sex Pistols requests, but weren?t they all in 1977?
Alison ? Elvis Costello (as previously posted one of my all time favourites)
Werewolves of London ? Warren Zevon (an absolute must!!!)
Changing of the Guards - Bob Dylan (from the much underrated Street Legal)
Badlands ? Bruce Springsteen (great album)
Hearts of Stone ? Southside Johnny
Down at the Doctors ? Dr Feelgood (we need more of the Dr on GIO, and of course this song includes the wonderful line ?Eight bars of piano? - followed by no piano! I think I remember Lee Brilleaux explaining that their manager played the piano, as a favour to him, and after recording they decided his playing just wasn?t up to it, but they left the line in)
Denis ? Blondie (hormones on overdrive!)
Teenage Kicks ? Undertones (shouldn?t this be compulsory?)
Psycho Killer ? Talking Heads
Public Image ? Public Image
Pump it Up ? Elvis Costello
Because the Night ? Patti Smith
I Love the Nightlife ? Alicia Bridges (no, it?s not a great song, but purely to hear her sing ?ackshon?)
And no queen, even by their standards their contribution in 78 was truly dire.
And stop mentioning the world cup! I had managed to exorcise that from the memory of records etc., 78, but not now!!!! I still remember opening a can of lager as Scotland kicked off against Iran - and still having the same can, sans one small sip at the end. In fact I can?t remember if I came round enough to finish that can before it went off. And that brief moment of hope against Holland, all too painful.
PS Did I hear correctly last night, a request for a signed picture of MissBabs? Are these available, can we download her giggling? This is the kind of information we need on the home page BB.
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Rutles! Yes!
Any of the following:
* Number One
* Ouch!
* Get up and Go
* Doubleback Alley
should be pretty well recognisable to GiO regulars
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Danielle,
Great shout for Waylon and Willie. That was the song that turned me on to Country music. Superb!
The B-side of Andy Cameron's world cup song would also be good.
C'mon, Bryan and Babs! Get It On!!
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Hoppo,
Does your wife have access to your computer?!?
Just a thought...................
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She has access to computers, but is not computer literate, and besides which my admiration for MissBabs is another level, her laughing and giggling is a delight to be savoured.
Plus she has no idea of my psuedonym!
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LOL - that is the funniest thing on this blog for a while!
Dont suppose there is a Choplet update - no sign of a dwarf blog this week so maybe the arrival has...eh arrived?
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Hoppo, know what you mean.
Lynn Ferguson pushes my buttons.
(Craig Ferguson's sister, for the benefit of our bloggers in North America).
I have to keep reminding myself that she's a married woman.
Ditto Alison Craig.
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#147. Scotch:
She's been on his show a couple of times so they may have seen her. Wonder if they know he used to be known as Bing Hitler?
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Thurs 1978.
this was the year of my first ( and only)holiday romance in Torquay. some of the songs from that year that i remember are are;
Copacabana- Barry Manilow
Car 67-Driver 67( or vice versa)
Shame- Evelyn Champagne King.
Jilted John-......how could you Julie !!
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#149. My thoughts on the Graham Fellowes single are well-documented on this blog.
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Craig / Bing. I still remember his wonderful routine on bees and wasps, bees being like drunk uncles who bump into you whilst wasps are b#####ds!
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I remember going to see Bing Hitler at the Festival sometime in the early 80s. I remember he did an hilarious bit about The Broons.
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This North American blogger had to look Lynn Ferguson up. I did in fact find a clip of her on one of her brother's shows. I also did a search on Bing Hitler and got to see the bit about the bees. Wouldn't they be an interesting family to have a holiday dinner with!
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adam
was late 70's and all through the 80's just a gig fest for you? I notice that you can never be terribly specific about teh dates! Presumably due to a refreshmnet or two!
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A lot of gigs right enough Norrie. Never been good with dates though.
More on the Ferguson family - In 1990 I helped out Craig's brother Scott, who was working for STV, and Jim White in Scotsport's Italia 90 preview. Brazil was in Scotland's group and the show did a piece on all three countries Scotland would face in the first phase (why do I even bother putting in "first phase"?). I appeared in an interview in that show.
Not on You Tube as far as I can find.
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And thanks to AFR - Ernie Bryson became a household name.
Running drinking establishments in Auld Reekie would qualify as a gig fest I suppose.
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My son goes to see Craig Ferguson in Los Angeles. His life is much more interesting than mine.
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'Scotland would face in the first phase', that did amuse me. Still you never had to worry about extending your holiday. Be nice to even have to think about the first phase these days.
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1978
Clout-Substitute,
This was covered and released by Gloria Gaynor, but the radio and club DJ's preffered the B side , I Will Survive.
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1978
Looking forward to the show,
Tommy had to dig out his singles collection for this one. The original list was just too much, so here's the shortlist:
She's the One - Ramones
Love You More - Buzzcocks
Clash City Rockers - The Clash
Destination Venus - The Rezillos
Sweet Suburbia - The Skids
5 Mins - Stranglers
Emergency - 999
Borstal Breakout - Sham 69
Ain't Got A Clue - The Lurkers
Paranoid - The Dickies
Suspect Device - SLF
Ready Steady Go - Generation X
Emergency Cases - Undertones (Teenage Kicks EP)
Punks not dead !!
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It was dead by '78, though.
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A post I was thinking about this morning on the way to work (see what you're doing to us, Bryan?) -
1977 is considered to be the "punk year", but looking at a lot of the postings shows that '77 was the parent to a hell of a lot of artistic endeavour / activity which has probably stood the test of time just as well. The early punk stuff had energy but maybe not too much finesse, whereas those coming along slightly behind had probably had to take a bit longer to adapt their previous art-school image and songs to the new regime. But XTC, The Only Ones, The Rezillos, The Skids, Wire, The Buzzcocks (early, but formed after seeing the Pistols), Talking Heads, The Undertones, even The Jam, Gang of Four, Magazine, The Pop Group, etc etc all produced some great stuff. It's going to be (potentially) a very good show tonight, maybe we should have tried to break it down into "78 New Wave", "78 AOR", "78 Mid 70s Crap That Didn't Know When to Give Up"?
It didn't really all go wrong until the end of 2-tone IMHO, just when I finally escaped from my rural backwater to the fine capital city we have. And what was coming through???? CULTURE CLUB? SPANDAU BALLET??? DURAN DURAN????? It was enough to make a grown student weep. Luckily, there was always Hawkwind and Mr John Martyn.
Probably saw yer man Tommy at a few of the former's gigs from '82-87, Ali :-)
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1978 brings back some great memories for me, but also some sad ones. That was the year that they decided to close the famous Cellardyke outdoor swimming pool for ever. "The Pond" had become an institution for the many thousands of locals and holiday makers who swam in the icy waters, and after, for a "shivery bite", sampled some of that delicious home-made tablet on sale at the entrance. Anyone remember that?
The music, however, was brilliant. Study for University exams was made all the easier listening to the likes of:
Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
The Who - Who are you?
The Police - Roxanne
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
ELO - Starlight
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Jackson Browne - Running on empty
Nick Lowe - I love the sound of breaking glass
Sham 69 - If the kids are united
10CC - Dreadlock holiday
Bob Segar - Hollywood nights
and I've kept the best for last,
Blondie - Denis
Looking forward to a great show!
DC in Cellardyke
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I remember 1978 as the year that Zal Cleminson left one sensational Scottish Band to join another. SAHB to Nazareth.
Nazareth (with Zal) had a 1978 hit single 'May the Sunshine' I haven't heard it for years. It would be great if you could play it tonight.
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The tablet at the pond was the reason for my false teeth.
The originals shattered trying to bite it.
As if DC. Remember it well.
Remember Tenennts Lager Girl Janis Sue Smith parading around in her leopard skin bikini?
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Aye, we had T in the Pond in 1978.....
DC
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Hoppo, some great stuff there, esp
Teenage Kicks ? Undertones (shouldn?t this be compulsory?)
Psycho Killer ? Talking Heads
Because the Night ? Patti Smith
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HFG #118
Best Buddies! LOL!!
Now, why did I come upstairs?
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It's official, Guys and Gals ! Anything goes !
Anything by Elvis, si'l vous plait
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I see a pattern developing
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1978 was a quiet year for Elvis
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A little less conversation?
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You're right I'm left he's gone,
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Returned to sender
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Eh! No Clash, no Skids, no Costello, Undertones, Who, Rat Trap and worst of all no Because the Night despite virtually all the bloggers listing that one!
Or maybe I missed these when stuffing my already fat face with 70's food and drink!
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Blondie ? Denis, was it not actually 1977!
Norrie,
Apologies for the delay,
Thank You for Lettin Me Be Mice Elf Again... I reckon 1980.
January's chapter meeting...
I will fall in-line with whichever date suits those with the furthest to travel.
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Madmac - yup Denis was originally on the Plastic Letters album which was released in 1977, but the song was indeed a single released in 1978, so I think it was OK to play!
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I thought that show was supposed to be 1978! That was absolutely garbage. Only a few of these songs were representative of 78, Elton John 72, Dolly 84! A Police song that I dont even think had been released. Wierd!!
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FFV,
Lastnight was a bit of a let down, especially after reading some of the suggestions on the blog this week. The Stranglers and Magazine were about the only ones that caught my attention.
HFG, re: potential
If we had gone with your idea (#162) lastnight would have been a Category 3! And, yes you most likely did see ma man, possibly me too 86/87.
glen/ scotch/ dykerlad - not Elvis fans then?
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Ali - Black Sword at the Playhouse? Classic gig! I vaguely remember the 87 one being ok as well, though I've since found out that Robert Calvert was playing solo in Carlisle the same night, which would have been a shorter journey, and a chance to have seen him. Doh!
It was a bit of a curate's egg last night right enough, certainly not what I remember about '78, though if you look at the charts from the time, for every Strangler, there's a Bee Gee. Some editorial control might be in order (and less o' that country stuff, Bryan?)
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FFV
Par for the course these days.
How often does the show truly follow the theme?
Ali
Don't think the boys object to Elvis, just having a bit of fun at his lack of musical input in 1978.
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And can I just point out that I manfully resisted the temptation to rant about that travesty of a Millie Jackson duet that got played instead of the wondrous "Summer (The First Time)"?
Fortunately I had left the room when it came on, and was too busy wondering who was murdering what was a fairly awful song to start with, to realise that a biiig mistake had been made!
Cheers for Joni Mitchell though. :-)
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Ali #179,
Actually there are very few Elvis tracks I like, but EC has it spot on. The chance to have a bit of blog banter while quoting Elvis tracks proved too much to resist for the (American) trilogy....
JFE #177,
Plastic Letters was a great and under-rated album in my opinion. Denis and Always touched by your presence dear being the best of the bunch. These tunes were hits in 78 and converted me from Ralph McTell / Gerry Rafferty to this style of music.
Actually, I tell I lie. I just lusted after Debbie Harry............................. ;-)
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Didn't we all!
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Harry, Black Sword gig was excellent and 87 gig too despite repeatedly being told to sit down by Playhouse heavies! Have only ever seen Hawkwind at Playhouse, think Barrowlands would have been better.
PS Did you know they are playing 4 Dec at Carling Academy?
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