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Tuesday

The Last Time - Rolling Stones

Wednesday

J is for Jubilee

It's 25 years since 1985. Let's celebrate by hearings those seldom heard hits by Wham, Bowie, Madonna, The Eurythymics, Simple Minds and Duran Duran.

TUESDAY

Baba O'Riley - The Who
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
Layla - Derek & the Dominos
Just Like a Woman - Bob Dylan
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Sweet Little Mystery - Wet Wet Wet
My Girl - Temptations
Rebels - Tom petty & TH
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zep

Isn't "instantly recognisable" a euphemism for "done to death"?

J is for Jaded

Thanks for playing the Buzzcocks tonight, Singing my head off in the car. Intros: I thought this might have fitted for good enough to eat last week but the intro to Candyskin by the Fire Engines sounds like nothing else.

Mabel Syrup sounds like a refugee from 'Wake Up, Wogan!'

Re: Friday's Eighties Show

I is for Instigators

TUESDAY

'Bourée' - Jethro Tull

'Aqualung' - Jethro Tull

'WarChild' - Jethro Tull

'Hunting Girl' - Jethro Tull

'Christmas Song' - Jethro Tull

'Locomotive Breath' - Jethro Tull

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

#1 Shame D is already gone - Defeatist. Come on - give it your best, not your expected worst.

Tuesday
Personally, I would have loved the "tinkling the IVORIES" suggestion, but this one isn't too shabby.
Resisiting suggesting Queen, The Eagles, Elton and Soft Cell. Much as I love them, they've been played already. Plus, someone else is bound to ask for them, so they will probably get played again anyway. I hope that hasn't put a hex on them for anyone else.

Second two of gaie's suggestions:
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
Layla - Derek & the Dominos

New Order True Faith
A bit of existentialist angst never goes amiss. Especially when you're too old to know better.
Sunday Bloody Sunday U2
No' a big fan of big Bono egos, but this is brilliant.
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
Always good on a girly night out. Whichever side of the fence you're on... Never bettered for the sentiment.
Don Henley Boys of Summer
Had to slip in some Eagles somewhere - plus a bit of wistful musing about the fleetingness of young summer love. Or summat.
Muse Hysteria
Over-the-top fabulousness.
Shaggy Mr Bombastic
Hmmmmmm....
Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax
Was banned on Radio 1, but they still played it in our school in their progressive "let's entertain the kids at lunchtime and keep them out of bother" music slot.
The Weather Girls It's Raining Men
My first dance with my husband. Right after they played FGTH. Must have thought it was his lucky night. 26 years is a long time to regret the perils of teenage impetuosity.


Novelty song request
Spinal Tap Stonehenge

WEDNESDAY

Mmmm. Let's see, we could ask for the agriculturist who improved the design of the seed drill; Moses' father-in-law; A Cornish comedian; the best band in the world.


Decisions, decisions.......



I submit JACKANORY for songs that tell a story.

#8

J is for Justified Criticism

Sometimes I hate myself, but we've had intros and pianos before. Most of the above choices will be used by well-meaning doctors to connect with us when we're Alzheimer patients along with pictures like the one above.

#8

Tell me, my dear; was your "Novelty song request" inspired by a reading of comment #7?




We're no' frit fae Vikings!

J is for Jihad

>8-D

#9 you do know we're going to get Oasis? OK.
J is for JOLLY. Forgot, we just did "happy".
J is for JOKES. Songs that weren't really serious. Scrap it already.
J is for JUST JESTING. See above.
J is for JEHOVA. Songs about godliness. And delayed buses.
J is for JONES. It's a common name, plenty of bands and song titles to fit.
J is for JALOPIES. Just traded ours in. Much missed. New for old. Covers. Unoriginal. Forget it.
J is for JUST GETTING BY - songs not about being a winner, not about being a success. Just ticking over. I think Glen posted a whole lot of suggestions earlier that would fit. It would involve reading back. I'm too lazy to - I'm just getting by.

#10 That's no reason to not keep asking for something you want. You don't sound like someone who will go quietly, so - don't.
#11 Not at all. I like a bit of Jethro (I won't offend anyone by telling them which part that is. It's OK - it's only a song, not a rude body part)
But I also like Spinal Tap. That song in particular. Asking for "Working on a Sex Farm" would only add a nail in my coffin of never likely to be heard requests. Going for easier option, not easy pops.

#13


Not....................













THE BLACK RUSSIAN!

No sign of Adam. Maybe they've provided a separate blog for normal people.

>8-D

#15 That was a "stoater". Ach, they're only human. Or maybe there was some more slighting meaning behind it, but. hmm.
Almost up there with the endearing mispronunciations of foreigny stuff.
Note to self 1: Request difficult to pronounce stuff. Preferably from folk with difficult to pronounce names.
Note to self 2: Don't bother with first note to self.

Some suggestions from some time ago:

Pinball Wizard - The Who, who can forget those chords coming in over the guitar

A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles, OK, it's a bit of a cliche now, but it wasn't when I first heard it!

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel - just the perfect laid back intro

Layla - Derek and the Dominoes, unforgettable, like the rest of the record

and finally an instrumental - how about Telstar by the Tornadoes?

Sparks - No. 1 Song In Heaven

Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

The Jam - Thats Entertainment

Roxy Muisc - Love Is The Drug

Tuesday

I Feel Fine - the Beatles

World's first feedback intro.

Tuesday

Virginia Plain - Roxy Music

Unmistakable.

Tuesday

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Unmistakable, but slightly too familiar.

and

Le Freak - Chic

Nile Rogers at his finest.

Tuesday

Can't get Enough - Bad Company

The Way you Do the Things you Do - The Temptations

Man of the World = Fleetwood Mac

Going Up The Country - Canned Heat

Once there was a Time - Ten Years After *choice*

J = Jukebox favourites

J = Jam, Jute and Journalism - the Dundee connection

J = Jam Sessions - one-off collaborations

Intro ideas:

Stayin' alive - Bee Gees
Baby love- the Supremes
No woman no cry - Bob Marley
Wonderful life - Black
Red light spell danger - Billy Ocean
Strangers in the night - Sinatra
Sylvia - Focus
La bamba - Los Lobos
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Since you've been gone - Rainbow
The boys are back in town - Thin Lizzy
All right now - Free
Thunder Road - Springsteen

Joe
Linlithgow

Alphabet Month... All good ideas are eventually oversold!

Think some may be needing their holidays...

Can't wait for the letter O, let Outro's challenge your production skills!

TUESDAY:

'This Is Radio Clash' - The Clash

'Some Other Sucker's Parade' - Del Amitri

'Apeman' - The Kinks

'You Never Can Tell' - Chuck Berry

'Story Of The Blues' - The Mighty Wah

J = John - Artists called John (Rotten, Cash, Prine, Elton) and songs about John (Big Bad, Jilted, Dear)

J = Just Wait - After tonight's recognisable intros you could do long intros (I Will by Alison Krauss and Tony Furtado, for example)

J = Jazz - after the 'unexpected' success of your classical music night.

I = Intros - Badge by Cream

Tuesday - Intros

Beach Baby - the First Class

It's Getting Better - Mama Cass

Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

Paul from Ayr

this one's for Mike Campbell who fainted onstage last night

Into The Great Wide Open - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

unmistakable and blistering intro

I'm away now to do a first-aid course so I can be on hand when they come to Britain. If they ever come to Britain.

#29

You'll need a on whom to practise.

Naw, hen. No' me!

















N.B. Nae tongues, BTW

>8-D

J is for Judas

Songs of betrayal: Jackie Paper abandoning his faithful magic dragon, Puff; Runaround Sue "going out with other guys"; Robert Cray wrecking his next door neighbours' marriage - a world of pain and heartache. An ideal summer theme.

more for TUESDAY:

'Georgie Girl' - The Seekers

'Get Down And Get With It' - Slade

'All The Way From Memphis' - Mott The Hoople

Intros

A cover version with the same vocalist. Classic Intro.

She's Not There / Santana

J is for Jugular.
From Blood Sweat and Tears to Sidney Youngblood.
From Love like blood to Sunday Bloody sunday.

.....and what's the only song to feature coagulating in it's lyrics?


Like Gaie's Jam idea though of one off collaborations.

Does it rhyme with legislation? No.

What's the only song to feature the word brucellosis (an aversion to TV presenters)?

Erratum

Delete "legislation" insert "contemplating". Still a poor rhyme.

#35

J is for



"I'm afraid his short-term memory is shot to hell. Sure, he can tell you how he won the war, but not what he ate to break his fast or what he posted a link to on the blog only two weeks ago."

>8-D

Mum, I'm hearing the voices again.

I blame Paolo. He's being a clot.......

#30 Any retorts about having practised on a dummy for far too many years would only make me sound bitter and twisted.

#33 was watching the ´óÏó´«Ã½4 Live Aid prog. Billy Connelly said that Bob Geldof didn't want Santana playing as he didn't like them, thought they were rubbish and then he (Billy) fell over laughing at the thought of one of the Boomtown Rats saying Santana was rubbish or whatever moderatable word it was he used.

#35
What's Mr Forsyth ever done to you?

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J = JCB

Back to the Planet: "Teenage Turtles" (go on, Bryan - they're at The Wickerman this weekend, havenae seen them since 1991, great wee hook and intro)
Blue Oyster Cult: "Don't Fear the Reaper"
Half Man Half Biscuit: "99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd"
XTC: "Science Friction"
Deep Purple: "Black Night"
Led Zep: "Rock'n'Roll"
The Fabs: "Hard Day's Night"
Dylan: "Like a Rolling Stone"
Hendrix: "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)"
Talking Heads: "Psycho Killer"
The Damned: "Neat Neat Neat"

... or The Teardrop Explodes: "Reward", also pretty unmistakeable

Tuesday = I

10/10 - Paolo Nutini
Roxanne - The Police
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones

J is for Jealousy
Jealous Guy, Suspicious Minds, Jessie's Girl, My Best Friend's Girl etc

Instantly Identifiable Intros: ~

IRON MAN from PARANOID by BLACK SABBATH

RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE from FLYING TEAPOT (RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE PART 1) by GONG

BAT CHAIN PULLER from SHINY BEAST (BAT CHAIN PULLER) by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND – A cassette recording of the sound of a train going past a parked car with the windscreen wipers on recreated on guitar – instantly idendifiable.

J is for JUNGLE

identifiable

Tuesday = Identifiable Intros ~

RAINY DAY WOMEN from BLONDE ON BLONDE by BOB DYLAN

MICKEY'S SON & DAUGHTER from THE BESTIALITY OF THE BONZO DOG BAND

ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS from THE UNFAIRGROUND by KEVIN AYERS
Kevin Ayers sings 'Funny how the situation changes', at the start of The Unfairground, his first album for fifteen years. How true that appears to be, given the biographical facts surrounding this formerly psychedelic, and almost mythic, ex-Soft Machine operator. Running to seed, as the story goes, in the south of France, he gets re-discovered, hauled back to the UK and a batch of new songs - recorded on the hoof in a range of locations - is conjured around Ayers' wry, addictive, but ever so slightly broken, vocals

J = JOVIALITY

IIIs...

Hey Joe: Jimi Hendrix
What Difference Does It Make: The Smiths
You Really Got Me: The Kinks
The River: Bruce Springsteen
Layla: Eric Clapton
Going Underground: The Jam

#47
we used to play a very childish drinking game called roxanne. Basically two teams. One takes a drink everytime he sings roxanne and the other takes a drink when he sings red light. It all starts off very tame but ends up with drink flying everywhere at the end. Ah to be a student again!

#52
I'll have some G&Ts ready in case Bryan plays it tonight!

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland Listen Now isn't working....

J is for jOURNEY!
Hi Bryan
Thanks for pointing out to the world that I am a woman of a certain age last night - my own fault for the cheesecloth reference!
made me reflect on my my musical journey through life later as I drive along the 40 mph A80 listening to willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel on my new iphone (that love for Americana is largely your fault, B)
I've come a long way since listening to Luxemburg on my pocket tranny under the bedclothes!
So "journeys" could be literal travel from A to B or emotional journeys - like a horse with no name by America.
I forgive you for the comments about being old enough to remember the start of the disco era - at least I have aged better than John Travolta!

Can you play Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins for all the lads and lasses at Tractionkiting.co.uk. Off to Tiree next weekend for some serious fun on the beaches, so would get us in the mood.

Ruairidh in Cumbernauld

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