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David Bowie - 1984

Josh Rouse - 1972

Rush - 2112 Overture

Patti Smith - 1959

John Cale - Paris 1919

Clash - 1977

Juliet Turner - 1987

and b side gem from the man they call

Morrissey - Munich Air Disaster 1958

all these tunes would be an excellent addition to the show.

For one covering both the 1950's and 60's, "The late great Johnny Ace" by Paul Simon, from the "Hearts and Bones" album. Maybe a bit too reflective for the show, mind!

Steve Forbert - 'Grand Central Station March 18 1977'

#1 #2 #3 That's the first hour happily taken care of!

For me a top ten hit from 1973
Also Sprach Zarathustra / Deodato

which some might call the funky jazzed up theme from 2001 a Space Odyssey

Pulp Disco 2000
The Connells '74 - '75
Someone else can request Prince.
Eurythmics Sex Crime (1984)
Manic Street Preachers 1985
Estelle 1980
The Four Seasons December 1963 (Oh What A Night)

Getting in early for Z (got company)
Z is for Zion, Zen and Zealot. Songs with a religious bent (they mention Jehovah, Allah, God, Jesus, Mary, the Antichrist.... or religion in some other way) or artists/ bands with some tenuous religious link to their name (apostles, saints, martyrs). Maybe we can get Jesus and Mary-Doll played. I'm not asking.

TUESDAY

'Uneasy Rider '88' - Charlie Daniels Band

'On Saturday Afternoons in 1963' - Rickie Lee Jones

WEDNESDAY

ZOOPHILISM n. the tendency to be emotionally attached to animals.

e.g. 'Me and My Teddy Bear' - Sharon Corr

For y ( years )


The Bee Gees ----- New York Mining Disaster 1941


Bowling for Soup ------- 1985

Now there's a picture in my head of Sharon Corr in a Teddy.......














overimaginative git

Golden Years Tuesday
T. Stooges ~ 1969
T. Rascals ~ Nineteen Fifty Six
Half Man Half Biscuit ~ 1966 and all that
T. Bee Gees ~ New York Mining Disater 1941
T. Zombies ~ Butchers Tale (Western Front 1914)

Neil Sedaka - 'Queen of 1964'

1979 ~ Smashing Pumpkins
Now what was it that was so special about that particular year again?

200 Years Old - Frank Zappa.

#9 could be worse.....that's a really disturbing photo of our hero...he seems to be concentrating on something to do with his hands....

#14 Don't know about that - I'm more thinking Bryan needs to gain some weight. I don't wish to offend, but I have a few pals who overdo the whole physical fitness thing to a point of looking emaciated. Maybe I'm just jealous - no drive, no commitment, sit on my butt all day - of course I have something to say about those who go the extra mile. Henri - get some of them famous banana loaves to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland HQ quick before he disappears.

#14
Maybe it was Guilty Pleasures that drew BB's attention!

TUESDAY

1922 -

1917 - Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt

1984 - Van Halen (all 1'07" of it)


and seconds for Half Man Half Biscuit

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - 1910 Fruitgum Company

A quadruple whammy

I commend it to the house.





Naebody interested in a yacht?

DC

Happy to endorse the Bee Gees, the Connells and the Four Seasons...... any song by Emmylou-H at any time, and at the risk of setting off QI klaxons:

Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
1999 - Prince
Miami 2017 - Billy Joel

Joe
Linlithgow

The Alarm - The Spirit of '76

10538 Overture - ELO - I can't think of any others and I see this one is ruled out by the arbitrary limit of 2525.

Z is for Zydeco

Music from and inspired by New Orleans

"look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies"

After the Goldrush - Prelude / Neil Young

Paul from Ayr

All this user's posts have been removed.Why?

Z is for Zero - songs that have been played zero times on GIO

Paul, there's also 1956 Bubblegum Disaster by Neil young :0)

Gaie that'll rattle the pedants' cages...like with the allegedly-never-before-played Basement Jaxx yesterday!

'Teenage Lament '74' - Alice Cooper

This Gregoriocentricity will confuse listeners for whom the year is 1431 or 5770 or whatever.

Years

Wish I'd thought of that.

Julie, pedants like having their cages rattled, it's part of the job description

Years:

'39: Queen
1643: Seth Lakeman
The World Turned Upside Down: Billy Bragg or Dick Gaughan (The opening line being: 'In 1649 to St Georges Hill')
1913 Massacre: Woody Guthrie

Great Expectations - The Gaslight Anthem - from the album 'The '59 Sound' or

The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem from the same album.

regardez youse

henri

#18 someone getting their bubblegum mixed up?

#28 You did Fred you did!

#9 I once heard a radio phone in on what you would like to come back as in the next life. One guy phoned in and said Caroline Corr's drum stool. When the female presenter asked why, the line went dead which I assume was the producer pulling the plug rather than the guy hanging up.

#32 - A very young media person was interviewing the Corrs on what was probably her first and possibly her last assignment.

"So," she began, "Where did you guys meet?"

;o)


For Tuesday - Liberated Lady 1999 - Shel Silverstein



Theme suggestion for Wednesday

Love the Zydeco idea but it'll never happen. I suggest Zodiac symbols and signs.

Lots of great music was released on the Capricorn label.

:o)

Since we are agreed that the entertainment value of the programme has peaked, I propose a monthly prize for the best blog request. This award, to be known as The Erskine Prize (or 'Jimmy'), would have prestige value only.

I didn't agree. When was the vote?

Norrie, surprised you havent asked for

4th of June 1989 - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Is it not very good?

Wednesday

If they dont go with Zappa and Zeavon - A Glen Miller Tribute Night, then I`d like to suggest -

Zed`s Dead - Music from or inspired by Quentin Tarantino films


Z Cars - Music from or inspired by the cult TV series
(I have six different versions of the theme tune alone)

Adam - no it's not her best by a fair bit to be honest. Though the album is ok.

Zeds Dead - I like that as a theme.

Glen will be along soon to correct your spelling....

I think we should ask for some
Not sure if it work quite so well on the radio - it's the drummer that makes it.

#28 Could've sworn you did. Strange that.

TUESDAY

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson

Tues Years :

Year of The Rat - Rat Trap: Boomtown Rats
Year Of The Ox - R'OX'anne: The Police
Year of The Tiger(which is 2010) - Eye Of The Tiger: Survivor
Year Of The Rabbit : Rabbit: Chas n Dave

Year Of The Dragon - Puff The Magic Dragon : Peter,Paul and Mary
Year Of The Snake - Union of the Snake: Duran Duran
Year Of The Horse - On Horseback: Mike Oldfield
Year Of The Goat - Paddy McGinty's Goat: Val Doonican

Year Of The Monkey - Shock The Monkey: Peter Gabriel
Year Of The Rooster - Little Red Rooster: The Rolling Stones
Year Of The Dog - Dog Eat Dog: Adam and The Ants
Year Of The Boar - Under the 'Boar'dwalk: The Drifters


Possible Z: 'Zits and Zillions', youth and money

Year: ~
2032 from 2032 by GONG

Z is for ZERO and also for ZAPPA
But since ZAPPA is out of the question, I propose
ZAPPA MUZISHNINS & COROBBERATRUMS who could be, for example, any of the following

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Jeff Beck
Adrian Belew
John Belushi
Theodore Bikel
Jimmy Carl Black
Pierre Boulez
Jack Bruce
Paul Butterfield
The Chieftains
Eric Clapton
George Duke
Aynsley Dunbar
Art Garfunkel
Lowell George
Terry Gilliam
Don "Sugarcane" Harris
Ritchie Hayward
Jimi Hendrix
The Ikettes
John Lennon
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Joni Mitchell
Keith Moon
Kent Nagano
Yoko Ono
Jean-Luc Ponty
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Simon
Grace Slick
Nicolas Slonimsky
Phil Spector
Ringo Starr
Rod Stewart
Stephen Stills
Sting
Tina Turner
Steve Vai
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)
Tom Waits
John Wayne
Dweezil Zappa
Lots of others

#42

Chas Hodges played on Just Like Eddie and other Joe Meek hits.

Z is for Zzyzx

All this user's posts have been removed.Why?

Bryan says:

" So, in the end we've gone for 'years' which was suggested by Patrick McCafferty on the email with the omission of........AND FredTheFish on the Blog " (See Blog Nos 134 & 157)

#43

I see Little Feat's Ritchie Hayward, who died last week, was in the Fraternity of Man who did Don't Bogart Me on the Easy Rider soundtrack. He also did a great job on Warren Zevon's Transverse City album which is maintaining radio silence.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............

Last songs you like to hear before you switch the music system off for the night

DC

#43 I'll Second 2032 by GONG

I would also request ALL THOSE YEARS AGO by GEORGE HARRISON

#156 last threed.

As promised, ticket prices (you'll have to check out the flights for yourselves):
in pounds (dont have the symbol on my keyboard)
Rush - 80 to 185
Green Day - 35 to 110
Peter Frampton - 50 to 70
Lionel Richie - 40 to 240 (I think he sings a line from "Hello" to you personally for the 240 ticket).

Glen you were saying to forget going to see artists who are geriatric, but Alvin Stardust is 68 you know.

# 47 Glen - I could also have included Lowell George on the list.

Cynthia - will you be my campaign manager?

#52 In fact, I did.

#50

1984 - Spirit
2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones.

#50 Crikey. Not cheap.

#55

but.....

Music and passion are always the fashion
At the Copa....

you'll fall in love

#53


Fred - Why of course.

z = zephyr, songs about the Greek God of West Winds and Glen Miller's first car.....

p.s note to Producers. Please make sure you get the b side version of Mozza's Munich Air Disaster 1958 and not the live version. It is readily available....

Z theme

4/6 Zero....Songs with nothing in the title
5/2 Zoos Songs with zoo animals in the title
4/1 Zodiac Songs to do with the zodiac names symbols etc
5/1 Zzzzzzzzz last songs you hear before you sleep
25/1 Zero....songs played zero times on GIO
33/1 Zits and Zillions
50/1 Zeds Dead
100/1 Zydeco
1000/1 Zappa and Zevon's Glen Miller Tribute Night

#60

And petrol was 7.5p a litre.

Z is for Ze Bands of Ze Eighties

#63 yes and they had the decency to give you green shield stamps....

And you didn't have to get out of the car.

#62 Blimey! I've gone for the favourite and the outsider!

So it must be one of the others then.

#65
and you got more for four star cos it was dearer

#68 Harley Davidsons required 5 star.

George Davidson was on Sportsreel.

Backing MfS:
* Billy Bragg - The World Turned Upside Down
and DC
* 1910 Fruitgum Company - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Personally I like
* Vic Reeves -
from an excellent album that got overshadowed by the success of Dizzy.

A'body going for The Irish Rover..? A'body? Bueller?

(stuck in the office for the 2nd night in a row)

I tuned in just a Zaegar & Evans got started and almost switched off again.The Simple Minds track is the best so far, but otherwise this theme is unimaginably dull and awful: I'll be glad when this alphabet thing is over.

My spirits were lifted when Big Al requested XTC last night... he must have been put up to it..

Ho Hum...any chance of getting The Gaslight Anthem on?

Theme Idea: Zaegar & Evans - the utter crap you never want to hear again....ever!

regardez youse

henri

# 62
Z - Zabaglione .. Odds on favourite.

Henri you have not taken this birthday snub very well....what's happened to the cheery banter?

#57
One of the reasons gig prices are so high is because students get in for half price and its amazing the amount of mature students there are in this country.

#62


In a similar vein, are we going to be given a shortlist of themes to vote on for Thursday night's show?

Would make sense wouldn't it? Our show and all that.

#63 7.5p a litre?

You were lucky...

We 'ad ter pay 6/9 a gallon

DC










(I sense calculators coming out....)

Z is for Zenith, songs that have a climax!

#72

It's only a programme. Though I have grown to hate The Eurythmics.


#77

Today that would be 1st year university maths.

You're right, it is only a programme, but still it annoys a bit when all the bloggers have toiled away for 26 nights thinking up themes and making lists of suggestions and yet one person only (not on blog unless aliased) is singled out for rapturous praise for doing same. Nae herm tae'm of course, he deserves the praise I'm sure, but so do some others...

Me, I've become invisible since dropping my surname. I'm thinking of marrying the lead singer with Nazareth in order to raise my profile a bit.

#80