Next week's themes...

Monday:

Bryn Terfel and Ronan Keating's version of "Danny Boy" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand every time I hear it

DC

Monday:

Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie - Falling Down, could be Bowie's last studio recording!

Wed:

The Joker - "Some people call me the pompitus of love."

Steve Miller Band or, I prefer the excellent k d lang version. There does not seem to be a proper definition for pompitus, I think Steve Miller made it up but I suppose we get the idea!

Monday
Loads of good ones to choose from for tonight. On my own is probably my fav duet but it was played onthurs so how about

This is not real love / George Michael & Mutya Buena
How Do You Keep The Music Playing / James Ingram & Patti Austin
Private Number /Judy Clay & William Bell
Back Together / Roberta Flack & Donnie Hathaway
Tramp / Otis redding & Carla Thomas Emotion / Samantha Sang & Bee Gees
Reservations For two / Dionne Warwick & Kashif
The Best is yet to come / Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
Amigos Para Siempre / Sarah Brightman & Jose Carreras

and through the wonders of technology
Unforgettable / Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole

Think wed should be good as long as it doesn't turn into a proclaimersfest. As for thursday, it's only October and we've already this year had a songs that make you laugh night and an uplifting night and here we go again. Funnily enough the music that busts my stress is
of the calming sort and exactly the opposite of what's being suggested in the theme.

MONDAY

Has tonight's show got anything at all to do with alcohol? 'Twould appear not. So why mention it? Does the BBC want us to stop drinking? Does the BBC want us to start drinking? Is this not-so-subtle subliminal social engineering? We should be telt!

>8-D

There was some chat about doing themes on vices / addictions and Barbara said she would not do it. I di not really understand that but anyway it means that they cannot really plug into the alcohol season I suppose. I am looking forwrad to that season of programmes should be interesting.

#7 ?!?

Haven't those themes been done already?

BRING ME THE SAIR HEID OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

#8 Dont know but that is what I am sure they said a wee while back. In was in relation to the track Last Cigarette but I could be totally wrong though!

Monday

If You Were Me - Elton John and Chris Rea

#8 - Yup.

#5 - Calm down Paolo. Maybe the team just need more input for new themes. Maybe some of the many Facebookers can come up with a few. Maybe we could use that as a theme. Songs about faces and books!
(Though books/literature as a theme is probably second only to Space).

THURSDAY

Tell ye what would bust my stress right now, a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty!

Let's hope the Irish do the right thing! (again)

Between Monday's alcohol deprivation and Thursday's 'Headroom campaign' I'm beginning to feel like a character in an Ira Levin novel.

(No, Adam. Not 'The Boys from Brazil')

>8-D

BRING ME THE HEADROOM CAMPAIGN OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

AFR - you're treading a fine line with the facebook comments. The Head Boy will be on soon giving you a dressing down.

Freddie and Monserrat for the duet theme.

#14 the shape of things to come?

DC

#5 I agree Paolo. I normally select loud tunes to play on the way home from work. I find they're the best stress-busting type.

At the moment, Metallica's version of "Whiskey in the Jar", Slade's "Runaway" and Primal Scream's "Country Girl" feature on my de-stress programme drivetime playlists. Any (or all) of these for Thursday please

DC in Cellardyke

Talk about stress. The nerves are jangling here in Rio as we await the Olympic vote.
Might nip down to Copacabana at lunchtime if we make the final vote.
Party time this weekend if we win it.

That would be great for you. Hope it goes well - will it be a good boost to Brazil ecomomy and all that stuff. Maybe GIO team could go and broadcast from your estate.

A coathanger in the mouth works wonders.

You would not think of Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs - but their duets albums really work.

Sweet / Hoffs - All The Young Dudes or Hello It's Me.

#3

Listen to The Letter by The Medallions.

#18

I thought he had a hatchback

Facebook

I think the problem is members tend to be younger and therefore poorly educated with a musical heritage stretching all the way back to Lady Gaga.

#21 re Steve Miller - thanks for that Glen!

#18 & #21

Estate? In a state mair like.....

DC

(oops!, forgot the ;-) again!)

Duets for Monday - obviously some classics -

Queen and David Bowie with Under Pressure
Pogues and Kirsty McCall with Fairy Tale of New York

I know it's not with the 'official' duets theme, but wouldn't it be pure fantastic to open Monday's show with
Spike Jones - Cocktails for Two?

Who could resist a track with a whole stop-chorus of hiccups?!

Copacobana!

Mon...

Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn .................... Relator

Can Scarlet sing?....... you decide

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

We won!!

#18 How did you know??

Adam will have to adapt his training schedule. Is golf an Olympic sport?

>8-D

AFR
Mike Nesmith's 'RIO'for Thursday has got to be a certainty.

For Monday how about the following odd pairing

Ry Cooder with Harry Dean Stanton - Across The Borderline a wonderful song and a great vocal from Harry.

#27 Frank how are us Bowie fans going to feel if his last ever studio performance is with her? She is lovely though.

The blog's busy this week.... and here are my initial thoughts:

Monday - musical cocktail

This is us - Emmylou Harris/Mark Knopfler (could be played as the very last song to connect to Tuesday’s theme)
Portland Oregon - Loretta Lynn/Jack White
I fall to pieces - Trisha Yearwood/Aaron Neville
Something stupid - Tisha Yearwood/Raul Malo
Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough - Don Henley/Patty Smyth
Who says you can't go home - Bon Jovi/Jennifer Nettles
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel/Tony Bennet
Mockingbird - James Taylor/Carly Simon
You are everything - Diana Ross/Marvin Gaye
Sleep - Texas (with Paul Buchanan)
You don't bring me flowers - Neil Diamond/Barbara Striesand
If I need you - Emmylou Harris/Don Williams

Tuesday - Everlasting love.

This is us - Emmylou Harris/Mark Knopfler,
In spite of ourselves - John Prine and Iris Dement (great song - is it radio-friendly?)
Happy together - the Turtles,
When you are old - Gretchen Peters,
The hard way - Mary Chapin Carpenter ,
You’re still the one/Forever and for always - Shania Twain,
Don’t give up - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush,
You're my home - Billy Joel
The Wonder of you by Elvis
Perfect love - Trisha Yearwood

Wednesday - unusual words in songs

Walking On The Chinese Wall - Philip Bailey - makes references to the I Ching ("Book of Changes")
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel – “fruitcage”
Solisbury Hill – Peter Gabriel – “pirouette”
Heaven is a HALFPIPE - OPM
Allentown - Billy Joel (restlessness; chromium steel)
Blackhawk - Emmylou Harris
(Well I work the double shift
In a bookstore on St. Clair
While he pushed the burning ingots
In Dofasco stinking air) Dofasco is a Canadian-owned steel company
Racing in the street - Springsteen (Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor)

Thursday - songs that make you smile

A Swinging Safari - Bert Kaempfert
In spite of ourselves - John Prine and Iris Dement
Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire
All I want to do or Steve Earle - Sugarland

Have a good weekend all

Joe
Linlithgow

Two more for Tuesday, for Jane

Grow old with me - Mary Chapin Carpenter
A love that will never grow old - Emmylou Harris

Joe
Linlithgow

Joe - superb as usual. Did not know Jennifer did anything with Bon Jovi - need to check that out.

Wednesday

Hit Somebody - Warren Zevon - Features 'Canuck', 'coldcocked' and the refreshingly honest David Letterman

For Wed...

Strange word 'GOIL' very strange!

Lets put it in context


The city's clamour can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy.


Ella Fitzgerald............ Manhattan

Found a pic of Adam in Rio today....can just see his Speedos though ;o)


https://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2009/oct/02/olympic-games-2016?picture=353761551

And the distinctive shape of his Tag Heuer

Those spray-on bikinis are quite effective these days.

#39, I happen to know he's a happily married man

DC

#15
What a belter of a song that was.

#38
Ah i see him now. Only took me two and a half hours to spot him.

Another one for monday
Paradise by the dashboard light / Meatloaf and Ellen Foley

Come to think of it, it would also do Tues Wed and Thurs

oh and another wee Steinman duet
Loving you's a dirty job but someome has got to do it/ Bonnie Tyler & Todd rundgren

#42, there's a "him" there?

We need to be..







ach, who's bothered!



:-0

DC

MONDAY - DUETS:

'Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?' - Ray Charles and Bonnie Raitt (wonderful song - well worth the effort of seeking it out).

'Mockingbird' - James Taylor and Carly Simon.

'Ron Sexsmith with Chris Martin - 'Gold In Them Hills' (you've ignored this suggestion for a few suggestions - give it a chance)

Tuesday:

Only one song for us:

Moody Blues "For My Lady"






Same song I would have chosen for each of the 34 years we've been together by the way

If I have to explain it, more than likely you wouldn't understand.........................

DC

So, 2016 to be a good PRS year for Duran Duran, then :-)

Well done Rio - the right city won.

Power Ballad for Tuesday night. Jennifer Rush - Power of Love. (Was given the album from my wife's auntie as a first christmas present in 1985, so has sentimental value)

This will be the last post from ECtheNorthSea, so one less in the "Grumpy Mob" (all will be revealed)

Good luck and best wishes to you all. Hope to cross paths with some of you in the future.

So long, EC. Orrabest!

MONDAY

'Don't Give Up' - Willie Nelson & Sinead O'Connor


Had you never heard the original you would assume that this was Willie's song. Superb performance.

TUESDAY

'Paradise By the Dashboard Light' - Meat Loaf

As Paolo so astutely observes, it would work for all this week's themes.
I'm asking for it on Tuesday as an antidote to all the sugary girly songs with which Bryan and the team will be inundated.
Especially for the line;

I swore that I would love you to the End of Time,

So now I'm praying for the End of Time to hurry up and arrive.......

Ellen Foley with the Clash - Hitsville UK, odd combination even though she was going out with Mick Jones, again one that has been asked for a few times.

Loretta Lynn and Jack White - Portland, Oregon slightly odd combination but great track from the Van Lear Rose album

Monday - Unusual Duets:
The Spirit Of Man (2007 single) - Jeff Wayne (Julie Covington & Phil Lynott)
Every Breath You Take - Tammy Wynette with Sting
Another Way To Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys (QOS Bond song)
Darling Annie - Peggy Seeger & Billy Bragg
Crying In The Rain - Art Garfunkel with James Taylor
Stan - Eminem with Elton John
Let It Rain - Jon Bob Jovi & Pavarotti
Because Of You - Tony Bennett with K.D. Lang
She's A Lady - Paul Anka with Tom Jones
One Step Too Far - Faithless with Dido
(How Much Is) That Doggy In The Window - Pinky & Perky (pure class)

Wednesday - Songs With Unusual Words:
Onomatopoeia - Todd Rundgren
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson (what does 'shamoah' mean?)
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Gertcha - Chas & Dave
The Lone Ranger - Quantum Jump
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke
I Am A Cider Drinker - The Wurzels (ooh arr ooh arr ay!)

The Who - Quadrophenia
Pete Townsend - Stardom In Acton (want omnipotence)
Pete Townsend - O Parvardigar (omnipotent, omnipresent)

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air

Don't think colitas feature in any other track, so "Hotel California" by the Eagles please on Wednesday

# 48 shame you're going EC. I thought your witty comments added to this blog. Perhaps you're just too clever for some

:-)

DC

Better than the warm smell of colitis

#56 like DC I am sorry to see EC decide to leave the blog.

Don't leave me with these obsessives and computer nerds EC.

Mon

When Will I Be Loved - John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen
Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler and James Taylor
The Hockey Song - Warren Zevon and David Letterman

Tue

Sixty Minutes Of Your Love - Dr. Feelgood
Love Story - Jethro Tull
Everlasting Love - Love Affair

Wed

The Letter - The Medallions - Sweet words of dismatality and pulpitude
Mr. Bad Example - Warren Zevon - Naugahyde and cummerbund

Thur

The Sound Of Music - Bonzos
Boredom - Procol Harum

Thursday.
Jello Biafra - Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down.
Billy Briggs - Chew Tobbaco Rag.
Udo Lindenberg - Germans.
The Beat Farmers - Baby's Liquored Up.

#30 - Could be, Joe.

#38 - Thats no me in the budgie smugglers, Frank!!

Another for Monday
Before he had us all jigging to `You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)`, Sylvester had a big hit with T.Pie - `I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat`.

Wednesday

Heart Beat - Buddy Holly (for Piddle dee pat)

Stand and Deliver - Adam Ant (for Da diddley qa qa)

Metal Guru - T Rex - what is a Metal Guru? Do you know Norrie? I used to think it was someone like our old metal work teacher at school, Joe Dumps.

TUESDAY:

'LOVE ME FOREVER' by CARLTON AND THE SHOES. What a great name for a band? Fabulous bit of Rock Steady.

#5, #16

I don't think Bryan has thought this through. My stress-busting music tends to be insrumental. If I want a laugh it's Jake Thackray or PDQ Bach.

Some clarity, please?

#62, Joe Dumps sounds like he was THE Metal Guru. Irreplacable I would reckon

Wooops! Off music topic again! Sorreeeee.....

;-)

DC

#64,

Insrumental? You been at the scotch Scotch? We should be shtelt!

DC

:-) btw....

#64. Going by the way BB described the stress-busting theme, don't think he could say Jake Thackray was ineligible, because he asked for the songs that make you smile. On second thoughts...he might have a problem saying ineligible ;0)

Oops!

For a moment I thought you had written shtetl!

>8-D

#48, #59
Agree with GM.
C`mon EC, don`t let the prefects get tae you.

Mon. ROSETTA - Georgie Fame & Alan Price

Tues. My woman has decided she wants to pick this one. Rachael spent ages yesterday on the computer listening to different versions of this song. This one is her favourite.
MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE - Kenneth McKellar

Wed. PSYCHOMODO - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - QUASIMODO
A private joke. In our house if someone says "Quasimodo" we roll on the floor helpless with laughter. Don't ask.

Thurs. WOND'RING ALOUD - Jethro Tull - Brings back memories of being young and madly in love. If that doesn't make you smile you're already dead. A very short song. Less than 2 minutes if you can crowbar it in somewhere.

FOG ON THE TYNE - Lindisfarne - When I'm home it's a local anthem. When I'm away it reminds me of home.

#69

Wed

Wooden Heart - Elvis - Staedtele - He was never the same after the army

#71

That joke rings a bell

#61

Sorry AFR....

Is that you holding the flag? ;0)

#74

With this new-found prosperity he'll be able to afford the bottom set.

Here's a question

what is the most downloaded song from i tunes not to have been released in the 21sh century? It only reached no.62 in uk singles charts in 1981
but over the years has popped up in various tv programmes and films. It has been used as an anthem for several American sports teams and has one of the famous keyboard intros in rock. It sounds great in the car after a heavy day and for that reason will be my pick for stressbusting night on thursday. Any guesses?

#76

Don't Stop Believing - Journey

It's popped up a lot on US TV and was mentioned in an article I read about how successful iTunes had become.

#76

Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz

#76

Is it Walk Tall by Val Doonican?

#71, no private jokes on this blog! (we have been telt)

#76 Bruce Hornsby? (one hit wonder but great train sets)

DC

#76

Famous keyboard intro., gotta be 'Locomotive Breath' by Hornsby 0-0 gauge.

>8-D

Monday Musical Cocktails

Kinky Boots - Honor Blackman / Patrick MacNee
Crying In The Rain - Art Garfunkel / James Taylor to 2nd JFE
Wedding Day - Seal / Heidi Klum
New Moon Over Jamaica - Johnny Cash, Paul & Linda McCarntey, June Carter, Tom T.Hall.
Perfect Day - Various. A massive cocktail of artistes

Sorry to hear about EC in NS, hopin maybe he's movin hoose and we can look forward tae posts from EC in Pentland Firth or likewise in the future.
Workin Monday Tuesday so it'll be i-player for me and I'll bung in a couple of suggestions the now.

Monday;
John Lydon & Afrika Bambatta - World Destruction
Stereophonics & Tom Jones - Mama Told Me Not To Come
and maybe not very seasonally appropriate but very odd pair & very lovely
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - The Little Drummer Boy
Tuesday;
The Last Beat of My Heart - Souixsie & the Banshees, got to be top of my list or
Endless Love - Dianna Ross & Lionel Ritchie
First Last Everything - Barry White (for Val)
Wednesday;
Aikea Guinea - The Cocteau Twins

Monday

* Spike Jones - Cocktails for Two (as the opening, slightly off-theme, track)
* Groove Armada & Status Quo - Purple Haze
* Richard Thompson And Mary Black - The Dimming of the Day
* Oysterband - Love will Tear Us Apart Again (with a guest duetting vocal from June Tabor)

Most of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack works, but particularly:
* Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor - Elephant Love Medley
* Ewan McGregor & Jose Feliciano - El Tango Del Roxanne
* David Bowie & Massive Attack - Nature Boy

And finally, there are several remarkable duets/trios on The Imagined Village collaboration, including:
* Cold, Hailey, Rainy Night - Chris Wood, Eliza Carthy (vocal duet, with The Young Copper Family & Trans-Global Underground)
* John Barleycorn - Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy & Paul Weller
* The Hard Times of Old England Retold - Billy Bragg, Eliza Carthy (vocal duet, with Simon Emmerson & The Young Copper Family)

Hello.

For Monday's show, can I suggest Ciao by Lush. This track features a duet between Miki Berenyi and Jarvis Cocker. It's on Lush's 1996 album Lovelife. Whatever happened to Lush?

For what it's worth, a front runner for most embarrasing duet of all time has to be David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy. Or did I secretly like it?

Cheers.

LLIM.

#77 78 79 80 81
One of you is right. Can you guess which one?

I see we've lost a contributer to the blog. Just when it was picking up again. There's one or two on last FM that haven't got involved in the blog. Perhaps they could be signed up as a replacement. Sorry to see you go EC but please don't leave us with Jennifer rush :-)

#83
Tom & Cerys' duet from that same album would also be great now the nights are fair drawin' in.

Also, what about the many duets on Swing When You're Winning? Whether it be with Rupert Everett on They Can't Take That Away from Me, or the original Sinatra recording on It Was a Very Good Year.

Number one choice (from a great album) is:
Tom Waits and Bette Midler - I Never Talk to Strangers

Other possibilities:
kd lang and Roy Orbison - Crying
Emmylou Harris and Roy Orbison - That Loving You Feeling Again

#86

If it's not the Square Window it must be Rolf Harris.

#88

Are there any duets on Ford Kiernan's 'Swing When You're Mingin' ?

#87

'You Don't Know What You've Got (Until It's Gone)'

Monday:

Another shout for Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant dueting Woody Guthry's: Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key.

M

#91,

The last track: Huey an Bert do a good rendition of "Never again".....

:-)

DC

Could we rule out duets with the dead?

A couple for each night and I don't think any have been mentioned yet:
Monday - Duets or Cocktails
Eric Clapton with Sting on "It's Probably Me".
Carly Simon & James Taylor with "Mockingbird".
Tuesday - everlasting love
Randy Travis with "Forever and Ever Amen".
Annie Lennox and "Love Song for a Vampire" - how much longer can you get?
Wednesday - unusual words
Paul Simon and "Kodachrome"
Genesis "I Know What I Like (in your wardrobe)"
I thought the word had to be in the title - oh well!
Thursday - 2 of my happiest songs
Jim Croce with "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" &
The Divine Comedy with the divine "National Express".

for monday:

Kylie with James Dean Bradfield - Some Kind of Bliss, wholly unlikely collaboration, brilliant single, my last cassingle!

I quite like Robbie Williams. His attempt at It Was a Very good Year was a shocker. However....

Nancy Sinatra and morrissey - Let Me Kiss You is excellent.

MONDAY COCKTAILS

Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart - Gene Pitney / Marc Almond

I'm old enough (sadly) to remember the original, but I think this is equal to, if not better than, the one by Gene on his own.

Covers versions of this nature could be a theme worth revisiting.

#50

Willie/Sinead's version of Don't Give Up is blimmin' brilliant. Great shout.

Monday
Mama told me not to come, Stereophonics and Tom Jones
Justified and Ancient, Tammy Wynette and KLF
Stan, Eminem and Dido
Where the wild roses grow, Kylie and Nick Cave