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A suggestion for Monday
I have to thank Janice Forsyth for playing this some time last year, it's a 4 minute tour of Germany

I've been everywhere - Jackie Leven

Monday Night, greatest places ?

In The Ayr Tonight......Phil 'Gorilla' Collins

#2

Brilliant!

This other version is also excellent though:



:-)

Ah ken fine weel, but it's too funny to leave languishing on a deid threid.



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MONDAY

'Budapest' - Jethro Tull


Bryan,
Please don't discard this one out of hand. Taken from what is arguably the most accessible of Tull's albums, (Crest of a Knave), this is what Dire Straits wished they could sound like.


I implore you, listen to it first......................











.............then discard it.

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TUESDAY

'Life's Been Good' - Joe Walsh

#5

I am sure you will get your wish.

WEDNESDAY

'Backwards' - Rascal Flatts

You lose it all, you're left with nothing......then you get it all back again!

#4 Scotch it really is a classic.

Monday:

Will be away Sun-Tue but will probably listen later so...considering where I will be visiting, and the fact that rain is forecast, I'll go for 'All The Umbrellas in LONDON' by The Magnetic Fields.

#7

Jim,

Let's mess with his mind anyway. We've tried begging and pleading.

>8-D


#9

Norrie,
An American gentleman left the link on another ´óÏó´«Ã½ blog. I must have missed that episode.

I know it is the track listed in his intro to the theme but...

I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris - Morrissey

absolute cracker of a Morrissey single and a standout on the recent shows.

Some others

Paris - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (great track from the self titled 1979 album)

Rome Wasn't Built In A Day - Morcheeba (again a great single and a great vocal from Skye, might be a good Saturday night track too!)

Days In Europa - Skids (worth a try)

Berlin - Lou Reed (great track but not fun)

Cheers

Norrie

Scotch I went on to youtube to listen to that song it is good.

Mind you its still playing......

#13, #14

What's your point, caller?!?

It's a two-hour show. They won't miss ten minutes............

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Very true Scotch and if they can play Comfortably Numb as promised to DC at 6:21....mind you maybe it was the single edit at 0:00 that got played?

Hi all
Have to echo Norrie's sentiments re the Morrissey track for Monday's show, it really is pure Moz class and was brilliant live!

Monday
Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole
Paris Is Burning - Ladyhawke

Tuesday
Material Girl - Madonna
Just What I Always Wanted - Mari Wilson

And a couple for the montage; Barcelona for Monday and Big Red GTO for Tuesday (It was all about a sports car after all wasn't it??!)

Maria

Hope your holiday was good Maria??

Monday

Dixie Chicken - Lille Feat
Bergen The USSR - Beatles
On The Bordeaux - The Eagles
Walk Away Renee - Billy Prague
Cold Desert - Kings of Lyon
Save the Last Gdansk For Me - Drifters
Marseilles - Joni Mitchell

MONDAY

'(We're Not) The Jet Set' - John Prine & Iris DeMent

Namechecks Athens, Paris and Rome.

WEDNESDAY

'All Through The Night' - Cyndi Lauper

'Guys Do It All The Time' - Mindy McCready

'We All Fall In Love Sometimes' - Elton John

#20 Scotch - great track from two of the best!

I also think Iris DeMents Wasteland of The Free would be a great track for Tuesday. If Springsteen wrote that song everyone would be raving about it.

Well not everyone but you know what I mean!!

Monday
The Show Moscow On / Three Dog Night

The American hit of Leo Sayers debut hit done in a similar style but with much more of a circus feel. Would love to hear it on GIO.

Hand Pragues and Gladrags / Joe Cocker
Venice / Shocking Blue
Lovely Riga / Beatles
Damn I Wish I was Your Lover / Sofia B Hawkins
Mickey / Toni Basel
Have a Nice day / Stereophonics
Berne Baby Berne / Ash
Banana Split / Dickies
Living on a Prayer / Bonn Jovi
Tell Laura I love her / Ricky Valencia

and eh
Valetta are you betta are you well well well!

A few first thoughts for the week ahead....

European Cities

Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Paris - Tacks the boy disaster
Take my breath away - Berlin
(Nice Dream) - Radiohead
Wouldn't it be nice - Beach Boys
It's a hard life wherever you go - Nanci Griffith (Belfast)
Rotterdam (or anywhere) - Beautiful South
Mon amant de Saint-Jean - Lucienne Delyle

Excess

Money for nothing - Dire Straits
Loaded - Primal Scream
Life in the fast lane - The Eagles
I want it all - Queen
Rock star - Nickleback
A glass of champagne - Sailor
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Too good to be true - Andy Williams
Other too endless - Polly Scatterwood

All or nothing

Less than zero - Elvis Costello
All the way - Sinatra
All the young dudes - Mott the Hoople
All that heaven wil allow - The Mavericks
All the way home or Drive all night - Springsteen
All these things I've done - The Killers
All you ever wanted - The Black Keys
Nothing man - Springsteen
Nothin' - Robert Plant/Alison Krauss
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss

Have a good weekend

Joe
Linlithgow

Monday
Goodbye Toulouse - T.Stranglers with a fab middle 8
London Lady - T.Sranglers
Nice In Nice - T.Sranglers
Party in Paris - U.K. Subs
Rome - Horace Andy
Amsterdam - David Bowie
Wonderful Copenhagen - Danny Kaye
Berlin - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club C'mon get it on!
Berlin - Barclay James Harvest
Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk Mentions a few stations!
OR
Senor Coconut's cover of the above for all you salsa types...

#22
Norrie, you are a genius!

'TUESDAY'

'Wasteland of the Free' - Iris DeMent (in support of oor Norrie)




I salute your discernability!

Monday

Look What I Found - Paul Williams - A great song about Rome
Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon - The Nice - Outlawed by the European Fruit Directive. I suppose the Karelia Suite's out of the question.

Tuesday

Porcelain Monkey - Warren Zevon - There's some irony in Zevon commenting on Elvis's lifestyle
What Do You Want From Life? - The Tubes - Remember you're ahead of two thirds of the world if you're wearing shoes

Wednesday

Play It All Night Long - Warren Zevon - A tribute to Skynyrd and the South
All I Want Is You - Roxy Music - Bad boy Bryan doesn't want to learn about etiquette

Thursday

Children should be seen and not heard

#28 Glen:



:-)

#29

The antidote to Queen

Monday - European Cities:
Hamburg Song - Keane
Sunshine On Leith - The Proclaimers
King Of Rome - Pet Shop Boys
Copenhagen - Scott Walker
Barcelona - Freddy Mercury & Montserrat Caballe
London Town - Paul McCartney
Amsterdam - Al Stewart
Berlin - Barclay James Harvest
The Manchester Rambler - The Dubliners
Hyde Park (London) - Tangerine Dream
A Paris - Yves Montand
European Legacy - Jethro Tull

Tuesday - Opulence And Excess:
From Rags To Riches - The Blue Nile
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
It's All Too Much - Steve Hillage
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
I Want It All - Queen
Everybody Wants It All - Liberator

Wednesday - All Or Nothing:
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
Lay All Your Love On Me - Abba
Tribute - Tenacious D
All Apologies - Nirvana
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Everything Must Go - Steely Dan
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings

Monday

Gaudi Tae - Steeleye Span
Batllo By Golly Wow - Stylistics

#34

Maybe something by Jethro Hull as well?

Monday EUROPEAN CITIES

Roxy Music's 'A Song For Europe' (nothing to do with the Eurovison contest)
The live version on 'Heart Still Beating' is pretty good (about the only track I like on a fairly limp Roxy live album) There is also a really good version on the 2001 re-union tour live album Roxy Live



J.O'B.

Second old Roxers on Song for Europe.

Another for Monday-

Dance with Me - Orleans.

Got to number 6 in the US charts in 75 but despite huge amounts of airplay on Radio 1 never made the charts over here. I guarantee you all know it as soon as you hear it. It`ll take you back (if you were around back then of course).

Great call on Ladyhawke's "Paris Is Burning" for Monday, Maria -- such a fantastic pop song. I'll be dancing at my desk if Bryan plays that one!

Rich in North Carolina

Monday - what about 'Amsterdam' by Jacques Brel? Or 'Sunshine on Leith'? Wednesday - is 'all or nothing' by the Small Faces just too obvious? PLEASE not the song with the same name by the execrable westlife.

#39

Hugh - I suggested Sunshine On Leith for Monday! My all time favourite Proclaimers tune.

I know I am going to be seen as an old grump but surely the point of the theme is cities in Continental Europe? Or is there another Leith that I don't know about?

#41

Norrie - Isn't Scotland in Europe? :-)

As far as I know Jim of course it is and the rest of mainland UK but the overall theme of 30 days in europe.....ah to hell

Glasgow Girl - Rodney Crowell!!

Je sais Le Havre. Ou est Le Ith?

Isn't he the son that once shone there?

Sunshine on leith? What again? Had it quite recently did we not.
Besides if we're including Scottish towns I think there's a wee thread from not too many moons ago that DC would be reviving.

Adam I remember the Orleans track. Which reminds me of another classic quiz question. If Noahs Ark was made of wood what was joan of arc maid of? (Ok it works better in audio)

incidentally Earl Klugh does a great instrumental version of dance with me if you get the chance to check it out.

By the way I'll second Berlin / Barclay james Harvest and Amsterdam / Bowie

I did think about Amsterdam but thought it might have been seen as a bit risque for the slot?

I digress but Bowies version of Brel's My Death on Santa Monica is out of this world.

Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam, oh but thats new York so nope. Oops.

# 46, so 'I love the sound of Brechin glass' qualifies?

Braw

My Monday suggestion is anything from 'Live in Gdansk' by David Gilmour, but especially 'Fat old sun'.....

;-)

Dunbar was good by the way. Pity CaptainR couldn't get in for a pint. We made up for it and had a cracking sail back today

DC back in Cellardyke.

#50

Wednesday

A S All ty Dog - Procul Harum

Monday - "Amsterdam" Scott Walker, "Dublin in the Green" The Dubliners, "Nice in Nice" The Stranglers, "Cannes the Cannes" Suzi Quatro

Some wonderful suggestions for Monday that I'm seconding:

* Jackie Leven: I've Been Everywhere (a Germany version of the Johnny Cash classic, with a whole verse of Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-(etc))
* Steve Earle (and the wonderful Sharon Shannon): Galway Girl
* Lloyd Cole: Lost Weekend

And some new ones:
* Sigur Ros: Milano
* June Tabor: The King of Rome (pretty sure it's not the same as the Pet Shop Boys track)
* Sawdoctors: All the Way From Tuam
* They Might Be Giants: Road Movie To Berlin
* The Nice: America
* U2: Miss Sarajevo (although the George Michael version would be preferable)
* Madness: The Return of the Las Palmas 7
* Shooglenifty: Two Fifty To Vigo (although the theme to Radio Scotland's Gardening programme might be out of place on GiO)

Some Petula Clark would work...

Wanted to avoid UK cities, but couldn't resist:
* Fairport Convention: London River
* Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill

Are we counting Egypt in this (hey, Eurovision spreads its net further...)? If so, then we could have any one of the [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator] 899 songs about Memphis (390k PDF download), including:
* Paul Simon: Graceland

Anyone looking for inspiration might be helped by .

#49
Could have:
* They Might Be Giants: Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
which namechecks Old New York/New Amsterdam

#50
Yeah, shame I was being dragged elsewhere. Although I seem to have a hangover anyway today.

Monday
The Paris Match / Style Council
Pain Killer / Turin Brakes
Munich / Corinne Bailey Rae's live lounge version of the Editors Hit

Tuesday
Gold / John Stewart
How Bout Us / Champagne
If I Had a Million Dollars / Barenaked Ladies
Everything that glitters is not gold / Dan Seals
Diamonds in the Mine / Leonard Cohen
Sweet Mary / Wadsworth Mansion
Rags to Riches / Tony Bennett

Wednesday
Apologies for the list but it's just tooooooooooooo hard.

We're all alone / Boz Scaggs
Giving it all away / Roger Daltrey
Kiss you all over / Exile
Pretty maids All in a row / Eagles
It's all up to you / Jim capaldi
I don't mind at all / Bourgeois Tagg
All along the watchtower / The singing hoover
All men are hungry / Cockney rebel
Let it all blow / Dazz Band
It's all Gone / Chris Rea

I had a few NOTHING songs but none of them are as good as the ALL songs.

Does this mean my glass is half full?

#57

Paulo - switch to a glass half the size and you'll be laughing.

For Monday

Berlin - Fischer Z
Dusseldorff - Regina Spektor
Amsterdam - John Cale
Telephone Call from Istanbul - Tom Waits
Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols
He Went to Paris - Jimmy Buffet
Paris Bells - Marianne Faithful

and if we're having a song about Barcelona then Rufus Wainwright, should you opt for the pretentious twaddle song then please play it last so I don't miss a chiunk of the show when I turn to a CD or another station.

#44

Donnez-moi le ith de Alfredo Garcia

DC

TUESDAY:

Phil Manzanera 'Diamond Head'

When are we getting a theme for solo albums from band members who are not the front men/main singer.

Phil Manzanera
Gerge Harrison
Keith Richards
Slash
Gary Kemp
Mick Karn
Andy Mackay

WEDNESDAY

ROXY MUSIC:

The Thrill Of It ALL
ALL I Want Is You
If It Takes All Night
(These 3 songs are ALL on the same side of one album 'Country Life)

BRYAN FERRY:

All Tomorrows Parties. (Cover of Velvet Underground)
All Along The Watchtower (Cover of Bob Dylan)
All I Really Want To Do (Cover of Bob Dylan)
It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Cover of Bob Dylan)
All Night Operator (If viagra had an advert on TV this would be the soundtrack)

Thursday

The entire Roxy Music album 'For Your Pleasure' if my niece at Alva Acadamy keeps to her part of the bribe ;-)

#63
Alternative title for this: Tracks/artistes that have been constantly requested for months without success.

1st hour of the show: Roxy Music, Ferry alternating
2nd hour of the show: Tull, Floyd, Bragg on rotation.

It'll be an ejucashun for them, right enough.

TUESDAY

'She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)' - Jerry Reed



#64

We need a repeat of the 'Long Songs' theme. Bands who do not, as a general rule, release singles tend towards album tracks which are far more time consuming than the standard, 3 minute bite-sized chunk.

Monday:

A GREAT Jethro Tull track for tonight... 'Hot Night in Budapest'... or do we still have a Tull embargo??????

Peter Starstedt: Where Do You Go To My Lovely (Naples, Juan-les-Pins, Saint Moritz)

The Saw Doctors: All The Way from Tuam

.... go on Brian... get some 'Tull' on... you only live once....

#64 Roxy Ferry have been played a few times and for that I am grateful but usually the singles. There are a lot of album tracks I have requested in themes but never had played.

There seems to be a bit of a problem with the listen again feature. Having been unable to hear saturday's show I've just listened again and was looking forward to hearing Floyd's Comfortably Numb as promised by Babs last week. Unfortunately this part of the show seems to be missing from the listen again feature. Was this due to a technical hitch or what?

Good to hear the Kane Gang though. Much underrated band.

#68

Q. "Was this due to a technical hitch or what?"

A. What.

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#67

This is one track I have tried in many themes to be played on GIO.
Dave Gilmour did a similar version after Ferry but couldn't pull it off the way Ferry has put emotion into every phrase in this Shakespeare Sonnet. I have asked for this track to be played during communion at my funeral but I hope that is a wee while a way yet.

Bryan Ferry
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

#70, At this rate, we'll all be off the planet before we get any Floyd / Gilmour / Tull played......

DC

Roxy John

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a lack of Ferry,


Macbeth - John Cale
Richard III - Supergrass
What A Piece Of Work Is Man - from Hair
Here In Heaven - Sparks
Brush Up Your Shakespeare - Cole Porter
Ophelia - The Band
King Lear's Blues - John Simon
King Lear & his Three Daughters - Ewan McColl
Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) - The Birthday Party
The Soundtrack to the Forbidden Planet - Louis & Bebe Barron
Never Stop - Echo & the Bunnymen
True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney, written by Burt Bacharach
Romeo Is Bleeding - Tom Waits
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Milkman Of Human Kindness - Billy Bragg
Anything from Such Sweet Thunder
Romeo Had Juliette - Lou Reed
Fall Fathom Five - Stone Roses
Friends, Romans & Countrymen - The Corner Laughers
Something Wicked (This Way Comes) - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Salad Days - Young Marble Giants
Hubble Bubble (Toil & Trouble) - Manfred Mann
All That Glitters Isn't Gold - Martha & The Vandellas
What Is A Youth? - Nino Rota
As You Like It - Adam Faith
Titus - Split Enz
If Music Be The Food Of Love - Samantha Fox
Shakespeare's (Way With) Words - One True Voice
Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer's Day - Bryan Ferry
When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes - Rufus Wainwright

A list stolen in its entirety from Stuart Bailie of radio Ulster

#41 - Quite right Norrie! Absolutely no reason whatsoever to use tonight's theme as a lame excuse to get The Proclaimers on again. Especially as there are so many Euro classics out there, such as:
"Rotterdam (or Anywhere)" - Beautiful South, and
"My Duss-el-dorf" Chuck Berry

#73

I do hope that particular Beautiful South track is NOT played - I've always disliked it (mind you I can't stand them anyway!)

Hee hee just had an idea.

Jim doesn't want rotterdam.
Hoppo doesn't want barcelona.
Me and Norrie don't want Sunshine on Leith.

How about a theme on the songs we don't want to hear :-)

#75

Brilliant - now all we need is the playlist in advance so we all know when to switch over to Radio 2! :-)

Bryan starts with a song and then says what the next one will eb unless you come up with another song, that you like, connected in some way.

I also wondered if the theme songs with children singing had been done

eg

Another Brick In The Wall - Floyd
Pretty Things Are Going To Hell - Bowie
Say You Will - Fleetwood mac
Circus Games - Skids etc.

Meant to say captain R...Miss Sarajevo is a good shout but much as I think Songs From the last century was a top album, Roxanne especially, I just can't see by U2 and Pav for this one.

For Monday

St. Etienne --- You're in a Bad Way

#78
good idea. Matchstalk Men could qualify for children singing and songs you don't want to hear....as could Grandad!

I could think of a good Runrig song but would need to check the spelling first

Siol ghoraidh I think it is.

#75

Jim doesn't want Rotterdam
Hoppo doesn't like Barcelona
Babs puts a stop on Tull
Despite how often we phone her

Paolo doesn't want Sunshine on Leith
Norrie also hates that one
So Bryan, do us a favour,
Play Gilmour's 'Fat Old Sun'.....

;-)

DC in Cellardyke

There was a young guy called

hang on

There was a Fife Lad called DC
Who thought that requests were easy
Especially in rhyme
Which he does all the time
But still can't get any played by BB

Good shout from hoppoLocus for Dusseldorf by Regina Spektor. It name checks an incredible variety of European cities.

Or how about One Day in Paris by Martha and The Muffins (they did do more than just Echo Beach, you know).

Or 5 AM in Amsterdam by Michelle Shocked.

#84

Hey don't you know it,
Everyone out there's a poet
But Paulo, you're right,
My chances are rubbish

DC

MONDAY

Phil manzanera & Andy Mackay's post Roxy Music band the Explorers
'Prussian Blue'

Phil Manzanera
'Europe 70-1'
'Europe 80-1'

Andy Mackay And The Metaphors
'I Love Paris' from the album
London! Paris! New York! Rome!

MONDAY

Why isn't DC requesting 'Une Nuit a Paris' ???

I think we should be telt!

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Does Producer Mandi realise what she's done? So Get It On will accept Scots towns on the show? Well here's the definitive list.....

1. Girvan Up - Gladsmuir Knight
2. Salen - Rod Stewart
3. Tumbling Dyce The Rolling Stones
4. Twistin' by Ullapool - Dire Straits
5. The Balloch of John and Yoko The Beatles
6. Is this the way to Amulree-o Tony Christie
7. Chanson d'amour (Turra Turra Turra).
8. 'Walking on Dunoon' by the Polis
9. While My Heart is Still Peat Inn - Roxy Music
10. Sound That Fun Kinghorn - KC & the Sunshine Band
11. Just One Leuchars - The Hollies
12. No ReGretna Walker Brothers
13. King Crail - Alva's Arran Paisley
14. Back in El..ie - Neil Diamond
15. Leven on a Jet plane Peter, Paul and Mary
16. I Lost My Hand To A Saw In Cupar - Sarah Brightman
17. All The Way From Menstrie Mott the Hoople
18. The Killin of George Part III Rod Stewart
19. Love's Got A Hold Of My Harthill - Stepps
20. Drem a little Drem of Me Mama Cass Elliot
21. I'm in Lovat with a German Film Star - The Passions
22. Wishaw on a Star - Rose Royce
23. Splodgenessabounds - Two pints of Largs and a packet of crisps please
24. I had a Millport dollar - Bare naked Ladies
25. Viva Largs Vegas Elvis Presley
26. 'Dimming of Torbay' - Bonnie Rait
27. Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins
28. Govan it all away - Roger Daltrey
29. Uist to be my girl The O'Jays
30. Eye in the Skye - Alan Parsons
31. The Airdrie I Breathe Hollies
32. In the Ayr Tonight - Phil Collins
33. Nights in Whiterashes Moody Blues
34. 24 hours from Tarves Gene Pitney
35. Biggar Bang The Rolling Stones
36. Sticky Finglass The Rolling Stones
37. Let it Beith The Rolling Stones
38. Nor Exile On Menstrie The Rolling Stones
39. In the Livingston Years Mike and the Mechanics
40. Young at Harthill - Bluebells
41. I Shotts the Sheriff- Bob Marley
42. Does Your Motherwell Know Abba
43. Dundonald Where's Yer Troosers Andy Stewart
44. Simple Symington Says 1910 Fruitgum company
45. Mossblown in the Wind Bob Dylan
46. Another Brick In Ding Wall - Pink Floyd
47. Dancin Queensferry by Abbardour
48. Cryin in the Drumchapel - Elvis
49. Duke of Earlsferry Four Tops
50. Fortune Cellar-dyke - Yes
51. Pleath re-Leith me Englebert Humperdink
52. Spirit In The Skye - Dram Persons
53. Elgol You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
54. You Go To Barrhead - Bryan Ferry
55. Applecross Jack - Dolly Parton
56. Lu wot u Duns - Slade
57. Brechin Glas - Nick Lowe
58. Crying, Waiting, Oban - Buddy Holly
59. Don't let her Poolewe down - New found glory
60. If Thurso reason - Gordon Lightfoot
61. Daylight Kelty - Gordon Lightfoot
62. Walk of Liff - Dire Straits
63. Don't Go Breaking My Harthill - Elton Jogn and Kiki Dee
64. Boot Campsie - Sound Garden
65. Cambuslang and winding road The Beatles
66. Waiting on the Wormit Pink Floyd
67. Tie a yellow ribbon round the New Oakley tree Dawn
68. Like A burd een the wire Leonard Cohen
69. El-ie Free - John Oatway
70. Fly Me To Dunoon Frank Sinatra
71. Dysart Sherbet
72. Blondie - Denny Denny
73. Something in the Ayr - Thunderclap Newmains
74. Methil Guru - T Rex

:-0

DC

How are they defining colour for Thursday?

Colours in the name of the artiste - like Deacon Blue, or Pink.

#89

Where's the Spencer Davis classic Keep On Dunning?

You cannae do Smoke On Water - Montreux is lovely, but it's only the size of Largs (Fort William at a push), so it's no' a city.

(I worked in Vevey, the next town along for 6 months)

#93 Quite right Capt. It's a municipality.
However, you'd better run it by Jim first. Leith got the nod earlier but I think its just a district, a municipal burgh at best, so maybe Montreux is ok too.

How come Leven and Kirkcaldy got a mention for Cities?

We need to be telt

And Istanbul / Constantinople is a city which spans the Bosphorous so is in both Europe AND Asia. I hope that the Principal Teacher o' Geography at Alva Academy takes issue with Bryan and his researcher on Thursday evening.

I think he should be belt

DC

#93, #94

All of the themes 'drift' a bit by the time they air - the definitions need not be that strict... Look what happened on sentences night! LOL

I think he should be belt! Too funny!!

So its on to a night of excess and opulence.....

I know we are supposed to be celebrating that but I want to suggest a track which does the opposite (and thanks to Scotch for #27).

Iris DeMent - Wateland of the Free

this is a great track with a fantastic set of musicians including John Jennings and Randy Scruggs and with a scathing lyric which actualy cost some PBS stations in the states a lot of money from their funding for having played the track. Cencorship in 1999 who would have thought!

"We got high-school kids running 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
who cannot pass a sixth-grade reading test
but if you ask them, they can tell you
the name of every crotch on MTV
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free"

its from a simply outstanding album.

Tuesday excess:

'Mother's little helper' - The Rolling Stones. A classic track of where too much of a good thing goes wrong!

Probably have to listen again to the show because I'll be dining out with the family on my eldest son's (Alan) birthday

DC

Happy Birthday AC - Ooh Las Vegas by Gram Parsons for that man - more excesses than any one can cope with!