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Next week's themes...

Bryan Burnett | 19:57 UK time, Thursday, 5 November 2009

media.jpgThanks again to everyone who contributed last week. 'Bonfire night' was a very busy night and it was great to hear from so many people who were out and about. I hope you enjoy this set of themes.

In response to some of the regulars on this blog, my challenge is to post on a more regular basis and to include more caption competitions. They have asked for one this week with the writer of the winning caption being 'forced' to donate money to Children In Need! A suitable photo will follow later in the week.

Don't forget the video of the themes is online and you can find it by following this link.

Monday
Monday's theme is ' the media' and it comes courtesy of the pupils at Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy. Their suggestions include sun always shines on TV, Radio Ga Ga and from the world of newspapers Telegraph road or Guardian Angel.

Tuesday
A new survey says that 89% of people recognise the opening line of A hard day's Night, so tonight's theme features the instantly recognisable opening lines of songs. "Got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back" would have to be one of my favourites. Don't send me the title or the artist; just send me the opening line.

Wed:
Armistice day - what does it mean to you? Co-incidentally Ian Buckland suggested songs of gratitude and thanks as a theme so I thought that would also fit in tonight. From Peace In our Time to Hero it promises to be a special show.

Thursday:
Sit Down, Stand By Me and Shut Up. It's bossy Thursday on Get It On. ( Clearly Miss Babs will need to be producing!) I'm looking for the bossiest songs of all time in this great theme suggested by Scott Martin.

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  • 1. At 8:14pm on 05 Nov 2009, paulhandley wrote:

    Good looking themes for next week, I'd start with "I read the news today oh boy...."

    A Day In The Life - The Beatles

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  • 2. At 8:20pm on 05 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    News of The World - The Jam

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  • 3. At 8:47pm on 05 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Great themes this coming week again.

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  • 4. At 11:49pm on 05 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    A shameless bump for Frank who is growing a moustache for prostate cancer charity and I am sure that any donation would be gratefully received and appreciated.... you can catch up with his progress and make donations here...

    http://uk.movember.com/mospace/304184

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  • 5. At 11:52pm on 05 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    "RAF bombs northern Italy. Bookings for Lake Garda plummet"

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  • 6. At 00:11am on 06 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Monday:

    * The Slits - Heard it through the grapevine
    (too soon since last time?)

    By the way, this new BBC ID thing is *awful* not least because the declared password rules (6chars or more) are clearly not correct. Trying to reset my password, I had to use 8 chars, 2 non-alphanumeric.

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  • 7. At 00:45am on 06 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Wed:

    I think the more appropriate way to commemorate the dead and injured of past wars would be to not start new ones, particularly on false premises. And the next time you see a politician wearing a poppy with pride, stirring up the anger to tell them that if support for veterans meant anything, the Haig Fund would be unnecessary.

    To that end, here's my 11th November playlist:
    * The Human League - The Lebanon
    * Edwinn Starr - War
    * Donovan - Universal Soldier
    * The Buoys - Give Up Your Guns
    * U2 - Peace on Earth
    * The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
    * Malinky - Jimmy Waddell: The Battle Of The Somme
    * Billy Bragg - Like Soldiers Do
    * June Tabor - Happed in Mist
    and most of all
    * Judy Small - Mothers Daughters Wives

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  • 8. At 05:36am on 06 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:


    BRING ME THE HEAD OF MEDIA STUDIES!

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  • 9. At 08:17am on 06 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    MONDAY

    'Mister DJ' - Charlie Daniels Band



    SPARE US THE BUGGLES!

    >8-D

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  • 10. At 10:03am on 06 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Monday Media:

    * Selecter - On My Radio
    * The Beatles - A Day in the Life

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  • 11. At 11:13am on 06 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Monday:

    Radio:

    Jesse Mallin - Broken Radio, featuring the Boss but it is a great track.

    Van The Mans classic - In The Days Before Rock n Roll (Luxembourg, Luxembourg,Athlone, Budapest, AFN,Hilversum, Helvetia - come in!)

    TV:

    TVC 15 - Bowie

    Papers

    Magazine - Song From Under The Floorboards
    The Jam - News of The World

    Internet:

    The Who - Endless Wire

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  • 12. At 1:02pm on 06 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    "Hall and Oates kick off their first UK tour"

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  • 13. At 1:19pm on 06 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #7

    On a more serious note, let's find these premises and close them down.

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  • 14. At 1:47pm on 06 Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:

    #6
    My password has only six characters. But I agree that the changes are an unnecessary nuisance. I intend to post my requests daily instead of weekly. The gentleman in Rio has a point, I think.

    Mon. GIMME BACK MY BULLETS - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Ronnie's response to journalists quoting his comments out of context.

    Tuesday should be funny. If Bryan does not recognise my request I shall be livid. I'm tempted to e-mail the answer to him just in case.

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  • 15. At 4:19pm on 06 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    More Monday Media

    * Runrig - Hearthammer
    Extended reference to Radio Caroline & other early stations

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  • 16. At 4:36pm on 06 Nov 2009, glittery wrote:

    Hey Bryan, how's the eye? hope you're going to complain to the council!!

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  • 17. At 5:30pm on 06 Nov 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

    #14 - Well, I have been known as "The True Voice of Reason" on these pages, CM. And thanks for the "gentleman" tag btw, its been a while.



    Is that Leonard Rossiter in the background talking to the sojer?

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  • 18. At 7:03pm on 06 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    #17, think there must be a case of mistaken identity.

    Re the fotie, I thought the youngsters looked like Wussell Bwand & Jonathan Woss

    DC

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  • 19. At 7:09pm on 06 Nov 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

    Monday:

    Advertsing Space - Robbie Williams (his finest song and video)

    Tuesday:

    "Where are you all coming from?"


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  • 20. At 7:40pm on 06 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Adam - Monday. That suggestion will not be equalled. Brilliant.

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  • 21. At 7:46pm on 06 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Wednesday:

    Birthday - The Beatles

    :-)

    DC

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  • 22. At 7:53pm on 06 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Monday:

    Fat Old Sun - David Gilmour from his Live in Gdansk album

    (If I ask often enough, maybe it'll be played!)

    DC

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  • 23. At 7:55pm on 06 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #17

    That's no soldier - that's Boris Becker in his Thunderbirds suit.

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  • 24. At 7:58pm on 06 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    "The Devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal..."

    "Why'd you come in here lookin' like that?"

    "Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys..."

    "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..."

    "There's a yellow rose in Texas, I'm going there to see..."

    "Country roads, take me home..."

    "Crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely..."

    "Sylvia's Mother says, Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone..."

    "Oh, the crystal chandeiers light up the paintings on your wall..."

    "It's four in the morning..."

    "If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?"

    "Are you lonesome tonight?"

    "When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard......."

    "San Quentin..."

    "Desperado..."

    "Nashville cats..."

    "Get your buisquits in the oven and your buns in the bed..."

    "Dang me, dang me..."

    "Don't let the stars get in your eyes..."

    "It's now or never..."

    "By the time I get to Phoenix..."









    Keep it Country!

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  • 25. At 8:15pm on 06 Nov 2009, mazzystar1 wrote:

    #9, but Scotch, I love a bit of Buggles ;-)

    Monday
    Television - Marquee Moon

    Tuesday
    "let me take you to the place where membership's a smiling face"

    happy weekend everyone
    mazzy

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  • 26. At 9:39pm on 06 Nov 2009, BruceNesmith wrote:

    Re Monday: Two songs (maybe more?) mention my country's foremost newspaper, The New York Times: "Overs" by Simon and Garfunkel and "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees.

    Re Thursday:
    Get Up Stand Up, Bob Marley
    Get On The Good Foot, James Brown
    Enjoy Yourself, Specials
    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Ian Dury
    Think, Aretha Franklin
    Tie Me at the Crossroads, Bruce Cockburn

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  • 27. At 9:50pm on 06 Nov 2009, Stigg wrote:

    Tuesday could have

    "mama, just killed a man"

    Wednesday, "thank you for the days by Kirsty McColl." Without the sacrifice of previous generations, would our lives have been so "cushy?"

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  • 28. At 11:15pm on 06 Nov 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

    #20 thanks Norrie, but it is a repeat. As is the theme.

    #24 SG, I doot your at home on a Friday night with your K-Tel Country`s Greatest Hits. Not that I`m criticising or anything..its a no bad album.

    #25 Mazzy your back!! so I dedicate,

    `You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire`

    to you for Tuesday.

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  • 29. At 11:57pm on 06 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Tuesday (has to be a list day I think):

    Ground control to Major Tom

    On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

    I remember when the rock was young

    Start spreadin the news, I’m leavin today

    Place your sweet lips a little closer to the phone

    I am not in love, but open to persuasion

    When the night has come and the land is dark

    An old cowboy went ridin out one dark an windy day

    Out on the wild and windy moor

    Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head didn’t hurt

    There’s a lady that’s sure all that glitters is gold

    Holly came from Miami FLA, hitch hiked her way cross the USA

    There she was – justa walkin down the street

    Oh I could hide ‘neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings

    The road is long, with many a winding turn

    Hello darkness my old friend

    We don’t need no education…

    Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy

    Well you wouldn’t read my letters if I wrote them and you asked me not to call you on the phone

    Take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got

    The light shines down the valley and the wind blows up the alley

    As I was goin over the Cork and Kerry mountains

    Call out the instigators

    Out here in the fields I fought for my meals I put my back into my living





    But, if I have to choose just one:

    Yes I know the city like a lover…


    Best theme in ages

    DC in Cellardyke

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  • 30. At 00:17am on 07 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Aye DC despite the fact I think this may be a variation on a previous theme .....it would have been good of you an the thigh slapping hat wearing country bumpkin to leave a couple.........

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  • 31. At 00:30am on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Scotch, did you hear what he called you?

    Well Norrie, lists normally spoil the fun for me so I thought I'd get in with all the best ones first this week

    (Cue muttley type "Shehehehehe" in the background.....)

    :-)

    DC

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  • 32. At 00:33am on 07 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Scotch would take it as a compliment....

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  • 33. At 00:35am on 07 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    And you forgot a few...especially

    Screen door slams, Marys dress waves, like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays (which also has the best closing line bar none)

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  • 34. At 00:38am on 07 Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:

    Initial thoughts for the week ahead

    Monday - the media

    Radio Nowhere - Springsteen
    The story - Brandi carlile
    Sun, moon and stars - Nanci Griffiths
    Writing to reach you - Travis


    Tuesday - instantly recognisable opening lines of songs (brilliant theme).

    Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk

    All this talk of getting old it's getting me down my love

    Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light

    There you go and baby here am I

    Well papa go to bed now it's getting late

    L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most the time

    Well my name's John Lee Pettimore

    hey girl whatcha doin down there

    Well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of July

    There may be trouble ahead

    Loving you isn't the right thing to do

    Last night, I said goodbye, now it seems years


    Wednesday - Remembering and giving thanks

    Bang the drum slowly - Emmylou Harris


    Thursday- bossy Thursday

    Call me - Blondie
    Hurry on now - Alice Russell
    If you see her say hello - Dylan
    Walk on by - Dionne Warwick
    Bring em home - Springsteen
    tell me ther's a heaven - Chris Rea
    Don't stop - Fleetwood Mac
    Say something - Haven

    Have a good weekend

    Joe
    Linlithgow

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  • 35. At 00:40am on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Tuesday - First Lines:
    "No-one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century..."
    "I'm a sky scraper wean, I live on the ninteenth flair..."
    "Here is the clock..."
    "Over the hills and far away..."
    "There was a young man from Venus..."
    "I..."

    "Out on the wiley, windy moors we'd roll and fall in green..."
    "It's a little bit funny..."
    "Giant steps are what you take..."
    "On a dark desert highway..." (backing up DC)
    "Hi there! I'm on my way, I'm making it!"
    "Lend me your ear while I call you a fool..."
    "I like to move it move it..."
    "If you don't know me by now..."
    "Watchin every motion in my foolish lover's game..."
    "I must have dreamed a thousand dreams, been haunted by a million screams..."
    "Spring was never waiting for us, girl - it ran one step ahead..."

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  • 36. At 00:45am on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Monday - The Media:
    Mr Reporter - The Kinks
    Empty Sky - Bruce Springsteen
    Emotional Weather Report - Tom Waits
    Edit - Regina Spektor
    Media Man - Flash And The Pan
    Advertising Space - Robbie Williams (backing up Adam - yes it's a repeat!)
    The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - A-Ha
    Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
    Transmission - Japan
    Here Is The News - ELO
    The Scoop - Beastie Boys
    Headlines - Spice Girls
    Court Report - Little Man Tate
    Newspaper - Free
    Tabloid Lover - Razorlight
    Springtime For Hitler - The Producers ;-)

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  • 37. At 00:46am on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Telt ye it was a theme for lists...

    I left the Boss to you, Norrie. So many to choose from

    (fades with "In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream")

    DC

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  • 38. At 00:56am on 07 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Thanks DC....

    I get up in the evening, and I aint got nothing to say

    My little sisters in the back street with an ice cream cone

    You make up your mind, you choose the chance you take

    Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland

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  • 39. At 01:05am on 07 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Not Boss:

    "Its four in the morning, the end of December"

    "I took time out to write to my old friend, I walked across that burning bridge"

    " Do you remeber a guy thats been, In such an early song"

    "They pulled in just behind the bridge, He lays her down, he frowns"



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  • 40. At 01:21am on 07 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    Mon

    TV Is King - The Tubes
    The Daily Planet - Love
    Mohammed's Radio - Warren Zevon

    Tue

    I hear the music daylight disc
    You tell lies thinking I can't see.
    I'm a monster, got a revved up teenage head
    Grandpa's missed his pants again. He don't give a damn.
    Well I went home with the waitress - the way I always do.
    His tail lights flickered as he pulled up to the truck stop.
    Women think I'm tasty but they're always trying to waste me.
    Your multilingual business friend has packed her bags and fled.
    Oh how is it that I can come out to here and be still floating?
    When you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too

    Wed

    The Grave - Don McLean

    Thur

    Don't - Elvis
    Don't Bring Me Down - Pretty Things


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  • 41. At 01:59am on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #25

    Maria,

    Was that a euphonium?

    >8-d


    #28

    Adam,

    Bryan said "Don't send me the title or the artist; just send me the opening line."

    I was just making a point.


    #31

    DC,

    I take it as a compliment!

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  • 42. At 02:03am on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    At first I was afraid; I was petrified!

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  • 43. At 02:09am on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #19

    Adam,

    Tuesday's request is hilarious. I'm still grinning!

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  • 44. At 03:20am on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #43

    Not if it's the Barron Knights version they play... LOL

    "...we're from Dartmoor, we're on the run"

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  • 45. At 09:19am on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #44

    "Let the record show that at 03:20am on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine fell intae Bryan's cunning trap."

    Right guys, who had Jim in the sweep?

    >8-D

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  • 46. At 09:38am on 07 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Tuesday First Lines:

    * I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham
    * I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
    * We come from the land of the ice and snow
    * Naughty boys in nasty schools headmasters breaking all the rules
    * We move like caged tigers, oh it couldn't get closer than this
    * Well I've got a cousin called Kevin
    * Good Morning Miss, Can I help you Sir?
    * We used to say that come the day we'd all be making plans
    * Well it's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
    * Is it worth it? A new winter coat and shoes for the wife?
    * Set me free, why don't you babe
    * Two cigarettes in an ashtray
    * A police car and a screaming siren
    * I was totin' my pack along the long dusty Winnemucca road
    * My heart is low my heart is so low
    * I used to buy my chips from an oppressive chipshop regime
    * I don't care if Monday's blue, Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
    * When the routine bites hard and ambitions are low
    * It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousey hair
    * You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you
    * It was Christmas Eve again in the drunktank
    * The rain came down on a cold new town as he carried you away
    * So you think you can tell heaven from hell
    * Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
    * It was the 3rd of September that day I will always remember
    * There are places I remember all my life though some have changed

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  • 47. At 10:02am on 07 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Couple more 1st lines:

    * The Salvation Army Band played and all the children drank lemonade
    * I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road

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  • 48. At 10:10am on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    If this is a lists competition, I have another 8500 on my ayechoons I haven't used yet.....

    These could include such weird first lines as:

    Hey Jude
    Give a little bit
    Supet Trouper

    Just a wee thought (I'm sure Glen will be able to do this), what about an attempt to write a paragraph based on first lines? Perhaps when I get time tonight..


    :-)

    DC

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  • 49. At 10:54am on 07 Nov 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

    #48 - You clearly have plenty of it, DC.




    )

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  • 50. At 11:37am on 07 Nov 2009, Jim_in_giffnock wrote:

    Think Tuesday's theme is really inspired. Have to say that some of the earlier postings aren't recognisable after minutes, let alone seconds. Probably down to me. Hope mine are a bit more obvious

    Well it's one for the money
    A boy is born in hard time Mississipi
    Giant steps are what you take
    My heart was broken
    Well I don't know why I came here tonight
    LA proved to much for the man
    Oh it's funny to be seeing you after so long girl
    Don't go changing to try and please me
    Goodbye Norma Jean
    Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball
    I saw the light on the night I passed by her window
    As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains


    Jim

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  • 51. At 11:48am on 07 Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:

    Monday a theme we last did about 5 minutes ago

    In the days before rock and roll / Van Morrisson
    (backing up Norrie)

    Tues
    i saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand walking through the streets of soho in the rain.

    Sirens are screaming and the fires are howling down in the valley tonight






    By the way, am I the only person on the planet that thinks that this years best selling single by the nations darling is utter mince!

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  • 52. At 11:50am on 07 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    I struggled with a lot of Joe-k-brown's ones, but on googling, they're not songs I really know anyway.

    Got most of the others - one of JFE's I was going to put in as a matter of form, but listening to the track, I realised I knew the intro really well, but not the 1st line.

    Yeah, Jim, *that* one ;-)

    One more for Tues:
    * Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wall?

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  • 53. At 12:42pm on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    #49 wrong AfR, making lists is easy. Just go tae ayechoons an run through any playlist. The computer does the work for you. As you weel kain, I normally don't do lists, preferring to have a good think about things myself before selecting my favourite.

    Now THAT takes a lot more time and effort

    :-)

    DC

    PS I would have used italics or bold lettering to stress the word "that", but I haven't the knowledge, time nor inclination to do so. Now you have a nice day

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  • 54. At 2:09pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #52

    Hehehe...

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  • 55. At 2:10pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #45

    "How did you work out your route?"

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  • 56. At 2:31pm on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #55

    "....you'll know it when they hit you 'cos they hurt a little bit."



    "What were you in Dartmoor for?"

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  • 57. At 2:39pm on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    "Don't look so sad; I know it's over..."

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  • 58. At 2:47pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #56

    "We borrowed a safe from the bank next door"

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  • 59. At 3:00pm on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.

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  • 60. At 4:25pm on 07 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    4-Aminobiphenyl, hexachlorobenzene dimethyl sulphate, chloromethyl methylether 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin, carbon disulphide

    Now join in on the chorus.

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  • 61. At 4:30pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    I once wrote a song called sulphosuccinatedundicyclenicmonoalcololomide.

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  • 62. At 4:45pm on 07 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #61

    Yes, it's always difficult to get a rhyme for 'ride'

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  • 63. At 4:56pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #62

    Yes, it was with some pride.

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  • 64. At 5:14pm on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    We praise the colorectal surgeon, misunderstood and much maligned

    A graayyytt song (bet it's not played)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlCLHf76q_w

    DC

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  • 65. At 5:46pm on 07 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #64

    A favourite of Buckydharma. As Kinky Friedman says unless you're the lead dog the view never really changes. It makes dentistry seem attractive. Cue Ring of Fire sequence.

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  • 66. At 6:49pm on 07 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    MON.
    The Radio Is Broken - Frank Zappa.

    Tues.
    I have this feeling that my luck is none too good.
    Have you seen my baby?,on the avenue.
    Back when I was goin' to school,I never learned a thing.
    I want to live alone in the desert.
    Well, I wanna shake that thing wit'cha all night long.
    I sailed an Ocean,unsettled Ocean.
    Mistress said I love you Chris.

    WED.
    Panzer Division Destroyed - Budgie.

    Thurs.
    Shake Your Moneymaker - Fleetwood Mac.











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  • 67. At 7:13pm on 07 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #66

    And your smile is a thin disguise

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  • 68. At 7:19pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #67

    I thought by now you'd realise!

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  • 69. At 7:21pm on 07 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    Leg it, I've been spotted.

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  • 70. At 7:30pm on 07 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    67+68
    He wonders how it ever got this crazy.

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  • 71. At 8:05pm on 07 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    #64

    Bet they don't play this one either:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFKaXq7zpqQ

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  • 72. At 8:07pm on 07 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Even more for Tues:

    *There she stood in the street, smiling from her head to her feet
    *When I wake up early in the morning
    *There must be some way outta here said the joker to the thief
    *I am the God of Hellfire and I bring you...
    (hang on, we've done that one)

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  • 73. At 9:42pm on 07 Nov 2009, SpaceTrucker wrote:

    Tues

    If you're mem'ry serves you well
    Desmond has a barrow in the market place
    Look out the left the Captain said
    Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
    There once was a woman, a strange kind of woman
    She's got a smile that it seems to me
    One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small
    I will fly a yellow paper sun in your sky
    When I was a little girl I had a ragdoll
    When you're weary
    You need coolin, baby, I'm not foolin
    There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
    Baby, Baby, Baby
    We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline
    Queen of light took her bow and then she turned to go

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  • 74. At 10:11pm on 07 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Those of you intent on setting off still more fireworks this weekend, take heed:

    http://www.weebls-stuff.com/catface/Cat+Face+17

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  • 75. At 10:46pm on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    "I love a good bum on a woman, it makes my day.
    To me it is palpable proof of God's existence, a posteriori."

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  • 76. At 11:23pm on 07 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Good list SpaceTrucker!

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  • 77. At 11:35pm on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    "I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon..."

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  • 78. At 11:37pm on 07 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    Tues.
    In the Morelos mountains campesinos are planting their fields.

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  • 79. At 11:40pm on 07 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    Owsley and Charlie, twins of the trade,come to the Poet's Room

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  • 80. At 11:44pm on 07 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    "Oh, rollin' and tumblin' ain't done me no harm..."

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  • 81. At 00:04am on 08 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    #79
    Amoeba records it all.

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  • 82. At 00:12am on 08 Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:

    Tue

    Here I go (higher, higher) here I go (higher, higher) here I go, go, go, go, go

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  • 83. At 00:17am on 08 Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:

    More recognisable suggestions for Tuesday:

    In Napoli where love is king
    I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
    People try to put us d-down
    She's got a smile that it seems to me
    There is a house in New Orleans
    What's the sense in sharing, this one and only life
    Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said

    Joe
    Linlithgow

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  • 84. At 00:29am on 08 Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:

    Tue

    She loves you, yeah yeah yeah

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  • 85. At 00:36am on 08 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Busted flat and Baton Rouge, headin for the trains,
    Feelin nearly faded as my jeans......

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  • 86. At 01:30am on 08 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    #73
    Yes, good list :-) And in response to one of them:
    * There was a boy, a strange enchanted boy

    #83
    That's how rumours about producers start, y'know ;-)

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  • 87. At 01:38am on 08 Nov 2009, SpaceTrucker wrote:

    #86 The Leonard Nimoy version!!!

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  • 88. At 01:40am on 08 Nov 2009, SpaceTrucker wrote:

    We had a lot of luck on Venus

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  • 89. At 01:58am on 08 Nov 2009, SpaceTrucker wrote:

    Police and thieves in the streets

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  • 90. At 02:56am on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #85

    This is a cunning trap. You are waiting for some fool to mention the deliberate mistake. Well, it'll no' be me!












    no' again...

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  • 91. At 03:21am on 08 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Don't follow the arrows on your suit... Ground control will do nicely.

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  • 92. At 05:31am on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    #51 chers paolo but we both know.....

    best selling single is indeed mince, but I would not have been so charitable

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  • 93. At 05:42am on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    DC have we ever done the sea as a theme?

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  • 94. At 09:43am on 08 Nov 2009, ProducerBabs wrote:

    Don't know if we have Norrie. Are you wanting me to add this to the themes meeting this week? Theme suggestions always welcome.

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  • 95. At 09:57am on 08 Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:

    #86 - CaptR - good one, although of course I just like the song.

    Joe
    Linlithgow

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  • 96. At 10:43am on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Hi ProducerBabs well if it has not been done could be a good theme? Add it to the meeting please!

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  • 97. At 11:14am on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Land, then air, the sea?

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  • 98. At 11:45am on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #51, #92

    You can still buy singles?



    #93

    DC is not the Messiah! He's a very nautical boy!! (buoy?)

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  • 99. At 11:48am on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:


    He once thought he was, but an attempted walk in Cellardyke harbour convinced him otherwise.

    >8-D

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  • 100. At 12:11pm on 08 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    Tuesday's 'premise' seems suspect. Given the strong clue in the opening line - "It's been a hard day's night" - only 89% can identify the song.

    The other 11% obviously do not find this 'instantly recognisable,' mistaking it perhaps for Ken Dodd's "Tears" or an extract from Carmina Burana.



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  • 101. At 12:24pm on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #100

    The 11% of whom you speak are the people who are buying singles.

    The same people who think that Geri Halliwell is 'Old Spice'

    >8-D

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  • 102. At 12:26pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    #101 You mean she isn't? Who is then?

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  • 103. At 12:55pm on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    TUESDAY

    "Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want..."

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  • 104. At 12:56pm on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:


    If it gets played I'll go for a stroll in Cellardyke harbour...

    >8-D

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  • 105. At 1:41pm on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    Norrie,

    It wisnae' me!

    >8-D

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  • 106. At 2:50pm on 08 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    #90 ah kain........

    #93 I think we had a nautical theme, which perhaps is different from "sea". Good idea Norrie

    #99 Hahahahaha

    DC

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  • 107. At 3:43pm on 08 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #93-94, #97

    We had Earth Air Fire & Water once as a theme (the elements) and the water part of it did of course include loads of sea suggestions. Was it spread over four days? Can't remember - but I loved those themes that took all week to complete! Let's think of some more?

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  • 108. At 4:37pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    I agree Jim - mI have been trying to come up with an all week one....

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  • 109. At 7:00pm on 08 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #108

    The four Cardinal Zodiac signs:- Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

    North, South, East, West. South would cover Australasia, the theme we were promised but never got.

    The four Cardinal virtues:- Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude.

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Hmm. Maybe not.

    The four dimensions:- Height (or Depth), Length, Width and Time; the fourth dimension.

    Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
    We had Tom, Dick and Harry so why not?

    The Four Archangels:- Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Michael

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  • 110. At 7:07pm on 08 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    I'll back the four points of the compass and the four dimensions - both great ideas.

    Wide, wide as the ocean
    High as the heaven above
    Deep, deep as the deepest sea
    Is my
    - ach, I cannae be bothered...

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  • 111. At 7:19pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Nice one Scotch!

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  • 112. At 7:25pm on 08 Nov 2009, ProducerBabs wrote:

    Ok...so I'll put forward the "sea" as a theme, and I'll add the suggesstions from Scotch for a weeks theme....although I think we've done the cardinal virtues (or were they sins?) We haven't done a theme over a full week for a while.
    It's Children in Need next week so we'll be reflecting that.
    Meantime, enjoy the batch we've got this week...I think Tuesday will be good fun.
    Miss B

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  • 113. At 7:36pm on 08 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    I saw Pirates Of The Carribbean the other day. It was rated 'AAAARRRRRRR!!' :-)

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  • 114. At 7:50pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    For children in need I suggested characters in song - I think that would work pretty well. Will they be doing a donation / request special?

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  • 115. At 8:07pm on 08 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    You'd be better off taking care of your own seven rather than seeking an MBE. You're impressing no one.

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  • 116. At 8:08pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Eight Glen!

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  • 117. At 8:14pm on 08 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    What about a truncated Pentateuch? -

    Genesis - birth/creation

    Exodus - departure/leaving

    Leviticus - tribe of Levi/denim wearers

    Numbers - self explanatory (except perhaps to the 11% who cannot identify A Hard Day's Night)

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  • 118. At 8:57pm on 08 Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:

    Hi all..

    Mon..

    Sunday Papers ......... Joe Jackson

    Tues..

    I was born in a cross-fire hurricane and I howled at my ma in the driving rain...

    Sup-up your beer and collect your fags....

    I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream....






    If i may...

    A huge thank-you to NORRIE, JAN, CAPTAIN RAMIUS and D.C. for their donations, comments and support... i can't believe how bad i'm going to look.. ah well... : {) http://uk.movember.com/mospace/304184

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  • 119. At 9:10pm on 08 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #117

    The great Dave Greenslade was a 'pentateuchter' as I recall.

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  • 120. At 9:13pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Frank - It is coming along very nicely!!

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  • 121. At 9:25pm on 08 Nov 2009, HoppoLocos wrote:

    Back again after another few days of "walking the dog"

    Monday

    Black Diamond Bay - Bob Dylan
    Sunday Papers - Joe Jackson
    Sunday Papers - Kathleen Edwards

    Tuesday

    "In the day we Sweat it out on the streets on a runaway American Dream"
    "Please Allow Me to Introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste"
    "Ha ha ha ha ha, Wipeout!" (might need a few more ha's)
    "I was a little too tall could have used a few pounds"
    "I wish you could swim, like dolphins can swim"
    "Pretty Women out walking with gorillas down my street"


    NB Let's avoid "Is this a real life or is this just some b####cks!"

    ....and that's enough for now, too much wine, too much walking an enthusiastic dog, I need some relaxation. regards to all.

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  • 122. At 9:28pm on 08 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Hoi, no beard-growing.

    It's the standalone, top-lip only Mo cos otherwise you get away with only looking silly for 20 seconds at the end after shaving off the under-mouth bit until the photie's took.

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  • 123. At 9:32pm on 08 Nov 2009, HoppoLocos wrote:

    Aaahhhhh -how could I forget

    "Screen door slams, Marys dress waves, like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays"

    Wife loves this to death, was playing the night she proposed to me!

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  • 124. At 9:47pm on 08 Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:

    Howdi Bryan,

    Amazingly, two of the very best songs about the media were made by the same band - 10CC.

    'Headline Hustler' from the album 10CC - but - more importantly is:

    'Blackmail' - from the 10CC album The Original Soundtrack.

    I promise you and your audience your will not be disappointed - it features one of the best British guitarists - Eric Stewart - on top form and demonstrates what a truly talented bunch of guys 10CC were.

    Epic stuff, please play it.

    regardez vous

    Henri


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  • 125. At 9:52pm on 08 Nov 2009, Classalwaystells wrote:

    I listen to your show every Monday and Wednesday whilst driving from Perth to Dundee. AKA Pat fae Perth.

    Monday Night?-
    Transmission by Joy Division
    Letter from America by The Proclaimers (used to be a show on the radio)
    Shot by Both Sides by Magazine


    How about Sport as a theme?

    Dreadlock Holiday by 10CC (I dont like cricket)
    Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
    Baby You Can Drive my Car by The Beatles
    Keep on Running by The Spencer Davis Group



    Discus (Discuss!! Gedditt????)

    I will get my coat.

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  • 126. At 11:01pm on 08 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    #118 just the four of us donated so far FID?

    Come on the rest of you, Frank's doin his goin to Hollywood impression for a good cause and getting the michael extracted each and every minute for his efforts. Such an heroic effort deserves a wee donation. Get the bawbees oot

    DC

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  • 127. At 11:42pm on 08 Nov 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:

    The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay

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  • 128. At 11:48pm on 08 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    ~126 Quite right DC and here is the link - worth visiting but I was shocked to find out In Denny is not his real name:

    http://uk.movember.com/mospace/304184

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  • 129. At 00:08am on 09 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #116

    Congratulations on the new arrival. A brother for little Bruce, Roy, Clarence, Nils, Patti, Steven and Garry.

    #124

    Sheet Music is another great album. Clever songs, well arranged with accomplished singing and playing. Where are their like today?

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  • 130. At 00:14am on 09 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    #129 Little Max doing well!

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  • 131. At 00:35am on 09 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #130

    "Oops! I did it again......."

    >8-D

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  • 132. At 04:01am on 09 Nov 2009, Panthers90Rules wrote:

    Tuesday

    The long and winding road
    Love love me do
    There...are...stars in the southern sky
    On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
    Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please
    I was cutting the rug at a place called The Jug
    Diamonds are forever



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  • 133. At 09:05am on 09 Nov 2009, mikeshropshire wrote:

    Monday:

    It Says Here: Billy Bragg
    News Of The World: The Jam
    57 Channels (And Nothin' On): Bruce Springsteen

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  • 134. At 10:16am on 09 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    MONDAY

    'Dirty Laundry' - Don Henley


    "Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet?
    You know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
    Get the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry....."

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  • 135. At 11:22am on 09 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #112

    I finally find a woman who cannot differentiate between that which is sinful and that which is virtuous and guess what?

    She's spoken for already!!




    Nevertheless, I salute her lack of differentiability!

    >8-D

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  • 136. At 2:52pm on 09 Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:

    #129 - yep, they original 10CC were awesome - I saw them twice in 74 & 75, both at the Aplollo. The individuals went onto great things, but I thought they were never better than in the original 10CC line up - you're right, Sheet Music is tremendous - let's hope Bryan plays 'Blackmail', then they'll know what we're on about.

    Good to have someone's agreement .... all join in now, that way we'll be spared the totally obvious (twinned with an ever so slight bias towards country music) ... but it's the great tracks that I've not been previously familiar to me that make the show so great... no one could resist the closing guitar playing on ' B;ackmail' - here's hoping.

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  • 137. At 3:21pm on 09 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:


    10cc ?!?

    The Worst Band In The World

    >8-D

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  • 138. At 3:29pm on 09 Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:

    # 137 Yes, 'The Worst Band In the World' - one of the best singles in the world that didn't make it... pity, sometimes 10cc were too clever by half ... Blackmail is clever,but beautifully played..

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  • 139. At 3:32pm on 09 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #137, #138

    Reminds me of this...

    Tenacious D - Tribute

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  • 140. At 5:21pm on 09 Nov 2009, hughfromglasgow wrote:

    MONDAY:
    Elvis Costello - Fish 'n' Chip Paper

    TUESDAY:
    "Well Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born..."

    WEDNESDAY:
    B-Movie - Remembrance Day

    THURSDAY:
    They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

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  • 141. At 5:32pm on 09 Nov 2009, lordlucanismissing wrote:

    More famous for Gary Gilmore's Eyes, The Adverts had a belter of a single not long after called Television's Over. For the media theme, this works with the band name and song subject.

    Cheers.

    LLIM

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  • 142. At 5:59pm on 09 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    If you won't play Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun" tonight, what about "Yesterday's Papers" by the Rolling Stones?

    DC in Cellardyke

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  • 143. At 8:02pm on 09 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Hmmm

    Obviously I didn't make the late edition......

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  • 144. At 8:05pm on 09 Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:

    Howdi Bryan & Team

    Tuesday- Opening Lines

    Well, if you can't find 'Blackmail' by 10CC, I'm confident you'll find this:

    On 22nd March, 1963, there came a moment in musical history which would change everything forever - the words that launched this phenomenon on an unsuspecting world were

    1-2-3-fah
    Well, she was just seventeen
    You know what I mean

    This would also qualify as sounding just good as it did when released.

    Fabulous stuff.

    regardez vous

    Henri

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  • 145. At 8:17pm on 09 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Henri, why do you keep telling Bryan to look at himself?

    :-)

    DC

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  • 146. At 9:13pm on 09 Nov 2009, janfromrutherglen wrote:

    Tues Firsts :

    Im in the phone booth, its the one across the hall...
    Standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo...
    Just a castaway...
    Giants steps are what you take...to 2nd JFE

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  • 147. At 9:31pm on 09 Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:

    #145 - It's a Franglais thing, like my name - staggering numbers of people presume it's French for kind regards... bit like 'legumes' means legs and suchlike...actually, there's divided opinion on the correct interpretation of Regardez - Vous. I believe the correct one is "Look Out" or "Watch Out" but I'm not a good French speaker, just goofing about.

    Besides, even if Bryan doesn't need to take a look at himself (which I'm sure he is) he certainly needs to Watch Out! Pot Holes everywhere.

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  • 148. At 9:50pm on 09 Nov 2009, henri hannah wrote:

    Tuesday - Opening lines

    'She doesn't need money
    She doesn't need diamonds'

    This is really easy!

    regardez vous

    Henri

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  • 149. At 11:15pm on 09 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    #144

    Your dedication to 10cc is of Roxyjohn proportions.

    Please Please Me was the first album I bought and I have just bought it for the third time.

    I hope to live long enough to see a few more formats.

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  • 150. At 11:38pm on 09 Nov 2009, paulhandley wrote:

    TUESDAY - FIRST LINES

    A tremendous theme as mentioned by many but what of the suggestions that fall into the 11% bracket as per Glen's earlier blog. How about a follow up theme for first lines that are clever / funny / or just mean something to the you, in order to hoover up the remainder of the large number of redundant tracks. Some of these could also come from the unused ones that are TRULY memorable! Anyway here's mine, no doubt some from each category...

    Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar

    Hello I love you

    I want to live I want to give

    You drink your coffee and I'll sip my tea

    Close your eyes and I'll kiss you

    I awoke this morning love laid me down by a river

    Paul from Ayr

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  • 151. At 11:44pm on 09 Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:

    Tues. "Sittin' in a sleazy snack bar suckin' sickly sausage rolls"

    Geordie alliteration. Hoping his heed healthily heals.

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  • 152. At 00:07am on 10 Nov 2009, janfromrutherglen wrote:

    #150 PaulH You drink your coffee and I'll sip my tea...excellent shout

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  • 153. At 00:30am on 10 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #149

    Once we get brain downloads you won't need any additional formats. Tweak your left earlobe for Tull and your right one for Bragg. I'll leave Kate Bush to the imagination.

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  • 154. At 00:42am on 10 Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:

    Tuesday

    Mama says yes, Papa says no
    I have a mansion, forget the price
    After six hours of school I've had enough for the day
    I've got a little change in my pocket going ding a ling a ling



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  • 155. At 08:02am on 10 Nov 2009, paulhandley wrote:

    #152 Thanks Jan, it's good to know that one of my choices was recognisable!

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  • 156. At 09:06am on 10 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    50's

    Robbing People With A Six Gun

    60's

    Once Upon A Time You Dressed So Fine

    70's

    The screen door slams, Marys dress waves

    80's

    Standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo

    90's

    I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks

    00's

    When you grow up, livin' like a good boy oughta

    I dont want to die, but I aint keen on living either.

    Have a nice day

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  • 157. At 09:28am on 10 Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:

    Wed
    Work is all consuming these days so haven't had a chance to read back yet
    but I was recently on one of these presentation skills management courses, the subject of which was life changing experiences and after a couple of run of the mill subjects one of the guys got up. He was in the TA and had not long returned from Kandahar. Let's just say we had to take time out after his presentation cos noone wanted to follow him.

    So for peace night
    Why can't we live together / Timmy Thomas




    Just a thought but if we got attacked by aliens do you think the whole planet would unite. Or would we just leave it to ripley.

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  • 158. At 10:34am on 10 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    #157

    Playing Slim Whitman's 'Indian Love Call' very loudly makes their heads explode.

    The aliens, that is. Not sure it would work on the Taliban.

    >8-D

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  • 159. At 12:47pm on 10 Nov 2009, cheaperbythepun wrote:

    Tues. Well i dont know why i came here tonight.

    Wed. Sun Gonna Shine One Day -Eleanor Ellis.( a great song, check it out on you tube)

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  • 160. At 1:27pm on 10 Nov 2009, lordlucanismissing wrote:

    'You stir my natural emotions, you make me feel I'm dirt
    and I'm hurt.'

    Great opening line and one of the longest song titles ever.

    This song follows me around like a bad smell (woman trouble) but I love it anyway.

    LLIM

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  • 161. At 2:05pm on 10 Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

    TUESDAY:

    Just cos I aint never 'ad no nothin' worth 'avin' never ever never ever.

    A struck match faded like a nervous laugh

    The girl's a fool she broke the rule she hurt him hard this time he will break down.

    Lying here on the floor where you left me.

    Rasta Ozzy from up de hill, decide fi check 'pon 'im grocery bill.

    Was a long and dark December, from the rooftops I remember.

    I wanted to be with you alone, and talk about the weather.

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  • 162. At 3:08pm on 10 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    #156 is wrong!

    should be:

    50's

    Breakin Rocks In The Hot Sun

    sorry

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  • 163. At 3:11pm on 10 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Very strange use of a Springsteen image!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8352389.stm

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  • 164. At 3:16pm on 10 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Huge number of suggestions for tonight. An excellent theme!

    "Yes I know the city like a lover"

    please.....

    DC

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  • 165. At 4:12pm on 10 Nov 2009, GreggaryPeccary wrote:

    Tuesday:

    Hey there, people, I'm Bobby Brown
    They say I'm the cutest boy in town
    My car is fast, my teeth is shiney
    I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie

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  • 166. At 4:41pm on 10 Nov 2009, mikeshropshire wrote:

    Tuesday:

    Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again.

    I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young...

    I got my first real six string, I bought it at the five and dime...

    And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

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  • 167. At 4:44pm on 10 Nov 2009, CynthiaPlastercaster wrote:


    Tuesday


    I'm looking round madly for something to find
    That mught give me a front to put something, something behind
    Just bouncing this ball up and down the hall
    but it's full of best wishes and suffocating fishes and all
    So let's drink some wine and have a good time

    or

    Woke up this morning, went out on the street
    Sniffed a few flowers and went back to sleep
    My head was cloudy but the sky was blue
    and I didn't feel lonely til I thought of you

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  • 168. At 6:21pm on 10 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:


    (This one's for Bryan - Busted Bycycle - Leo Kottke)

    Tues.

    Well I drove to the kitchen and I got myself a beer.
    Mama was flattening lard with her red enameled rolling pin.
    Quick Joey Small went over the wall with a ball and a chain behind him.
    I,I'm a one way motorway.



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  • 169. At 8:58pm on 10 Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:

    Wed.

    They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
    Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the morning
    We will remember them.

    Last Post, please.

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  • 170. At 8:59pm on 10 Nov 2009, cateranfan wrote:

    Wednesday's themes:
    You can't have an 11th November edition without some Eric Bogle who has written the two most powerful and much covered songs about World War I, No Man's Land (Green Fields of France) and the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda, about the Galipoli campaign. Don't mind who sings them, but they deserve to be heard, as do:
    The 51st Highland Division's Farewell to Sicily by Dick Gaughan (Hamish Henderson's moving poem about leaving the island)
    When This Bloody War is Over by Rad Noakes (found on Standing Up, set to What a Friend We Have in Jesus, no less a serious soldier's prayer)
    Al Bowley's in Heaven by Richard Thomson (a crippled war veteran looks back on hisn glory days)
    Red Army Blues by The Waterboys (Soviet sacrifice and betrayal)
    and finally, Sir Harry Lauder, Keep Right On the The End of The Road (a song I always thought of as cheesey music hall material until I heard the legend that Lauder composed it on the night he heard his son had died on the Western Front)

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  • 171. At 8:59pm on 10 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Hello

    Seegers Sessions Band - Bring Em Home

    10,000 Maniacs - Peace Train

    Iris DeMent - There's a Wall In Washington

    Bruce Springsteen - Sgut Out The Light

    Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam

    Dedicate any of these to past and present serving members of the armed forces and their families. I for one have no idea why they are being killed where they are, I support them 100% but hope that they are brought home before one more is killed or maimed in war that I suspect few of us understand.

    Finally a sincere hope:

    Peace In Our Time - Big Country


    Norrie MacLean

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  • 172. At 9:25pm on 10 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:


    Tuesday's show was a blast! Good music and a good laugh. PDB, BTW.

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  • 173. At 9:28pm on 10 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    WEDNESDAY

    'A Day To Myself' - Clifford T. Ward

    A lovely song, appropriate for the occasion.

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  • 174. At 11:00pm on 10 Nov 2009, paulhandley wrote:

    Yeh, good show tonight, particularly enjoyed the bits where Bryan & Richard struggled with the titles, no offence chaps!
    As for tonight, having difficulty suggesting anything cheerful so what the heck:-

    Summer Soldier - Barclay James Harvest, says a lot on the subject tho' it's a bit long, fine if the team need a coffee & cake break!

    Soldier - Neil Young, says not a lot but a nice tune and short enough to squeeze in somewhere.

    One Love - Bob Marley, complete alternative to war message, just a great song.

    Paul from Ayr

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  • 175. At 11:44pm on 10 Nov 2009, glenmiller wrote:

    I missed tonight's show but, looking at the playlist and apart from Fred Astaire, it could be Now That's What I Overplayed and Uninspired 367.

    What happened to all the great suggestions listed above? The selection could be heard in any supermarket or lift and without the uninvited input of a "producer".



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  • 176. At 01:50am on 11 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Glen - why don't you tell us what you REALLY think? :-)

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  • 177. At 02:44am on 11 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Wednesday - Armistice Day:
    Between The Wars - Billy Bragg
    Mary And The Soldier - Eddi Reader
    I Fought In A War - Belle And Sebastian
    Tell Me Why - Genesis
    I Saved The World Today - Annie Lennox/Eurythmics
    Pipes Of Peace - Paul McCartney (It's NOT a Christmas record!)
    Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Rickie Lee Jones
    Lysistrata - Utopia
    Johnee Jingo - Todd Rundgren
    Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace
    Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
    Living With War - Neil Young

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  • 178. At 07:57am on 11 Nov 2009, paulhandley wrote:

    #177 Jim, your suggestion of Oliver's Army reminds me that it was on the Juke Box (remember them!) at Teviot Row Union every other record. I still never got sick hearing it! Great shout.
    I also think the Annie Lennox one is a terrific track.

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  • 179. At 08:01am on 11 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Watilda.

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  • 180. At 09:21am on 11 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    #176 While I agree with your comment about missing a lot of good tracks (none of mine got a mention), the show was actually very good Glen

    DC

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  • 181. At 09:49am on 11 Nov 2009, mikeshropshire wrote:

    Armistice Day:

    Mans inhumanity to man... Will it ever end? I have my doubts? But at the end of it all we still have hope. Hope that as a species we will eventually quench our thirst for power and ideology and religious dominance. In the end, we can all cling to hope, and hope dies last.

    Just one suggestion for tonight, because this track says it all for me...

    HOPE DIES LAST: Mark Erelli.

    I am sure this will be a busy night, probably with suggestions from families and friends of those who have been injured or killed in recent conflicts, and my heart goes out to them. So if you don't get a chance to play this tonight, please give it a listen sometime.

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  • 182. At 10:37am on 11 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    #176 Glen well maybe there is a chance to impriove on it. I had suggested the theme about a year ago and had suggested one night best ever opening line and the next night best ever clsoing line (my theory being that Thunder Road had the best opeoning and closing lines). So maybe that could be atheme one night.

    While I am at it now we have had 3.00 minute songs how about a nice relaxing night for the production team with songs over 6.00 minutes, the starting poiint being Like A Rolling Stone.

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  • 183. At 12:03pm on 11 Nov 2009, GreggaryPeccary wrote:

    Wednesday:

    ROYAL MARCH FROM L’HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT from MAKE A JAZZ NOISE HERE by FRANK ZAPPA
    BATTLE HYMN from BATTLE HYMN by WILD TURKEY
    DARLING BELLE from LIQUID ACROBAT AS REGARDS THE AIR by THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND (another one in my list of nevers)

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  • 184. At 12:18pm on 11 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    #182, Personally I'd go for a 10 minute minimum. Shine on you crazy diamond.....

    :-)

    DC

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  • 185. At 1:51pm on 11 Nov 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

    THURSDAY:

    'Don't Play That Song' - Aretha Franklin (if Jim asks for Joe Dolce again).

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  • 186. At 1:52pm on 11 Nov 2009, lordlucanismissing wrote:

    I'll request Army Dreamers by Kate Bush but I'm guessing someone will have beat me to that. Instead I'll go for The Call Up by The Clash. One of their more obscure singles from the album Sandinista. Not sure I've ever heard this on the radio, even back in the day. Is Sandinista one of the great British albums that never gets a mention when it comes to top 100 lists? I'm still discovering tracks on it all these years later.

    LLIM.

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  • 187. At 2:04pm on 11 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    #186 Great shout - I had also wondered about the Clash and "Broadway" from the same album but realsied that the chances of it being played were very small indeed.

    And you post reminds me of another theme - "it was never a single" in other words the great album tracks.

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  • 188. At 2:22pm on 11 Nov 2009, CynthiaPlastercaster wrote:

    ARMISTICE DAY

    POPPY RED from SWEET WARRIOR by RICHARD THOMPSON

    LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY by THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS

    LAST POST

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  • 189. At 3:42pm on 11 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    WED.
    Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie.
    Lines in the Sand - Randy Newman.
    For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield.
    Morning Dew - Tim Rose.
    Waist Deep In The Big Muddy - Dick Gaughan.
    Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt.
    Strange Fruit - Jeff Buckley.
    Hiroshima - Utopia.
    War - Edwin Starr.

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  • 190. At 4:48pm on 11 Nov 2009, lordlucanismissing wrote:

    #187

    Good idea for a theme Norrie. Tracks that should have been singles.

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  • 191. At 8:32pm on 11 Nov 2009, squierepiphone wrote:

    #189

    Randy Newman Glasgow 17 May 2010

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  • 192. At 9:40pm on 11 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    THURSDAY

    'Get a Haircut (and Get a Real Job)' - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

    for Hoppo, who seems to be more interested in puppies and puddles.


    "Money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail."

    Kinky Friedman

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  • 193. At 9:52pm on 11 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:


    Hoppo,

    Re: Your labrador's poor secretarial skills.

    "On the internet, no-one knows you're a dog."

    Stolen from a New York Times cartoon.

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  • 194. At 11:23pm on 11 Nov 2009, paolopablo wrote:

    Brilliant show tonight

    Thursday
    Hey Girl Don't Bother Me / The Tams

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  • 195. At 11:37pm on 11 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #185

    Julie, If the fantastic and talanted Joe Dolce is not allowed on Thursday night, what about World Shut Your Mouth by Lulian Cope as an alternative? ;-)

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  • 196. At 11:50pm on 11 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Thursday

    Lyle Lovett - Don't Touch My Hat

    Ry Cooder - Go On Home Girl

    Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Stop Dragging My Heart Around

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  • 197. At 01:29am on 12 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    #195

    That was Julian Cope of course! DOH! :D

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  • 198. At 02:19am on 12 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    Thursday - Bossy Thursday:
    Me Or Him - Roger Waters
    Hush, Hush, Hush - Paula Cole with Peter Gabriel
    World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
    Hold On Tight - ELO
    Stand And Deliver - Adam & The Ants
    Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
    Turn It On Again - Genesis
    Be Nice To Me - Todd Rundgren
    Be My Number Two - Joe Jackson
    Live With Me - The Rolling Stones
    Give Me Tonite - Will Smith
    Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
    Lick Your Fingers Clean - Jethro Tull

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  • 199. At 10:34am on 12 Nov 2009, CannyMarra wrote:

    Thurs. It is tempting to submit a list for this theme. But I'll stick with the one I really want to hear.

    DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO - Pam Tillis

    Bryan, Last night you made my Rachael cry again. My thanks to you and Richard for a very humbling and emotional show.

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  • 200. At 12:13pm on 12 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    Bossy Thursday:

    * Matt Bianco - Get Out of Your Lazy Bed
    * Big Country - Look Away
    * Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me
    * Pink Floyd - Bring The Boys Back Home (not unrelated to last night)
    * Luther Wright and the Wrongs - In The Flesh Part II (much more radio-friendly than the Floyd version)

    and a big backing to JFE for
    * Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth

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  • 201. At 12:14pm on 12 Nov 2009, CaptRamius wrote:

    #187

    That'll be Mr Bragg, New England, then.

    From the dept of "Wait, that wasn't a single?"

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  • 202. At 1:40pm on 12 Nov 2009, Scotch-git wrote:

    THURSDAY

    Shuggie and Senga on the beach.

    Shuggie:- "Hoy, Senga! Geez ower thon suntan lotion!"

    Senga:- "Huv ye nivvir heard ay the wurd 'Gauny'?"

    >8-D

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  • 203. At 2:55pm on 12 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Thursday:

    Unfortunately I'm working late tonight, but I'd like Joe Dolce's "Shaddup You Face" for all our regular bloggers.

    Have a good weekend

    :-)

    DC

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  • 204. At 3:20pm on 12 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    You play a dangerous game DC!

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  • 205. At 3:25pm on 12 Nov 2009, JimFraeErskine wrote:

    He's gone over to the dark side!

    It's uncanny! :-)

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  • 206. At 3:36pm on 12 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Moi?


    (Muttley style sniggering) Shehehehehehe.......

    ;-)

    DC

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  • 207. At 4:42pm on 12 Nov 2009, mikeshropshire wrote:

    Thursday:

    Throw The R Away: The Proclaimers
    Don't Stop: Fleetwood Mac
    Take It Down: The Wailin' Jennys
    Sing, Sing, Sing: Travis

    PS. Last answer to the 'first-lines quiz'. Do I get a bonus point for the answer 'Leaves That Are Green' written by Paul Simon? (Albeit stolen by B. Bragg – on the basis that 'talent borrows and genius steals')...

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  • 208. At 5:43pm on 12 Nov 2009, GreggaryPeccary wrote:

    Thursday:

    SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER GUITAR from SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER GUITAR by FRANK ZAPPA

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  • 209. At 5:57pm on 12 Nov 2009, paulhandley wrote:

    #207, Great shout for Travis Mike, it's reminded me of another repeated command that might be appropriate...

    Turn, Turn, Turn - Byrds

    And the reverse of your Fleetwood Mac one!

    Stop - Sam Brown

    Paul From Ayr

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  • 210. At 6:08pm on 12 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    Thurs.
    Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones.
    You Can't Do That - The Beatles.
    Get In The Kitchen - Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.
    Go To Hell - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen.

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  • 211. At 6:09pm on 12 Nov 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:

    For Thursday...

    The Story............... Brandi Carlisle ( starts of very gently but she turns into the bossiest gal you have ever heard!! )


    Frank : {)

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  • 212. At 6:44pm on 12 Nov 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:

    Shut Up And Get On The Plane - Drive By Truckers
    Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies.
    You Talk Too Much - George Thorogood & The Desroyers.

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  • 213. At 6:52pm on 12 Nov 2009, norriemaclean wrote:

    Bob Seger - Get OUt Of Denver

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  • 214. At 10:26pm on 12 Nov 2009, Dykerlad wrote:

    Wot, no Joe?

    Can't understand why.......

    ;-)

    DC

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