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Bryan, please lose your dignity (idea).....

Great themes. maybe a week of positive blog comments?

First thought - agreed DC
2nd thought - agreed Norrie
Am I contradicting myself?

#3 I don't think you are...

Great themes this week - Thinking cap is on...

please, god, spare us dignity.

So far.....




The closest I can get to Bryan's challenge for a song to meet all four of this week's themes is:

Island by Eddie Raven




Unfortunately he isn't covering anyone. And make no wonder caws the song's rap with a capital "c"



See how long this post lasts.......... (no asterisks used though!)





DC

#6 what a sook.




I just called him Bryan (see #1)


Now there's a thing, could there be a film about this? Life of Bryan


DC

I would love to hear this song on Monday, my duet of 2009

Roseanne Cash / and someone else, - Sea Of Heartbreak

this will not be excluded on quality.

Monday:
'If I Had A Boat' - Lyle Lovett
'Shiver Me Timbers' - Tom Waits
'Sail Away' - David Gray
'Sailors' - The Tiger Lillies (go on...dare you)
'Big River' - Jimmy Naill
'Tall Ships' - Wolfstone
'Down By The Sea' - Men At Work
'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' - Split Enz

#4 thanks Mac I'm re-assured

Driftin Too Far From The Shore - Hank Williams.

#10 The David Gray one reminds me of a different song with the same title by Neil Young. I don't want to compete with your suggestion Julie so instead I'm going for..

Through My Sails - Neil Young

Short but sweet one from the album "Zuma".

Monday

Ripples - Genesis

.... more to follow - and from previous post

'Sailing'(the other one) - Cristopher Cross

'the sails can do miracles, just you wait and see'

great line.

#9 that's a good one Norrie

So... Is THIS the current next week's themes blog thread or is THIS...?

Divide and conquer..

Snow Patrol have a cover of Crazy In Love that's definitely unexpected, don't know about the brilliant part though.

Monday
Shipbuilding, Elvis Costello
You're So Vain, Carly Simon

Tuesday
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, Soft Cell (could do for Monday as well)

Wednesday
William Shatner. The man is a legend.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Common People or Rocket Man
any covers by Johhny Cash would do at a shove (he's always a good bet)
Walk This Way or anything by Hayseed Dixies (would also work for Thursday)

Thursday
Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell
Jolene, Dolly Parton
Desperado, Eagles


is it a popularity contest to see which of the duplicate blogs for next week gets the most entries?

yeah, what Jim said.

MONDAY

'Pirate Jenny' - Nina Simone



I'm not in the habit of repeating myself. I said, I'm not in the habit of repeating myself.

just trying out some

almost 3 comments in a ROW. (see what I just did there?)
adrift, jack johnson. this song just about COVERS (see...etc?) all the themes. it's almost country, it's watery, it's about goodbyes. but it's not a cover. 3 out of 4 ain't bad, to paraphrase Meat.

Monday

Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain

Bryan, despite the title, it's a song about whaling, probably one of the great numbers about seafaring, quite a lot of folks unfamiliar with the track will find the instrumental in the middle surprisingly familiar (if they're old enough)

Sailing Shoes - Robert Palmer

Honey - Moby

Lord Granville - Al Stewart

actually, it would be really great to hear this - preferred choice

Ships in the Night - Be Bop deluxe

Harbour Lights - Boz Scaggs

Deep Blue Day - Bryan Eno

Drift Away - Dobie Grey

Albatross - Fleetwood Mac

Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte

Ships In The Night - Jack Bruce

more to follow....

# 24 "more to follow" ....I'll bet. shame there's nothing left in the kitty after wagering it all on "Sean did it"

Hedging my bets here so posting on all fronts...

(Is this worth a competition?)

Monday boats theme:


"Love me Tender" - Elvis
Sloop John B - Beach Boys
Ships - Big Country
Sail On - Free
Dock of the bay - Drifters (a double whammy for the knowledgeable)
Yellow submarine - Beatles (on a par with Dignity)
Lifeboat - Sutherland Brothers
Turn this ship - Andi Starr
The Cutter - Runrig
Sailor - Rod Stewart
Boom Boom! - John Lee Hooker (again, for the knowledgeable)
Tender - Feeder

I have no doubt that more will occur to me

DC

Actually the one I REALLY want....

Sailor - Petula Clark





DC (hoping to get the yacht back out over the weekend)

Thoughts for the week ahead:

Sailing and Boats:-
Ships in the night- Be Bop Deluxe
Sails - Orleans
Trains and boats and planes - Dionne Warwick
I name this ship survival - Cado Belle
Rock the boat - the Hues Corporation

Goodbye and Farewell:-
Goodbye - Steve Earle or Emmylou Harris
Set you free - Allison Moorer
Warwick Avenue - Duffy
It doesn't matter anymore - linda Ronstadt
Back to black - Amy Winehouse
The absence of your company - Kim Richey
So long St Christopher - Goldheart Assembly
Hiaitian Divorce - Steely Dan
Say goodbye to Hollywood- Billy Joel
Gone Away From Me - Ray LaMontagne

Unexpectedly Brilliant Cover Versions:-
Mas es amar - Enrique Iglesias (Spanish cover of Springsteen’s Sad Eyes)
Downbound train or All that heaven will allow - the Mavericks
She's not there - Santana
Modern love - Last Town Chorus
That's all - Clare and the Reasons (much, much better that the original by Genesis)
Ghost town - Zeep
To make you feel my love - Trisha Yearwood (not really a surprise)

Country Special:-
The road to Ensenada - Lyle Lovett
I ain't ever satisfied - Steve Earle
Pancho and Lefty - Emmylou Harris
Neon blue - the Mavericks
Crazy - Patsy Cline
All I want to do - Sugarland
On a bus to St Cloud - Trisha Yearwood
Not ready to make nice - Dixie Chicks
Portland Oregon - Loretta Lynn
Suspicious minds - Dwight Yoakum
Passionate kisses - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore) - Shania Twain
Ring of fire - J Cash
Independence day - Gretchen Peters
Ruby don't take your loe to town - the Killers.

Have a good weekend all.

Joe
Linlithgow

Tuesday:

Farewell - Rod Stewart (from his album Smiler which also features a track by the name of Sailor


Cue X-files music........




DC

Thursday:

I think us bloggers will have to write our own Country Song.

So, to get the spindrift rollin....







It's three long years since she's bin gone,
She took mah pickup an' refused to play mah song..........





(copy & paste)



DC

It's three long years since she's bin gone,
She took mah pickup an' refused to play mah song..........

The dog, it died, and the cat did too
Now where on earth did I leave the vindaloo...?

It's three long years since she's bin gone,
She took mah pickup an' refused to play mah song..........

The dog, it died, and the cat did too
Now where on earth did I leave the vindaloo...?

Gran pappy didn like it one lil bit

It's three long years since she's bin gone,
She took mah pickup an' refused to play mah song..........

The dog, it died, and the cat did too
Now where on earth did I leave the vindaloo...?

Gran pappy didn like it one lil bit
He said "if this happens again we'll all be in the..."

Grit - the true kind - all cowboys agree
Is an indication that some can fly free

MONDAY

'If I Had a Boat' - Dave Matthews Band

TUESDAY

'If I Had a Boat' - Dave Matthews Band


The mystery man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said Kemo Sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea

WEDNESDAY

'If I Had a Boat' - Dave Matthews Band

THURSDAY

'If I Had a Boat' - Dave Matthews Band

N.B. 'Kiss my ass' is Potawatomi for 'Goodbye'

BRING ME THE HEADS OF S.S. ALFREDO GARCIA









(Amusing to us nautical types....)






:-0

Monday/Tuesday/Thursday

The Captain - Leonard Cohen

Monday - 'Captain'
Tuesday - 'I'm leaving Captain I've got to go'
Thursday -'I risked my life, but not to hear some Country&Western Song'

Of course, being laughing Lenny, it's totally original and fails for Wednesday, but this is such a great number (and it's not long) I must implore you play it - good news, Bryan, it is, despite the artist, a country & western song, upbeat, funny, melodic, brilliantly played and radio friendly.

Is that enough superlatives, do you think?

Those unfamiliar should Spotify.

Monday

A salty Dog - Procol Harum

The Boat That I Row - Lulu

#11 That's okay, you seemed in doubt.

Monday

it's all aboard at ten past six... Eh! How are we gettin' on the Cannonball Express with Casey... shouldn't the rally cry not be "All ashore who's staying ashore!"

Sail Away Ladies ~ Uncle Dave Macon

Tales From the Riverbank ~ The Jam

River Of Salt ~ Bryan Ferry

Red Sails In The Sunset ~ Fats Domino

The Crystal Ship ~ The Doors

Starship Trooper ~ YES

Voyager ~ Daft Punk

Cruel Sea ~ Dakotas

Lonesome Old River Blues ~ Roy Acuff

‘Toiler on the Sea’ or ‘Longships’ ~ The Stranglers

Soul Surfing ~ Fat Boy Slim

Drowning ~ The Beat

Wednesday - Unexpectedly Brilliant Covers

Once more onto the hobby horse! I would like to request

Umbrella - Manic Street Preachers

on the mirror blog, erlando r has backed up this suggestion (and Nantcket Sleighride for Monday) if only out of curiosity.Curiosity is a wonderful thing.Thank you, erlando, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

You Only Live Twice - Natasha Atlas

Brought up in Belgium, Egypt and London, Natasha Atlas is of mixed European and Middle eastern descent and is the sometime singer in Transglobal Underground - therefore is most closely associated with singing in a middle eastern style, albeit in a fusion, ambient, dance kinda way. It is very surprising to hear such a singer perform a straight Western ballad, this really is a bit of a revelation - brilliant understates it.

No wonder the world music folks at radio three love Natasha Atlas.

#25

"Sean did it"?

Monday

A glass of champagne - Sailor

MONDAY

'The Water is Wide' - Michelle Shocked & Fiachna O'Braonain

MONDAY

'Sailor' - Sailor

Monday:

Bryan Ferry 'The Cruel Ship's Captain' or 'Lowlands Low' a duet with Antony from Antony And The Johnsons both tracks from the album Rogue's Gallery an album of Pirate songs and sea shanty's. Sting and Bono are on there too.

Tuesday:
Ferry's version of 'She's Leaving Home' b-side to Tokyo Joe.
Bryan Ferry 'Love Me Or Leave me' or 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue'

Wednesday: Covers
Tanita Tikarem 'The Day Before You Came'
Bryan Ferry 'Rescue Me' 'Crazy Love', 'Hold On I'm Coming'

Thurday: Country
Bryan Ferry's version of 'He'll have To Go' or 'I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know'
J.O'B.

Déjà vu






again

>8-D

I forgot to include "Adios" by Linda Ronstadt (for Tuesday).....and I'm guessing that lots of people will suggest "Goodbye to love" (the only Carpenters song I can bear).

More may follow...........


Joe
Linlithgow

...and I just realised that the Fleet Foxes fit Monday's theme, so "White Winter Hymnal" would be good.



Joe
Linlithgow

MONDAY

'So Long, It's Been Good to Know You' - Woody Guthrie



I got on a boat and I started to float
My old pack-sack and my big wool coat
With 10,000 men we rode the foam
And sung this song to the people back home

TUESDAY

'So Long, It's Been Good to Know You' - Woody Guthrie

Monday:

Please don't play War Canoe by Rolf Harris. Dignity is better than this....

DC

#44 it was Stacey.

Monday
My request just "failed" - profanity. So, no f(inserts decency space) riggin'in the riggin' allowed?

Gaie
Ship of Fools from the Bobster is brill but you said it first so you can have it.

Monday
I'll go for an American group famous for their pomp rock and one sickly ballad who for reasons best known to themselves got an accordion mandalin and acoustic guitar out and produced a wonderful three and a half minute radio friendly ditty which I always thought the Waterboys would have covered well.

Boat on the River / Styx

Summer 2008 we were at a close friends birthday garden party. It was a great night and she was the life and soul. She was so excited at seeing her hero laughing lenny in concert. Less than a year later we were all at her funeral after she lost a sudden short battle against cancer. Lenny provided her funeral song.

Tues
Hey that's no way to say Goodbye / Leonard Cohen

just as well we don't know what's in front of us.

Wed
Like this theme. It's the word 'Unexpected' which sets it apart. For that reason I would have to rule out Bob Seger's cover of If I was a Carpenter. It's brilliant but not unexpected. Howabout

Firestarter / Jimmy Eat world.

The prodigy's hardcore dance hit stripped back and slowed down into a ballad. Unrecognisable, unexpected and brilliant.

Thursday
Misty / Ray Stevens

Country music must be the most ever.

#54
it was Stacey?

#53

I've just listened to War Canoe.I'd rather hear War Canoe than Dignity.

Please, god, spare us Dignity.

Tuesday.
Bye Bye Blackbird - Peggy Lee.
The Long Goodbye - Paul Brady.
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley.
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul and Mary.

Monday:

Mutineer - Warren Zevon

Birds and Ships - Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant

I Remember / The Ship Song - Boo Hewerdine

What Goes On - Bryan Ferry

Song For all four days

Bryan Ferry - Funny How Time Slips Away.

Monday - a Ferry is without doubt a boat, although I admit Bryan is not

Tuesday - contains the lyric "I gotta go now I guess I'll see you around"

Wed - Bryan Ferry doing a country cover at that time was unexpected

Thursday - The song is of course one of Willie Nelsons finest so qualifies for country night.

#55 BB seemed pretty impressed with BS last week, so here's hoping

Ship of Fools - Bob Seger - it is indeed brill and there's two of us would like it, please
Ship of Fools (different song) - Robert Plant
Sail Away - Frankie Miller
Politician - Cream
and for WEDNESDAY the most unexpected cover, the song that was a long-term joke with us at school, Nobody's Child. Imagine my amazement listening to a Traveling Wilburys CD and hearing 5 of the coolest musicians in the world singing a song made infamous hereabouts by the Alexander Brothers. I near fell off my seat which wouldn't have been funny on the M8.

63
Well Done, Norrie - you've unlocked the door - a country singer with a nautical name:

Song 'Crazy'

Monday - Willie Nelson

Tuesday ' and then someday you'd leave me for somebody new'

Wednesday: Diana Krall & Elvis Costello

Thursday: Patsy Cline.

hope you're all out at 'Backbeat' tonight.

#64
Hank Snow happy about it.

#19

Agreed on the Hayseed Dixie. You could also have anything off Luther Wright and the Wrongs' most excellent complete .

Howdy... is there anybody in there?

Are there any deer in the theater[sic] tonight

etc

For Thursday's country we need to get the two best (and thematically most complete) country songs ever written:

* The Humpff Family - Love, Death, Divorce, Prison, Alcohol, Rivers and Trains
* Dave Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name

and it would be ace if we could squeeze in this one:
* Barbara Mandrell - Child Support
All together now:
His hands are tiny/And his legs are short
But I lean upon him/For my child support

and on the subject of 'Backbeat' and John Lennon's love of rock n roll....

Wednesday - Unexpectedly Great Covers

You Can't Catch Me - John Lennon

among the true oddities in the 'Beatles' back catalogue sits Lennon's 1975 Rock n Roll album, a collection of covers from his youth, some of these songs form part of the 'Backbeat' production.

It is easy to presume this was a nostalgic tribute to a cherished past, but, as usual, the truth is stranger than fiction.

One of the most original and famous opening lines in lyric songwriting is 'here come old flat top,he come grovin' up slowly' from Come Together.

In fact, Lennon lifted the line straight from Chuck Berry's song 'You Can't Catch Me.' As Come Together became the coolest, hippest song of the decade and Abbey Road sold in millions,so Berry's copyright holder, Morris Levy - an industry veteran and hard man, rubbed his hands and issued a writ in 1973.On Yoko's instruction, Lennon's lawyers agreed an out of court settlement in which Lennon would record three songs owned by Levy's publishing company and Lennon would induce Apple to license three Beatles songs to Levy's company.

This deal is only a fraction of the shenannigans behind that would eventually become the Rock n Roll album, including Phil Spector's lunacy, John's 'lost weekend' and so on.You can tell something's not right - the album lacks exactly the spontaneous feel you'd expect of Rock n Roll and Lennon's Hamburg/Cavern experience.

Matter of fact, there's a pretty good musical stage play based simply on the story of You Can't Catch Me - which is the stand out track on an otherwise mediocre and tired sounding album, like most of John's post Imagine work.


Not many people I know are familiar with it, but anytime I play it, folk are always taken aback by how good it is - John's vocal delivery is at his very best.

If you're familiar with the story or disinterested in the artist, I apologize in advance for boring you rigid.

You could always play it and ask the listeners to listen out for the famous plagiarized line....but please, god, spare us 'Dignity'.

#66 just watched Stanley Baxter doing The Alexander Brothers singing Nobody's Child. Hank definitely wouldn't have been happy about that! or maybe he had a good sense of humour. Snow for me to say.

Unexpected Covers...

OK, skipping over the quite wonderful Richard Thompson cover of Oops... I did it again (which got played last time we did this theme), and with the criterion of doing something really quite different from the original:

* Pretty much any Hayseed Dixie track - I'm plumping for Walk This Way
* Jose Feliciano - El Tango Del Roxanne (from the Moulin Rouge OST; although almost anything from that album would do. Ewan's vocal performances being particularly striking)
* The Streets - Your Song
* Michelle Shocked - Got No Strings Disney gone Western Swing
* The Slits - I Heard it Through The Grapevine
* The White Stripes - Jolene Does this one also count for Country night?
* The Selecter - James Bond
* Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
* Mo-Dettes - Paint It Black
* Gotz Alsmann - People Are People Mmmm: easy listening
* Groove Armada feat. Status Quo - Purple Haze
* Morrissey - That's Entertainment
* Manic Street Preachers - Theme from M*A*S*H* (Suicide is Painless)
* The Joshua Trio - Where The Streets Have No Name Western Swing again
* Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee This is so different - using the original as a backing guitar track to entirely new words - that I'm not sure if you can call it a cover. It is unexpectedly brilliant though, and has the wonderful line I said, "I’m the most illegible bachelor in town."

There are surprisingly quite a few near-on complete covers of entire albums. Best of the ones I know:
* Luther Wright and the Wrongs - Rebuild The Wall
The Wall in Country Stylee. Best example: In The Flesh
* Easy Star All-Stars -
Dark Side a la Dub Reggae. Selected Track: Money
* Jamestowne -
Recorded as if it were an acoustic demo. Track pick: Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

It's been asked for before, and I know you'd have pronunciation issues, but:
* Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Monday Nauticality:

* Loadsa Runrig tracks; I'm going for The Ferry
* Fairport Convention - Sailing Boat
* Mike Oldfield - Blue Peter
* The Pogues - Thousands are Sailing (OK, more about emigration than boats specifically. But if you can find the Phil Chevron solo version, it's brilliant)
* Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane and Mary Black - The Grey Funnel Line (or the Silly Sisters if you can't find that version).
In the days where every liner fleet was known by its funnel colour, HM Navy took to calling itself the Grey Funnel Line.
* All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
* Oysterband - Ship Sets Sail
* Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song

But most, most, most of all, the incomparable
* Christy Moore - The Voyage
which I sung to my wife on the eve of our wedding. Just shy of 12 years on, it's more true than ever and still a huge favourite.

Hmm - it's all a bit folky isn't it? And that's without the chunky knit) repertoire of fishing/whaling songs I've got.

What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor - Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. steady Glen..
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt.
Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention.
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding.
Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani.
Topped off with the Popeye theme or 'Barnacle Bill the Sailor.

here I go, being inevitable again
Sloop John B - Beach Boys
Home Lovin' Man - Andy Williams (the harbour lights were shining)
Proud Mary - Creedance Clearwater Revival

MONDAY

'The Whaler's Dues' - Jethro Tull

TUESDAY

'Goodbye Earl' - Dixie Chicks

Whit nae Pirates by ELP Scotch?

For Thursday's show I feel compelled to compile a list. I apologise in advance. Yeeha.










Keep it Country!

#77

I can't choose between pARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRt 1 and pARRRRRRRRRRRRRt 2

>8-D

#77 Re: Thursday

Get thae loins girded. This being your area of expertise, I anticipate a long list full of pure quality, man. Kain?

>8-D

Monday

Tug Of Love - Dennis Wilson - The only real Beach Boy

Tuesday

Don't Think Twice It's All Right - Susan Tedeschi - Look out your window and she'll be gone

Wednesday

No Expression - John Mellencamp - Undersold on record by writer Terry Reid

Thursday

Branded Man - Merle Haggard - He'd like to hold his head up but the bottle let him down

TUESDAY

My Love's Leavin' - Steve Winwood
The Goodbye Look - Donald Fagan
Every Time We say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
Hello Goodbye - the Beatles

although these are favourites, what I'd really like to hear is

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye -12" version - Soft Cell
the last time you played this you played some duff version.The 12" is beautiful complete with oboe (or cor anglais?) solo in the middle, definitely one for the desert island

Somedays - Paul McCartney
this isn't an obvious 'Goodbye' song, but it's obvious he's preparing for a big transformation. 'Somedays I cry for those who fear the worst'.It's a poignant insight and consolation to anyone whose had to go through a really bad time with someone close with the anticipation that somethings are going to change or that things will never be the same again. He can write great lyrics when he wants to and this is one of his finest,very beautiful, deserves to be heard.

Another suggestion for all 4 themes:

John R Cash - Rowboat

Monday - Rowboat

Tuesday - "I'll be home, Talkin' to nobody, You'll be strange, You'll be far away"

Wed - Originally by Beck on his second album I think

Thursday - Johnny Cash is one of the country greats.

Is it just me, or have the "GB" wimmins curling team been focussing too much on their good looks an avoidin their last stone qualities??????


I think Scotland needs tae be telt.


C'way Rona, get thum sortet oot

DC

Another point of order (yer honour), the theme for Monday (last time I read) was boats

Technically, a voyage isnae a boat. But neither's a sailor

I could list such boats as scaffie, fifie, zulu, trawler, drifter, seine netter, creeler, sloop, yawl, ketch,, skiff, banting, proa, catamaran, ship, barque, barquetine, cutter, clipper, pungy, saic, minesweeper, destroyer, frigate, aircraft carrier, minelayer, moletta, lugger, liner, icebreaker, ferry, dory, kotia, galley, corvette, corsair, crabber, vessel, bathyscape, submarine, barge, junk, wherry, yacht......

(gettin fed up....)








Now will you play boats or change the goalposts?








I think you should play David Gilmour because he's a baldie...... (go look it up, it IS a type of boat!)



:-0


DC

Thursday - Country Night

Rhythm Of The Blues - Mary-Chapin Carpenter

This lady turned me on to Country music.Although my interest started with 'He Thinks He'll Keep Her' - the above track is my all time favourite.It deals with the fag end of the relationship, the living death - 'I want a place to call my own, where you have never been.' And we've all been there, easy to relate to, just great.She's also a great guitar player, like Bonnie Raitt.

You're Not the Only One - Love and Money

Yes, Love and Money! I guess you'd have to hear it.Still a mystery to me why a 'real' country artist hasn't picked up on this. Funnily enough, this deals with the same subject as MCC above - the living death of a relationship and the longing for closure or reinvention....James Grant is a great songwriter which is why GIO is subjected to so many requests.Lots of GIO listeners can't be wrong...Get it on.

One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash

Fearful we might be subjected to 'Dignity' on Monday, then this is the antidote.

'Dignity' has the makings of a decent good time soul tune with one of the most inappropriate lyrics imaginable. The narrator tells us he's abroad sipping Raki, reading Keyesnian economics and reflecting on the local bin man's plans for retirement.Yep, it's a promising start.

Political sanctimony is never an attractive feature in songwriting. Utopian and implausible,it makes you wish that in the end he got the dinghy by refusing to pay the poll tax and selling fake goods from a stall at the Barras at the weekend.

Moreover, calling the dinghy 'Dignity' would be, in itself, an undignified thing to do.I cringe every time I hear it.

No such problems for Mr Cash - our assembly line worker gets a whole Cadillac by petty pilfering over twenty years and still manages to get a working, if slightly ridiculous looking car our of it.

Amusing. Human and Brilliant. A great songwriter.

#85

DC, don't en-currach them. :-)

DC,

Good news! It's a ship called dignity, no' a boat, so they cannae play it if it disnae' match the theme!

Frigate.

Or,

run a bath and play 'Submarines'










Ye aye kain when a depth-charge has exploded...









...the bubbles rise tae the surface...

BRING ME THE MASTHEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

International Submarine Band - Luxury Liner

This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.

A few more for Monday:"Luxury liner" or "Sailing round the room" by Emmylou Harris (who is by coincidence about to embark on "Cayamo - a journey through song" which is basically a floating festival with Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Brandi carlile and others, that travels from Miami to Belize and Costa Maya from today until 26 February).


Joe
Linlithgow

I bet Lyle would not scare his pony on his boat out on the sea.

......and one for Tuesday: "My Opening farewell" by Jackson Browne.


Joe
Linlithgow

#88

Technically a ship is a vessel with a bowsprit and at least three masts, all carrying square-rigged sails so, unless the guy's dinghy is pretty big, it couldnae exist.


Which means it cannae be considered for Monday

Sorted

DC

# 96

Yes!

regardez youse

Henri

ps - if the vox pop texters and the f***book freinds undermine the technical position you've outlined, I'm for a huge uplift in requests for 'One Bit At A Time' for Thursday.

#97

How do you eat your bread?

One piece at a time.

fingers on buttons, folks, I'm handing you 100


TUESDAY
Goodbye Yesterday - Jimmy Cliff
So Long - Fats Domino
Say Goodbye - Paul Young
Until We Say Goodbye - Joe Satriani - choice no1
I don't want to say Goodbye - Teddy Thompson
Goodbye Baby - Long John Baldry

now I'm awa tae play in the snow, but not with Hank - byeeeeeee

#85 & #96

Mind you if they accept `Voyage` and `Ships`, we could get some `Space` songs in!