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MONDAY

'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba to Galway' - De Dannan

The signature tune of 'Mr. Anderson's Fine Tunes', a wonderful mix of Celtic and Classical.


'Against the Wind' - Máire Brennan

My cousins in Gweedore, County Donegal, went to school with the Brennans!

'Will Ye Be Proud'. ... The Real McKenzies

Totally apt for MM's week

'Chip'. ... Celtic Punk Frenzy ... Clear those studio chairs!

ach. ... The Real McKenzies of course!

A tribute to Gerard Kelly, with a wee treat for

Go madmac ;-)

#5 - huh?!

'The State of Massechuttes' ... Dropkick Murphys

'Old Hag You Have Killed Me' ... The Bothy Band

... What's happn'n MadM?

#2, 3 I'll second the Real McKenzies - only discovered them last week or so on the murder theme, with the Sawney Bean Clan. Superb!

#6

6 mins. 30 secs. in...

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The Lea Rig - Eilidh Grant - From Masks And Smiles

Great themes idea madmacfraeclydebank!!

#1 If ever there was a theme....

Monday
Ellis Island / Mary Black
Gone Forever / Cry Before Dawn (Great Song)
I Hate to Say Goodbye / Energy Orchid
Sailing By / Sinead Lohan
Recovery / Runrig
Island / Dolores Keane

The Suit - Jerry Douglas & James Taylor -From Lookout For Hope

Van Morrison & The Chieftans - Raglan Road

The Chieftans with Ry Cooder - The Sands of Mexico

Van Morrison and Tom Jones - Cry For Home

Mark Knopfler - Irish Boy (from Cal)

The Mark Knopfler track is absolutely fantastic, if you like Local Hero then I would think you would love the Cal soundtrack.

Does Tommy Sheridan sing with the Chieftans?

madmac - Simple yet brilliant. Great idea for the themes!


Aisling - Christy Moore ~ A Shane MacGowan song.

Catch Me If You Can - Brendan Shine ~ Go on, go on, go on, go on,

Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir - Julie Fowlis

I'll Tell Me Ma - Van Morrison & The Chieftains

Baby, It's Cold Outside - Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews ~ For Glen

;o)

Galway girl - Steve Earle

More to follow


Joe
Linlithgow

#17 - Glen - Leave Norrie alone! After all, was it not Sheridan who created Mrs. Malaprop?

;o)

Glen was it not Tommy Sheridan and the Shondelles??!

No, that was The Tommy Sheridan Threesome.

I thought it was Tommy Sheridan and the Staple Swingers singing Would I Lie to You?

well done, madmac - a great week of themes. Now if they take on board your oft-repeated plea for some songs less ordinary and manage something from Gong we'll be in for an absoutely cracking week. Looking forward to it!

for starters, unlikely I daresay, but what about The McCalmans,with the retiral of Ian meaning their last ever appearance together will be in Glasgow this December. They're a brilliant live act and with Ian's father coming from Bute obviously that makes them special to me. There's a song on the most recent album that is about a place on Bute I hold very dear and it was a lovely surprise to find it. It's not the most stunning tune you ever heard and possibly a bit too 'folky' for GIO, - it's just special to me, so I'll give it a go anyway

The Moor Road - the McCalmans, from the album Coming Home

and I'd love to hear some 'new' Runrig with Bruce Guthro - Barrowlands a sell-out this December - he's clearly doing something right!

The Ocean Road - Runrig

also, it would be excellent to hear Dougie Maclean doing something other than Caledonia - for instance

Big River - Dougie Maclean

Then of course, there's

Tall Ships - Wolfstone

Starter for Ten... & before we lose Broadband @ our end again!

The Weight Of Years ~ Idlewild & Edwin Morgan

#26

Seconding this - Edwin Morgan was my wife's tutor.

Oh how strange - I was just looking for an Idlewild track - a student in our lab once shared a flat with Roddy Woomble!

Frightened Rabbit - Living in Colour (thanks, Tom Morton, how dare they cut your show!)

and a couple from people appearing at Celtic Connections 2011

Broken Records - A Darkness Rises Up

Nell Bryden - Not Like loving You

Huge congrats to madmac - not a day before time.

An important point Gaie - how far do we go with this?

Last January I went to a festival called Celtic Connections to see the Indian percussionist, Trilok Gurtu - and this January coming we're getting to hear a resurgant Love & Money.

Well, I guess we won't be getting Trilok played, and, if Adam's observations are correct I won't be getting anything played anyway, - so I'll go with Sometimes I Want To Give Up - Love & Money.

There is a little known album released on Iona records by a band called The Colour Of Memory which is a hidden gem that they never put promotional money into. It would be great to hear the track The Grace.

Gaie, I've got that Freightened Rabbit album, but haven't quite gotten into it yet.

regardez youse

henri

American land - Springsteen
Shame on the moon - Eleanor McEvoy
Paddy's lament - Flogging Molly
It's a hard life wherever you go or The road to Aberdeen- Nanci Griffith
Low rising - the Swell Season
Whiskey in the jat - Thin Lizzy


Joe
Linlithgow

Apologies:
error 1 - ....go or The road to...
error 2 - jar!

J
L

#30 Henri, I've tried other tracks of Frightened Rabbit and not got into them either, but this one I heard on Tom Morton's show this week and I really really like it.

Yes, It could well be Celtic tenuous Connections, but if they can make the link then who am I to argue? Especially with a Love and Money track!

in the unlikely event the Production team have been phoning me to confirm The Capn and I as guest producers I cannot answe the call, due to the fact the phone fell in the bath............

#34. Surely to goodness you don't use the phone when you take a bath!!! Whe else does that?

mmmm alcohol was involved, phone in top pocket, bent over to switch tap off - you can fill in the rest!

#36

Swim free mobiles are now available.

BRING ME THE INFRARED-ENABLED MOBILE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

What you need is a wee Innostream. Supplier H2O.


(Other mobile phones and suppliers are available).

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#36

Why didn't you wait for the 1st of the month as you usually do?

HO

#42

Won't do sub script...

Norrie's ringtone is "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"

















So is Mary-Doll's...

#41

Instead of putting the clock back Norrie put the calendar forward.

(Alcohol was involved).

>8-D

Norrie

In The Bath - Lemon Jelly

regardez - vous

henri

Monday presents another opportunity to hear

Julie Fowlis - Lon-dubh (Blackbird)

which turned up on Beatles covers night and captivated the nation, including henri who's not that big on this stuff. Fabby, let's get it on again

regardez youse

henri

And another chance to request:

Cailin mo rùin-sa - Paul McCartney - From his album Macca on the Machar

Tuesday, November 2nd ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio4 13:30

Beat It: the World of the Modern Drummer

"...this show is pure fun and tight as a snare drum."

Jane Anderson of the Radio Times

A drummer hits things with a stick. Is there a modern way to do that?

Whoever dreamed up this programme was as tight as a snare drum.

Serioulsy I'm not happy about phone....

30 seconds in the microwave will sort it out.

#52 A Big Surprise - Sparks

seriously though, Norrie - dry it out (hairdryer) and it'll be fine.

What, you've got a hairdryer? Expulsion from the Hell's Angels will be automatic.

I tried Glens suggestion unfortunately.

I loved that microwave oven.....oh well.

#55

Norrie,

Turn the clock back and try

"KEVIN AYERS on Get It On - it'll be GONG next, mark my words!"
Disappointed though, that Cindy's choice of song was not played.I know they have it because Janice played it when it came out.

Obviously we need Julie's support to get GONG on!

Gaie, I was at that KEVIN AYERS & SOPORIPHICS concert at the Apollo too. Although brilliant, It was poorly attended and the support bands were BARRACUDA abd LONG JOHN BALDRY.

Celtic: ~

SONG OF SKYE from TREE IN FISH by MOTHEER GONG

SIGN ON MY MIND from HEAVY PETTING by DR STRANGELY STRANGE (guitar solo by GARY MOORE)

BREAK YER BASS DRONE AGAIN from PARTNERS IN CRIME by ROSS AINSLIE AND JARLATH HENDERSON

Or, better still - turn the clock back and don't drop it in the bath.
Best way to avoid this sort of thing is not having a mobile phone in the first place.
I'm sure that's every bit as helpful as anything else you've been offered.

and

Someone earlier suggested Christy Moore, I'm up for that, just suggesting an alternative song. Whichever (if either) is played - excellent.
Christy Moore Black is the Colour

Failing that - here's a few others.
Sinéad O'Connor and the Chieftains Foggy Dew
Dropkick Murphys I'm Shipping Up to Boston
The Dubliners Seven Drunken Nights

#57, yep, remember Long John Baldry - but not Barracuda! And though I don't remember much about the concert, I do know I enjoyed it a lot - in fact, come to think of it, it was maybe my first concert in the Apollo. The next might have been the Moody Blues, and I don't even know why I went to that never mind that the sound was atrocious.

Just listened to Sign on My Mind - it's lovely

and a wee nod to a fellow Charleston Academy pupil
Wolfstone Clueless

Happy birthday Duncan!

Rab Noakes - How Can I Believe You Now

Tam White and Fraser Spiers - Working Class White Boy

#44
He should stay off the beans.

#36
Surely to goodness you could make up a better excuse than that!


Alcohol was involved!
6/4 you were shouting to Huey down the big white telephone and it fell out your top pocket into the pan!

Norrie,

You're an engineer. Come up with a mobile phone cover that becomes a flotation device when it comes into contact with water and we can stop investing in the national lottery.

Dragon's Den awaits...

P.S.

Keep it to yourself or they'll all want a piece of the action.

It can be our little secret...

I thought phones were supposed to be ringin

#69

What a brilliant theme! We haven't heard Blondie for ages...

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#66 rumbled.....the bookie always wins

SG not a bad idea!

Mac, this theme seemed like a great idea until I tried to think of something, I think the only thing remotely celtic in my music collection is....

Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin

Paul from Ayr

'Release' - Afro Celt Sound System (featuring Sinead O'Connor)

#72 C,mon, Paul - what about Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zep - I'm sure you suggested it for something else and it's a great wee celtic welsh choon!

#74, your right of course Gaie, i'm losing it. That one didn't get played tho, so maybe it's better that I forgot it.

MacGillycuddy's Reeks - Warren Zevon - Co-written with Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon and, in the light of repeated previous experiences, almost certain to be ignored or overlooked in favour of trivial mince from some talentless upstart who has difficulty stringing two coherent words together never mind producing a tune with any suggestion of melodic invention.

These Are My Mountains - Daniel O'Donnell

Top man MadMac - a week of themes on GIO.

Monday

Coisich A Ruin - Capercaillie
Irish Rover - The Pogues & The Dubliners

#34 - Coulda been worse Norrie - you could have dropped your toothbrush down the toliet!!!

#77 ...or his teeth!

#77

I presume that the marvellously evocative 'toliet' dates back to the days of the Auld Alliance.

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#76 - Supporting Glen's request for Daniel O'Donnell.

Glen - If you didn't manage to get a ticket for the December show in Glasgow I may have a spare. Henri might pull out at the last minute again.

:o)

Great themes Madmac....

The World Turned Upside Down: Dick Gaughan
Young Ned Of The Hill: The Pogues (quite brilliant and rarely heard)
The Forth Bridge Song: Robin Laing
It's All Good: Damien Dempsey and Sinead O'Conner
Wild Mountain Thyme: The Silencers

For Mon....

Christy Moore --- Spancil Hill

Dubliners --- Black Velvet Band

Support for Warren Zevon

I like songs with clever lyrics.

What's going on??
I go away for a couple of days and I come back and the Blog's doing the Folky Koaky!!
Its not going to be a fiddles, flutes and pipes night is it???


:)

#69, 70 etc

Norrie was in the bathroom, it's the one across the hall.
He had his mobile, but he went and let it fall.
We know he's there, but he can’t get a call.
Norrie’s hanging out his telephone,
Norrie’s hanging out his telephone.

Q - What song does Glen's wife sing at the karaoke nights?

A - "For these are my mountains, and this is my Glen"

;o)

Oh Dear what can the matter be
Norrie dropped his phone down the lavatory
Won't get another till 2 weeks on Saturday
Should've stayed off of the beer!

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#76

A whole paragraph?

You get like the folk you blog with.

Verbal diarrhoea - where's the tolley-yett?

#43

±áâ‚‚O?

#90

I don't suppose we'll be getting Fascinating Aida's Cheap Flights? no? Didn't think so.

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#81
My boy is drumming for the Chili Pipers at the turning on of Paisleys Christmas Lights a week on Saturday. Don't be fooled by the Olly Murs publicity. He'll flick the switch. Chili Pipers will do the entertaining. Not a fan of their chasing cars but their Baba O'Reilly is pretty damn good!

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Toughie this - trying to balance between being Celtic enough, and actually getting played, not least through the 'Make sure Bryan can pronounce it' rule. Also self-censoring all the very-nearly-celtic-but-actually-english music I have (Eliza Carthy & Oysterband for a start)

Mildly disagreeing with PP on the Sinead Lohan track: I'm after
* Sinead Lohan - The Fish
but with her voice, I'll take anything I can get.

I'm the same about Karen Matheson, so can we have
* Capercaille - Both Sides the Tweed

If you can get hold of the wonderful soundtrack to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Irish/Americana series "" then you could do the whole show. But I'll limit it to:
* Hothouse Flowers - Lakes of Pontchartrain
* Elvis Costello - Mischievous Ghost
* Everley Brothers - Rose Connolly

This is a bit diddle-aye, but is a lot of fun:
* Goats Don't Shave - Las Vegas (in the hills of Donegal)

Completely agree with Gaie on the McCalmans. I'd go for
* The McCalmans - Festival Lights
although it's about 6 weeks late, it's still kinda that time of year

You can't do this theme without *some* Sawdoctors, so can I propose (as an opening track, or straight out of the 7pm news) either of:
* The Sawdoctors - The Green & Red of Mayo
* The Sawdoctors - The Joyce Country Ceili Band

You'd not expect a melodion track on GiO, but this has a great groove to it, and has Adam Clayton (and other luminaries) on it:
* Sharon Shannon - Bjorn Again Polka
failing that, then you could go for a track that always makes me smile:
* Steve Earle/Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl

Another instrumental band you really do need to get on is Shooglenifty
* Shooglenifty - Venus in Tweeds

Wonderfully stripped back crossover celtic/dance track - with a great fiddle guest from Steve Wickham of the Waterboys:
* Sinead O'Connor - Stretched Upon Your Grave

# 98 excellent! let's have the McCalmans!

and someone else can go for goal, I got a red card last time

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