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Skee-Lo I Wish I Was A Little Bit Taller

Tommy Edwards All In The Game
It's not about winning, it's about taking part....... teehee

Swimming in Your Ocean - Crash Test Dummies
Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
Bowling Green - The Everly Brothers
Bleeding Love- the Baseballs
Marathon Not a Sprint - Camera Obscura
Roscoe - Midlake (Roscoe Tanner, tennis player)
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
Clash of the Ash - Runrig
Anyone for Tennis - Cream

Oh, well. Faced with an open goal and as the only saddo around, time to ask for
Yello The Race
Reminds me, there's a bath going and I might not get it first.

Hit Somebody - Warren Zevon. great clubbing song
Golf Girl - Caravan.
Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne.
Basketball Jones - Cheech and Chong.
My Sportin' Life - Steppenwolf.
Sports Fans - The Tubes.

THURSDAY

'Botanic Endgame' - Michael Marra ~ Chess


Chess has been described as warfare, a science, an art, a game, a sport and a complete waste of time. It depends who you ask...

In 19th Century chess circles the Scotch Gambit was a popular opening.

Thu

Win Place or show (she's a winner) / The Intruders
The Captain / Biffy Clyro
I'm gonna run away from you / Tami lynn
It's a shame / Detroit Spinners
Racing in the streets / Bruce Springsteen
Games people play / Joe south

or the opening score in a tennis tiebreak
One Love / Bob Marley

Cheech and Chong and Caravan? you didn't use to frequent the Star Hotel in Port Glasgow of a Sunday night did you?

#8 applies to #6 and there should be a space after Chong. (ed)

Big Dish - The Swimmer

Springsteen - The Hitter - also a good cover by Tom Jones

Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (all about Giants Stadium)

John Fogerty - Centerfield

Rush - Marathon (A Show of Hands)

Paul Weller - Why Walk When You Can Run

Merle Haggard - The Running Kind

For someone who hates repeat themes, em ahem, I'm gonna suggest one for T.

Trivia

Every song requested must be accompanied by a piece of useful/useless* trivia about it.


*delete as applicable




PS liked Fever Henri

Darts - Sport or pastime?

Caption

Next time I'm defending a direct free kick I'll remember what my hands are for.

MONDAY

THEISM

Inspired by my heartfelt "Thank God that's over" near the end of tonight's show.


I managed to avoid Nirvana.




Thank God!


>8-D

#12
It's right up there with Subbuteo Tiddleywinks and that thing they do with chalk and sticks

Macho Rama ~ Dead Kennedys

Roy Orbison - It's Over

#6 - welcome home!
#3 Love that Baseballs cover - seconded!

Let's hope no-one is an Eastenders / Nick Berry fan. Did I just say that? I forgot my verbal tena ladies.

TENNIScious D Tribute

#18

You cannot be serious!

>8-D

Julie,

Please ask Uncle Vic to play 'The Race Is On' - George Jones

Thank you so much.

CAPTION : I'm just practising for T in the park

yes, I thought Fever was great.

Skating Away ~ Jethro Tull
Sledge"hammer" ~ Peter Gabriel
Drugs Don't Work ~ Ben Johnst... T. Verve, ach, you know what I mean!


Pinball Wizard? Adam....

'You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play' - Steve Forbert

#12

Must be a sport. Jocky Wilson Said so.

Julie's here.

DON'T MENTION CRICKET!!!

>8-D

#19 I DO love that Baseballs cover. They do a great Rhianna cover, too.
But the Tenacious D one - I'm serious. It's the best song in the world. (If my PC wasn't knacked, I'd be linking to this song. All my ahref handy link stuff has gone AWOL. Lucky for some. Cracking tune, love the sentiment. Fits the parameters of the show. THIS SONG IS THE BEST!! Aye. I quietly like it. Nobody has to play it. I'll just listen to it on my own, alone. And feel the power. Or summat. Who cares)
Scotch - you've got one more night of Vic in charge. ask for something YOU want instead of asking for someone else to ask for it for you. Even if it's just jestin'. Glen gets away with being a grumpy old arse - his requests still get played. As they should, they are usually excellent, however jaundiced. It's a funny old world.

#25. I was tempted :-D

#11/21

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed Fever. I think the team must have liked it too because that's the first time I've had two tracks picked on the same night, though 'Fever' wasn't acknowledged as such.

I found it by accident when I was revisiting the Southside Johnny track, 'The Fever', on Spotify. I was completely blown away with the Adam Freeland Remix of Sarah Vaughn - anyway, it turns out Verve have remixed lots of these jazz standards, there's a whole series of them and some of it is breathtaking. I stuck Fever on loud at New Year and the whole place was jumpin.

#19 still liked Brad -git, thought you should have stuck it out.

regardez youse

henri

Try me - Henrik
Wrecking ball - Emmylou Harris
Way down in the hole - Blind Boys of Alabama
Substitute- the Who
They shoot horses don't they - Racing Cars
Back to me - Kathleen Edwards
Jump Street - Boz Scaggs
Sailing - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
Set on you - Travelling Wilburries

Joe
Linlithgow

#18, #19, #26

Mary-Doll,

#19 was a quote from a John McEnroe outburst in 1981, which you'll be too young to remember. I only posted it because of the tennis reference in #18

Re:#26

I always ask for songs I want to hear. The idea of requesting a song or band just because they match a theme is anathema to me. I'm sure you've noticed that Uncle Vic is not as forthcoming as Bryan when it comes to playing Country music. If going through the motions of asking Julie to make the request on my behalf gets the song played, I regard that as a result.

Like love and war, all is fair on the blog!

>8-D

#28

You cannot be serious!

>8-D

'Meeting Mr Miandad' - Duckworth Lewis Method (a jolly wee song from Neil Hannon's concept album about cricket).

#26

It was the 'old' that hurt.

Boom Boom Mancini - Warren Zevon - An everyday story of boxing folk
Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) - Warren Zevon - Endorsing Wee Heavy
Over The Line - Brewer and Shipley - For David Narey
Fanlight Fanny - Clinton Ford - She's a sport

T is for Triangle

From Don and Phil bidding Love Bye Bye to Mr. Brightside many couples have been rent asunder.

'The Sailor's Song' - The Gadsdens

Fastball - 'The Way'.

Sports

Long Distance Runaround - Yes

pen ultimate chance to get some prog on, Vic, before Bryan gets back - listening to it now, it's striking how 'jazz' it is - but I suppose that's what happened. When the jazzers couldn't make a few quid any more from jazz they drifted into rock (Bruce/Baker/Hiseman/Hextall-Smith etc) along with the Bluesmen and when punk turned up, they all started drifting back to jazz and blues

You Got The Silver - The Rolling Stones

Sporting Life Blues - JJ cale & Eric Clapton

this is nice, would be god to hear

Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne big 2nd for wee Heavy, great track.

Road Runner - Jnr Walker & the All Stars

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

Run - Snow Patrol

Out Into The Fields - West Bruce & Laing

remarkable record

Walk Tall - Dreadzone equally remarkable

Walk The Last Mile - Love & Money

Greatest Story Ever Told - Bob 'Ace' Weir

Russ Conway meats the Grateful Dead - brilliant, try it

How Long - Ace

Autumn Tactics - Chicane this is really lovely - great riff

We Walk - The Ting Tings

Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club

We Walk The Same Line - Everything But The Girl

All Down The Line - The Rolling Stones

This Is My Life - Eartha Kitt

That'll do: you'd never know Smiffy & The Morons are off to the family home on Arran for a few days before the schools go back.

Thought you'd have asked for 'Born To Run', Norrie?

Night night,

regardez youse

henri

#11 brilliant. In fact, this was what my Q for questions suggestion suggested. Hope Vic is on to this

#13 looks like he's taking the S hit there (a good form of defence I believe, much better than the other method)

#24 Jocky went tae a good school. Ask Adam.

#26 Tenacious D are brilliant. Hope Vic is onto this

#29 last time I suggested the original Sailing it was slated. Pity caws it's better than the Rod version. Good luck

Jeeeez, it's kinda difficult keepin up with the blog if you've been workin for a couple of hours!!!!

DC

OK, my sporting suggestion:

Run run away - Slade

This has to be played because...

a) It's a great choon

b) It fits the theme

c) It gets folks feet stompin which means exercise which links with sport

d) despite getting numerous mentions and even a theme wrongly attributed to me over the past fortnight, Vic still hasn't played a song I suggested.

I once did Crail to Cellardyke whilst this song was on the car stereo. I recommend others not to try this at home

DC

Sport - The funny thing about Cricket is that it's one of the few sports that I find myself supporting England on a regular basis, hence the first track on my list:-

Howzat - Sherbet
World in Motion - New Order
Running Man - Lindisfarne
Sail Away - Neil Young
Walk On - Neil Young
Long May You Run - Neil Young

Paul from Ayr

Idlewild have it but I obviously don't...

The Bronze Medal 3rd place

Idea Track Track & Field

I Don't Have The Map Orienteering

El Captain Team

#36 Great list Henri! I much as I love Brooooce there is no need for Born To Run to be played yet again!

I wonder if Vic enjoyed his cake??

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Thursday: Sport:

assuming you wont play the folk classic 'Now WRESTLIN' Winds' by Dick Gaughin? Then...

Anyone for Tennis: Cream
Fitba Crazy: Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor
Moving The Goalposts: Billy Bragg
The TRACKS of My Tears: Smokey Robinson
The Boxer: Simon and Garfunkel
Clash Of The Ash: Runrig
Skate Away: Dire Straits

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Poor Celtic ;o) ...'Huddle Formation' - The Go! Team

Springsteen - The Wrestler

one of his best ever.....

For Thursday - A raunchy wee number all about Baseball

Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf & Ellen Foley

;o)

Theme suggestion for Monday

Songs about Tramps, Hobos, Gentlemen Of The Road

Super Soaraway Sporting Submissions:

Let's get the cricket one out of the way:
* 10CC - Dreadlock Holiday

* Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
For the motorsport fans. And shouldn't Schuey be *ashamed* of himself?

In a lot of sports (judo, gymnastics, various horse things) you get a lot of
* Fairground Attraction - Falling Backwards

Remember those old football kits with their
* Madness - Baggy Trousers?

A lot of sports take place in public green spaces, hence
* Blur - Parklife
(plus it was used on a sporting wear ad showing footy in the park)

Winners get
* Traveling Wilburys - Congratulations

And finally, two that really are about la vie sportif:
* Saw Doctors - You Broke My Heart
(cos you didn't pass the ball to me...)

* Billy Bragg - Goalhanger
Brilliant rocksteady track - coming close to Madness in laidback Dangerman stylee.
Much as I love Moving the Goalposts, this is better. And has the most brilliant line
"And he hangs round like a fart in a Russian space station"

THURSDAY

'Beh Shinty Live Beh Shinty Deh' - Saint Andrew

'Hamish' - Michael Marra ~ Alternative title: - Grace Kelly's Visit to Tannadice

Written as a tribute to Hamish McAlpine, one of the finest goalies ever.

Once Bryan's back, are we going to continue this high quality of blog post illustration, with freshly taken pics every day?

Sports

Christy Moore - Ride On
Ballboys - Olympic Cyclist (please try and find it)
Aztec Camera - Jump (a cover that is better than the original - I think)

*Jumpin' In The Night - Flamin' Groovies

#48

The flatulence gag is credited to Billy Connolly in , repeated in Auf Wiedersehen Pet in 1983 and now remains unheard only on a small number of Amish farms.

Kick out the jams ~ Mc5

This show needs a new mantra!

As Julie appears to have given up, I'll have to second the previous request for Caravan's "Golf Girl". Not sure how the ´óÏó´«Ã½ can't find it any more, it's on "The Land of Grey and Pink", surely tracks should be easier to store and locate in these days of MP3... mump ... moan ... old git that I am.

If the producers want a real challenge, Amon Duul (feat. Robert Calvert) did a track "Adrenalin Rush" which covered both angling and cricket.

Julie must be off colour. Still no sign of that old cricketer leaving the crease.

Welcome back Scotch. Far better than that anagram of a dull game of You're it.

Sport

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John (written as a tribute to Billie Jean King - famous tennis player in the 70s, Mary Doll). This will fit Paolo's theme if unused tonight.

Hurricane - Bob Dylan

#54. Sorry Harry. Golf Girl would be grrrreat to hear!

T is for Taboo subjects...c'mon GIO team, be brave...songs about taboo subjects may actually be perfectly all right to hear on teatime radio, just put a bit of thought into it.
Or we could have Tired of Thinking so let's just pick Truth, Travelling/Transport, Trains or TV...again!!!
Or, 'Two Heads Are Better Than One...so that'd be duets...again ;o)

Adam, I was very tempted but I'm really not thick-skinned enough to deal with the fall-out!

#58 ...again!

T is for Teachers

An evening of school-related music to celebrate another bumper set of Highers. Txt song u want.

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#56
and indeed featured BJ herself on backing vocals.

#58
Did you get Mike Reid's copy. He once did this show where you had to write in for rare songs and if he played it he would send you his copy.
Someone wrote in, he played it and sent them a copy. Is it in the cupboard under the stairs?

Sport: ~

GOLF GIRL from IN THE LAND OF GREY AND PINK by CARAVAN – try looking a wee bit harder, team

FLIPPIN’ ‘ECK IT’S FRED TITMUS! from BACK IN THE DHSS by HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT

DICKIE DAVIES EYES from BACK AGAIN IN THE DHSS by HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT

CYCLES from OK FRIENDS by GONG

RACING TOWARDS THE SUN from THE BUTCHER AND THE BUTTERFLY by QUEENADREENA

SWIM INTO ME from RIDE A COCK HORSE by QUEENADREENA

SKI JUMPER from DIRTY PAPER CUP by HAFDIS HULD

T is for TEA

#62. Fraid not (swapped it for 'Don't You Want Me Baby'). Did you know...it was 'Old Cricketer' and not 'Teenage Kicks' that John Peel wanted played at his funeral.

T is for Truculence

What are the artists / songs that get in yer face!

The love of my life was named after a famous russian gymnast.

That gymnast was very good at ....going from bar to bar.

why can't we just rewind / Paolo Nutini

#63
Thats the one Fred!

T is for Tea Time Treats.
We're always interested in what you're having for your tea, so tonight you can let us know in song.
From Bowling for Soup to Blancmange, what are you digging (into) tonight?

The love of my life was named after a famous Russian footballer.

Nice One Cyrillic - Хор петушка

#67. Now my World Cup Teatime Challenge has ended mine would be 'Wot's For Lunch Mum (Not Beans Again)? By The Shapes!

#67 I'm seek of hearing Rock Lobster


DC

Or the Jeely Piece Song!

Can we not go back to D, Done to Death!

Sport ~

GOLF GIRL from IN THE LAND OF GREY AND PINK by CARAVAN

HALF A DOZEN PROVOCATIVE SQUATS from 200 MOTELS by FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION

IT MIGHT JUST MIGHT BE A ONE-SHOT from WAKA/JAWAKA by FRANK ZAPPA

THE MARKSMAN from THE MARKSMAN by RICHARD THOMPSON

JAVA JIVE from 1000 SONGS OF POPULAR MUSIC by RICHARD THOMPSON

RUN RUN RUN from THE UNFAIRGROUND by KEVIN AYERS

THE SWIMMING SONG from OLD NEW BORROWED BLUE by FAIRPORT CONVENTION

T is for TALKING

T is for Tedium

#71
Exactly!

Although we could maybe get Harry Champion on this time. You could ask for The Spam Song and Henri "If I'd Known You Were Comin, I'd Have Baked A Cake".

:)

#72 Oops missed a wor - Senior Moment Again!!! Should have read "IT MIGHT JUST MIGHT BE A ONE-SHOT from WAKA/JAWAKA by FRANK ZAPPA

I'll try again IT MIGHT JUST MIGHT BE A ONE-SHOT DEAL from WAKA/JAWAKA by FRANK ZAPPA

That's better !!!!!!!!!!!!

No it's not

IT MIGHT JUST BE A ONE-SHOT DEAL from WAKA/JAWAKA by FRANK ZAPPA

3rd time lucky Phew!! I'm away for a cup of tea

It'll all stop when they get more funding for days out

Have a cup of tea
Have another one
Have a cup of tea
Have another one......

#8 It was The Burns Howff (West Regent St) that done it..

#43/#48

I knew there was a more appropriate Bragg song:
*
Jam-packed with fitba references.

#41/74

Thanks, Norrie.

Vic has not been supplied with banana loaves as yet - though if I'd known it was his birthday in advance I'd have had Sister Margaret rattle a couple off as a thank you for playing 'Wooden Heart' for Big Al in Maryport to save him texting in to request it again and again and for sparing us the details of his (Big Al's) kipper and liver spicy pasta as he texts.

Ironically, it is this one change in the last two weeks, that has made the show come alive, I think. Instead of hearing what the successful texters are chomping on as they text, we're hearing what people want to hear whether it's played or not.

Whihc is interesting.

regardez youse

henri

Am I wasting my time embroidering this "Welcome Back Bryan" banner?

'Captain Cautioned' Shock!

Captain Ramius is the first drawn out the hat for the letter S. Make sure you all try again for T.

Tour de France by Krafwerk, though maybe not all of it ...

On it Should Have Been Space night....

Another name for a group of cheerleaders is Rah Rah Band, so.....



#82 & #83
Vic's only fault is that he's even worse than BB at talking over the intros. Tends to get muddled while doing so too.

#87
why no BTO guitar riff last night Adam?

Gaie,

I don't know if you care to join me, but I'm gonna ask the team to

Gimme a T for TEXAS

Lots of Blues musicians hail from The Lone Star State, including Stevie Ray Vaughan. (Dallas).

I'll get that song played for my wee lassie yet!

>8-D

T = Toyah night.

#55

?!? Big dart?

#91

ABC - Wee Poison Arra Peepil

#88
Double drat!!!

#91
Drab Tig

#87

Yes, he talked over the intro to What'd I Say which was the whole point of its inclusion. It's back to Duran Duran next week, though.

THURSDAY

'Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day' - Jethro Tull


'Twould be unseemly to reject such a kind and generous offer...

I'm pretty sure someone has asked for this already. Support for a great suggestion!

It was Madmac at #22

I salute your tastability!

#89

One for your Texas night SG.

Vic missed Roky Erickson for last nights show so I really don't think that pointing out where he was actually born is going to make one iota of difference on the show where You Choose the Music!

#96

... and I yours!


They don't like feedback at GIO....

GOAL!