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Monday

Mr Apollo - Bonzo Dog Band - The greatest benefactor of mankind
Mr Bad Example - Warren Zevon - No sin uncommitted

Tuesday

Down in the Glen (Reggae Remix) - The Alexander Brothers - Scotland's Don and Phil mine a thick seam of tartan schmaltz
I've Danced with a Man, Who's Danced with a Girl, Who's Danced with the Prince of Wales - Binky Huckaback

Wednesday

Empty Handed Heart - Warren Zevon - Will he find another love? It's a possibility.
Reconsider Me - Warren Zevon - That was then and this is now.

Thursday

Diamonds - Jet Harris and Tony Meehan - P45s for Hank and Bruce
What You're Doing - The Beatles - Sounds like Be My Baby? Don't worry, Phil's banged up.
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin - All you need to reproduce this drum sound is a stately home and John Bonham.
Fakin' It - Simon and Garfunkel - If you like this rhythm you'll love Boney M's Nightflight to Venus

For Monday - Just Like Jesse James - Cher

Search For The Hero Inside Yourself - M People

Heroes and Villians is a great theme.

David Bowie - Helden, would make a nice change and its really rather good.

Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete

Villains

Or the Beatles recording for the German market - Komm Gib Mir Dein Land

Monday:

Wild west hero - ELO

MONDAY

Bad Bad Boy - Paul Jones, an old favourite of mine (both singer and song)
Good Hearted Woman- Willie Nelson
The Fun Lovin' Criminal - Fun Lovin' Criminals
Working Class Hero - Green Day (preferred version)
Hero Takes a Fall - Bangles
Angel - Jeff Healey (preferred version)
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Levellers
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
She's a good girl, loves her mama, loves Jesus and America too...
I'm a bad boy cos I don't even miss her, I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
and another piece of classic lyric writing from
- Devil and the Angel (not entirely radio friendly)

MONDAY:

'Along Came Jones' - The Coasters. Like the Wacky Races in song!

'Bankrobber' - The Clash

'Batman' - Jan and Dean. Very reminiscent of the 60s Tv show. Seeminhly covered by The Who...Keith Moon was a big Jan and Dean fan.

Second Norrie's shout for Outlaw Pete...reminds me of my cat Pete, whom all my neighbours think is a villain even though he's a big fat softy!

MONDAY

'Sam Stone' - John Prine ~ A hero, albeit deeply flawed.

'A Day to Myself' - Clifford T. Ward ~ Our heroes, at rest in France.

'Letter from Perth' - Michael Marra ~ Perth prison, that is. Lovable rogue.

'Razzle in my Pocket' - Ian Dury ~ The shoplifters' anthem.

>8-D

#6

You can forget 'Working Class Hero'

Bryan still wakes up in a cold sweat.......

>8-D

oops, silly me

Monday:

Is there not a Lennon version of Working Class Hero without the 'swearies'? Can't they be beeped out for the sake of playing it? What are they going to do on Desert Island Discs when it's one of my eight records?

Otherwise, a wee recommendation from me. Dig out:

Hang Me Good: The Porch Song Anthology

You won't be disappointed.

M

seconds for clifford t ward

Heroes
Goin Home / Mark knopfler
Superman / five For fighting

Villains
Bad to the Bone / George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers
Gangsters of the Groove / Heatwave
Crime of the Century / Supertramp

Billy don't be a hero sounds rather dated this weather.

For a start ..Come back and make me your bidey in ..would be more appropriate and that letter would have been recycled, if it was a letter at all. More like a text that would be deleted.

Perhaps DC laureate could write an up to date version!

#12 thumbs up to George Thoroughgood

MONDAY

James & The Cold Gun - Kate Bush, his name's Bond?

I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton, hero or villain?

Cortez the Killer - Neil Young, where does the genocide of the Aztecs rank in the list of serious crimes?

Paul from Ayr

Monday - Heroes & Villains:
Thunderbirds - Busted
The Ballad Of Dick Turpin - Freddie & The Dreamers
Hero Of The War - Scott Walker
(Wish I Could Fly) Like Superman - The Kinks
The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
That's Really Super, Supergirl - XTC
Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes - Kevin Ayers

Goody
SKELETON MAKES GOOD from ICE CREAM FOR CROW by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND

Baddy
JOHNNY TOO BAD from MAD DOG DAYS by JOHN MARTYN

Hero
ZERO THE HERO AND THE WITCH’S SPELL from THE FLYING TEAPOT by GONG

Villain
THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT from ONE SHOT DEAL by FRANK ZAPPA

Monday.
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White - The Standells.

Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce.

Sympathy for the Devil - The Stones

Please can we request something NOT to play? Oh Superman - Laurie Anderson. One of the worst songs I have ever heard.

MONDAY

Captain Beaky & His Band - Keith Mitchell.

The Equals - Police On My Back, or the excellent Clash cover.

#19

I don't think you will need to worry, although it may well find it's way into the montage!

#20

Great Bowie song - The Supermen, Ronson at his best.

Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin

Gordon,Kirrie

I've been toying with the idea of a theme to honour our most prolific blogger and that most senior of producers and suggesting:
A Hannah-Barbara Night.
Just think two hours of stuff like The Flintstones, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, The Smurfs, Catch the Pigeon etc
:)

One of the songs that could fit such a theme also fits tonight's:

Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

"I'll protect you from The Hooded Claw...."

Monday Heros and Villains

Heros

Celluloid Heros - The Kinks
it would be nice to hear this - it's a truly wonderful song, one Ray Davis's best
Kelly's Heros - Black Grape
bonkers, as is everything done by Black Grape, but quite 'clean'
Knockin On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Hero, I think, - comes from the film 'Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid'

Villains

Lucifer - Alan Parsons Project
an instrumental, which suggests the Devil came from Greece, but worth hearing

Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor
the only white guy on Motown,I think,therefore a a novelty record
Bonnie & Clyde - Gerogie Fame
Delilah or Daughter of Darkness - Tom Jones
Daughter of Darkness is particularly ludicrous and therfore worth hearing, wheras Delilah was obviously asking for it - the antidote to 'Torn Between Two Lovers

My prefrence is for Celluloid heros by The Kinks, though, great song to which lots of folk will relate to and be charmed by.

regardez yoouse

Henri

There he goes again.

#26


Or a Wallace and Gromit, Loquacity and Laughter, Garrulity and Giggles Night.

Already posted on previous thread but:


For Mon...

Tony Bennett............ Rags to Riches ( theme to Goodfellas ) i think they were bad guys .. but i might be wrong

For Tues...

Neil Young ......... Harvest Moon ... (Was specially written by Neil for me and my wife)

For Wed...

Kevin Johnstone ............ Rock and Roll i Gave you all the Best Years of my Life
(This could also have been written for me)


For Thur...

Stevie Wonder ....... Superstition

Stevie played the drums on this track ... he was the only one who could feel the groove* with no backing track.




* Technical term drummers use.... but most wouldn't know a groove if it jumped up and kicked them on the a**e

I'm in a seconding mood:

Norrie great shout on Helden and Outlaw Pete

Paolo I or third second Bad to the Bone

Henri Indiana Wants Me (great record and in no way a "novelty")

#13

Billy, don't be a hero
I'll be your bidey-in,
Billy don't go where she goes
She'll just be living in sin....

(TBC)

#26

Adam, I'm honoured!

I can't remember that anyone has ever juxtaposed 'prolific' and 'henri'.

Still, I'm thrilled to be able to able to add it to the juxtaposition 'regular' and 'henri'.

A voyage of self discovery, this blogging thang.

Of course, I'm now worried that the perception of the blogging henri, both prolific and regular, would prove unsustainable in the real world.

This is why, Mary Doll, we can't be a clique. We don't exist in this format, outside this box.

#32

I recommend Weetabix (other oat-based breakfast products are available).

#33

As it happens, I'm on a Porridge, Bananas and SlimFast diet.

My body is aching and rebelling. I came down with a collossal headache earlier and almost gave in to a packet of Kraft's Chocolate Buttons that were in the office.

But it's working.

Hi Bryan, please play Nobody's Hero by Stiff Little Fingers

Roddy from Dumfries

Monday.
Mr. Highway Man - The Red Devils.
Angels and Fuselage - Drive By Truckers.

#29
Hope you enjoyed your hibernation Frank. You've nicked my first choice for wed and thurs so I'll second both Kevin Johnson and Superstition.

#326 previous thread
Gaie...ask Frank if there's ever a post he's regretted making :-)

#307 previous thread
The book is now closed for tonights show. No more bets. You all had your chance!

The Honeythief - Hipsway
Nobody's Hero - Stiff Little Fingers
The Bartender and the Thief - Stereophonics
Angels with Dirty Faces - Sham69

Adam, I had a special request for you on Friday?! Did you hear it?

Guess there's no chance of hearing Been Caught Stealing by Janes Addiction tonight? Ah well...

Happy Monday to all my fellow bloggers,Facebookers, phoners, texters, presenters & producers...just one big happy family ;-)

Mazzy

another for tonight
Hey Joe / Jimi Hendrix

#39

I heard it whilst trying to get them to play Transglobal Underground for my poor old mum. And I know Scotch heard it.

#41 - I can't complain Henri after all, Scotch thinks getting me to request is guaranteed a successful result!!

:-)

Mazzy was it a Bruce track?

Yes Norrie, of course it was :-) Especially for me and Marydoll....

#42

Well,on the presumption that Scotch is right - do you think you could have a go at requesting 'Chariots' by Transglobal Underground this Friday - it's for my mum who had a nasty fall the other week. I know it sounds unlikely because she's 93, but being Indian, it very much her kind of music.

Greggary Peccary might also wish to enlist your services.

regardez vous

Henri

#37 Gaie...

The words - Slosh & Alleycat have haunted me on this blog for over 18 months...

They are brought to my attention at any given opportunity :0)

NEWSFLASH!

Listen to the Iain Anderson show tomorrow (Tuesday) on 94.3 FM at 22:30

Listen to the Ian Anderson show tomorrow (Tuesday) on 96.3 FM at 22:00

Mr. Anderson promises to play Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Spin Doctors and the Mighty Tull!

Which Mr. Anderson will YOU be listening to?

(Bearing in mind the 'Listen Again' facility available on the ´óÏó´«Ã½).

>8-D

#47

Well he's obviously not up to scratch on reading this bog or he'd be playing Transglobal Underground as well - maybe Maria could have a word in his hairy - faced ear?

#46 Found it, Frank! - isn't Google just great. All one's little gems there for posterity.

TUESDAY

Well I too had a song written for me, by Clifford T Ward, only he couldn't spell.
Apart from that, the best title I can come up with is
Country Girl - Primal Scream
the lyrics don't really help, but the title is me for sure, and it is a really great song though only played a week or so ago
the other one that I wouldn't apply myself, but was my nickname way, way back in the day when the lower echelons at my work (ie me and the rest of the support staff) had our own tearoom. Don't ask me why, but I was called The Leader of the Pack. I think it was just a ruse to get me to organise the Christmas party.
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-las
After one of said parties I'm proud to say I was called one of the two worst behaved people at the party. This was the high point of my career in research.
Party Girl - Elvis Costello
that was then. Now of course I just go Walking by Myself. With the odd spot of embroidery on the side, while listening to the radio
Radioland - Kraftwerk

No doubt I'll live to regret this posting - perhaps I can write a song about it for Wednesday

TUESDAY

The last time we had this theme Capt. ARRRRR. came up with different songs for different ages. I agree.

'I am a Rock' - Simon & Garfunkel ~ for the angry young man.

'Solitaire' - Neil Diamond ~ for the eejit who thought pride was more important than family.

'Still is Still Moving to Me' - Willie Nelson ~ for the older and wee bit wiser git, who goes with the flow and takes it one day at a time.

#50

That's really touching and honest of you Scotch and I'm sure we can all relate to what you're saying.

I've settled on:

I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Tuesday.
Fortunate Son - John Fogerty. For all the wars I've thankfully missed.

#44 - I'll always remember his wardrobe malfunction on that one - almost made him sound like a woman. Bruce's best! ;o)

#50 - agreed with #51, there. Can't see how they can get out of playing one of your suggestions now. Beneath that joker hides an ace.

#50 #51 #53 agreed

Tuesday
this is about my irrational moodswings on the blog!
Jennifer Hudson - And I Am Telling You
or
Eagles - Desperado

Even Scandinavians have a sense of humour! ;o)

#53/54

You see, that just proves that if you move, providence moves with you - if you tell them you're a wonderful thing, they'll rally round and agree.

Regular, prolific and wonderful - I just need to get 'Chariots' played for The Ayaltollah and my life will be complete.

Being serious for a second, anyone else here familiar with Steve Earle's 'Jerusalem' album? I got into this artist because of this blog. I liked Guitar Town (wasn't that keen on Copperhead Road) but soldiered on to 'Jerusalem' anyway- absolutely luminous. Great album, warmly recommended.

I'm struggling with this one and will need to sleep on it, some of your suggestions above are inspiring though...

Gaie, Party Girl is great

Mary Doll, Desperado, sad but good, hope the feelings not to bad! Have you heard the Carpenters version?

#56

Regular? Humble?

#58

forgot the

:-)

#56 don't be so cynical - or is it positive? hard to tell. but I'll back you on the Transglobal. you've made me to listen to them - I like. possibly a nail in your coffin for that suggestion.

#57 - I like their cover, but it sounds slightly over-produced and nowhere near as raw as the original, which is a shame - she had a voice and emotional nuance beyond her years.

Thoughts for the rest of the week:

Tuesday - "me "songs

In a broken dream - Python Lee Jackson
Waiting around to die - Lemonheads
Substitute - The Who
Heaven never seemed so close - Kill it Kid
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Devil in disguise - Trisha Yearwood
Here I am - Steve Earle

Wednesday - Regret

Non, je ne regrette rien - Ediath Piaf
Goodbye - Steve Earle
One of us - Abba
You know I'm no good - Amy Winehouse
Even now - Barry Manilow
If you see her say hello - Dylan
Racing in the street - Springsteen
We might as well be strangers - Keane

Thursday - start with bang. shake or rattle

Born to run - Springsteen
What do you want the girl to do - Boz Scaggs
Never let her slip away - Andrew Gold
Heatwave - Linda Ronstadt
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
You may be right - Billy Joel
Love me - Yvonne Elliman


Joe
Linlithgow

in danger of looking like a blog hog. just off for a bath, but remembered some words of wisdom for Tuesday Baz Luhrmann - Sunscreen

THURSDAY:

Before I forget it...'In My Arms' by Teddy Thompson :o)

#58

and modest!

#61 definitely positive - but tongue in cheek. That's great that you've has checked out Transglobal Undergound - for the uninitiated,(it's on Spotify) start with the track Chariots (my mum's favourite) and just let Natahsa Atlas's voice wash over you. Then try Delta Disco and Emotional Yo-You - you'll soon be hooked.

Tuesday:

Lord it's hard to be humble - Mac Davis


:-0


Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror
cause I get better loking each day.
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man.
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.






DC

#65 I had a listen to your Mum's favourite too and liked it quite a lot.
Another for today would be myself on Sunday trying to keep up with Professor Git's agile brain and finding myself on another planet -
Dazed and Confused - Led Zep

For Tuesday - The Greatest Man I Never Knew - Reba McEntire


Yeah, one song doesn't cover it all but this one pretty much sums up how I feel right now.

tues song to describe me

As i sit here blogging with two fresh fillings in my mouth and soup dribbling down my chin

Comfortably Numb / Pink Floyd

Songs that describe bloggers

I'm Walking / Fats Dpmino
Sailor / Petula Clark
The Joker / Steve Miller Band
JCB song / Nizlopi
Computer Love / Kraftwerk
In the wee small hours of the morning / Frank sinatra
Both Sides Now / Judy Collins (the light side and the dark side)
Painter Man / Boney M
Brazilian Love Affair / George Duke
Who Are You / The Who


and

Everyday I write the Book / Elvis Costello

He he thats good paolo. I guess most but not all of them!

Did you burn your fingers from the soup drool as you typed Dpmino?

Tuesday

First line sums it up for me....

I'll never get out of this world alive ~ The Legend that is Hank Williams Snr!

This could almost be about me………………

THE ADVENTURES OF GREGGERY PECCARY: MOVEMENT I from WAZOO by FRANK ZAPPA

I am not at all sure that I really want to see myself as others see me to be honest, but here is a song that fits how I see myself (if that makes sense)

Iris DeMent - The Way I Should

#70 very good, Paulo. You calling me fat? ;-)

#67, I've tried and failed to keep up with Scotch, just admit defeat Gaie!
#70 Excellent Paolo, well observed!

TUESDAY - ME SONGS

My Back Pages - Bob Dylan, The man never did like to explain the deeper meanings of his song so hopefully I'm on safe ground to interpret this as meaning that he once thought he knew it all, but later realised he hadn't and perhaps lightened up a bit. Something that hopefully has happened to me.

Lazy - Deep Purple, the reason that I underachieved as a student and in life in general!

Stuck in a Moment and You Can't Get Out Of - U2, the status of my career at present!

Bird on The Wire - Leonard Cohen, Birds, Freedom, what else is there?!

Paul from Ayr

#39,

Just heard it, Maria!
To paraphrase one of your favourites, what did I do to deserve that?

ALL about me!

CINDY OH CINDY by EDDIE FISHER,TONI BRENT, THE BEACH BOYS, VINCE MARTIN & THE TARRIERS ETC ETC

CINDY INCIDENTALLY by THE FACES

TUESDAY:

2008 was a crummy year for me and 2009 was even crummier. Thankfully, 2010 has been no bad so far so I'm going to 'Keep On Keeping On' (by Curtis Mayfield).

Otherwise, I am quite well known for my 'blonde moments'. I'll bypass 'Dizzy' in favour of 'Cause I'm A Blonde' by Julie Brown (from the film 'Earth Girls Are Easy') and nobody can say I'm not a good sport.

#76 - oh I have done, Paul! I must try Spotifying 'dunderheid' for another me song

Tuesday - Songs About Me:

Given what I do for a living which constantly involves dealing with different people/companies and using technology to make sure the right data is available to the right people in the right format, I'm going to go for two of my favourite songs both to do with communication (or the lack of it!)

Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
London Calling - The Class

And yes, London DOES keep calling me! Two insurance companies and the cat & dog home today already! :-)

I'm not a monkey..

I'm a believer/Neil Diamond

Gordon,Kirriemuir

#50

Where is Capt. Arrrrrr these days?

#83 India

#84

No reason not to blog!

Mind you, that'll be another Transglobal Underground fan in the making.

This sums up so many, me included LOL

#80 I don't think so Gaie!

Scotch -just heard your song, nice one!

Disappointingly, The Proclaimers establish a clear lead.

Wasn't Morrisey on earlier?

(I fell asleep...)

DC

#88 I used to think they were incredibly naff, but as I've got older, they've grown on me. They're unpretentious, unapologetically sing in their natural accents and have made some very moving music that endears them to so many for all sorts of reasons beyond simply appealing to their inner Scot, even if that might appear to be their schtick. There's more to them than that. Plus they don't look nor sound like a typical "star" turn - I like them all the more for it.

#90, Well said MD.

Re Mozz; yawn. The sooner Bryan sees sense and plays The More You Ignore Me The Clsoer I Get, the better. The track played tonight is a great song.

Apart from the nor bit ;-)

#91 cheers - I think they're great. would ask for one of their tracks for my Desert Island Discs in a parallel universe.
as for Morrisey...well, there's something about him that gets my goat. Can't deny he's written some very clever and beautiful songs, but I'm not convinced. Maybe he's just too clever for his own good - it would be nice to just enjoy his music without need for comment on anything else. He's like Marmite. Probably a national treasure.

No had time to listen to the shows this week but keeping an eye on the blog and no disappointed. Fairly sparking wi' banter and some great suggestions, especially for Monday night.
I'll go ahead and be the first to request (probably) the most obvious song for tomorrow night but i don't care coz it's a great one

WEDNESDAY;

Regret - New Order

THURSDAY;

Born To Kill, New Rose or White Rabbit - The Damned
Blue Monday - New Order (drum machine thingy)
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees (xylophone type thingy)
Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro

but the best drum intros

Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy &
Do Anything You Want To - Thin Lizzy

The ultimate song of regret. By Jackson Browne and I think his best. He played this at GRCH and got a standing ovation for a song in the middle of the set prior to which apart from Jackson you could have heard a pin drop.

"And i'd have fought the world for you
If i thought that you wanted me to
Or put aside what was true or untrue
If i'd known that's what you needed
What you needed me to do

But the moment has passed by me now
To have put away my pride
And just come through for you somehow"

Wonderful song, wonderful performer.

Enjoy...

#95 - New Order? Must get True Faith in there for Thursday, too!!

#90/91

I don't dislike The Proclaimers - I think they're okay and they are understandably somewhat affectionately reagrded,locally, I guess.

I don't knowingly own any of their music.

They aren't the problem - (though, as it happens, I think they do play on their 'inner Scot' as you put it - which does drives me round the twist, a bit).

I suppose I see their playing up their 'inner Scot' a bit like the way the Saw Doctors present a version of Eire which is romantic and accessible and probably nonsense.

I don't think of The Saw Doctors as an important band - a music hall act -it's so narrow,limiting and we're all bigger than that.Being narrow in scope pigeon holes them and I see them as another kind of Alexander Bros.

I also think the programme has an unhealthy respect for Scottish bands of the 1980's(and the 1980's overall) and not just the Proclaimers - particularly when other notable Scottish artists from different times..Jack Bruce and Frankie Miller... to name just two, are close to impossible to hear on GIO.

That's the disappointment, really, not The Proclaimers in themselves, but that every request to hear them seems to get treated with a gravitas unbalanced in relation to other requests.

#97 - Great idea
#98 Well said. Totally agree horizons ought to be widened but i also realise Bryan and team are probably tied in as much that they have to grow and maintain audience and while we all may be happy to dabble in each others musical tastes many of our choices would probably bemuse and alienate large chunks of the hoi poloi and the casual listener. Having said all that, I'm sure there's tracks by both JB and FM that could avoid such an undesired effect.

DC fallen asleep again?