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Only 99 to go now, DC. You be ready now.

Loved the Dori Previn tonight.
Monday Pet Shop Boys Think they might work in the West End Girls. Prefer Rent though.
Tuesday Mike and the Mechanics Silent Running
Wednesday Manhattan Transfer Chanson D'Amour
Thursday Julie London Cry Me A River
or Godley and Creme Cry

If we get a cameron / clegg coalition will they be known as 10cc

#3 Nice one Paolo, life is a minestrone!

We did the 'and the backing bands' last year but a good theme and a great excuse to request

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band.

Not hollywood nights
not old time rock n roll
not we've got tonight


there's so many other great songs that never get played.

personal favs
Still the same (which was covered by rod stewart)
against the wind ( great piano break)
Ain't got no money (a frankie miller cover)

Good one, paolo!
I'm changing/ adding my Wednesday request to Mamas and Papas California Dreaming Brilliant harmonies.

#3

If there is a coalition between the Conservatives and the Lib/Dems the new party could be called 'CONDEM'.

Referring to last thread (sorry if that's considered bad blog etiquette)
#256 #259 Adam - Glen
They songs wouldnae have solved anything, the last (only) word of the title would've remained the same, thus they would merely have prolonged the agony! Did you go to Waid Adam?

Talkin of Waid
#266 SG
I must confess although i can appreciate Horse she's not really a big fave of mine so all credit for the request should go to Rab and he telt me she lives/lived in Anstruther.
Perhaps DC can confirm or expand upon this. If he's no to busy scrapin barnacles off hulls ready for the season ahead ;)

Dear GIO team,
I don't know who those plonkers are on the blog pic for next week's themes? But loved the generation games this week. Just a couple of ideas for next week - Monday, wouldn't Eurythmics' "Who's that girl?", "Sweet Dreams", "Thorn in my side", "There must be an angel" be a gr8 base for an epic show? Wednesday - how about anything by The Seekers (new or original) - all immaculate harmonies. Or mebbe "Puff, the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary...but then that might almost qualify for Thursday by bringing tears to the eye. Otherwise, agree with Mary doll's suggestion madhufromedinburgh

Caption competition...

CAPTION:
"Stop squeezing my nipple!"

"All right - I'll tell you everything. Just turn those infernal Eurythmics off."

#8

You're right, of course. I presume embarrassment has prevented publication of the playlist.

#8 A horse at the Waid?

Cuddy wis there right enough

Need mair info Erlando. BTW Adam is gonnae be awfy offended an him just that wee bit older than yersel

Pints in the Volly in Dunbar this weekend BTW. Pity you flitted CaptainR.








#1 ah kain, but will make a shot at it







Joolz good tonight (´óÏó´«Ã½2).


DC

I once met Horse at a Nils Lofgren gig at the Ferry. She didn't mention Anstruther in our three second conversation.

Caption

"Naw, you;ve tae pull MY finger

Ian Hunter rocking it out of the park on Jools Holland. Excellent.

Further to #15 Erlando, research online gives which puts her in my era but a member of the crazy fish crowd (Mad Wrasse) so no fae a richt skail

Hope this puts Rab's gas at a peep

DC

Monday
Phantom of the
Sound of

#14 I can't think of any three second conversation where that town is worthy of mention


;-)


DC

Re #16

...Courtney Love on the other hand is dire.

# on the Hole, no bad

#21

She plays golf?

CAPTION:

"Please don't mention 1966 again. There's a wee bit of Scottish in me and it speaks to me at night when nobody else is awake... It makes me do things..."

CAPTION

"He's got concussion, boss. He can't remember who he is!"

"Tell him he's Gazza and get him back on the pitch!!"

>8-D

MONDAY

A musical based on Ian Dury's discography would be fun. They could call it
'Go Away, Noddy!' >8-D

For the finale I would suggest

'England's Glory' - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

I believe this to be a pure dead brilliant suggestion, and I commend it to the House.

An instant idea for Thursday also works for Tuesday:The tracks of my tears by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

More to follow

Joe
Linlithgow

Monday:

Many of Pink Floyd's albums (and especially the later stuff) could be turned into musicals. Indeed, "The Wall" was made into a film.

I think that the album "The Final Cut" with it's anti-war theme would make a great musical.

My suggestion for Monday is the thought provoking Two Suns in the Sunset



DC

TUESDAY

'Turn Me Round' - kd lang and the Reclines


Bryan,

This must be in your record collection. Dig it oot! (Please)?

WEDNESDAY

I know it's hard to believe, but the Roches have NEVER been played on GIO

I request this song every time this theme emerges. This week I'll give you plenty of time to find it.


'Mr. Sellack' - The Roches


By neglecting Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche you deprive your listeners of a wonderful aural experience. Don't be that guy!

S-g

I reckon the story of Courtney Love and Hole would make for great musical theatre. The only reason Hole aren't seen as one of the great rock bands is because they're fronted by a woman. Same applies to Siouxsie and the Banshees. I'd like to request Doll Parts by Hole for Monday's show.

#25 'Hit Me - The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury' premiered last year!

Weesht!

>8-D

Monday

The same poverty of imagination which has led to spate of remade films can be seen in the fabrication of so-called musicals around pop and rock music. Where is today's Carousel?. A Bob Dylan musical? You're a liar, I don't believe you.

Monday
David Bowie
Not sure if all his incarnations would make easy segueing for one show, but worth a try.
Laughing Gnome , just because.

Caption Competition

I don't like sharing a cell with you big boy!

Three lions on the nightshirt

caption Big boys don't cry
I'm Not In Love 10cc a wee nod to paolo's wit for Thursday's theme

Monday

After quite a lot of thought, I've decided that Mary-Chapin Carpenter's songs could be turned into a thematic musical.

This is because they are often situational (He Thinks He'll Keep Her)or beautifully cinematic, like The Rhythm of the Blues.

Since we always hear He Thinks He'll Keep Her, can we please hear:

The Rhythm of The Blues - Mary-Chapin Carpenter.

Regardez-Youse

Henri

#25, #31

Ye kin chuck this oot the windae' noo that Julie has laid bare mah abject ignorance, 'n'at. Know whit Ah Mean?

Instead we'll go with a Tull album which lends itself to this format. On the original album the story unfolded as a cartoon strip. Not their best, but Miss Babs hinted that she would have played it in a previous theme, had it been requested.


'Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die' - Jethro Tull

#39 I'm very sorry SG...I'll just say I dreamt it.

Too late. This is whit happens when the Hibees cannae kick a ba'.

Ye jist lash oot, so ye dae.

>8-D

Monday

The following have already been done.

Amy Winehouse - Anything Goes
Oasis - Dud Brothers
Chicago - Chicago
Rose Royce - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Talk Talk - Jerry Springer - The Opera
Johnny Cash - The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Smiths - Les Miserables
Elton John - Hair
Madonna - Mamma Mia
Stock Aitken Waterman - The Producers
Nelson - Thoroughly Modern Willie
Dolly Parton & Rod Stewart - Beauty and The Beast
Ken Dodd - Fiddler on the Roof
George Michael - Hairspray
Val Doonican - Jersey Boy
U2 - Cabaret
Catatonia - Spamalot
Michael Hutchence - The Wizard of Oz
Bonzos - All That Jazz
Sting - Show Boat
George Melly - The Jazz Singer
Egg - Easter Parade
Cerys Matthews - Funny Girl
Cliff Richard - The Nightmare Before Christmas

Monday

Another artist whose songs would work well as a thematic musical is James Grant - again his songs are both situational and cinematic (Candybar Express - Pain Is A Gun - Walk The Last Mile)

How about the very beautiful country number 'You're Not the Only One' from the album 'Dogs in The Traffic' by Love & Money.

In fact, both my requests for tonight are for the umpteeth time .. drifting into 'pigs will fly' territory here.. which given the artists is quite surprising - in fact, most surprising, Bryan, these are great country numbers.

regardez youse

Henri

Wet Wet Wet - Laughter in the Rain
The Move - Chess
kd Lang - Me and my girl
Steve Brookstein - Fame
Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - The Lady and the Tramps
Everything but the girl - The Full Monty
Billy Ocean - South Pacific

: In the days before rock and roll a young Van Morisson got a job cleaning windows. One day whilst working on the bright side of the road, he met a brown eyed girl. Her name was Gloria and she was a sweet thing, as sweet as Tupelo Honey. They went out one night and had a moondance and for the first time he felt her warm love. All was well until he had an affair with the queen of the slipstream. When Gloria found out she packed her bags and left. Van pleaded baby please don't go but it was too late and he felt her wrath like a full force gale. Unable to keep up his mortgage payments he was a dweller on the threshold. Fed up with days like this he decided to try and get her back. He phoned her voice mail and left a message saying have i told you lately that I love you. Glorias heart melted and she phoned him back saying that was a wonderful remark, I've always wanted someone like you. They had a midnight special in the T.B. sheets and lived happily ever after.


Monday
Someone like you / Van Morisson

#45

Paulo - hats of to you for that one. Excellent effort!

A few more ideas for the week ahead:

Monday - musicals
Bad moon rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tequila sunrise - the Eagles
After the love has gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
My generation - the Who
My old school - Steely Dan
You've got a way - Shania Twain

Tuesday - 'and thes'.
100 days, 100 nights - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
No woman no cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
Good year for the roses - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Baby don't change your mind - Gladys Knight and the Pips

Wednesday - harmony
Minute by minute - Doobie Brothers
White winter hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Killing the blues - Plant/Krauss
I fall to pieces - Tearwood/Neville

Thursday - waterworks

Cry like a rainstorm - Linda Ronstatdt
All my tears - Emmylou Harris
No woman no cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers
My blue tears - Teddy Thomson
What a crying shame - the Mavericks


Joe
Linlithgow

#42 #44 #45 all excellent!
Sorry to be a copycat, but this was what I was too tired to type in last night - honest!

The musical is called Born on the Bayou

John's family made their living from the Cottonfields. Life was hard and climate change meant spoiled harvests. Who'll Stop the Rain? they sighed despairingly. John decided the only way was for him to leave home and seek his fortune. As he set off, his Mother cried What are You Gonna Do? there's a Bad Moon Rising and You Better be Careful out there. I'm a Fortunate Son said he, I'll be back and your worries will be over.
John had many adventures Up Around the Bend, across the Green River, in The Lodi and working as a deckhand on Proud Mary. One day on the road he met and fell in love with a Sweet Hitchhiker called Susie Q who was a singer with a Travelling Band. John Wrote a Song for Everyone which became a smash hit, and true to his prediction he was able to go home with pockets full of cash. To his amazement there were banners out to welcome him, even though he'd not said he was on his way. 'How did you know?' he asked. We Heard it Through the Grapevine they said as they wiped away their tears of joy.

predictable maybe, but it remains one of my all time favourite songs so
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

TUESDAY
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Bring on the Dancing Horses - Echo and the Bunnymen
Every Day I Write the Book - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Second that Emotion = Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

WEDNESDAY
The Air that I Breathe - The Hollies
Beyond My Wildest Dreams - Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler
Devoted to You - Carly Simon and James Taylor

#48 very good

#42 still laughing at Johnny Cash's amazing technicolour dreamcoat

Seriously, I hear Rick Rubin has Johnny's final album of glam rock covers in the vaults including a stipped down acoustic version of Ballroom Blitz.

For Thursday!

and the Tuesday and the suggestion from me is......

Free fallin' Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

or, if you're feeling generous,

Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band



DC

enjoyed all the above proposed show synopses. Having had to watch the We Will Rock You video a couple of times too many ("Rab" is doing it as the school show this year), I think they're far superior to that one. I love Queen and even though I know the show has been massively popular, I'd struggle to sit through it again.
give them a run for their money, folks - I'd watch your shows!

For Monday - Plenty of material for a musical from the pen of Shel Silverstein.

Father Of A Boy Named Sue

You're Always Welcome At Our House

;o)

#13,14 - Ill try'n mind tae ask Rab for further info re Horse for closures sake if nothing else

#34 MD, I was also thinking Bowie's catalogue should be big enough to support a show and fairly obviously a space/planet theme could narrow it down and be do-able. Maybe as a sort of 70s sci-fi type thing, so...

MONDAY;

Moonage Daydream -or- Lady Stardust - David Bowie

Others whose songs I thought could also make a fairly decent stage show but i haven't put in the effort to work it out, would be...

Thousands Are Sailing - The Pogues
Seven Seas - Echo and the Bunnymen

Nobody going to go for Spinal Tap for Monday? :-)

Or

Number 1 - The Rutles

This would be a serious musical about a satirical musical.

The unfair thing is that the Beatles would get the royalties.

I see the Stones have jumped on the Anthology bandwagon with the re-issued Exile On Main Street. Everyone's investments have taken a pounding recently.

The Rutles is a good call. There is probably a fair argument for Gary Numan as well - a lot of his songs could easily be strung together to tell a story of alienation in post-modern britain etc etc etc etc...

Let's have Cars or Are Friends Electric

And by Spinal Tap I'd go for Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight

I have two suggestions and I hope to get the time to post properly on them

Gram Parsons


Human Leauge

Human league also a great shout especially their earlier stuff which is rarely played and very underrated.

For Monday I think Stiff Little Fingers could make a gritty musical about growing up during the troubles in Northern Ireland.

The track I would suggest is

BARBED WIRE LOVE

In 'Rockin' All Over the World' the musical based on the music of Status Quo, the main character 'Caroline' is banned by her father from meeting her one true love 'the wanderer'. She decided to 'Break the Rules' and shins' Down the dustpipe' to meet him. Least said the better about the subsequent rolling over etc etc but needless to say they did it 'Again and again'! So, they ran away and ended up 'Livin' on an island' until her father caught up with them and sent her 'rollin' home' and later forced her to send him a 'Dear john' letter. He's 'In The Army Now'!!!

#62 sounds painful.....

#60, 61:

Now, now you two. Thats not funny.
You know the Human League is still a sensitive topic for Bryan and Babs.

#60 - No Bruce, Norrie?

Starts of with him leaving his wife in Baltimore (Hungry Heart). Heads off to Vietnam in his Rambo head band where he becomes a big hero (Born in the USA). Unfortunately on his return he is soon forgotten and spends most of his days in bars telling everyone his old war stories (Glory Days). He his shocked out of this lethargy by the events of 9/11,(My City in Ruin) gets his old gear on and goes on a world tour taking care of terrorists (Empty Sky). Sadly in the end he is seen as an old man oggling girls in the park (Girls in their Summer Clothes or Yakety Sax).

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

No Adam but your Broooce musical sounds good.

I'm sticking with my decision to nominate Gram parsons and the Human Leauge. Take too long to post on here but the Gram Parsons story is fascinating and tragic with some outstanding music so that would work. An heir to a multi million fortune, a graduate of harvard, influential musician who hung out with the Stones, recorded with the Elvis TCB Band and died tragically young. His pals stole is body and set it on fire at Joshau National Park, his stepfather stole the ashes back......someone surely could make a musical out of that lot!

The Human leauge would really work well as you could do a fairly basic love story theme round Dont You Want Me but some early classics would work in really well Only After dark, Boys and Girls, Rock n Roll/ Nightclubbing and later stuff like Human, Mirror Man etc.

The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Victoria was bored. Her life had reached Dead End Street. A pretty girl, she had had her share of boyfriends, none of whom set her heart alight. Apeman spent too much time talking about rugby, Plasticman hadn't an original thought in his head and Jason, the Dedicated Follower of Fashion was more interested in what he saw in the mirror than what he saw in Victoria. One Sunny Afternoon Victoria cried 'enough! - Set Me free' She ran off and joined the circus, changing her name to Lola and learning the trapeze. Along with her partner, Wonderboy she was very good, but one day there was a terrible accident. the Big Top fell down, resulting in the Death of a Clown. Victoria could go on no longer but Wonderboy didn't want to lose her. Marry me, he said, we'll go off in a Supersonic Rocket Ship and get away from all this. Together they walked off into a Waterloo sunset and etc etc

My musical is about a Suede headsinger called Dagenham Dave who was the Last Of The Famous International Playboys. His background was English Heart, Irish Blood. He knew he would be famous as his Ouija Board, Ouija Board told him to keep away from the Interesting Drugs and to Sing For Your Life. As he grew famous he found that it was true that We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful but despite this it was clear that The More You Ignore Him the Closer He Gets. In fact Roys Keen but our hero was Sunny.

In a rousing finale the hero of the musical declares that Youre The One For Me Fatty, ignores the fact that Everyday Is Like Sunday and Throws His Arms Around Paris.

Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

Oh and as a treat for SG and DC the name of the musical is

Something Is Squeezing My Skull

#67 - Sounds more like a Gram Parsons biopic rather than a musical based on his songs. I dont think they've done one yet. There was a documentary called "Fallen Angel" and a film about the kidnapping of his body called "Grand Theft Parsons".

Yes Adam you are spot on, I suggested a biopic rather than a musical. I have seen fallen Angel which was fantastic but not Grand Theft Parsons. Must see if I can track that down...

Sorry Brian but it is Meat Loaf, capital M capital L, the man himself is very very particular about it. The title would have to be lost Boys and Golden Girls, a remake of the 80s Lost Boys. Vampires very much in vogue. There is that guy Steve Steinman going about doing "Vampires Rock" but Took the Words Right of my Mouth, Bat out of Hell, Id Lie for You and thats the Truth, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Blind as a Bat, Man of Steel, Out of the Frying Pan, Wasted Youth, 45 seconds of Ecstacy, Did I Say That would all fit into a Story, Rock and Roll Dreams would finish it.

My request for tues see (#5) was for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, but not Hollywood Nights (again).

Lo and Behold Hollywood Nights made it on tonight (again) so....

should I be happy that they're gonna play a different track tomorrow
or should I be worried that the chances of Bob Seger being on two nights in a row is about the square root of diddly squat.

Methinks I might have to come up with something else....

#74 there's a good few suggestions mentioned tonight that would also fall into that bracket of working for other nights. Best wear your belt AND braces - you never know.

Caption
Vince Clarke was inconsolable on being told the gross revenue figures of Depeche Mode's recent tour!

#74 well I'm still going to say, Paulo, I heartily endorse your request for
TUESDAY
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band,
not the Hollywood Nights etc. He's got such a good catalogue, it's a shame to hear only the same 2 or 3 tunes. Any of the 3 you suggested would be excellent.

Tuesday:

Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - Brand New Heartache

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - I Don't Want To Go Home

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Always On My Mind

Nick Lowe and His Sound - What's So Funny 'Bout peace Love and Understanding

and finally.....


David Bowie & The Lower Third - I Can't Help Thinking About Me

This was the first "David Bowie" single although there had been some Davy Jones etc. releases. Bowie played it live on Storytellers some 30 years after the release and turned in a superb version. Both are easliy available. Two other early tracks he has revisited are You've Got A Habit Of Leaving and Baby Loves That Way. These are Davy Jones and The Lower 3rd tracks and well worth a listen.

Tuesday Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros – Techno D-Day

#78
Norrie, i'm ashamed to say i've never heard that bowie track. Would be interesting to hear.

At least we got a Shel Silverstein song 'tho my Dr. Hook and Bob Seger songs for tomorrow will be a request wasted.

For Tuesday - Stay With Me - Rod Stewart & The Faces

Tuesday
Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins One-hit wonders as far as I can remember, but a great song for some unfathomable reason.
That'll Be The Day Buddy Holly and the Crickets just an oblique shout out fur ma own wee personal Rab. I keep hearing he looks like BH on our wedding pic. Plus he plays cricket, or used to. And he's got dreams I keep dismissing with that same repost (mainly because they are far too premature. Not just me being negative) Tenuous, but it's still a great song. Feel free to leave out any of that if you want to play it. Or just leave it out altogether.
Wondering where cynthia and greggary are with their Zappa shout outs????

TUESDAY;

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dazzle
Adam and the Ants - Dog Eat Dog
Eddie and the Hotrods - Do Anything You Wanna Do

Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson And Clover
or
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Crimson And Clover

2nds for
Gaie's Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses
and
SSS's Rod Stewart and the Faces - Stay With Me ( although I had planned to ask for "Ooh La La" for a change. )

Shhhhh... don't.

TUESDAY

Llyod Cole and the Commotions - Charlotte Street.

#83 I was going to go with Eddie and The Hot Rods, Erlando, but I dont think they fit the theme.
(#8 I trust you were one of the younger kids at Waid that I would bully mercilessly)

#84 refers to #82.

#87 refers to #87.

#86 refers to #88.

TUESDAY

'Get a Haircut' - George Thorogood and the Destroyers

'They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore' - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys

cheers, erlando

TUESDAY (furra terr) some blues

Goerge Thorogood and the Destroyers - Madison Blues
Derek and the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

and looking forward to Bryan playing Next (SAHB) some time soon!

Nae John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers?

#85
Don't think so Adam. No one troubled me very much at Waid for my dinner money (usually spent in Barnett's or the TT milk bar). Maybe coz I had a lot of older cousins there, a lot!

#86, 87, 88 frae's frae, it's there for the begging. if only there's a censor friendly option ready to get dissed. I don't know enough about them but like some of it. possibly not the most resounding backing for anything.

# 85 Did that not get a mention already? I know I'm only running with the hits, but wouldn't Perfect Skin be something more folk might want to aspire to? Sometimes it's only skin deep.

#91 of course! I knew there was a third, just couldn't think what it was. It's the medication they put in my cocoa.

TUESDAY

Empty Rooms - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers


my and so many other people's introduction to the blues. So annoyed to find some expletive person had thrown the album out and there's vinyl all the rage now.

BTW, my friend I was bridesmaid to, who married the banjo-player who lived in Cellardyke went to Waid. (I think)

Wasn't she also a cousin of the Brennans?

very possibly.

Tuesday Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

Tuesday Poet and the Roots
All Wi Doin' Is Defendin'

#90 that'll be George not Goerge and #89 sorry, Scotch, didn't realize you'd already put up a shout for him. Or maybe it's just synchronicity. He should definitely get a play for that.