Morning Simon



How's about something from The Stray Cats to open Monday's show?



Have a fab week.



Deevs

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You beat me to it, Deevs. Stray Cat Strut for me. I was considering something by the likes of The Darts, or Rocky Sharpe, Shaky or Crazy Cavan, but i aint too sure that they don't just feature bass guitar, whereas the Stray Cats definitely favour the double bass. Pick 'em Simon, please!

P.K.

Morning all



Good call Deevs. Stray Cat Strut please Simon



Tortie

Good Morning Bloggerpeeps! Sorry to be late - actually had to do a spot of work! Ahhh, we're all singing from the same Rockabilly hymn sheet today folks! I'd suggest Runaway Boys though - 1980 Stray Cats hit. The blesspoppetry that is Guillemots have a female double bass player and as far as i know she plays it on all their records...in which case "Annie Let's Not Wait" would be basstastic.

Morning all! Well, Stray Cats is the obvious choice, but how about a bit of "Rock Around The Clock" by the fantastic Mr. Bill Haley and his Comets? Or, for a grungier take on things, how about Pearl Jam's "Nothing As It Seems", from the album "Binaural" - mind you, that isn;t really a hit, is it?

Anyway, whichever one gets played, it's a great choice as the double bass doesn;t get the number of radio outings it deserves.



So, how do you play "air double bass" in the car on the way home from work then?



Cheers,

A song of your choice by "The Dodge Brothers". It would be an act of treason on your part Simon to pick anything else!!! I knew those huge flaying hands were useful for something.



Love the show.

or "Made-Up Lovesong#43", or "Get Over It" (also Guillemots offerings). By the by, any other well-known bands not featuring the definite article in front of their name? Loved Bellamy's People, in parts. Never tried quoits and tequila though, prefer mine with lime juice....

Spike - Annie by The Guillemots - good call dudeface! Must play that album now!



Deevs



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It's a pity it's not a Mike Harding day. My suggestion wouldn't really be a show starter, but John Martyn's version of "Spencer The Rover" would have tailed out the show nicely into Mike's show and maintained the double bass theme. And no doubt put a big smile on Mike's face too.



Will be seeing the aforementioned Danny T playing double bass in the house band at the Transtlantic Sessions concert on Saturday week at the RFH - lip-smackingly delicious, can't wait.

Lightbulb Moment Alert ......



It's gotta be:





Lovecats - The Cure



Surely!?!?!?!



Deevs

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Hi Simon,



Rock This Town by The Stray Cats is my suggestion. Best gig I ever went to was to see them at Keele Uni (1989!!) and I had the haircut to go with it!!



Nic

SPIKE - re: band names without the pre-requisite "The", Scissor Sisters are a case in point.



You prefer your quoits with lime juice????

Deevybaby - YOU"VE DONE IT! Perfick! Enjoy Guillemots anyway! (Having been playing them all morning on YouTube I switched Radio 2 on, and they were playing Guillemots - spooky!)

Wht thank you Spike! I thought it was a moment of genius too!



Nic - we must find those pics, for sure!



Deevybaby



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peeeeeeeees: i'm kinda liking it over on this side ....! x

In all the rumbling throbbery of bass notes, clean forgot to say



Love The Show Simon!



Trickytree2k - no, silly, much prefer petanque balls with lime juice, but they weren't on offer.

Spike, Editors and Arctic Monkeys to name but 2...



Nic

Nice ones Nic & Tricky - pleased to add Raspberries (Eric Carmen etc) and being "The"less - their fabulous single "HIt Record" features no double bass at all, sadly, but is worthy of any Drivetime show, Simon.

Scratch that - apparently they do have the The (now that's a different band!) and anyway it's called Overnight Sensation (Hit Record). :(

Afternoon,

If it wasn't raining and down right depressing outside, I'd go along with The Cure suggestion, but since it's soo manky, I feel the Stray Cats would be more uplifting. So there's my penneth.



(BTW, Does anyone actually listen to Jeeza ? )



Simon, loving the show ....( unlike the previous "I love the show"..show, I actually do..it's true )

Tickety.

Hi Guys and Gals and all blessedpoppets! Sorry to show my ignorance but who are The Stray Cats? With apologies to any Arsenal fans out there (guess who I support!!)!

#20 - are you serious?!

Don't mention the FA Cup to Deevs, she will get upset (guess who she supports...?)



Nic

Just foind Stary Cats on Spotify - what a great website that is! They sound good - but we need to suggest a song with plenty of ommphh in it like: "Rock this town" - because Simon seeems to prefer something to wake us all up. Oh, and sorry Deevs but hey there you go...we was robbed 2 years in succession in semi finals in the 1970's!!! And we were the better team!! If you need counselling!!???

Double scratch (get it right Spike!) Raspberries it is! I was very happy indeed in May 1987. Guess who I support!

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!



(adopts French accent)



"It's a blessing, we can now put all of our energy into the European competition, and of course, The Premiership is within touching distance now"



Ahem.



Gooner Deevs



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And Tickety - I've had R2 on all morning (grrr to colleague bunnying all over Pop Master!) but as soon as 12 noon strikes, it's iPod docked on desk til 5pm.



Currently having an Echo & The Bunnymen moment!



Deevs



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...but you said you were boogying to Babooshka, when the freaky 13 year old was getting his "Oldies" played .....or was that just one of those wee spooky moments..

#23 I should add, "Sorry Simon"! (punches air victoriously, even 23 years later) How did this become a soccer blog? Ahh, Rev David - naughty Rev! :)



Chin up Ticketycommonboo, this is a cuddlysnugglyblog, so you can nestle in the wincyette fleecy warmth of your fellow blogpoppets.

Aha! Had the radio on all day that day due to long drive to Staffordshire from Essex straight from work, listening to The Goddess that is Sally Traffic!



Freaky 13 year old - lol!!



Has anyone else got a paperclip elf who hides in their office and when you're not looking they string all your paperclips together so when you go to grab one paperclip you actually get about 50 of the blighters.



No? Just me then!?!?



Deevs

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Thanks Spike..Turn up the volume on my "Lost Property" CD, and I'm good to go again...wholly recomend it...ahhh the memories...Bit of The Cult and I'm sorted..

I'm a wolf child baby, wild flower!



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Spike - Cov then!

Deevs - You Cult you...



Nic



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Deevs



I've got a paperclip elf and a safety pin elf too - on the odd occasion that I want one, they're all attached to each other.



Sooo cold at work today, I can hardly type my hands are so sold :(

Spike, are you really Stephen Fry, bored of Twitter and masquerading as "Spike", whilst flouncing around in your wincyette PJs ??



Oh, and sorry to show my ignorance, who are Arsenal ? ( respect to the Rev btw )

"So sold"?! I said I could hardly type! Obviously I meant cold!



Tortie

No, Tortiecat, you have an elf and safety pin problem! Ticketycommonboo - rumbled me, though flounce I do not, merely prance balletically.

How about Colin Blunstone - Say you dont mind - enough of the obvious Stray Cats!!!

Is Tortie a member of the so sold crew then...?

Hi Simon



Please could the first song be



Soul Train by Swansway





Not heard it for years and a real fab song



Thanks for a great show

I am sticking with my original recomendation of 'The Dodge Brothers". I have to out of Kermode loyalty. That said, 'Brenda' given I am a huge Zombies fan I hope: "say you don't mind, You don't mind, You'll let me off this time".

For the first song on today's show you could do a lot worse than Bad Day by Carmel.

Don't purposely withhold exhalation Cornish Darren, after all I Don't Believe In Miracles. Indubitably, an Intriguing quandry for Simon the Spurs Supporter this afternoon, n'est ce pas?

Gosh we beat them as well!! Sorry Simon. Hey guys I think I've just ruined any chance of being mentioned on air - how disappointing!

To all those who remember the early 70s (who doesn't?) - quite a few early ELO songs feature double bass (although it isn't slapped but bowed - does this matter?) - For instance, 10538 Oveture is a truly classic song, full of overdubbed voices / strings / guitars, etc. It's difficult to hear when Roy Wood ends and Jeff Lynne begins....

ELO - torn between setting my turntable back up to listen to old vinyl, or reporting post on grounds of bad taste :-)

What about Stand by me by Ben E King?

Trickytree2k, you know what they say about those who remember the early seventies. "You're starting to look your age". Or is that just my family and me?

As an aside, do I assume from your moniker, that you are a Forest fan? If so, I shall only remain pleasant to you up until Saturday,(when, fortunately, this blog isn't live).Pleasantries resumed on Monday, after a Black & White victory. I may be mainly in Sheffield, but my heart lies elsewhere. If only "Steve Bloomers Watching" featured a Double Bass.

Rather excellently, In trying to post my last comment, I spelt Forest with some of the letters of thier name replaced with asterisks, and got blocked by a profanity filter. I KNEW I was right!

I agree with the 10538 Overture as a choice, if we are not going with the Stray Cats.

At the risk of being accused of loquaciousness, may I garrulously, and without mendacity, revisit a suggestion not divorced from of last week's Hammond theme, this time saluting the double bass of Lee Jackson of The Nice covering Dylan's "Country Pie" segued with Bach's "Brandenberg Concerto no 6" on The Five Bridges album (proper vinyl that, lad, by 'eck etc.). Now this one is dripping in DB and guaranteed to bring a facial expression to all drivees.

Smacks of morphological fundamentalism Sikey old mate!

Sorry Spikey old mate!

Ah, the old "morph fund" debate eh Revvy? Guaranteed to keep a man occupied with quoits and tequila through the night....

I'm enjoying some Mozart whilst working in the office this afternoon - now there's a radical suggestion....how's about a bit of cheery Mozart Simon? Eh, please? Just slip it in somewhere so it kind of sneaks up on people...

Now pondering Joni Mitchell and her "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" album, full of sonorous, glistening bass by Jaco Pastorius, but he makes the bass sound like a cross between a double bass and a trombone, so I'l save it for another day...trombass anyone? (Second track "Talk To Me" mentions tequila, but not in the way many would wish to hear! Spotify away at your delicately-eared peril blessdrivers)

Spikeypoos



I'm having a Beatles White Album (Disc 1) session.



Love it!



Deevs



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The Deeevalaaaaaah.....(robot dance) Hard to beat, unless you play Radiohead's "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" back to back an infinite number of times...

What's your favourite track off the album Deevs? Come to think of it, wouldn't "Back in the USSR" satisfy our noble DJ's criteria for today's first record? Or even "Revolution" with the incredible fuzz bass..Hmm

Oooof that's a toughie Rev.



A close thing between Helter Skelter, or Dear Prudence. But discounting Blackbird ..... hmph, not an option. Too tough to call!



I was trying to think of some early Beatles (the raw, post-skiffle stuff) which may feature a double bass but my mind is just too distracted and full at the mo!



Not everyone's cuppa, but I just adore The Beatles. I've even got all the newspapers (still intact) from the day John Lennon was murdered. Wonderful pieces of social history.



I'll belt up now ....



Deevs

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I hour 30 ish to go folks, so what'll it be? My money's on "Love Cats" by The Cure, followed by "Country Pie" (Dylan/Nice), but let's not dilly-dally, as The Stray Cats will surely surcumbobulate to the top of the bass pile. (though I secretly hope it is Carmel, blisteringly super suggestion Barney)

So do I - I prefer the Beatles proper to some of Paul McCartney's later stuff - "If I fell" - has to be one of the best songs ever written.

Rev,

R2 played his( Macca's ) " latest" offering recently, and I swear that he's just ripped off a Michael Bubblewrap number...sad. I agree about If I fell..good call there.

Great call Rev - instantly brings to mind that scene inside the train carriage eh?



The Deeevalaaaaaah.....(robot dance) Savoy Truffle!



We all still love the show Simon, don't worry!

If I Fell has reduced me to tears in the past.



Love John doing what he does best though - rock and roll belters!



I went to The Beatles museum in Liverpool last November and ended up a tearful wreck in the John "bit" - reading about his death and listening to Love.



Oh my.



Deevs



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Spike, Interestingly, Deevs middle name is indeed Pamelaaaaaaaaaa!

Radiohead - The Bends - best album in the last 30 years, closely followed by The Stone Roses.

Beatles - early stuff good - the rest - not for me!



Nic

Rev - sorry, that was "Should Have Known Better" - now known as "Oi Should Of Nown Betta". HDN was a classic film/album, BUT, bereft of double bass.....cue double bass suggestionessity.....

If we're getting to the Beatles and you fancy something with orchestrial bass - how about "I Am The Walrus". Is that early enough Nic?

Polythene Pam?



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Nope lost me now Deevs!

Tis a Beatles song sweetheart. Will edumacate you yet!



Me



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Oh yes there are so many good songs from those days - I can still remember being blown away by "It won't be long" and "I wanna hold your hand" and then sitting on a Cornish beach when "Hey Jude" was released and was heard on air for the first time. Oh dear..

A Day In The Life.



Pure genius.



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Deevs - Good luck!

Rev - Hey Jude irritates me intensely!



Nic

Goes on a bit, doesn't it? Not my favourite track...and all that faffing around at the end! "In my life" - pure nostalgia, "Nowhere Man" - philosophical?

Norweigan Wood was written about a woman John used to visit when he was married to Cynthia for a bit of "extra curricular", apparently. The Norweigan Wood referred to was the panelling (vinyl, made to look like wood) which covered the walls of her bedsit.



Deevs



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I was just saying to my familypeepspoppets yesterday, that Sir Paul of Mull must be SOOOOOOOO sick of playing Hey Jude, let alone us being sick of hearing it. Some songs should be buried forever, along with others that should enter the hall of foreverness- suggestions? I'll start with "Dancing In The Dark" (bury) vs "It's My Life" (hold the spade).

>>Some songs should be buried forever



I would have buried it in 1973/4 when a Welsh music teacher at an army school in Germany thought it clever to sing it while issuing me with a detention.

Ken - I would have thought a spade would have come in handy at that point - to wrap round his head!

Spike - Anything by XTC should be buried deep underground. They had a knack for producing very irritating songs e.g. Making Plans for Nigel just makes me whince thinking about it...



Nic

What, like "Hey Ken/don't take it bad/you'll be staying here for the weeeekend..." Agggh, my sympathies! Just heard another burial song - "Sussudio", but we can save it with "Human Racing"

Spike - Which reminds me, in the trailer for vote for your favourite album of the last 30 years - How on Earth did No Jacket Required get in there - which morons decided that this was one of the best 30?!!!



Nic

Oh Nic, and I thought we could be blogcuddlers - but you are forgetting "The Man Who Sailed Around The World". It may be annoying and dated, but set in Portmeirion, it has a certain je ne sais quoi? Also, "The Disappointed" has a particularly....OK, forget it, I see where you're coming from. Anyone for Prefab Sprout's latest album? It's just wonderfully uplifting....

Re #76 - Someone lost their sense of humour?!!!

#80 loving yours Nic - hasta manana!

Deevs, not sure how "innocent"you are but Norwegian wood has nothing to do with John's observation of veneer, more his own (ahem) wood

Really Spike? Will haveto re-read that bit of the John Lennon book I'm reading at the mo!



Why is my man getting modded?!?!



S'not fair!



Deevs



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No idea Deeeeeeeeevalaaaaaaa Pamelaaaaaaaaa (double robot dance) - hope it gets sorted. I think the Lennon thing was a bit of a street cult legend rumour thing. Anyway, the show's off to a great start, or it will be when they play Guillemots or The Cure or The Dodge Brothers or Guillemots or .... Prefab Sprout!

Supper's Ready - YES!

Actually Spike, that was Genesis, not Yes. A bit long for drivetime.

Hmm. A spike is a kind of point, is it not? Exactly the sort of thing I am continually missing. I'm looking at a darkened room with a bed now, and am off to make use of it.

Nice one Paul - but maybe or maybe not you missed the on air challenge laid down to our BlessDeeJayPopsickle to play the entire track for charridy.......so, again, I say YES!

Now another of my posts has been referred - what's going on?!



Simon, I really must protest Sir, I was the first to suggest Rock This Town on your blog and you didn't even mention me when you played it!!! This didn't happen when Chris was doing the show! ;^)



I turned you off tonight, in protest and put my Ipod on - Humph!



Nic

Morning!



Aww - missed all the blogbuddiness yesterday due to proper GrownUpDriver stuff - M1, M3, NorthFlippinCircular, M25 - profound and deep joy.



Now time for CLP, pot of tea, catch up in here. Really liking the vibe - can we achieve more than 100 comments?



Nic - wondered who chose opening track - shame on the Mayo for not giving you a shout out. Am thinking that the ubiquitossity they call Twitter may well be spawning track suggestions? Could this be competition? Bring it on, I say.



Deevs, Spikeadiddles and fellow Beatlesfansters - not heard fer ages track at end of the .. ahem .. Big show - 'Don't Bother Me' written by MySweetGeorge? - all minor key yumminess.



Heading for Dorchester today - hope to return intact.

Laters









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hit the road and I'm gone ....

Morning all



I didn't recognise any of the names that Simon read out for the first record, so I can only assume there were from Twitter, although he usually says so (I really do need to get a life!)

Bit warmer today Tortie ?

Morning lovelies!



Tickety - it's blimmin' freezypop here in Essex - 1 degree according to the mega Micra.



Mr Mayo does indeed like his Tweeters. I follow him over there - he even tweeted me once when I told him off for laughing on air at an injury picked up by an Arsenal player, but as for choosing the first song - the blog is the way forward for me.



Good vibrations!



Deevski



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It seems to me...oh...good morning early blogging risers....ahem...it seems to me that we have to persevere and be more assertive. Simon must have noticed a number of us agreed with the early suggestion of the Stray Cats and even got the song right...perhaps he is giving publicity to the different ways suggestions come in? So hang on in there - perhaps our time will come!

Yest thanks, Ticketyboo - I've just had some porridge, so should be OK for a while!



I did notice that Simon played "Love Cats" during the show, I think it was Deevs' suggestion - so he is 'listening' to us.

I would just like to say Good morning to all and I hope that this morning finds you all well. I have decided that today is going to be a very good day... just because I say so !!

Porridge....good idea, what with me being a Scottisher an all. Have a good one all...

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo ...... porridge is the work of the Devil!



Deevs



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You're making it with sugar aren't you ?? Salt all the way.........

No salt or sugar - just add some dried fruit for a bit of variety! Sorry Deevs!

Here's the thing..I love porridge ( traditional old style, big oats ) and I love cheese...However on no account should the two be mixed !! I was at uni and starving what can I say...

... thinks porridge should be chunkybitey to enjoy proper-like







My daughter loves that Paw Ridge [see what they did there...?] - comes in sachets. Sloppy noneedforteeth food.











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really am going to hit the road soon