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WEDNESDAY

'Homo Erectus' - Kinky Friedman

'Do You Know the Way to Stand, Jose?' - Dionne Warwick

The legs in yon photie look suspiciously short. Is it The Four Tots?

Loretta Lynn ~ Standing Room Only





Keep it country!

Ah think Ah'll take the rest ay the week aff.





Jeezo...

'Standing on the corner, waiting for the snow
Wishin' I was a little warmer, wondering where to go'

I've asked for this song many times to no avail. It's very simple and heartfelt and I do think the kind of song that goes down well on GIO...given the chance!!!

'Tonight I Feel So Far Away From Home' - Steve Forbert

#1

I'm surprised you missed "Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns On The Bench" tonight.

Standing On The Corner - The King Brothers
Stand! - Sly And The Family Stone - Do I hear a klaxon?

PS Can you show me how to do a copyright sign, Norrie?

The Stands - 'Do It Like You Like'

Stand by me - John Lennon

#5 seconded

Bob Marley & The Wailers - 'Get Up Stand Up'

I just realised I was going to see Horslips tonight and I forgot all about it! Oh well, that'll probably not come round again.

Anyway, I didn't much fancy last night's theme because although I knew most of the obvious ones I couldn't be bothered requesting them, so I started to look for alternatives that I'd never heard. I found 'Beans On Toast'.

Tonight, I thought all the standing songs I know are quite tired, so I've done the same - another bundle of revelations.

I'm starting to not be bothered if my requests get played, the fun is finding 'on theme' tracks I've never heard before.

I Fancy Laura Marling - Beans On Toast - from 'Standing On A Chair' this is amusing and playable on radio, some the other stuff is hilarious, but unplayable on GIO

Tonight I found this which I can't remember hearing before:

Standing Count Eight - Jakob Dylan this is really good

Standing At The Crossroads - Elmore James

Standing On The Last Star - Guillemots

I'm Still Standing - Vitamin String Quartet amazing

and a few less obvious ones from the henripod

You Left Me Standing There - Jimmy Cliff

The Kids Don't Stand A Chance - Vampire Weekend

I'm Gonna Tear You're Playhouse Down - Ann Peebles from 'I Can't Stand The Rain'

Luka - Suzanne Vega - from 'Solitude Standing'

That'll Do. I'm off to try and download the Vitamin String Quartet, Jakob Dylan and Beans On Toast.

I commend these tracks to the blogotariat and our masters in Pacific Quay.

regardez youse

henri

Oh and The Captain - Leonard Cohen makes lots of references to standing... it's a great happy cheery song and very radio friendly.

and last but by no means least, one of the truly epic cover versions of all time:

Blue Moon - Bob Dylan you know the one.. 'saw me standing alone' etc

regardez youse

henri

found another

Standing Outside the Fire - Spencer Davis & Carmine Apice

regardez youse

henri

Just caught up with the second half of tonight's - sorry, Mike! wisnae my fault, but thankfully a song I'd have been happy to ask for if I'd have thought of it.

Stand inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
Here I Stand Before Me - Crash Test Dummies
Have you Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows - Rolling Stones
Time Stand Still - the Hooters
More Than I Can Stand - Robert Cray
I Stand in Wonder - Joe Cocker

Scotch, presumably Ode de Toilet 'would work' again?

Rush - Time Stand Still

Aimee Mann on backing vocals and amazingly Nelly Furtado covered this Rush song.

#14

Gaie,

It wouldn't stand a chance. I'd probably get the credit for a screechy Sting song.

>8-D

Upright everything is all tight / stevie wonder

#17

Spoonerisms? I ain't gonna stand for it!

>8-D

'Stand by your Man' ... LL Cool J

Know it will be a wrench passing Tammy for this one BB, but hey ... time to re-visit those street moves once more ...

Standing in the Road - Blackfoot Sue

from a time when it was cool for guys in a rock band to wear dungarees,
(I`ve still got mine. Hung up alongside the v-neck jersey with three stars on the front).

How can a man stand such times and live- Springsteen
I can't stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello
I can't stand the rain - Eruption
I'm still standing - Elton John
Standing in the shadow of love - Four Tops
Angel standing by - Jewel

Joe
Linlithgow

I can't stand it - Eric Clapton
Standing on my own again - Graham Coxon

#20 Jings! Bet you still hae the bucket in yer front yaird anaw

DC

WEDNESDAY

'I Can't Stand to See You Cry' - The Escorts

'I Saw Her Standing There' - The Tubes (last time I asked for this, mentioning the borrowed riff from 'New Rose'...they played The Damned (again) for me instead...grrr!)

Pulling Mussels - Squeeze

:o)

.....if this gets played i'll be well impressed.....

#11

Another couple of great Ann Peeebles tracks worth hearing:

Stand By Woman

You're more than I can stand

also,
Four Tops: Standing in the Shadows of Love

Stevie Wonder: I Ain't Gonna Stand for It

and (try again)
Bob Dylan : Standing in the Doorway

#24

Julie,

Last time I asked for Brad Paisley they played Soft Cell.

Go figure...

'I Can't Stand It' - Wilco.

'Me Neither' - Brad Paisley

Is bad player

Is dab player

I'll third Scotch and Normas I ain't gonna stand for it. Great song.

Wherever I Lay my Hat / Marvin Gaye

Stand Tall / Burton Cummings
A 70s solo effort from the Guess Who frontman.
Missed our charts by a mile but a big Canadian and American hit.

Always thought it could have been Harry Nilssons follow up to Without You.

#32

Paolo,

Are you winding me up? You do realise I'll be holding you responsible if, as a result of your misleading support for a song I didn't ask for, 'Homo Erectus' is absent from tonight's playlist.


I salute your irresponsibility!

The Divine Comedy - 'Can You Stand Upon One Leg?'

..a couple more on foot...

Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne

By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Paul from Ayr

Stand Back - The Fabulous Thunderbirds

#22
Nae bucket DC.

However, your request, I Cant Stand it, doesnt really fit the theme. Although the word `stand` is in there, its being used differently from the meaning of being up on your two feet. And it is clearly this definition Bryan and Co are after. (I think).



Seconding Scotch Git`s shout for `Stand and Deliver` - Adam and the Ants

'Some sweet day I'll stand beside my King'.
..
I've been hearing a lot about Jack White producing a new album by Wanda Jackson...on which she covers Dylan's 'Thunder On The Mountain'.

'Thunder On The Mountain' - Wanda Jackson.

#22: Great Clapton track (I Can't Stand It).. second that!!

or John Mellencamp: You've Got To Stand For Something

42. At 09:55am on 19 Jan 2011, wrote:

Soft Cell - Say Hello wave Goodbye

"standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo crying in the rain"

#14

Upon reflection, I realise that Gaie is correct. Indeed, following last night's defamatory words, (not to mention those which have appeared on this thread), Bryan has a moral obligation to play it. Natural justice demands that we hear

'Ode De Toilet (The Toilet Song)' - Brad Paisley

#2

Shall we try and guess who the legs belong to?

I'll kick off by saying Oasis.

L-R:

Henri, Jimfraeerskine, Richard Murdoch, Bryan

photo by Senga

all eating banana loaf

Henri - Thank you for the response to my rhetorical question! I don't know James Carr but I'll check him out when I get time.

:o)


Massive support for Scotch Git's shout

Standing Outside The Fire - Garth Brooks aka "The Anti-Hank"

;o)


Jesus Loves Me But He Can't Stand You - Austin Lounge Lizards

:o)

The Last Shadow Puppets - 'Standing Next To Me'

#43

Excellent suggestion Scotch - Huge 2nd - I've been petitioning for the 12" version for ages - it is one of the most beautiful recordings I've ever heard - there's a magnificent oboe solo in the middle - quite special - but every time they play 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' on GIO they play some crap disjointed version - and it sounds as though Marc can't sing.

#47

Yep, if you like Otis Redding,(or soul music generally) you will be amazed as to how it is you've never heard of James Carr before.I was: I kept thinking' how come I've got to the age I am and I've never heard this?'

It's like that other enduring mystery - Why weren't Love & Money massive? I've been thinking about that a lot since Sunday evening.I don't completely get it - but I know it must be something to do with personalities - because everything else is fine.James Carr was a troubled guy with brilliant vice and amazing talent.

My request above for Spencer Davis is a cover (an excellent one)of the Garth Brooks classic.

But I'd really lie to hear Scotch's Soft Cell request - 12" version, though, it's really somethin'. Go On Bryan!

regardez youse

henri

#39 Did Fat Bob nick it?

See #42 by the way. I think anyone doing a study of the meaningsof phrases would argue that the stand referred to had its origin in the conventional use of the word. I commend this to the House

DC

#50 Methinks you're standing on a shoogly ladder!

STANDING AT THE CORNER OF THE STREET by GEORGE FORMBY

COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER from COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER by STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - I agree with DC

THE POOR BOY IS TAKEN AWAY from POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER by RICHARD (& LINDA) THOMPSON OBE who is appearing at the Royal Concert Hall on Tuesday night – no use standing waving adieu……

LET’S WORK TOGETHER from FUTURE BLUES by CANNED HEAT - together we will stand, every boy, every girl and man

As Stand By Me is a dead cert, my preferred version is
STAND BY ME from I AM THE GREATEST by CASSIUS CLAY

#52 oh seconds for SRV!

Scotch Git used to like him before he went on his Marc Almond phase

Standing on the corner,
Suitcase in my hand

Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

Watching girls go passing by
It ain't the latest thing
I'm just standing in a doorway
I'm just trying to make some sense

Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend

Stand In The Fire - Warren Zevon - From the eponymous live album, as yet unplayed on this programme which does not distinguish it from 99% of his output.

VOODOO CHILE from ELECTRIC LADYLAND by JIMI HENDRIX – well I stand up next to a mountain

WILLIE THE PIMP from HOT RATS by FRANK ZAPPA - standin' onna porch of the Lido Hotel

#55 Wonder why that was never on a studio lp.....unless it was?

Which reminds me of another track I have not listened to in quite a while:

Gary US Bonds - Standing In The Line Of fire

written and produced by Steven Van Zandt....

47#,49#,Senga and Henri,I am an old (very old)soul brother at heart and discovered James Carr after hearing Aretha's superlative cover of his "Dark End of the Street"early 70s.He died quite young I gather but was up there with the greats.Cheers, Willie Bartke

A couple of choices re "Standing"songs.Both"empowerment"songs from the 60s. Sly and the Family Stone's classic "Stand" and a wee beauty from Thelma Houston."Someone is Standing Outside", from a great album,"Sunshower" written and produced by Jim Webb for her with future classics like "Do What You Gotta Do" and "Every body Gets to go to the Moon"on it.Very underrated singer,Cheers,Willie Bartke

CAN’T STAND TO SEE YOUR FACE by HOLLY GOLIGHTLY

I CAN’T STAND IT by HOLLY GOLIGHTLY

Generous offers to stand a round:

Have A Drink On Me - AC/DC
Have A Drink On Me - Lonnie Donegan

"No, no, no - like Rick."

Surprised Scotch hasn't suggested something by St Andrew

DC

Well the "Guess the Legs" competition generated a lot of interest! (#45 & #46)

Bryan, its between me and Norrie, could you put us out of our misery please?

I'm pretty confident Adam!

No so sure Norrie.
There are no sign of any crumbs and besides Henri still has that restraining order in place for JfE.

Ah.....clearly I am no Poirrot after all...

#62 ouch!

#66

Four poorly-dressed individuals standing around with their hands in their pockets?

´óÏó´«Ã½ employees?

#69 Well, poorly dressed perhaps but probably not poor - I think that's Cameron House they are standing in front of - almost certainly ´óÏó´«Ã½ staff then.

#66 it wasn't my restraining order - it was self imposed following the suggestion that 'Pigs Might Fly' should be matched by a corresponding slot based around suggestions from the town of Erskine. I wonder who's idea that was? Anyway, JfE took the Engelbert and that was that.I wish he's chuck it and just get back in here with the rest of the blogotariat.

regardez youse

henri

Adam you've really done it now.

Well done SG ypu're on a roll!

#70 that's given me an idea for a quiz round.

Name the following buildings from the floral arrangements outside

#39

Adam,

No mere mortal can endure such provocation. Do I require a visa to visit Brazil?
















git on a mission...

#70

If you really want to open old wounds, I don't think he was too pleased by the suggestion that he was fashioned from buttock-hide.