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Just to annoy Scotch...

Friday:

Free Four - Pink Floyd

DC

Gordon suggests the theme.

Graham presents the show.

Glen goes grumpy. (Wha kin tell the difference?)

>8-D

Not going to be anything original from me again. They're all great, in their own way, though:
Erasure Breath of Life
Black Wonderful Life
Ricky Martin Living La Vida Loca
And one of the most life-affirming songs ever has to be
Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World

#3 and Git gets no songs played again? ;o)

Hello

I would love to hear this song played, she has been played before so the material is certainly not off limits, the song hits the theme perfectly and ther is some nice guitar playing by Mark Knopfler:

Iris DeMent - The Way I Should

And it's true that I don't work near as hard
as you tell me that I'm supposed to
I don't run as fast as I could
but I live just the way I want to
and that's the way I should

FRIDAY

'To Life! (L'Chaim)' - From the soundtrack of 'Fiddler on the Roof'


Sunset on Friday heralds the beginning of Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement.

Tradition has it that on Rosh ha-Shana (Jewish New Year) the Almighty opens two books, one for life and one for death. At the conclusion of Yom Kippur the books are closed. All of mankind is judged, not only the Jews. May we and our loved ones be inscribed in the Book of Life.

Thanks for that Scotch.

The Ballad of Charles Whitman - Kinky Friedman

Seeds and Stems - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Celebration of "Life":

Green green grass of home - Tom Jones

#6 Like that very much, too.
Now feeling thoroughly ashamed at attempting a wee bit of knowing banter at your expense. Apologies, Scotch.
Totally behind you on the Fiddler on the Roof song, too.

#11

Never be ashamed! Follow Glen's example. It doesn't matter who you offend, so long as it's funny! (see #8)

>8-D

And song to recognise and celebrate the conjunction of Yom Kippur and the Papal visit:

They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Any More - K. Friedman

#12 It would be easier for me to lay off the wisecracks - being funny isn't one of my talents. And Glen's in a league of his own. (You're not a reincarnation of Clement Freud, are you?)

see? cleared the room again.

Niteall. Gmar Chatima Tovah, SG!

Seconding Mary-Doll on "What a Wonderful World."

I'm also thinking about "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina & the Waves
"All I Wanna Do," Sheryl Crow
"Beautiful Morning," Rascals
"Lazy Day," Spanky & Our Gang
"Enjoy Yourself," The Specials

Bruce Nesmith

LIFE

Cells - They Might be Giants

Water - Brad Paisley

Oxygen - Willy Mason

#17, good to see someone take the scientific approach Gaie,

We've Only Just Begun (to live) - The Carpenters

In My Life - The Beatles

Paul from Ayr

#14 and what was the name of Clement's dog?

And what did it (not giving anything away here...) advertise?

Another one for Paolo's quizzes

DC

henri?

#19 Minced Morsels...I loved that dog!

#21 nice to know someone else is up - still recovering from the Wilco gig at the Barrowland.

Stunning live version of 'Impossible Germany'. I'd have nominated for tonight(Thursday) if I'd heard it before.

Just great.

night night

henri

Clement Freud was a genius. One of the great columnists especially his racing ones.

Friday
Life is Sweet / Natalie Merchant
Born Free / Matt Monro

Friday

Roxy Music 'True To Life'
Roxy Music 'A Really Good Time'
Bryan Ferry 'Dance With Life'

#18 habit of a lifetime's work, Paul, even if they did consider me redundant. Not required in the laboratory, not required on GIO. (:0(
But hey, the sun's shining ☼ and I don't have to go to work:

Silver lining - Rilo Kiley

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

Maurice Chevalier:I'm Gonna Shine Today - I heard this twice on another channel's morning show & loved it - hope you can find it.
Bobby McFerrin:Don't Worry, Be Happy - Either loved or hated - I love it!
The Hollies:I'm Alive - Title says it all.

Why has no-one stated the obvious?
Patrick Hernandez's classic Disco hit - Born To Be Alive

#20 Papa?

Van Morrison - Bright Side of the Road

should get in for the 7" picture sleeve alone.

#30

Nicole?

I'm off to a corporate beano at Ayr Races today.

Any tips, Paulo?

regardez youse

henri

For Friday...

Times Like These. --- Glen Campbell


Perfect for tonight

#33
Don't eat yellow snow
Don't argue with menstruating women
Don't argue with non menstruating women
Better to give than receive especially in the case of infections
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, they last longer in the fridge
Always borrow money from a pessimist. They won't expect to be repaid.

#3 - Scotch - Why is Glen grumpy? Is Graham the one who doesn't know the Beatles?

;o)


A Simple Game - Four Tops

I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack

You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller

Oooh Er, Missus!

Life is for living ~ Barclay James Harvest

Heart of Life - John Mayer

I'm Alive - Jackson Browne and David Lindley from Love is Strange

Graham, do you have strict instructions to IGNORE any requests pertaining to GONG?
I expect so but if not, please play

HOW TO STAY ALIVE from 2032 by GONG

An uplifting song celebrating life.

Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

#36 I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack makes me cry - the worst time was when it was played on the morning my younger son left Primary School. It came on the radio just as I was about to head off to attend the end of term assembly and I had quite a head-start on the other Mums who didn't cry until the children sang to us at the end.
I take it Bryan has already done 'Songs that make you cry'?

I'm alive ~ 999

Get something bloody frenzied on!

#41

Most nights Louise.

#41 - LouiseJulieFromEdinburghsPal - May I call you Louise? I don't know if that has been a theme. But I could make a long list!

:o)

Lively tracks:

* Opus - Live is Life
* The Crew Cuts - Life Could Be A Dream (Sh-boom)
* Lennon - Grow Old With Me
* Clannad & Bono - In a Lifetime
I know someone whose cousin went to school in Gweedore (etc)

Having failed to get it played the other night, let's try this again:
* Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway

For the umpteenth time...

Emily Smith's lovely song 'Sunset Hymn'

And while inside the candle flame burns bright
I stand content warmed by the summer night
End of July, the stars shine up above
And I see inside a room filled with love

Wouldn't that be nice!

#29 41 43. Well fancy meeting you here! I'll have to be even more careful with my speling an punct'uatin now :o)

Yes, afraid hunners of themes now onto their third or fourth airing. What about one about television appearances?

N.B. If you want the dashing Adam from Rio on your side then ask for 'Clouds across the moon'...it's his favourite.

#41

We had Crying (not quite the same, I know) on 13th May this year.

For friday's theme how about Ain't Got No - I Got Life sung by Nina Simone?

#47
Nut. I know all the words by heart and there's no way we could fit "Clouds" into tonight's theme.

Maybe Graham could move the goalposts a bit and make it Celebrating Life In Space.

#42

Yeah ... let's clebrate livliness ...

'Im Alive' ... 999
'Knees up Mother Brown' ... Cockney Rejects

'Cracked up really high' ... Slaughter & The Dogs

lively + frenzied

Welcome LouiseJulieFromEdinburghsPal

You provide great opportunity for anagrams!

#47 #50

Thing is, we've only had it once this year (and that was back in March).

I Gotta Feeling, on the other hand...

Frenzied, what an ace theme:


Going Back to Birmingham - Ten Years After

Makin' Some Noise - Tom Petty

7 o'clock - The Quireboys

New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures

We're All Going to Die - Malcolm Middleton

#53 OK DC - give it your best shot.

Julie From Edinburghs Pal Louise.

Easy, first go as well.

#55

Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
is pretty frenzied

Just remembered...

'The World Is What You Make It' - Paul Brady

"Don't start to hit me with your "no can do"
Bluesin' losin' Workin' up an attitude
Clean Up them windows let the sun shine through"

"Don't bully Louise"...hahahahhahahahhahahha!

...But seriously...don't...did you know she's The Daughter's Godmothe?

Buggerit! I meant Godmother...

I for one will not be bullying Louise....
Unless she buys me a ginger beer next Saturday.. :o)

Just back from Ayr races and lucky enough to miss both the programme and Henri.

Would you have known what he looked like?

I think I would have heard him first.

Glen, I presume you won a fair bit of money as we find you in such a sanguine frame of mind this evening?

So Glen is Henri. Who would have thunk it?

#63
Gold Cup's tomorrow, Hawkeyethenoo!


Back tae business.... Whit nae 999 tae night, surprised? Just 'Quite Disappointed!'

#66

I lost my shirt. Could you see your way to advancing me £20 until the end of the month, I'm expecting a postal order.

#56 first attempt...

O rough, blind Luiji, u slap freesome!

Mull hoe! Use Reefing! Drop jib sail!

#55 cheers Gaie. Yup, frenzied #42 could easily work!

B.T.W. liked your Wolfstone shout on Wednesday... myself, JFE & Capt. R once had an impromptu thread calling for Wolfstone, Iron Horse etc a few years back... this obviously clashed with 'Global Gathering's' content & fell on deaf ears.

Themes for next week?

Henri has obviously had a better day at the races than GM.

#69
Glen, were you referring to this...

Thoughts for next week's 'frenzied' theme ...

'nasty nasty' ... 999
'crazy' ... Gnarls Barclay
'borstal breakout' ... Sham 69
'wild wild horses' ... The Stones
'cranked up really high' ... Slaughter & the Dogs

#72 I too liked the Tall Ships shout...I've asked for that a few times...would you believe it to no avail!

#73. All repeats. Exaggeration, gemstones, something else and another thing (in no particular order)!

#73

I'm just a parrot.

Just back from the Ayr races: won £161 on the first race and then whittled it down as the afternoon progressed. Mental day, ending in the Ho Wong.Great company. Wish I'd known you were there Glen, you could have come and joined us.

It feels strangely liberating to have missed the show, anyway, I'm half canned and now being summoned to the boudoir.I'll need to down a couple of Resolve first.

night night


henri

#68 Och aye the only Scottish horse in Scotlands biggest flat race. A wee shilling each way double perhaps with Hamish McGongall at newbury?

Adam

Mon Debut singles
Tue Exaggeration
Wed Gemstones
Thu trivia

thanks, Paolo, I missed the second half.

So where did the summer jotter and all the new suggestions go then?

#74

Get in there Kene!

#79

Could be tempted Paolo BTW can't do next Saturday, Mrs Mac's birthday, trust all have a great evening.

Captain, you're not in East Lothian any more are you? I'll be partaking of fizzy juice in the Volly this evening if you're still around these shores

DC

Figure I'm burlin'. Old Shep jealous.

O, Gramps' dull Hibee elf injurious.

#85...that took you nearly 6 hours??? ;o)

#86 ?!?

You think I don't have a life outside this blog?

You are not obliged to answer...

>8-D

#86

I bet you were at Easter Road today. That'll be why you're castigating the innocent.

>8-D

#88. You had to mention that...waaaaaaaaaaah! :o(

Undue?

Hibs flop, so Julie real grim!

>8-D

OK scotch, you win......




for now.....

Or Phill's rogue Judaism unbelief

I was at a Charity ball in the Raddison on Argyle Street last night.

I always find these strange affairs: a bit like 'That's Life' - one minute your watching videos of children in terrible distress, the next you're expected to applaud a dog that seemingly can say 'sausages'.

So it is with Charity balls, heavy on the juxtaposition.

They show you videos of the differently abled or disadvantaged and then to highlight the inequity of life, lots of perfectly fit and wealthy people flash their cash on expensive trinkets for which they recieve plaudits from those who can't afford to. I'm not criticising anyone who does that, it's just a strange juxtaposition to witness.

Then it gets weirder still once the dancing starts.There's something incongruous about old guys in dinner suits wigging out to soul classics.The girl who did the Motown stuff was great but when an Elvis impersonator came on,I had to leave.

Even more incongruous, in the middle of all this, a dance troupe called 'Pareto' came on and proceeded to do some remarkable street dance.

Earlier,Smiffy spontaneously decided to invite a significantly differently abled young man up to dance: for a moment, my heart was in my mouth, but it was all fine.I would like to think it gave him something he might not otherwise have experienced and that it was an enjoyable experience but it kind of reminded me of our Bryan's street dance video, which falls a bit short of the antics of the Pareto dance troupe.

Instinctively, watching Smiffy and the young man dance,I got my debit card out and started contributing to a good cause.In future they should use Bryan's street dance video at charity balls to represent those with learning difficulties,then put the Pareto dance troupe on - I've realised the juxtaposition could raise a few quid for good causes and justify the licence fee that went on it's creation.

As you can tell, I'm bored rigid by next week's themes:there's something wrong with the programme at the moment but I can't put my finger on it.Maybe it's me.

regardez youse

henri

I was there Henri

#93 You were sounding quite sensible for most of that. But when you start equating the inability to dance with someone having learning difficulties, and vice versa, there's something wrong, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Perhaps you're not so different from all those do-gooders after all. If the donation makes you feel better and benefits the less advantaged, everyone's a winner, eh? Meanwhile the ignorance of the larger issues people with learning difficulties have to deal with beyond their ability to dance goes unnoticed. So long as you're chucking your money at them, inviting them to dance, even - it's dealt with.
A cheap pop at Bryan, an even cheaper pop at the learning disabled.

#94
Were you dancing with Smiffy?

I was at King Tuts last night to see Aerials Up and though I have more than a passing interest in them I thought they were really good. However the band at 'the bottom of the bill' who are called Randolph's Leap were something special and are ones to look out for. It was a bit bizarre to see two bands on the same bill with both a female fiddler and a female on the double bass but it really worked.

#97 how's the lad supposed to be a bona fide rock & roller with his DAD at the gig?

#98
I was incognito at the back!

Actually our mutual love of music is about all we have in common but it creates long and stimulating conversations which I enjoy considering I was lucky if I got the occasional grunt out of him during his teenage years.