Next week's themes....

Monday's M8 show sounds like the most exciting thing on radio since Jimmie McGregor's Bank Holiday Special on potatoes.

The M8 is the best thing to come out of Glasgow!

DC

Thanks for the clarification m8ey.

As far as a track suitable for my daily commute, I'd like 'Song 2' by Blur.

Not only is it a great driving song, it also lasts 2 minutes 01 seconds, which is exactly how long it takes me to drive from home to my work.

:-)

DC in Cellardyke

2 mins 1 second to drive to work, it must take longer to get in the car and start it up!

#2 Nah, it's the best thing to come out of Edinburgh!

#4

My car's always freezing! In the old days, I never had the chance to push the choke in all the way.

I've no idea how I manage to clock up 16,000 miles per year!

#5, naw, thats the Forth Road Brig

:-)

DC

DC are you sure that is not on your ship?

#1 Glen, I thought it sounded grimmer than the news item about potato blight on Radio Scotland tonight!

Fear not though, read Babs post #336 ( today but on the past weeks theme blog).

Doesn't it open things up a bit more than what Bryan suggested above?

#2

A popular misconception, dear boy. Coming from Glasgow, the Eastbound M8 goes only as far as the Baillieston Interchange, which is, coincidentally, where Glasgow ends and North Lanarkshire begins.
Between the M73 and the A73, what you fondly imagine to be the M8 is in fact the A8.

(The Westbound M8 does leave Glasgow, but as this inconvenient truth nullifies my argument, I choose to ignore it).

>8-D

Scotch I must be able to work some JCB / Digger songs into this?!

#10 Norrie - Can't believe you don't know the JCB Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkseGFQLh4

Talks about holding up traffic on the bypass etc - should be great for M8 night! Wanna back me up for it? :-)

Ah JFE, I dont know! 4 years through Uni, 4 years or so to chartered etc etc and they think I am a JCB driver!

Get It On!!

Hey I'm the same - all those years of being educated and then building up your professional reputation, and I am STILL asked to replace dodgy keyboards and reinstall SOLITAIRE!

You are joking!?! I withdraw previous feigned huff!

#9

Well it winds from Baillieston to Greenock More than 31.5 miles on the clock
Feelin' great - rollin' down the M8......

Well it starts again at Newhouse
Don't stop at any brew house
Harthill, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate.

You'll see Blackburn town as you queue in the congestion
And have time for reflection on the West Lothian Question

So if you're ever mildly depressed
And you plan to motor east to west
You'll feel great as you exit the M8

(Apologies to Dan Druff)


#12

This confirms what we suspected - that Norrie is in an institution.

Glen - for norrie look under boring!

BTW the sooner I get the all clear and back on the drink and out in the FWE so you dont have to put up with my Friday drivel I suspect the better!

aw Norrie don't undermine yourself

Jan that is a very good Civil Engineering coment! :o)

#18 Well It's now Saturday so you're in the clear!

So I will suggest a song

Drive All Night - Springsteen for those stuck in the queues!

#9, dear dear boy, anything west o' the 'Waatterless Brig' is deemed to be 'Waast bye' as far as us East Neuk folk are concerned.

Is Glasgow near Methil?

What's a Motorway?

Eck Redfish, please note, we need tae be telt!

:-)

DC

DC,

When you come to visit in July, will you sail round the long way, or take the short-cut along the Forth and Clyde canal ?

Hmmm....

Problem on the M8 with the mast going through the canal.

Might have me beat...

How would the Erskine side look JFE?

DC

#24

Canal every time DC.

Erskine looks dodgy.

#25

Looks like an undercover job EC

DC

#25

Driving song for Monday

Beat It - Michael Jackson

#27

Possibly 'Dreams' by Cranberries on 208 MW

:-))

DC

I saw the fabulous Kim Richey in Edinburgh last night. It would be good to her her on GIO, and so:

Monday: A place called home or Long way back - Kim Richey

Tuesday: The absence of your company or I'm Alright - Kim Richey

Wednesday - sorry stumped!

Thursday: Good at Secrets or To tell the Truth - Kim Richey.



Joe Linlithgow

Forgot to add one of the songs Kim wrote for Trisha Yearwood:

Thursday - Believe me baby I lied.


Joe
Linlithgow

I am jealous JK!

On The Road Again - Willie Nelson

Joe - I did not realise that was a Kim Richey song, great shout as it is a brilliant track.

How about You Can Sleep While I Drive by TY for Monday?

More thoughts for the week ahead:

Monday - M8/Driving:

Racing in the street - Springsteen
Jessica - Allman Brothers
Chin Up, Cheer Up - Ryan Adams
Born to be wild - Steppenwolf

Tuesday - Solo

Jesus was an only son - Springsteen
Alone - Heart
Me and the Eagle - Steve Earle
Simple man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Wake up alone - Amy Winehouse

Wednesday -Crushes:

Linda Ronstadt - Adios or When will I be loved?


Thursday - Secrets and Lies:

Brilliant Disguise or Sad Eyes - Springsteen
Lies - Glen Hansard
The secret of life - Gretchen Peters
Little does she know - Kursaal Flyers
Who needs to know - Michale Ball
Tell me it's not true - Barbara Dickson
Little Lies - Fleetwood mac

Joe
Linlithgow

PS - Thanks to whoever suggested Be Bop Deluxe and Poco earlier in the week. Great songs! Good calls!

Norrie

#32 - You Can Sleep While I Drive gets my vote too. Good call!


Joe
Linlithgow

With apologies to all for this odd set of posts. I've just thought of a song which might fit the theme for Wednesday (if not from a personal perspective):

Jimmy Dean and Steve McQueen - Julian Velard


Have a good weekend

Joe
Linlithgow

#15

Get your kicks at Junction 26

Off for a few days so despite Barbara`s warning I`ll put my week`s worth in now.
A bit of a Lizzy connection this week.

Monday
Jalibreak - Thin Lizzy (Shotts is on the M8 is it no?)

Tuesday
Solo in Soho - Phil Lynott

Wednesday
Work in progress (Think this theme is more for the girls. I mean when I was of an age who in pop could we have a crush on? Suzi Quatro was a bit butch and it was either her or the pianist in Lieutenant Pigeon. Think I had something going for Alexandra Bastedo in The Champions though).

Thursday
Dont Believe A Word - Thin Lizzy (Live and Dangerous version please).

#37 Re: Jailbreak

Also H.M.P. Barlinnie, aka The Riddrie Hilton

#37 Adam - I'm right there with you on the Champions thing!

Monday - Driving Anthems:
Honk Your Horn - Ray Campi
Traffic Jam - James Taylor
Drive - Todd Rundgren
I'm In Love With My Car - Queen
All Right Now - Free
Drive - R.E.M.
Cars - Gary Numan
Cars & Girls - Prefab Sprout
Freedom Rider - Traffic
Cars Hiss By My Window - The Doors

And you guys HAVE to check this out:
https://www.last.fm/music/Mario+Rosenstock/_/Sat+Nav

MONDAY (M8):

From my perspective...'Into The West' - Annie Lennox.

And the M8 from my perspective...

'Take the long way home' - Supertramp

DC in Cellardyke

TUESDAY:

Harry Nilsson - 'What'll I Do'

Bobby Vinton - 'Mr Lonely'

Or...to keep me away from the Prozac... another bid for 'Rosie' by Don Partridge. He was a one man band...with a kazoo...it got to number 4 in 1968...c'mon, how can you resist :0)

#44

Rosie is a great shout Julie.

Oops should have read #43.

#44. Thank you EC. My suggestions for Tuesday were depressing me so I thought it might cheer things up a wee bit.

Monday

Gridlock - Warren Zevon - The joys of motoring
Eat Starch Mom - Jefferson Airplane - Car maintenance meets vegetarianism

Tuesday

I See The Moon - The Stargazers - The pain of separation with a thumping chorus
Alone - Heart - The Wilson sisters go over the top

Wednesday

If Not For You - Olivia Newton John - Funny Cliff didn't fancy her

Thursday

How Much I Lied - E. Costello - Steve Nieve transforms this GP song

WEDNESDAY - FIRST CRUSHES:

As well as having crushes on the likes of Davids Cassidy and Essex, I was quite smitten with Mike Nesmith of The Monkees.

Still have 'The Best Of the Monkees' (purchased at Peebles Co-Op) and really liked 'Listen To The Band' which he wrote.

Of his solo stuff , there's:
'Joanne' , 'Different Drum (breaking my own rule of not asking again for something I've already had played, but it's one of my very favourites) or 'Rio'.

So there you have it...the key to my heart...good looks and money nice but not essential...I like a man who can yodel and who looks good in a comfortable hat (even better if he can play the kazoo) :0)

Juie - you might start getting offers - just not from Japanese tourists though...

Mon
White Lines / Grandmaster Flash
Great driving song about the markings on a motorway!

Tue
Alone Again Naturally / Gilbert O'Sullivan
Empty Garden / Elton John
Single handed sailor / Dire Straits
(surprised I'm first in with that one)

Wed
Go / Gigliola Cinquetti
This is the english version of the runner up to Abba in eurovision 74 which also charted in uk. Hot on the heels of previous winners Vikki Leandros and Anne Marie David it was a great time to be discovering foreign females and sexy accents. Gigliola did it for this prepubescant.

Thu
False Accusations / Robert Cray
Fake Plastic trees / Radiohead
C.mon Bryan even non radiohead fans like this one.

#48

1) Lederhosen:- check

2) Silly hat:- check

3) Comb and paper:- check

4) Winning lottery ticket:- One was purchased in Edinburgh and has yet to be claimed. Ask Julie to check the cupboard under the stairs.

5) Plastic surgery:- See 4

Tuesday:

Rosie is a graayyyyyyttt shout and I endorse this.

I also suggest (as a good intro to the show) 'Me, Myself, I' by Joan Armatrading

DC in Cellardyke

Monday

Heading home on Tuesday after another hectic fortnight exploiting the riches beneath the North Sea (or so Eck Redfish would have you believe)

It's getting better - Mama Cass
Ha Ha Said the Clown - Manfred Mann (especially for John "Ding" Bell who will sing that for the whole of monday's nightshift)
.

Whilst driving in the sunshine this morning I was listening to a song which sounded fantastic....but one which would suit thu night. A long forgotten top 20 hit from 1973
with wonderful production, fantastic horns and superb backing vocals and a real feel good song despite the theme.

Secrets and lies night
Sweet Illusion / Junior Campbell

''Your life's an illusion, just a sweet sweet illusion''

Three and a half minutes of heaven.

#54 Just checked it out - a fantastic shout. I'd back that one definitely!

Tuesday - Singles Night:
Walking By Myself - Gary Moore
Solitaire - The Carpenters
Lonely Stranger - Eric Clapton
Am I The Only One - Dixie Chicks
Married By The Bible, Divorced By The Law - Hank Snow
Separate Ways - Journey

Wednesday - First Musical Crush:
An interesting theme, this one! It was some time ago now, but it DEFINITELY has to be Debbie Harry (I know - how PREDICTABLE, many will say)

I remember always looking forward to every movie and TV show that she was in... Pure 'pleasure' on legs, when she was at the height of her powers - and she still looks pretty great to this day! And of course the 'urban myths' about her background only served to make her even more alluring!

I'm going for 'Call Me' by Blondie - a brilliant track! (and I still wish she would but I think I am onto plums!)

Thursday - Secrets And Lies:
Secret Agent Man - Devo
Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode
Lie To Me - Bon Jovi
I Love You Secretly - Marvin Gaye
Killing Lies - The Strokes
Secretly Cruel - Kiss
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Spy - They Might Be Giants

#37

Adam,

Suzi Quatro a bit butch ?!?

(yeah, you're right, but she still pushes my buttons!)

WEDNESDAY

'Your Mamma Won't Like Me' - Suzi Quatro

Ms. Quatro being brilliantly butch. HubbaHubba

>8-D

Before GIO (and, in fact Summer of Song (?)) started, I used to put together CDs to listen to in the car on my daily commute (including the M77). One of the great driving (and appropriate) tracks appeared on these compilations regularly - Roadhouse Blues by the Doors.

'Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel ....'. Good advice indeed.

#60 Great track by the Doors Andy, hope we get to hear it!
MONDAY on the M8 If I'm still on the M8 after 6pm I''ll be a most unhappy chappie so I might want to imagine "I got some beer and the highway's free and I got you and baby you got me" - It's the driving dream scenario as described by Bruce Springsteen in "Sherry Baby" and would be great to hear on the show. I should be somewhere on th M8's south-west extension during early part of the program (otherwise known as the M77) probably in East Ayrshire. It has to be said though that Springsteen really is "The Boss" when it comes to driving themes and I expect to see a few more requests for him, so as a back-up I'd go for "Ventura Highway" in the sunshine, by America, which is another appealing road fantasy, a bit more mellow but without the girl! By the way the latter is the first song I got played on GIO about 2 years ago, during a thursday night Summer theme program. During that time I will have done about 40,000 miles on the M8! Aaargh!!

PH

Paul - Darling!

#62,
Norrie - Oops, hope GIO realises it's not Franki Valli I'm asking for!

bit late this week...

Monday

Roadblock....Stock Aitken Waterman..(much better than you'd think) :O)

Paul,

Why is Norrie confusing you with the Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Paul it also of course describes the nightmare scenario....

"Your Mamma's yappin' in the back seat, Tell her to push over and move them big feet, Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency, Well this morning I ain't fighting tell her I give up"

and even worse

"Now there's girls melting on the beach
And they're so fine but so far out of reach"

TUESDAY

'Desperado' - Johnny Cash

#61, I drove up from Newcastle this evening and listened to Springsteen all the way. Three hours (including five minutes of the M8) of absolute driving pleasure...

DC

#65, Scotch it would be good to have that much power on budget week!

#66, #68

Norrie, DC, good points both of you, good evening...

When Monday's driving anthems was announced , the cynical in me thought 'oh aye another monday anything goes theme'
but I've a feeling it could be a really busy show thanks to the recent weather cos there must have been lots of songs that sounded especially good in the weekends sunshine.

I'm going to stick with a few of my suggestions for March 11th: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bryanburnett/2009/03/next_weeks_themes_63.shtml

'100%' - Sonic Youth
First time I heard it in a car was when a mate from college played my tape while giving us a lift. He was a boy racer so drive was scary but riff sounded ace.

'Doctor?' - Orbital (Dr Who theme)
OR
'Liquidator' - Harry J Allstars
Both part of my soundtrack for driving to Manchester to see my ex-girlfriend. Good bass.

'Midnight in a Perfect World' - DJ Shadow
Now I use my iPod in my car DJ Shadow is my most-played artist and this is a great chilled track.

If you want car connections:
'Brakes On' - Air
'Drive' - Wedding Present

Today's M8 Story:

Plantation, aggravation
Charing, stop swearing
Cathedral, not so Cross
Queenslie, lanes free
Bathgate, bad state
me,not the town!
32 miles, precious few smiles!

#72

Can't remember who said it, but I remember the quote.

"You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive."

Drive my truck midway to Harthill
Stop there for a roll and cup of tea
Hope the mayo egg don’t make me ill
Wait another hour and then I’ll see

On-the-M-8 Motorway
Me and my radio listening all night long
Bryan Burnett, Babs and Mandi
Music on Radio Scotland’s Get It On

I left this morning from Edinburgh where I’d not had tea
This ol' ten-ton lorry with my foot down
Headin west with a load of vintage Buckie
A delivery for the folk of Glasgow town

On-the-M-8 Motorway
Me and my radio listening all night long
Bryan Burnett, Babs and Mandi
Music on Radio Scotland’s Get It On

Well there ain't no route you could choose that would be better
The scenery round here is real great
There’s two big masts up there on the horizon
Blackhill and Kirk o’ Shotts on the M8

On-the-M-8 Motorway
Me and my radio listening all night long
Bryan Burnett, Babs and Mandi
Music on Radio Scotland’s Get It On

:-)

DC

...........mad mental trucker............

I haven't worked in Glasgow since I was working at the construction of the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1987. My M8 memories are fading. What I do remember though was that Ferry's The Right Stuff was released that year and I bought it the day it was released without having heard it. To my delight it was the first Ferry/Roxy single to be available as a cassette single and it was also the first Ferry release since I owned a car. I was straight out of Virgin records and straight into the car and playing it right away instead of the walk to Queen Street and then the train to Croy, the longest 30 minutes I could have. I had this cassette single on loop all the way home along the M8.

A wee bit of trivia about The Right Stuff is that this was originally a B-side by The Smiths called 'Money Changes Everything.' Johnny Marr let Ferry hear it and Bryan wrote lyrics and re-recorded it (with Marr on guitar) and released it as his first single for Virgin in Septembr 1987.

J.O'B.

I could be down for St.Mirren V Inverness on 2nd May, anyone up for a meet/drink/food that evening from around 6 ish.

J.O'B.

A wee thought for a theme:

We have had covers nights before, but what about first hour guys doing women's songs and second hour vice versa. (has this been done before?)

For example: Bryan Ferry doing Fontella Bass 'Rescue Me' and Norah Jones doing Roxy's 'More Than This'

J.O'B.

Apologies to Genesis...

I don't drive...I can't talk..
about the theme on Monday 'cos I just have to walk.

I can't drive...anything
Wish I'd passed my test and got that li-i-cence thing!

I'll get me coat :0)

'BRING ME THE BRAEHEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA'

He has a funny sort of limp. The medical term for it is the 'Hermiston Gait'

DC

How about some glam to get you on your way

Mott The Hoople - Drivin Sister

#81

Will Bryan be walking with a 'Hermiston Gait' after the Lochaber marathon?

I think we should be telt!

>8-D

Given the theme is the M8, a road I rarely travel then last time I did use it, taking daughter no 1 to university we listened to The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen so anything from that album, and my choice would be John Henry or My Oklahoma Home.

On the A96 I usually listen to the radio whcih means news in the morning and GIO on the way home.

#13 Snap.

Although when people ask me to fix their Internet, I do this:
https://www.wait-till-i.com/2009/04/02/easing-the-transition-from-ie6-to-using-newer-browsers/
(or go for the Dilbert line: Here's a nickel son: buy yourself a *real* computer)

#15

If you're gaunnae dae that, then there's the excellent Billy Bragg version: A13 - Trunk Road to the Sea.

What a nondescript opener.

Is it April 1st?

Tuesday:

'Me, myself, I' by Joan Armatrading

DC in Cellardyke

There should be plenty available for solo night but I suspect the challenge will be to come up with something to break up the melancholy! So far I've drawn a blank. I think that long commute on the M8 tomorrow will be needed for me to think of something cheery.

Tuesday

"S-s-s-single BED" by Fox, surely?
"Bed's Too Big Without You" Police
"Solitary Mind Games" Hawkwind

Tuesday

Lonely Girls - Lucinda Williams (and - unlike a fair amount of Lucinda's work - no need to check for sweary words - it's radio friendly)
Single - Everything But the Girl
On My Own I'm Never Bored - Chris Difford

Suggestions for Tuesday:

Bob Dylan - I and I

kd Lang - Outside Myself

Turin Brakes - Self Help

and this great track from Mary Chapin Carpeneter

I Take My Chances, the perfect antidote to self pity!

THURSDAY:

Henry Mancini - 'Peter Gunn Theme'.

Propellorheads - 'Spybreak'or 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'.

Julie - a good one and would cheer up the mashupheads would be

Peter Gunn Theme / Every Breath You Take by The Police / Henry Mancini

no headaches this time.

For Tuesday

Lonely Boy.......................Paul Anka





Wednesday

Around 1981 I had a life size poster of Grace Jones on my bedroom door ...That my friends was a BIG poster!!!!

"Slave to the Rhythm " would be perfect



Thursday

Beatles........Do you want to know a secret?



Have a good week everyone

Frank I D

#91 Harry that Fox shout is genius! I'll second that!

Never heard of them so hope they get played.

I'll second:
Beatles........Do you want to know a secret? for Thursday please,
Harry Baldwin

TUE (Solo):
'Happy Alone' - Kings of Leon

'Lonely for You Baby' - Sam Dees
I know Fergie from Aberdeen is the official source for quality soul records but this one's worth a listen for the first 30 seconds alone.

'Nothing Worse Than Being Alone' - The Ad Libs
(Both the above off a compilation called 'Cooler Shakers! 30 Northern Soul Floorstompers')

Must be loads of Northern Soul songs for this theme.