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ART SCHOOL by THE JAM



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Hi Simon,



Got to start with Art For Art's Sake by 10CC



Then how about Joni Mitchell's "Turbulent Indigo" as a handover to Whispering Bob - it's a double winner, it's about Van Gogh but it isn't Vincent by Don McLean!

Morning Simon,



How come you can't manage Brian and Michael, yet subjected your poor listeners to Boney M yesterday?



MONA LISA'S AND MADHATTERS BY ELTON JOHN would be my choice please.



Many thanks, Mcw

Hi Simon / everyone



How about PICASSO VISITA EL PLANETA LOS SIMIOS (Picasso visits the planet of the apes) by ADAM AND THE ANTS? Haven't heard it for years!



Cheers,



Kev

Please, no-one mention PAINTER MAN by BONEY M.....D'OH!

Morning Simon,

Well, the first idea that springs to mind is



PAINT IT BLACK by the Strolling Bones



Hampshire Dave

Morning Simon and all blogpoppets



Pretty tenuous I know, but can we have Art Garfunkel - "I only have eyes for you".



Tortie x

And somewhere there just HAS to be MONA LISA by NAT KING COLE....

Good Morning Simon - one and all - a brief visit before the rest of the day takes off having done a School Assembly already.....I'm absoultely with my blogging compatriot the Great KevTricky Tree in his momentous suggestion that you must play (please) "ART FOR ART'S SAKE" by 10CC ...an amazing tune and blast from the past.... I shall forgo the beef bourguignon which according to my French dictionary "boeuf accommode (with accent at end) au vin rouge et aux oignons."

Good Morning Each! As yesterday, so today. Could you please play "Endless Art" by A House. The title, as you will agree, better fits todays criteria, than it did yesterdays, but probably vice versa with the lyric. I know it is slightly odd, so it probably aint an opener, but if you could squeeze it in somewhere...

Still lovin' the show mi-owd!

ANDY WARHOL by DAVID BOWIE



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Alternatives...

"Pictures of Lily" by The Who

"Pictures of Matchstickmen" by Status Quo

"Picture of You" by Joe Brown and The Bruvvers

"Picture This" by Blondie

"Framed" by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band...



And I suspect, loads more to follow

Ooh, ooh, "The Sabre Dance" by Love Sculpture

Aww, you've set me off...

"Equestrian Statue" by The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY by ROD STEWART



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Bloggers popular choice..."The Model" by Kraftwerk

#15 Simon seems to play Rod Stewart most days, wonder if he's coming on the show soon?



#16 Excellent choice.



Or COLOURS by DONOVAN

Or PAINT ME DOWN by SPANDAU BALLET



See you later, Mcw x

#17 I think it's because Rod's new single is on the playlist this week...

Simon,



In keeping with my daily James track request - Gaudi - please.



Failing that - Manic Street Preachers - Interiors (Song for Willem de Kooning)



Thanks.



Nic

THE ART TEACHER by RUFUS WAINWRIGHT



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"Pictures of You" by The Cure

"Hanging Around" by The Stranglers

"Behind A Painted Smile" by The Isley Brothers



I think I'm done.

Morning all,



I'll go with "a Design for Life" by the Manics. Air guitar and drums at the ready...

Greetings all!

Wow - some inspired and creative suggestions so far





A DESIGN FOR LIFE - MANICSTREETPREACHERS



COLOURBLIND - DARIUS

Great minds think alike Tickety

#22 & #23

#22 / #23 - you started a philosophical discussion there. Is design Art? Discuss!

aye but, fools....

#25 yes, job done !

How about a bit of Def Leppard - "Photograph".



I'd prefer Brian and Michael to Boney M most days of the week :-)

#27 #25 I've seen some carp designs.



IF A PICTURE COULD PAINT A THOUSAND WORDS by BREAD/TELLY SAVALAS



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#28 - spooky Ken, I was listening to that earlier on, on my iPod - great song / band...

#28 Ah, Brian Murphy & Michael Elphick win over Boney M anyday.



PAINTING BY NUMBERS by PETER HAMMILL



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or

"The First Picture of You" by the Lotus Eaters, does that sit easier

with you, Kev ?

#32 - hey, I didn't mind your other choice Tickety, just putting forward a point for discussion! :-)

#29 I knew it wasn't scanning - the actual song is called 'If', the first line of which is 'If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you' How could you even think about suggesting the TS version CDF? I would, however support the Bread version all the way.....



'usual pleasantries'



mtd ffb xxx

Something from "Pictures at an Exhibition" by ELP perhaps?

#35 You beat me to it KJ!!

#34 IF I didn't know better, I would think you didn't like Kojak. IF I hadn't copied and pasted the song from somwhere else I probably would have ignored the picture can paint a thousand words bit and only kept IF. IF you can keep your head while everyone else is losing theirs you probably haven't got a clue what's happening which will be a bit like me. IF Simon actually uses the Bread version or the "Who loves you baby" version then you'll be a Man my son!





Accept you won't because you're not a man but I would have lost the impact of the last line.... anyway



anything by ROLF HARRIS please

What about "Tapestry" by Carole King



#37, Darren, what on earth are you blithering on about?

Vincent by Don McClean might be a contender for inclusion...

#39 - No, No, No, No, No, No, No......No!

#40 hook, line and sinker......!!

No mensh of Derby's result last night OK? PofS must be in a bad mood today eh Kev? Cov for the play-offs?



Now then, my Charlie Drake story held over from yesterday (you are a patient lot of poppets)....I used to love playing one of my Dad's 78 rpm records by Charlie (can't remember the title) and at the end of side one he'd sign off with "see you on the other side" and I'd whisk the record up the long spindle of the gramophone, flip it over and re-set the stylus (anyone lost yet with the technical bits?) to enjoy side two.



Which I did one day, rather too abruptly, and snapped the thing in half.



I was gutted, and then frightened and as I was on school holiday I had all day to wait for Dad to come home to break the news.



Doesn't quite count as a Confession, as I owned up and Dad was fine about it. My Mum on the other hand flipped her lid!



If you know the record, please remind me of the title. I consoled myself by listening to Peter Ustinov's reading of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The LIttle Prince as the tears rolled down my 7 year old cheeks....

Pictures of Matchstick Men by the Quo...

Maybe KARMA CHAMELEON from Culture Club's the Colour by Numbers album.



If that doesn't cover all the bases....



CDF - How about Rolf's version of Stairway to Heaven - love it!

#42 - Was it "My boomerang won't come back"? That really should be a Confession Spike - love it!

Don't know the record Spike, but do remember his songs being played on Ed Stewarts Junior Choice, particularly My Boomerang Wont Come Back.



Another chance to request Einstein A Go Go by LANDSCAPE perhaps?

#42 - Sorry, I hadn't realised Direby were playing yesterday - I don;t concern myself with the bottom fo the tabel this season ;-)

Just for you Spike - take your pick...



Discography

Splish Splash / Hello My Darlings (1958) #7

Volare / Itchy Twitchy Feeling (1958) #28

Tom Thumb's Tune / Goggle Eye Ghee (1958)

Sea Cruise / Starkle Starkle Little Twink (1959)

Naughty / Old Mr Shadow (1960)

Mr Custer / Glow Worm (1960) #12

My Boomerang Won't Come Back / She's My Girl (1961) #14 ;#21 U.S.; #1 Australia

Tanglefoot / Drake's Progress (1962)

I Bent My Assegai / Sweet Freddy Green (1962)

I've Lost The End Of My Yodel / I Can, Can't I (1963)

I'm Too Heavy For The Light Brigade / The Reluctant Tight-Rope Walker (1964)

Charles Drake 007 / Bumpanology (1964)

Only A Working Man / I'm A Boy (1965)

Don't Trim My Wick / Birds (1966)

Who Is Sylvia / I Wanna Be A Group (1967)

Puckwudgie / Toffe And Tears (1972) #47

You Never Know (1976) (produced by Peter Gabriel)

Super Punk spoof record, 1976)

It has been claimed that Drake was also responsible for Gimme That Punk Junk (also 1976), recorded under the name The Water Pistols), but this may be due to confusion between the two records; Dave Goodman's website refers to the two titles as separate entities. [1], two-thirds of the way down the page

#47 are you having smelling lessons Kevster?

by the way continuing the art theme different strokes for different folks people...

Ahhhhh, I reckon it was My Boomerang.....thanks Kevipaedia!

#37 LOL Darren..



#35 - I was going to say that one too!



Perhaps we should start saying 'not' before each request (it worked for Nic yesterday)or maybe not.....



'usual pleasantries'



mtd ffb xxx

#42 It might have been "You Never Know", Spike. I really don't have a clue, but knowing a little of your musical proclivity, you may have been tempted to buy this, although it was never a hit, but simply because it was produced by PETER GABRIEL. How weird is that?

#53 Thank you sir!



Your GP should be able to remove the dictionary which is lodged in your throat under local anaesthetic.

after yesterdays lack of soul perhaps you could play "behind a painted smile" The Isley Bothers...ever hopeful..

Hi Simon - feel free to use my quasi confession at post # 42.



And please play THE ART TEACHER by the wonderful RUFUS WAINWRIGHT because, after all, you are a Blesspoppet of Radionessity.

How about "Painter Man" by Creation.

"Sabre Dance" by Love Sculpture.

"Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole. "Venus In Blue Jeans" by Mark Wynter.

"Portrait Of My Love" by Matt Munro.

"If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" by anyone.

"Pictures At An Exhibition" by ELP.

Ancient choices, I know.

#54. Thank goodness for that. I was beginning to worry that it might be "Derbyshire Neck". (I bet that reference doesn't send as many bloggers scurrying off site, wiki-ing probably, as your mention of Charlie Drake did.

) That's better. I forgot to close my parentheses.

I've goitre hand it to you Paul, that was good.

#60, and the perrier award goes to...;-)

#58 Derbyshire neck, isn't that what Direby fans have when they say their team is better than Forest?

#62 Much as would like to respond, I cannot, as I am currently looking in a different direction. What is that over there? Oh, it,s a Mr Pearce on FB.

Does anyone else have the keyboard problem I have, where certain characters swap places? i.e. # becomes\, @ becomes" amongst others. It's very confusing.

#64 Yz

#64 Sorry, I mean %$

I aint giving you another perrier, Spike. And stop giving bullets to Kev, he keeps firing them at me! :-)

#64 Are all your Function keys off?



Failing that, prise the keys off and put them in the new amended order!!



Qwerty Shmerty!!!



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#64 - you have the american keyboard layout rather than the UK one. This happened to me on my notebook. You will find the @ sign where the " is on your keyboard (above the 2). I can't remember exactly what I did to correct it but, if you go to the Control Panel and select the regional and language options, you will be able to change the language to English (United Kingdom) this may do the trick.



mtd ffb xxx

#68, Ah, what I like to refer to as the classic Rubiks cube solution, thanks.

#69 Spot on, I will give it a go and let you know what happens, thanks.

Or just use a Mac like all sensible nerds do....



Yip Yip Yibble!

72?

yes!

This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.

Didn't work, but I should be back on the new model next week. #74? Can you see what it is, yet? (Back to Rolf Harris, there. No, Simon)

You see I go away for 10 minutes and the room has turned into the scene from Kindergarten Cop where the 5 yr olds are left to their own devices (it's in Wilts., isn;t it?)



So, we've run out of Art related songs?

And now, the end is near, I have to go, and face my afternoon customers.Lovely lot. If you happen to be one of them, please bring plenty of dosh with you.

I'm not a religious kind of fella, (sorry St David) but how about



HOW GREAT THOU ART



?



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#76. No, we haven't, so I will give one last shout out for "Endless Art" by A House.....



"ENDLESS ART" BY A HOUSE. (If you don't know it,check it out on YT, then you can second it, or poopoo it, I suppose)

Pester power....ENDLESS ART....by A House

I agree with - I only have eyes for you by Art Garfunkel. Also how about Vincent by Don McLean?

cue Kev...

#82 - nope, I'm not going to...mustn;t....can't...NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

...and we're breathing...in ,and slowly let it out.....there, that's better.

aaah, thanks Tickety, I feel much NO better NO now.....

#84 Is Kev giving birth live on the blog?



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OK let's see if this BLOG thing actually works...



SIMON, here is my CONFESSION



"It was the mid 1960's and I used to love playing one of my Dad's 78 rpm records by Charlie Drake. It was a family favourite and we all used to gather round the fire of a Winter evening and enjoy Charlie's chirrupy voice lifting us into a state of family jollity (no doubt we were eating Black Forest Pudding).



I can't remember the title of the record, but it may have been "My Boomerang Won't Come Back", which is somewhat apt as you will see. I looked forward to playing it whenever my parents went out as a special treat because, you see, I wasn't supposed to use the gramophone at all, as I was only 7 and neither the XBox nor Sky had yet been invented.



A brief diversion for your younger listeners goes as follows: 78 rpm records don't exist any more, because they are extremely brittle....



One day during the school holidays, I mischievously crept up to the sacred gramophone cabinet (oak veneer, 2 speakers, 4 legs, etc), selected the prized Charlie Drake record and carefully extracted it from its cardboard sleeve, delicately balanced it on the long spindle so it would just catch as intended.....and pressed the Autostart button.....



And I laughed all the way through, pops, hisses, crackles and all...it was a well loved family favourite, after all.



At the end of Side One of the 78rpm record Charlie would sign off with a chirrupy and avuncular "See you on the other side" and I'd whisk the record up the long spindle of the gramophone, flip it over and re-set the stylus (anyone lost yet with the technical bits?) to enjoy Side Two.



However, on this particular day I was keen to get to Side Two asap (that hadn't been invented either) and I raised the record rather too abruptly......and it caught on the spindly bit ....... and duly snapped in half.....



I was gutted, and then frightened - and as I was on school holiday I had all day to wait for Dad to come home to break the news.



I guess this doesn't quite count as a Confession, as I owned up and Dad was fine about it. My Mum on the other hand flipped her lid!



To this day, I cannot think of Charlie, look at a male swan, or the number 78 (does anyone else have this affliction?) without also thinking about the fact that I had robbed my family of our comedy moment.



So SIMON, please play "No Surprises" by Radiohead, as it has absolutely nothing to do with this story, nor with tonight's song theme.



Bless you one and all, Spike x"

Rightyho peeps,



I'm off. Dogs to walk, puddles to avoid etc. " Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and grey...



Ta ra, Tickety

#86 - no, I think I have Don McLean induced Tourettes...



#87 - Nice one Spike, but I think you have to email it to confessions at bbc dot co dot uk

#89 very funny, I'd forgive you but I'm with Kev on this one. Better send it to the confessions page.



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Thanks all - Done.



Ken Done, isn't he an artist?

Off to the Jazz Cafe in Reading tonight with my good friend Whispering Bob to see Nicky Campbell belt out his new album. Well, I say I'm going with my friend Whispering Bob, more liek he will be there too, in the same room, at the same time...

#92 Careful how you mention Reading there Kev....

#93 - eh?

#94 eh?

Now that's The Big Question when it comes down to Mr Nicky Campbell.



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Kev = Direby, Reading.......4-1 have you no sensitivity?



as for Radio 4's Hmmmmmmmmm news presenter (so awful his name escapes me), that's surely the ultimate dismissive put-down

Paul - Was that ENDLESS ART by A HOUSE?

Spike - Very good..."A job that slowly kills you...bruises that won't heal"...ah, happy days!



Laters taters.



Nic

#96 - Ahh, I see!

I see those Direby crew have been fined £35,000 for failing to control their players. Oh, and so have Forest...

#100?