Next week's themes...
I really didn't expect this week's 'swing show' to take off in the way it did and I'm glad that so many of you seemed to enjoy the music. Maybe we should try more 'genre' based themes in future. As we start the countdown to Christmas I hope we've got some good themes lined up for you.
I'm off on holiday this week so Vic Galloway will be looking after the show. Some of the regular bloggers will know just how gutted I am to be missing Wednesday's show but not even the thought of playing two hours of Jethro Tull could entice me away from my week's holidays.
Producer Miss Babs is also off on holiday next week - do not read anything into this. She's in Skegness while I'm in Bognor Regis.
Monday
It's exactly 12 days until Christmas Day, so tonight we're looking for songs and artists that reference the traditional Twelve Of Days of Christmas song. You could have Spandau Ballet's GOLD, anything by DOVES or even Andy PARTRIDGE from XTC. Miss Bab's has also allowed Christmas songs from tonight!
Tuesday
Jay-Z tells us he's released the album of the decade! So tell us your album of all time, is Abbey Road the best thing ever recorded? Is Rumours the most played album in your household? Or is Take That's The Circus a masterpiece?
Weds...
Tonight we celebrate Progressive Rock. Who are the giants of this genre, the artists who first dabbled in it and the new groups who are influenced by it? Everything from The Beatles to Jethro Tull to Muse are welcome tonight.
Thurs
Calum McMahon suggested tonight's theme on our Facebook page, we play the music that struck a chord with the advertising men. What are your favourite songs from TV adverts past and present. Does "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" make you reach for a fizzy drink? Do you want to visit the launderette and wash your jeans to "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"? Or is "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzalez your favourite soundtrack to a TV ad?
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At 10th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:Monday
Geese is the Word - Frankie Valli
Yesterdays Pipers - Rolling Stones
Swans Bitten Twice Shy - Ian Hunter
Tuesday
Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon from Excitable Boy
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones from Let It Bleed. I can't decide
Wednesday
Brandenburger - The Nice
Thursday
You've Got The Power - Win
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At 10th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Two really great tracks for Monday:
john Stewart & stevie nicks - gold
justin currie - gold dust
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At 10th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
One for Julie; (9 Ladies Dancing)
'She Can Dance' - Billy Joe Shaver ~ from the album 'Electric Shaver'
>8-D
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At 10th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
'I Think I Love You' - The Partridge Family
A whole week of Uncle Vic. Dig oot thae Jethro Tull records for Tuesday and Wednesday!
Stop wrestling with Mandi. She's a married woman. And she always wins...
>8-D
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At 10th Dec 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:Bit of a treat to be able to add ideas on a Thursday.
For Thursday:
New Soul - Yael Naim
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
Very strange medley - Barry Manilow (not sure if this fits perfectly)
and for my better half........"I'd like to teach the world to sing" by the New Seekers
More to follow
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 10th Dec 2009, SpaceTruckin wrote:Monday
12 - Dance with the Devil - Cozy Powell
11 - Rhythm of my Heart - Rod Stewart (there's bagpipes in there somewhere)
10 - Black Knight - Deep Purple (Jon Lord)
9 - Dancing Queen - Abba
8 - Maid of Orleans - OMD
7 - I can help - Billy Swan
6 - Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
5 - Radar Love - Golden Earring
4 - All I really want to do - The Byrds
3 - Lost in France - Bonnie Tyler (stretching things I know)
2 - Winter Hill - The Doves
1 - Frosty the Snowman - The Partridge Family
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At 10th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#3 Cheeky Git ;-)
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At 10th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:# 1 You've mentioned Warren Zevon a few times so I had a listen on Spotify, and I'd go with Gimme Shelter - no mention of Revolver for Tuesday? 'Warewolves' might fit Monday, though?
This should be an interesting week for the blog - DC might get Dave Gilmour, I might get Jack Bruce, the Tull fans might get Tull and collectively we might all get Peaches En Regelia.
Bryan will be hoping it'll be out our system by the time he gets back...
Completely endorse my alleged alias, Norrie's, suggestion of John Stewart's 'Gold' - better than the other song entitled 'Gold' by Spandau Ballet - matter of fact - come to think of it - there's the Freda Payne classic, Band of Gold.
Some of us, looking back in mystification, could tell Freda that her marriage, never consummated and lasting no time, was an enormous stroke of luck by modern standards.Another example of hearing song lyrics in a different light with the passage of time.
regardez youse
Henri
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At 10th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:WEDNESDAY - PROG ROCK.
'The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again' - Caravan.
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At 10th Dec 2009, FrankInDenny wrote:#6
Well that about covers it then....
:o)
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At 10th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:For Monday *French Navy* by Camera Obscura would be great as well.
I don't think I have any Prog Rock in my collection will need to think about that but as a fall back would these count:
David Bowie - Width of A Circle
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Rush - Working Man or Tom Sawyer
speaking of which *Ok Computer* must be up there with all time great albums.
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At 10th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:Thinking about Freda Payne ...that idea that Bryan mentioned, about song lyrics that have now become disturbing (Livin' Doll) or un-pc as society/times change, might be quite an intriguing theme.
It's a long time since I heard 'young, gifted and black' on the radio, though maybe that's just a matter of coincidence. There's probably a few records that eulogize the benefits of smoking and such like.
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At 10th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#12 Nina Simone's version of Young, Gifted and Black was played on GIO quite recently.
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At 11th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:#11
Yes, OK Computer's right up there with Eno's Music for Airports.
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At 11th Dec 2009, DC wrote:WOW!!!!
A whole night for prog rock!!!!
DC
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At 11th Dec 2009, SpaceTruckin wrote:#10 If you're no fast you're last.
;-)
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At 11th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#6 you need to be careful with such lists - there is every chance you will get Frosty the Snowman! ;o)
#15 and by co-incidence when Bryan and Barbara are away together on their winter break!
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At 11th Dec 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#15, #17
Hehehe... ;-) Is ALL I am saying!
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At 11th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#18 Hurrai some has used their *special relationship* to inflict upon the nation a night of Prog Rock. Cheers. Still it ccould be worse last time someone invoked special relationship priveliges the Nation was plunged into a long and bloody war.
And of course...... ;o)
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At 11th Dec 2009, DC wrote:Aye, but we could do wi a month o' this to make up for the nae Floyd regime
DC
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At 11th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Couln't listen to all of the show last night...who was embarrassed about The Bay City Rollers then?
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At 11th Dec 2009, Hughie Green wrote:I thought Thursday's theme was a bit strange - ask listeners to request stuff they don't like anymore!
Interestingly though, the songs were not any more cringeworthy than BB's usual choice of pop pap.
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At 11th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#7
Moi? >8-D
Does Uncle Vic play Country? (7 Swans swimming)
Written by Billy Swan who also played in the band;
'Lover Please' - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys
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At 11th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#23 yes you :-). Have you ever had a song by Kinky Friedman played? Maybe Uncle Vic will oblige (unless Babs texts him orders to the contrary from Skeggie).
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At 11th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#24
Never! Nor Jake Thackray. Perhaps, like Norrie oops I mean Henri, I'll have to leave CD recordings at 大象传媒 HQ, PQ.
P.S. Billy Swann has also played and recorded with Billy Joe Shaver.
The things ye learn oan this blog!!
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At 11th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#25
Correction:- Billy Swan.
Billy Swann is a Muffin.
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At 11th Dec 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Monday
Young Paris Hens - Adam & The Ants
(from the last time we did 12 Days of Christmas)
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At 11th Dec 2009, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Vic's on all week!
How do I fit BTO into any of the themes??
Dont really want to fib and claim Not Fragile as my fave album of all time.
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At 11th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#27 It is a good one though. Paris Hens!
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At 11th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Good news AFR - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet was used in a commercial for Toyota.
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At 11th Dec 2009, CaptRamius wrote:#15
*faints with shock*
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At 11th Dec 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:Monday..
Blue Christmas - Seymour Swine and the Squealers.
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At 11th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:I'll see your Blue Christmas and raise you a Green One"
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At 11th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:I'll see your Blue Christmas and raise you a Green One
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At 11th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:大象传媒 Scotland has an interesting story on it's news front page - today, Andrea Neil, 34, from Alloa has been convicted of the culpable homicide Robert Hamilton after a 4:00 am fight about which CD to put on.
It doesn't say which CD was at the heart of the dispute so we don't know if she wanted more Michael Bolton and he was a committed Jethro Tull fan, but it raises an intresting idea for a theme....
Actually, if Micheal Bolton was at the heart of this then it would be his second fatality - I remember reading an English case where the husband got fed up with his wife's obsession with Michael Bolton ( she was a middle aged woman who had covered their house in posters of Michael - when he complained about it for the umpteenth time, she taunted him with "he'd more of a man than you'll ever be' ...that was it...
That was quite a few years ago, so he'll probably be out now..
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At 11th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:#34
I'll see yoour Blue Christmas and raise you a
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At 11th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#35
I've always thought Cerys Matthews was murder.
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At 11th Dec 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:#36
" Alright Abercrombie what are your people up to ?".
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At 11th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#37
I've just heard Hue and Cry's Two Little Boys.
Come back Cerys - all is forgiven.
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At 11th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#35 So songs that make us what to murder people. Charming.
I will let you know how I feel after prog rock night......
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At 11th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:I was having a quick scroll through the posts I missed whilst away and see that Glen got 6 of the belt.....twice!I really liked Barbara's "you appear not to have seen my post" comment.
Post of the year has to go to el bloomdido with "get it up ye facebook"!!!! Though he seemed to get away with no belt.....hmmm must be JFE in disguise or whoever is Henri further disguised as el bloomdido. Confused? You will be....
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At 11th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#41
I will miss her girlish laughter next week. Her double act with Bryan is really growing on me.
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At 11th Dec 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:#41 Norrie, I didn't away with it, that very night three men in black arrived at my door and threatened to moderate me with a "good belting".
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At 11th Dec 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:Wednesday.
Theme One - Van der Graaf Generator. ( by George Martin) Used during programme introductions for 大象传媒 Radio One
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At 11th Dec 2009, paolopablo wrote:Enjoy your hols Bryan and Babs. Hello uncle Vic. You can just hear the conversation at the theme meeting.
''How we gonna satisfy these bloggers and all their prog rock requests''
''Dunno I'm no playin them''
''Na me neither''
''when you on holiday''
''really? me too!''
''Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm''
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At 11th Dec 2009, DC wrote:#35 Jilted John?
#42 Soooooook...
#45 Ah kain......
By the way, I take it Vic will have banned "proper" Christmas choons until Babs gets back?
DC
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At 11th Dec 2009, paolopablo wrote:Monday
She Bangs the drum / Stone Roses
If I only had Time / The Swans
and a third shout for Gold / John Stewart
Tuesday
A few months ago there was a theme about what is the one album you would rescue from a fire. Sounds very similar to me. Can't remember what I picked last time so this time i will go for
Stranger in Town / Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet band (on silver vinyl)
and from it
Till it Shines or Still the same
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At 11th Dec 2009, paolopablo wrote:Wed
I can envisage a programme playlist five tracks long.
anyway
Hocus Pocus / Focus
Great Gig in the Sky / Pink Floyd
Keep Talkin / Pink Floyd and Stephen Hawking
Lend your love to me tonight / Greg Lake
Ripples / Genesis
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At 11th Dec 2009, paolopablo wrote:Thursday
Something So Real / Love Decree aka The Chinheads
Woo Hoo / 5678's
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At 11th Dec 2009, DC wrote:Monday:
Day one: One TREE hill U2
Day two: Black and white town Doves
Day three: FRENCH kissin in the USA Debbie Harry
Day four: BIRD on the wire Leonard Cohen
Day five: RING of fire Johnny Cash
Day six: Me and Bobby McGEE(se) Kris Kristofferson
Day seven: Ride a white SWAN T Rex
Day eight: Pretty MAIDS all in a row Eagles
Day nine: DANCING in the dark Bruce Springsteen
Day ten: Little Arrows LEAPy Lee
Day eleven: Bike Pink Floyd (From album PIPER at the gates of dawn)
Day twelve: Distant DRUMs Jim Reeves
Of course, we MUST have Bill Barclay鈥檚 version of 鈥淭he twelve days of Christmas鈥濃
DC
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At 12th Dec 2009, joe-k-brown wrote:Thoughts for the coming week:
Monday:-
Lorca and the orange tree - the Mummers
When doves cry - Prince
La vie en rose - Edith Piaf
Little bird - Emmylou Harris
Black and gold - Sam Sparro
I Can Help - Billy Swan
Lay down sally - Eric Clapton
Maid in heaven - Be Bop Deluxe
Dance with me - orleans
Jump - Pointer Sisters
Heaven is a half-pipe - OPM
The Little Drummer Boy - Bob seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Tueday:-
Silk Degrees - Box Scaggs (please play Lido Shufle)
Born to run - Spingsteen (please play title track)
Wrecking ball - Emmylou harris (please play All my tears or Goodbye)
El Corazon - Steve Earle (please play Here I am)
Wednesday:-
Ships in the night - Be Bop Deluxe
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Hoedown or The Sheriff - ELP
I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
Total mass retain - Yes
Thursday:-
See earlier post + Crazy little thing called love - Dwight Yoakam
Have a good weekend all
Joe
Linlithgow
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At 12th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:Monday
Saturday Night At The Duck Pond - The Cougars - Surf Music from Swan Lake
Tuesday
Bounce In Your Buggy - Sha Na Na - The Night Is Still Young
Wednesday
Nevertheless - Eclection - Eclection
Thursday
Inside - Stiltskin
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At 12th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#35
Musta bin Faron Young.......
>8-D
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At 12th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#51 Great lists Joe. Steve Earle played Goodbye at the GRCH last week, one of my all time favourites but like you I think Emmylou's version shades it.
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At 12th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Right this has been bugging me since Thursday so I will get it off my chest. I am not a fan of Prog Rock...except I don't think I am because I have not really heard any. Especially not on GIO despite many many suggestions of tracks by a lot of listeners which clearly fit the theme and are, I presume, good tracks of that genre.
The motto of the show is you name it we will play it....except that clearly does not apply to *prog rock* where by having a night of this msuic while the senior producer and presenter are both on holiday is just like patting all you *prog rock fans* on the head giving you your wee moment and then you can forget any of your tunes for at least a year and probably longer as "they have been played".
The other problem is this. An awfull lot of people are excluded from nominating simply as they do not know any of the material, it becomes a simple request show and worse I would imagine many many more will think *prog rock*??? And not even switch on.
So, far from a *woo hoo* from me frankly. I think the regular bloggers who are into this sort of music have been treated very unfairly by having their music excluded and this makes it worse.
I am going to make a point of listening, I hope I enjoy the show.
That will be me struck off.
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At 12th Dec 2009, ProducerBabs wrote:#45...ha ha Paolo, have you been hanging out on the 3rd floor at PQ?
Ok...final words before I take a break! It's my understanding that prog rock includes The Beatles, Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Radiohead, Muse....all artists we feature on the show. Far from not being a fan of all the bands listed above, I am. Vic is a bit of a prog rock fan too, we did a prog rock special for his Monday show a year or so back, and it was really well received, hence the thought that we could celebrate prog rock for a night with Vic at the helm..... So I hope you'll enjoy it in amongst the other themes this week. So yes, it's a good idea to do it with Vic as he's really going to embrace the music and theme, and you know what, I hope all those folk who think prog rock ain't for them will get a surprise when they hear the diverse tracks and artists who get played.
Enjoy your week folks....and yes Get it On is still the show where you choose the music!! And nobody is struck off for expressing an opinion! Otherwise I'll be struck off too!!!
Right I'm off to chill, shop and relax for a week.
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At 12th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Hurrah I'm not struck off - and fair enough I accept I am wrong and apologise.
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At 12th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:I'll be happy if the majority of the Prog Rock show is by bands we haven't. Heard yet on GIO...if it's mainly Queen, Radiohead etc then it'll be a REAL disappointment. To be honest, I think Vic is probably better qualified to deliver that particular show. I'll be INCONSOLABLE if Caravan aren't played (well, not really but I might as well try).
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At 12th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#58 Excuse odd punctuation...posting from phone on bumpy bus :-)
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At 12th Dec 2009, CannyMarra wrote:#59 Better to wait for a full stop. ;-)
Mon. DOES MY RING BURN YOUR FINGER? - Lee Ann Womack
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At 12th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#50
I'll see your Bill Barclay and raise you
(My McCalmans LP is worn out).
>8-D
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At 12th Dec 2009, DC wrote:So there we have it, Babs likes Floyd etc. It must be Bryan himself who stops any mention of them during the show!
#61
(Still not figured out how tae do the shortcuts)
DC
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At 12th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Dc you need to work on *stars* first, then bold before you can progress to links.
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At 12th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:......one golfer grovelling .......
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At 13th Dec 2009, DC wrote:#63 Just mastered the #. Gimme a few more years..
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At 13th Dec 2009, FENDERGIBSON wrote:Tuesday.
Jay-Z might say that, but this morning its Todd Rundgren's Arena that's floating my boat.
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At 13th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:I have said before that my choice of best Album of all time is David Bowie's Scary Monsters and Super Creeps. The album was released in 1980 with Ashes to Ashes as the lead single, that song with its outstanding video was a good indication of what was to come with the album - on one level commercial and accessible but with much greater creativity and depth to it.
Beginning with a series of electronic noises and a howling Japanese vocal in Its No Game Part 1 the album then eases into 4 hit singles Up The Hill Backwards, Ashes to Ashes, Scary Monsters and Fashion. All these tracks were hits of a sort, in Ashes case a huge hit, but none were throwaway tracks continuing with the theme of catchy lead singles developed in the Low, Heroes, Lodger Trilogy (Sound and Vision, Heroes, Boys Keep Swinging).
The album very much has the "old style" side 1 and side 2. In my opinion Side 2 is even better than side 1 but without the singles, the tracks are slightly longer and with an even darker almost menacing tone in parts. Teenage wildlife, Scream Like A Baby and Because You're Young are all tracks with great playing from the ever present Davis / Alomar / Murray band and Robert Fripp's guitar playing in particular is absolutely outstanding. As he did in his earlier 70's albums a nice cover version (Tom Verlaines Kingdom Come) is included and the album ends with another version of Its No game which is slower and weary in tone.
Interestingly a promo lp was released at the time mixing songs from this and the back catalogue entitled 1980 All Clear. It seemed he was letting his past and the changing personas go. Sadly he never hit this height again and Lets Dance was a very poor follow up.It was not until Heathen and Reality that Bowie really hit top form again although there were a smattering of good tracks in most of his lp's through the 80's and 90's nothing of the standard set in Scary Monsters.
The album is stunning from start to finish and the standout track is without doubt Teenage Wildlife where Bowies vocal performance, Robert Fripp on guitar and Roy Bittan on piano and keyboards all excell. Of course alternatively you can never go wrong with Ashes to Ashes.
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At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:'You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth' - Meat is Murrderr in Maryhill
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At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:NEWSFLASH!!
Giles Wemmbley-Hogg, one of the great radio comic creations, returns to a wireless near YOU at 11:30 on Monday, December 14th.
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At 13th Dec 2009, squierepiphone wrote:Wed
The Eight Wives of Henry The Sixth (Disco Mix) - Dick Wakeme
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At 13th Dec 2009, DC wrote:My desert island album? As mentioned previously, I'd find it difficult to choose between Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and "The Beatles" white album.
"Mother" from the former or "Helter Skelter" from the latter please!
DC
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At 13th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:Wednesday: Prog Rock Night
After some thought, Vic's inherited something of a poison chalice on Wednesday.
I've just checked Spotify - Julie's Caravan track is 6:00 mins long. 'Starship Trooper' by Yes, for example, is 10:00mins long.
By the time the The News and the McAulay & Co ad are catered for, a show which would normally be about 20 tracks will be whittled right down to under 10.
What's to be done?
Fade at 3:00mins?
The ultimate irony?
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At 13th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#67
There are only three Bowie tracks worth listening to - Space Oddity (mainly for the production), Rebel Rebel (for the riff) and Heroes (for Robert Fripp).
#72
If you can't say it in two and a half minutes, forget it.
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At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:Great Uncle Titus' caravan is 26 feet long.
>8-D
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At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
"On the [insert appropriate number] day of Xmas, my true love sent to me...
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At 13th Dec 2009, CaptRamius wrote:#17
The Cocteau Twins' version of Frosty the Snowman is pretty damned good.
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At 13th Dec 2009, CaptRamius wrote:#56
Sorry Miss B, you can't claim having played 'some' tracks from bands with the longevity & diversity of Beatles/Genesis/Floyd/Queen as backing up the "We play Prog Rock" argument, as each of them have a large catalogue of *non* Prog-ish tracks, which tend to be the ones that get played.
For Floyd/Genesis, other than 'Money' on talent night, I can't remember the last time either had a prog track played
For Beatles/Queen, I'd have to challenge that they are prog *at all*.
I would further argue that - as a ratio of requests to plays - the experience of the listener is that Floyd/Genesis/Gabriel/Tull/Yes/Nice (etc) are actively avoided, as they get requested *every week* (multiple times for Floyd/Tull), yet get played once in a blue moon.
(btw, this would have been the show I'd have happily stumped up a ton to CiN to co-produce)
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At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:I prefer the
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At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:This is a blue moon month.
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Comment number 80.
At 13th Dec 2009, DC wrote:#75
On the 214th day of Christmas? Seems like it's an all year event these days.
BTW, I spotted a box of Cadbury's Creme Eggs in the Co-op this week. Is this the earliest sighting? I think we should be telt
DC
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Comment number 81.
At 13th Dec 2009, Scotch Get wrote:#80
Now you're being silly. Don't you have barnacles that require your attention?
>8-D
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Comment number 82.
At 13th Dec 2009, janfromrutherglen wrote:I concur with DC at 80#,my local Spar has boxes of them in! Apparently creme eggs sell very well this time of year for stocking fillers :-)
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Comment number 83.
At 13th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:#73 as many as three Glen. You are clearly in a sanguine frame of mind today!
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Comment number 84.
At 13th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:#77 - Steady on Captain!
I don't suppose that there is a clear definition of what constitutes 'Prog-Rock' but I think it can generally be described as being a prevalent musical style commencing in 1968 (with the release of The Beatles (White) album) and tailing off dramatically in 1977 when the Punk era began. I think it reached its zenith or nadir, depending upon your view, with the 1973 release of Yes's triple album 'Tales Form the Topographic Oceans', comprising of only six tracks.
Prog - Rock is characterized by not conforming to the hitherto musical standard of a three minute ballad or love song,or 'pop'song that could be danced to: conversely, each 'prog rock' track was at least several minutes long, was generally un-dancable, seldom about love and usually contained long instrumental passages. 'The Product' was most often wrapped up in beautiful and correspondingly indulgent art work on the sleeve, so that the overall impression was that you were buying into something that was much more than the sum of it's parts: a real work of art that was to be both viewed and listened to:intellectually and culturally, it gave an aura of superiority and exclusivity (rather like certain kinds of jazz) - though this was not smoke and mirrors - much of the playing on these albums is truly breathtaking and the individual musicians are master craftsmen at their innovative best.
The formidible and restless songwriting team that was Lennon - McCartney kicked this movement off with the release of Hey Jude, a six minute single and the White Album, a 30 track double album containing a hotch potch of musical styles and experimentation on a hitherto unseen scale within 'pop' music - therefore, The Beatles would certainly qualify during this period, though having initiated the style, they abandoned it immediately - which was a trademark response,as they constantly desired reinvention (and were beginning to fall apart) .
When punk turned up in 1977, the prog-rock bands responded either by reinventing themselves (Genesis)or disbanding from their original or core line up (Floyd).
Therefore, 'prog-rock' bands should not be defined by the band's name, but the style of music they were making at that time - so, you would be quite correct to say that the GIO team playing The Beatles, Genesis or early Floyd is not in itself doing anything other than playing a three minute pop song. Queen have never been a 'prog-rock' band, more of a music hall turn.
The style has been revived somewhat by bands like Radiohead and Muse and to some extent by the ambient music bands that fell off the dance scene.
But I think you are being a bit hard on Miss Babs - who lists Yes as a band she likes - (and I don't think 'Wonderous Stories' is a three minute pop song) - but as I was pointing out earlier much of this music comprises tracks that are between 6 - 20 minutes long and GIO is an early evening request show for the entire population. I guess they are bombarded with requests and ideas on the night.
It must be quite hard to decide to devote a large portion of one GIO show to one track.
I've only been into GIO and this blog for a few weeks - but I strongly sense that there is a need for 'another' request show, which caters for a less obvious content and probably a different non - thematic format - stuff that's interesting, rather than obvious.
But what I like about the show (and the blog contributions particularly) is that it keeps on throwing up bands and artists I find I want to explore because of the recommendations of the bloggers. I've been listening to Caravan and Warren Zevon on Spotify over the last couple of days.
I would never have done so otherwise.
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Comment number 85.
At 13th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#72 My other choice was Moon In June by Soft Machine which is a great track but about 6hrs long :-) The Caravan track would be worth it...honest :-)
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Comment number 86.
At 13th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:#83
Sorry, Norrie (could this be a song title a la Stupid Cupid?). Don't know enough about Bowie to comment sensibly.
#84
For me, Prog Rock is a pejorative referring to something like Tarkus which is pretentious, long-winded and humourless. It requires a great effort to listen to because of relentless, sterile, look-at-me complexity and is ultimately unsatisfying because there is a vacuum at its core. It will have a very short footnote in the history of popular music and then only because it provoked punk. Today it is a curiosity and an evening of it should prove (unintentionally)amusing.
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Comment number 87.
At 13th Dec 2009, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#86 - As Prog Rock provoked Punk, perhaps 'No Dry Ice Or Flying Pigs' by The Leyton Buzzards could be played to illustrate that very point (if Vic doesn't play Caravan that is) :-)
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Comment number 88.
At 13th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:#85 Are you aware of Karl Jenkins's (one time keyboard player with Soft Machine) classical works - The Armed Man, etc - I don't much like classical music, but some modern classical work is worth a listen.
#86/87
Agreed.Tarkus and things like Tarkus are mince. I never liked Keith Emerson and all that stabbing keyboards with knives. I sat through Yes playing all six sides of 'Tales from The Topographic Oceans' at the Apollo in December 1973- Rick Wakeman could be seen looking bored rigid and chomping on a curry - amazingly, this was a big hit at Xmas and topped the album charts - huge sales. I don't now have a copy but tried listening to a bit of it on Spotify - utter mince. No wonder Punk turned up.
But not all Prog Rock is bad, some of it is truly excellent
- Peaches En Regalia?
or is that jazz?
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Comment number 89.
At 13th Dec 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#88
Who cares.
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Comment number 90.
At 13th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:Jim that is not like you to make a comment like that!
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Comment number 91.
At 13th Dec 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:I hope it's not like this all the way to prog rock night...
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Comment number 92.
At 13th Dec 2009, norriemaclean wrote:There is every chance......
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Comment number 93.
At 13th Dec 2009, DC wrote:A rock is a stone. If a rock is prog, it implies that the stone is moving (progressing)
"New Faces" by the Rolling Stones would seem to fit the bill
Now where did I put that creme egg...
:-0
DC
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Comment number 94.
At 13th Dec 2009, henri hannah wrote:# 89/90/91/92
I won't say another word about it. nuff said,agreed.
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Comment number 95.
At 13th Dec 2009, Glen Miller wrote:I think I may have been hasty. I've just heard Amon Duul II's re-working of Tanz der Lemminge with Paolo Nutini and John Chilton's Feetwarmers and it really rocks especially in the nose flute solo in the last 22 minutes.
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Comment number 96.
At 13th Dec 2009, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Get It On!
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Comment number 97.
At 13th Dec 2009, paolopablo wrote:#51
Joe, good shout for Silk Degrees. A great album but Lido Shuffle?
Norrie hope your Bowie album gets played but not ashes to ashes.
See this is the thing. If it's gonna be the dogs danglies of all albums
then let's hope something gets played from each album that's hot the obvious otherwise it's gonna sound like just another show.
As for prog rock, some I like, some I don't but it's entertaining on this blog to read about how long and drawn out the tracks are in a long and drawn out way.
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Comment number 98.
At 14th Dec 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:Monday - 12 Days Of Christmas:
From DRUMMER To Driver - Hot Chip (12)
PIPES Of Peace - Paul McCartney (11)
My Sweet LORD - George Harrison (10)
If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked LADIES (9)
Pretty MAIDS All In A Row - The Eagles (8)
Ride A White SWAN - T. Rex (7)
Golden GOOSE - Todd Rundgren (6)
Golden RING - Eric Clapton (5)
BIRDS Of Paradise - The Pretenders (4)
Eggs And Their Shells - Cocteau Twins (3)
When DOVES Cry - Prince (2)
Come On Get Happy - The PARTRIDGE Family (1)
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Comment number 99.
At 14th Dec 2009, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:#96
It's got a flute in it so you KNOW it's got no chance! :-)
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Comment number 100.
At 14th Dec 2009, Kaylee Vieira wrote:I agree with Scotch-Git...the is better.
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