Next week's themes...

MONDAY

'Life in the Fast Lane' - Eagles

TUESDAY

'Ring Out, Solstice Bells' - Jethro Tull

WEDNESDAY

This will require some thought.

THURSDAY

I can feel a list coming on...

Thursday

Emmylou Harris - Goodbye or Tragedy

Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will

Gary U.S Bonds - Jole Blon

Jackson Browne - For A Dancer

Turin Brakes - 5 Miles (These Are Days)

Monday
Take That Patience
Wasn't a TT fan first time round, but think this song shows how they matured into something more than just a boy band.

Tuesday
Belle Stars version of The Clapping Song
Whatever happened to them?

Wednesday
Tom Jones Delilah
Always found him a bit creepy. My mum loved him. Now, I still find him a bit creepy. His music has grown on me though.
Glen Campbell Witchita Lineman
This (along with Neil Diamond's Beautiful Noise ) was played to death on the 8 track cassette player.
There was also that pan pipes album they subjected us to but thankfully I can't remember the name or any of the tracks. All I remember is the songs all sounded the same and I hated it. Sorry, off topic.

Thursday
Japan Nightporter might ask for it as a pigs will fly track, too!!
Texas Black Eyed Boy

No doubt I'll chip in some more later (it's all about tunes!), meanwhile have a great weekend bloggers!

CAPTION:

Damn! There's a guy in the audience with no head!!

Proofreaders... Do your thang.

well, pretty much everyone who's still breathing is a comeback kid these days - with CD sales diminishing and the public downloading individual tracks the only way to make a few quid is to get out there and perform.

So, we're kinds spoiled for choice... this will take a little thought..

have a good weekend,

regardez youse

henri

Wot's Tina up to with her left handie?

' Short sharp shock ' ... Performance.
'last weekend' ... The tiny

my pinky or perky for friday

First thoughts for the week ahead, but Thursday's theme is the one which I found most interesting...........

Monday - comeback kids - to follow
Tuesday - clapping songs - to follow
Wednesday - the songs you didn't really want to hear.
Passing strangers - Billy Eckstein and Ssarah Vaughan

Thursday - artists whose names could be found on a map
I second Norrie's Emmylou suggestion..........plus
Vegetarian restaurant - Aberfeldy
I say a little prayer - Aretha Franklin (Virginia, USA) or Dionne Warwick
Circle in the sand - Belinda Carlisle
Way down in the hole - The Blind Boys of Alabama
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater (Florida, USA) Revival
This life - Curtis (Nebraska USA) Stigers
Girls talk - Dave (Bury St) Edmunds
The boys of summer - Don Henley(-on-Thames)
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore (Oklahoma, USA)
You don't have to say you love me - Dusty Springfield (Illinois, USA).
Paper and Glue - Emma Pollock
Bad things - Jace Everett (Massachusetts, USA)
Carry on my wayward son - Kansas

Joe
Linlithgow

Ideas for Tuesday:
Magic - Pilot
Forever lost - Magic Numbers
Bodhisattva - Steely Dan
Harvest fot the world - Isley Brothers
Stuck in the middle with you - Stealers Wheel
Private eyes - Hall and Oates
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel


Joe
Linlithgow

Is it me or are ploughing old furrows?

Monday

Alone Again Or - Love - I was lucky enough to see Arthur Lee twice during his all too short return

Dance Dance Dance - The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson back on stage? Pet Sounds live? Was I dreaming?

Tuesday

Fakin' It - Simon and Garfunkel - "And I feel like I've been here before"

Wednesday

You're Dancing On My Heart - Victor Sylvester - We didn't have a record player but my father was a keen dancer

Thursday

Deja Vu - Crosby Stills and Nash - "And I feel like I've been here before"

I think you are right Glen - 2nd week in a row with repeat themes I think.

#15

I asked for Tull the last time we had the clapping theme.

It didn't get played then either.



I might have to pass on Wednesday. I can't remember my parents ever showing an interest in music. How strange that I didn't realise this until now.

bemused git

#14 #15 Surprised with the themes...Tue, Wed + Thur have been done more than once before.

#16. Ditto SG...Can't remember having been 'educated' in music at home and, any music my Dad would play I usually only pretended to dislike. Dad wasn't fussy if I liked it or not! Suppose there is an exception though...a song I used to detest that Dad used to sing to me so, if you must, play 'Oh Julie' by Shakey. At least nowadays it makes me smile to remember my Dad singing it with an impish smile on his face, knowing I'd have to stop scowling eventually and laugh along with him!

Yup,

#15

We were promised interesting and amusing themes. Are these they?

#16

All is clear to me now. You are over-compensating for a deprived childhood.
Intensive therapy is available (for a trifling sum) which may assist you to overcome your aversion to Duran Duran with only minimal pain.

repeats, hey guy's remember public opinion is no substitute for thought!

#8

And exhale.

Is the Claptrap allowed on Tuesday? It all sounds the same to me.

#21

The apostrophe is no substitute for a plural ;-)

Thursday's theme offers possibilities we have not yet explored - Waiting to see if they are spotted by anyone...

Monday - comeback kids
Labour of love - Hue and Cry
Follow you folow me - Genesis
Feel like making love - Bad Company
Sit down - James
Roxanne - the Police
I'll work for your love - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band

Plus one more for Wednesday, acknowledging that my brother-in-law played Radiohead until I suurendered: No surprises.

Joe
Linlithgow

oops - apologies for typos!

J
L

PS have a good weekend.

#20

Will you take a cheque?

Lie on the couch? I think not!

#24
Quite correct Jim. Series of typo's see 19 also...

Joe Typos are underarted.

Great suggestion esp I'll Work For Your Love

I’m going to Barcalona, ash cloud permitting with a school trip on Tuesday so I’m looking forward to checking the I-Player when I get back on Friday, here are some suggestions for this weeks theme.
Monday
American Idiot – Green day
Before the American Idiot Album Green Day almost disappeared altogether so anything from that Album would qualify for me, why not go for the title track?
Tuesday
Best Friends Girl-The Cars
I loved it since I heard the intro for the very first time back in 1978 when I was still at school.
Wednesday
All the Way – Frank Sinatra
Anything by Frank Sinatra but my Mum’s all time favourite would probably be All the Way, she always says that the lyrics were considered shocking!
Thursday
Sutherland Brothers and Quiver-Lying in the Arms of Mary. Again a blast from my school days

Does Monday include one-offs like Cream and Pink Floyd? And would Peter Green count?

Tuesday: I was at a Dougie Maclean concert where he said yes, we could clap along if we liked, but only if we did it in time to the music. Well said, Dougie!

Wednesday - I'm still trying to choose between Kenneth Mackellar, Joan Sutherland and the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. Or we could dip into my Mum's 78 collection - that's rpm, not year of - including Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree and She Wears Red Feathers. I could bring the gramophone and records into Pacific Quay if necessary. Trouble is, we always liked the songs and the fun of the wind-up player so that doesn't count and I don't yet listen much, or at all to K.M., J.S. or the G.O.C.

Thursday: I had friends over for the day yesterday and they mentioned a place called Regina so that was helpful.

As you can see, I'm not making much progress on this week's themes.

Should we start a list of possible themes ourselves for future use? I'm a bit scared as I usually can't remember what we've done already, but here's a start off the top of my head:
drummers
session musicians
'if only' or 'what if'
great lyrics
circuses
'in the style of' - not the stolen riffs theme, but songs that are clearly influenced by an earlier style - maybe even acknowledged by the artists
the messages - well we've done dairy, bakery - just throw in the butcher's and the fish-shop
and I like Julie's myths and legends idea

#33

Gaie,

I think I took the wrong week off. Thursday will inspire the usual suspects; Texas, Boston, Chicago etc., but allows me to request a lady who can trace her family history back to Rait, Perthshire. (Can you see who it is yet?)

I agree with The True Voice of Reason.

If we accept the premise that repeat themes are inevitable, can we also see the previous playlist(s) to ensure that we don't also have repeat shows?

#34

Please ignore the superfluous also.

i.e. The repeat.

>8-D

Already ignored. If it had been accompanied by a superfluous ' I would have had much more difficulty.

yes, that's a good idea about the playlists. I bet they'll agree.

#34

Now we're getting there - but there is another way of approaching this theme that would generate an alternative list...

#33

My sister was friendly with a girl who had a record player. I would sometimes go over to listen to Pat Boone.

#38 Is it time to ressurect the Scottish placenames list?

#40

...possibly! Remembering that, of course, they will only play the ones that aren't too far off the batting. But there is still another way of approaching this...

#41 Go on - the suspense is too much! Got to give us time to work on it, you know!! ;o)

First look at the blog for three days. Been too busy enjoying the rays and wondering what this weeks repeat themes would be. Just popped in to give my sunburnt nose some respite.

Monday
In 1980 after the Eagles split Don Henley was asked what were the chances of them getting back together and replied that Hell would have to freeze over first.

The Hell Freezes Over album was released in 1994 with a mixture of new and live tracks.

It would be good to hear the alternative version of Hotel California which appeared on that album. It's a bit long but even if it was cut halfway through we'd still get the different intro.

#42

OK - here's your starter for 10! These are REAL PLACES:

Genesis, Alberta, Canada
Jethro, Franklyn, Arizona, US
Tull, Arizona, US
Aha, Sweden
Moby Park, California, US
Dolce, Italy

Geddit? :-)

#44 So we may have a shout out for Rammestein then?? Can't wait!!

damn typos. RAMMSTEIN!!!

#44 that's not as easy as it sounds. some serious googling required. I'm sure we'll rise to the challenge, though!

#47

Nope - avoid Google! Use this:

https://www.bing.com/maps

Easy peasy lemon squeazy

Thursday
Dresden Dolls Coin Operated Boy
David Bowie (Bowie, Maryland, USA)
Be My Wife , Scary Monsters, Up The Hill Backwards
System of a Down (County Down, Northern Ireland) Aerials

OK, you find a places called King Crimson, Frank Zappa and Jethro Tull and prepare your list.

What has changed?

#48 Thanks for that - netted a couple of artists already!
Janis Joplin Summertime
Joplin, Missouri, USA
Kenny Rogers The Gambler
Rogers, Minnesota, United States
Bryan Adams Run To You
Bryan, Texas, USA
Christopher Cross Arthur's Theme
Cross, County Clare, Ireland
Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon, Berwickshire

Using that method, it's bound to be a very unpredictable evening. Fantastic, Jim - I've now discovered another way to avoid housework!

#50

What's changed is that obscure, unknown places that would otherwise be overlooked can be used to justify the playing of stuff other than Chicago, Berlin, Manhattan Transfer etc. No matter - we'll give you a dunt after the show ;-)

Thursday- again.
Joy Division Dead Souls
División, San José, Costa Rica.
There is also a very good
Nine Inch Nails cover of this.
Nine, Portugal

Baby Bird You're Gorgeous
Bird, LA, USA

Jack Jones The Windmlls of your Mind
Tom Jones Sex Bomb
Grace Jones Walking in the Rain
Jones, in the Phillipines somewhere

Right Said Fred Deeply Dippy
Fred, Texas, USA

Elton John Sweet Painted Lady
Elton, Cheshire, UK

roao

Portishead Numb , Glory Box , Sour Times , All Mine
Portishead, North Somerset, UK.

Well anyway

MONDAY
Peter Green got himself back together enough to start gigging again though someone said but a shadow. Shame.

Need Your Love So Bad - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

Through the Barricades - Spandau Ballet

and if we're allowed the one-offs

Spoonful - Cream

I'd ask for Pink Floyd, but they have these bad neuro-whatsits for me that Henri talks about

#34 Scotch - I though maybe it was Rait Davies, that guy that used to be a Kink. But I see you say it's a lady. I'm still trying to work it out. I'm sure I'll get there in the end.

NEWSFLASH: Sidney Devine to accompany Michael Buble on the next UK leg if his world tour. To be called the 'Tiny Bubles' tour.

#52

But we already know that Chicago, Berlin and Manhattan Transfer are what will be played regardless of suggestions.

Boring, Denmark.

Tues
I can think of quite a few live tracks with handclaps at the end. Would that be stretching the theme a bit, even for GIO.

You are being a bit harsh on yourself Jim...

Bollock, Philippines.

SuperGraß Sometimes I Make You Sad

Graß - Luxembourg

#56 stop being so pessimistic and get onto that website JfE linked to. There's no excuse for giving up just because you feel it's a done deal - the world is your lobster. Do you really think they just want to play the same old same old obvious? give it a whirl and, if they only play the usual suspects, well - it's a wasted opperchancity and folk will get bored. Or not. Whatever.

Lybster, Scotland.

Well done, JfE, very useful.

I had been thinking about requesting the suitably designated international world music superstar, Natasha Atlas, but that puts it beyond doubt.

I feel certain you'll enjoy it, if selected.

#54 yep, neuro-associations is what you get from your parents record collection.

What a happy weekend it's been.

regardez youse

henri

tuesday the clap

Harvest for the world /Isley bros
Let's go (I love the nightlife baby)/The Cars
Centerfield / John Fogerty
You took the words / Meatloaf




and we will rock you pipped for the klaxon by the rembrandts

#48
Ah I see there's a hamlet in Texas called Seger. What's my chances.

You never know - there's a town in Arizona called Boxcar...

Having spent much of the weekend walking by Loch Thom, I am now twice sorted for Thursday

Black Swan - Thom Yorke

sadly lots of kids have now found the reservoirs and on days like the last two they take their Strongbow, barbecues and various bits of camping equipment they can afford to discard and spoil the view. When I was coming back down the hill today there was a crowd sitting by the water so I took a detour round the far side and across the moorland. Suddenly I found myself up to my knees in a bog, but stepped smartly out and hoped the neds weren't killing themselves laughing. I went and sat for a bit by one of the further lochs to let my trousers dry off a bit, then set off for home again. Realized the phone was missing. Tramped back and believe it or not there it was right on top of the bit I'd sunk in. Then I had to slink past the neds as I really would have looked off my head if I'd turned around yet again. Well I expect they were glad of the entertainment.

#63 - no, Henri, my parents never had Pink Floyd in their record collection. I already told you, it was the Missouri Waltz, Friendly Persuasion and The Eriskay Love Lilt. The bad neuro-whatsits are from My Big Mistake.

Somewhere in America there's a street named after my dad.

Quick - get him into a recording studio.

#67

This article first appeared in The Sunday Post.

Next week - "And All For A Pint Of Milk!"

Monday - Comebacks:

Relight My Fire - Take That and Lulu

Not sure who was 'relighting' whose 'fire', but it was certainly an attempt to rekindle something.

#71
Preferred the original version. I'd quite like to see Dan Hartman make a comeback. That would certainly be newsworthy.

Monday: Something from Elvis's '68 Comeback Special...been played on the show a couple of times before but I find it difficult not to request 'If I Can Dream'.

There was a rumour about a tumour
Nestled at the base of his brain

#70 no it didn't. But you've given me a grand idea for making some pocket money.

#74

Refers to #72. Both are in poor taste.

#75

10%

#58 there's a superb track on the Live Anthology (TP and the Heartbreakers) which has a false ending so the clapping comes about 4/5 of the way through.
I'll tell you all about it later today when I've written a 3000 word article to accompany it.

#76 that'll be 2/- then

For Monday - The Dance - Garth Brooks

Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks - He recently came out of retirement.


For Tuesday - Peace Train - Dolly Parton


And one for my boss who assures me this is brilliant,

The Weeping Song - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - (Yeah. I got caught.)

;o)

Don'tcha just hate it when people read over your shoulder?

#79

Tell GB if he goes back there's two bob in it for him.

over on that other place the theme is being interpreted a different way.....

To be fair Gaie they are interprating it exactly as it says on the wee facebook blurb, it's pretty specific I think but not what is said above.

Interpreting

#82

You were right the first time. They do prate among themselves.

You're also right about there being two different themes. The Facebook theme allows the wee souls to pick anyone. Their crayons are a blur.

#81

Get thee behind me, by the way. Know whit Ah mean?


#79, #80

The Return of the Anti-Hank! © Kinky Friedman.


Speaking of Nick Cave, and in the unlikely event that they overlook Jethro Tull;

MONDAY

'Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!' - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

The greatest comeback since

Since who Scotch?? The suspense is too much.....

Jesus. That's funny.

Ok I'll stick with this theme here I suppose:

Loretta Lynn - she had a twelve year gap prior to "Still country" but it was the follow up four years later that was her Heaven 17 moment, produced by Jack White Van Lear Rose gave her a hit album at 69, two Grammy Awards and a cracking single Portland Oregon, Miss being Mrs is another standout.

The Who - 24 years between studio albums. Endless Wire is a good album and the accompanying tour was superb. Not on the album but released a year or so earlier from the sessions Real Good Looking Boy is as good as anything they recorded in the heyday.

In 1989 the last thing I expected to see was Van Morrison on TOTP, let alone singing a duet with Cliff Richard on Whenever God Shines His Light. Although Van has never gone away he has real peaks and troughs as far as success and critical acclaim goes.

I had been going to include Teddy Pendergrass but his was a comeback from a terrible accident which left him paralysed. But if that counts then how about Crazy About Your Love

For Thursday - Bowling for Soup - 1985

#50 Glen
Wiki Jawaka: ~
In July 28, 2007 a street, in a light industrial area 10 Km / 6.5 Miles east of the centre of Berlin, formerly known as "Straße 13", was renamed Frank-Zappa-Straße. The move to rename the street was initiated in 2005 by ORWOhaus a musicians collective and rehearsal space located on the street in a former photographic film plant.

Monday

A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins/Orange Juice

#91

His mother would have been so proud

I wonder why they picked street 13...

Bryan - the off button had to be deployed during morrisey on Friday while I played my own choice myself but it lasted longer and I missed some of the next track. Please go back to playing morrisey at the end – or play ROBIN WILLIAMSON instead.

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND reformed briefly around the turn of the century but they were crap because ROBIN WILLIAMSON was the only one who could remember how to sing or play any instruments.

I would therefore like to request DUCKS ON A POND from NEBULOUS NEARNESSES by THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND which is one of ROBIN’S.

In September 2008 KEVIN AYERS released a new Album after 15 years entitled THE UNFAIRGROUND.

So for tonight..........Please play BABY COME HOME from that Album which he is accompanied by BRIDGET ST JOHN. This is truely a beautiful song.

Monday

Well .. if you are serious about reflecting geography, how about letting us hear music with a tad of a truly Internationale feel - Bryan & Babs - try this - the Belgian born, half European, half Egyptian and suitably named Natasha Atlas sings world music in English, French and Arabic.

This is Man's World (2005 edit) - Natasha Atlas Lovely summer evening music ... there is a place called Atlas near Marakesh, and there's some mountains there too..I know that you have this...

or

Light My Fire - Clarence Carter the best version, imho, of the Doors classic. Lovely summer evening music. Carter is a town in South Dakata.

regardez youse

Henri

Is that Djakarta?

MONDAY

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers evolved from Mudcrutch, who reformed in 2007.

6 Days on the Road - Mudcrutch

Henri, are you a wee bit confused? Or is Monday now Thursday?

Henri - they both sound well worth a listen, but save them for Thursday!! unless you've sent some more banana loaf tonight..... ;o)