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'Part Of Your Furniture' - Mickey Jupp

"...hallways and staircases everyday to climb...."

She Don't Care About Time - The Byrds

Paul from Ayr

A Child And HIs Lawnmower ~ Dead Kennedys Tee hee

A classic;

Kevin McDermott Orchestra - Mother Natures Kitchen

Flash n the Pan - Waiting On A Train

An 80's classic!

Nick Cave - Mercy Seat

My 21 year old daughter got her first request on GIO tonight and spent the rest of the car journey trying to think up stuff for tomorrow!


Ah well if it keeps her out of mischief.......

Does it have to be domestic house or can it be companies house, cos if so it would be a good excuse for some Chairmen of the Board especially since lead singer General Johnson died last week.

Finders Keepers or their original version of Patches would be good to hear.

Velvet Pants ~ Propellerheads absolutely... they're in the wardrobe

Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson - Blame it on global warming.

Nitcomb ~ Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros still in the bathroom cabinet with the Vaseline ~ Elastica

Bless the Telephone - Lavvy Siffre

Aga - doo - Black Lace

We Built this Settee - Starship

Sofa away - Dire Straits

How will Lino - Whitney Hoose-ton

Basket Case ~ Green Day in the loft Breaking Glass ~ David Bowie

Alisha's Attic Pilot
Not one of the usual ones to be played by them, it's surprisingly good.
If you're not allowing rooms, it still counts. My boiler has a pilot light in it.

Jill Cohn Doormat from the soundtrack of Skins. Not something I've watched, but I heard the tune in passing one time. Really lovely. And our doormat is inside the storm doors, so technically speaking, it's in the house.

George Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Just about any song featuring musical instruments would do for this. Another "nul points" for Norway on the originality scale, but I don't care. I could go for George Formby but reckon there are probably more guitars than ukuleles per household.

Another two which are probably obvious - I'll let the rest of the blog come up with the clever stuff.

Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
Blancemange Living On The Ceiling

Not sure when I decided I needed to be defensive about my choice of requests.

#12 The Black Lace apart (which is clever but a terrible song!) good choices!
OK. Will try one smart one:
Bidet Habanera from Carmen.

In Da House

The Loft / Attic:
I Am, I Feel - Alicia's Attic
Man In A Suitcase - The Police
Trunk - Kings of Leon
For America - Red Box

Hall:
Grandfathers Clock - Johnny Cash
Maneater - Hall & Oates
Cut Some Rug -The Bluetones
Telephone Line - ELO
Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army/Gary Numan
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (electricty meter in most halls)

Dining Room:
Crumbs From Your Table - U2
Broken Vase - Caitlyn Smith
Wicker Chair - Kings Of Leon
My Cup - Bob Marley & The Wailers
My Flying Saucer - Billy Bragg and Wilco
Every Day Hurts - Sad Cafe(opens with I Saw The Lamp Light )
Tunnel - Dining Rooms
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Living Room:
Welcome To The Cheap Seats - The Wonder Stuff
Sittin' On My Sofa - The Kinks
Cushion Of Love - Tongue 'N' Cheek
The Sun Always Shines On Tv - AHA
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Remote Control - The Clash
TIVO Shores - Carlos Nunez (TIVO the best PVR since sliced bread was invented)
Curtain Craft - King Creosote
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Bedroom:
Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed - Matt Bianco
Under A Blanket - Charlie P
Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics
Pillow Talk - Doris Day
Mr Radio - ELO
You're All I Need - Wireless
The Old Alarm Clock - The Dubliners

Kitchen :
You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties - Jona Lewis
Pressure Cooker - Exit
Oven Gloves - Joy Division
Rice Cooker - Les Satellites ( I have one ! lol)
Coffee In The Pot - Supergrass
Perculator Music - Simple
409 In Your Coffee Maker - Green Day
Slide - The Big Dish
Old Black Kettle - Dolly Parton
Polly Put The Kettle On - Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Tea Pot - I Roy
Toaster In The Bathtub - Tony Sly
Casserole - Jason Lowenstein
Tiny Casserole - The Undergraduates ( there will be many homes with one of those also LOL)
Best Dishwasher I Ever Had - Lederhosen Lucil
Dish Rag - Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker
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Bathroom:
Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat
Elizabeth - Cabinet
The Band-Aid Song - Nashville Singers
This Is Not A Love Song - PIL
Shaving Brush Boogie - XTC
The Toothbrush Song - Off The Radar
I'm A Pink Toothbrush(The Toothbrush Song) - Max Bygraves
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Miscellaneous:
Computer Love - Kraftwerk
Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
Magic Carpet - UB40
Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange
Change Every Light Bulb - The Wonder Stuff
Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA (after all a man essentially is a household object at the end of the day (sometimes especially after midnight! LOL LOL)

Anyone know any songs about closets?





Julie?

Very impressive Jan.

I like MD's Alisha's Attic suggestion as well.

Strobe Light ~ B52's blast My Bucket Has Got A Hole In It ~ Hank Williams

#15 It's an atrocious song and if it gets played it's absolutely nothing to do with me. I disown it. And anything to do with Whitney -why-sing-a-crotchet when-25-grace-notes-will-suffice- Houston, curse of the X-factor wannabes.

#17 Closet o me - The Cure

'Your Honour' (I was inside de closet) - Pluto Shervington

Before Gas and TV - Mark Knopfler

Before gas and TV
Before people had cars
We'd sit around the fires
Pass around our guitars

Empty Room - Arcade Fire

Down the Hall - We are Scientists

Come On in My Kitchen - Eric Clapton

Nothing but the Sun - Runrig

Lost myself in a T.V.
Three women in a kitchen in Chechnya
Staring at the world with frightened eyes

#16 agree with norrie - a fine list. And norrie - you're a gent.

#20 You're right about the Whitney, too. If I'm honest, I'm no' a fan of the Starship either. I just didn't want to sound like I was knocking your efforts - admire the wordplay if not all the tunes!

Closet songs. I don't know how many others have had the dubious pleasure of hearing/ watching R Kelly's mini masterpiece "Trapped In The Closet". Not quite sure what he thought he was at - don't like any of his stuff anyway, but this was mining another level of awful, even for him. Happily I can't single out any one of the "songs" for play as it's all a bit rambling and surreal.

#22 Nice one JfE, must keep Pluto on the radar so to speak.

Paolo, I see your boy's on at the Celtic Connections, and Julie, the lady you've often asked for, Bettye Lavette. Oh and for Henri, Love and Money, and Justin Currie for Norrie.

Sadly no Tom Petty.

Ta Gaie. Tickets are sorted!

Is he? He tells me nothing?

#26 thanks Gaie, yes I saw that...pity she's only part of a larger show. I've wanted to see her for ages too.

well obviously the nights are drawin in and I don't watch the telly, but I guess it's crap - the blog is filling up with posts.

Thanks, Gaie, I'll buy my Love & Money tickets in the morning. Can't get the site to work.

Anyone else fancy this rare opportunity to see one of Scotland's truly epic bands?

And if anyone stumbles across tickets for Lissie at Oran Mor, I'd be obliged to know.

regardez youse

henri

#5

Good shout Norman!

#16

Eat your heart out Capt R. (Do people still have videos in their hoose though? Surely to goodness not)




Where`s the Git??? 2 days MIA.

Thank you Adam.

On his mini break I believe.

#17 #22 Blimey, you know me too well. I posted that before I'd read your question LOL

'Creep'. ... Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine

'Extension Trip'. ... Stereolab
'Stuck in a closet with Vanna White' ... Weird Al Yankovic
'Bible Study' ... Gong
'Escape the fate' ... Cellar Door
'The radiator hums' ... Domestica
'Front Porch'. ... Slobberbone
'Sink or Swim'. ... The Delgados
'Ich Bin Ein Auslander' ... Pop Will Eat Itself

Down the hall / Four Seasons
Beds are burning / Midnight Oil
Empty Rooms / Gary Moore

and for my daughter who's trying to housetrain her pomeranian puppy
Mess around / Ray Charles

#16

*applausie*

Although clearly you're wrong on TiVo (it was fabby 10 years ago, but there are waaaay better setups, one of which I have).

Yes a full round of *applausie* :o)

OK, so it’s not SOPHIE, that just leaves GONG or FredTheFish. He might have played SOPHIE anyway, and now we know what BB considers edgy, thereby ruling out another huge chunk of music. HURRICANE has a bad word in it, which, if anyone hears on the radio, results in their head exploding. Maybe FERRY has a syrupy version of it which would be ok for radio. This is just a mini rant in the hope that it will stimulate blog activity.

Now, anyone got a GONG in the house?

WEDNESDAY

Smoke Detector - Rilo Kiley

Dust my Broom - Elmore James

and

In my wardrobe, in the possibly unlikely event that my son might one day wear the coat that fits him as if made - is

My Father's Coat - James Grant

The Tubes - 'TV is King'

In Da House - going more for 'who' rather than 'what' you might find in a house

* Loudon Wainwright - There's A Baby in the House
* Billy Bragg - The Milkman of Human Kindness (saucy!)
* U2 - Party Girl
* Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United

I like the Coffee in the Pot suggestion, so I'll add
* Mike & the Mechanics - Another Cup of Coffee
Wonderful Paul Carrack vocal there.
* Spike Jones - Cocktails for Two
If only for the stop chorus of hiccups

And finally, for the Pigs Might Fly slot:
* Genesis - Blood on the Rooftops

I Was In The House When The House Burned Down - Warren Zevon

Is TiVo anything like SuBo?

Listening to music in the house:

Elvis Costello - High Fidelity, Radio Radio

Rush - Spirit of the Radio

In our house you can usually find a big fat ginger tomcat called Big Fat Pete, probably lying on his back, sleeping with his legs splayed outwards...not the most demure of sleeping positions. Outside, he's a big, cat fighting, bird catching bully and not very popular but indoors he's the sweetest, funniest, most cuddly cat you could ever imagine. He has been known to wear a pink tutu (blame The Daughter). He's also known as...

'Outlaw Pete' - Broooooooce (I know it's a long track, but there's a lot of Pete so it seems apt).

If we don't hear 'The Sideboard Song' by Chas & Dave then I'll be absolutely gutted!

Ringo Starr - 'Photograph'

Scullery - Clifford T. Ward

You might think you don't know it but you'll recognize it instantly.


Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down? - Brendan Shine

Give Breedge one to sing along to. Go on go on go on go on go on go on...

;o)

'Andy's CHEST' - LOU Reed

#42

Correction:
* Loudon Wainwright III - Be Careful There's A Baby In The House

Single Bed - Fox

Mirror Mirror - Dollar (featuring DVD)

Didnt get the credit for Nancy Sinatra last night and quite happy should you do the same if you go with Dollar tonight.

:)

'Sittin' On My Sofa' - The Kinks

Oh and Bryan, "Copacabana" (in the song) is the name of a nightclub somewhere north of Havana. Its not about Rio.
(Mini HH rant)

Kitchens of Distinction - White Horses?

Sparks - Beat The Clock

Valerie - The Futons

'The Late GRATE Johnny Ace' - Paul Simon

A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine

I got a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do?

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

BEDS from EYE by MOTHER GONG

FLYING TEACUP from GONGMAISON by GONGMAISON

BELLYFUL OF TELEPHONE from GLASONBURY FESTIVAL ’89 by GONGMAISON

UNDER A FLOORBOARD WORLD from DRINK ME by QUEENADREENA

MEDICINE JAR from THE BUTCHER AND THE BUTTERFLY by QUEENADREENA

THE WALLS KEEP SAYING YOUR NAME from SHOOT FROM THE HIP by SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

Some golden prose and illustration from Gaie in today's Herald.

Anyone up for more melody than Morrissey and better beat than Bowie could check out the at the City Hall on Saturday.

#60 'Poison' - Alice Cooper

#60 Hit it with #1 and put it #59

#60. #45 would deal with it...whether dressed in a pink tutu or not!

#60

Repeat the same 4 bars for nearly 7 minutes as a bizarre rat-scaring incantation?

That track outstays its welcome after about 30 seconds.

#66 the rat has fled your bitter denunciation! Call off Outlaw.

Well, that's the Love & Money tickets bought.

Bryan, I think you should acknowledge the gifted set of regular boggers you have on here by publically congratulating our Gaie on today's photograph in the Herald.

Well Done Gaie!

There are so many suggestions in for tonight, I shall just make the one dedicated to Gaie's achievement:

Photograph - Ringo Star

regardez - youse

henri

#68
Anyone got a link for Gaie's fotae?
I cant get past the Tommy Sheridan story.

See you there Henri.

#60

put it in the curry?

well that ain't the spike milligan sketch I was trying to link with -, I've forgotten how to link this You Tube stuff properly, anyway, - it's the dalek sketch for those not familiar with it.

regardez youse

henri

#69

I was wondering if this remarkable Danish lady in the Tommy Sheridan case might be our Olga.

It gives us an insight into 'Torn Between Two (or three) Lovers'.

regardez vous

henri

Anything from 'Songs From The big Chair' by Tears For Fears.

We had 'the big chair' in our house. It wasn't any bigger than the other chair on the 3-piece settee it was just that it was the one my father sat on (next to the fire) and if he came into the house and you were sitting on it you would get up and give him it. I am sure I am not alone in this.

J.O'B.

There's a ghost in my house

#73
Olga is not Danish. She is Russian! At least she was Russian. Till she ran off with someone scottish or was it someone Scotch. I always forget how you say your nationality.

#73

We know Olga strayed once Henri. That doesn't make her a serial offender you know.

Have I missed Windmill in Old Amsterdam?!

No two direct hits.

#78

Glad you're back, I thought you'd gone before we got the big henri style rant about Bohemian Ratshit.

By the way, did I hear that scissor sisters track correctly - it wasn't just the title that was indescribably filthy?

regardez vous

henri

It would have brought a blush to the cheek of a Scottish Socialist Party member.