Rip it up...

Ringo Starr anyone? Peep Peep!

Bob Geldof

Firstly....Iggy Pop was not just some nutter who liked to expose himself and cut his torso...and should not be remembered for daft adverts, remind yourself how good he could be:

Iggy Pop - China Girl

And please reclaim the reputation of Marianne Faithfull from a made up story about some confectionry:

Marianne Faithfull - Times Square or Running For Our Lives

both superb songs.

Barry Cryer had a No.1 in Finland

Frankie Miller was quite famous in Greenock for never buying a round when he was filming here, and his film was of course shown on the telly which made him famous nationwide (I'm getting a sense of dèja vue, did I write this last time we had this theme? does that mean they didn't play Frankie? I wonder)

Angels With Dirty Faces - Frankie Miller

His expressionist paintings and drawings command high prices, and have been exhibited in art galleries and museums across the world.

Captain Beefheart - Abba Zaba

I am inclined to think that if their music has been overshadowed, it can't have been that great in the first place.

I've been thinking to myself that Get It On shouldn't let the passing of Eddie Stobart pass with commemorating his memory with a theme.

A truckin' road song driving theme?

regardez youse

henri

Cozy Powell who had a hand in getting handheld mobile phones banned whilst driving and his famous last words ''Oh Sh*t''

sorry, without commemorating his memory to a theme...

'Word Up' ~ Cameo

Seeing was believing ...

'Don't Touch Me There' ~ The Tubes

shock rock? mock rock? ... who cares ... blasted all others into the shade!

'Destroyer' ~ Kiss

likem or hatem you certainly couldn't ignore them

When I was a boy, I remember there was a bit of a fuss about an appropriately designated singer, P J Proby and his inability to keep in his trousers.

My elder sister had a single of his which I remember with some fondness because it sounded like the Bonzos taking the p*** out of a serious singer - 'Somewhere' which comes from West Side Story if I remember correctly.

Anyway, I still think he most remembered for showing the audience what a big Texan looks like.

regardez - youse

henri

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#14 henri I forsee a problem with your excellent suggestion of P J Proby (I think he recently got nicked for benefit fraud) and it is the same problem as mine for Marianne. How is Bryan going to describe this at teatime.....

TUESDAY


A man who grows his own red hot chilli peppers. A man who is actively involved in the study and conservation of wildcats. A former owner of the 15,000 acre Strahaird estate. A farmer of salmon. A wearer of codpieces. And he's one of our own.

Ian Anderson


'Locomotive Breath' - Jethro Tull

or

'Life is a Long Song' - Jethro Tull

rolf harris...............australian singer.................'sun arise' (early in the morning)
portrait artist ....................(of HRH queen elizabeth)

elton john..............singer/songwriter..............'daniel'
..............chairman of watford fc

ian anderson...........singer/songwriter...............'living in the past'
...........fishfarmer/laird

peggy sue...............buddy holly character
................got married (film)

patti smith..............singer/songwriter/rocker.............'redondo beach'
..............photographers muse/poet/writer

cheers frae the dale

one more sprung to mind.............

craig david................singer/songwriter.........7 days
.................UN goodwill ambassador

#15 poor owen paul. never gets a break

cheers frae the dale

#17

the late night DJ on Radio Scotland who allegedly plays blues? Really, who'd have thought it?

Film careers by pop stars... not all of them equally worthy of mention. But the songs are fine. All of these were in a film:
David Bowie (lots of films) Be My Wife
Meatloaf (lots of films) You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
Mick Jagger fae RS (a good few films) Angie
Sting fae TP (one good, a couple of bad films) Desert Rose
Flea fae RHCP (notably in The Big Lebowski) Throw Away Your Television

and this one has a famous film star daughter. Plus a spot on some music talent show.
Steve Tyler fae Aerosmith Dream On

#21 outstanding Bowie track

Ubangi Stomp ~ The Stray Cats

Outstanding!

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Crikey - what has happened tonight! Moderation central!

Save the best for last - Vanesa Williams (Grammy nominated as song of the year 1992, but she's now better known for Ugly Betty?)
Quelqu'un M'a dit - Carla Bruni (now Mdme Sarkozy, First Lady of France)
Goodbye to love - the Carpenters (eating disorders)
The first cut is the deepest - Cat Stevens (changing religion)
Not ready to make nice - the Dixie Chicks (American political controversy)
Still the one - Orleans (John Hall became the U.S Representative for New York's 19th congressional district)

and for the intro-mix
Crocodile Shoes - Jimmy Nail (Auf Wiedersehen Pet)


Joe
Linlithgow

Rab Noakes was a senior executive producer with BBC Scotland so this has to be a shoo-in



Often requested and just as often ignored by Get It On, the title says it all:



Don't keep passing me by from his album The River Sessions



DC

The first TV stars I can remember dabbling in pop music......

How Can I Be Sure - David Cassidy

Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul

....I would imagine this to be quite a big sub-genre for tonight's theme......

also...

.....the first musician I can remember losing the rights to his own song.....

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

...but by way of compensation he was (i think) the first Beatle to get a number one solo album.....it might also be good to hear another of his early singles...

Give Me Love

Paul from Ayr

John Mayer's been in the gossip mags for his high profile relationships with the likes of Jennifer Aniston (thanks to The Daughter for keeping me up to date with the important matters of the day!)...

'I'm Going To Find Another You' - John Mayer

#28

Harrison didn't lose the rights to his own song; he had to buy them.

#27 seconds for Rab Noakes whose music is definitely not second-rate


#24 I still agree with Glen.

Bruce Dickinson - commercial airline pilot, fencer (not sure if it is wooden or pallisade type fences he puts up), full time Mott The Hoople Fan and of course member of Iron Maiden. If Vic were in the seat he would want "bring your daughter" but I think that is not a particularly pleasant song. So how about:

Bruce Dickinson - All The Young Dudes

paolo for your bumper sack of trivia he once piloted the plane taking Rangers to a Eueopean tie.

Peter Green - whose breakdown cut short his career in Fleetwood Mac, and from which he's never really recovered. So sad that the image now is of a rather pathetic bewildered figure rather than the towering talent he was

I guess I've got everything I need
I wouldn't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born

Man of The World - Fleetwood Mac

The View - known for their run-ins with the law

Grace - the View

#20 - Henri - That's the kind of silly comment I would expect from DC. Were you drinking last night?

;o)


#32 - Norrie - You ruined that fencer gag. Were you drinking last night?

;o)


I nominate Shel Silverstein, poet, cartoonist, screenwriter, author of children's books, and my favourite songwriter.

Still Gonna Die - Old Dogs

Help Me Mama - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

:o)

Roger Daltrey -famous ahem fisherman

I'm Free - Roger Daltrey

#35 ?

Purple People Eater - Barry Cryer

Barry took advantage of Sheb Wooley's absence from Finnish record shops with this 1958 No. 1. He has since become better known for other activities.

#37 - Norrie - Don't be shy! You know exactly what I'm talking about! LOL!

;o)

Thousands Are Sailing: The Pogues (Songwriting genius or the man with the most durable liver in the history of makind?)
Audra Mae: The River (Great singer, songwriter, but is she more well know for being Judy Garlands grandniece?)
Rat Trap: The Boomtown Rats (Is Bob better known as a political activist these days?)
How Can I Tell You: Cat Stevens (Singer, songwriter extrordanaire or Islam convert?)

#37 the sun is over the yardarm so that could mean that she's at her morning tipple. We should forgive her Norrie. She can't help it

Alex James is well-known as an award-winning cheesemaker and for not being able to sing opera or conduct an orchestra very well...

Blur - 'Tender'

Mick Fleetwood - for excellence in awards ceremony presenting
* Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman

Syd Barrett - for blazing the trail into drug-addled madness for following generations of musicians
* Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues (written by Syd about being thrown out of the Floyd for being entirely unreliable)
* Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (written by Roger Waters on seeing Syd some years later)
or if you want something from his brighter days:
* Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

Gaie – Seconds for DON VAN VLIET, the artist formerly known as CAPTAIN BEEFHEART. That or

WHEN I SEE A MOMMY I FEEL LIKE A MUMMY which is both a song and a painting.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART – requested by someone for just about every theme yet deemed “not commercial”.

Lots of musicians are also known for painting and photography...Steve Forbert's been uploading his quirky cell phone photos taken while touring round America to his facebook page for a while now. 50 of the photos have now been shown in his first gallery exhibition.

Gives me another chance to ask you to play 'Tonight I Feel So Far Away From Home', 'I'm In Love With You' or 'On The Streets Of This Town'.

Cheryl Cole - The Flood

Well known for being a part time boxer.

Sonny Bono...one half of Sonny + Cher of course but also famous for his political career and for skiing into a tree...

'All I Ever Need Is You' - Sonny + Cher.

Can we also get some Runrig on for the political career. Not for Mr Munro, but for Pete Wishart, MP for Perth & North Perthshire.

* Runrig - I'll Keep Coming Home should do it, featuring some strong keyboard work.

'Hot to Trot/Ready to Go' ... Roy Rogers

Thespian and Horse Whisperer first and foremost ...

Johnny Kidd - eyepatch and pirate outfit

Bowie - glam outfit, big shoes

Bolan - wooly heid

Lady Ga Ga - telephone on her heid

Elton - outlandish glasses

Little Steven - bandana

Hendrix - setting guitar on fire

The Who - smashing things up

Keith Richards - inability to climb trees

Springsteen - headband

Jamiroqui - Hats

Boy George - prison suit

Mozz - flowers and hearing aid

King - multi coloured boots

Peter gabriel - dressing up like a flower

I'm having a problem with this theme coz although you can come up with loads of examples of musicians being "famous" for doing other things, part of the criteria is that this other thing "overshadows" the music bit.
So whereas I can see The Tubes and Geldof working I dont think Elton, Bowie and Jagger, for example, fit the theme.

You're quite right, Adam. Another theme not properly thought through which will result in a disappointing programme.

#52

Yep, the relationship should be the right way round: the towering keyboard and vocal contribution Linda made to Wings should not be seen as better than her veggie sausages and photography.

But the Captain is right - Ringo, on the other hand, is arguably one of the great narrators of our time and has endeared himself to zillions of children the world over. So it would be be goode to hear one of his classic and inexplicably ignored tracks from the album Ringo!

Six O'Clock - Ringo Starr

This is a wonderful track, particularly for the ending in which Macca who wrote and played on it, can be heard really enjoying the session and they all sound dead happy. Let's Get It Onnnnn...

regardez youse

henri

In fairness the theme is really remembered not just for the music. I think of Keith Moon and Pete Townsend and I think of them smashing up the place....but you could never say that overshadowed the music.....for example.

I'm proud and a little tearful to nominate Ireland's greatest Eurovision entrants:

* Father Ted Crilly and Father Dougal McGuire - My Lovely Horse

whose short musical career ended in disgrace, and have since been better known as film critics.

and I'd like to hear Ringo cause Aladdin MacLean says youse will not play the hilarious P J Proby's 'Somewhere'.

regardez youse

henri

#35 I'm positively cheered up by the odea that I could be thought of as being as silly as DC. But it's a fair point, I don't listen to Iain Anderson much, except as research, but I don't hear much Blues on there...

#56 No I didnt, I just said I wondered how he would describe these incidents

In the Doric...

#54

Pete has subsequently been tireless in his pursuit of cyber skulduggery.

#56

PJ Proby is a gifted singer and impressed the Beatles as I recall.

I trip up...

You burst one lousy seam.......

Eccentric singer, guitarist, producer, painter, author, poet, photographer, filmmaker and weird dresser, STEVEN JOHN HAMPER is better known as BILLY CHILDISH.

Tracy Emin may have something to do with the weird dressing, but he is truly prolific in each of the above disciplines.

DAVY CROCKETT BY THEE HEADCOATEES from 25 YEARS OF BEING CHILDISH

Not on the list? Ok, ADAM ANT again then (yawn)

I hear his brother Big Nick gets taken on trips a lot.

Edwyn Collins - 'Losing Sleep'

Edwyn is more famous recently for his recovery from serious illness. I saw him at Òran Mór last November and he was still in fine voice. Most excellent ☺

#64 Also a talented artist and record producer...

Captain Beefheart would be good. Proving popular tonight ☺

Many listeners would like to hear him sing Over The Hills and Far Away

We back on the Bingo?

Bingo wasn't even the best drummer in The Beatles

#56 now now Henri, don't you go siding with Aggie. She'll be inviting you round for a sherry next

#70 By the time HH makes it round the bottles will be empty.