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Oh well, I was just begining to enjoy the Incredible String Band when it was cut off.Happy Birthday Scotch!

In all the discussions on this blog there has been an ongoing longing for the less obvious. In response, 'Pigs Will Fly' was created, but you can tell there is a reluctance and hesitation in Bryan's approach it - it appears as close to the end as possible and tonight was cut off early.

Some time ago I was arguing that there was a need for 'another show' to satisfy a pent up demand, evident on the blog, for less obvious tracks without the division by genre that appears elsewhere on the station.

Tonight, we got it.Edith Bowman.

The first hour of her show tonight included lots of stuff that many of us would be happy to hear and discover. It's the best hour of music I've heard on Radio Scotland since I accidentally started listening to GIO about nine months ago.

Just wish I'd thought pushing the idea harder and asking for the presenting job.

regardez youse

henri

Good themes.

I have something in the fridge named after Meatloaf

Monday

When I was a bit of a lad I called something Roy after Roy Wood. It annoyed the hell out of my sister who got so upset one day that she told on me.

Angel Fingers / Wizzard

for my sisters doll with the wild hair.

Me too she's called Stella

em that should read just a lad

For Monday: I named my fish Count Grishnackh after Mayhem's former church-burning, homicidal bassist.

For Wednesday: It has to be "Clinical Colostomy" by Aborted, with the classic opening line "Posing people who are dead that he killed for pictures", describing Jeffrey Dahmer's penchant for photographing his murder victims.

For Thursday: I have only ever listened to brutal death metal. The first album I ever bought was "Eaten Back To Life" by Cannibal Corpse. The most recent was "Degenerate" by Trigger the Bloodshed.

looks like school's out. the bairn must be bored already.

Happy birthday tomorrow Scotch!

Monday
We got our dog from a rescue place. All the dogs had a post-it note attached to their cage showing their name (how they knew them all if they were strays is beyond me - perhaps some were made up, and the others - maybe their previous owners left them there with a few details to help the poor little beasts feel at home with their next owners) Ours had two. "Ben" on one "Previously known as Flynn" on the other. Yes, he'd been there before. We decided Ben didn't suit his swachbuckling, gung-ho spirit and plumped for Flynn instead. I don't know if he was named after Errol (maybe that's where he originally came from) but for the purposes of the theme tonight I'm going to pretend we named him after
Johnny Flynn instead.
Lost and Found also sort of suits the dog rescue thing. or - seeing as you mentioned trouts tonight, there is also Brown Trout Blues
Johnny and his band have worked with Mumford & Sons. This lad is going to be big.

#6 good luck

#10
Yes I know, but still, its good to have Jim back.

#6

If you like that you'll love Music To Watch Girls By by Andy Williams

I'm struggling a bit this week, and therefore allowed myself to go over the top on one-hit wonders. Initial thoughts for the week ahead:

Monday - Nothing on this. Sorry.

Tuesday - One hit wonders
Because the night - Patti Smith Group
If I had words - Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley
Substitute - Clout
Everybody's got to learn sometime - Korgis
Hooked on a feeling - Blue Swede
The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone
Play that funky music - Wild Cherry
Fooled around and fell in love - Elvin Bishop
How long - Ace
Little does she know - The Kursaal Flyers
I won't let you down - Ph.D.

Wednesday - all things photographic
Pictures of Lily - the Who

Thursday - first and the last albums
Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd (please play "the Great Gig in the Sky")
Need you now - Lady Antebellum (please play "Run to you")

Joe
Linlithgow

Thank y'all for the kind words.

A very happy birthday to a certain young lady in Edinburgh!

TUESDAY

'May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose' - Little Jimmy Dickens

'The JCB Song' - Nizlopi ~ for Norrie

'Sou_side is Painless' - MASH ~ for Senga

MONDAY

Edith, my first serious girlfriend, had a magnificent Siamese cat named Gustav, after Gustav Holst.

Please play the song inspired by Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity from the Planets Suite.

'Joybringer' - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

SG 讬讜诐 讛讜诇讚转 砖诪讞

Monday

Let The Good Times Roll - Dr. John - For our Dr. John who graduates on Thursday

Tuesday

My World Fell Down - Sagittarius - A gem of Californiana worth seeking out for Glen Campbell's lead vocal

Wednesday

A 'Shot' of Rhythm and Blues - Johnny Kidd and the Pirates'

Thursday

There's A Place - Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963) 1963
Pilgrim's Progress - A Salty Dog - Procol Harum (1969) 2010

There have been few interesting developments since the seventies.

MONDAY


My wee cat is called ZiZi, partly because he's a top cat (and that's not contrived for the show - see posting 2nd March!)

Legs - ZZ Top

and my previous cat wasn't named after anyone, but he was called Joey and with monotonous lack of originality I greeted him every day I came back from work with

Hey Joe! - Jimi Hendrix

I had a friend whose rubber plant was called Robert

The Beauty Within - Robert Plant

Robert Plant - a great admirer of the Incredible String band.
No point in asking why a song that people clearly wanted to hear should have been cut short - especially since it's also clear we'll never get to hear any more ISB songs on GIO.


as for albums (Thursday)

I'll have to own up and say the first, which I almost certainly didn't buy myself since I was about 3 at the time ahem, and I didn't get pocket money, but which was definitely mine, was The Young Ones. And the last was, of course, MoJo - nearly could've worked El Rayo X in again, but in the interests of honesty etc.

Living Doll - Cliff Richard

I Should Have Known it
or
Pirate's Cove - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

I may change my mind on the TP tracks, don't know the album well enough yet.

#11

JfE has gone underground (email), BB played a request for him on Friday evening.

It is a tremendous loss to our blog to lose this level of interactivity and connectedness, ingenious lists and insight into the show's guidelines.

#18
No JFE for a week!
No Norrie for a week!





Hmmmmm!

#15
Great shout Scotch.

And Happy Birthday.

You look great for your age.

Almost lifelike :-)

Tuesday

How are we defining one hit wonder?
Top 20, 30, 40, 50 or 75?
If artists join together and have a hit does that count (even if they had other hits on their own - eg Elton John & Kiki Dee)?
What if the band change their name but not the line-up? (eg Martha and The Vandellas?)
Or somebody leaves the band and has solo hits?

Just to have a look at some examples on Joe`s list (not having a go Joe!)

Because the night - Patti Smith Group (had a couple of other singles in the lower reaches of the chart)
If I had words - Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley (Scott had another single (GO) that charted).
Substitute - Clout (OK - just the one. South African, so topical too!)
Everybody's got to learn sometime - Korgis (If I had You got to number 13)
I won't let you down - Ph.D. (Does Jim Diamond count too?)

Do we need a ruling or am I just being pedantic like SG?

#21

GIO has never let the facts get in the way of playing anything they feel like playing, probably The Proclaimers.

JfE could give us guidance here, but he's gone and we are a lost tribe, wandering in the desert of interpretation.

We did this theme last Autumn. I remember it because I got Rosie Vela's 'Magic Smile' played.I shall request it again.

Probably the greatest one hit wonder is 'Spirit In the Sky' because it's been a one hit wonder for more than one artist.Norman Greenbaum is the daddy,though, literally and stylistically.

Tuesday
One hit wonders (i think, at least in the uk, but can't be bothered checkin right now)

It's better to have and don't need / Don Covay

He used to play in the same group as Marvin Gaye way back in nineteenlongago. This was his only british hit in mid 70's but is a stonker of a track.

#21

`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

Take this as a guide.

#19 I noticed that too. Suspicious.....

#16 a medic in the family? I enjoyed the Dundee ceremony yesterday which included the choir's rendition of "Dem bones", much to the amusement of the graduates

DC

#25 hope it was cooler in the Caird Hall than Tuesday! Choir did Paper-back Writer in honour of Rosamunde Pilcher who was then given the most lukewarm speech as to why she was being given the award. ie, she'd made a lot of money from selling books about ordinary things that women like.

Jackson Browne on 大象传媒4 now at Glastonbury - it bears no resemblance to the concert last Sunday. As if the mikes weren't working or something. Weird

#1

I have to say, I can understand why BB felt the need to cut ISB. Dearame...

How come Edith B. has been relegated to Radio Scotland? Those cuts?
Or more vengeance being reeked by Jfe on East Neukers?

#21 - Adam - the definition I was aiming for (but clearly failed to adhere to) was only one top 20 entry. I know where you're coming from, but I suspect BB and the team will be keen to retain the flexibility of an open interpretation (recognising that permits the best range of songs to be played = the best possible show).:)

A few more (if rather predictable) thoughts for Wednesday:

How men are - Aztec Camera
Sylvia - Focus
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
(You want to) make a memory - Bon Jovi

Joe
Linlithgow

#27

I'm not that up about ISB either, it doesn't really do it for me, but I've got hang up's about 'folk' music.I'd listened to it on spotify earlier in the day and thought they'd had one too many mushrooms.It was beginning to sound better on the show when it was abruptly ended.

There's a certain contemptuous casual disdain for the audience in this regard, which, without trying to sound po faced about it, I find I can't admire.

It's a great format, GIO, but it's hardly impartial.

If they are going to run with Pigs will Fly, then it should be properly embraced.Squeezing it into the last ten minutes and cutting when time is short seems openly disrespectful of the audience to me.

It raises expectations but delivers them grudgingly which is worse than never having raised them at all.No one feels satisfied with the outcome.

I'd rather have a decent PWF slot that that fab five thing. I don't understand the point of that.

Evidently, no one came up with five sings about peas?

#27 nothin wrong wi' ISB ; us neanderthal men are in choon.


And Edith is a fine lassie wi' nae ENemies as weel you kain. Jist wait till her mith'r finds out what you have said. That's another pub you're barred fae......

DC





:-)

#29 Exactly.

There should be no need for any patronising PWF slot. The programme should play what people ask for instead of being an Eighties revival show.

#32 - Glen - Agreed! That's the most sensible comment from a man I've ever seen on this blog.

;o)


#14 - Scotch-git - A belated Happy Birthday. Thanks for the request!


For Monday - I can't think of anything. Plenty of kids around here called Jason & Kylie! Mmmm. Maybe not.


For Tuesday & Wednesday - Me And The Elephant - Gene Cotton

It works on Wednesday for the line

"So I burned all your pictures except two or three

The one by my bed and one on my TV

And the one that I always carry with me

Everywhere I go."


A sad wee song.

:o(

I'm moved to respond the the ISB remarks! Sorry the track was cut short because that's how it was when I downloaded it! Not because we were running out of time, not because we didn't want to play it all, and not because we were trying to make some point. Plain and simple, a download fault. And just a gentle reminder, the PWF feature was an idea generated on this blog which we thought was fun and fits in well with the ethos of a fun Friday, it's not meant to be "patronising" - it's meant to be a bit of entertainment and interaction - add to that the chance to hear something that folk feel is overlooked. And yes Glen you are correct, Get it On isn't an 80s revival show, but it's a decade that clearly generates a good amount of requests and every single track played on the show is requested by our audience.
Thanks for the suggestions for this week so far.

Ah love it when she gits thet fire in her eye!




This could tip Hoppo over the edge.......

>8-D

WEDNESDAY

'A Picture of You' - Joe Brown & The Bruvvers

Wednesday
Paul Simon Kodachrome

#16

Rabbi Miller,

Thank you! May you live to be 120



#22

Re: 'Spirit in the Sky'

A nice Jewish boy telling the whole world "I gotta friend in Jesus"

Shmegegge! His poor mother never recovered...

>8-D

#34

I have a feeling that for many of the requests from these pages the team just don't "get it". This may be because they have only recently been recruited from school and have only heard about the Beatles in passing from their grandfathers or perhaps they were traumatised by an accidental childhood over-exposure to The Laughing Policeman which rendered them subject to flashbacks. Bryan is certainly well up on country music but sometimes I feel he would be happier with two hours of Bronski Beat.

Would it hurt the damage the nation's psyche to hear five minutes of Frank Zappa among an hour and a half of Duran Duran?

#39 last sentence: exactly.

It's not what is played so much as what seems to be off-limits. I do think it's patronising, and to many people would be inexplicable that names such as Dave Gilmour, Frankie Miller, Frank Zappa and ISB should have to be lobbied and begged for in order to get a one-off play on a radio programme that is listened to by many people for whom these names are important part of their musical heritage, not some off-the-wall oddities of whom few have heard.
I told a friend about the programme, urged him to listen to it, but had to admit that he would not be hearing at least two of his favourite singers. He was completely baffled.

#21 I'd like some guidelines please!
eg would Venus - Shocking Blue count- I think the only one to make the British charts, but they'd others in the Dutch charts.

And would, say, One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley count since it was in the US charts?

And would Malcolm Middleton - We're All Going to Die count since it is his only chart song, but he's still working hard and would be hoping for more success? i.e. before the inevitable!

Help ma boab, it's a minefield right enough.

tomorrow morning I'm off to the pet-shop for some stick insects, which I'm going to call
Tom, Mike, Benmont, Stan, Scott, Ron, Jackson and David.

I mean Steve, not Stan.

Tuesday
Let's see....hmmm. I remember neither a pre- nor a se-quel to this. Must have been asleep throughout both. But I do remember this.......
How's about
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsborough Je t'aime

I couldn't even spell his name right. what does he expect with a name like that?

#42

That is so petty!

>8-D




#44

You fell asleep whilst being seduced?





























It's no' jist me then.......

I spent part of the early evening texting friends in England in order to share their pain.












No' very appreciative, these Sassenachs.......

Did you know that Schadenfreude is a German word?












*snigger*

so your birthday celebrations are complete?

Tuesday:

Autobhan - Kraftwerk












Zey vill be played....

I'll give you 4/1



(We won't mention the typo).

>8-D

#49

I've felt worse!

I think we should have Karl Denver or The Tokens on tuesday

In the Jungle the african jungle
Three lions sleep tonight
In the morning the early morning
They'll be getting on a flight
No win today no win today no win today no win today......

#15, Scotch, hope you had a good birthday, your suggestion for today is a superb example of how to come up with a great track from an unlikely looking theme :)

MONDAY - NAMED AFTER

Actually I never named either of my kids after anyone and i'm struggling to think of any artist who shares my son's name, Graeme, but in the interests of putting forward a suggestion:

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

Inspired by my daughter,

Paul from Ayr

#51

I think I got away with it.

Monday:

A song so good, I named my daughter after it!

Sara - Fleetwood Mac

My Sara had her 21st birthday in February. She's now at University studying how to drill holes in people's teeth; a filling job.

Sara passed her fourth year exams last week so can now look forward to her summer elective in Tanzania. She's planning to climb Mt Kilimanjaro while she's there.

Please play this song for her & wish her good luck on her travels!

DC

Re: Technical Fault / Download Fault

My radio also has this fault 鈥� it always happens within the first two bars of any morrisey / smi鈥︹��.

Oh! My keyboard has it too!

Anyhoo, I feel my work here is done 鈥� I鈥檓 not going to hold out for a Robin Williamson solo track after that.

ProducerBabs 鈥� you should be ashamed of yourself.

And another thing....

I didn't even get a mention!

Harrumph!

Your glorious futility will be remembered by the burnt-out, embittered, tattered, ragtag band of stragglers battered by continual rejection but still too stupid to call it a day. Your name will not be forgotten StainedManky.

#59

The story of my life in one sentence. You know me too well.......

>8-D

Wednesday

BRING ME THE RED-EYE REDUCTION MODE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

I apologise, Babs, for misunderstanding that a real technical fault had occured on the ISB track.

I presumed the abrupt ending of the track was part of the general wind up between the team and its mutinous and unruly bloggers. I think (and I'm desperately trying not to be po faced here)Bryan's sarcastic comment that 'it only had 12 minutes to go' led me to that view.

So although I unreservedly apologise in the narrow measure,in the big picture I do think there is a kind of disdain or sufference displayed in the squeezing the item in at the tail end of the show.

A casual look through last week's playlist doesn't suggest an 80's revival show, it must be said, but my feeling remains that there is still a huge bias in favour of the obvious and the marginalisation of the less obvious - and, of course, the presenter and producer are human too - they have likes and dislikes.Who wouldn't play things they are drawn to?

I have always ascribed this, overall, to the pressure of the intercative nature of the show.

I think in the pressure of the evening, it is an overwhelming temptation to respond to instant texts and f***book messages which means going with the more obvious choices because they are, 'obviously' well known to the presenter and the producer.That's why campaigns start.

The 'trouble' is that the bloggers have given their requests some considerable thought usually well in advance of the show and, possibly quite wrongly, 'feel' that their choices are obscured though they are not obscure requests in themselves - simply more consdiered and less obvious.

I think the difference is that the instant response folks first request music to fit a theme on the night(this doesn't mean they care for the music) wheras the bloggers request music that they care passionately about,(which happens to fit a theme).

The difference is subtle, of course, and the management of that balance on the show is delicate, no doubt - but the technical fault on Friday seems to have exposed the feeling (down here,at least) that that 'balance' is still to be achieved.

'Pigs Will Fly' is one way of redressing the balance, hence the gnashing of teeth, presumption of collusion, and heaping of criticism when an unfortuitous 'technical fault', inevitably, brought down the Incredible String Band.

Quite incredible, really:-)

regardez youse

henri

#62

I think I'll wait for the film of this.

Wednesday

Leica Virgin - Madonna

CELIA RIVING - MAD ANON

Monday -

#56 me too, DC.

Fleetwood Mac - Sara

Leaving mother and child to get some rest, I left the Queen Mother, saundered up Byres Road and found 'Sara' going round in my head. A chinese meal in the Amber wouldn't shift it, so I decided to go with the flow.

The first Mrs Hannah had other ideas, however, and the child remained un-named for fully three weeks, when she had to be readmitted for health complications.We compromised on 'Sarah'.

Sadly, after three years of battling, Sarah's health complications proved overwhelming.

And then we discovered there was really nothing much we could agree about, at all, (which is quite 'normal',I discovered years later).

It was long ago and far away,of course, but the song still evokes memories of Sarah and her short but happy life.

No need to rehearse all this on air, though, but I would be chuffed to hear it.

regardez youse

henri

Sorry to hear that HH. Just shows how one song can evoke different emotions in each of us

DC

Aye weel, thats what can happen when South American officials are put in charge. Disappointing outcome. Lets hope my other team can perk up and put on a decent show against Chile later on.

#50

Tuesday is one-hit wonder night DC. By no stretch of the imagination can Autobahn be described as that (The Model, Tour de France, The Robots etc).

If you wanted a German one hit wonder you could have gone for
99 Red Baloons - Nena, or
Major Tom is Coming Home - Peter Schilling (and been extra smart by putting Terry in for Tom!)

#59 Mr Miller, I may be a stupid ragtag straggler but I'm not yet burnt-out, embittered, and tattered. Well I'm not burnt-out anyway. Oh no.

Where would my life be without a hopeless cause to embrace?

I am already enraged that Stonemonkey didn't get recognition for championing ISB for months - and that after having had to play second fiddle to HH on the Zappa shout.

Being enraged is what keeps me so youthful in spite of my first album having been a Cliff Richard one.

Next campaign? El Rayo X of course!

#66 HH, a very touching story and glad you are able to look back on Sarah's life as a happy one. Thanks for telling us.

#70

Sho nuf - mibbe if us po' folks aks real nice the Massa'll look kindly on us.

#69 you sound bitter Adam

Kraftwerk were indeed not one hit German wonders after all then. They were four hit German wonders.

How apt!

:-)

#39
Methinks our Bryan has a wicked sense of humour.


glen's pick for tonight played back to back with Duran Duran.


Brilliant!

Is there something I should know?

WEDNESDAY

'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' - Charlie Daniels Band











Keep it Country!

Oops!

TUESDAY

'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' - Charlie Daniels Band












Keep it Country!

This ?

#74/75

Yep, it raised a smile here to: another incredible moment on GIO.

#78

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Cheer up

#79

TUESDAY

'74,'75 - The Connells

>8-D

Tuesday

Still my favourite one hitwonder:

'Magic Smile' - Rosie Vela

It's just so well put together, but then, it's Steely Dan is disguise so no explanation required.

and a close second is

'Spirit In The Sky' - Norman Greenbaum

the original, and best, even if it is a nice Jewish boy boy singing about Jesus -..... but, he's not the only one...

Marc Cohen - Walking In Memphis also a one hit wonder?

regardez youse

henri

ps thanks for playing Sara tonight and to my peers for their kind comments.

Well, I'm day 'umpteen' of my self-inflicted World Cup Teatime Challenge. It's getting a bit trickier the easy option of USA, England, France + Italy are out of the cup. Going by tonight's match, It's looking as if I may need some help from Adam...any suggestions (food...not those skull-splitting cocktails Norrie's so fond of)?

#84 Sorry, I should explain Every day during the World Cup, I'm cooking something from one of the countries with a team playing that day. Sorta wish I'd never begun but, I did, and now I'm determined to make it to the final!

#85

how about Chile con Carne?

Ha! I made a Chilean concoction tonight and it was the first dish that really wasn't very nice...glad they're going out :o)

#87

I hope you enjoyed your sauerkraut.

>8-D

Henri - I can't add anything to what anyone else has said about your request, just concurring with what DC and gaie said. A beautiful song.

#84 don't ask Adam about anything for a couple of weeks. He's still thinking of 1966 reasons not support his home team.

Shame

He's been away too long

DC

Wednesday

Edison Lighthouse Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

Tony Burrows the lead singer did have other hits under other band names. Like Brotherhood of Man United We Stand

damn, that last one should be for should be Tuesday. as if it'll make nay (sic) difference.

#82 double damn. that one is even better. ;o)

#84

Go down to your local butchers and get him to cut up a pig into bite size chunks. Its important that you get the tongue, ears and feet too.
Leave all this to soak overnight. Put on a big pot of black beans to cook slowly, add in the pig.
Serve with rice, kail, pumpkin and cabbage.
This is a simple Feijoada.

Can`t remember if you and daughter are vegetarians though. If you are, just leave out the pig.

Joe is the Blog cook. He has a few Brazilian recipes.

#84/93 - I'm afraid I only have first-hand experience of making one Brazilian dish, barreado, which is a slow-cooked meat stew from Paran谩 State, Brazil.

The essential ingredients for barreado include meat cuts, bay leaf, cilantro, black pepper, and other herbs, which are tied in bundles and removed from the pan before serving. (Google for a more detailed recipe)It is prepared in a clay pot whose lid is sealed (traditionally with a sort of clay made from wheat or cassava flour. After about 8-12 hours of cooking barreado is served over cassava flour, with banana slices. The meat juices are mixed with the flour to make pir茫o - a kind of gravy.

Ca莽ha莽a is the potent rum-like drink traditionally served with barreado.

Enjoy!

Joe
Linlithgow

#93, #94. Thanks guys. Adam.. I don't have a pan (or house) big enough for that;o)

Think I could get away with a take away from Nandos...or is that just if Portugal progress?

Think I've enjoyed the Japanese meal best so far...and the pavlova the other week! Japan again tomorrow.

TUESDAY:

Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful

(USA one-hit) - The Chords - 'Sh-Boom'

Tuesday


Hot Pastrami - The Dartells
You Can't Sit Down (parts 1 & 2) - The Phil Upchurch Combo

TUESDAY

Black Betty - Ram Jam

One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

#56 and #66
A tale of two Sara(h)s...

DC, good luck to yours on her excellent adventure
Henri, what can I say, the biggest fear is something happening to one of our kids. Very sad!


My cousin went out with a Sarah a few years ago. The Phil Lynott 'Sarah' was his song. All was going well till she discovered his dad had married a Sarah and his grandad had also married a Sarah.
She left skid marks.

#82 Brilliant finish to a first class move!

Check if yours was a one hit wonder by putting in the name of the artist.