Next Week's Themes
Thanks to everyone who made our learning theme work well last week. Some good new artists as well which is always nice to hear.
All this week's themes have been suggested by Get It On listeners. If you've got a theme that you think would work on the show then why not drop me an email with your idea...
Monday:
The first theme of the week has come in from Susie on the text. She suggests railroad songs as a theme. There are thousands of songs to choose from including Marakesh express, King of the Road and surely this has got to be the night for Casey Jones? Get in touch with your favourite 'train tracks'...
Tuesday
Retrokid has suggested hand me down songs as a theme. It's those artists and that you learned to love via somebody else. Did your dad get you into Dylan or did your big sis open your eyes to The Smiths?
Wednesday
Neil Martin has come up with celebrity guests after he heard me play Wuthering Heights with it's Dave Gilmour guitar solo. Who are the musicians who are happy to help out their mates? A harmonica solo from Stevie or some harmonies from Emmylou? Get in touch with your suggestions...
Thursday
I love Mo and Ali's suggestion for tonight. It's 'chat up lines in song'. The thing is I can only come up with cheesy ones like 'If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me'. Hopefully you can come up with something classier!
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MONDAY
'Jackie's Train' - Mary Gauthier
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You're up early this week BB. The week just gone has been the best week of themes for a while with some good suggestions of which Jan's Like a Virgin for history night surely rated a mention. Pity we didn't get Waltzing Matilda as promised and pity we get the proclaimers every time they fit a theme. Overall though a top week. Very enjoyable.
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MONDAY
'Locomotive Breath' - Jethro Tull
'Farther Down The Line' - Lyle Lovett
'I Walk The Line' - Man With Red Flag
'Tracks of My Tears' - Smokey Stack
'Stephenson's Rocket, Man' - Chief N. Jineer
>8-D
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BRING ME THE RAILHEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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For clarity 90's RetroKid!! Good themes.
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#5
We are thinking along parallel lines. Going out trainspotting at the weekend, if I don't get sidetracked.
>8-D
'Underneath the Arches' - Bud Flanagan
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My thinking cap is on, but one song is top of my list for Monday: Long train runnin' by the Doobie Brothers - a classic.
Joe
Linlithgow
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Monday:
Trains to Brazil - Guillemots
When the train comes - Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
Rock n Roll train - AC/DC
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Downtown train - Rod Stewart
Jumping someone else's train - The Cure
Last train to Clarksville - Monkees
This train doesn't stop there anymore - Reg Dwight
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
The man in the station - John Martyn
But the track I'd really like to be played is:
Hobo's Lullaby - Arlo Guthrie
DC in Cellardyke
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Great list DC, but a wee swap of Rod Stewart for Tom Waits for me.
Joe - k - Brown has been beaten to
Steve Earle - 'train a coming
and
Elvis - Mystery Train is an absolute must. The birth of rock n roll.
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I remember the last time we had "Trains" as a theme, it was before blogs and 2 hour programs. Not sure if it was in the historical or modern studies era!
Anyway the thing is, at the time I thought it was the best GIO I'd ever heard. Recently the New York theme came pretty close in my estimation. It'll be interesting to see how the quality stands up to the longer time slot. Judging by the stuff suggested so far it's looking pretty good.
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#10 Why thank you...I do believe I suggested it...purely so I could hear 'City Of New Orleans'...which I did :0)
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Good morning, Midlothian. How are you?
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# 11, Your welcome Julie, I should have known! That is a great track and HAS to feature again this time and I see it's already been suggested.
I'm going to go for....
MONDAY TRAINS
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips
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Ooops! Forgot the Orange Blossom Special!
:-)
DC
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DC - can you help me out here? I don't think David Gilmour played on any of Kate Bush's first album. I am sure I saw an interview with him about this he recommended her to EMI and did a bit of production duties but no playing.
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#15, Norrie, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kick_Inside
Wiki claims that Gilmour only assisted with the executive production of the "Man with the child in his eyes".
However, if you look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_(song)
you'll see the quote: "The guitar solo at the end of the song is played by Ian Bairnson, best known for his work with Alan Parsons. It is often mistakenly said that David Gilmour played the solo. It is placed rather unobtrusively in the mix, something engineer Jon Kelly now regrets."
Worth also reading:
http://gaffa.org/reaching/im78_amp.html
I have a copy on vinyl bought in 1979 in a box in the garret (along with another 250 LP's still waiting on a record deck purchase.....)so I'll take a look over the weekend to see what it says on the sleeve
DC
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Interesting Dc thanks for that.
Anyway
Train In Vain - The Clash
Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan
This Train Dont Stope Here - Eltonm (on Dc's list,one of Elton's finest)
Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
Engine Driver - the Decemberists
Subway Train - New York Dolls
and Trains to Josh Ritter are like cars to Springsteen, loads of references to them in his work, and he has a great song which has the lines:
"On a Saturday night in a town like this I forget all my songs about trains"
Josh Ritter - Me and Jiggs
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Monday:
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum (A must, must, must...)
Love Train - The O Jays
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has to be iron maiden 2 minutes to midnight
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Mon
Not very original but i have asked for it before
Drops of jupiter / Train
if ever there was a theme....
failing that
waiting on a Train / Flash and the Pan
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Did you know Kate Bush only wrote Wuthering Heights cos emily bronte had, and they shared the same birthday. A day either way and we might never have had the pleasure.
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Not sure if i want my licence fee paying for all the extra moderators for thursday chat up lines. Yet to find the song that asks how you like your eggs in the morning....fried or fertilised. And Led Zep missed a trick by not asking if that was a ladder in your tights or just a stairway to heaven.
However one that must be played on thursday is
Oh Lori / Alessi
as it's full of chat up lines. The best starts verse two.
I'd like to ride my bicycle with you on the handlebars...
Guaranteed to have you on top of each other by the first corner!
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Monday.
Runaway Train - The Gutter Brothers.
The Mallard - Michael Chapman.
Last of the Steam Powered Trains - The Kinks.
Train To Nowhere - Savoy Brown.
Little Red Caboose - Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts.
Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot.
Casey Jones - Johnny Cash.
Engine No 9 - Roger Miller.
Railroad Steel - Georgia Satellites.
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk.
Two Trains Running - Little Feat.
Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon.
Rock Island Line - Huddy Ledbetter.
She Caught the Katie - Taj Mahal.
Southern Pacific - Neil Young.
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#21 Not strictly true Paulo, the song originates somewhere on the banks of the River Clyde, where a young woman loses her job because of disagreements with the boss.
The original lyrics are given below. (Gilmour was not allowed to play on the track because the subject of the song has an aversion to Pink Floyd)
I believe the correct title is "Withering Babs"
Out on the wiley, Pacific Quay
We'd rolls and cups of tea
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you sack me?
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the right
To produce on Get It On, Get It On
Get It On nights
Bryan B, its me, Babs-ee, come on!
I'm so cold, let me in to your show
When it gets dark, it must be lonely
On the other side from me
They blog a lot? I find the lot!
T’would fall through without me
I'm going home now, cruel Bryan B
This weekend, to cook my lobster
Too long I’d roam after tea
I'm coming back to his side to the BBC
So listen in to Get It On, Get It On
Get It On nights
Oh let me have it, let me grab your Tull away
Oh let me have it, let me grab your Floyd away
You know it's me, Babs-ee
:-)
DC
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You've made my weekend! Never has anyone written about me in song before! I don't care whether it's good or bad, it's the thought that counts.
Just for info tho - no lobster this weekend. Curry for a girls night which I'm sure we'll wash down with a wee shandy and some Tull and Floyd playing in the background!
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Oh nearly forgot a Boss Classic!
But lets go for a great cover
Raul Malo - Downbound Train
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#21
Is Kate really that old?
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Thoughts for the week ahead.....
Monday
Happy to endorse Norrie's Steve Earle suggestion, and suggest:
Long train runnin' - Doobies
Midnight train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Southbound train - Nanci Griffiths
Downbound train - Springsteen (much better than the Mavericks' version)
Morning Town Ride - the Seekers
Last train to Clarksville - the Monkees
Runaway train - Kasey Chambers
Long black train - Allison Moorer
Long black train - Josh Turner
Tuesday
I read a Herald article by Tom Morton many years ago which basically said country was the new rock, and that Steve Earle's El Corazon was the best album of the year. I had not previously heard any Steve Earle material but I bought the album, loved it, and now have many more in my collection. It would be good to hear anything from El Corazon - although Telephone Road was one my sons used to sing along to in the car when they were small, and Here I am is a favourite of mine.
Wednesday
Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris, features Neil Young
Tragedy - Emmylou Harris, features Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen
Glenn Campbell played guitar on "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers, and "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees.
Whitney Houston sang background vocals on Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman",
Oh My Sweet Carolina - Ryan Adams, with Emmylou on backing vocals
Ryan Adams sings and plays on Trinity Revisited by the Cowboy Junkies – please play Misguided Angel
Thursday - to follow
Joe
Linlithgow
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More for Monday:
Anything by Boxcar Willie
Long twin silver line - Bob Seger
Ghost Train - Bee Gees
Rocket Man - Reg Dwight
Freight train - Peter, Paul & Mary
Chicken Train - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Waitin for a train - Jim Reeves
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Train in vain - The Rolling Stones
Up the junction - Squeeze
Signal fire - Snow Patrol
I still just want to hear Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie though........
DC
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Looks like you could have at least an hour of “Runaway Train” songs on Monday (Soul Asylum was first though).
Can’t get into Tuesday’s theme. I think I was introduced to a fair percentage of the artists I listen to by others as opposed to “discovering” them myself.
Wednesday:
Kings Call – Philip Lynott (Mark Knophler plays guitar on this)
Thursday:
I was going to go with:
“ ‘Hey baby, meet me I'm a tough guy. Got my cycle outside, you wanna try?’
She just looked at me and rolled them big eyes
And said ‘Ooh I'd do anything for you 'cause you're a rocker’
That's right I'm a rocker!”
from
The Rocker – Thin Lizzy
But I’ve recently been listening to a lot of early Lizzy on the excellent 4 CD collection “Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels” and I became re-accquainted with:
“Little darling, can I rattle my bones and dance with you?
And later on there’ll be some lovie dovin”
from
Little Darling – Thin Lizzy
A great song which is rarely heard anywhere.
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Sorry, of course that should be "Knopfler"!!
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#8 & #29 Yer gettin awfy listy DC. No like ye.
Don't forget you've still got all the trains in Thomas the Tank Engine to tap into.
With "The Railway Children" in mind, what about:
Jump and Down Wave Your Knickers in the Air - St Cecila (or is JK banned by the Beeb these days?)
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Monday:
'Come On Train' - Don Thomas (Ian Parton Remix)...it's the Northern Soul song from the Visa advert...the one with the guy on crutches dancing along the street.
'Gone Dead Train' - Nazareth
Still gotta decide on my favourite Johnny Cash train song.
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Monday:-
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (I see that train a coming etc)
Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train
Tom Waits - Downtown Train
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Tuesday:-
Please play either Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire or Neil Daimond - Cherry Cherry. I have got into both artists through my parents and Neil Diamond more recently through watching his live shows with them on the tv in the last year or two like Hot August Night NYC and Glastonbury 2008 performance.
Wednesday:-
Aimee Mann & Michael Penn - Two of Us
Loretta Lynn & Jack White - Portland Oregon
Thursday:-
The White Stripes - You're pretty good Looking
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TUESDAY:
Really like this theme...somehow the rosy-glow themes seem to be among the best to my mind.
When I was a teenager, I was inclined to say my Dad's taste in music was a bit lame but, time has taught me otherwise, and I will eternally be grateful for inheriting his liking for country music. There were some of his records I wasn't ever embarrassed to admit liking; Tom T Hall, Glen Campbell, Hillbilly Jazz and Western Swing LPs...among my very favourites was a RUSTY AND DOUG KERSHAW LP and I would love to hear something like 'HEY MAE' or the superb 'NEVER HAD THE BLUES (TILL I MET YOU)'. They're like Cajun early Elvis and The Everley Brothers. I've given you plenty time to conduct a search for a track :0)
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Hello everyone...
Good week for me this week 3 shouts!!
For Mon...
People Get Ready........... loads of artists have sung this but my favourite version is by Eva Cassidy
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#32, you been readin my (e)mail?
GORDON Lightfoot - Daylight Katy
FATs domino - Blueberry Hill
Tommy JAMES & the shondells - Mony Mony
Steelye Span - THOMAS the rhyder
Tom Waits - Poor EDWARD
and of course, anything by RINGO STARR
;-)
DC
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More to add to #33
'Destination Anywhere' - Marvelettes
'5:15' - The Who
'What Am I Doing Hanging Round (I should be on that train and gone)' - The Monkees. A Mike Nesmith song I think.
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Monday
On The Robert E. Lee - Neil Diamond
Witchita Lineman - Glenn Campbell
Last Train To London - ELO
Spanish Train - Chris De Burgh
Lush Train - Iggy Pop / Monkees Mash Up
Last Train To Skaville - The Ethiopians
or
Its 'Training' Men - The Weather Girls
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Like Adam, I think Tuesday is difficult (unless you include Calum Kennedy..., I think not..)
Getting my WEDNESDAY suggestion in early (prior to a list),
"While my guitar gently weeps" by the Beatles must feature. George Harrison, a grayyyyttt guitar player in his own right, wrote this song and did not feel he had enough skill to play the weeping guitar solo on a Beatles album.
He therefore invited his pal ERIC CLAPTON to do the masterpiece for him.
The rest is history. Or modern studies, (depending upon your frame of reference from last week.....)
:-)
DC in Cellardyke
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Monday - Railroad Songs:
City To City - Gerry Rafferty
Train - Goldfrapp
Zoo Station - U2
Trains And Boats And Planes - Burt Bacharach
Morningtown Ride - The Seekers
Poor Paddy On The Railway - The Pogues
Timetable Blues - Mike Seeger
Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
It Takes A Long Long Train With A Red Caboose - Peggy Lee
Ticket To Nowhere - Kenny Rogers
Stop This Train (Again Doing It) - Kevin Ayers
My Coo-Ca-Choo-Choo - Alvin Stardust ;-)
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Thursday - Chat Up Lines In Song:
Get Down - Gene Chandler
Where Have You Been All My Life? - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Would You Like To Dance? - Joan Armatrading
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Would You Like To Take A Walk? - Ella Fitzgerald
Do You Want To Dance? - Bobby Freeman
Get Your Coat - Prettygood
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Are You Passionate? - Neil Young
Gotta Make Love To You - Tony Wilson
Crush On You - Roxette
Lady Marmalade (Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?) - The Magic Time Travellers
Don't Give Up - Jesse Rae (Darlin, I can be the stars in your sky...)
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like tick follows tock....
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Joe K Browns list for Wed #28 is simply superb. I'm going to second each of those selections if I may. Especially Tragedy and misguided Angel.
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#43
Regular movement is a good thing.
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JFE - your first chat up line!!! Steady on!
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#46
I'm only quoting the great Gene Chandler! ;-)
Anyway - that's usually my SECOND chat up line...
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Why are you three UP so late, you need to GET DOWN ! LOL
night all
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Forgot about
David Bowie - Station to Station
even opens with train sound effects, great track.
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Mon again...
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight ................ The Jam
I know some will say nope on a technicality point.... but Paul told me this was written about a station on the Metropolitan Line, of which, only 9 of the 34 stations it serves are under ground !! .... Well, no, he didn't tell me that .... but the fact remains... among many other things... its a train song. >80)
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When my Rachael and me were courting we would baby-sit for her elder sister, Leah, and her husband Johnnie.
Actually, Rachael would baby-sit. I ate their food and listened to Johnnie's records.
His favourite was Jimi Hendrix, a world away from the Radio1 Top of the Pops rubbish I was listening to.
The one which fascinated me was a double-album called Living In The Past which I played every time I was round at Johnnie and Leah's.
Except side 3, which was recorded live at the Carnegie Hall in New York City. I refuse to believe that anybody listened to side 3 more than once.
I have the album playing as I type. It's ages since I heard it, but it evokes memories of a more innocent time. My wife Rachael is even lovelier now than she was then, and we are looking forward to being grandparents. So, for both of us,
Mon. LOCOMOTIVE BREATH - Jethro Tull
Tues. LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull
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Paulo has good taste, I back up the suggestion about Train - Drops of Jupiter. This is Ailsa (DC's son's girlfriend) on DC's computer, This is my favorite song of all time. I have just come back home from America, I was working in a summer camp for 3 months and this song always made me think of home! Please play this song for me (not DC!) Thanks!! :)
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A few thoughts for Thursday, which is proving to be a challenging theme:
I thought you should know - Steve Earle:
I've been watchin’ you watchin’ me
I could feel your eyes from way across the room
Gasoline and matches - Buddy and Julie Miller:
You pull my pin and you trip my wire
You come in and set my heart on fire
You knock me out, you rock me off my axis
You and me are gasoline and matches
Got to get you into my life - Earth Wind and Fire
# 44 - thanks Norrie, much appreciated.
Joe
Linlithgow
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For Thursday...
Hey Good Lookin' ................ Hank Williams (Although Ray Charles' version is a belter)
Not so much a chat up line... more a chat up song
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WEDNESDAY:
STEWART COPELAND played drums on 'BIG TIME' by PETER GABRIEL'
Don't know if session musicanship counts, but there must be so much for this category from recordings from the Muscle Shoals studios...JOE SOUTH played guitar on ARETHA FRANKLIN'S 'CHAIN OF FOOLS'.
Stax is the same...ISAAC HAYES and STEVE CROPPER played on 'RESPECT' by OTIS REDDING.
My favourite bass guitarist - NORMAN WATT ROY of THE BLOCKHEADS created the bassline for 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'Relax', played on lots of other musician's music (the Blockheads were pretty much Stiff Records' in-house band). I'd most like to hear him playing on 'MAGNIFICENT SEVEN' by THE CLASH (other Blockheads - Mickey Gallagher and Davey Payne - were also among the guest musicians on Sandanista.
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A young lady named Carol with whom I got together in Estartit, (the bampot from London some of you may recall from a comment posted back in June), turned me on to Little Feat. When we returned to Britain, we spent so much time and money on telephone calls and journeys between London and Glasgow that this became 'Our Tune' (cue Simon Bates)
TUESDAY
'Long Distance Love' - Little Feat
For the best girlfriend ever. Too good by far for this git...
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For Monday and railroads /trains, and trying to avoid previous requests, but seconding Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits;
Morningtown Ride - The Seekers (always makes me smile)
Night Time in the Switching Yard - Warren Zevon (should lways be soem Warren Zevon)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan
The Letter - Box Tops (do we need an excuse to play this?)
White Freightliner Blues - Townes Van Zandt (ditto Zevon comment)
Rude Boy Train - Desmond Dekker
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#24
Your poetry in the past has been somewhat questionable but hats off this was genius and good shouts for Seger and Ozarks.
#52
Tell me did you sail across the sun. Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded and that heaven is overrated.
#56
I thought the one that took you to see Sparks was the best
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Wed
Reg Dwight played piano on the Hollies He Ain't Heavy and Billy Joel claims to have played on the Shangri Las Leader of the Pack. John Peel ''played'' mandolin on Top of the Pops to Maggie May and Madonna sang Backing Vocals on Patrick Hernandez 'Born to Be Alive'. ''Jennifer Holiday of 'And I'm telling you I'm not going' fame sang backing vocals on Foreigners 'I want to know what love is' and Rod Stewart played Harmonica on My boy Lollipop.
I'm not sure if vocalists is really the theme but if so howsabout
Still in love with you / Thin Lizzy
with the superb vocals of Frankie Miller
or
Jole Blon / Gary US Bonds
with a certain Bossman on backing vocals.
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And of course Mick Jagger sang backing vocals on You're so vain. As for Luther Vandross doing backing vocals...
Is it celebrity guests Miss babs or strictly musicians in which case guest vocalists could be a different theme.
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WEDNESDAY:
Wendy Richards said 'Cockerney' things like "give over" and "shove it" on 'Come Outside' by Mike Sarne.
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61# Julie, that track is on my chat up lines for Thursday LOL
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Thursday - chat up lines or maybe not! LOL
Je Suis Un Rock Star - Bill Wyman
Light My Fire - The Doors
Lady Marmalade (Voulez-vous Couchez Avec Moi?) - The Magic Time Travellers
Do You Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Come Outside - Mike Sarne / Wendy Richards
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#62, #63. He must've been a charmer right enough cos she relented in the end.
THURSDAY:
'When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (respirating, concentrating, standing upright etc)' - XTC
'I Wanna Have Your Babies' - Natasha Bedingfield (granted, that's a bit scary but then so is the thought of Andy Partridge falling over and absent-mindedly being unable to breath in your presence).
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#56, #58
Edith was the first. Carol was the best. I married a crazy witch. Go figure.
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WEDNESDAY
'Romeo' - Dolly Parton
Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Kathy Mattea, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Billy Ray Cyrus as the titular love interest.
Keep it Country!
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THURSDAY
'Get Your Buisquits In The Oven and Your Buns In The Bed' - Kinky Friedman
What woman could resist?
>8-D
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Some great shouts already - of these please go for Locomotive Breath by Tull. City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie) and Long Train Running (Doobies) also great. If you are going to play Casey Jones, please go for the Grateful Dead version.
But two great songs that I haven't seen on a list yet are:
Mary Gauthier - Last of the Hobo Kings
Michele Shocked - The L&N Don't Stop Here Any More
Both brilliant story songs based on the railway.
Oh ... or anything from Requiem for Steam by Derbyshire and Sutherland's fantastic Dave Goulder (probably too folky for your programme)- check out his web site www.davegoulder.co.uk/
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Ok just to bring the tone down and annoy you Tull/Floyd fans here are my cheesy suggestions!
MONDAY Locomotion by OMD not Kylie
Morning Train by Sheena Easton tho to be honest not my favourite
Love Train by S Club 7 suggested by my daughter
Days for the Driven by Colin Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTdp2wPSWy4
TUESDAY As you can probably tell I didn't get a "proper" musical education.I had to teach myself and as a child of the 80's not easy! My dad had the Beatles Sergeant Peppers Album which I played to death and My favourite from that would be She's Leaving Home. My Mum had an ancient Elvis album which was scratched to bits - Jailhouse Rock from that.Boyfriends and husband have introduced me to Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd but I find the best way to listen to them is with earplugs in - sorry!I was introduced to The Jam and used to drag my sister to see them - Ghosts would be good.
WEDNESDAY nothing yet (see above excuse)
THURSDAY I Wanna Dance Wit Choo Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes
You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate
Common People by Pulp
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#69
Great intro to your post srankiebobs! Spot on!!!
:-)
DC
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I would have asked for "City of New Orleans", "Station to Station" and "Downtown Train" but those've been done, so for Monday:
"Time Flies by (When You're the Driver of a Train)" Half Man Half Biscuit;
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" Bob Dylan;
"Casey Jones" The Grateful Dead;
"Peace & Justice" Zion Train.
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Monday: Trains
I know I suggested this for last Thursdays (brilliant) 'history' show, but it fits well into tonight's themes so I'll try my luck again;
Michelle Shocked version of the Jean Ritchie classic 'The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore'.
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Rock n roll train, AC/DC
Downtown train, Rod Stewart
Gordon Christie,Kirrie
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#39 Sorry to disappoint Jan.
Robert E Lee was a paddle steamer no a train.
Keep it in the store for nautical night.
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#74 Oops, didnt know that!, thanks EC, will go back into my shell now(a very red one LOL):-)
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#74
Talking of all things nautical. Pirate ship robbed in Greenock.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2009/09/14/391776-thieves-raid-filmstar-pirate-ship/
Only in Greenock.....
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MONDAY:
Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
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#74 - Well spotted EC! I'm surprised the Blog Boffins let that one slip by.
Here's me trying to figure out Jan's Dukes of Hazard / Railway connection too.
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78# 75#I should have said I had thrown that track in to confuse you LOL
Does any track from Blondie Parallel Lines qualify for tonight? LOL
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Godley & Creme song - 'Under Your Thumb'...he was standing in that station.
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It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan
Love Train - O'Jays
Slow Train to Dawn - The The
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Surprised no one has mentioned either Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk or Lasdt Train to Trancentral by the KLF.
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Train to Nowhere - Savoy Brown
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Tuesday - nice theme.
My Brother was always way ahead of everyone where we lived with his musical tastes and introduced me to loads of music, especially:
Bruce Springsteen - Candy's Room
My pal Michael has an outstanding kowledge and taste in music:
Iris DeMent - Let The Mystery Be
The Bloggers are always suggesting new to me acts and great songs so this is one of many but thanks Julie, AFR and Maria:
Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
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Missed tonight's show so will have to listen again
Tuesday:
Youngest son just started at Glasgow Caley Uni this week. Please wish him luck. He left with my entire collection of Pink Floyd on his MP3 player (can't possibly mention AyePod on the BBC). As a youngster, his favourite was "Money" from Dark Side of the Moon
Please play this for Euan
DC
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Good luck to Euan.
I remember when I was at Univ all the record shops had to have the sleeves removed from display as the students stole the lp covers!
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Wednesday helping hands:
Kate Bush sang backing vocals for Peter Gabriel twice:
* Games Without Frontiers
* Don't Give Up (where it's more of a duet)
Clapton played the guitar solo on
* The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Bono pops up as a duettist from time to time:
* The Corrs - Summer Wine
* Clannad - In a Lifetime
There's simply fantastic recording of
* Richard Thompson - The Dimming of the Day
with backing vocals from Mary Black (and I think Dolores Keane)
Steve Wickham of the Waterboys plays a brilliant fiddle on
* Sinead O'Connor - Stretched on your Grave
That's Phil Collins drumming on
* Howard Jones - No-one ever is to blame
(although memory tells me that it was only on the single version, not the album one)
Sharon Shannon contributes accordion to
* Steve Earle - Galway Girl
Natalie Merchant provides a guest vocal on
* Billy Bragg & Wilco - Birds and Ship
and finally, you could pretty much play any Stax label track as the house band of Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn (aka the core of the Blues Brothers) played on them all. Oh OK, let's suggest
* Otis Redding -I Can't Turn You Loose
* Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'
* Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
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TUESDAY - HAND ME DOWNS
As a teenager I was jealous of my mates who had older siblings, they seemed to have an endless supply of albums to get in to. One of these was a mellow guy called Ewan who introduced me to John Denver stuff, I particularly liked the track STARWOOD IN ASPEN.
However he shocked me shortly after by lending me Led Zeppelin's fourth album. I'd heard of them but didn't think they'd be much good. First track on the tape was BLACK DOG. I'd never heard anything like it, just completely blew me away with the power and energy.
It was a kind of musical conversion and I never looked back after that, seeking out different styles whwerever possible.
Different tho they are I still love both tracks.
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Tuesday:
Can this theme also include "Hand me ups"?
My eldest son has introduced me to many new bands including Feeder, Greenday and the GooGoo Dolls
"Name" by the latter is a particular favourite!
DC
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#87
Anything remotely by Stax is ok by me
#89
I'd been thinking along 'hand me up' lines myself. My three kids are all music daft a trait they definitely got from their old man, and although they have been handed down tons of stuff they have also reciprocated by getting me into Green Day, The Script, Train (which I failed to get on again yesterday)Jack Johnson, Damien Rice and Five for Fighting to name but a few. Superman by Five for Fighting would be good to hear on GIO.
A story I've told before on here was when my son was 18 and surfing with his pals in Cornwall when the Live8 concert was on. They'd caught the end of it in the pub and he said he just stood open mouthed when Floyd were on. When one of his pals asked how he knew 'this stuff' he answered 'Did you not have a dad. Were you never educated. Were you not sat down and made to listen to a guy running through your head on Dark Side of The Moon.''
My parents were into opera. A genre I still struggle to come to terms with.
So Hand me ups
Superman / Five For Fighting
Cannonball / Damien Rice
Warning / Green Day
Drops of Jupoiter / Train
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#90, there seems to be a theme emerging here!
I have to say that I have found it difficult to suggest genuine "Hand me downs". As previously mentioned, my dad liked Scottish music eg Kenneth McKellar, Calum Kennedy etc. He once bought me a Dizzy Gillespie album but I couldn't get into that either. This theme seems more appropriate to those who are under the age of forty because their parents are more likely to have musical tastes more akin to their children.
In order to redress this balance, I think we need to have Hand-me-ups as a theme next week!
DC
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Tuesday - Artists You Were Introduced To:
I grew up in a very musical household in as much as most of my family (on my mum's side certainly) were either musicians or conductors or whatever, so you can imagine there was always a pretty healthy record collection. It was pretty eclectic, too - everything from Morricone to Mancini to The Dubliners, Jimmy Shand, The Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot, Little Richard... I could go on and on! I have strong memories of my Dad listening to western film scores and my Mum playing just about everything else! And the first songs I ever learned to do with a guitar were taught to me by my Dad - always of course using the only four chords he knew!
Anyway, here is a selection of some of the songs I have the strongest memories of liking from the teetering stack that was our household record collection:
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
Dear River Thames - Ralph McTell
Theme From Shaft (Isaac Hayes vocal) - Henri Mancini
Back In The USSR - The Beatles
The Nightingale - Pentangle (Jacqui McShee's Pentangle - new lineup)
All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span
See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley & His Comets
Black Water Side - Bert Jansch
All Over The World - The Seekers
Wonderful Land - The Shadows
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#90
Ye ken it's ower when the fat lassie geezit laldy!
#92
Is your surname Parfitt or Rossi?
>8-D
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#93
I've learned two more chords since ;-)
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heehee!
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WEDNESDAY
"Of all the songs I've sung, this one cuts the deepest. I think it's the one for which I'll probably be most remembered; for that I'm very proud. People wonder how you can sing a song like this night after night and have it still mean something, but that's the gift of something this pure and true. I've been on both sides of this pain and the memory of it comes through differently every night. I will always be grateful to Bruce Hornsby for the exquisite inspiration of his playing on this song."
Bonnie Raitt
'I Can't Make You Love Me'
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#89 & #91, But DC, tonight`s theme isnt Hand Me Downs.
`It's those artists and that you learned to love via somebody else.`
That covers your Hand Me Ups too.
Not sure they mean John Peel, Hairy Cornflake and the likes though.
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Tuesday: Hand-me-down tracks...
...or inheritance tracks are often the ones you are captive to (ie as a back-seat passenger) as a kid in your impressionable years. Two brothers sandwich a poor younger sister in the rear of a Blue Ford Cortina and unconsciously absorb Simon and Garfunkel via the in-car '8-track' player.
It's not until years later when you visit your siblings as adults and discover they too have all the S&G albums on CD, that you fully realise you've all been brainwashed.
AMERICA: Simon and Garfunkel please... and take me back Bryan....
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Tuesday.
this could be a long list but i will keep it short; to my next door neighbour Brendan Sheerin who introduced me to Rory Gallagher-Bullfrog Blues.
My sister Christine for Elton John-Bennie & the Jets;
brother Alan for Lou Reed-Walk on the Wild Side; My mate Davy Juner ( who will be 50 tomorrow) for Sensational Alex Harvey Band- Boston Tea Party.
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A few years back whilst the Spice Girls were at their peak which my 10 and 11 year old girls like to hear wherever they were in the house, my dad phoned me. ''Hang on dad'' I said before screaming up the stairs ''Will you turn that racket down''
Back on the phone my dad was wetting himself laughing and told me he never thought he'd hear me say that as long as he lived.
We all turn into our parents eventually.
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BRING ME THE DAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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Wednesday Guest Appearance Addendum:
Johnny Marr's guitar work on
Billy Bragg - Sexuality
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Tuesday Hand Me Downs:
Didn't get a lot of hand-me-downs from parents, as they were just a wee bit too old/square for Rock/Pop. So most of theirs were Jazz-ish or country/bluegrass-ish; that's how I got to know a lot of the songs that ended up on Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, in particular:
* The Soggy Bottom Boys - In the Jailhouse Now
* Stanley Brothers - Angel Band
I have a memory of watching the movie on a transatlantic flight singing along to these two, to the annoyance of my fellow passengers.
I also remember my dad singing Ghost Riders in the Sky in the car - 8 tracks were far too trendy.
They also had a brilliant Readers' Digest multi-LP set of The Great Stars, from which I learned to love:
* Spike Jones - Cocktails for Two
* Gene Autry - Don't Fence Me In
* Louis Armstrong - St James Infirmary Blues
(nice cover by the White Stripes btw)
* Artie Shaw - Nightmare
My musical education as a child/teenager was very classically based, and didn't extend into popular music much past synthpop (ie stuff you can play as a classically trained piano player; Howard Jones & Thompson Twins in particular), until my mate Jem educated me, and introduced me to huge amounts of stuff I still love and suggest for GiO to this day. In particular:
* Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here or Jugband Blues
* Genesis - Blood on the Rooftops
* The Cure - Killing an Arab
* Cocteau Twins - Donimo
* Kate Bush - Under the Ivy
* Mike Oldfield - On Horseback
* U2 - 40
* Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
* Beatles - Blackbird
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Ha just remembered something of my dad's i liked. He had an Alan Sherman (of Hullo Muddah Hullo Faddah) fame which was full of parodies of old songs. The best one was a rip off of You Came a Long Way From St Louis.
It was all about the French revolution and was very cleverly written.
Might be good to hear 'You Went the Wrong Way Old King Louie' again.
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For Wed you could go mad but here are some Bowie connections:
Marc Bolan played guitar on Bowie's Prettiest Star single
Rick Wakeman plays the keyboards on the Hunky Dory Album
Bowie recorded what is I believe one of the first ever Springsteen covers - Growin Up with Ronnie Wood guesting on Guitar
Bowie sings backing vocals and shared production duties on
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Lulu - Watch That Man
Iggy Pop - China Girl
Pop returned the favour backing Bowie on Always Crashing In The Same Car
Mary Hopkin did the doo doo do bit on Sound and Vision
Pete Townsend plays guitar on Bowie's Because You're Young and later on Slow Burn
Luther Vandross sings backup vocals on the Young Americans lp , Fascionation would be the track of choice. John Lennon pops up in Fame of course.
Bowie guested with Scarlett Johansoon on her album and with
David Gilmour on See Emily Play.
Lou Reed - Street Hassle for Springsteen's spoken mumble / rap
David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb from Live in Gdansk with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera
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My laddie text in to request a Smiths song tonight that prompted BB to lament about getting old, i'd like to let him know my wife works with a young guy of 20 who sports a "The Smiths" tattoo and travels all over the UK to see Mozza in concert, such devotion in one so young, makes me feel old too though!
First time on the blog although i've been a silent observer for a while. I joined in on facebook but there's no competition when it comes to banter.
Wanted to request Thin Lizzy as a hand me down earlier (from my big boy cousins) but -Jailbreak- could still qualify for chat up lines Thurs "Hey you, good lookin female, c'mere". Perhaps a little unsubtle. Also for (anti)chat up lines nothing could beat "Stay with me" - Rod Stewart, loads to choose from but "With a face like that you've got nothing to laugh about" is classic
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WEDNESDAY:
Chris Martin guest starred on 'Gold In Them Hills' by Ron Sexsmith - it's lovely.
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Wed. SMOOTH - Santana with Rob Thomas on vocal.
THE DREAMING - Kate Bush with Rolf Harris on didgeridoo.
Thurs. WE'RE ALL ALONE - Rita Coolidge
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? - Lynyrd Skynyrd
SHUT UP AND KISS ME - Mary Chapin Carpenter
MARIA (SHUT UP AND KISS ME) - Willie Nelson
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Graet list. Smooth reminds me of a prticularly debauched weekend in dublin, well I think it was Dublin, details are hazy.
Shut Up And Kiss Me by MCC is a great shout, love to hear that.
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#106 welcome erlando
#105 what a fantastic shout for David Gilmour. I now drop all previous suggestions about Clapton & the Beatles etc and won't bother mentioning that the claim that Gilmour played on Wuthering heights is false.
Come on Babs, use your influence over Bryan. Assert your authority. Just remember where you found out how to cook lobster (and who made your weekend...!!!)
Comfortably Numb from Live in Gdansk featuring Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera MUST be played
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!!!!!
DC in Cellardyke
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cheers for the welcome DC. i'm an ex East Nuek-er by the way.
Wed's prog,i'd like to suggest for my wife
David Cassidy, The Last Kiss - George Michael guests
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Wednesday - Musicians Who Helped Out Others:
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Definitely seconding the Captain on this one. It's a double whammy as it has Kate Bush in the duet and Jim Kerr from Simple Minds on backup vocals 32 seconds from the end!
Under Pressure - Queen
David Bowie on guest vocals and co-wrote the song. Excellent track!
Flying Start - Mike Oldfield
Kevin Ayers vocal. He was Mike's boss in The Whole World and did this as a one-off favour. This is the outstanding track from an otherwise fairly unimpressive MO album. It deserves radio play!
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As far as I'm aware Pete Townsend only ever played on one No.1 hit.
Something in the air / Thunderclap Newman
Neil Sedaka played piano on Bobby Darin's Dream Lover
And Frankie Miller was still singing on Thin Lizzy's still in love with you when I heard it again tonight.
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Was there a fire drill tonight. Only 14 songs on the playlist.
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WEDNESDAY - A FRIEND INDEED
One More Cup of Coffee - Bob Dylan, with a bit of help from Emmylou Harris.
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Gonnae break with tradition and get my Thursday shout in now, moving house tomorrow, not sure when I'll be back in cyberspace!
THURSDAY - CHAT UP
When You Dance I Can Really Love - Neil Young
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#114,
14 is the new 23
DC
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Wednesday: and also starring.....
Dave Gilmour played on Bryan Ferry's 'Is Your Love Strong Enough?'
Mark Knopfler played on Bryan Ferry's 'Windswept' and 'Valentine'
Bryan Ferry sung on DJ Hell's 'You Can Dance' (a previously unreleased Ferry drum 'n' bass track now on DJ HEll's 'Meisterwerk' album)
Bryan Ferry played the Moothie on Chris Spedding's 'Click Clack' album.
Bryan Ferry sung with Jane Birkin on her 'Rendezvous' album on a version of the Roxy song 'In Every Dreamhome A Heartache
Bryan Ferry also sung with Charles Aznavour on a version of 'She' on his album 'Duets'
Simnon Le Bon did backing vocals on Tony Hadley's version of 'Save A Prayer'
Stevie Wonder played the Moothie on Euryhtmics 'There Must Be An Angel'
J.O'B.
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Phil manzanera co-wrote 'One Slip' on Pink Floyd's 'Momentary Lapse Of Reason' album.
Robert Wyatt plays on many of Manzanera's tracks.
Dave Gilmour Played on Phil Manzanera's '6PM' album.
The Finn brothers (better known as Crowded House sung on many of Phil Manzanera's solo work.
Manzanera has guested with many artists, here is a list of
Phil Manzanera Session & Production Credits:
These Foolish Things - 1973 Island (with Bryan Ferry)
In Search For Eddie Riff - 1974 Polydor (with Andy Mackay)
Here Come The Warm Jets - 1974 Island (with Brian Eno)
Fear - 1974 Island (with John Cale)
Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy - 1974 Island (with Brian Eno)
The End... - 1974 Island (with Nico)
Slow Dazzle - 1975 Island (with John Cale)
Let's Stick Together - 1976 Island (with Bryan Ferry)
Mental Notes - 1976 Chrysalis (with Split Enz)
Before And After Science - 1977 Polydor (with Brian Eno)
Listen Now - 1977 Polydor (with 801)
In Your Mind - 1977 Polydor (with Bryan Ferry)
Resolving Contradictions - 1978 Bronze (with Andy Mackay)
Freeze Frame - 1979 Polydor (with Godley And Creme)
Caught In The Crossfire - 1980 Polydor (with John Wetton)
Park Hotel - 1986 EMI (with Alice - European release)
Christmas: The Players - 1989 Ryko (with Andy Mackay - U.S. release)
Abracadabra - 1991 MCA (with ABC)
Boleros Hoy - 1991 CBS (with Tania Libertad)
Live At The Borderline - 1993 Capitol (with Tim Finn)
Live At The Karl Marx - 1993 Expression (with Moncada - European release)
Jewel - 1994 Polygram (with Marcella Detroit)
Oceano De Sol - 1994 Polygram (with Antonio Vega)
Mamouna - 1994 Virgin (with Bryan Ferry)
Revolution Ballroom - 1995 Activ (with Nina Hagen)
Circo Beat - 1995 WEA (with Fito Paez)
Wizards Convention 2 - 1995 Edel (with Eddie Hardin)
Looks Like Ringo Sounds Like John - 1995 RDR (with The Wiseguys INTL.)
To Cry You A Song: A Collection Of Tull Tales - 1996 Magna Carta
Vagabundo - 1996 Sony (with Robi Draco Rosa)
Shleep - 1997 Thirsty Ear (with Robert Wyatt)
Pilgrimage: 9 Songs Of Ecstasy - 1997 Polygram
Radical Sonora - 1997 EMI (with Enrique Bunbury - European release)
Pipa de La Paz - 1997 RCA (with Los Aterciopelados)
Rarezas - 1998 EMI (with Heroes Del Silencio)
As Time Goes By - 1999 Virgin (with Bryan Ferry)
Soupsongs - 2000 Voiceprint (with Annie Whitehead)
Minage - 2000 Sony (with Monica Naranjo)
Ping Pong Bitches (EP) - 2001 Poptone (with The Ping Pong Bitches)
El Jinete - 2001 EMI (with Enrique Bunbury)
Libertad Del Alma - 2001 Sony (with Robi Draco Rosa)
Elefantes - 2003 EMI (with Elefantes)
On An Island - Dave Gilmour
Livce In Gdansk - Dave Gilmour.
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#110
Well, if we're going for live guesting then Roger Water's live recording of The Wall (at the Berlin Wall) can contribute:
* Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) - Cyndi Lauper vocal
* Mother - Sinead O'Connor vocal
* Young Lust - Bryan Adams vocal & guitar
* Hey You - Paul Carrack vocal
* Comfortably Numb - Van Morrison vocal
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#102
Addendum to my addendum on Wednesday Guesting:
As well as Johnny Marr playing on Sexuality, Kirsty Maccoll sings backing vocals.
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Andy Mackay has got his reed moist on a few sessions too. Paul McCartney did a pastiche of Andy on one of his videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBkySeyiDo&feature=related
Mott - 1973 CBS (with Mott The Hoople)
Here Come The Warm Jets - 1974 Island (with Brian Eno)
Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy - 1974 Island (with Brian Eno)
Slow Dazzle - 1975 Island (with John Cale)
At The Sound Of The Bell - 1975 CBS (with Pavlov's Dog)
Diamond Head - 1975 Island (with Phil Manzanera)
Ensemble Pieces - 1976 Obscure (with Christopher Hobbs)
Ready Or Not - 1977 DJM (with Ray Russell)
A Biography - 1978 Riva (with John Cougar)
L - 1978 Mercury (with Godley And Creme)
Long Distance Romancer - 1979 Chrysalis (with Mickey Jupp)
Tug Of War - 1982 Parlophone (with Paul McCartney)
Pipes Of Peace - 1983 Parlophone (with Paul McCartney)
So Red The Rose - 1985 Parlophone (with Arcadia)
Please - 1986 EMI (with Pet Shop Boys)
Islands - 1987 Virgin (with Mike Oldfield)
Taxi - 1993 Virgin (with Bryan Ferry)
Mamouna - 1994 Virgin (with Bryan Ferry)
Revolution Ballroom - 1995 Active (with Nina Hagen)
Vozero - 2001 Expression (with Phil Manzanera)
6PM - 2004 Expression (with Phil Manzanera
50 Minutes Later (with Phil Manzanera)
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WEDNESDAY
'The Tulsa Shuffle' - The Tractors ~ Bonnie Raitt plays bottleneck slide guitar
THURSDAY
'Something To Talk About' - Bonnie Raitt
They think we
Laugh just a little too loud,
Stand just a little too close,
Stare just a little too long.
Maybe they're seein'
Somethin we don't, darlin',
Let's give them something to talk about...
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#110 - not me tonight DC - so the lovely lobster and poetry won't help! It's up to King of Pop Trivia!
#114 - you are right Paolopablo there were more than 14 tunes played....18 in fact, I'm trying to fix the tracklisting.
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#124 Get him telt then!!!
DC
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#124
Lobster & poetry?
Lobster, shmobster!
>8-D
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Tonight -
Phil Collins famously played drums on, produced, and got very very very drunk with the late lamented John Martyn during the making of the "Grace and Danger" album - "Johnny Too Bad" or "Sweet Little Mystery" would be nice to hear;
Jimmy Page played guitar on a few Roy Harper tracks, best being "Same Old Rock" (but you maybe want to leave that for a long songs show, since it comes in at 9 minutes or so?);
Jimi Hendrix added guitar to Stephen Stills'"Old Times, Good Times".
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Wednesday:
A couple of remarkable contributions from female artists on backing vocals:
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key: Billy Bragg (backed by Natalie Merchant)
and
It's all Good: Damien Dempsey (backed by Sinead O'Conner)
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Johnny Marr played on Bryan Ferry's 'The Right Stuff'
This song was a The Smiths b-side instrumental called 'Money Changes Everything'. Ferry put lyrics to it and re-recorded it with Johnny Marr on guitar.
J.O'B.
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Ellen Folley sang the lady bit on meat Loaf's Bat out of hell and she sang back up on:
The Clash - Hitsville UK, long lost Clash gem
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Bob Dylan playing the 'moothie' on Nanci Griffith's version of his song -Boots of Spanish Leather
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Andy on M77 thats a good one - and did His Bobness not play moothie on a Johnny Mathis record before he was famous?
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For Julie:
Ian McCulloch and Slider features Coldplay singer Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland.
Hope your gig is great.
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Where's Glen disappeared to? He's not been on for a fortnight. (Unless he's using a soodanim of course).
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Julie, Check It Out!
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#135
Also Glasgow, Tuesday November 3rd, Aberdeen, Wednesday November 4th
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#134
Give him a call - Pennsylvania 65000.
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#137
"White cliffs of Dover"?
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Thursday:
"I only want to be with you" - Bay City Rollers
or
"We got tonight" - Bob Seger
Now let me think, which do I really want played???
:-0
DC in Cellardyke
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#40, #110
Listen carefully. Can you hear it? It's DC.............gently weeping...
THURSDAY
I would like to dedicate this request to the Producer of Thursday's show;
'You're Such A Good Looking Woman' - Joe Dolan
DC is not the only Durty Crawler on the blog!
>8-D
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You + Me = Love - Undisputed Truth
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Back in the day, the line "Would you like to come back to my place to watch Caddyshack?" was one that I used; I won't go into the results. So something from Caddyshack, perhaps Summertime Blues. Lots of versions.
Some other good lines...
I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones
Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles (if the boy/girl is called Georgia)
Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Hank Williams (sympathy line)
Take Me to the River, Al Green
Will You Love Me Tomorrow, The Shirelle (For the patient)
I Only Have Eyes for You, The Flamingos
Lean On Me, Bill Withers
Reach Out, I'll Be There, The Four Tops
Should I Stay or Should I Go, The Clash
We Gotta Get Out of This Place, The Animals
Gimme Some Lovin', The Spencer Davis Group
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart
What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
Got My Mojo Working, Muddy Waters
We've Only Just Begun, The Carpenters
I Can't Help Myself, The Four Tops
Come Go With Me, The Del-Vikings
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Boogie Ooogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey (for the different approach)
If My Friends Could See Me Now - Linda Clifford
Do You Wanna Funk - Sylveste
Anybody Wanna Party? - Gloria Gaynor
You + Me = Love - Undisputed Truth
Let's Get It Together - El Coco
Don't You Want My Love - Debbie Jacobs
Do You Want To Get Funky With Me - Peter Brown
I Want Your Love - Chic
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band
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Thursday chat-up lines and other such propositions:
* The Cure - Let's Go to Bed
* Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee
which opens with the most puntastic chat up line and the most withering response
* Wierd Al Yankovic - Wanna B Ur Lovr
contains a huge list of them, set to lounge music
* Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock and Roll
for the Can I take you home, where we can be alone? line
* The Doors - Hello, I Love You
* Led Zep - Black Dog
* Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman - Elephant Love Medley
collates a whole load of lines from many songs from KISS to U2 to Elton John
* Van Morrison - Moondance
#22 Paolo - you're thinking perhaps of
* Dean Martin - How Do Ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?
Big second for Jan's "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star"
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#140, ah kain......
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#143 that's the one.
This week chat up line
Put on your high heel sneakers cos we are goin out tonight / Tommy Tucker
Next week Knockback line
Hey Girl Don't Bother Me / The Tams
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The Boss needs to works on his chat up lines:
From Tougher Than The Rest:
Well 'round here baby
I learned you get what you can get
So if you're rough enough for love
honey I'm tougher than the rest
From Thunder Road:
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
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#140
Gambling that it's not Richard, I see! ;-)
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thursday chat up lines -
bet you look good on the dancefloor, arctic monkeys
get out of my dreams (and into my car), billy ocean
heaven must be missing an angel, tavares
on and on and on, abba
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Mad about you,Sting
More than a feeling,Boston
lets get married,Proclaimers
Gordon Christie
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Chatup lines are supposed to be cheesy, aren't they?
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There is of course the anti-/non-chatup line:
* Tom Waits - I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You
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#151 Excepet that he of course does.
I have to say I cannot beat the following two already suggested
Mary Chapin Carpenter - "Shut Up and Kiss Me", from Shut Up and Kiss Me
Tom Waits & Bette Midler - "stop me if you've heard this one, i feel as though we've met before" from I Never Talk To Strangers. Good song for opening lines themes as well.
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#152
Like all good chatup lines, then - failing in its intent.
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Probably too late for next week now, but as it's Talk Like a Pirate Day (http://www.yarr.org.uk/) on Saturday, any chance of a nautical theme in the near future?
An Autumn theme would probably be nice too in the next month or so as we didn't have one last year.
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#154
Wot? Scotch getting his very own day?
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As an antidote to all the 'cheesy' chat up lines perpetrated by us blokes, I'd strongly suggest playing Sling Your Hook by Chas & Dave which contains a massive list of brilliant put-downs - an excellent way to end the show, I'd suggest! It's one of their best tracks and dead funny! Think of it as the Reply By The Lasses at a Burns Supper... ;-)
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Aye, Aye Captain.
Its been a wee while since the last nautical theme right enough. And now that the Planck is in the news they could give Space a run again too.
Eh Mazzy?
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#154 - Oh and Glen would certainly support an Autumn theme. Justin would be a shoo in.
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Anybody know what next weeks themes are?
DC at the office :-(
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Yes :-)
Oh alright then:
Monday: Mortality
Tuesday: Friends and Neighbours
Wednesday: Children's voices
Thursday: Opposites (pairs of songs required)
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