Next week's themes...
It's been an exhausting week. Yes, I know that standing in a studio and playing records for two hours is not exactly back breaking labour but I am looking forward to the weekend off.
Running the Berlin marathon last Sunday has probably got something to do with my tiredness as well. It was a fantastic weekend and a great race but as the top temperature of the day was 25c so it was a rather draining experience. I started well and stayed on my target till 35k when the heat took it's toll on me. I still managed to finish in under three hours but that was down to great support and a rather stirring bit of Whitney that was blasting out as I ran the stretch.
It's strange to think that taking part in a major endurance event ends up not being the most stressful, tiring thing in your week. Thursday's show of 'opposites' was a busy one but as I'd committed to playing a pair of songs from each listener then it meant we could only play half the suggestions we normally do. Frustrating, but fun and one we'll return to again...soon as my energy levels are topped up!
Anyway, here are this week's themes. Hope you enjoy contributing to the shows...
Monday
As Fame the movie hits the big screen, Fame the theme hits your radio - It's songs about making it to the top and dealing with it when you are there. From Cover Of The Rolling Stone to When Will I Be Famous. Fame costs and tonight at ten past six is when you start paying...
Tuesday
It's a case of hit me baby one more time as we feature the artists who got two shots at fame. Lets have your suggestions of the folk who've been in two successful bands. The ones that spring to mind are Paul Weller, Gram Parsons, Siouxsie Sioux and Terry Hall. Let me know who is on your list....
Wednesday
There's top fashion advice tonight on Get It On. Tune in as Gok Burnett dishes up the songs with style. From Raspberry Beret to Baggy Trousers, it's autumn-winter's musical must haves on tonight's get it on...
Thursday
Songs for your ex is the theme for tonight which has been suggested by Morag Keith. Will you go bitter and twisted or do you find it hard to let go? There's a song that's perfect for the ex lover in your life, let me know what it is....
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Great Themes, Gram Parsons would be really really good to hear. He was in three bands as well as his solo career and plenty to chose from even though he died so young.
Anyway Monday gives the chance to request a really great Springsteen track:
Bruce Springsteen - Man At The Top
dont we hate it when our friends become successful?
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I anticipate the full and unqualified support of Rich in North Carolina;
MONDAY
'Fifteen Minutes' - Kirsty MacColl
"Then there's always the cash!
Selling your soul for some trash
Smiling at people that you cannot stand
You're in demand;
Your fifteen minutes start now..."
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One that would be good to hear on monday would be
Star / Nazareth.
Don't think I've ever heard it on the radio but it tells the story of a guy whose girl has no time for him now that she's made it. Similarly
'Everything that glitters is not gold / Dan Seals
would also be appropriate but I got it on before so won't push my luck.
And Finally a wee guilty pleasure
The Hungry Years / Neil Sedaka.
Oh and there can't be many more vicious songs for an ex than
Death on Two Legs / Queen
''You're a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride''
is one of the milder lines.
Not that i'm suggesting it for mine...just making an observation :-)
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Tues
Chris Grant drums with Hercules Mandarin, The Hussy's and Journeybox.
Always Never / Hercules Mandarin
We Expected / The Hussy's
That's a pint you owe me son :-)
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Can we have 'Band on the Run' for Tuesday's programme?
And for Thursday, another Kirsty MacColl suggetion -There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis.
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Thoughts for the week ahead:
Monday - Fame (struggled with this)
Life's been good to me - Joe Walsh
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Money for nothing - Dire Straits
I got money now - Pink
Little Rock Star - Lucinda Williams
It's a Long Way to the Top - AC/DC
Tuesday - "double-top"
For Your Love or Layla - Clapton when part of the Yardbirds and Derek and the Dominos respectively.
Fool for your lovin' - David Coverdale, of Whitesnake and Deep Purple
She's Not There or Hold your head up - Rod Argent of the Zombies and Argent respectively
If You Gotta Go, Go Now or Blinded by the Light - Manfered Mann and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, respectively
All Right Now or Can't Get Enough - Paul Rodgers with Free and Bad Company respectively
Wednesday - Fashion (really struggled with this....)
The angels wanna wear my red shoes - Elvis Costello
Forever in blue jeans - Neil Diamond
I thought you should know - Steve Earle (for reference to the classic "little black dress")
Thursday - Songs for your ex (apologies for the excessively long list - what a great theme!)
I fall to pieces – Trisha Yearwood/Aaron Nevillle
You'll never find another love like mine - Lou Rawls
Back to me - Kathleen Edwards
Always - Bon Jovi
Dance the night away or Neon Blue - Mavericks
Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Goodbye or I remember you or I still carry you around or Somewhere out there - Steve Earle
All I'm thinkin' about - Springsteen
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
Set You Free or I found a letter - Allison Moorer
The song remembers when - Trisha Yearwood
Same old tears on a new background - Stephen Bishop
Still in love with you - Thin Lizzy
Still I long for your kiss - Lucinda Williams
When I am through with you - The VLA
Fool if you think it's over - Chris Rea
In the absence of your company or I’m alright or To tell the truth - Kim Richey
If you see her say hello – Dylan (the only song of his I can bear!)
Rewind - Paulo Nutini
Still within the sound of my voice - Linda Ronstadt
I want you back - Jackson 5
Come back to me - David Cook
Even now or This one’s for you - Barry Manilow
Answer me - Barbara Dickson
Passing strangers - Billy Eckstein and Sarah Vaughan
I'm doing fine now - The Pasedenas
Have a goo weekend
Joe
Linlithgow
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have a gooD weekend!!
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Monday
One more
Turn The Page / Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band
We'll be listening in the car on the way back from New Lanark.
Tuesday....Timothy B Schmidt
A member of both Poco and The Eagles
I Can't Tell You why / Eagles
Love Will Keep Us Alive / Eagles
I can't tell you why is one of my all time favourite songs and was written by Schmidt. Alternatively Love will keep us alive was cowritten by Schmidt and Paul Carrack, himself a member of umpteen different groups.
Wed
Hi Heel Sneakers / Tommy Tucker
The best song you'll play all week.
Thu Songs for my Ex
Doin Fine Now / New York City
Drops of Jupiter /Train
Not really appropriate for myself but I do hope someone requests Getting Over You by Janis Ian which is spine tingling.
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Monday - Oasis "Rock and Roll Star" - great memories of living in London when the whole Britpop thing kicked off and many nights watching great bands who so passionately believed they would make it and sadly didn't.
Wonder where they are now?!
Tuesday - Vote for Gram Parsons "She" Pure beauty on a record
Wednesday - "Little Red Shoes" Loretta Lynn & Jack White. Brilliant, classic storytelling through a song.
Thursday - lucky to still speak to a couple of my ex's so no real suggestions for this one as not enough emotion either way! I am not so sure they would be so stuck if you asked them the same question ;-)
Happy weekend everyone
Mazzy :-)
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TUESDAY:
RONNIE LANE (Small Faces, The Faces, Slim Chance) - 'How Come'
Rod Argent (The Zombies, ARGENT) - 'HOLD YOUR HEAD UP'
Wilko Johnson (DR FEELGOOD, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders) - 'ROXETTE'
Brinsley Schwartz (Brinsley Schwartz, GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR) - 'LOCAL GIRLS'
Nick Lowe (Brinsley Schwartz, ROCKPILE) - 'CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE'
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Ah feel mich bettor neeo ah've broke me duck!
Good themes again. Thursday's should be a cracker!
Mon. STAR - Gerry Rafferty
Tues. RONNIE WOOD - Faces & Stones - STAY WITH ME
Wed. IN THESE SHOES? - Bette Midler
Thurs. Not applicable. I married my first love. My beloved informs me that I am blissfully happy and should leave this theme to those poor souls less fortunate. But if someone were to ask for HERE'S A QUARTER (CALL SOMEONE WHO CARES) - Travis Tritt - they could count on my support.
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Hi Bryan, I usually text in as Pat fae Perth, ken? Anyway, been on holiday and back now.
Monday night? How about Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell, Gonna Make You a Star by David Essex, Silver Star by the wonderful Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons (tenous) though does have the following line "In my dream I'm a desert hero, Bigger than Valentino"
Or the equally great Country Boy by Glen Campbell (surely a must)
Cheers
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Hi Bryan,
for Wednesdays show you would really need to include Jacquelines Shoes by the wonderful and scottish James Grant.
Cheers
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Hi All...
Mon....
Nickelback......... Rockstar
Tuesday...
(Wonder if i'll get a shout for suggesting this theme?)
Anyway, i'm going to ask for the fabulous and severely underrated Ronnie Lane...(Small Faces - Slim Chance).... one of British Rocks gentlemen
Slim Chance ....... How come?
incidentally Slim Chance also had Benny Gallagher & Graham Lyle in the line up .... this theme could go on and on and on
Wed...
Paul Weller .........Peacock Suit
Thur...
I don't have an ex, as we have been together since we were sixteen :o)
But a cracker would be
Passing Strangers....... Sarah Vaughn and Billy Eckstein
F I D
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OMG.... Thusdays request looks does not look good.... let me clarify, we are not 'passing strangers' and i love her more now than ever and always will......phew
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#15
Good catch! Will it be enough to save you?
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TUESDAY
Dave Pegg _ Fairport Convention & Jethro Tull
'Farm on the Freeway' - Jethro Tull
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#14, #17
Frank,
Thank you for suggesting this theme. If my request is played I'll buy you a beer. If your request is played Julie will get the credit. Sorry, man; it's just how it goes.
>8-D
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Mon
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley - Be prepared to be set up and knocked down...
Don Henley Must Die - Mojo Nixon - ...and remember - you can't please everyone
Tue
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo - Johnny Winter And - Ex-McCoy Rick Derringer's second shot at fame
Some Other Guy - The Big Three - The hyperactive John Gustafson of Merseybeats, Pirates, Quatermass, Ian Gillan Band and Roxy Music among others
Wed
I'd Like To See You In Black - Blue Oyster Cult - Dark sentiments from Buck and the boys
Baby's In Black - Beatles - Sit back and enjoy the artwork while your dog appreciates the improved sound quality
Thur
Reconsider Me - Warren Zevon - Less Stoli more Doli
We Had It All - Green On Red - Prophet and Loss
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Great themes again this week and i've got the whole family suggesting songs.
Monday Butterfly Collector by The Jam - the lyrics make me think of Simon Cowell! Don't know if Paul weller ever met him.
Tuesday Paul Weller The Jam and The Style Council
James Grant in Friends Again and Love and Money - you could play Lucky Star or Halleluia Man.
10cc and Godley and Creme - I'm Not in Love / Under Your Thumb
Paul Rodgers, Free and Bad Company - All Right Now /Can't Get Enough
Joy Division and New Order Love Will Tear Us apart / Blue Monday
Wednesday Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
You Wear it Well - Rod Stewart
In That Dress - Humpf Family on the Mothers album - please play!
In These Shoes - Kirsty MacColl
Carnaby Street - The Jam
Thursday haven't really got an ex but if I did this is what Id play!
Bitterest Pill - The Jam (again)
Suspicious Minds - Elvis
Dance Away - Roxy Music "funny how i could never cry until you walked by hand in hand with another guy"
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards. This actually the song that reminds me of our honeymoon 22 years ago! Not exactly suitable but was played every night at the disco.
If the family come up with anything else I'll try to post.
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#16
i sincerely hope so.....
#10
Sorry Julie.... Note to self-- Read the blog before you post!!
#17
Dear Bryan.... may i second Scotch's suggestion ... thank you
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#21, #18 Nothing to be sorry about, in fact I was pleased to realise it was your theme then perhaps 'How Come' might be played. Scotch - that was cheeky.
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Monday - Fame:
I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond
Peter Gabriel - Big Time
Make Make - Mike Oldfield
Fame - David Bowie
Real Celebrities - Plugs
Sunset Strip - Roger Waters
Paparazzi - Jethro Tull
Everybody's Making It Big But Me - Dr. Hook
No Name No Fame - Cliff Richard
All The Drugs - Courtney Love
Fame < Infamy - Fall Out Boy
The Money Song - Dean Martin
Fool's Hall Of Fame - Johnny Cash
I Want It All - Eurythmics
It's My Fault For Being Famous - The White Stripes
When You Wasn't Famous - The Streets (make sure it's the radio edit!)
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I have become an addict. These themes are too good.
Mon. DON'T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tues. Ray Cooper has worked with The Who, Pink Floyd, Sting, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Reg Dwight.
THE BITCH IS BACK - Elton John
Wed. SAILIN' SHOES - Little Feat
Thurs. This theme is forbidden to me. I won't tell if you don't.
IT'S TOO LATE - Carole King
CAN'T LET GO - Lucinda Williams
DOES MY RING BURN YOUR FINGER? - Lee Ann Womack
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#14 - Frank, could we maybe link up Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cooke) from your Slim lead? The only Housemartin to have reinvented himself as a succesful solo artist...I say artist but I am sure the music purists policing the blog will pull me up for that ;-)
Mazzy
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Monday:
Springsteen - Man At The Top
The Byrds - So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star
Joe Walsh -Life's Been Good
and there are some who don,t like the fame
Van Morrison with the Chieftans - Why Must I Always Explain (great track)
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meant to include
Elvis - Long Black Limosine
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#3, is that a bit of reverse psychology??
Suggestions for
Monday:- Emily, by either Hot Chocolate or Sisters of Mercy, though the latters version might be a bit long.
Rule the World, Take That
The Last of the famous International Playboys, Morrisey
and rather than Fame, how about Ziggy Stardust, Bowie
Tuesday:- I'd like to 2nd #11's suggestion "Stay With Me" and add
Peter Hook (and others) Joy Division/New Order, Atmosphere/Regret
Godley & Creme/10cc, The Things we do for Love/Cry (for Val)
Dave Grohl, Nirvanna/Foo Fighters, Teen Spirit/Learn to Fly
Lemmy, Motorhead/Hawkwind, Iron Horse/Silver Machine
There's a couple of the same pairs as #20 but I'v tried to choose different songs.
Looking forward to Monday then...
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Thursday Exes (all live in Texas)
#3
Yeah, some fun lyrics there. But then, I'm gonna chip in some Marillion, and She Chameleon in particular is fun, although definitely not suitable for a tea-time show.
Some artistes do major on this as a theme - Fish is one of them, but I guess I'm gonna go for that wonderfully tender (rather than bitter) documentor of lost loves, Billy Bragg, and any of these do the job nicely:
* The Saturday Boy (ah but we had it last week)
* Walk Away Renee
* St Swithin's Day
* A Lover Sings
although
* Levi Stubbs' Tears is very much darker
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#25
a man of many names. It would be good to hear Freakpower again, Turn on tune in cop out
#28
Emma / Hot Chocolate is an inspired choice.
Some other great picks as well. Forgot about Shooting Star / Bad Company for my picks earlier.
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Monday Fame (and right here's where you start paying):
* Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
Quite the best expose of being gladhandled by record companies when you make it, complete with execs pretending to be your friends when all they know comes from a 1 page briefing they glanced at 5 minutes ago.
And once you've got that fame, you get the
* Pink Floyd - Money
to go with it (as long as your accountant is good and also honest)
But, being famous is really, really great:
* Marillion - Incommunicado
for about five minutes... and then it gets old, really quickly, and then it's not fun any more:
* Marillion - Freaks
And then people fall in love with your image, not you:
* The Passions - I'm In Love with a German Film Star
Strange days indeed:
* Lennon - Nobody Told Me
* The Hooters - Satellite
is about fame in a different context, but still, being too big for your boots.
Big probs to JFE for being the only other person who knows about Radio KAOS. It's a bit odd considering Sunset Strip out of context of the album's narrative, but yeah, it works for the theme on the level of Although perhaps Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA does it a bit more clearly (there's a great cover by The Twang on the Radio 1 20th Anniversary album).
Still, not bad for a bunch of local lads:
* Sawdoctors - All the way from Tuam
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Thursday Exes part II:
* Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
* The Kinks - Lola
* The Specials - Too Much Too Young
* The Human League - Don't You Want Me?
* Sawdoctors - Red Cortina (You Broke My Heart isn't about a girlfriend...)
If we're going to have Roxanne, can we please have the version from Moulin Rouge:
* Ewan Macgregor/Jose Feliciano - El Tango De Roxanne
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Tuesday Oops I Did It Again (with another band)
surely has to include some (or fewer) of:
* Lemmy
* Clapton
* Ginger Baker
* Jack Bruce
* Peter Green
* Neil Young
* Cozy Powell
* Greg Lake
* Keith Emerson
* Stewart Copeland
* Joe Strummer
* Mick Jones
and all members of The Traveling Wilburies.
Presumably we're considering Warsaw/Joy Division/New Order as essentially one band?
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#33
Also
Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart
Siobhan Fahey (which gives you another Stay (With Me))
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MONDAY
Gonna Make You a Star by David Essex
Where do you go to my lovely by Peter Sarsted
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Maria! Great to see you back again!
Julie! Sorry, Julie-san. Just pulling your pigtails. Penitent git.
The Boss next door (not Springsteen) has left a wee prezzy for us.
Check It Out!
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#31
It's a club that has few members... :-)
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#33
Damn - everybody on my list is on yours! I'm not ripping you off... Honest guv!
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#36 "check it out"
"Pillow talk experience"????!!......aahhhaaa ;o)
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#37
I've a video of the whole album somewhere...
aha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bwYe2ILKJk&feature=PlayList&p=43A8DE6F43920A8C&index=0&playnext=1
(and btw, it should have been big props to you)
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All these Kirsty MacColl suggestions, and not a one of them from me! Who would've imagined it?!?
Rich
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#41
Yep, and no-one's even mentioned Kirsty's cover of New England for Thursday...
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Style Council - Shout to the top
When I get to the top I'll definetly be shouting!!
Gordon,Kirrie
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Monday Fame
Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan
Ballad of John & Yoko - John Lennon
Super Trooper - Abba
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Monday
She's A Star - James
Stardust - David Essex or Oh What A Circus (sings about Eva Peron)
The Band Who Wouldn't Die / Wolf At The Door - Rock Follies
Star - Kiki Dee
Space Oddity - David Bowie. 'You've really made the grade.....planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do'. A little bit convoluted...I know:-)
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#43
"We're going to the Top!"
"What Top?"
"The Very Top!"
(Birth of the Beatles)
I'll get me coat.
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#1 Norrie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofYCG_OR0k&feature=related
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#47 Frank - that was superb, I need to track down that film. Thansk for that link.
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#48
your very welcome Norrie
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#48
the film was a BBCFOUR production...... so it might be on IPLAYER
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OMG... Bros. Funny how NOBODY in here asked for it!
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#51 Aye - they'll be playing Joe Dolce before you know it!! ;o)
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#19 Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Mr M!
You're back.
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Correct....Jim, nobody in here asked for Bros. But someone did!
All requests received equally!!! And as ever the blog has had a good shout tonight!
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#54
Indeed! Really enjoying the show tonight! Bassoon shmassoon! :-)
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Oasis were fine, btw - great track and right on theme.
There's a great BBC interview with Noel G where he was talking about being at an awards ceremony with some other art-school type band who were moaning about all the fans out on the red carpet, and that they didn't get into music for all the attention of fame. Noel's observation was that that was *exactly* why he got into it.
And that track isn't about being the huge successful star; it's acting like the star even when you've not made it. As Noel put it: I've got a Gibson, I wear shades indoors, I don't have a day job. Therefore to me, I'm a Rock and Roll Star, even long before I'd sold any records.
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#56 ?!?
Miss Babs plays Oasis to wind us up.
It is inconceivable that anyone could actually like that horrible noise.
>8-D
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Tues.
BRING ME THE HEADBANDS OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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Tuesday:
Stuart Adamson - Skids / Big Country / Raphaels
Skids - Arena or preferably The Raphaels - My Only Crime
Gram Parsons - International Submarine Band / Flying Burrito Brothers / Byrds
ISMB - Luxury Liner or Byrds - One Hundred Years From Now (but the alt version with Gram on lead vocals - sublime and by mt reckoning one of Ryan Adams inspirations).
Karl Wallinger - Waterboys / World Party
Waterboys - The Big Muisc (also featuring Eddi Reader) or World Party - Put The Message In The Box
Bruce Foxton - The Jam / Stiff Little Fingers / Casbah Club
The Jam - News of The World or SLF - The Message (cover of Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five track)
All great artists I think. A wee cheat would have been the Hunter Ronson Band to get either of those two artists in - but another time maybe!
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Catchin up with todays show on i-player, the Bros comments on the blog beginning to make sense now!
Thought of a few ideas for tomorrow night but seeing as some of them already touched on by others, eg Clapton, Weller, i'll leave it alone.
Wednesday; My Favourite Dress - The Wedding Present (would be great to hear it on GIO)
Undone (the Sweater Song)- Weezer
Thursday; Give me my Money Back - Ben Folds 5, would be great but some bad words on it, so how about
Always Remember Me - The Noisettes.
PP did you ever hear Tam Cowans interview with Neil Sedaka? One of the funniest bits of cheek ever from Tam, I'm sure he couldn't believe he got away with it.
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I have a few thoughts for Thursday but wanted to get this one in. The song is one which was first released by Brenda Lee. Always On My Mind, to me there are 3 stunning versions of this song. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, Elvis Presley and the amazing Willie Nelson version. I would love to hear any of these versions.
Check willie showing the youngsters how to do it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuQA9gLhlco&feature=related
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#61
Norrie,
Yeah, nobody sings it like Willie. On Thursday I will, in Bryan's words, 'go bitter and twisted.'
I have just the song in mind to dedicate to the mad mental witch who smashed my heart to smithereens then danced upon the debris. Not that I'm vindictive, you understand...
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All of which reminds we of two previously suggested themes:
Originally a b side (eg Gloria for Them, always on my mond for Elvis)
and
2:59 - the classic short sharp hit!
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Mond??
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#64
Just as well you can't spell in Latin.
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Tuesday - Artistes In Two Successful Bands:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
or
I Hear You Now - Jon & Vangelis
George Harrison (The Beatles/Travelling Wilburys)
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Gerry Rafferty (The Humblebums/Stealers Wheel)
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Mike Rutherford (Genesis/Mike & The Mechanics)
Land Of Confusion - Genesis
Bram Tchaikovsky (The Motors/Bram Tchaikovsky)
Airport - The Motors
Graham Nash (The Hollies/CSN/CSNY)
Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Rod Stewart (The Jeff Beck Group/Faces)
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Rod Stewart
Stewart Copeland (Curved Air/The Police/Oysterhead/Klark Kent)
Message In A Bottle - The Police (esp. for the great drumming!)
Mike Oldfield (The Sallyangie/The Whole World/Gong)
On Horseback - Mike Oldfield
Roy Wood (ELO/Wizard)
Nancy Sing Me A Song - Roy Wood
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Wednesday - Fashion Night:
Pink Taffeta Sample Size 10 - Mimi Hines
Skinny Legs - Lyle Lovett
Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds
The Model - Kraftwerk
Made To Measure - Feargal Sharkey
X-Ray Style - Joe Strummer
The Greatest Denier - Doves
Hell On High Heels - Motley Crue
Thong Song - Sisqo
Hot Pants - James Brown
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Thursday - Songs For Your Ex:
No names...
Stupid Girl - Garbage
It's uncanny.
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Spell in Latin - pretty unlikely I am afraid - let me try and master English then I will take it from there!
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As Crocodile Dundee might put it: That's not a bassoon; this is a bassoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=fDWk0BCeblQ
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#60
I never actually, tell me more. Funnily enough my ex was a fan of Sedakas more mellow stuff and I got to like some of it but never really enjoyed watching him perform. There was something about his liveshows that had me shifting uncomfortably in my seat.
#62
No one sings anything like Willie. Your such a tease Scotch. I think we're all waiting to see which little ditty you're gonna come up with for your former darling.
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Two shots at fame? Billy Idol.
Firstly with Generation X and then his solo career.
I'd like to request for tonight's show King Rocker by Generation X.
Remember this coming out as a single in four different picture sleeves.
LLIM.
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#70
Hehe... that was funny!
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#71
Really? It might depend on Thursday's producer. Miss Babs is not enamoured of the singer/songwriter in question.
Maybe I'll request via email and just wait to see if it's played...
exasperating git
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Yes it's me on Thursday Scotch! Now would this singer/songwriter be someone I've mentioned in public I'm not enamoured of.....or is this based on assumption? Never a good base with a woman! And of course she's always entitled to change her mind!
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#74, 75
I think we are dtsrting to detect a pattern here - wondering what Scotch's tune is going to be now! I'll never profess to understand women fully, but I know when to bow and scrape and provide copious amounts of Belgian chocolate as and when... ;-)
That way my socks get washed. HURRAH!
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dtsrting? And it's not even Latin.
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Another for Tuesday:
The Assembly - Never Never
This track features Vince Clark (depeche Mode, Assembly, Yazoo, erasure), Feargal Sharkey (Undertones, Assembly) and session work from Clem Clempson (Colosseum, Humble Pie).
Great 80's single!
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Good shout Norrie!
Wednesday:
Underpants - John Foxx
If you followed that with "Into The Valley" we could have a musical wedgie on the wireless!
The latter is by The Skids , so that fits too.
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Another for Wednesday:
Prince Charming - Adam Ant
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Thursday
Is she really going out with him? Joe Jackson
Good year for the Roses: Elvis Costello
Jilted John by Jilted John
There's a guy down at the chip shop : Kirsty MacColl
from Kenny in Holland alias Tannadicearab NOT TANNADICE RAB as annouced last week!
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Tuesday - Two Band Folks
Jimmy Page - Yardbirds / Led Zeppelin
Anything from "Zep 4" would be good!
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Tuesday Recycled Pop Stars:
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man
Triple strength recycling, which has a facemelter of a synthesiser solo; one of the best on record
* The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
As Robert Smith also played guitar in Siouxsie & the Banshees
* Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Perfect for the dreich weather out there
* Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line
Multiple scores here again - Lynn, Harrison, Petty as well as solo artistes.
* This Mortal Coil - I Want to Live
TMC (although the 4AD site sternly says that they were not a band, describing it as a collaboration of musicians. Sounds like a band to me...) featured both Elizabeth Fraser & Robin Guthrie, or The Cocteau Twins as they were then known. On that project, they got to know Simon Raymonde who later joined them.
The short instrumental:
* This Mortal Coil - Meniscus
will likely ring bells with GiO's many Sigur Ros fans.
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Big second also for JFE's Tuesday suggestions
* Mike Oldfield - On Horseback
* The Police - Message in a Bottle
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Tuesday:-
Foo Fighters - Times Like These ( Dave Grohl in the Foos and Nirvana),
Wednesday:-
Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans
Thursday:-
Fleetwood Mac - Go your own way
or Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs
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#83 Song to the Siren?
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#72
Speaking of Generation X, does anyone else think that the song that the Weird Sisters played at the Yule Ball in Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire sounds awfully like Dancing with Myself?
And as the lead singer of the Weird Sisters was one Jarvis Cocker, does that mean we can get some Pulp tonight? Say Something Changed?
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#86
Yup, that definitely works. Would have suggested The Jeweller, but it's not Liz singing.
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Wednesday,
Flares and Slippers - Cockney Rejects
You Wear it Well - Rod Stewart
Thursday,
Ammendment to my post #60, Ben Folds 5 song's called "Song for the Dumped", real shame bout the swear word coz it really catches the mood, and, the Noisettes song is of course "Never Forget You".
Couple more for that night
Since I Left You - Avalanches
Don't Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive
#70 - It was on Radio Scotland, Cowan Meets the Crooners. Sedaka was in the middle of telling Tam how he was discovered as a young boy. The sound of his playing and singing was heard by this woman upstairs in his apartment building, Neil said "So she sent her son downstairs to knock on my door and..." but before he could go any further Tam butted in "...And tell ye tae shut the windae". It was like it fell out of Tam's mouth before he could check himself but luckily for him it seemed to go over Sedaka's head. Don't think he'll top that line if he lives to be a hundred and five.
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This Is Not A Song
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It's a mnemonic.
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Is that catching?
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#81
ASSALAM ALAIKUM
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#92
On the news a total banker said we were in the middle of a mnemonic crisis.
>8-D
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#76
Jim,
That is inspired! I'll be down at the BBC on Thursday afternoon with goodies.
Not to exert undue influence, merely to show my favourite producer how much I appreciate her!
git who has sunk lower than a snake in a submarine...
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So much for the restraining order.
Another night of mince so far, apart from the Zombies and Faces.
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Glad you are enjoying the show Glen!
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Bob Fae Glessart and I used to be known as Statler and Waldorf - I'm sure which I was.
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Come back PIL - all is forgiven
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#95
I hear fresh (pre-killed) lobster works too.
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75. At 2:23pm on 07 Sep 2009, you wrote:
#61 Paolo
would be a good one if its not been done...has this one been done?.....people who have been in 2 successful bands? e.g. Steve Winwood... Spencer Davis Group / Traffic John Lydon ... Sex Pistols / P.I.L maybe the Captain can tell us.
F I D
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Now i, like the rest of the Bloggers never expect to get every one of their suggestions played.... but i thought if you suggested a 'theme' there was a slightly better chance that you would....it was never even mentioned that it was my theme tonight :o(
I hope you all enjoy the shows the rest of the week.... i, shall be listening to Chris Evans (gulp)..
A completely huffed up FrankinDenny
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#101
Frank,
It's no consolation, but you're not the first. Adam from Rio and myself have similarly suffered.
Chris Evans is not the answer!
What was the question?
Can't say too much. Vested interests demand I stay on Miss Babs' good side.
>8-D
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#101, #102.
Frank...Not only did you not get a mention but they couldn't even get their Ronnie Lane facts right...it's an outrage...and outrage I tell you ;0) I did feel a wee bit miffed to be chastised on air and told that Ronnie Lane had been in one band then had had a solo career - that just isn't so.
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WEDNESDAY - CLOTHES
'All Fur Coat And No Knickers' - Chumbawamba (give it a chance - it's a good track :0) ).
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...after all, tomorrow is another day.
Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler
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WEDNESDAY
We've heard the Stereophonics do it.
We've heard Rod Stewart do it.
We've even heard Chris Farlowe do it.
One singer does it better;
'Handbags and Gladrags' - Mary Coughlan
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BRING ME THE THREADS OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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#101
Don't mention mentions.....
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re 103. Sorry for the confusion Julie. What I was trying to say was that we had decided not to play solo tracks from the named artists. We had 'How Come' listed as a Ronnie Laine solo song and as you rightly point out it is Ronnie Laine and Slim Chance. Consider me as the one who should be chastised - doubly so if you read 96,99,101 and 102 etc etc etc.
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#108
DOH!
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Wed:
I would like to hear Fashion by Mr Bowie, for the opening riff if nothing else. I need to check but Mr Toyah Wilcox?
Right time to get dressed:
Boots of Spansih leather - Nanci Griffith version
Red Travelling Socks - Malcolm Middleton
Baggy Trousers - Madness (ok I'm struggling for that one....
This Shirt - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Don't Touch My Hat - Lyle Lovett
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#111 Re: 'Don't Touch My Hat'
Ooh, that's a guid yin! I briefly considered 'That's Right, (You're Not From Texas)'
You say you're not from Texas
Man, as if I couldn't tell
You think you pull your boots on right
And wear your hat so well
So pardon me my laughter
As I sure do understand
Even Moses got excited
When he saw the Promised Land
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#111
Norrie - no need to check! You are correct of course. The Scary Monsters album is one of his best.
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Thanks JFE. Totally agree and if anyone wants to check out the guitar on Teenage Wildlife they will bow down...I would think?
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Wednesday:
'Hats Off To Larry' - Del Shannon
'Get Over You' - Undertones ("dressed like that you must be living in another world", "boys with their bikes and their leathers")[Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]
or something by Graham Parka?
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Wed
The Suit - Jerry Douglas with James Taylor
It is not too late for redemption
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One of the My Morning Jacket tracks - El caporal from the Darl Was The Night charity Cd would be great.
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A couple of wee sneaky ones for wed
Hi Heel Sneakers / Tommy tucker
Bad Sneakers / Steely Dan
Hi Heels are better though.
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Wednesday
Vogue - Madonna
Black Velvet Band - The Dubliners / The Pogues
Blue Bloomer Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
That's The Reason Noo' I Wear A Kilt - Harry Lauder
Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds, to 2nd JFE, good shout
and
Denier,Denier - Blondie
Big 'SUS'Pender - Shirley Bassey
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Ruby Don't Take Your Glove To Town - Kenny Rogers
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Sporran Under A Bad Sign = Cream
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#111
Norrie, sometimes I think "This Shirt" is my favorite Mary Chapin Carpenter song. It was the first thing of hers I ever heard, so it's definitely a sentimental favorite of mine for that reason....
Rich
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Wednesday:
Che Guevara T-Shirt: Richard Shindell
If you fancy a few quiet minutes during tonight's show, then this is definitely the one to play. I know I have requested Richard Shindell tracks previously (without success), but this is one of the singer/songwriters finest moments for sure!
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Hold Me Clothes / David Essex
Hold Me Tights / The Beatles
Hold Me Trilby Kiss Me Kill Me / U2
not requests....just an observation.....:-)
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A few I haven't seen requested on the blog yet:
Plain White Ts - Hey There Delilah
The Cardigans - Love Fool
Cream - Badge (?)
Billy Bragg - Man in the Iron Mask
The View - Same Jeans
Johnny Cash - Man in Black
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Wednesday Sartorial Elegance:
* Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Lace Up Boots & Corduroys)
* Richard Thompson - Don't Step on my Jimmy Shands
(and I bet you don't see those two in such close proximity very often)
* Undertones - My Perfect Cousin (who had a sheepskin jacket)
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#120
...or the B-side...
'You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Loose Heel'
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"Y's, Men Say" - Hugh Reed & The Velvet Underpants
(with apologies to glenmiller)
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#127
Or perhaps the C side:
Hat's All Right - Elvis Presley
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Homburg! - Ebenezer Scrooge
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#128, Boxer Beat, JoBoxers or Keep it in your Pant-ry, Lyle Lovett
Hole in my shoe, Traffic
I love my shirt, Donovan
New shoes, Paolo Nutini
The futures so bright (I gotta wear shades), Timbuck3
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One more for Wednesday:
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top (Man)
I must say I'm pleased to see the Blog hasnt stooped to asking for David Dundas for this evening.
Though its gotten Facebook written all over it...
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Guys - let's cool it with the 'us versus facebook' thing.
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Jim I don't think there is an us v facebook thing at all. Anyway is'nt he some sort of Lord or Knight? Eh David Dundas not AFR. Who might be as well of course.
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Six o the tawse for the next one to mention facebook.
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#134 - Quite right Norrie! Lord David Paul Nicholas Dundas.
Found him on facebook.
Ooops! Are lines an option EC?
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Detention 6.00 - 8.00pm!
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#137
You think Miss Babs will be in charge? Hoppo would have to heavily self-moderate if so. :-)
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For Wednesday, how about something from Sneaker Pimps (6 Underground?). Have heard nothing from them since they sacked singer Kelli Dayton many moons ago. A bit like the Pacemakers getting rid of Gerry.
Also (an album track)...Koka Kola by The Clash. Includes the line, 'your snakeskin suit and your alligator boots, you don't need a laundrette you can take it to the vet'. Brilliant.
Cheers.
LLIM
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#136 Lines are OK
Write out 100 times.
"It's not nice that the bloggers keep moaning that they don't get mentioned ahead of their facebook friends"
Please forward your lines to the Grach.
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WEDNESDAY - CLOTHES
Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat - Bob Dylan
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
Learn to Accept My Reward - Teardrop Explodes, "Bless my cotton socks..."
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#141
Lots of clothing mentions in Subterranean Homesick Blues
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WEDNESDAY - CLOTHING
Pluto - Your Honour
"I was inside the closet.......me shirt in me left and me pants in me right"
The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
"You've got your nuclear boots, and your drip dry glove"
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#143
Surprised you beat Julie to Pluto. She must be sleeping this week.
Never mind David Dundad's jeans, I hope we don't get The View's 'Same Jeans on for four days now' which should really have been 'Same tune on as Brimful of Asha'
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#144
is an observation, not a request :-)
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When do we get a tippex font for typos on this blog
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#133
Isn't that comment a bit in your face(book)?
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#144
When the song was released Tom Morton wondered why wearing jeans for 4 days would be worthy of comment. Perhaps they meant to say 4 months...
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#147
DC,
Gotta face it, man. EC is gonna throw the book at you!
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#132
O.K., who had 18:21 in the sweep?
>8-D
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#144
O.K., who had 18:37 in the sweep?
>8-D
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#101 #102
Chris Evans was not the answer... Toys are back in the pram....right, back to tonight, has anyone asked for David Dundas?....what? :o)
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Jeans on, Same Jeans, Forever in Blue Jeans and Swinging Blue jeans so far. What's next? Billie Jeans? Bobby Jeans? Oh Jeans? Jeans Genie? Bonnie Wee Jeansie McColl? Oxygenes?
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#131
Kirsty,
I fear that episode of RAINBOW has upset your equilibrium!
You are a woman obsessed!!
>8-D
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#153
Don't be so disinjeanuous
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Thu
Songs for an ex
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of the City / Bobby Bland
I'm Gonna tear your playhouse down / Ann Peebles
I'm doin fine now / New York City
However
It didn't get on on Space Night
It didn't get on on Train Night
So 3rd time lucky for ex night
Drops of Jupiter /Train
'Tell me did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you hoped to find
Or did you miss me
whilst you were looking for yourself out there?'
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I enjoyed this evening's show. A few tracks I could live without, but I can be a fussy git.
Pity Bryan didn't credit Paolo with 'The View' but we can't have everything!
>8-D
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#144. LOL Paolo. You're right, I was kicking myself for forgetting 'Your Honour'.
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Kirsty MacColl AND Mary Chapin Carpenter?? Two of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters in one show! If we'd just had Billy Bragg, the triumvirate would've been complete.
Rich
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The MCC song was the best of the show I think.
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THURSDAY:
What you might say...'I Never Really Loved You Anyway' - The Corrs.
What you might think...'Part Of Me' - Suzy Bogguss.
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A shameless bump for :
Always On My Mind, to me there are 3 stunning versions of this song. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, Elvis Presley and the amazing Willie Nelson version. I would love to hear any of these versions.
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#157
He was in the process of before he corrected himself. Perhaps we should all embark on a bit of reverse psychology. By saying songs you don't want to hear seems to guarantee a play :-)
Or even as a theme the song you used to like but just can't stand, through overkill perhaps or because of a bad experience or whatever. That way you would enjoy everyone else's requests but your own. Mine would be Wonderful Tonight. Requested at the end of every damn function I ever did during my Dave Doubledeck days. Was so sick of it, it got to the stage I would just say I didn't have it. One Paisley Buddie didn't believe me and spent 45 minutes pouring through my vinyl trying to find it before she gave up. It's the only time I've ever had a girl on her knees begging.
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#163
Mine would be Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits. Once played CONTINUOUSLY in every pub and club in the land. It scarred me for life.
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#149 No book chucking SG. Our very own self styled moderator will be in to sort out the facebook paranoia brigade.
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#142, Well said captain, I'm staying with the man again tonight as I would imagine the line " ....you just kinda wasted my precious time..."
would apply to many folks, as expressed in...
Don't Think Twice It's All Right - Bob Dylan
To be honest I never had the chance to use that one, my experiences were more of the type that follows...
Can't Get Used To Losing You - Andy Williams
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Back to the 1980's. My girlfriend at the time (name witheld!) was a big fan of the song Da Da Da by Trio. This track almost drove me to insanity every time I heard it. We were close to breaking up at the time anyway, but as soon as the ex became aware of my 'aversion' to Trio, I was treated to it's 'charms' on a (very)regular basis. Hell on 45.
LLIM
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#163
Mine is The Wild Rover, for very similar reasons from my folk singing days - there's only so much of it you can stand.
To stop people pestering me, I ended up singing a shortened version early in the session set with lyric as follows:
Well I've sung the Wild Rover for many a year
I've sung it for whisky; I've sung it for beer.
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I swear that I'll sing the Wild Rover no more
And it's no, nay never; no never no more
Will I sing the Wild Rover, no never no more
FIN
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#163
I'm afraid mine would be Going Undergroud-The Jam...
Now I really loved them, but there are hunners of great Jam tracks, either singles or album tracks, but everytime someone requests a Jam song on the radio its that bliddy Going Undergroud
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Thursday:
Happy for 20 years so never had any need to 'Text the Ex"! However, should the occasion ever arise.. I have no doubt that the message would be 'I was wrong... and you were right'... because she ALWAYS is!
YOU WERE RIGHT: Badly Drawn Boy
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OK, finalised request for Thursday - the song that says what I wanted to say to a number of significant exes:
Cat Stevens - Wild World
but didn't (obviously, cos I'm a bloke and don't do that kind of thing)
(although if you want a track *about* exes then
Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee
pretty much describes most of the relationships I had before meeting Mrs Ramius)
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#171
And by extension:
My Future Ex-Girlfriend - The Kirkpatrick Project
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#163,169
Aye! and i was just thinkin the other day, is Dear Prudence the only Souixsie track that anyone kens? There's so many other much much better ones
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Thurs; I'm On to You- Niel diamond
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You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw - Spooky Tooth.
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#168
...and when you got rid of the arran pullover and progressed to the social clubs, there was a wee wummin always wantin ye to gie her ten guitars.
copyright...Billy Connolly.
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#175
Sounds a bit like Satchmo's Sugar Blues: If you break my heart I'll break your jaw and then I'll die.
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*Waaah* in office and trying to listen online - all I can get is a "we're changing our system" announcement.
Will miss 1st hour or so :-(
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#153 - Aye well Paolo, the last time they did this theme it was pretty denim-clad too (and that was pre-Facebook days as well I think).
Next time they do it maybe they should act like an 80s disco doorman and say - "Sorry pal. Nae jeans". (Could include baggy troosers while they're at it).
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Thursday night
"I don't want to talk about it" - Rod Stewart
DC (still happily married after 29 years, so the whole concept of "ex" is somewhat alien)
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That Noisettes track was terrific -- I've got to go buy that now.
Rich
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#176
Well, maybe not guitars.
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Daddy Didn't like me anyway - The Furey's (written for them by gerry rafferty in a bid to create a no. 1 hit; as far as I know it didn't get close!)
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Delilah - Tom Jones(as well as being about a breakup in the conventional sense he also murders her and her lover, which is about as final an end to a relationship you can get!)
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