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Games People Play - Georgia Satellites - No electric sitars, please
Simple Game - Four Tops - No blonde fringes , please

Tuesday

1941 - Harry Nilsson - A great melody
Baby's Liquor'd Up - The Beat Farmers - For the inimitable Country Dick Montana

Wednesday

Needles and Pins - The Searchers - Crafted by singing Congressman Sonny Bono
Something - The Beatles - George Harrison's song catches fire in the middle eight

Thursday

Hanky Panky - Tommy James and The Shondells - Alternated with Paperback Writer on a bus trip to Germany in 1966
My Sharona - The Knack - A big blast from these boys in Boston in 1979

Monday has to include Peter Gabriel: Games Without Frontiers.

But I suppose you could also have
* Phil Harris: Darktown Poker Club
(which I remember from a Readers' Digest album set of 'The Great Stars' my parents had, along with Don't Fence Me In, Cocktails for Two, It's a Sin To Tell A Lie and many other superb tracks)

* Cardigans: My Favourite Game
* Billy Bragg: Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (mmm longjump)
* Pink Floyd: See Emily Play

This is an absolute classic track from one of the great Scottish bands, what an opener this would be for Monday:

The Skids - Circus Games

Monday - Lady GaGa's 'Live At The Cherrytree House' version of 'Poker Face' is different and is really good.

#3

The Card Cheat - T.Clash

Monday - My Perfect Cousin, The Undertones

"He always beat me at Subbuteo, Cos he flicked to kick, And I didn't know"

#6

The 7" single had a picture sleeve of a Subbuteo figure, 'Left Back' I think...

MM The Card Cheat is a fantastic shout!

#3

Agree with yer man there.....Circus Games by The Skids...awesome start to the show

Or what about Perfect Cousin by The Undertones...great reference to Subutteo!

#3, 8 Norrie... We've nearly missed CHARADE

Madmac! You are on form!! Another great one Charade! Charade!

Skids....Snakes and ladders!

#9 Vic see you appreciate The Undertones...

'She's a' Runaround... well it was a TV Gameshow after all CHANGE!

Monday
BATTLESHIPS chains / Georgia Satellites
Head Games / Foreigner
Roulette / Russ Conway (or should that have been last week)


when I was a lad we had a subbuteo league with 8 of us in it. Everyone played each other home and away at each others houses. You got to know whose mums made the best half time sandwiches. Computer Games? Can't compare! So My perfect cousin is a must.

Getting in early for tue as well cos it'll take me the rest of the week to come up with wednesdays

My Declaration / Tom Baxter (Stunning)
Atmospherics (Listen to the Radio ) / Tom robinson
Hi Heel Sneakers / Tommy Tucker

Sonnet / Richard Ashcroft and the Verve
Billericay Dickie / Ian Dury

You'll always hurt the one you love / Clarence Frogman henry
Taxi / Harry Chapin
The love i lost / Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes (Don't dare talk over the intro)

# 11

Aye Norrie, for a change Snakes and Ladders has it.

# 13

Paolo, me to... but no treats btw!

I trust the pitch was pinned onto hardboard, LOL.

Monday

Monopoly on Sorrow - Suicidal Tendencies

Checkmate - Cypress Hill

Chinese Checkers - T.Imperials opposed to Booker T & the M Gs

Football Crazy - Rolf Harris worth a play for his attempt at a Scottish accent

Try - Nelly Furtado

Baseball Cap - Faithless

The Test - T. Chemical Brothers

Peek-a-Boo - DEVO

Rhythm is a Dancer - SNAP

#15
More often than not it was just pinned onto the carpet. We all had player pools with silly names and a transfer budget for buying names from each other. We had a disciplinary system too. If you committed a foul and the other player fell over it was a booking. It broke my heart when I couldn't afford a seven inch single from my pocket money in the weeks I had to buy Glue. At one point my inside right had a huge big blob of glue for a shinbone.

Emdy remember a guy called Tony Monopoly. Remember seeing him win opportunity knocks or new faces or something. I take it he was the only one with that particular surname.

I think he did a eurovision song?

Paolo I must salute your memory - the book I have lists his single as Leave A Little Love, where on earth you pulled that one from! Amazing!!

#20
Dunno, somehere in my darkest recesses. Couldn't have told you what he sang though.

#17

Aye... we renamed our teams also, couldn't repeat them on this forum...

I'm clearing the ancestral pile at present and found my Continental Club Edition circa '72/'73... any offers?

Oop's here comes the Band Leader!

Just googled him and apparently he is no more. Wonder if he passed go on his way to the great hotel in the sky.

#23 on the Old Kent Road or Mayfair?

...or maybe he's just visiting!

Monday - Here's a reminder that somebody (Adam?) mentioned that my request for Stephen BISHOP - 'On and On' for the GIO themed show would be good for a future games theme.

That one will be hard to beat

Good call for Stephen Bishop

My thoughts for the first two days are:

Games

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Love is a losing game - Amy Winehouse
Hold the line - Toto (tug of war?)
One moment in time - Whitney Houston (Olympics theme)
Love is a contact sport - Whitney Houston
Love's a game - Magic Numbers
One Night in Bangkok- Murray Head (from Chess)
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Patience - Take That
Solitaire - The Searchers


Tom Dick or Harry

American Girl - Tom Petty
Help yourself - Tom Jones (a classic)
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Springsteen
Jersey Girl - Tom Waits
Jessie's girl - Rick Springfield (does Rick etc count?)
Chuck E's in love - Rickie Lee Jones
Rikki don't lose that number - Steely Dan
Right here waiting - Richard Marx
The cat's in the cradle - Harry Chapin
It had to be you - Harry Connick Jnr

More to follow


Joe
Linlithgow

Bashing the Bishop.

#29

Better watch it or Hoppo will be away 'self-moderating' again...

# 24 brilliant.

Monopoly is the greatest board game of all. What about an entire theme about the Monopoly streets at some time in the future?

For Monday, I think Wizzard's 'Angel Fingers' is the nearest to Islington we can get to paying the £6 landing fee on the light blues...

DC in Free Parking

MONDAY

'Reynard in Paradise' - Michael Marra


TUESDAY

'Ballad of Ira Hayes' - Richard (Kinky) Friedman


WEDNESDAY

'Bridge Over Troubled Water' - Simon & Garfunkel

Another thought for Monday night: Hollow and Blue by the Sonic Hearts (think hedgehogs).

For Thursday, I wil stick with the two I suggested on 27th May:
Que sera - Diego Torres
Gulf of Mexico - Alabama
plus
Is this love by Bob Marley (played constantly in Antigua 2 years ago)
and I guess you also have to play Summer Holiday by Cliff and the Shadows. We always play it in the car as we head to the airport (and when we went to Antigua I found a fabulous steel band version).

Struggling with middle 8s for now.

Have a good weekend.

Joe
Linlithgow

#33

Well if we're including hedgehogs (and I'm not sure why we would be), then can we have The Incredible String Band's Hedgehog Song.

(note to fans: not that Hedgehog Song, which wouldn't be playable in this slot)

a few for next week

Mon..
PINBALL Wizard ....... The Who
Twisting by the POOL....... Dire Straits

Tues..
Hyperactive ..... THOMAS Dolby
TOM TOM Club ..... Wordy Raping-hood

Wed....
Paul Simon....... Late in the Evening (not strictly 8 bars but when its this good who cares) :O)

Have a good weekend everyone

Frank I D

#35

Frank,

Is that Tom-Tom Club track really suitable for an early evening broadcast?

>8-D

CR - #34 - Sonic the Hedgehog is a classic computer game/character.

Joe
Linlithgow

Monday night - Snakes and Ladders by TV21

Either the original or the version on their new, quite wonderful CD - Forever 22

Why did these guys never make it ? Maybe second time around ?

#35, #36

Maybe it's something to do with agriculture...

Tuesday

Tommy Gun - T.Clash

Tom Sawyer - Rush

Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega

Okay I believe you, but my Tommy Gun don't - Brand New

Dick around - Sparks

Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin

Dick Tracy - T.Skatalites

Richard The Third - Ivor Biggun

Dirty Harry - Gorillaz

Hurry up Harry - Sham 69

Harry Hippie - Bobby Womack

Harry Worth - Elvis Costello

#36
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
Words in papers, words in books
Words on TV, words for crooks
Words of comfort, words of peace
Words to make the fighting cease
Words to tell you what to do
Words are working hard for you
Eat your words but don't go hungry
Words have always nearly hung me
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
Words of nuance, words of skill
And words of romance are a thrill
Words are stupid, words are fun
Words can put you on the run
mots press, mots sens,
mots qui disent la vit?mots maudits, mots mentis,
mots qui manquent le fruit d'esprit
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
Its a rap race, with a fast pace
Concrete words, abstract words
Crazy words and lying words
Hazy words and dying words
Words of faith and tell me straight
Rare words and swear words
Good words and bad words
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
Words can make you pay and pay
Four-letter words I cannot say
Panty, toilet, dirty devil
Words are trouble, words are subtle
Words of anger, words of hate
Words over here, words out there
In the air and everywhere
Words of wisdom, words of strife
Words that write the book I like
Words won't find no right solution
To the planet earth's pollution
Say the right word, make a million
Words are like a certain person
Who can't say what they mean
Don't mean what they say
With a rap rap here and a rap rap there
Here a rap, there a rap
Everywhere a rap rap
Rap it up for the common good
Let us enlist the neighbourhood
It's okay, I've overstood
This is a wordy rappinghood, okay, bye.
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
He'll stop ... Don't stop ... Stop.

Just lots of words s.g.

More for Monday

Silly Games - Janet Kay
Whot! - Captain Sensible
Ludo Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
I Did It With A Dagger in The Hall - Professor Plum

#41 Frank It's Wordy Rappinghood he likes... LOL!

#43

Ahh i see... just my spelling i thought i was getting a row ..getting telt as it were ......felt terrible ;O(

#41

As penned by Wordsworth

DC

#45

He will be rotating in his grave now...

A grave adorned with daffodils...

TUESDAY:

Don THOMAS - 'Come On Train' (the song used in the Visa advert with the guy on crutches)...a bit of Northern Soul never goes amiss.

RICHARD Hawley - 'Tonight The Streets Are Ours'.

HARRY Belafonte - '(Jump in The Line) Shake Shake Senora' (heard at the end of Beetlejuice).

Welcome, Annie McGuire!

(be still, my foolish heart)

Bryan knows even less about football than I do, but Annie knows much, much more.
Which means I can request these, in the sure and certain knowledge that she realises one is a tribute to a goalie, and the other about the fox who ran onto a floodlit pitch in Glasgow's East-end during a Celtic v Aberdeen match.

MONDAY

'Hamish' - Michael Marra

'Reynard in Paradise' - Michael Marra

Whichever song Annie wants to hear is fine by me!









obsequious git

TUESDAY

'A Day to Myself' - Clifford Thomas Ward

WEDNESDAY

'A Day to Myself' - Clifford T. Ward

The things you learn on here. Never realised Cliffird T Ward's middle name was Thomas. Otherwise I would have requested Home thoughts from abroad which amongst others gives a nod to the aforementioned Wordsworth.

Why is The T in James T Kirk always a popular pub quiz question and the T in Clifford T Ward isn't.

Paolo,

I get the feeling that you will soon correct this glaring omission......

>8-D



DC,

If that's Floyd, you can keep it.

Jeezo.............................

MONDAY: GAMES

Roxy Music 'Take A Chance With Me' a great single over-shadowed by the less interesting but better known Avalon & More Than This.

Bryan Ferry 'The Name Of The Game' far from his best. This was co-written by Pat Leonard who co-wrote Live To Tell with Madonna and sounds pretty similar.

J.O'B.

#53

Paulo, I was asked that question once in a pub quiz in the Tiberian peninsula. It was a real Trek getting there but I must say that the pub landlord was very Enterprising that night and made sure that all of us Warped types went to Kirk the next day to make up for our Spocking behaviour. Somebody sneaked a few cases of Rome-ulan ale over the border and we all ended up Mind-Melded!

I'll get my coat...

#48 - Ach Julie, you beat me to it with Richard Hawley, so I`ll just have to second it.

DC & Capt Ramius, well? Was the forecast correct? Or was it flet cawm?

Monday - Caravan "Golf Girl",
Half Man Half Biscuit "All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit" (mentions Subbuteo AND Scalectrix)
Anything by Tony Monopoly.....

#57 Sorry Adam, would think he'll get quite a few requests from others too.

#58. I'll second the Caravan request.

#49
or Foxy Foxy / Mott the Hoopla :-)

#56
Uhura you trying to kid?

#58
Ah another mention for Tony Monopoly. This could be the greatest comeback since Lazarus.

Monopoly would be a good theme right enough. Wonder if we could go right round the board.

#54...????

#57 It wasn't a Force 6 but certainly was coorse for a while. I spoke to someone who had been in Dunbar on Friday night and they said they had had little sleep on account of the swell in the harbour attempting to drive the keel through the hull of the boat each time they hit the bottom

#60 I'll start the game off with 'Go Now' - Moody Blues

DC

ok next up
Don't Care / Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland's alter ego)

I'll need to check google images to see what's the next square

Two more for Monday:

* Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under the Bridge
* Clannad: The Bridge that Carries Us Over

Don't know if I mentioned, but when I retire, I'm going to go back and do my M.Litt in ethnomusicology, on Scottish Football Songs.

#62, Taxman - The Beatles

DC

Monday:

'Tumbling Dice' - The Rolling Stones
'Transformer Man' - Neil Young

#64 John Hiatt - Riding With The King

# 11 Snakes and Ladders wisnae The Skids, it was TV21.

The two bands did play Ayr Pavilion in Dec. 1980 (TV21 were support)in one of the best concerts I've been to. A Woman In Winter was the current Skids single and they played it at twice cos they were running out of encores - truly brilliant night.

Good to read about the Subbuteo leagues..remember the difficulties of away games ? One venue would be burny knees and a shag pile carpet, the next could be Posh Peter who actually did play Table Soccer on a table - unheard of down here !!

Hey Annie, tell James - Airdrie 0 Ayr 1, Airdrie 0 Ayr 1, Airdrie 0 Ayr 1

Monday...Snakes and Ladders...TV21

#67

What a brilliant excuse for 'burny knees'! Do you mind if I borrow it?

#67 Must be same title different song. The skids track was on the free lp which came with initial copies of the Absolute Game lp. I have not heard of TV21 but will check them out, when I saw the Skids on that tour it was The Books who supported, briliant brilliant gig.

Thanks for the pointer!

Cheers
Norrie

ps I would still really really love to hear Circus Games as they opened the gig with that and it was just a fabulous moment for me. Never forgotten it.

#69

Norrie is correct - the TV21 track is completely different. Just happens to have the same name.

#70

Norrie - here is is:

Some more for monday

Sky High / Jigsaw

or
Blockbusters / Sweet
Peever / Peggy Lee
Twister the night away / Sam Cooke

Next square:

'Crying in (White)Chapel'

DC

Easy ones for the next 2 squares :
Eurythmics There Must Be An 'Angel'
then
ABBA Take A 'Chance' On Me

#67

Geezer, if you're interested the Skids freebie was entitled 'Strengh Through Joy' & the track Norrie & I are alluding to is the 2nd track on side two, the Virgin Records Cat. No. VDJ33B

Full track listing is as follows...

Side 1
An incident in Algiers
Grievance
Strengh Through Joy
Filming Africa

Side 2
A Man for All Seasons
Snakes and Ladders
Surgical Triumph
The Bell Jar

You never know you just might be able to find a copy.

#76

Obviously its 'Strength through Joy' I was meaning to say...

GTG

Next two squares

Mama Euston Say / Junior
Pentonville and pavement / Heaven 17

A town called Pallmallice / Jam
pink on white halls / Paul weller
Northumberland Gap / Lonnie Donegan

(Marleybone) Station to Station - David Bowie
medicine BOW - Waterboys
Andys CHEST - Lou Reed

Monday - Games:
The Winner - Gregory Isaacs
Hello Loser - Bobby Goldsboro
Roll The Dice - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Play This Game - Utopia
Rook - XTC
Break The Rules - Status Quo
Solitaire - The Carpenters
Pretending To Care - Todd Rundgren
Lazy Poker Blues - Fleetwood Mac
Snakes and Ladders - Joni Mitchell
Playing Possum - Carly Simon
Rise Of The Pontoon - Do Me Bad Things
House Of Cards - UK Subs
Chinese Checkers - Booker T. & The MG's

#73 - Jigsaw a game, Paulo?

World in Motion - New Order

It's supposed to be about the world cup of football and England in particular, but the references are fairly subtle and it's a good song that can be enjoyed by other Brits and non sports fans.

#82
Did you never play sky high. Someone boots the ball as high as they can and first one to catch it gets a point and gets the next kick, or was that hust a game my dad made up......

I should have suggested jigsaw on DIY night.

Missed saturday's show and just listened again. Really funny when Babs dug out Bring the boys home instead of comfortably numb. I could just visualise Bryan with his WTF face on. Ah the slick midweek professionalism went right oot the windae at the weekend. Still, they've promised to get comfortably numb on early this saturday and a verbal contract is legally binding under getiton law is it not?

Nah. Babs makes up the rules as she goes along.

>8-D

All Comfortably Numb bets were off as soon as she said its a short song!

DC will disown me but I like the Waters / Van Morrison /Band version frm the Wall Concert in Berlin (1990?. Van is still performing the song live.

Tuesday - Tom, Dick, Harry:
Tom Tom - Iggy Pop
Dick Around - Sparks
Break The Night With Colour - Richard Ashcroft
Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel
Hurry Up Harry - Sham 69
Voice Of Harold - R.E.M.
Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer

Wednesday - Great Middle Eights:
Sowing The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears
Rubber Bullets - 10cc
In Too Deep - Genesis
Live And Let Die - Wings
Silly Love Songs - Wings
This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
Vienna - Ultravox
Up All Night - Take That
The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - The Carpenters

#84 - Hmmmmmmmmmm, jury's out on that body swerve. Still, it would be good to hear the song.

One more for tonight:
"Kerplunk!" - Sherbet

The full Monopoly board:

Go Now - Moody Blues
Don't Care - Klark Kent
Andy's Chest - Lou Reed
Crying in Whitechapel - Elvis
Taxman - Beatles
Kings Cross - Pet Shop Boys
There must be an Angel - Eurythmics
Take a chance on me - Abba
Mama Euston say - Junior
Pentonville and pavement - Heaven 17
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
A town called Pall Mallice - Jam
Electric Avenue Eddy Grant
Pink on Whitehalls Paul Weller
Northumberland Gap Lonnie Donnegan
Marylebone Station to Station David Bowie
Medicine Bow Waterboys
Andys Chest Lou Reed
Lord Marlborough Fairport Convention
One for the Vine Genesis
All right now Free (Parking)
Do the Strand Roxy Music
Chance Big Country
Burn the Fleet Thrice
Trafalgar Bee Gees
Crazy Chick Charlotte (Fen)Church)
Jeffrey goes to Leicester Jethro Tull
Coventry Chicks on speed
Here come the waterworks I Farm
Piccadilly Squeeze
(Go to) Jailbait Wishbone Ash
Regent of damnation Barathrum
Oxford Town Bob Dylan
Dark chest of wonders Nightwish
Theme to James Bond Monty Norman Orchestra
In Liverpool Suzanne Vega
Park (Lane) Life Blur
Super(tax) Trouper Abba
Mayfair - Millie

DC

DC,

You have way too much free time. Any more of this and we shall have to refer you to the Monopolies Commission!

>8-D

#91, #92

Are ye nae prefairin the Aiberdeen version?



:-)

If I told you I had a Cellardyke version thirty years ago, I would be making myself open to breach of copyright.

So I didn't...

;-)

DC

There aren't enough streets in Cellardyke! I'd set it in Anster - I couldn't pass the chippy without going!

Anster??? (Cough, splutter...) We didn't have 'Go to jail', we had 'Go to Anster'!

There were enough streets, even way back then. Four bus stops, a Community Council and a Chancers section (each with their own wee tale before the punchline fine or reward)

But I didn't do that of course because it was against the rules

#85 and 86
Ha ha lads! "all midweek professionalism went out the window" ...I'm impressed you thought it was there midweek! But a promise is a promise so I'll sort out the Floyd track for Saturday....that is unless I forget!

Enjoy Annie tonight..who knows maybe she is a secret Jethro Tull fan!
MissBabs x

So, Annie, you went to school with Colin.

This would be, what, four, maybe five years ago?










blandiloquent git

Annie, Babs has suggested that you are well disposed towards the music of our very own Ian Anderson.
After Chas and Dave, anything is possible!

'Play in Time' - Jethro Tull









optimistic git

Is Babs working tonight?

I could have sworn I heard Mandi.................

>8-D