Next Week's themes...
It's been a fantastic week of themes with a great response across the board. I'm hoping that as many of you are tempted by this week's offerings. As always you can leave suggestions on the blog, by email or on the Get It On Facebook page.
We've got one or two things planned over the coming weeks which I hope will enhance the show - look out next week for the themes on video! I'm off to make-up....
Monday:
Norrie suggests songs featuring children singing for tonight's theme. That could mean the groups of kids on Another Brick In The Wall or Circus Games or maybe the stars who can't resist putting their cute kids on the album. Let's hope I can get through the show without There's No one Quite Like Grandma...
Tuesday:
It's cheery Tuesday on GIO as we focus on songs about mortality. When I'm Dead And Gone or Tomorrow Never Comes? Almost everything on Johnny Cash's last album would qualify including his version of We'll Meet Again. Until I heard him sing it I never really thought of it as a song about the afterlife. Don't think of this a morbid show, I reckon we could get some of our most interesting suggestions yet...
Wednesday:
When you've got friends and neighbours all the world is a happier place. Or so the songs says. Tonight's show celebrates your best buddies and the folk who live next door. Living Next Door to Alice or Lean On Me? You decide...
Thursday:
It's opposites for tonight's show. That means two suggestions from each of you along the lines of Don't Go vs Please Stay, Mr Blue Sky vs Grey Day or Running Up That Hill vs Into The Valley.
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woo! First Post! (sorry, sorry)
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...and I went back in time to post it.
Somehow I think the blog's "publish at $timestamp" function isn't working.
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Hi all....
For Mon...
Panic..................... The Smiths
For Tuesday ...
He Stopped Loving Her Today ....... George Jones (go on, get us all greetin' with this classic) :O)
For Wed...
Friends ..................Shalamar
For Thursday ...
Walk Away Renee .......... Four Tops Baby Come Back ............ The Equals
Have a great weekend everyone
F I D
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Great list Frank...
For Tuesday the sublime:
My Life - Iris DeMent
and in case Glen is not back
My Ride's Here - Warren Zevon or the absolutely fantastic and heartful tribute to Zevon as recorded by the Boss a day after Zevon's death.
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Norrie... where else can you request The Smiths, Shalamar, George Jones and the Four Tops and have a good chance of them being played?
Its why l love this show....
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Only in our heids!!
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Thursday
Jesus Was An Only Son - Springsteen, v She Devil - Natalie Merchant
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Thursday:
'Quiet' - Ian Dury and the Blockheads (great track - the kind of song that illustrates why I love this band)
v
'Talking Loud and Clear' - OMD
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Good themes
Monday
The Bare Necessities / Phil Harris
This World of Water / New Musik
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Tuesday
Funny How Time Slips away / Willie Nelson
Rock and Roll Suicide / David Bowie
Drowning in a sea of Love / Joe Simon or Boz Scaggs
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Wed
Right Next Door / Robert Cray (Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese)
Amigos Para siempre / Sarah Brightman & Jose Carreras
Waiting on a Friend / Rolling Stones
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Thursday
The love i lost / Harold Melvin
I Found Lovin / Fatback Band
I Can See Clearly Now / Johnny Nash
I'd Rather Go Blind / Etta James
Your love is lifting me higher and higher / Jackie wilson
Love Come down / Evelyn Champagne King
Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy / The Tams
Old And wise / Alan Parsons Project
My Ship is Coming In / Walker Brothers
Drift away / Dobie Gray
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THURSDAY:
'Ain't No Pleasing You' - Chas n Dave
'Everybody's Happy Nowadays' - The Buzzcocks
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Yeah....all of the day is very good.....we must be careful every times,because we not know what will happen....Just enjoyed your life...
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There is a great version of When I'm Dead and Gone by Phil Everly with Cliff Richard.
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#1, #2
Is Bryan the new Dr. Who?
We should be telt!
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#17
Naw - you've got to be about 17 these days to be the Doctor.
Miss Babs as The Master, however... (or is that Servelan?)
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Tuesday Mortality
Loads and loads of tracks I could suggest, but there's only one that I really, really want to hear and share with the GiO listeners:
Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute
Whenever I hear it, I hear two perspectives - as a father and as a son.
Anyone who only knows Billy as a purveyor of political polemic will be blown away by this moving meditation.
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Monday: The Bairns
Bryan Ferry's son Otis, is credited with 'whip' on 'Cruel'. It can be heard at the end as he cracks the whip on the backbeat.
J.O'B.
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#20
Absolutely agree. Fantastic song. A big second from me for that.
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For Monday:
The Skids - Circus Games
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will
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#19 She certainly treats Bryan like one of The Ood.
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Monday (Kids singing):
Schools Out - Alice Cooper
Tuesday (Death):
Ernie - Benny Hill
Snoopy V The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
#11 Here Pablito! I'm surprised you didnt try your Paper Lace request for Tuesday. You could have gone for a PL double as both their top ten hits fit the bill
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MONDAY:
'Dear God' - XTC
'Everything Is Beautiful' - Ray Stevens
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#25
BRING ME THE OOD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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#26
What!....and risk being upstaged by Ernie and Snoopy?
Ha! just wait till JFE comes in with 'Honey' and 'Tell Laura I Love her'.
That'll put your gas at a peep!
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Scotch-git, norriemaclean, thank you for the kind words. I felt like the invisible man for a while there. Is there a knack to this? I find myself wondering if email is a better option. Let's see if we get one played this week.
Mon. WE ALL STAND TOGETHER - Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus
JuliefromEdinburgh got in first with Ray Stevens. I'll second that request.
Tues. LOCOMOTIVE BREATH - Jethro Tull
The runaway train is life. Careering out of control to the end of the line.
Wed. LAZY SUNDAY - Small Faces
Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbours?
Thurs. I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME - Bonnie Raitt
The highlight of last Wednesday's show opposed to,
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME - Diana Ross & The Supremes
I think the Temptations were involved in this song. Somebody will know.
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#29
And if he does I shall see him and raise him Red Sovine's 'Teddy Bear'
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#30
You got to have the Small Faces played. Clever Suggestion!
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Cannymarra - by a convulated route your suggestions led me to:
In The Neighbourhood - Tom Waits
which reminded me of what I think is Springsteen's best song since Darkness
Long Walk Home - Bruce Springsteen
both of which fit for Wed even if Bruce was using neighbourhood imagery for a wider political point. Brilliant song.
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Thoughts for the week ahead....
Monday - songs featuring children singing
If I Had Words - Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley featured backing by the St Thomas More Roman Catholic School Choir
Tuesday:songs about mortality
This life (Sons of Anarchy theme)- Curtis Stigers
All my tears - Emmylou Harris
Hell yeah - Neil Diamond
Jacobs ladder - Springsteen
Live like you were dying - Tim McGraw
God's Acre - Kimmie Rhodes
My generation - the Who
Wednesday: friends and neighbours
Thank you for being a friend - Andrew Gold
Forever my friend - Ray Lamontagne
Lean on me - Bill Withers
I'll be there for you - Rembrandts (for intro-mx!!!)
My old friend the blues - Steve Earle
Hello old friend - Kim Richey
Let's invite them over - John Prine/Iris DeMent
Thursday: opposites
A good heart - Feargal Sharkey/Your heart is as black as night - Melody Gardot
I love to boogie - T.Rex/I won't dance -Sinatra
On Broadway - George Benson/Backstreets - Springsteen
One of these nights - Eagles/Every day hurts - Sad Cafe
Country Girl - Primal Scream/Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
I thought you should know -Steve Earle/I keep it hid - Linda Ronstadt
Tender - Blur/Harsh - Baskery
Way down in the hole - Blind Boys of Alabama/High and dry - Radiohead
Poor boy - Steve Earle/ Rich Girl - Hall and Oates
Have a good weekend all
Joe
Linlithgow
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Think you might have touched on a whole new theme here Adam.
Killed in song by the Lynching Lyricist
Ernie / Benny Hill
Snoopy Versus the red Baron / Royal Guardsmen
Running Bear / Johnny Preston
Billy Don't Be a Hero / Paper Lace
Tell Laura I love Her / Ricky Valance
Honey / Bobby Goldsboro
Seasons in the Sun / Terry Jacks
Bat Out Of Hell / Meatloaf
Bohemian Rhapsody / Queen
Leader Of The Pack / Shangri Las
Ebony eyes / Everly Bros
Old shep / Elvis
Teddy Bear / Red Sovine
Call the Doctor / Hercules Mandarin
Billy Davey's Daughter / Stereophonics
Shannon / Henry Gross
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#35 PaoloP - one more.... Killing him - Amy LaVere
Joe
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TUESDAY
BRING ME THE HEADSTONE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
WEDNESDAY
668 THE NEIGHBOUR OF THE BEAST!
THURSDAY
BRING ME THE CHALK AND CHEESE-HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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Thursday's theme is addictive. One more:
Forever young - Audra Mae/When you are old - Gretchen Peters.
Joe
Linlithgow
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MONDAY
I'll sit this one out. Weans dae mah nut in. I do, however, reserve the right to change my mind.
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TUESDAY
'Please Don't Bury Me' - John Prine
If I don't ask for it, Norrie will. PDB,BTW
'Desert Skies' - Marshall Tucker Band
Keep it Country!
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Bryan, I've stuck a copy of the Lincoln City unreleased track Catherina in the post to you today; it would be lovely to hear it played on the radio for the first time on Tuesday when the theme is mortality. The song is about a Scottish GI bride who died young from cancer. But no mention of the D word in the lyrics. The tune has an early Simon and Garfunkel vibe to it. First public performance is in Edinburgh next month. You read it here first. Lincoln City might just be the best band ever to come out of Scotland.
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Tuesday
Who wants to live for ever - Queen
Only the good die young - Billy Joel
Killing of Georgie - Rod Stewart
Jim
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THURSDAY
Got carried away with tonights theme, so got themes within themes
Mix and match
Go now - The Moody Blues with any of
Please Stay - Duffy
Stay - Shakespear Sister
Stay - Jackson Brown
Downtown - Petula Clark with any of
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Uptown top ranking - Althea and Donna
Uptown Uptempo Woman - Randy Edelman
One song, two opposites
I can't stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello
Night and Day - by various artists but I like Clair Teal's version
Original theme
Truth - Hue and Cry / Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Under Pressure - Queen - Take it easy - The Eagles
Betrayed / Happy ever after both by Julia Fordham
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Monday - Songs Featuring Children:
Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis (she was 14!)
Sing - The Carpenters
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
Children - The Mavericks
Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
They Killed Him - Bob Dylan with The Children's Choir
Pictures In The Dark - Mike Oldfield (ftr Aled Jones)
Keep The Faith - Jon Bon Jovi and the Washington Youth Choir
Rio Grande - David Bedford
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Thursday - Opposites:
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Hole In My Shoe - Traffic
New Shoes - Paulo Nutini
The Fool On The Hill - The Beatles
Man Smart, Woman Smarter - The Carpenters
Cosmos (Outer Space) - t.A.T.u
Innerspace - Bruce Dickinson
Let's Get Married - The Proclaimers
D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette
Let's Dance - David Bowie
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
Cold - Tears For Fears
Slow Burn - David Bowie
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
How Deep Is Your Love - Be Gees
Ready For Drowning - Manic Street Preachers
Low Desert - R.E.M.
Up, Up And Away - Andy Williams
Down Down - Status Quo
Across The Universe - The Beatles
The Girl Next Door - Frank Sinatra
Trapped - Utopia
Breathe - Prodigy
Bag Lady - Todd Rundgren
New Life - Depeche Mode
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Wednesday - Friends And Neighbours:
A Miner's Life - Billy Bragg
"Union miners stand together"
Solidarity - Jefferson Airplane
Man Next Door - Massive Attack
You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
Neighbour, Neighbour - The Spectres
My New Next Door Neighbor - Jerry McCain
You're My Mate - Right Said Fred
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TUESDAY
Support for 'Locomotive Breath' - Jethro Tull (see #30)
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For Monday, the great lost Clash track
Clash - This Is England
or
Clash - Career Opportunities (Sandinista version)
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Some suggestions for Tuesday's show as a fan of Deacon Blue / Ricky Ross /McIntosh Ross. Ricky's "Pale Rider" album from 2005 dealt with mortality in a few songs; the great atmospheric title track and the closing song "In The End" which was written in memory of Deacon Blue's late guitarist Graeme Kelling. Deacon Blue songs dealing with death and mortality: Riches (b-side to the first Dignity single back in 1987); Goodnight Jamsie and I Will See You Tomorrow (from Fellow Hoodlums). Another couple of great B-sides in the shape of Golden Bells and Indigo Sky also deal with the theme of mortality. And, look out for the subtle plug coming, the new McIntosh Ross album due out on 28th September has a song "Winter Is Coming" where Lorraine has said it's about celebrating the fact they are looking forward to growing old and celebrating their best years may be behind them, and Lorraine has also written a song on the album called "This World Is Not My Home"... also worth a spin is the b-side to the new single - Summer. The lyrics seem to be about coming home from a funeral and not wanting to carry on after someone close has died but the music is full of life and is strangely uplifting.
I could throw in a couple of hard to get hold of Larry Norman recordings too... "The Road That Leads To Home" which was recorded with just Larry on guitar singing in a hospital ward a year or two after he had a quadruple bypass which saved his life and a year or two before he finally succumbed to all his health problems with his heart condition. One of his last released recordings was "Lost Unto This World" which was an Emmylou Harris cover i think.
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Tuesday
David Gray - Otherside ( the song about his deceased father and the album New Day at Midnight was dedicated to him)
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Thursday:-
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the dark, Bruce Springsteen or Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light.
ELO - Confusion, Johnny Nash - I can see clearly now.
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Thu Opposites
I heard his fiance got a letter to say that Billy died that day.
The letter said that he was a hero, she should be glad he died that way
/Paper Lace
William it was really nothin / Smiths
Money Can't buy me love / Beatles
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap / AC/Dc
Oh and another snuffed out in the lyrics
The Killing of Georgie / Rod Stewart
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Thursday - you asked for 2 songs to do opposites. But can't they be in 1 tune? Like 'Hallo Goodbye' and isn't there some old crooner song with summit like "first they say they love you, then then they leave you.." in the lyrics? Have a great rest of weekend! MadhufromDunblanethomebbesoonbackinEdinburgh
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#45
Hole in my Shoe works for Monday too.
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#53
So it does! I'd forgotten about that bit! Too influenced by Neil's version I think... :-)
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Tuesday - Mortality Night:
Dust In The Wind - Todd Rundgren
"As I lay me down to take my rest
I see that it's just dust in the wind"
Waiting To Die - Zero 7 (end the show with this one!)
Hope I'm Around - Todd Rundgren
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
Forever - Moby
We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead And Gone - Snow Patrol
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Why Was I Born? - Aretha Franklin
The End - The Doors
Meet My Maker - Shannon Boshears
Never Gonna Die - The Shys
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
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Good themes this week and some good suggestions so far'
i'd like tae chip in wi'
Monday; Mother of Mine - Neil Reid
Tuesday; Atmosphere - Joy Division
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (should be a stick on)
Wednesday; Your my best Friend - Don Williams
Thursday; (the one we all really want to get our teeth into)
God save the Queen-Sex Pistols v The queen is Dead-The Smiths
Endless Love- D Ross & L Ritchie v Nothing lasts Forever- Echo & The Bunnymen
Love is a wonderful Colour-Icicle Works v Fade to Grey-Visage
Southbound-Thin Lizzy v Hit the North-The Fall
Just go Away-Blondie v Stay with Me-Rod Stewart
and my challenge to everyone
Welcome to my World-Jim Reeves v Ashes to Ashes-David Bowie
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#51
I heard she threw the letter away.
>8-D
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#10
oops scrub New Musik. Wrong song and the right one 'Living By Numbers' is chronic.
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'It's Too Late' - Carole King
'It's Never Too Late' - Steppenwolf
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Sometimes It's Too Late - Green Frog Feet :-)
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TUESDAY
"...life's a long song, but the tune ends too soon for us all."
'Life Is A Long Song' - Jethro Tull
In support of JimFraeErskine (see #55)
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Re: Bryan's blurb on Thursday's theme; doesn't 'Don't Go' and 'Please Stay' mean the same thing?
We should be telt!
>8-D
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THURSDAY
'Ne Me Quitte Pas' - Jacques Brel
vs.
'Go! And Never Darken My Towels Again!!' - Groucho Marx
>8-D
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#62
BRING ME THE COROLLARY SAID OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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Thursday Opposites
5-4-3-2-1 - Manfred Mann / (1,2,3,4,5) Senses Working Overtime - XTC
All Day And All Of The Night - The Stranglers / NEVER Ever - All Saints
Stand and DELIVER - Adam and The Ants / RETURN To Sender - Elvis
DOWNTOWN - Petula Clark / UPTOWN Girl - Billy Joel
Money For NOTHING - Dire Straits / EVERYTHING I Own - Bread
Bridge Over Troubled WATER Simon & Garfunkel / FIREstarter - Prodigy
Let's Dance - David Bowie / I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
Nancy With The LAUGHING Face - Frank Sinatra / CRYING - KD Lang
I Love It LOUD - Kiss / Its So QUIET - Bjork
NORTH Bound - John Sferra / SOUTH Bound - Thin Lizzy
DON'T GO - Yazoo / STAY - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
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#62, #65
It's no' just Bryan then. Must be a sou'side thing. Jeezo....
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67# aw gawd, didnt realise I just fell into that stay/dont go trap ! thanks Scotch --- jeezo lol lol
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#67 ok i got he blog number wrong also....#66 aw gawd...etc lol
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I can see Monday turning into 'Junior Choice' with Bryan 'Stewpot' Burnett.
THURSDAY
'Maggie May' - Rod Stewart
'Willie Can' - Beverley Sisters
'I Really Don't Want To Know' - Waylon Jennings
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Monday - Children In Song
Toy Soldiers - Martika
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Matchstalk Men and Matchstick Cats & Dogs - Brian & Michael with (dare I mention) St Winifred's school choir :-)
The Song of the White Horse - David Bedford / Nash Ensemble. Brilliant piece of music where DB used a choir and provided some helium for the high high notes!. Bit long for GIO though would take 30 mins LOL
Jump To The Beat - Stacy Lattisaw
Because We Want To - Billie (Piper)
MMMBop - Hanson
Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me - Lena Zavaroni
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Monday
"It's Cliched Being Cynical at Christmas" Half Man Half Biscuit
"Rio Grande" David Bedford (again), and well under 10 minutes
"Career Opportunities" The Clash (Sandinista version)
Tuesday
"Night Comes On" Leonard Cohen
"Night Comes On" Leonard Cohen
"Night Comes On" Leonard Cohen
"Night Comes On" Leonard Cohen
"Night Comes On" Leonard Cohen
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Well, three shouts for David Bedford! I suspect we will need to extend the Nexus now... :-)
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Just read all 72 posts (been in Newcastle all weekend) so just catching up
Good shout for "School's Out" AfR and I like your Benny Hill suggestion. However, there's one mortality song which shows the way for immortality:
"Hello this is Joanie" by Paul Evans
:-)
DC in Cellardyke
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Tuesday: Mortality
The title track from Bryan Ferry's 'Boys And Girls' album was written when his father died and has the line 'death is the friend I've yet to meet'
J.O'B.
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Here are my suggestions for this week.
Monday Paul Simon Father and Daughter
Martika Toy Soldiers
SClub7 Have You Ever - the Children in Need version which my daughter's school recorded the chorus to be added to help boost sales and meant all the children on it could claim to have had a number one hit!
Tuesday Circle of Life by Elton John which is my other daughter's most favourite Disney film!
Hear You Me by Jimmy Eats World - "may angels lead you in"
If Tomorrow Never Comes by Ronan Keating
Someone To Watch Over Me by Ella Fitzgerald
Wednesday Friends Theme as everything that is said to teenage duaghter is met with "that was in Friends"!
Fernando by Abba
With a Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker or Wet, Wet, Wet
Thursday
Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore by Walker Brothers Vs
Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens
Sound of the Suburbs by The Menbers Vs
In The City by the Jam
Careless Whisper by Wham Vs
Shout by Tears For Fears
Lets Get Married by The Proclaimers Vs
DIVORCE by Billy Connolly!
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THURSDAY
Opposites
'Love and Marriage' - Sinatra
'Happiness' - Ken Dodd
cynical git
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#73
Ooh forgot about that one. Another for a future Slain in Song theme. I make that about enough for a whole theme. Whether anyone would want to listen is another debate entirely.
No one suggesting Clair / Gilbert O'Sullivan tonight? (She's heard giggling at the end) Not politically correct in an age when kids can't sit on Santas Knee, Lollipop men can't hold a child's hand crossing the road and you can't take photos of your own kids in a school play?
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If Teenage pop stars count rather than just kids voices on record then
Diana / Paul Anka (14 years old)
and
I Call it Pretty Music but the old people call it the Blues /Little Stevie Wonder (aged 11)
or
Blowin in the wind / Stevie Wonder (Aged 15)
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Monday Kids
Like toy soldiers, Eminem
Hardknock life, Jay Z
I have a dream, Abba
One day, Bjork (baby gurgles at the start)
And I know there's still about 95 shopping days to go but it fits with the theme...
Happy Xmas(War is over), John and Yoko
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Monday Wains: summarising above:
* Traffic - Hole in My Shoe
* Mike Oldfield - Pictures in the Dark
and I *know* there's a version of Blue Skies which has a child speaking the first verse. But can I find it? (No, I don't think it's any of the ones mentioned in the Wikipedia article)
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Thursday Opposites:
* The Who - Real Good Looking Boy or
* Lennon - Beautiful Boy
v
* Anything by Ugly Kid Joe or
* Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
* The Troggs - Love Is All Around
v
* Steve Rowland & Family Dogg – Sympathy
(And sympathy is what you need my friend, because there's not enough Love to go around)
* Jilted John - Jilted John
v
* Julie & Gordon - Gordon's Not A Moron
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Good call on Jilted John!
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Thursday opposites continued (now I've learned the difference between the Preview & Post buttons *ahem*):
* Moby - Porcelain
* The Primitives - Crash
* I to I - The Right Time (to fall in love)
* Tom Waits - I hope that I don't fall in love with you
* Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - How? (in the Scots usage, mind)
* Beatles - Because
* Dylan - The Times They Are A'Changing
* The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
* Lennon - Grow Old My Love With Me
* Undertones - Teenage Kicks or
* The Regents - 7Teen or
* The Who - My Generation
* Slade - Cum On Feel the Noize
* Japan - Quiet Life
* Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
* Van Morrison - Moondance
* The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
* Beatles - Cry Baby Cry
* The Nice - America
* Sting - Russians
* Rose Royce - Working At The Carwash
* Traveling Wilburies - Dirty World (all full of car metaphors)
* Pink Floyd - Money
* Paul Young - Love of the Common People (or indeed Pulp)
* Human League - Don't You Want Me
* Beatles - I Want You (she's so heavy
* Lennon - Stepping Out
* Runrig - Going Home or
* Madness - My Girl (would rather stay in and watch TV on my own)
There's also a great Streets song that would do here too, but perhaps not suitable for Drivetime Radio
and finally:
* Zager & Evans - In the year 2525
* Jethro Tull - Living in the Past
Yeah, gwan. Gwan gwan gwan.
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Monday :
The Housemartins have a kiddie chorus in the last half of 'Bow down'
Ian in Partick.
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Bryan - The Wall is not about the Berlin Wall! It's a metaphor for isolation and self-protectiveness from emotion and others' ridicule, ending up at supreme callousness, and built from life events such as early death of Father, experience of WWII, mother's over-protectiveness, bullying schoolteachers, unfaithful wife etc.
Instead of playing with Shaker Maker tomorrow, why not sit down and listen to it, end to end?
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#54 My mate Matt had the 12" of Neil's version, where Neil actually goes on to do the washing up.
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More for THURSDAY:
'Heat Treatment' - Graham Parker v 'Night Nurse' - UB40 (well, it's a cold cure innit!).
'Answer Me' - Barbara Dickson v 'Don't Speak' - No Doubt.
'Nervous Wreck' - Radio Stars v 'Harder Faster Better Stronger' - Daft Punk.
'Let Me Down Easy' - Bettye LaVette v 'It Was Easier To Hurt Her' - Wayne Fontana.
'Love That Girl' - Raphael Saadiq v 'She Hates Me' - Puddle of Mudd (would have to be a radio edit though).
'I Will Always Love You' - Dolly Parton v 'I Never Really Loved You Anyway' - The Corrs.
'Down In Mexico' - The Coasters v 'North to Alaska' - Johnny Horton.
I know it's a repeated theme but it's such a good one that I can feel a few more lists coming on.
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Bryan, we raised a few glasses to Sir Bobby this evening. Will you dedicate something to him on Tuesday? Whatever you feel is appropriate. Thank yee.
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TUESDAY:
'The Passing Show' - Ian Dury and the Blockheads (this is a great track which I've asked for quite a few times...a poignant song about mortality given the expert Blockheads treatment...really funky...from the album 'Mr Love Pants')
'I Want My Baby Back' - Jimmy Cross (teenage death record parody..."Oh Baby I Dig You So Much"...ugh!)
'Here In heaven' - Sparks
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This is Stevie, DC's Welsh Wales Brother-in-law nickin a shot on his computer (don't tell him)
Tuesday show: "Patches" by Clarence Carter which is possibly the most corny song ever written!
Patches ah'm dipendin on ya son....
Hellish but hilarious. The word "schmaltz" was invented with that song in mind.
Here's DC coming back so better go....
Steve
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#85
Captain, I can understand BB making the connection with the Berlin Wall because of Roger Waters' show that was done in Germany in the early 90's which explicitly suggested that it could be about the falling of the Berlin Wall specifically and the lowering of barriers more generally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGllVNf-8Zg&feature=related
I think at one point they also show some of the wall being demolished as part of the show.
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#87. Silly me...don't think UB40 did a version of 'Night Nurse'. Better make it Gregory Isaacs or Simply Red.
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#91
Well, if you're going to use the 1990 Berlin Wall as a visual aid, then it'd be impolitic not to use it as a secondary metaphor, but that's what it is - very much secondary.
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#93
Agreed. However it's not unlikely at all that a non-hardcore, non-paid up member of the Floyd Appreciation Society would make that mistake. Bryan likes to keep it country, remember? :-)
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OK - Tuesday is the day you HAVE to play the Grateful Dead. There is no choice...if the theme is mortality. Most GD songs are long and/or about tragic themes so here are some relatively short and upbeat songs that I think the passengers aboard the good ship Get it On might like.
Cassidy
Cosmic Charley
Sugar Magnolia
Mr. Charlie
Tennessee Jed
West L.A. Fadeaway
Uncle John's Band
Cheers y'all
Scott Martin
Charlotte NC USA
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TUESDAY - DEATH
Lenny Bruce - Bob Dylan,
Dylan in fine voice with a great melody about the life and death of the American comedian. Some of the lines in the song have an excellent black comedy quality about them.
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Hello.
For Tuesday was going to suggest Leader of the Pack. Looking at the blog I see it's already been requested. Are The Shangri-La's the best band with the fewest plays on the radio? Their back catalogue of singles is tremendous.
Instead I'm going for Death Disco by Public Image Limited. Can't see this making the show as the single got zero airplay at the time of it's release.
From 'Metal Box' - undoubtedley the best album of the 1980's.
Cheers.
LLIM.
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#95
BRING ME THE GRATEFUL DEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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Tuesday: Mortality
Can't help but echo CaptRamius (#20), and JimFraeErskine (#22) – Billy Braggs 'Tank Park Salute' simply says it all...
A few more suggestions though...
A Most Peculiar Man: Simon and Garfunkel
The Last of the Hobo KIngs: Mary Gauthier
But I May Die Tonight: Cat Stevens
Now I'm Easy: Eric Bogle
Come Back to Me: Big Country
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Julie,
I salute your memorable discernability!
Support for 'Here In Heaven' - Sparks (see #89)
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My Life - Iris DeMent
My Ride's Here - Bruce Springsteen, the absolutely fantastic and heartful tribute to Zevon as recorded by the Boss a day after Zevon's death.
Ellis Unit One - Steve Earle
When I'm Dead And Gone - Phil Everly and Cliff Richard
Everyone Says Hi - David Bowie (i am sure I read this was written for Bolan, could be wrong)
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#90
DC,
Your shvoger speaks Yiddish? Naches! Mazeltov!! Shana Tova!!!
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#102
He's a Scotsman staying in Wales so he has to be multi-lingual!
With "Patches", "Hello this is Joanie" and "Ernie" on the suggested list, this could be some show tonight!
DC
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#102
Dunno, but for Saturday's dual festival: L'Shana tovarrrrrr
(and Eid Mubarak! for Sunday)
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#103 As long as we're not playin' Brian & Michael again (although I couldn't help but visualise the scene in 24 Party People where they use it)
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#104
There speaks a man with more than one calendar!
TUESDAY
If we're gonna get silly, there must be room for this...
'The Dundee Ghost' - Matt McGinn
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#98
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, but not his singing.
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Tuesday
"Black Peter" The Grateful Dead (have they been played on GIO yet? I think not....)
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult
"The Old Main Drag" The Pogues (go on, Bryan, I dare ye! ;0))
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Tuesday
The Weaver's Answer by Family - a fatefull song
Some Fantastic Place by Squeeze- an uplifting song
Wednesday
Waiting for a Friend by the Rolling Stones - a cool song
Had me a real good time by the Faces- a drunken song
Thursday
Good Day Sunshine (Beatles) v Bad Day (Carmel)
We'll fly High in the Sky(Amen Corner) v Low Rider (War)
I'd rather go blind (Chicken Shack or Rod Stewart) v I can see clearly now (Johnny Nash or Ray Charles)
Great show
Cheeers
Kenny Graham
New but dedicated "on demand" listener in Holland!
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TUES
This is dedicated to BB...Hell ain't a bad place to be,AC/DC
WED
This is also for BB...You're my best friend,Queen
Gordon Christie, Kirrie
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Tuesday
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realise?
Fits in perfectly with the cheery aspect of tonights theme. Rather than reflecting on someone once they have gone - appreciate them more whilst they are here!!
Also a cracking tune into the bargain...............
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#111
Ah, you're straying into Phil Ochs Country there.
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Thursday:
Get It On
vs
Let It Be
DC in Cellardyke
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108
Black Peter by The Grateful Dead...wonderful...the blackest, darkest, saddest, and most comic of all their songs. Perfect, perhaps, for today's theme.
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Weds Friends & Neighbours
Friends:
* Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry
* The Streets - Dry Your Eyes, Mate (Remember to look out the version without the swearie bit in the middle)
* Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier An anthem for my mates in early high school
* Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me
* Marillion - Assassing, although 'my friend' is served with a strong dose of sarcasm.
Neighbours:
* James Taylor - Our Town (Grammy winning track from Pixar's Cars, and another from the pen of Randy Newman)
* Iris DeMent - Our Town (Not the same song as above)
* Madness - Our House (In the middle of our street)
More later. Mebbes.
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Woops - ran out of time:
Dance Me To the End of Love - Leonard Cohen
Ashes - KT Tunstall
I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young
Ohio - CSN
Farewell, Farewell - Fairport Convention
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#116
Brilliant suggestion for Dance Me Till the end of time. Hopefully the Live in London Version. Go on Miss Babs.
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oops did I say time. Getting carried away with the theme. I meant Love.
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OLD SHEP! PDB,BTW!!
Is this our compensation for enduring Morrissey two nights running?
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Old Shep's on. My oven's on but not lit. Noose and razor blades at the ready. Lenny Cohen is sheer unbridled joy in comparison.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I didn't. Jeez two nights running I've been credited with asking for songs I've been having a dig at.
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#119, was old shep on? I missed it because I fell asleep with the Smithzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........
DC
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#120
May I refer you to comment #35
You have no grounds for complaint. Thank you for requesting it! S-g
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Last week it was the Robert E Lee, this week its The Wall.
Nowhere to hide on this Blog, thats for sure.
Here DC, I would tighten up the security on your computer. Thats two breaches in a fortnight.
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You think they'll play 'Teddy Bear' as well?
We live in hope........
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There is a real need for sarcastic tongue in cheek font on this blog
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Jeez seasons in the sun. I suppose that counts as my request as well. Just on my way to the top floor.
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Tell Laura I Love Her, by Ricky Valance, 1960
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My 1st go on the blog; glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Morissey is some way from being the best thing since sliced bread (that's bread, as in breed).
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Way! First post on the Blog!
Good shout AndyontheM77 for Fairport Convention's 'Farewell, Farewell'.
Written after the band's 1969 motorway crash which killed the drummer Martin Lamble and Richard Thompson's girlfriend, Jeannie Taylor. Music history lesson over!
How about
'Needle of Death' By Bert Jansch
'Excitable Boy' - Warren Zevon
'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner' - also by Warren Zevon
'19582 Vincent Black Lightning' by Richard Thompson.
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My Immortal / Evanescence
Drowning in a Sea Of Love / Joe simon
Rock and Roll Suicide / Bowie
would've been good tonight. Hmmph.
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#129 welcome Grumps. Anyone who appreciates no Morrissey is a pal of mine
DC
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#124 Adam, I try to encourage new listeners as you weel kain. My bro-in-law has left on the journey back to the valleys to enlighten the Welsh Waleans about this graaayyyyttt show. I hope he gets a mention tonight
DC
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I also 2nd 'Ballad of Billie Jo' by Bobbie Gentry. An absolutly brilliant piece of song-writing!
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So American Pie is not possible because it's about the death of a person, but Old Shep is OK caws it's about a Dug?
Double shtandardsh shurely???
DC
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#135
We don't hear 'Old Shep' often enough on this show.
Don't call me Shirley.
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So no Ernie or Patches.
That's the last time I write a song for Babs...
DC
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#137
Try writing the songs that make the whole world sing. :-)
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Anyone see the whale? Is it doon the watter at the BBC?
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Wednesday
Adios Amigo - Jim Reeves
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WEDNESDAY
"When you live in the country
Everybody is your neighbour
On this one thing you can rely..."
'Y'all Come' - Bill Monroe
'There Goes the Neighborhood' - Gretchen Wilson
Keep it Country!
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Wednesday:
Lets be friends - Bruce Springsteen
Play it for the Boss to commemorate his OAP status
DC
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Dawn Snapped Snipping
A lonely link has been languishing on Jeff's blog. If it pops up here it might get a wider audience.
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#142 - Mebbe I've been away ower long, but 65 is the starting age for an OAP is it no?
:) (minded)
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WEDNESDAY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS:
'We're Going To Be Friends' - White Stripes
'Can we still be friends' - Todd Rundgren
'You Gotta Have Friends' - Bette Midler (a good one to open the show?)
'In The Neighbourhood' - Tom Waits
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#145 Julie, a big second for Todd Rundgren Can We Still Be Friends :-)
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#142 depends on yer occupation. You get free bus travel and the likes. State pension is 65 but some jobs work up to 60.
Yer richt though Adam, the Boss aye works past 60. He gets the free bus tae work though!
DC
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Would like to hear the Boss but I would go for
Long Walk Home - one of his best tracks and totally fits with the theme. My Hometown might fit too.
also
Tom Waits - In The Neighbourhood
Camera Obscura - I Need All THe Friends I Can Get
and a wee 80's gem:
Clarence (Big Man) Clemons with Jackson Browne = You're A Friend of Mine
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Has anybody requested
My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
yet?
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#149. Don't think so but glad you mentioned it :0)
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Wanted to come back in with Thin Lizzy's "Saga of the ageing Orphan" as a suggestion for tonights show but was too late so how about
Wednesday - Lizzy's "The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle"
and more for Thursday
Rip it Up - Orange Juice v Pickin up the Pieces - Average White Band
Aint that Enough - Teenage Fanclub v Just can't get Enough - Depeche
Mode
Panic - The Smiths v Lazy Calm - Cocteau Twins
sorry bout the last one DC & SG
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Thursday:
The Smiths - Oscillate Wildly v How Still My Love - Stevie Nicks
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Dancing In The Dark v River of Brightness - Roddy Frame
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Bah, no Tank Park Salute tonight. It really is a wonderful track that has me in bits every time I hear it. But, Annie Lennox was a very good shout instead.
#149
I had it (My Best Friend's Girl) in mind on the way home, yeah, but in the Hayseed Dixie version.
Other friendship addenda:
* They Might Be Giants - Your Racist Friend (is A Bad Thing)
* Sawdoctors - The Best of Friends
and for Neighbours
* Where The Streets Have No Name, but have a listen to the Jamestowne acoustic version (actually, they've done a cover of the whole Joshua Tree album as a lo-fi acoustic demo)
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WEDNESDAY FRIENDS
All I Really Want To Do (is baby be friends with you) - Byrds
Wise words on the subject coming from none other than Bob Dylan, though I think the Byrds version is a bit cheerier.
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Wednesday:
Have we had Robert Cray on GIO?
Right Next Door (Because of Me): Robert Cray Band
A Most Peculiar Man: Simon and Garfunkel (Go, on... it's only 2.32mins and quite brilliant!)
"He was a most peculiar man,
That's what Mrs. Reardon says,
And she should know, she lived upstairs from him"
Both Sides The Tweed: Dick Gaughan
Well, it's definitely about neighbours!
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Hello.
For Wednesday's show, how about Quit This Town by Eddie and the Hot Rods? A song that reflects how I feel about my neighbours and my hometown.
P.S.
Dear Poptastic groups out there...
Can we have more songs with good lyrics rather than the half-baked drivel served up by the likes of The Stereophonics and Franz Ferdinand?
You know...stuff that actually means something to the listener.
LLIM.
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#155
Great shout for Dick Gaughan (the Capercaille version is grand too). And in that vein:
* Christy Moore (or U2) - North and South of the River
Lots of other civil-war/Troubles-are-bad-mmkay? type songs that could follow that, from
* Paul Brady - The Island to
* The Human League - The Lebanon
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Good second half of the show last night.
Bryan Babs or whoevers on blog duty.
After being accused live on air the last two nights of formally requesting Clair and Old Shep when I was merely making observations, I badly need my GIO week to improve.So what I want what I really really want as requested earlier and backed up by Shropshire Mike is
Right Next Door / Robert Cray.
It's been asked for before but as we say, if ever there was a theme.
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
She was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loved her
In the silence I can hear their Breaking hearts.
wonderful.
and a happy birthday Brooooooooce!
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#158, I think you were the ONLY blog regular who got a mention last night Paolo.
The rest of us seem to be consigned to history..
Yesterday's news...
(sigh)..........
(exit stage left, shuffling slowly into the distance, whilst the last bit of Old Shep plays quietly in the background......)
DC
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Speaking of the Boss and his 60th Ricky Ross played Springsteen's cover of the Suicide song Dream Dream baby Dream on his radio show last night - great choice!
Not at all relevant here but there we go....
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Luka - Suzanne Vega
would fit the Neighbour angle.
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Bob Dylan - Neighbourhood Bully
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Wonder where Hoppo and Glen are?
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Regina Spektor - Lady
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Man
Cure - Just Like Heaven
Clash - Straight to Hell
Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
CSNY - Everybody I Love You
Tom Waits (and Bette Midler) - I Never Talk to Strangers
Saul Williams - Talk to Strangers
Frank Sinatra - You Make me Feel so Young
Joni Mitchell - My Old Man
Roddy Frame - Jump
Toots and the Maytals - Sit Right Down
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#163 - I think the Moderators may have got them. Like in some eerie Japanese / Korean horror film.
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#159
Exit, stage left; pursued by 'Teddy Bear'
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Thursday:
I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
I Surrender - Rainbow
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Thursday (again)
Poles apart - Pink Floyd
Sweethearts together - Rolling Stones
DC
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Walking on the moon - Police
Walking in the sun - Travis
Hoping for at least a mention tomorrow....
DC
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more Thursday
Say Hello,Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell
You Say Goodbye,I Say Hello - The Beatles
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THURSDAY
'Ne Me Quitte Pas' - Jacques Brel
vs.
'Get Out of My House' - Kate Bush
'Fat Man' - Jethro Tull
vs.
'Like a Tall Thin Girl' - Jethro Tull
'Tell Me Why' - Taylor Swift
vs.
'Dinna Ast Me [Eh Dinna Ken]' - Saint Andrew
'I Feel Lucky' - Mary Chapin Carpenter
vs.
'Bad Luck' - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
'Sweet Dream' - Jethro Tull
vs.
'Welcome to My Nightmare' - Alice Cooper
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#169
Are the polis walking on The Dark Side of the Moon?
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Is it just me, or is everyone finding it difficult to read the playlists?
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howsabout some band opposites
Free v Busted
Blur v Focus
Proclaimers v Silencers
Rolling Stones v Rocksteady Crew
Monaco v Big Country
U2 v Us3
Men at Work v UB40
...and ta for Mr Cray.
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THURSDAY OPPOSITES
China Girl - Bowie
American Boy - Estelle
Sparrow - Simon & Garfunkel
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Summer Breeze - Isley Bros
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles
I Want Money - Flying Lizzards
Money Don't Matter - Prince
Not In Love - 10CC
Stone in Love - Stylistics
Badlands - Brooss
Promised Land - Brooss
Waters of March - Art Garfunkel
Might as well rain until September - Carole King
Yellow Submarine - Beatles
Paper Plane - Status Quo
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Hello.
For Thursday's opposites show...
Morningtown Ride by The Seekers and Night Train by James Brown.
These two sit quite nicely together I reckon. The James Brown track appeared on the soundtracks of Back To The Future and Quadrophenia.
Morningtown Ride has to be a stonewall classic.
Cheers.
LLIM.
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For Thursday.
James - Sit Down
from one James to another..........
James Brown - Sex Machine (Get up, get on up ............)
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Thursday;
Baggy Trousers by Madness which was written in reply to Pink Floyds-Another Brick in The Wall.
When i heard of tonights theme of opposites it reminded me of an episode of CHEERS, the characters played by Ted Danson and Shelley Long(?) were at a relationship counsellor played by John Cleese and he told them that their relationship was doomed as they had nothing in common "what about the theory that opposites attract" she said," Ah" said John Cleese " the cry of the truly desperate "
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Thursday:
Believe it or not, these were thought up at 5.30am this morning, lying in bed, waiting for first light, so I could get out and look the cows... maybe Mandy was right, GIO is slightly addictive...
Country Life: Show of Hands (A superb duo from Devon, Bryan, not sure you have played them on the show yet, but I can thoroughly recommend them)
In the City: The Jam
The Saturday Boy: Billy Bragg
Sunday Girl: Blondie
... does this count as a double? Calm down Mike....
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want: The Smiths
Whatever You Want: Status Quo
Sunshine on Leith: The Proclaimers
Rainy Night in Georgia: Randy Crawford
M
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The Clash - Career Opportunities / UB40 - One In ten
Elvis - Viva Las Vegas / Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas
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129# 132#
I'm glad to hear there is some others who don't like Morissey, so I think we should form a "Hate Morissey Group" with GreggaryPeccary as the Chairman.
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#181
I don't suppose we actually 'hate' Morrissey/The Smiths - I for one just find most of his output 'samey' and dull for the most part. He needs to learn how to write a SECOND melody... ;-)
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He wouldn't know Melody if it came and bit him on the Ass!
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A few "opposites" for Thursday:
I'm Only Happy When it Rains: Garbage vs. I Can't Stand the Rain: Anne Peebles.
Baby I Love You: The Ronettes vs. Can't Stand My Baby: The Rezillos
Rock'n'Roll: The Velvet Underground vs. Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Little Feat.
One's about rock'n'roll being good for you, the other about how it's it "bad for the body and bad for the soul".
C'Mon Feel the Noize: Slade vs Noise Annoys: The Buzzcocks
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#182
Frank Zappa:
Without deviation progress is not possible.
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#185
Unless you're playing 'Just a Minute'
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#185
Unless you're playing 'Just a Minute'
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"He who hesitates is lost."
Nicholas Parsons
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China Girl - Bowie
American Woman - Kravitz
Give me 10 minutes I need to get to the car...
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Oh boo hoo we hate the Smiths / Mozz again and again..... Eh so? Don't put them on your list and go and pour another gin when they come on.
If we want to go down the road of criticising particular acts especially those who are requested fairly often then this will be a very dull place indeed...
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#191
Oh, dry your eyes! At least Morrissey gets airtime!! We'll probably have to wait for CHILDREN IN NEED to come around again before we hear the mighty Tull!!!
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Gets air time presumably because the tracks are requested by many, are good, are relevant to theme?
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#193
1) "You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public."
Scott Adams
2) Subjective. Irrelevant.
3) If I wanted to request songs simply because the title or the name of the band was relevant to the theme I would join Facebook!
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Thanks for the link - maybe I should pop over and have a look.
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Aye. Don't forget to take a photie...
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ooaa Scotch, I think your link could be moderated by the blog meisters LOL
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I am not suggesting they do btw :-)
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#194
s.g........ i know how he feels....... up until monday i had no friends either
Frankienaymates
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#199
What do you expect when you're banging away at 3 in the morning?
on your drumkit...
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Excuse me! I have lots of mates - just ask my old mate Mozz.
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#201
Ross, Chandler, Joey, Monica, Phoebe and Rachel don't count. Not even if you have every episode on DVD!
(My favourite was Janice. Hubba-Hubba)
OH _ MY _ GOD!
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#199, #200
Frank,
Sorry, man. That was rude. What happened on Monday?
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#203
monday i got an email saying someone wanted to be my facebook friend....
i accepted... ;0)
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#204
Was it Norrie or Salim?
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#205
salim..... ;o(
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#202
......singing My Funny Valentine
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I think we should all be more tolerant of each others musical tastes. I therefore apologise for ever upsetting any Joe Dolce, Trio, Old Shep or Pet Shop Boys fans.
Well....
maybe apart from the pet shop boys.
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Trio are da da da MEN! :-)
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#208
?!?
Where's the fun in that?
P.S. You have dissed Maria. Bad move.......
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Robert Burns
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Paolo
Re lastfm... its the same as here...
& Scotch... I have replied to your email
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#194 1)
Frank Zappa:
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
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#212
............................and it has a longer shelf life.
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#213
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