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I hear what everyone is saying about intros or no intro. I struggled to think of any song without an intro until I took the definition of the first thing heard is a vocal. Even if the no intro theme is not going to happen again then the Vocal First would be a goer surely.

The shows have been great this week, my daughter KirstyFromStonehaven were in the car on Monday on our way to buy cards and presents for her Mum's, my wife's Fiona's birthday today, when we heard her first mention. Brilliant moment, thanks. Happy Birthday Fiona.

Is it too late to suggest Happy Talk from either Captain Sensible or from the South Pacific LP that everyone's Mum and Dad seemed to possess when I was a kid.

I agree re vocals and was glad the G.I.O. Team saw fit to post some kind of disclaimer due to what I suspect was increasing levels of ambiguity prior to last night...

It was always going to be one of those difficult themes I suspect and fair play to Mandi for attempting to rein in the Marathon Man on occasion.

Lastly, I was lucky enough to be spared South Pacific...

I could follow that biker's bum here there and everywhere, if she'd take a chance on me; I'd make sure she was never on a road to nowhere. Man, I could have such fun recycling her tyres till I was tired oot.

''An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. It is a prime determinant of the sense of subjective well-being and appears to play a central role in many human activities.''

Man, you're losing me here.

Is it OK to like biker's bums?

Tried a few times to post this....

I had started to rattle on about how good Mr Joe Browns choices were all week but anyway I think I have a few great suggestion for themeless Thursday

pp Arnold - the first cut is the deepest, she was played a couple of weeks ago with her great version of Angel of the Morning and this is every bit as good.

Put Up The Flag - Steven Lindsay from his great album Kite

Justin Currie - Not So Sentimental Now from his brilliant brilliant album What is Love For

Tift Merritt - Something To Me from another great recent album Another Country

Killers - Human I have only heard this a couple of times but its really good

Gene Clark - Life's Greatest Fool from his brilliant post Byrds album, No Other

Dream baby Dream - Springsteen and Drive In Saturday - Morrissey, both covers and both I think only available on vinyl but I am sure the beeb must have copies and either would be sensational to hear on the radio

My final suggestion is a track which Bryan almost played a few weeks ago but I think ran out of time

Van Morrison - Till I Gain Control Again, the Rodney Crowell song which Van really does justice to, I think it is a great version of a great song.

I sincerely hope everyone has a great weekend.

Cheers

Norrie MacLean, Renfrew

woodsidewullie, Re: Is it OK to like biker's bums?

My baby-sister's boyfriend is a Hells Angel. Would you like me to ask him on your behalf?

Pretty hard to come up with suggestions when there is no theme... However, I'll just throw out some of my fun favourites!

The Wee Cooper Of Fife - Burl Ives (yes - amazingly, it's true!!!)
Da Da Da - Trio
Tutti Frutti - Trio (it's a fantastic version!)
Mana Mana - The Muppets
My Science Fiction Twin - Elvis Costello
Oh, Lady Be Good (Scat Version) - Ella Fitzgerald
The Robots - Kraftwerk
The Riddle - Nick Kershaw
Owl And The Pussycat - Donovan
Obla Di, Obla Da - The Beatles
Blue Moon - The Marcels

Is it just me: did the original cover of Fat Bummed Lassies previously feature the same costume, or is this a bit of ´óÏó´«Ã½ censorship? If so, can you please arrange for the Beeb to apply the same censorship to the song as well! And the rest of the Queen ouevre if at all possible.

Disgusted of Tongland Wells

The cheek!

That cracked me up.

Cheek indeed! Woolies banned the original sleeve so it was changed. The lp came with a naughty poster tsk tsk. It was my brothers I swear........

Kene

Great to hear you are still in the land of the living, eclectic eh! sure that was the music and not the Doctors Beat & Clap.

Best wishes for a very speedy recovery.

They could play any Queen track any night every night and it would be brill.

After 'Sheer Heart-Attack' it was all downhill.

HFG,

Here's to your temerity, can't, couldn't & never will appreciate them.

Hey SG,

Called on "A passion play" for you last night...

"You were right..."

You might care to listen to Helloween's cover of Locomotive Breath

Hey MadMac - you managed to get an ampersand int your blog! What manner of Merlinesque wizardry has allowed you to manage this impressive feat?

LOL! Jim, it would now appear to be the letter between j and l that cannot be posted. I am not joking! Eh in capitals anyway I'll check so excuse next crazy blog....

Nope cannot do that letter in standalone. Now its just Joe Brown. Boo

Jim,

Dunno... just type like a demon in case the link drops before I can post to the blog...

Hold down the Up arrow with the ampersand key...

madmac,
Thanks for the recommendation, and for the request!
I'm not very good with modern technology. Emails and writing comments on this blog is pretty much my limit, but I'll try to check it out.

Norrie,
This wee glitch must be very recent. My requests for Wednesday and Thursday both contained the letter between J and L

Maybe it's down to madmac's ampersand. Not that I'm suggesting sabotage.
Heaven forbid.

Do we have a Quisling in our midst? Maybe Mandi by another name?????? ;-)

Just joking - in case anyone takes offence! LOL

Adam in Rio is an anagram of I Or A Mandi

Are you thusly implicating yourself?

Spooky!

scotc-git,

I don't believe for one moment that your sister’s boyfriend is a Hell’s Angel. I liked the above photae. What is your problem with that?

Oh! We gotta rock it round the world
Oh! We gotta save it from gumphrells
Oh! We gotta share it with ourselves
That Biker Blonde
She makes my rocker rock right on.

Mandi - this has to be the strangest thread yet! Woodsides posts certainly made me chuckle!

a profanity filter! whow, I spent quite a bit of time trying to get that post on as well!

Now then....responsible, measured.....

woodsidewullie,
He is, and I don't have a problem with your predilection.
Your question was open to interpretation, so I had a wee chuckle at your expense.
If I have caused offence I apologise. There was no intention to do so.

S-g

madmac,
I can't find that Helloween cover of Tull. Do you know the album's title?

Getting a suggestion for Next Monday in before I forget it - it's an age thing :-)

Gilbert Becaud - "A Little Love and Understanding". My late father loved this record and it reminds me of Sunday lunchtimes, after Church and before Granny-visiting...he would play this over and over again and would always chuckle at the bits where Gilbert chuckles...which makes me chuckle to think of it. The words are pretty apt for the first part of Monday's show. Did you know?...Gilbert Becaud wrote the original French versions of "Let it be Me" and "What Now My Love" and he co-wrote "Love on the Rocks".

Another good reason to play this song is to give Bryan the chance to indulge his well loved hobby of pronounciation of foreign names.

Hey Mad Mac

Maybe that's a future thread: "Hellishly Over-Rated Bands / Singers". My list starts:

Queen
Coldplay
The Stone Roses
Annie Lennox
The Eurythmics
Any Scottish band of the 80s post-Associates
Stevie Wonder

I'm willing to argue the toss (except in respect of Queen and Ms Lennox)

Hee hee Harry.....how long have you got! That could be a long long list!!

and will anyone be brave enough to put the Smiffs on their list?

I think you just have Julie!!

I was merely wondering...not participating.

am I allowed back in yet. Been lonely out here just me, a plectrum & a 1970s Washburn electro acoustic!

Where have you been Paul - you were not bansihed were you?

On overrated bands you will get no argument from me on queen, I did hear them once referred to as a glitter band and that I think sums them up. I don't hate them, and there are one or two of their tracks that I quite like (I personally think 39 was the best things they ever did), but that's it. As for the rest of the list again can't really argue. To be hoinest most bands / singers, like most footballers, are overrated. The only bands / singers I think I have managed to revisit time and time again are Beatles, Stones (before they got crap), Dylan, van Morrison, Springsteen, Marvin Gaye and the like. There are lots of records by other artists that I like and indeed love, but can they do it for more then a couple of tracks? Currently I am liking Frightened Rabbit and Glasvegas which I recently discovered, but will they make the second album etc.

NB Gutted that Bryan played Promised Land and I missed it. Note that it does start with music, but that's no intro, that's straight into the meat! And he also played Ted Hawkins and I missed that as well.

NB THis blogging is getting quite addictive.

Has Bryan ever done a first record bought theme? I'll own up to Everlasting Love by Love Affair, and yes I still like it, Steve Ellis had a great voice. In fact I am rather protetcive of that record and would beat that little s##t Cullum to death for his wrecking of it. Possibly could have first record actually bought, and what I really should have bought if I'd been really trendy and / or musically aware, might have to research that myself.

Take it Jamie is going on the over-rated list then HoppoLocust!

There's overrated and there's Cullum, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and the like who go past overrated and are just an affront to the concept of music. If Bush wants to sort out Al Quaeda he should have the aforementioned played throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan and bin laden and the rest would bayonet themselves to death in a matter of hours!

Hops! Go wash your mouth out! Agree with a lot of what you say (and I would throw Inxs and the Proclaimers into the pot - I used to like them until I started listening to GIO), but you can leave Miss Estefan out of it! She's not only a great singer but a fine looking woman too. She could have my babies.

Dire Straits
The Police....

There would be a lot of debate, but I think my radio would start bleeding half an hour in.

Hi SG,

The afore mentioned was on a Classic Rock freebie no.7 and according to the notes credited to Castle Music Ltd no album reference, sorry I cannot supply any more info.


Hey Harry,

Oh, yes... sounds like a theme all right.

I would not argue that with you over Coldplay or the any of others for that matter, AFR is spot on re Craig and Charlie Reid also.

There is an indispensable core of artistes that do get a regular airing... I cannot help but suspect this is solely to keep in with the moral majority... so much, for the G.I.O. ethos. I believe it to be more prevalent when Barbara is on the show... Sorry Barbara but Mandi does seem to grant a wider spectrum and no, I am not asking for the Barry Gary Orchestra & the Captain Scarlet Theme...

Maybe a wee blast of E.C. is called for in the near future...

Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice cause they think that its treason
So you had better do as you are told
You better listen to the radio
As for this week
Thursday TV Themes ? Musters Theme Tune by the Escalators

Let us wait and see shall we...

Incidentally, did you know there is a promised Christmas night for the good and the great, I wonder what the table plan is starting to look like?

Hey Madmac and SG its Metal Jukebox. I only know this as it also has a cover of Space Oddity.

Cheers Norrie, could not stand by & see SG suffer.

P.S. What a t-- I meant to say Barry Gray Orchestra previously...

Norrie and Madmac,
Thanks for your help. Had a wee listen. It was...............interesting.


P.S. Barry Gary is a big improvement, I think.

Mad Mac

Sorry to disappoint - blasting days are over.

Adam+frpm_rio I would agree that Estefan is a fine looking woman and also the babies thing, and even that she has a good voice, but her records are dire. Let's be honest there are many fine voices out there but very few are used well. As for the procalimers, I will admist a soft spot for them, but they are overplayed. Anyway I see that they are re-recoding 'I Hava a Dream' this afternoon and I think that's like a proclaimers song, if you only hear it every so often, and at the right times it's a belter, hear it too often and it starts to grate.

Hi EC, not looking to put you on the spot!

The E C referred to was Elvis Costello and the sentiment of his and the Attractions Radio radio...