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Ooooh first up this week....here goes then

Mon...
Lovin' Spoonful...........Do you Belive in Magic?

Tues...
Meri Wilson.................Telephone Man

Wed...
Bluebells......................I'm Falling

Thur...

Nothing yet!! ;o)


Have a good weekend everyone

Frank ID

MONDAY

'Special Magic Wand' - The Sooty Show

Watch and listen as Sooty performs

#3 !!!

Magic and mystery, tricks and all the rest:

Siouxise & The Banshees - Spellbound

Springsteen - Magic (one of his best in recent years)

The Who - Trick of the Light

Santana - Black Magic Woman

On August 3rd 2009 a DVD will be released. This is not any old DVD. This is a pure dead brilliant DVD, funny and sad, funny and violent, funny and tragic. This is a DVD you will treasure forever. (and the music's no' bad an' aw)

On August 3rd 2009 Tutti Frutti will be available on DVD.

We are truly blessed.......

Great themes this week. My suggestions are:

Magic tricks

Happy to endorse Magic and Black Magic Woman as suggested by Norrie.Also

Sweet illusion - Ryan Adams
Seee my baby jive - Wizzard
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
I want you to want me - Cheap Trick
What a fool believes - Doobie Brothers

Communication

I found a letter - Allison Moorer
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter - Sarah Vaughan
Home - Michael Buble
Please read the letter - Plant/Krauss
Return to sender - Elvis


Falling

Falling slowly - Glen Hansard
I can't stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello
Can't Help Falling In Love (With You) - Elvis Presley
Way down in the hole - Blind Boys of Alabama
Tumblin' down - Allison Moorer

Ego

We are the champions - Queen
Infamous mister - Cado Belle
You're so vain - Carly Simon
Busy being fabulous - The Eagles
My way - Sinatra

Have a good weekend all.

Joe
Linlithgow

Monday

For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer - Warren Zevon

Tuesday

Send Me Some Lovin' - Sam Cooke

Wednesday

Falling In Love - Randy Newman

Thursday

King of the Hill - Roger McGuinn

For Bryan, when he logs on at the internet cafe.

The dark side of

>8-D

Monday has got to be for Bryan Ferry's cool slick version of 'I Put A Spell On You'

J.O'B.

Monday
Happy to endorse Black Magic Woman and well done for picking the far superior Santana version. It'll let all these kids who have 'mastered' it on guitar hero hear the maestro at work.

Good theme which could generate a long list but I'm gonna go for one which I've unsuccessfully asked for before but which is perfect for Monday.

Sweet Illusion / Junior Campbell

The lesser known of the ex marmalade guy's two solo hits but far superior to Hallelujah Freedom. Great arrangement and some really soulful backing vocals...and please don't dare talk over the wonderful intro especially where the horns kick in :-)

Have a good week Vic! Wonder what Adam from Rio's gonna suggest for you for thursday....

MONDAY

'The Cosmic Truncheon' -

#5 - Not as funny as Bryan and Julie`s fave, shirley?
What was that series called? Take The High Jinks or something.
We must be due a photo on the Blog soon, its been a while since the last one.

I was already over here when Tutti Frutti was shown. You`d recommend it then SG?

Thursday

You Aint Seen Nothing Yet - Bachmann Turner Overdrive.


Lets rock!

BTW, I thought someone said that Karen Dunbar was subbing for Bryan?

#5, #12, #14

Adam,

Indubitably! I'm still in love with Suzi Kettles. (Emma Thompson).

Ye've been awa' furr a wee while noo! Still nae sign ay parole?

>8-D

Re: Karen Dunbar. Guilty, but more in hope than expectation.

MONDAY

'Houdini' - Kate Bush

'Witches Promise' - Jethro Tull

'The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle' - Jake Thackray

#5

Its on my Birthday list for next week...thats next week

#17

A Birthday list?!?

I, too would like a Birthday list! To whom should I send it?

>8-D

P.S. Tell Adam how the episode set in Buckie will make his ribs ache with laughter.

I realised today that I could suggest an appropriate Steve Earle song for each of this week's themes:

Magic tricks - Snake Oil
Communication - Satellite Radio
Falling - When I fall
Ego - Here I am

Again, have a good weekend all.

Joe
Linlithgow

#18

Adam ....The episode set in Buckie will make your ribs ache with laughter.... ;O)

Then again...all the episodes shall have the same affect....


"Black and Decker Black and Decker Black and Decker" "Fudd, will you shut up"

......ohhh just watch the bliddy thing, that scene made my ribs ache :O)

# 20

OK, however, when I put it on my Birthday List at Amazon (thats dot UK, not our one) I was told that people who asked for Tutti Frutti also asked for The High Life!

Shurely not.

Dont trust those "others bought" links on Amazon. Some are bizarre. Tutti Frutti is superb, though I have not seen it in a very long time.

As for the High Life an episode was on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 3 or 4 the other night and it was...different. Anyway my pal is an air steward and I swear he has modelled himself on Alan Cunninghams character. Bizarre on several counts.

But hey the new Wilco album is outstanding.

Bowie songs which would work for each theme of the week:

Dance Magic Dance

The Letter

Fall dog Bombs The Moon

I Can't Help Thinking About Me

A WEE PLUG FOR RADIO 4

'Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists'

Mon. - Fri. 15:45 - 16:00

Monday - Mark Knopfler

Tuesday - Bonnie Raitt

Wednesday - John Williams

Thursday - Russell Lissack

Friday - Bert Jansch

Looks good SG - Knopfler is great on her Shouting Stage album which is a great record.

Tue - Communication
A Letter to Myself / The Chi-Lites
Strawberry Letter 23 / Brothers johnson
Communique / Dire straits
Pillow talk / Sylvia
Body Language / queen
57 Channels and nothin on / Bruce Springsteen
Standing in the way of control / The Gossip
Porcelain / Moby

oops meant to add Movin / Supergrass for tue

Wed Fallin

Tender Falls the Rain / Randy Crawford
It's rained 13 out of last 14 days and it makes my knees weak...the song that is not the rain.

Walls Come Tumblin Down / Style Council
The last song from the last gig at the Apollo

Thu Ego
You'll never find Another Love Like mine / Lou Rawls

That's her telt!

Paolo - I will never forgive you if that dirge 57 channels gets played!

Hello Bryan,

Some great music last week, amazing selection!

For MONDAY:
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Zabadak!
Take That or Barry Manilow - Could It Be Magic
Curved Air - Phantasmagoria
Earth Wind and Fire - Fantasy
Rush - Xanadu
Searchers - Love Potion Number Nine

TUESDAY
Frank Sinatra - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Wite Myself A Letter
The Box Tops - The Letter
Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound
Meri Wilson - Telephone Man :)
Coasters - Yakkety Yak (Don't Talk Back)
Beatles - She's Leaving Home (starts with sad letter left)
Glenn Campbell - Witchita Lineman
Landscape - Einstein A Go Go (starts with a phone call to the White House)
anything by "Letters To Cleo" - suggest "Cruel To be Kind"

WEDNESDAY
Darts - Messing Shoe Blues (the B side of It's Raining)
Status Quo - Down Down
Beatles - Yesterday

THURSDAY
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (I am the god of hell fire...)
The Look - I Am The Beat
Crispian St. Peters - I'm The Pied Piper
Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Have a great weekend!

#31

Wired for Sound - a B.A. Robertson composition

Was the Sinatra song covered by Michael Barrymore?

#32

Michael Barrymore was on top of many things.

He was first with Susan Boyle, apparently.

The High Life is grrrreat...if I didn't already own a copy of the DVD I'd put it on my Birthday list, also for next week :0)

Monday: Steppenwolf - 'Magic Carpet Ride', Angelique Kidjo's version of 'Voodoo Chile' or The Who - 'Magic Bus'.

Wasn't The High Life a soap about life in a multi-storey block?

A kind of schemie Take The High Road?

#30
Nice bit of bass though....and talking of which, just listened to saturdays show and well done to madmac for eventually gettin the Philly International all Stars on, that and Lou Rawls in the same programme.

#31
Curved Air? A lot of folk on here are gonny be your pal

#36

Glenn ... that was High Living

Why do i know things like that? ;O(

#35 - Back from France Julie?
#37 - I thought Lou saved Saturday`s show.

Well, seeing as how no one else has, I`ll ask for

Magic - Pilot

which is on my list of guilty pleasures. Have we ever done Guilty Pleasures as a theme?

#39. Nah...took the laptop with us. Was waiting for the BBQ to be ready earlier. Just sitting with a nice glass of wine now after a hard day of lounging around in lovely, lovely sunshine.

Another for Monday: 'Love Potion Number 9' - The Coasters' version

Julie from Edinburgh (but in La Rochelle just now)

#38

You are quite right, Frank.

The other one had Four P***s and A Pan Am

#39
Lou was requested under my sunday name. Hopefully he'll be on on thursday again right after BTO. My missus was gonna text in for Pilot but now I think she's gonna go for Limmie & the Family Cookin.

I agree guilty pleasures could be quite an amusing listen especially if the requests were accompanied with reasons.....or is there no reasoning to a guilty pleasure..

Magic Bus - The Who

#39 At least one listener enjoyed Mary Chapin Carpenter as well!

#44

Though not in the biblical sense.

With considerable regret - JFE is correct.

Jim,

The most recent thread on Dot.life (the ´óÏó´«Ã½ technology blog) may be of interest.

#47

Yeah that would be great! It will only be released to 'premium users' at the moment, so it's by no means cheap. I don't think iTunes would be too happy with giving it away for free! It is a quality service though, especially for people who don't need to have constant access to the latest tunes all the time or who want to use it to find really obscure stuff (which it is EXCELLENT for!)

"Magic" doesn't really cover the feeling of being back at work, hopefully Vic can lift my spirits with a good show tonight. Here's my suggestions..

I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
Strange Magic - ELO
Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles

Monday - Spells, Illusions and Tricks:
Turn My Water Into Wine - The Doits
Johnny Magic - Neil Young
Witches Promise - Jethro Tull
One Trick Pony - Paul Simon
Sleight Of Hand - Pearl Jam
Optical Illusion - Al Stewart
Spellbound - ABC
(The) Wizard - Uriah Heap
You Put A Hex On Me - Mortiis
Maxi Merlin - Lee Perry

Tuesday - Communication:
Crystal Ball - Keane
The Message - John Martyn
Radio Silence - Thomas Dolby
Communication - Pete Townsend
Communication Breakdown - Roy Orbison
Transmission - Japan
Radio Musicola - Nick Kershaw
Letter To Hermione - David Bowie
Email - Sonny Jim
Typewriter Song - Jack Breakfast
Television Rules The Nation - Daft Punk
Advertising Man - RJ
Morse Code For Suckers - Zebrahead
The Yodelling Ranger - Jimmie Rodgers

Wednesday - Falling:
I'd Lower You Down - The Winchell Riots
Pressure Drop - The Clash
Gravity Grave - The Verve
Feeling Gravity's Pull - R.E.M.
Fallen Angel - Meatloaf
Deeper Underground - Jamiroquai
Collision - The Steepwater Band
Gravity - Mark Owen
Fell An Ox - King Creosote
Since I Fell For You - Barbra Streisand

Thursday - Ego and Vanity:
Cool For Cats - Squeeze
I Will Be Godlike - Godlike (a synth-pop belter!)
King Without A Castle - Chris Isaak
Weekend Without Makeup - The Long Blondes
I Am A Rock - Bobby Goldsboro
She's Looking Good - Wilson Pickett
I'm A Big Girl Now - Doris Day
Attractive Female Wanted - Rod Stewart
Anything You Can Do - Bing Crosby and others (from Annie Get Your Gun)

Tuesday:

Blame it in the Pony Express - Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon

I just heard flatulence on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland.

That Screaming Jay Hawkins original was a belter!

Monday -
Voodoo Child, Rogue Traders
Tuesday -
Letter to Anne-Marie, Horse
Take a letter Maria, RB Greaves
Wednesday -
Falling for the first time, Barenaked Ladies
Fall at your feet, Crowded House
Thursday -
I am what I am, Gloria Gaynor

And this is what I did at the weekend. Please lend your support if you can. Thanks!

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TUESDAY

'Love Letter' - Bonnie Raitt

'Letter from Perth' - Michael Marra

'Western Union Wire' - Kinky Friedman


Bonnie will be on Radio 4 on Tuesday afternoon. (see #24)

#59 Dont worry about that Mandi Bruce gets his fair share of outings on GIO. Really enjoyed the show. Now communication songs.....

#59, #61 - Yeh, great show, lookin forward to the rest of the week...

TUESDAY - COMMUNICATION

Katie's Been Gone - The Band, More like "lack of communication" here on this brilliant track sung with great emotion.

Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie, tremendous energy and a top melody.

TUESDAY - COMMUNICATION.

My Birthday request is for a song, that I've unsuccesfully requested a few times, to be played. It really is a great track:

'TV IS KING' - The Tubes.

Julie...still in La Rochelle.

#59

Here you go Mandi!

#58

#58

#15, he's banished syne die is what I heard
#58 Glenn goes into the lead....
#63 Happy Birthday Jools

DC in Welsh Wales

#67. thanks DC.

For letters:

Michelle Shocked - Anchorage

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

Both great songs which are written "as letters".

Or

Cowboy Junkies - Postcard Blues

For tonight Max B Gold is thinking along the lines of Box Full of Letters by Radiohead/Wilco.

Tuesday

Love Letters - Alison Moyet
London Calling - SHAM 69
Call Me - Blondie

Is it stretching the falling theme too far for:

Willie Nelson - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (If you had not have fallen etc. in the lyric)

one of the all time great songs. A performance never matched.

Roxy John:

good fun tonight - we were spoiled for choice. Funny when the show was just an hour we all thought the frustrations would be over if we had 2 hours and on nights like this we could have gone on for 3!
I know there's been a bit of debate about how much the team value the blog comments versus Facebook - we love the interaction with both! The great thing about the blog is the ability to give you more stories from the office, the show, Bryan's life and our general thoughts on things that crop up. Facebook offers another area online for folk who may not go to blogs, but are using social networking as part of their lives and for us - it's the chance to give you all most convenient and quickest way to interact with the show and get some great music and stories on air. So whichever way you want to get in touch ....we value it!
Ok..bloggers, I'll leave you to it and look forward to seeing your thoughts on falling and vanity for the rest of the week.
Miss Babs x

The Life Of Bryan

Always look on the bright side.

I would like to hear the following on Thursday:

Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get

or

Morrissey - All You Need Is Me

Thursday

Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get

or

Morrissey - All You Need Is Me

Wednesday:

"Falling away with you" - Muse
"Falling in love with you" but the Bob Dylan version

Babs, since you're in charge, what about suggesting a theme at the next team meeting? Hows about listeners music postcards from holiday? I'm just back from a surfing week in Devon so eg "Wipeout" would do, and I'm about to head off in the boat for a few days so "Sailing" by Sutherland Brothers would be appropriate!

Just a thought....

DC back in Cellardyke

#79

That could get WELL dodgy depending on how some people spend their hols! :-)

#77

Dearie

#78

me

WEDNESDAY

'Feeling of Falling' - Bonnie Raitt

'We All Fall In Love Sometimes' - Elton John

#81

LO

#82

L

Another excellent show last night, especially after getting credited with a track that I only suggested the artist for! Nice one Vic, I just hope that someone else didn't miss out!

WEDNESDAY - FALLING

Falling & Laughing - Orange Juice

If you can have a laahf on the way down it's the best way to be!

#80, not sure what kind of holiday you go on Jim?

:-)

DC

#79
I don't really want to ask for Painter Man by Boney M...

Did you get 'Wiped Out' on the web?

Hoped you'd a good birthday Julie. How many candles can you fit on a Pain Du chocolat?

Tuesday (a day late) Roxy Music 'Strictly Confidential' the song Kate Bush should cover.

Wednesday
Bryan Ferry 'Falling In Love Again'

...and Chrissie Hynde should cover 'Angel of the Morning'

#88. Really good. More than I'd like. :0)

Wednesday:

'The Walls Fell Down' - The Marbles (with Graham Bonnet singing a Bee Gees song).

'Falling Angel' - Israel Vibration.

'When You're Falling' - Peter Gabriel

'Sisters, Brothers, Small Boats of Fire are Falling From The Sky' - Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra La La Band...nah, not really one for this show...just like the title. Up Jim's street perhaps? :0)

#90 No point as pp arnold already has done the definitive version.

Scarlett Johannson and David Bowie - Falling Down (could be Bowies last ever work his two duets on that album)

and

Glen Hansard - Falling Slowly

and

Willie Nelson - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground

#88 pain AU chocolat surely?

Unfortunately no web access where I stayed so yes, wipeout there also...

DC

Quiet in here! Bring me the Marcel Marceau of Alfredo Garcia's imaginary friend...

#95- I was just going to say, SG, Wed evening and less than 100 posts on the Blog.
Uninspiring list of themes this week maybe?

#96

I don't think so... Holidays will have an effect of course but the fall-off has been quite substantial. I suspect something else is happening - People moved over to Facebook? For the life of my I can't think why anybody would touch Facebook with a bargepole but loads of people seem to like it.

#90, #92 ?!?

Norrie,

Are you sure? Coz the team keeps playing Juice Newton............

>8-D

#96, #97

It'll pick up late August early September. The holiday season always knocks folk out of their routine. Having said that, a number of familiar names are making their requests via e-mail.
What we need are more 'Caption Competition' photies. If there is more than one thread we can contribute to it seems to encourage more humour all round.

THURSDAY

'Bantam Cock' - Jake Thackray

'Kansas City Star' - Roger Miller