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This will tip Hoppo over the edge...

I'm perplexed. I always thought that "Blanket On The Ground" was about a couple who were actually attached (to each other) so the line "Just because we're married, don't mean we can't settle down" is referring to their marriage. Or am I taking this too seriously?

#2

I agree. I was aware of the alternative interpretation, but it always seemed to me that folk were reading between the lines and seeing what they wanted to see.

Having said that, Bryan is our resident Country music maven.

Even if he won't play Kinky Friedman...

>8-D

#2 I agree. I thought it was a song about the married ones probably considered past it showing 'emselves they still had it in them. Or summat. A celebration of being an old married fogey. Because it's not just about the "Getting To Know You" stuff - there may be a bit of sticking it out together, too. But that didn't make it on tonight. Why should it? It probably isn't the story for everybody. Viva diversity. Just found the storyline very saccharine tonight. Wasn't looking for a soap opera on the lines of Eastenders, but something after the event would have been interesting. Hey, ho.

#2 how many aliases does Glenn have?

#4

agreed. completely anodyne. it is the same problem they had with 'the wild ones' - having decided on the theme, it couldn't be acted out with any degree of reality or imagination.

'Torn Between Two Lovers' followed by 'Delilah', would have at least been more fun, imho.

regardez youse

henri

Just looked at the playlist for tonight. I see that Ring of fire was aired on a show about relationships.

Perhaps just as well I watched the rugby

'Insomniac' ... Echobelly

Sweet ...

'My Legs are Week' ... Paloma Faith

Nice ...

'Droppin like Flies' ... The Real McKenzies

Why bother ...

The Clap ~ YES

Send for Dr Clap ~ Ivor Biggun

Dengue Tars - Engelbert Humperdinck

When We Die - Ebola for Soup

re 6 ...

agreed monsieur, but could the blogsters have stepped up to the mark?

The Alternative Tale of Romance ...

Chapter 1 / Song 1 (Boy meets Girl)

"Well she looked at me
and I, I could see
That before too long
I'd fall in love with her"

'I saw her standing there' ... Fab 4

cont.......

Ill In The Head ~ Dead Kennedys















Keepin Kene's shouts company...

What I heard of tonight's show was excruciating - the usual mixture of bland music and mindless giggling. What about scoring the shows out of 20?
I'd give this one 1/20 because of James Taylor.

Cold cold heart - Norah Jones

More to follow

Joe
Linlithgow

Okey dokey - tight.
Nine Inch Nails Hurt
An earache, if the last playing was to be believed. Not if you have your alternative unblinkers on. It's raw and very emo, which doesn't mean that you can just go "he cannae sing and it's no' as good as Johhny's version, 'cause he's aulder, a legend PLUS ..blah.." - You're missing something. Not all music is pretty. It doesn't mean it's not music and the message can't mean something to someone. It depends on what you're hearing or wanting to hear. Or not.
That's that one down the swanny, then.
Alternatively, there is
5000 Volts Dr Kiss Kiss
Adam's shout. I like it.

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

Played no' that long ago so lookin for a better suggestion

She's a Must Typhoid - Herman's Hermits
Measles Like Sunday Morning - Commodores
Roll Away Your Gallstone - Mumpsford & Sons
Stand by Me - Ben E. Coli
Court & Spark - Herpes Hancock & Noro Virus
Anthrax of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
Angina - The Rolling Stones
Insomnia - Plague David
It's a Heart Attack - Bonnie Tyler
Haemorrhoid Scene - Roxy Music




or maybe it's me that's in need of treatment?

That is very funny Gaie....

Well if you are not well what could be better than having Maria McKee fix you out:

Maria McKee - I'm Going To Soothe You

'Hay Fever' - The Kinks

'Headache' - Frank Black

BRING ME THE HEADACHE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Garbage - 'I Think I'm Paranoid'

"Trouble In Mind' - Aretha

My Delirium - Malcolm Middleton

Strange Condition - Pete Yorn

#16

Over the time I've been listening to the show I think the 'on air' relationship between Bryan & Babs has developed and works really well - it has a cosy warmth,familiarity and genuine affection that goes beyond 'doing the job'. I think that is really valuable, entertaining and difficult to pull off otherwise.I very much like the fact that Bryan is rattling on about something and plainly Babs is paying no attention because she's concentrating on something else - which is just like it is between my colleagues and myself in the office: it's an authentic relationship.

The difficulty I think they have with programmes like last night (and 'the wild ones')is that an adult theme is picked and then the perceived imprisonment of a tea time audience kicks in.

For those with a long memory, it's the difference between 'Tiswas' and 'OTT'. Everytime an OTT theme is picked, we discover we are listening to Tiswas.(As an aside, I thought OTT was a terrible programme of schoolboy stunts, tits aren't really shocking at 11:00pm)

Hence we hear Cliff on the 'the wild ones' (an assessment based on his abilities with schoolboy rugby) and in 'the relationship' boy meets girl and they act out an extraordinarily predictable, nothing happens at all, path of mind numbing mundanity.(I'm not criticising the lucky few who instantly have found their life partner and lived a life of unending happiness and joy in real life, but its predictable mythology makes for less entertaining radio - I think we want our imaginations to run wild).

I think the programme has to be brave enough to make the transition to OTT on those nights and imagine that the teatime audience is doubtless made up of some infants, but in the majority, it comprises the bruised and battered by the great inequity of life's circumstances - I think they would be amused by an examination of the more outrageous and realistic experiences of 'relationships'.


regardez youse

henri

Stay right where you are Henri - help is on its way.

I'm so glad Henri helped produce the show a couple of months back. I can actually hear him giving that speech!





Or are these voices in my head not real?????






DC

#30..........
i thought the introduction of cliff into the 'wild ones' was a nice little piece of humour,wasn't it meant to be a joke?, also a play on the 'young ones/wild ones' phrase.(the 'young ones being a pretty wild tv programme)(it was also a decent song that was played).

anyway i'm quite looking forward to a lazy sunday afternoon and finding out from the small faces about mrs jone's blokes 'lumbago'. when was the last time you heard a 'bad back' being called that. a real 60's ailment.

cheers frae the dale!

i think ultimately the programme works because it is transparent, its not like any of the songs haven't been asked for.
its strength is its pluralsism, plus it sends me back to have a re-look at songs i'de forgotten about and pick up on ones which i'de never heard of..............and you get nice little tit-bits of folks lives.
yes, its a comfort zone, exactly where i'm at or want to be 6.10pm most days.

cheers frae the dale

Comfort Zone =

#33

"Mustn't grumble."

#16

I'll give it 2. 3 for the Country songs minus one for the opening track.

Paolo should hang his head in shame. The [Expletive removed by the moderators.]

#30 Oh for crying out loud Henri...are you for real???

#39

Miss Johnstone?

#39/40

Yes! I knew she was out there somewhere.

Shall I come out to the front now?

regardez youse


henri:-))

#39 you reckon he's a computer generated hologram? Looking back, perhaps he is!

#5, #42

Aye? We only have Adam's word that you even exist. Should we add DC to the list?

>8-D

MONDAY

'Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues' - Kinks


for DC


or whatever your name is.

`ernia - Benny Hill

If on-air banter is required, someone to hold Bryan's hand, share the load or even (perish the thought) provide "chemistry," why not engage another professional presenter (I'm sure Scotch could suggest someone)? For me, the only producer who adds anything is the English guy.

#46

Alison, the adorable Aberdonian!

Re-name the programme A&B Roll.

#46. Well said Glen. The way producer as co-presenter has been incorporated into the GIO make-up increasingly makes me want to chuck the radio through the window!!! Henri will no doubt explain they're trying to emulate those more well-known shows with a dj and his 'posse' but let's face it...it's a poor imitation of a not-so-great-anyway product. Would've been better left alone.

#39 #49

This is how it started in Egypt

#50. Oh I'm sorry...grumpy even for me!

Has Adam requested Dr Beat for Monday? I hear its top of the pops in Rio...

#51 Nope, I agree with you, Julie - #49 I mean, not that you're grumpy! Or maybe I am too. Anyway, I agree about Richard -if that's who it is - (#46) too, but he's not been around for a while has he?

Anyway, meantime, back on the telly, there are some good ´óÏó´«Ã½4 programmes on iplayer just now. Mostly repeats I expect, and I'm sure I've seen the Peter Green one before, but well worth seeing again. Man of the World - pared down perfection. No histrionics, just music.

And by contrast, are we having a GIO outing to the AC/DC exhibition at Kelvingrove in September? Depends I suppose if the social convenor's dared to show face back here by then.

# various
i feel that folk are just way too upset about 'friday night's love story.(there are those who read the peoples friend although i dont know any)
ok, so it was even sub 'wombfert-zone'.......but at least everyone here seems to have signed up to the LBJ dictum.

btw if you've kno seen 'brighton rock' yet.......see it.....its brilliant

cheers frae the dale.

#53 Maria...what one of Adam's very very most favouritest songs does the line "Hey Baby, is that cold better now?" come from?

#55

Paolo,

Enough with the already!

>8-D

Now let me see Julie....was it something to do with space?

Serious posting...

I would like to hear Still Ill by The Smiths on Monday...or a bit of Bon Jovi's Bad Medicine...

Back to the fun ;-)

#53, #58, #59

HAPPY NEW YEAR!


"...bring hither the fatted calf;"


:-)

MONDAY

'Crippled Inside' - John Lennon

#39/49/50 etc

No need to apologise,Julie, I've never thought of you as grumpy.It is only by expressing opinions that we get the product improved.

I didn't think Friday worked but I didn't think it excruciating either, so tried to say something positive.Inadvertently hit a sore spot.Oops.

I was just thinking out loud that the co- producer/presenter format between Bryan & Babs works quite well (better than it used to)because there is a real and growing rapport, whereas,unlike Glen and Gaie I think 'the English bloke' sounds reluctant to do more than mumble 'sounds good'. He doesn't sound comfortable with it.

It's as though he's thinking 'Christ, I've got to do this again - I wonder what's for the tea?' or 'producing Another Country and Edith Bowman is really where it's at - this is just embarrassing - I used to work at Radio 1'

I want to give him a shake and say 'I don't care how much you know about music, don't be so laconic - this is supposed to be entertainment'

I'm sure I'm quite wrong about that, but that's how it sounds to me.

At least Bryan & Babs come across as personalities, which takes us in the right direction.

But perhaps Glen and Julie are right: how much different would it be if it was two presenters and a silent producer?

#53 welcome back Mazzy!

regardez youse

henri:-))

Here I Stand before me - Crash Test Dummies

My doctor told me that it was time for me to have my X ray
Of course, I had many nightmares about that fatal day


and these can make you quite ill:

Ticks - Brad Paisley

MONDAY

'Sick Things' - Alice Cooper

'Broken Fingers' - Sam Baker

'Doctor to My Disease' - Jethro Tull

MONDAY

'Hole Hearted' - Extreme

#62 I was quite happy with one presenter!

#62

I can understand your lack of rapport with those of us of few words, but the main advantage of the producer in question is his knowledge of music before Lady Gaga and the probability that he would not find a shopping list a work of comic genius.

MONDAY

'Tom Sawyer' - Thrush

'Migraine' - Frank Sinatra

'Chlamydia' - Dean Friedman

'Dixie Chicken Pox' - Little Feat

Of all the programmes to miss I pick the one that stimulates debate starts a revolution and has people questioning henris existence again. Would listen again but I checked the playlist. What was the theme ... Mills and boon does Dallas?







By the way


I'm henrihannah!

just adding my ha'pence 'orth.
I enjoy the Babs and Bryan banter. Other producers/ co-presenters add (or don't) something else, but there's no doubt in my mind as a listener that Babs and Bryan work extremely well together. I absolutely agree with Henri on this one. Certainly, there's lots of giggling and silliness. I prefer that to po-faced musos religously playing fantastic music all night but with no human touch. It's not just about the music. And much as I like "that English bloke" and his music knowledge, I still prefer a bit of a laugh.
Friday night wasn't the best but it's not an excuse for attacking the producer. Does "our hero" have no say at all about what gets played? Why's nobody taking a pop at him? Personally, I don't believe either deserves a pop being taken at them. Stuff happens. Next time, for similar themes, a bit of a storyboard to slot the songs into might help. Just a thought. But, then - is that interactive? Ach! Can't be easy pleasing anyone, let alone everyone.

#62 Is it not supposed to be an entertaining music show?

#70

What put you off? The opening track, perchance?!?

#72

Yep, I meant I'm doubtless quite wrong about Richard's attitude - not that the show is supposed to be entertaining.

#71

Thanks, MD, I thought I was in a minority of one: but you're quite right, our hero is the one who dictates the direction, pace and ultimately, the music - we're an hour into it and everyone's still got their drawers on - I think Babs sounded somewhat more inclined to get their (the relationship couple's) drawers off early doors.

It reminds of that song " Armed & Extremely Dangerous" which has the opening line

'The day he walked into my life
he caught me with my drawers down'

I can't remember who recorded it - Richard will know.

Have we done misheard lyrics as a theme?


regardez youse

henri:-))

No Matter! What? - Bad Finger

Ok. ... Enough hot air. Your task (should you choose to take it) is to name 1 thing that would improve the show. Suggestion is supposed to be 9/10's of the GIO law after all.

Mine? A return to the show's true eclectic roots

I'm not going to get too much involved in this but I find it fascinating that certain people who complain about the lack of unusual and oftentimes very much on theme songs would chose to praise the producer who most would perceive to be fairly lightweight and mainstream in musical taste and criticise someone who has a great depth of musical knowledge. Just a thought.

Personally I get as much pleasure in trying to suggest something good because I hope people on blog will sometimes seek it out and enjoy....

I should be in the pub. Sobriety is way overrated.

#71. Before the giggling and silliness became the order of the day, the show was never presented in a po-faced manner!

#74 First Choice? Extended version is even better.

#73 last week I had three songs played, another one I seconded and a generous thoughtful gift I left for the blog, (you ungrateful lot) so I'm counting that lot as my first get it on 5 card flush. I think I'll have a well deserved week off the requesting.

#76. Research!

I'm goin back tae planet earth

DC

What else is on the White Album?

Could this be the shortest song ever on GIO:

The Who - Miracle Cure (0:12)

#54 Gaie a social convenor is only aa good as their last convening and it's fair to say there was no need for the ticket touts to be in attendance so if you wish to take up the baton you can count me in for kelvingrove rock n roll damnation.

I think Paolo,with a more careful reading of the constitution you'll find that the Social Convenor cannot be replaced outwith a quorate AGM, nominations having been received in triplicate at least 2 weeks in advance. You're therefore still het, and not to be cast down by a poor attendance on a dreich January Sunday evening.

#85

Quite right. Make him suffer. The [Expletive removed by the moderators.]

Very briefly, on the other hot topic, I would say that there is a special relationship between presenter and listener and when the presenter has a side-kick a fine line has to be walked whereby the listener is not relegated to the role of eavesdropper on someone else's conversation. If that's the role to be played it has to be a very interesting conversation and probably not punctuated by outbursts of giggling. In fairness to GIO, I've heard it done much, much worse elsewhere by presenters who seem to have forgotten they have an audience at all, but it's maybe something to think about.

It does depend to some extent, I guess, on how you listen - in a family with other chat going on, it's probably not an issue, part of the general banter. Me, I usually listen on my own and therefore expect my radio to talk to me personally. Perhaps that's unreasonably selfish.

Yes, I know we continually give the programme a hard time, but if we just switched off that would be a bit more worrying. My criticism is of aspects of the show, it is not personal. I've had so much from GIO that I care enough to think it has potential it fails to fulfil. The 'great depth of musical knowledge' is being buried under a heap of trivia.

#76

Guest presenters should be

a) Female

b) Aberdonian


N.B.ÌýNot Annie Lennox.

>8-D

#87

"...I've heard it done much, much worse elsewhere..."

Gaie Broon



"I've heard it done much, much worse right here."

Scotch Git

MONDAY

'Faith Healer' - Sensational Alex Harvey Band

I tend to avoid the temptation to express opinions on the blog, while respecting the fact that everyone is free to post what they wish. That said, personally:
* I really like the fact that GIO changes a little with the participation and personality of each producer. That is a strength rather than a weakness, and I think BB is blessed with a fantastic team.
* I enjoyed Friday's show. Keep up the good work.

Moving on to Monday's tricky theme:

Love hangover - Diana Ross
When you wake up feeling bad - Allison Moorer
Seven year ache - Roseanne Cash/Trisha Yearwood
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
World without tears - Lucinda Wiliams
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Heartache tonight - Eagles
Spring fever - Orleans
Since you been gone - Rainbow

Joe
Linlithgow

#89 True. I'd blanked it.

Scotch, did you not manage to get 'Prince Charming' on at some point in that fairytale romance :-)

Walkin' Man - Seasick Steve

#93

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.

Let's hear ot for the producer who blessed us with Living in the Past...



TWICE!?!



>8-D

Van Morrison - And The Healing Has Begun


another VTM cracker.....

Maurice: "You might buy me a drink first, John."

#77

Quite true,Norrie, I remain frustrated by the un-played requests for appropriate and on theme music which is disregarded in favour of obvious stuff everybody has already heard zillions of times and can hear on any tea time show on commercial radio or golden oldies channel.

Babs may be thought to be prolific in that regard but I don't notice much difference between the producers because they (and our hero)all seem cowed by the prospect of of treating the drive-time audience differently than a commercial channel would.Personally, I think the greater the differential,the more attractive GIO becomes - like Gaie, I love it and think it could be so much more - I can 'hear' it differently.

To be fair to Richard, however laconic,he stuck his oar in to play Paula Cole's 'Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?'which I'd never heard and love.I guess Joe's right, they are all good in their own way - but personality is crucial.

The station is, for example, doubtless proud of its genre specific output, usually presented by a working muso dediciated to the genre and some fantasic music is played - but the truth is the audience drops off a cliff because, apart from a small group of aficionados, these programmes are competently, but not in themselves, entertainingly presented.On the surface of it, it's the triumph of knowledge over entertainment-I've yet to hear a really entertaining one liner on Global Gathering.

There's a little anecdotal game I play: when I'm out and about, I drop the name of a genre specific show into the conversation. Occasionally, someone will have heard Rikki Ross on an occasional Friday night.The audience for the rest of it must be really marginal.I've never met anyone who admits to listening to Global Gathering (except on this blog).

It would be a shock to the station to consider that hiring a working muso to present a genre specific show is the least appropriate choice, but the truth is there has to be a balance between musical content, the genre minutiae and the ability to present the content in an entertaining way - Mary Doll is right.

That is why I think Bryan and Babs are good together - because sometimes the music is Vin Ordinaire but we're all listening: on other shows the music can be Grand Cru, but nobody is listening.

One day there will be a show (hopefully soon) that does both, and everybody will be listening.

But back to the music and one of those deeply frustrating requests that has turned into a campaign:

Surely there is no more appropriate theme for:


Medicine Jar - Wings written by the late great Glaswegian guitarist, Jimmy McCullough, whom I've been crowing on about for ages - it's also radio friendly and a bit of a rocker, great pace, good show opener,even.

This is one of umpteen requests for this track, it would be good to hear....and finally..

I'll shut up now,

regardez - youse

henri

It doesn't matter whether it's plonk or Petrus - it's corked.