´óÏó´«Ã½

Let's hope you succeed in refraining from regurgitated ´óÏó´«Ã½lone 'End Of Decade' LIES Bryan.

Here's your essential chronological guide for the year ahead - 2010 - the 10th and LAST year of the 1st Decade Of The 21st Century:

Within our current daily, weekly, monthly, annual, centennial and millennial chronological conventions:

1.The 100th year of the 20th Century and last year of the 2nd Millennium was definitely and indisputably 2000.

2.The 1st year of the first decade of the 21st Century and of the 3rd Millennium was definitely and indisputably 2001 - obviously. The clue is in the number ‘1′.

3.The 10th and last year of the first decade of the 21st century will be 2010 - obviously. The clue is in the number ‘10′.

4.The last day of the first decade of the 21st century and 3rd millennium will definitely and indisputably be December 31st 2010.
There is a concerted effort by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and other major media players to deny these facts for cynical commercial branding and packaging purposes. This is an abuse of their position of information stream control domination.

Clear thinkers will ignore them and respect and express true and honest chronological facts and conventions.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,one more to go!

Clear Thinkers Concurring:



Wishing you a Happy New Year and Prosperous and Accurate 10th and Last Year of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century in 2010.

Let's hope the 10th and Last Year of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century - 2010 - brings us more warmth and humanity worldwide than all of the previous 9 years. We will then be in a much better position to look forward more joyfully and harmoniously to the 2nd Decade of the 21st Century when it arrives on the 1st of January 2011.



2

#1

Right on, brother!

Alas, people don't take this stuff seriously enough.

If I may paraphrase a famous Jew;

"Father, forgive them; they've no' got a Scooby!"

>8-D

Shaggy?

#1

AC, you`re no by any chance related tae DC are you?


Happy New Year to awbidy from a drookit Rio.
Hope to meet up with some of you in July 2010.

BRING ME THE DECADE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Hey, why don't we just request Blockheads tracks all night on Wednesday? Jukebox Dury! BA-DOOM-TSSSSSSSHHH!

#4 Naw, AC disnae kain how tae use a computer far less blog. However, I like the style of his / her perception of time.

OK, after wishing all bloggers and the production team a very happy New Year, the first request (for the last year of the decade) is for:

"New Horizons" by the Moody Blues.

Fpr the record (caws I kain others will be writing in about their culinary expertise over the festive season), we had a home-made spread of prawns, lobster, salmon, roast sirloin, mackarel, baked ham, scallops and trout on our table tonight. Hope yours was as guid

DC in Cellardyke

"Fpr" the record?

Must hae been the whydku...


:-I


DC

#1, #2

Exhaustive detective work has enabled me to ascertain that AC is, in fact, a female wummin.

I salute her indisputability!

I also modestly acknowledge my own ascertainability!

I hereby apologise to AC for inadvertently addressing her as 'brother' and invite her to inspect my new abacus.
As a chronometer its value is limited. I can, however, vouch for its accuracy!









contrite git

jeez nothing like waking up with a heid like a trampoline and loggin on to the blog for a bit of light hearted rewading. feel worse now. goin back to bed!

there's nae doubleyou in readin

Paolo has a new nickname.

Dubya!

don't misunderestimate me

new monday
happy New year / Abba
New Kid in town / Eagles
Papas got a brand new pigbag / Pigbag

ten Tuesday
Love X Love / George Benson
You / Ten Sharp
Donna / 10cc
Tenth avenue freeze out / Bruce Springsteen

Happy New Year one and all - you are great companions on this slightly surreal way of having a wee community!

Special word for the Capitano - I hope that the move has gone well for you!

All the very very best.

#11

Oh yes there is!



Elmar Fudd

Meant to say that I thought last weeks "decades" programmes were just superb, enjoyed the music every night and if GIO can match that throughout the year 2010 they will be doing very well indeed!

#1 etc. can't fault your logic but to me it still feels like the start of a new era, maybe it's because I was born in 1960 and have always seen it as the first year of the great decade that was the sixties. I don't think it's incompatible with your argument to lump the zero ending years with the ones that follow, anyhow Happy New Year everyone!

MONDAY - NEWNESS

New World in the Morning - Roger Whittaker

Paul from Ayr

Monday:

First suggestions of the year, so here goes:

Tom Waits - New Coat Of Paint

The Clash - Shed This Skin

Lou reed - New Sensations

David bowie - Changes

Frankie Miller - I Can't Change It

Nanci Griffith - I Would Change My Life

Regards

Norrie

#1 eh? The start of 2000's must be the first year starting with 2 ie 2000, everyone celebrated 2000 as we moved from thye 1900's i.e 1999 to the 2000's i.e eh 2000. Seems simple to me and also we have without argument had 10 years since new years moment 2000 to new years moment 2010, that is 10 years = a decade!

Not the most exciting topic on the blog since....ooh that White Album excitement at the tail end of the last decade.

THURSDAY

'There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Me!'










HE'S A LIAR!!!









I'm not sure about you...

#20

Go on then, Ah'll fa' furrit.

Norrie,

The new decade does not begin until January 1st 2011

Allow me to demonstrate on my

#17

Lacks subtlety, Norrie Og.

I would sooner capture the pawn on Kt 2 with my Queen than respond to such an obvious provocation.

>8-D

#1, #20 etc

We covered this in the previous thread - it all depends on how you 'count' numbers as dates (ordinally, cardinally etc) and so BOTH viewpoints have validity, although I tend to agree that 2011 is the start of the next decade as I view date numbers ordinally. But many people do not:

Check it out .

#7

Changed my mind.

I'd like to suggest "New Faces" by the Rolling Stones. An excellent example of how multi acoustic guitars can make a graayyyttt tune.




#20, that last comment is rich coming from someone who lstays awake during a Morrisey "choon"....

:-)

DC

DC I like the White Album, the discussion on it was dull. In fact I was tempted to chime in about the mono version being superior but decided against it.

I don't think that Mozz comment was really fair...

Ps in fact the whole of the Mono box set is superb.

Happy New Year to one and all. Still a bit fuzzy from last night and the brandy I'm currently drinking probably isn't helping. I promoise to return with some requests. Anybody know any songs featuring black labradors?

"I promoise"???? I really must learn to type!

#28
only if it's called Boo......






.......although there's a possibility on Led Zep iv

#28

Yup - Black Labrador by the Goodnight Monsters :-)

For Tuesday I would love to hear

Shara Nelson - One Goodbye In Ten

I think this is a fantastic song.

Monday:

Starting All Over Again - Mel and Tim
Square 9 - Frightened Rabbit
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

...and bouncing ahead to Thursday am I alone in thinking that Elvis would either have gone back to Las Vegas and MOR, or would have been plundering the songs of Springsteen and Tom Waits.

Happy New Year everyone...

For Monday

New Order........... True Faith

#19 should read Lose This Skin - Clash

BRING ME THE SHED SKIN OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Monday New Year/ New You season

(Dawning Of A) New Era ~ T. Specials
Pick A Part That's New ~ Stereophonics
Diggin the New ~ Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros covers Wednesday also
My New Career ~ Japan
New Life ~ Depeche Mode
New Rose ~ Guns N' Roses as opposed to the Damned for a change.

MONDAY

I'm trying to avoid the obvious, so will request the ultimate Australian Country song;

'Grief, Pain and Heartache' - Sensitive New Age Cowpersons



N.B. This song was played on 'Archie Fisher's Travelling Folk', so hopefully it will be hiding in your database. It was in the olden days, pre-PQ, so maybe not.
If it helps, the album is titled 'This CD Will Change Your Life'

#26 just joking with you Norrie

:-0

DC

Happy New Year all!

#17 - Norrie - I agree - last week was great.

My initial thoughts for the coming week are:

Monday:-
Change the world - Eric Clapton
Love changes (everything) - Climie Fisher
New soul - Yael Naim
New shoes - Paolo Nutini
If wishes were changes - Nanci Griffiths
It's time I tried - Allison Moorer
Live like you were dying - Tim McGraw
If I were a boy - Beyonce
Til we ain't strangers anymore - Bon Jovi
Hungry heart - Springsteen

Tuesday:-
Struggling............so far only: Tenth Avenue Freeze-out - Spingsteen

Wednesday:-
I walk the line - Johnny Cash

Thursday:-
I've imagined an aged Elvis returning to his roots and covering some "new country classics":
Till we ain't strangers anymore - Bon Jovi (an Elvis/Reba duet?)
When the stars go blue - Ryan Adams
Sad Eyes - Trisha Yearwood/Springsteen
Bless the broken road - Rascal Flatts
How do I live - Trisha Yearwood
I hope you dance - Lee Ann Womack
God bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Friends in low places - Garth Brooks
Sweet old world - Emmylou Harris
On a bus to St Cloud - Gretchen Peters
Dance the night away - The Mavericks

Friday - To follow - but what is the "fab five"? I've been "listening again" but can't find any refrence to it on the i-player.

Joe
Linlithgow

Tuesday:

"Ten Guitars" - Billy Connolly version please

"Ten" - Jimmy Eat World

DC

Mon. Anything from NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Tues. FEEL LIKE A NUMBER - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Wed. ENGLAND'S GLORY - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Thurs. PAST THE POINT OF RESCUE - Hal Ketchum - A Mick Hanly song. It would have been right up Elvis' street.

I feel as if I'm typing with somone else's fingers. I swear, alcohol is a curse. Happy New Year.

I was watching some of the Elvis stuff there, the re-issues of 68 Special and especially That's The Way It Is are fantastic.

Here are three songs I think he would have made fantastic versions of:


Willie Nelson's - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground

Rodney Crowell's - Till I Gain Control Again (which Van Morrison absolutely hit the mark with his cover version)

Springsteen's - Fire

For Tuesday...

Idlewild ......... Tell me 10 Words

OK Frank,

DC

(I tried the above with ,bold> stuff by the way, and the computer froze...)

Definitely Confused

DC I sent you a message - hopefully it should work. I have not worked out what the Capn's *stars* are for yet though....

Tryin again

DC

Norrie, you are a genius

DC

Aye DC the geeks have been trying to keep it secret!

#47

For *emphasis* as it's easier than typing HTML code.

#51 *must* be!

.....and maybe he'd have sung more Dylan - I must, I must drink less in 2010!

NB As it's on TV and I am wondering how about "I Will Always Love You", he would have been awesome.

PS If you are going to play it then Dolly Parton, not Whitney Houston.

#53

Hoppo,

Elvis wanted to cover it. Dolly refused. Seemingly the Colonel insisted that whenever Elvis covered a song he would be given 50% of the songwriter's royalties.
Dolly said it broke her heart, but there was an important principle at stake.

MONDAY

'A New Day Yesterday' - Jethro Tull

TUESDAY

"Well I'm a long tall Texan

I wear a ten-gallon hat

He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat

Yes I'm a long tall Texan

I wear a ten-gallon hat

He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat

Well people look at me and they say

Is that your hat?

He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat"


'Long Tall Texan' - Lyle Lovett

or

'Top Ten Commandments' - Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys

Howdi!

If it's not too late, a Happy New Year to all the GIO team and fellow bloggers. I had a fabulous New Year.Just tidying up now.


Elvis theme: Which Elvis? The pre-army Elvis or the post army anodyne castrated Elvis?

The former would have done a great job on

'Sunshine of your love' - Cream

'Tomorrow Night' - Atomic Rooster

'Back on the Chain Gang' - the Pretenders

'Burlesque' - Family

Most of these existed before he died, so I'm not sure of that counts, but musically, he was dead after the army (apart from a brief spell in 68 and the fabulous 'Elvis in Memphis' album) so maybe it doesn't matter

The post army Elvis would have done a good job on

'Mary Had A Little Lamb' - Paul Mccartney

I also quite fancy the contra theme - Things Elvis would never have sung:

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Bluebeard - The Cocteau Twins

Starship Trooper - Yes.

regardez youse

Henri

#58 ..... Bryan ..... on the subject of Elvis's great revival of 68 - could we please hear:

'The Power Of My Love' from the Album 'Elvis In Memphis'

It lets you hear what might have been.

regardez vous

Henri

I also think Elvis would have done a good rendition of

'If you could read my mind' by Gordon Lightfoot

and, of course,

'There's a Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis' by Kirsty McColl

For Wed...

Buddy Holly ....... True Love Ways -- (Gary Busey .. The Buddy Holly Story)




For Thursday...

Prefab Sprout ... King of Rock and Roll

#55 I knew that, I remember seeing a programme on Dolly where she recounted the story, but alcohol had obviously affected the brain - again. Why do we do it? In 2010 I must drink less, blog more and try and be more sensible.

MONDAY:

A song about wanting a change to happier days...'SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN' - either ELKIE BROOKES's bluesy verion or (its writer) ELLIE GREENWICH's more upbeat version.

Hamburger Midnight ~ Little Feat

Insomniac ~ Echobelly

Hallelujah ~ Leonard Cohen

Redneck Romeo ~ Trey Earnhardt

Giving It All Away ~ Roger Daltrey

American Idiot ~ Green Day duet of course

Who Threw The Sleeping Pills In Rip Van Winkle's Coffee ~ Gene Ammons

Try And Treat Her Right ~ Clifford Hayes & Dixieland Jug Blowers

Monday: New

Morning Has Broken: Cat Stevens.

Still reminds me of being in church on our wedding day, April 1997. We wanted a 'Spring' song and because my wife had introduced me to Cat Stevens music eight years previously, this seemed very apt. By the looks on the faces of our family and friends, they hadn't sung it since they were at school...

I am sure some will think I am kidding but Elvis would do a great version of:

Morrisey - I Know It's Going To Happen Someday but based on the Bowie arrangement, it would be good to hear Bowie's version.

Thursday:

"The Drugs Don't Work" - The Verve....

:-)




DC

MONDAY:

What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones

MONDAY

NEW MORNING - BOB DYLAN

Simply one of the best 'new begining' songs ever.

I can think of lots of 'new' things that fit the theme literally, but not in the spirit meant, so I've overlooked them.

This conveys the message in an optimistic way, and we could all do with cheering up at the end of the holiday -work, and all that goes with it beckons - let's get off on the right spirit.

regardez youse

Henri

Monday - Newness:
Blue Monday - New Order
Born Free - Andy Williams
Englishman In New York - Sting
New Year's Day - U2
Silent Spring - Massive Attack
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - The Temptations
Wake Up Call - Maroon 5
Daybreak - Horslips

Wednesday

Wed Biopics
Georgia on my Mind / Ray Charles (from Ray)
Inner City Blues / Marvin Gaye ( from the forethcoming film Sexual Healing)


Thu
Never been an Elvis Fan but think he would have been good at
I Remember Elvis Presley / Danny Mirror

Wonder if Elvis after all his No 1's is still trying for that No.2?






Paolopablo still typing in good old fahioned plain run of the mill commoner garden no frills attached same old same old bland everyday
just the way it comes bargain basement typeset

Hello - really great show tonight.

For Tuesday:

Ten Thousand Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants or Because The Night

Shara Nelson - One Goodbye In Ten

Rush - Force Ten

Howdi Team,

TUESDAY - TEN:

TEN YEARS AFTER - 'I'd Like To Change The World' or 'Love Like A Man' (single version)

The very first band I went to see live were Ten Years After at The Usher Hall in Edinburgh in 1970.

The support band that night were an acoustic folk duo called Tyrannosaurus Rex. Unusually, they closed their set with an electric number called 'Ride a White Swan'- to be their next single, we were told: - the rest is history.

regardez youse

Henri

TUESDAY - TEN THEME

Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin

If everyone else has had the same trouble as me coming up with ideas for this theme then there should be plenty time available to include this slightly lengthy piece.

Paul from Ayr

I agree Paul not an easy theme at all!

#76, #77

Why haven't DC and Henri requested 10cc?










We should be telt!

TUESDAY

'Baron Samedi' - 10cc

Tuesday

Sacre Bleu!

The Sacroiliac! - 10cc

DC

:-0

#41

NAW! Has tae be Tom Jones! Gauny geis it? :-)

Tuesday - 10:
Ten Guitars - Tom Jones (it's pure class byraway!)
Fields Of Gold - Sting (From Ten Summoner's Tales)
Ten Times Blue - The Fleetwoods
Ten Times Sweeter - Winston Francis
10 X 10 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
One In Ten - UB40
Romans 10:9 - The Mountain Goats
Knob Creek - 10 Mile Crossing
Ten Little Bottles - Johnny Bond (keep it country!)

Tribute - TENacious D (their only radio friendly track!)
TENt - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

and let's all learn our 10 times table, people!
10 x Table - Songs For Children (to the tune of 10 Green Bottles)

#82 The Connolly version has too many "teacups" clinking in the background.....

Good shout for Tenacious D. "The best song in the world" doesn't have many bleeps in it!

Still going for:

Ten - Jimmy Eat World

DC in (a non-gritted) Cellardyke, Fife

TUESDAY:

Swords of a Thousand Men (or "Wunderbar" for a change) - Tenpole Tudor


#83 - Aye, you're on a slippery slope there, DC.

#20

Those of us who know that year counting starts on year 1, not year 0 (although there's a Physics pedant's case for the latter) didn't celebrate the millennium on 1st Jan 2000...

Oh, and Happy New Year to y'all.

For those outwith Pacific Quay who didn't see my sob story texts to the programme over the hols (and they certainly didn't get read out):

1) Housemoves over christmas suck
2) Score double for housemoves where 12/14 days since the move have involved blizzard conditions
3) Score double again for where the removal company refuses to deliver your belongings on every single one of those 14 days because of public holidays and snow-inaccessibility of your new house. We're talking Bathgate here - new houses, 5 mins off the M8.

We've been without the interwebs at home since they were disconnected at the old house on 21st Dec, hence lack of bloggery. Now I'm back @ work, I can put in suggestions longer than 140 characters again.

Tuesday:
(doing this without the benefit of iTunes cos it's on the back of a removal lorry in Leith) I can only think of:

* Generation X - Dancing With Myself

TUESDAY:

'TEN FEET TALL' - XTC

9 Below Zero - 'Eleven plus Eleven' (is 22...which could also be 10 on the 24 hour clock...worth a try, eh MadMac?)

Welcome back Captain and a Happy(er) New Year to you!

DC

About to take advantage of a break in the snow to walk the dog, and struggling for tonight's theme, so..

Perfect 10 - Beautiful South
Hundred and ten in the Shade - John Fogerty

and now off into the snow!

#78

well, after having petitioned so hard for 'Blackmail' and chipped in £100 to CIN to get it played, I thought no one would be intrested in hearing my requests for 10CC, though they fit the theme exactly.

On reflection, of course we deserve to hear 10CC tonight!

I'd go with anything from Sheet Music as above - 'The Sacroiliac' is radio friendly,but 'The Worst Band In The World' remains an absolute hoot, and beautifully played.

Of course, we could hear 'Blackmail' again! Fabulous track.

If in doubt, The Wall St Shuffle, I'm Not In Love or Life is a Minestrone are instanly recognisable,but don't really showcase the band's humour or originality of mind.

regardez youse

Henri

PS re Ten Years After/ T Rex story above (#75) I should add that I'd be equally happy to stretch the point of the story to have something by T Rex played - how about Hot Love?

pps.. Welcome Back Captain..

Sorry about the radio silence enforced by having to complete my thesis on house building on marginal land affected by shale mining in Central Scotland.

Wednesday

Shangri La - The Rutles

Thursday

Let's remember Elvis for the genius he was.

Captain
Let me know when the snow in West Lothian falls below a foot and a half. Need to get up that way soon.

Wed : Rock Biopics

An outstanding song from Lulu for Tina

Tina Turner - I Don't Want To Fight (What's Love Got to Do With It)

Buddy Holly - Words of Love (The Buddy Holly Story)

The Venus In Furs feat Thom Yorke - Ladytron (Velvet Goldmine)

Joaquin Phoenix and Rese Witherspoon - It Ain't Me babe (I Walk The Line)

Hi Bryan, too late for tonight's show...The Stranglers also had an album called TEN, they did a cover of 96 Tears which I really liked. Never mind, I also have a suggestion for Thursday night. Don't know if you've heard of a band called Dread Zeppelin but they do a cover of Bad Company's Feel Like Makin Love. Lead singer,Tortelvis, it's a bit of fun and you can get some idea of how it would sound if Elvis covered it!! Go on GET IT ON, just for a laugh.
I am a lifelong Elvis fan and I love it.

Re: Lyle Lovett #57

Bryan,

Nae wurries. Thanks for trying!

SG I am amazed the ´óÏó´«Ã½ does not have that - The Road to Ensanada must be one of his better know albums surely? Should we drop a copy off?

#93 Dinnae come yet, the snow on my back hedge and garden bench is around 2 fit deep!!
Howdy all, 1st post for around 2 months, havenae had much of a chance to listen in on shows let alone contribute this last while.
Suggestions for
Wednesday;
New Order - Ceremony (24 hour party people)
Joy Division - Atmosphere (control)
Sex Pistols - No Fun (sid & nancy)
Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat Topped Box (walk the line)

Thursday;
Elvis'd definitely have done
Kaiser Chiefs - Thank You Very Much, bah-boom! naebody?? ok serious then,
working on songs after he died i can definitely hear him singin -
Duffy - Mercy
Christine Aguilera - Beautiful
Pussycat - Mississippi (maybe that was before he died?)
Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat
Morrisey - Disappointed
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Tom Baxter - Better
U2 - (Any of) Bad, Pride, One or Angel of Harlem

Oh and tonights show, Ten Storey Love Song, Fffab

erlando-r how about Elvis replicating the a / b side??

Everyday Is Like Sunday / Disappointed

#97

Norrie,

I'm sure Bryan gets just as frustrated as we do. I remember his incredulity when he couldn't find Elkie Brooks' version of Lilac Wine.

Either something is lacking in the new ´óÏó´«Ã½ system, or they're still compiling the database. (Says he who knows nothing of such things).

No matter. Bryan didn't have to mention it, but he did. It's very much appreciated.