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This was Daddy's party piece. (Especially when drink had been taken! LOL)


Catch Me If You Can - Brendan Shine


It drove my Ma mad!

:o)

Dad...Sunday lunch in the kitchen after church...singing along to 'A Little Love And Understanding' by Gilbert Becaud. Time passes and you can better appreciate the happy memories. Warm wee song and a nice warm memory.

#3

déjà vu

I still have no musical memories of my parents, so I'm gonna hitch a ride on Julie's wagon.

Again.

>8-D

#4 You're right SG but...if they will repeat the themes...

You're Dancing On My Heart - Victor Sylvester and His Orchestra - My father was a keen ballroom dancer and could be found in the Albert Ballroom in Bath Street (subsequently Joanna's) on Thursdays. On a Friday morning I helped myself to the remainder of his Spangles from the night before. I am lucky to have inherited his sense of rhythm and to still have my own teeth.

well, this represents the end of my first full calendar year participating with the blogotariat on GIO. It is compelling and consuming and so integral to the show I can no longer imagine one without the other.

It has been an absolute pleasure to be involved and GIO has been a major consolation on some days, a light relief on others.It remains the best programme on the station and it is the blogotariat and it's inter action with the GIO team which makes it for me.

I wish each and every one of you a very happy peaceful 2011, not least our hero, Bryan and the team, Miss Babs, Mandi, Kirsten and Richard.

My parents come from mixed backgrounds but were brought together by a common love of music: my father was a jazz drummer from Partick and my now 94 year old mother(the Ayatollah)is an Indian from Bradford who played Tabla up until my dad died.Such mixed cultures present their own problems, but a love of varied music is not one of them.

He loved to relax to Rogers & Hammerstein, Andy Williams and similar and my mother, to everyone's surprise except hers,loves modern British- Asian music (Talvin Singh/ Nitin Sawhney/Transglobal Underground/Natasha Atlas etc) - I think she sees it as a cultural move forward- though both shared/share a love of big bands: Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw,Glen Miller and so on:anything your could dance to during wartime.

For Dad

Home Lovin Man (and he was) - Andy Williams
El Condor Paso - Simon & Garfunkel
Doin What Comes Naturally - From 'Annie Get Your Gun'

For Mum

Immigrant - Nitin Sawhney (stunningly beautiful)
Traveller - Talvin Singh (kid loco remix - also stunningly beautiful)
Chariots (radio edit) - Transglobal Underground (good fun, radio friendly)

It would be nice to end the GIO year by hearing one of those, which bring back such fond memories, some old, some quite recent.

regardez youse


henri

Well, going back to Monday: Mum's 78s and gramophone

She Wears Red Feathers - Guy Mitchell

she also really liked

Fire brigade - Roy Wood ? no, no idea why either unless it was the hair - there was a boy in my class with a similar 'do' though less of it and Mum thought he'd be the ideal partner for me. (He was charming and polite to adults) She didn't know the half of it, but he calmed down and now is an eminent researcher with hunners of papers to his professorial name.

Dad loved all music as long as it was well played, from Nellie Lutcher to Chopin, from Kenneth McKellar to Soft Machine. He could not sit still to a good beat and I have a wonderful photo of him in his kitchen dancing with my two when they were about 4 and 6. We were obviously in the middle of a meal - plates with unfinished food on the table and the 3 of them jigging to -what? I only found the photo recently and my Dad's not here any more to ask. Anyway, he used to bring in the occasional single and the ones I remember are

Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat - the Avons

Little White Bull - Tommy Steele

Lady Madonna - the Beatles

Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings - Tom Jones

Passing strangers - Billy Eckstine and Sara Vaughan
Suspicious Minds - Elvis
The Isle of Innisfree - Bing Crosby
Walk away - Matt Monro

Joe
Linlithgow

#7 and well said, Henri - the amount of entertainment and sense of friendship I get from both the programme and the blog are unquantifiable. We mump and moan and for good reason sometimes, but at the end it is an enormous privilege to have our choice of songs played week after week. There's no question my teatimes would mostly be dull affairs without GIO for company and I love the musical journeys the themes and the bloggers' suggestions take me on

Thank you, GIO!

Carry forward from 'Junior Choice'...

Faither could sing, no really he was not too bad much to the dismay of his Mother In Law! Family occasions were always competitive affairs with Gran making it her business as to what my Dad was singing as opposed to concentrating on her own choice...Mum would just look on and leave them to sort it out.
Dad had a couple of 'standards' namely

The Blackboard of my Heart ~ Hank Thompson
or
Trees ~ Paul Robeson

Yip 'Trees' the Alfred Joyce Kilmer poem!

Must agree also with the sentiment expressed on tonight's thread, Henri & Gaie.

Here's one for the Ayatollah 'enri... West India Company ~ Ave Maria (Om Ganesha) hope she likes it.

#3 great song and I still think he sounds like a french Neil diamond.

My dad liked The Corries and Opera.
My mum liked Perry Como.


Take a pair of Sparkling Eyes (from the Gondoliers)
One Fine Day (from Madame Butterfly)
Braes of Killiecrankie (from the Corries)
Delaware / Perry como


Well you did ask.

Well if you are looking for a touchy feely story here forget it.

The old man liked Don Williams and I love one of his songs:

Don Williams (or pete T and Ronnie Lane version) - Til The Rivers All Run Dry

I think now the only music that would link us would be Van Morrison (esp with the Chieftans), he proclaims Van to be "some man, that Van Morrison", fair enough.

Van Morrison With The Chieftans - Raglan Road or Star Of The County Down

both great tracks!

Was Tommy Sheridan in the Chieftans?

Yes I think he was Glen. Played the fiddle. Or was that field...

I thought he was in junglebook .....

Oh I'm the king of the swingers yeah a former MSP.
I'd won I thought but lost in court
And that's what's botherin me
So doobedoo I want to sue you oo oo
I'll tell some lies to get my prize doobedoo


Where's the cellardyke laureat when you need him

#16

You dropped an E... or did you mean low rat?

>8-D

Just listened again to the bit I missed last night - Running Down a Dream followed by Chelsea Dagger - how brilliant , as our hero would say, and it got me to thinking what I'd have next on a up & at 'em sort of compilation. The Killers, maybe, All these Things That I've Done? Stones, Gimme Shelter?
That's what I mean, there's always something to keep you thinking while in the pool, or walking or whatever.

Anyone get any nice music for Christmas?

#18 Not yet but I did get an i-choons* gift card ☺



* other music download sites are available

I don't remember Dad having much interest in music. He would sit and watch Top of the Pops and ask 'what is this rubbish' or words to that effect. He did however like to entertain and catered on a huge scale no matter how few people were there! Dad died 10 years ago so as a reminder of his hospitality please play:

Shaun Davey - 'The Parting Glass' from the 'Waking Ned' soundtrack

#18

Folk have more or less given up buying me music - they say its too difficult - and dish me out itunes vouchers instead which I use up by downloading tracks I hear that I find interesting.Mary-Ann Kennedy played a track by a heedrum hoderum band called The Poozies the other week that I liked but can't find it anywhere to download, so cd's remain valid - besides, I like having the source material in case of a teccy wipeout.

Our Steven bought me Marina & The Diamonds for my birthday in August, which I'm nuts about.

I have a little ritual with my staff at Xmas - among other things I buy them all a couple of cd's and deliberately try to buy at least one that I feel confident they've never encountered.This year they all got Plastic Beach (my album of the year) and one other.Our Katie is working for me at the moment in between Uni and I got her the Admiral Fallow CD which I felt certain she would be unfamiliar with but perhaps would enjoy.

I called that one correctly:Yesterday she phoned up Smiffy and said "Is my clarinet still in the attic?" Last night she came round to collect it.

Hopefully, it doesn't distract from the studies too much.

There was talk of a theme around albums or tracks you'd bought because you heard them on GIO and I think that would be a good one to do.

regardez youse

henri

I come from a brass band family and village. I played in the Croy Silver Band until I left the area in 1989. My late father was in the band most of his life and outside his family that was his life. In the late 70's an old English song made it to number 2 in the charts performed by a brass band. My father then learned the words and sung at all the family weddings, a highlight of all the O'Brien family weddings.

As Bryan Ferry hasn't covered this yet we will have to make do with the Brighouse And Rastrick band's version of 'The Floral Dance'

POB would be 84 tomorrow (hogmany) and I am sure he will be singing this at that great band hall in the sky.

John O'Brien


" And there was the band with that curious tone
0f the cornet, clarinet and big trombone
Fiddle, 'cello, big bass drum
Bassoon, flute and euphonium
Each one making the most of his chance
All together in the Floral Dance
Hurrah! For the Cornish Floral Dance"

#21 Henri I am going to have to try again with that album.......I'm determined to get it!

I don't know if Mum remembers but she is a huge Frankie Laine fan. She had the chance to see him in concert many moons ago but Dad refused to go for some reason. I'm sure she would love to hear:

Frankie Laine - 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'

A New Year, A New You...

What challenges if any face the blogotariat / GIO Team in 2011?

#25

How do we get Kinky Friedman, Jake Thackray and Saint Andrew played?

We should be telt!

>8-D

#25 (new year, new u?)

as the Laird o' Coocaddens usetae say ... it might help to let us 'Wiggle oor Wallies' tae any o' this 'yet to be aired' lot:

The Real McKenzies
Semi Precious Weapons
Performance
NostalGHIa (the LA duo that is)
The Tiny

here's tae the unexpected ...

'Scots Wha Ha'e' was always a New Year favourite in the Dartin household of old ... aft sung as a duet by Maw + Paw. Tenuous perhaps, but the version by The Real McKenzies would be a blast (of the past) ...

As the youngest (afterthought!)child of older parents who seemed ancient and therefore unromantic, I'm surprised to remember my mother regularly singing

"Softly, softly, turn the key" - Ruby Murray,

while my Dad loved anything by Shirley Bassey.

Best wishes to everyone for 2011

#25

Your Blog Needs You

Space Truckin, Wee Heavy, erlando-r, HoppoLocos, JanfaeRutherglen, Cynthiaplastercaster, Hughie Green, Fredthefish etc.

also listen out for Special Benny

#25 major challenge - finding a job. Any of youse lot want your dogs walked, house cleaned, CDs arranged in alphabetical order?

#23 it's definitely worth it. Grows and grows. I'm hoping that will happen with my new CDs, but not so far not so good. Arcade Fire's first, Funeral - thought that would be a shoo-in, but still waiting. The Low Anthem - on the basis of Charlie Darwin should be a stoater, but most of it's totally unlike that lovely song. At the moment, a most unlikely winner is Malcolm Middleton (in smallish doses), but his guitar-playing to my untutored ear is pretty accomplished and his lyrics are funny.

#28 seconded!

Gaie no dog I'm afraid, CDs are in alphabetical and year of release order and flat pretty tidy....but listened to Plastic Beach again a couple of times and I'm getting hooked....

Oops! thought it was Admiral Fallow - I don't know Plastic Beach - will give it a go now!

#30 indeed it does, I was going to suggest since it's not on, we made up a playlist for tomorrow,(frenzied Friday) a track each - then realise that would take us to about 6.20pm.

Oh dear, from a personal point of view this is the worst possible theme, don't worry.... they're alive and well, but my parents have never shown any interest whatsoever in pop music.
Despite having a perfectly good mono record player, they only ever possessed two singles, Annie's Song by John Denver and All Kinds of Everything by Dana.
They did have one album of covers called La Bamba by Dean Reed, which was played endlessly at parties, OMG!!!
The only song I could recommend from it would be the following single as performed by the original artist...

Keep Searching - Del Shannon

Paul from Ayr

Rip Bobby Farrell the greatest exponent of his art since Marcel Marceau. That man was the inspiration for Milli Vanilli. you'd almost think they had the same manager!

Norrie as we speak will be rummaging through the B room for Nightfflight to Venus.

Already have Paul. One of the great album opening tracks. Probably told you before its not really Cozy Powell on drums as is the rumour, but Keith Forsey who went on to write Don't You Forget About Me for Simple Minds.....

Josh here, listening in from Utah, USA. Been away from Scotland from 4 months, and love having Radio Scotland to remind me how to speak properly. For tonight, it has to be "Tragedy" from the BeeGees for mum and "Love me Do" from the Beatles for Dad. I remember doing the chores around the house whilst mum was jamming out to her Disco favourites and long car rides with dad and his Beatles cassette. Brilliant memories.

Great show to end the year

All the best to everyone.. to those i have met, and those of you i have yet to meet...

Have a fabulous New Year


Frank

#16 brilliant

#30 agreed

Unfortunately busy entertaining / being entertained this week so minimal contribution to blog. (Currently cooking four lobsters in preparation for the Hogmanay bash)

I met with some really nice folk last night who said they were keen listeners to the show but had never put in a request. Watch out for some new names on the blog ere long.

Hope you all have a guid Ne'er when it comes

Aw the best

DC

To echo madmacs post from a couple of threads back a wee toast to the new members of god's band in 2010.

Teddy Pendergrass
Kenneth McKellar
Johnny Dankworth
Bobby Farrel dancer with Boney M
Teena Marie
Billy Taylor Jazz musician and composer
Captain Beefheart
Solomon Burke
Eddie fisher
Buddy Collette Jazz Musician
Alphonsus 'arrow' Cassell famous for his hit Hot Hot Hot
Michael Been Singer with The Call
Richie hayward Little Feat drummer
Jack Parnell jazz musician and musical director
Christopher Dagley drummer with ronnie Scotts houseband
Harvey Fuqua soul singer and founder of The Moonglows
Stuart cable ex drummer with the Stereophonics
Marvin Isley bassist with the Isley Brothers
Ali Ollie Woodson lead singer with The Temptations in the 80s
Siphiwo Ntshebe South african Opera singer
Ronnie james dio Black sabbath and rainbow vocalist
Lena Horn jazz singer
Malcolm McLaren
Johnny Maestro American Doo wop singer
Micky Jones guitarist with Man
Mark Linkous Vocallist witrh Sparklehorse
Kate McGarrigle Canadian Singer songwriter
Ari Up of The Slits
Doug Fieger vocallist with the Knack
Pauly Fuemena frontman for OMC who had a hit with How Bizarre
Gregory isaacs
Larry Williams singer with The Intruders
Robert E Lester of The Chilites
George Clinton Junior singer with P-Funk
Craig webb guitarist witrh Frijid pink
Fred Wedlock who had hit with Oldest Swinger in Town
Lolly Vegas singer with redbone
Lesley duncan Scottish Singer
Jerry Adler harmonica player
Alex Chilton of The Boxtops and Big Star
Tam white Scottish singer and guitarist
Debra Jo white Backing singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd
Peter quaife of The Kinks
Howard Cowart bassist with john fred and his Playboy Band

Mick Green - guitarist with Johnny Kidd and lately, superbly, with Van Morrison

Morning Bloggers
Just wanted to say thank you to you all for your contributions to the blog over the past year. Your feedback....both harsh and kind is always welcome! We've had a great year on the show, some tried and tested themes ....is it time to do "space" again? And some themes which turned out to be a triumph....remember Classical night? And your generosity for Children in Need was much appreciated.
We all look forward to another year of great suggestions and theme ideas.
If you want to contribute to the Hogmanay show tonight please feel free to leave messages here or email us hogmanayshow@bbc.co.uk
And when it comes...have a very happy new year and all the very best for 2011
Miss Babs

A very nice post Producer Babs.

All the very best to the GIO Team, and contributors everywhere (but especially the bloggers).

And one last try for the year:

Van Morrison - In The Days Before Rock n Roll!

or

Bruce Springsteen and Ray Davies - Better Things

Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year. See you next year!

#7 Happy anniversary Henri! Glad you're aboard.

#18 Gaie, best back to back to back ever on an album is:
Cowboy Song - Boys are Back in Town - Dont Believe a Word
on Lizzy's Live and Dangerous.

Music for Christmas - Im sure most of you have it but the Old Grey Whistle Test DVD boxed set is an absolute must have for all bloggers.

#43
Its always time for Space as a theme, PB


Off to press my Sonny Crockett suit ready for the bells.
Here's a great song that sums up the sound of the 80s

Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes

forgot to say..


Feliz Ano Novo para todos.
Boas entradas!

#46 thanks, Adam - I'll give it a whirl - snow's gone here, it's a bit dreich, son's got the flu, Ne-erday's been put back to Monday - in other word, a pick-me-up required!

on a grey day would rather be

Living in Colour - Frightened Rabbit

and when it comes

Bliadhna mhath úr a h-uile duine, gu h-àraidh na bloggers agus an sgioba GIO.

Grazie Miss B, and all best wishes for a stormin' 2011 to you + all connected with GIO.

Gonna take you up on your offer, and have one last try in 2010 for this lot. Apart from being totally apt, it's totally toe-tappin' also. One to 'Wiggle the Wallies' to, as a famous Laird aft uttered.

'Old Becomes New' ... The Real McKenzies

Happy New Year to all the bloggers and Bryan and the GIO team. Thanks for the music and the laughs and glad to have kept in touch with the friends I've made via the show. xx Hope 2011 is a fantastic year for everyone.

Wishing everyone on the blog and the GIO folks "ett kjempeflott og"

Dinnae worry, moderators - it's all above board. Happy New Year to you, too! ;o)

I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year.

Beginning tae wind down here in Cellardyke wi a wee dram, listening to Wolfstone's Hector the Hero

Braw.

Hope 2011 is a good ane tae aw

DC (canny believe this is the first post this year!)

Happy New Year fellow bloggers & the GIO Team!

A Guid New Year tae yin an' a'!

#52

Only a pedant would point out that it is also the first posted comment of a new decade...

>8-D

Happy new beer blogotariat and GIO team and here's hoping for a good new year full of nice challenging themes.

For the first time in my 49 years I attended a Hogmanay Do that wisnae in a hoose. What happened to all the good function bands. As the meal finished a female took the floor and welcomed everyone to an evening of 'phenomenal' entertainment at which point she proceeded to sing to karaoke backing tracks whilst she was lining up the next one on her laptop. At five to midnight the dj came on and played three in a row of dignity, 500 miles and I'm on my way before doing the new year countdown at nearly ten past midnight. Straight into black eyed peas and Katie perry withoot a hint of auld Lang syne. Just as well we had drink.

Off to look up the meaning of the word phenomenal and to set a new new years resolution :-)

Nice Perry!

>8-D

#56

Happy New Year Blogotariat & our heroic masters of music production!

Glad I missed that Paulo!

It sounds a like an Orwellian nightmare: Dignity, 500 Miles and I'm On My Way at the Bells - but its spreading.

I was at a hoose party in Bearsden: lots of young people were there. At the Bells they all broke into 500 Miles, as though it was the new national anthem or was somehow significant.Mind you, its no worse than the existing 'national anthem' which truly is dire.

Youth of today etc..

regardez youse

henri

A Very Happy New Year to All -


flu vaccine didn't work, off to bed :0(

#59 Gaie, I'm not one to be superstitious but you managed to post at 1.11 on 1/1/11

Cue X-files music...........

Hope you feel better soon.

#55 of course it's a new decade and 10 years after the start of this millennium!

#56 perhaps the entertainment was being sponsored by our other national drink?

I'm off to continue partying and to sample my brother-in-law's roast sirloin New Year Day dinner. Hope you all have a nice day

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.

Ìý

Quiet on here is it no?

Anyone know this week`s themes?

#62

If I understand Bryan correctly, Monday's theme is the best music we heard in 2010. Not necessarily new music, but whatever left the deepest impression. Something we listened to on Get It On, perhaps?

Six days o' blog and 64 posts

Is this a new record?

We need tae be telt

DC

MONDAY

"Yin for the peenie, twae for the pan, three for the schemie and it's gan min gan
Echt for the attlet, ten for the bing, twel for the wheen and it's ging min ging"


'A Secret Commonwealth O' Elvis Fans' - Saint Andrew


or play anything else from Saint Andrew's 2010 album, 'HUBRIS'

#60 I think you're right, DC, abducted by aliens the last two days. Still haven't had New Year's dinner.

But, as you see, doesn't stop me posting whereas our leaders have gone AWOL. Must've been some ceilidh.

Well anyway,

Monday

from my best 4 albums of 2010

Tightrope - the Unwinding Hours (The Unwinding Hours)

Subbuteo - Admiral Fallow (Boots Met Feet)

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire (The Suburbs)

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

memorable songs from blog or GIO

He Didn't Have to Be - Brad Paisley

Uprising - the Muse

How Do I Live - Trisha Yearwood


and the ones I stumbled across looking for something for a theme

Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem

Living in Colour - Frightened Rabbit

Last Kiss - Joe Bonamassa