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Red Sails In the Sunset ~ Fats Domino

Trip to Pirate's Cove - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Southbound - Thin Lizzy

(Live n Dangerous version if possible)

If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett

A clear demonstration about what's best about GIO.I first heard this on GIO on 'Boats' night - there are few country songs that touch the surreal quite like this - a song about a voyage with a pony.Mental.Great imagination, beautifully played and tremendous singing voice It's got it all. I've since gone on to explore Lyle Lovett's other work.

regardez youse

henri.

#4
You won't get LL if Babs is producing, Henri.
He's not good-looking enough apparently.

#5

The Senior Producer of Contemporary Music, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland, is on vacation.


#4

This is the only Lyle Lovett song I've heard that irritates me; and I can't figure out why.

#5

Princess Lambchops is on holiday - but we're not out of the woods yet.

Richard might be producing - I feel certain I've never had a request played when Richard is producing.

That picture is truly frightening.

THURSDAY

WILLIE & WAYLON

David Bowie - Fantastic Voyage

this is great, from the Lodger lp. This track was the b side to Boys Keep Swinging. Nice and short as well. The live version from the A Reality Tour cd is also excellent.

Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Phillapelphia

#6

Weird. I'm sure it was your request on 'Boats' night that got me into it - maybe it irritates you because the subject matter is very ' un -country' if there is such a term.

It's complete fantasy whereas most country music is (I guess) grounded in the reality of human experience, and often lousy human experience.

Strangely, it's the fantasy lyric that I find so appealing because it's so unexpected..

Henri - I thought you would have suggested Dignity?

Robbie Williams - Tripping

Sea Cruise - John Fogerty
Vera's Cruise - Warren Zevon
Skeleton Cruise - Webb Wilder

W is for Woodstock

Anyone of any note was there. Even The Incredible String Band.

#12

Aw gawd. Inevitably.Don't get me started...

You know it's coming Henri. I'll sail her up the west coast, through villages and towns...a voyage if ever I heard of one.

Not even the absence of the Controller of Contemporary Music, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland can save you.

Bake a cake and distract them.......

Does anyone remember "Gotta See Jane" by R Dean Taylor? One of the best sounding songs about a car journey home.

And if you want surreal, there's "A Horse with no Name", by America

#17
Yes indeed, Mr Throwback. Great song. Was he not the first white act on Motown?

#18

I think you are right about that, but I am wiling to be corrected.

#9
Better still, SG....

W is for Way Out West.

We go on the trail of the lonesome pine tonight as GIO keeps it country.




And while we're at it, for Tuesday

Y is for Yodeling



:)

#20

Brilliant! For some reason the Laurel and Hardy dance reminds me of this.
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Maybe it's the hats...

Y is for YIDDISH

#21

Pure riddy! Try

WEDNESDAY

I had a list prepared, then I remembered this;

Willin' - Linda Ronstadt

Bryan, it's from the album 'Heart Like a Wheel'

'1952 Vincent Black Lightning' ... Dick Gaughan

3 voyages of discovery (of speed, youth and love) systematically clash and crush. Tremendous stuff ... the song that is ...

re 1 ... (anyone find the hash button on an Apple keyboard?)

Bijou choice MadMohawkMac ... been a while since Fats got a spin ...

#25

No' got a Scooby. Ah'm still lookin' furr the Any key.

Capn is your man for that or JFE hopefully he will pop by and answer....

Great theme. With apologies for the long list:

Breakaway - Gallagher and Lyle
Southbound Train/Listen to the Radio - Nanci Griffith
On a bus to St Cloud - Gretchen Peters
You can sleep while I drive- Trisha Yearwood
Heads, Carolina Tails, California - Jo Dee Messina
Midnight train to Georgia - Gldys Knight and the Pips
Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow
NYC - Steve Earle
Hungry heart - Springsteen
God blessed the broken road - Rascall Flatts
This flight tonight - Nazareth
Walkin' in Memphis - Marc Cohen
Lake Charles - Lucinda Williams
Adios - Linda Ronstadt
Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris

Joe
Linlithgow

small point of order.... a voyage is a journey by boat or ... a journey into Space!

Yes, another chance to hear 'Stars Across The Moon' and suchlike.

Norrie,if I thought another banana loaf would prevent the deluge of texts for 'Dignity' I'd haul Sister Margaret out her scratcher right now.

A few weeks ago they played 'Raintown' on GIO and I thought it was quite good... but that 'Dignity' thing.. dear oh dear..

since Desireless (edited because profanity filter isn't that precise) met with nothing short of Derision, won't bother asking for that.
Oh, bother - ELO - the staple when you're short of any other option
Last Train To London

If there's travelling, there must be a
Passenger Iggy Pop

Day Tripper
Feel a bit grubby asking for the Beatles.

Let's Go All The Way Sly Fox
Profanity filter at work.
Make sure you've covered yourself for all eventualities in advance. But try to enjoy it, too.

#29 I know he is not popular but I like David Gray so

David Gray - Sail Away

might work which made me think:

Dobie Gray - Drift Away

would be good :o)

A great alternative to Pirates' Cove would be

Melinda - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Live Anthology)
but I suppose they'll not be wanting to play anything that's over 8 mins long. Shame, it shows off Benmont's skills so well.

Then there's

The Naked Ride Home - Jackson Browne
but I suppose it's not really suitable for accompanying the chicken chilli bake

Going to Brownsville - Hans Theessink
would be really nice, but I suppose it being pure blues is not likely to get a play

so that leaves me for now with

The Cutter - Runrig
Going to California - Led Zep

#31 David Gray and his wobbly head - can't watch it, but great song. Lucky this is radio.

I know! The wobbly head....he cannot help it! Poor wobbly soul.

Gaie - The Naked Ride Home is a superb track....

re 29

excuse moi monsieur ...

according to me 'Collins Softback English (+ rather large) Dictionary', a voyage can also mean the following:

1. a journey
2. a passage
3. an ambitious project
4. to travel over

don't blame me ... blame Mr/Mrs Collins!

#25 Kene Gelly

alt 3

I've never thought of a car journey as a voyage.

Oxford says: a long journey involving travel by sea or space: a six year voyage to Jupiter - figurative writing a biography is a voyage of discovery

Although in marine insurance planes are insured as though they were boats and the RAF was a division of the navy, I think, so planes could count.

I guess cars could count, but it would need to be a long journey - like across a continent?

Sail Away Ladies ~ Uncle Dave Macon

#25

Reckon the hand sign is the wrong way round LOL!

#17 and #18
Correct and who was the first white british artist on motown?


Think this is a really good theme but it has been done before. I like the alphabet idea as there has been tons of good themes suggested. However they always seem to pick the easy option and go for ones they've done before. Let's go round again when we get to z only next time insist on 26 brand new themes!

Tonight
Halfway Hotel / Voyager (Big radio hit that sank without trace)
From East to West & Scots machine / Voyage (Double A side 70's disco)
After all these Years / Journey (Heard it at a ruby wedding recently for the first time. Very appropriate)

#29, #35, #37, ah, the deep waters a voyage of discovery can get you into.

now, a chance to get the Crash Test Dummies on at last?

The Voyage - Crash Test Dummies

the lyrics may not be their finest but I trust they fit the stringent requirements of the dictionary referees?

We could go to the British Islands
And hike around the Scottish Highlands
The youth hostels they have there
would be perfect for us
Cause we're both youths,
so they would really suit us

also

Gotta Keep Walking - Willy Mason

#39

Careful Paolo feedback isn't always appreciated at GIO!

Kiki Dee

In line with the reinterpretation of 'voyage':

The Hiking Song - Calum Kennedy
A Walk In the Park - Nick Straker Band
One Step Beyond - Madness

Veritable or Virtual Voyages:

* Christy Moore - The Voyage
...of life in this case
* Stereophonics - Long Way Round
Wheel out the bikes & let's head thataway until we get back to here.
* Sawdoctors -
about those long Sunday car journeys you do with your family when you're a kid.

Addendum:

* Jackie Leven - I've Been Everywhere
Not a simple cover of the classic (and great) Cash song - it shifts it to Germany and has a whole verse of
I've been to Baden Baden Baden Baden
Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden
Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden...

Given the all too often indefinite nature attached to themes

I'd say the chances of Long Distance Runaround ~ Yes are reasonably high!

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#39

See we all complain about repeated themes, but when we do (eg with Technology), it's a while back: in that case.

And even then there were only 5 tracks in common (one of which was my request)

1) Hazel O'Connor
2) Flaming Lips
3) Kraftwerk
4) OMD
5) Tubeway Army

I'd have expected a lot more.

#45

Time for another spin of the MacLean and MacLean version of this great Australian song.

#39 and #48 I'm with paulopablo on this one - it's good to think about new themes. And if you have made suggestions for a theme before, it's boring. Anyway - on the broad definition of voyages:

Karine Polwart - Follow the Heron Home
Jack Penate - Torn on the Platform
Nanci Griffiths - Boots of Spanish Leather
Allman Brothers Band - Southbound

Well as with the themes I'll repeat myself - surely to goodness they'll use all the suggested themes over the next few months. There are far too many good 'uns for them to be squandered.

And on the theme of voyages, though not musically, I'm incredibly sad to hear of the end of the earthly road for Jimmy Reid. What a towering man.

And there will be no bevying.

A legend in the town.

WEDNESDAY:

Gary Clark - 'We Sail On The Stormy Waters'

Steve Forbert - 'Grand Central Station March 18 1977' (he's standing still busking in the station while around him is the bustle of people on their travels)

Tom Waits - 'Shiver Me Timbers'

Didn't hear last night's show due to climbing in Glen Clova. We sang the Calum Kennedy hiking song all day

Will miss the show tonight because we're voyaging to Embra to take in a fringe show. Given the forecast, my suggestion for tonight is:

Bridge over troubled water

See ya the morn

DC

They don't make 'em like this anymore. Someone give me a hanky, please.

:*(

Watching that, it's hard to believe that Bette Davis was two midgets in a skin.

For Wednesday - Runaway - Bonnie Raitt

Graceland - Paul Simon



Theme suggestion for Thursday

Songs from, by and about Wales and the Welsh

I'll ask for it quickly, before Glen beats me to it.

;o)

Wed.

Van Morrison -- Coney Island

(Just under 2 mins of sheer bliss)

#58

Let's have The Treorchy Male Voice Choir (featuring Ivor Emmanuel)doing Pretty Vacant from their tribute album Spoiled Rotten. Or Woad Wage by the Piltdown Men.

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First hour of last night's show on Listen Again is the football programme.
Amazing that they manage to fill a hour talking about Scottish football.
Do they do this every night?

W IS FOR WINDOWS

Lots of songs mentioning windows or with Windows in the title:

Steamy Windows, Delilah, Don't think twice its allright, Lookin' Through The Windows, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, Cleaning Windows...there's even a Tull one!

#62

I believe they get Christmas Day off.

W = Wifes.

Mrs Robert Fripp, Mrs Springsteen, Mrs Garth Brooks etc.

Voyages: ~

ONCE UPON AN OCEAN from SWEET DECEIVER by KEVIN AYERS

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

THE SAILOR’S ALPHABET from BABBACOMBE LEE by FAIRPORT CONVENTION

THE IRISH ROVER from IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD by THE POGUES
WITH THE DUBLINERS

WANDERLUST from VOLTA by BJÖRK

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W is for WOODWINDS

The ex-Mrs Jim Kerr...2 of them!

Mrs Shawn Carter - I like this theme!

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The first half of yesterdays show is missing on iplayer, just people talking about football. It's OK after the news.

The Wreck of The Hesperus - Procol Harum
The Wreck of The Hesperus - George Harrison

Julie, I thought last night was surely an opportunity for bringing up The High Life again.
What happened?





:)

#72. :oP

#72 Actually, I'm going to see Alan Cumming at The Fringe on Saturday...I'll get him to sign my 'High Life' DVD!

I liked him in The Good Wife

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#72, 75, 76. Dearie me! Sigh!

#76 - Billy, just spent a couple of minutes acquainting myself with PPP.

What kind of viewing figures did The High Life get?

:(

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#77

He gave a convincing performance as an American spin doctor.

W is for What When and Why - songs that remind you of a particular moment - not the big ones, the small incidents that sometimes make a day special.

Who and Where don't matter?

#78, #79

No-one is now able to own up to watching the telly, it being only for morons (see previous thread or maybe the one before). I did catch some of the High Life - obviously when I was visiting my gran and she insisted we watch it. I thought it was quite funny, or so I told my gran just to keep her happy. I'd rather have been reading an improving book, but it's good to make someone happy.

* sigh * Glen, you've caught me out. I didn't proof-read that one. Thank heavens there's someone to keep me right.

so, start again:

W is for Who, What, Why, Where and When: (please don't give up, there's only another paragraph of explanation to follow, team) songs that remind you of a particular moment - not the big ones, the small incidents that sometimes make a day special.

Whatever..

How?

There is a Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith song - Who, What, Where and Why.

Boo Who?

Now, Voyager.

Moon River - Andy Williams.
Mingulay Boat Song - Richard Thompson.

#84
What's up with which?

#42 Correct!

W is for wobbly bits. From Barry white to Demis Roussos. From alison Moyet to Mama Cass

Naebody even mentioned Imelda's balloons.......

they've a' gone doon noo

?!? Doon South?

The Who - Amazing Journey

Del Amitri - Long Journey Home (what a great B side!)

How About Point of Know Return by Kansas. Still touring after all these years

How about a song about a voyage?

Fantastic!

Exactly SG!

You poaching again, MacLean?

goal