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MONDAY:

The Seekers "When Will The Good Apples Fall?" or "A World of our Own".

You could include something from the mockumentary "A Mighty Wind" which is the "Spinal Tap" of the folk world.

MONDAY:

Quite difficult as it is really hard to know what is folk, folk rock, country, country rock etc etc!

Anyway...a few suggestions:

Bruce Springsteen - Remember When the Music, This Land is Your Land, or Chimes of Freedom, both live covers (Harry Chapin, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan)

Van Morrison and the Chieftans - Raglan Road, a real favourite

10,000 maniacs - Hello in there (John Prine country or folk?)

Steve Earle - Rivers of babylon

Cheers

Norrie Maclean, Renfrew
John Mellencamo

Oops that was meant to be John Mellencamp - lafayette (making Lucinda Williams folk to suit my purpose as this is a good version!)

For tuesday could I suggest Nirvana's "Come as you are". I think this is fairly appropriate since Nirvana is the heavenly state of being free of suffering and if I ever have to approach the Pearly Gates I'd like to think that a suit, tie and well shined shoes are unnecessary (although if that's what you normally wear you might want to stick with it).

For thursday's show on songwriting can I suggest a small nod of the head towards the Felt pairing of Lawrence and Deebank. Although not together for the whole of Felt's life they certainly created some beautiful sounds together. I'd particularly like to hear "Spanish House".

Other's I'd love to hear which I'm sure you'll get plenty of requests for include the likes of Squire and Brown, Butler and Anderson and Morrisey and Marr.


A folk goes pop suggestion (although it didn't chart as such) is the late Gordon Duncan (one of the greatest pipers of his and many other times) playing AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" - I would love to hear that on the show.

TUESDAY:

"Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" - Tavares.

"My Blue Heaven" - Fats Domino

"You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" - Dionne Warwick.

I am going to have a Simple Minds week this week and for Monday it will be 'Belfast Child' from their 'Street Fighting Years' album.
And while we are in that neck of the woods I would suggest Bryan Ferry's version of the folk song 'Carrickfergus' from 'The Bride Stripped Bare' album.

For TUESDAY, Simple Minds "Soundtrack For Every Heaven "

Also Roxy Music 'Psalm' has many Heavenly references.

MONDAY - The Byrds "Bells of Rhymney", Dick Gaughan "By the People, For the People" (from 'Different Kind of Love Song') if only to prove folkies should stick to what they know best, John Martyn "Spencer the Rover", Half Man Half Biscuit "Paintball's Coming Home" - a re-write of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".

Hi Bryan,

For tonights programme, how about the following although more of a rock group going folk, would be Led Zeppelin with "Gallows Pole".

Martin from Dunfermline

Bryan

A bit hasty! Tonights request amongst others is

Kate Rusby - Daughter of Heaven

as well as....

Trishia Yearwood - Heaven, Heartache and the Power of love

Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven

Sparks - No 1 Song in Heaven

Heaven 17 - Temptation

Bruce Springsteen - All that Heaven Will Allow

The Who - Heaven and Hell

The Clash - Up In Heaven (Not only here)

Jackson Browne - Too Many Angels

Hank Williams - Heaven Holds My Treasures

Nanci Griffith - Heaven

Dylan - Knockin on Heavens Door, , although I must admit a secret like for Gabrielles interpritation in rise!

Cheers

Norrie Maclean, Renfrew

Hi Bryan,

For tonight's heavenly theme can you look out either "Tears in Heaven" form Eric Clapton or Stevie Wonder with "Heaven Help Us All"

Martin from Dunfermline

Wednesday: Thought I'd do a RoxyJohn for today, but concentrate solely on bananas:

"Loving you has made me bananas" - Guy Marks.

"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani...you'd better make sure you have the radio-friendly version!

"Banana Pancakes" - Jack Johnson

"I'm Going Bananas" - Madonna

"30000 Pounds of Bananas" - Harry Chapin

"Yes, We Have No Bananas" - Spike Jones and his City Slickers

"Knock Me A Kiss" - Louis Jordan

Bryan

For tonight a great start to the show would be:
The Cure - Just like Heaven (and, out of interest, this is one of a few songs I know where the title appears only as the last words of the song - others I can think of are Virginia Plain and Up the Junction. Are there enough for a theme?)

Other possibilities:
If paradise is half as nice - Amen Corner
Knocking on Heaven's Door - Dylan
Cheek to Cheek - Sensational Alex Harvey Band ('Heaven, I'm in heaven ....)

Best wishes

Andy

Tavares "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
Amen Corner (or was it Manfred Mann?) "If Paradise is Half as Nice"
Van Morrison "Jacky Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven...)"
Heaven 17 "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry"
Public Image Ltd "And No Birds Sing" (features "This could be heeaaaaaven" repeatedly)

Love the show!

Suggestions for Tuesday

3 Steps to Heaven (Showaddywaddy or Eddie Cochrane)

Halfway to Paradise (Billy Fury)

Heaven (Bryan Adams)

Slainte,
Caoimhin

heaven Knows I'm miserable Know by The Smiths and the magnificent Morrissey


Frodofeet, Las Vegas

It took us some time to think of a song without "heaven" in the title but appropriate for Tuesday's show.
Our suggestion is Deacon Blue's Cover From The Sky which is without Riki Ross's vocals.
Maybe "without" would be a good theme.
Examples Beatles without a Lennon McCartney written song. Queen without Freddy Mercury on lead vocals (year of 39)

How about: Vangelis 'Heaven And Hell'
Mary Chapin Carpenter's 'In My Heaven'
Madeline Peyroux 'This Is Heaven To Me'
Crowded House 'Heaven That I'm Making'
The Monkees 'I'm A Believer' ??

Wednesday Froot

The Cranberries - Zombie

Little Steven and Rueben Blades - Bitter Fruit (so 80's so cheesy.....so good)

Energy Orchard - Sailortown

Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie I'm not your Daddy (did you know the coconuts sang backing vocals on U2 War Album!)

Raspberries - Go all The Way

Johhny Cash and Fiona Apple - Father and Son! Just Brilliant. Cash's weary vocal is incredible.


Cheers

Norrie MacLean, Renfrew

For fruit night what about These Apples by Barenaked Ladies or Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade. At a stretch you could have I like Chinese by Monty Python (the only songs I've ever heard to mention Lychees).

For themes across the week, you could have different styles (or quiet to loud) -Songs with the spoken wordAcapella / harmonies AcousticOrchestras / Choirs

A while back I suggested songs without the title in the song (because I'm a wee bit thick sometimes!) - stuff like, Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell Smells Like Teen - Spirit NirvanaU16 Girls - TravisBlue Monday - New OrderLove to hear this as I'm sure there are loads more!

Hi all

Peaches - The Stranglers

Door in My Face - Fruit eating Bears

Fruit Tree - Nick Drake


Frodofeet, LV

Hi Bryan,

Been looking forward to this one all week.

I missed out on the really short songs and would have suggested "A Small Fruit Song" by Al Stewart, so it's perfect for this evening.
Couple of other choices would be "Coconut" by Harry Nillson and the classic "Blackberry Way" by The Move.

Of course for your younger listeners, you could play something by "Melon Kim!"

Martin in Dunfermline

Hi Bryan. Tried the blog yesterday. maybe did not work? First time trier. Programme is excellent. Where do the guys get their ideas from? Such memories. Here are some of mine. Al Stewart with 'A small fruit song'. (I see that Martin has already suggested that.) Quirky and could have fitted in with the shortest songs, AND the name of the song does not appear in the lyrics! A triple hit! Maybe also birthday boy David Essex, (62 today?) singing Oh! What a citrus? Any songs on the Apple Record label, or some Cream to go with the Strawbs? It is Summer at last after all! Hey, how about Moby Grape or the Rolling (prune) Stones? Another good one is 'Here we go round the Mullbery Bush' by, was it Spencer Davis or Traffic? Cheers Bryan.

Bryan

'A Small Fruit Song' by Al Stewart came to my mind too. It would be nice to hear it. There is also the instrumental 'Once an Orange Always an Orange' from Al. I haven't heard it for many a long year: it might be a bit dull!

Also how about:
Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Grapefruit Moon - Tom Waits
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

Cheers
Andy

A couple of fruity songs-

Bow Wow Wow: Go Wild In The Country (mentions "strawberry milkshake")

Elvis: Ready Teddy (opening lyric "Ready, set, go man go")

Hi Bryan,
I think this is going to be another busy night for you guys. Here's some fruity suggestions for you:

Peaches - The Stranglers
Peaches - The Presidents of the USA
Zombie or Dreams - The Cranberries
Strawberries - The Damned
Central Park - Tangerine Dream
The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin
Fresh Fruit for Rotten Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
Banana Republic - Boomtown Rats
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Little Green Apples - Roger Miller
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Havana Affair - The Ramones (ba-ba-banana, this ain't Havana, do you like bananas....)

Also Anything by Black Grape or Strawberry Switchblade

Cheers.

Songwriters

Jobson / Adamson - Working for the Yankee Dollar (the skids)

Strummer / Jones - Hitsville Uk (The Clash with Ellen Folley)

Steve Cropper / Eddie Floyd - 991/ 2 wont do (Eddie Floyd)

Mort Pomus / Doc Shuman - Little Sister (Ry Cooder version)

Cheers - have really enjoyed this weeks shows!

Norrie MacLean, Renfrew

How about some Morrissey / Marr with maybe There is a Light or How Soon Is Now.

Cheers

Frodofeet LV

Talking of Tangerine Dream, they are playing at the new Edinburgh Picture House (open from sept 2008) on November the 2nd. This is one of their only two UK gigs, the other is at the Forum Kentish town in London the day before.