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Please tell me we won't have to endure Kid Rock again!





















Jeezo...

I suppose a is out of the question.......

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"Get your cardigan. You've pulled!"

It was no use Val Doonican hiding behind the desk. Miss Babs meant business tonight....

Users on sofa.

#4

She's gonna rock his chair!

Is Monday's show like The Jersey Boys cos I hear that it's a pretty good show

#7 Yes

theme suggestion. Mono.

Patricia got stripped in 1924 so according to the clock miss babs is running 15 minutes late.....,

And she's still got her jewellery on

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No, UFO.
Is that a gun in your hand, or just slow camera lens shutter speed?
Neither are funny. I know I'm not. I just like being not funny.

Winter's been a bit of a drag. I would like to suggest a song that is - let's just say, stunning. Not cheery, but beautifully crafted and melodic AND sadly, very underplayed. Possibly because it's not a "feel good" song. You can keep your "Let's Get The Party Started!!" funfests - sometimes maudlin fits the bill better. Not a snowball's chance, etc. But - I humbly offer this on the basis that we are looking forward and next weekend we are in Spring, which will hopefully bring better weather and spirits. (I do believe in tall that SAD stuff, even if it's been debunked)
Yazoo How Winter Kills

tall? not anymore. all. hoist, and all that.

#11 what has got in to you paolo???

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Come out Scotch, I know you're in there....

"I throw all these cd singles up the air from 1982 to 1984"

This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.

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If you don't like what we play (which is generally stuff you ask for, if you'd care to listen, sometimes) you can spin

CAPTION..............

'you spin me right round babs,
right round, like a record babs,
right round right round'...................

i'll accept the prize in petro dollars if possible.


cheers frae the dale

#17

I missed it! Norrie joins the ranks of the damned...???






DC

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Out damn'd Scotch

its no very easy singing aboot the winter when its nice an' spring like so lets go for a generic...................

a song with a universal theme.......so come on all you GIO people clear the kitchen floor, tap the steering wheel,give a nod to any stray deer there on the A9 and if this doesn't have you singing along you can always have another go at GIO..........

'let's hang on'..........the four seasons


cheers frae the dale

22 comments.

9 captions.

1 anagram.

1 comment removed by the thought police. (Naughty Norrie. Pure riddy).

1 request for a song.


What a gripping theme this is!

>8-D


Ah'm awa' tae Glencoe.






























Highland git

#23

Correction

2 requests for a song. No' the same song.

2 requests for 2 songs. No' 2 songs in each request. 2 songs total.


Ye ken whit Ah mean!

And I'm away out on a horse - YEE HA!!!

First Days of Spring - Noah and the Whale

giving the producer sufficient time to beep out the one naughty at the beginning and let us all enjoy an awesome song

enjoy Glencoe, SG, looks like a perfect day for it

OK Scotch it must be time to get some more suggestions in, so here's a thought....there IS no point in trying to predict Monday's weather, cos that's the Met Office's job....but how accurate are they this far ahead?
Currently the forecast is cloudy...

Clouds - Dave Van Ronk

...this is Joni Mitchell's favourite version of her composition.....

if the forecast stays the same until Monday this will be my only suggestion....I have the feeling I'll get the chance to post a few more :-D

Paul from Ayr

OK, I missed the end of the show - what is the theme all about plz, Paul?

Gaie, I heard the end of the show but didn't pick up on the theme for Monday. Just hoping i've got the correct interpretation of the mention above, under Babs' action shot!

tsk tsk, you weren't paying attention?

The obvious: Four seasons in one day - Crowded house

Also,
Spring fever - Orleans
The boys of summer - Don Henley
Summer breeze (part 1) - the Isley Brothers
Summer Son - Texas
Girls in their summer clothes - Springsteen
Fields of summer - Nanci Griffith
Easy in the summertime - Allison Moorer
Hot stuff - Donna Summer
Winter winds - Mumford and Sons
White winter hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Winter song - Sara Bareilles

And a few with more tenuous connections to the theme:
Hot in the city - Billy Idol
Soaked - Adam Lambert
Holiday - Joan as Policewoman
Twisting by the pool - Dire Straits
Big girls don't cry - the Four Seasons

Joe
Linlithgow

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Time Of The Season

one of the best tracks on the excellent Hawk album

'Winter Rose' - The Bees
'Walking In The Winter' - The Coral

Winter on the hamptons /. Josh rouse

Or a classic motown track
Night / the four seasons

Or even winter in the hamptons

Josh Ritter - Snow Is Gone

The Duke & The King - Morning Summer Rain

'Bye

Sad loss Glen. Some great music from Jet Harris. Besame Mucho would be a nice tribute some night.

spring.............here comes the sun.......fab four

summer.............love is like a heatwave...supremes

autumn..............chesnut mare......byrds

winter...........hazy shade of winter simon and garfunkel


cheers frae the dale

# some crackers in there, joe!
But, can I just ask - am I the only person who finds Nanci Griffith's voice incredibly irritating? I can't listen to her without getting sidetracked into analysing why she annoys me - even when the music and lyrics are lovely.

Anyhow - scrub the Yazoo - it's far too niche. I think I've asked for all of these songs in one way (or another) and only one has been played. And that was (or another).



There's not a dud among them.

Spring
Dusty Springfield I Count To Ten

Summer
Ella and Louis Summertime

Autumn
Edith Piaf Autumn Leaves

Winter
Simon and Garfunkel Hazy Shade of Winter

#36/37

Yep, funnily enough, for the last two months I've been listening to Scarlett O'Hara a lot - it was a big Hit in the Hannah household when I was a nipper.An obituary I read this morning said Jet's first wife had an affair with Cliff which drove the poor bugger to drink.At first, I thought 'well, it's just the one infidelity for goodness sake' but then, it's not as she went off with some big hunk who locked her up in a trunk - it's Cliff. That would drive me to drink too and I expect that, quite quickly,it drove her to drink as well.

#39 agreed Mary Doll, Nanci Griffith drives me round the twist too - there's a certain kind of twee perfection in her voice - something quite precious, wholesome and nice - that I find quite hard to take.I had a similar problem Nana Moussaka and Julie Felix too, when they used to be on The Frost Report. Benny Hill used to impersonate them and if he was around now and given a work permit by the thought police, I feel certain he be impersonating Nanci Griffith.

regardez youse

henri

Braw spring day today so I went sailing. I listened in to the broadcast from Murrayfield and texted in response to the request from John Beattie for info about where folk were listening to the game, so I got a mention from His Royal Beattieness.

Came ashore after spending three hours in the sun with a face like a skelpit ersse so out came the lotion in the light blue bottle

Here comes the after sun - The Beatles

DC

#40 re Nanci Griffith. What a lot of absolute condascending pish. If it was not so late I would reply to your post fully. Is this the same kind of thing as Tom Waits has good songs but ooh he is very gruff sounding? If only we could get rod stewart to cover his songs....

Henri I love your suggestions to the blog and would not dare to suggest you dont hve the right to express your opinion but this is not that far away from Miss Babs statement that she will never play Lyle Lovett because he is ugly.

#41 #42

Compare and contrast:

DC reflecting after a perfect day

Norrie provoked (and I believe for the first time departing from his normal exemplary impeccable manners) by the noise from an empty barrel.

People are looking but they don't know what to do
It's the time of the season for the people like you
Come back tomorrow, show the scars on your face
It's a clue to the answer we all chase

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio2 Monday, March 21st. 19:00

An in-depth interview and session with Jack Bruce on the Paul Jones show.

#42

Norrie, you obviously feel strongly about Nanci, so I must presume I am simply wrong on this occasion and will go back to the drawing board.

I had a couple of her cd's many years ago but I've 'one clicked' 'From A Distance - the Best of Nanci Griffith' and will give it another go.

I think that's quite fair - I recall that you bought and then struggled with 'Plastic Beach' after I said I thought it the album of the year, so it'll balance the books.I wasn't suggesting Nanci's voice wasn't beautiful in itself, or that she's not a great songwriter - I just think the voice, the vocal delivery and the material aren't always joined up, somehow. Although they are not dissimilar in content, I much prefer Mary-Chapin Carpenter's voice. 'From A Distance' is the song I like least, but is not her own composition so maybe I'll be able to revise my view. I can still imagine Benny Hill doing 'From A Distance' - maybe Rod Stewart should have done it..

I hadn't realised GIO was actually biased against Lyle Lovett based upon his looks... Oh well,I can drop my occasional requests for Edgar Broughton's 'Apache Dropout'then.Edgar and his brother wouldn't have made it in a boy band.

#43

Yes faither, doubtless my posts are a lot of noise about nothing, but hopefully, that's all they are.

regardez-youse

henri

MONDAY

'In the Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)' - Roger Miller



#17

Norrie,

Shouldn't we be telt?

>8-D

#45

Thanks, I shall listen in - they used to be in Manfred Mann together, around the time of 'Pretty Flamingo'.

regardez vous

henri

Q.

Does Nanci tickle your fancy?

Text 80295

(Standard network charges apply).

Ah... peace is restored. Pity, I was looking forward to some scar tissue!


Time of the Season ~ Zombies

Seasons In The Sun ~ Terry Jacks

Sarah in the Summer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

A Night in Summer Long Ago - Mark Knopfler

Month of May - Arcade Fire

Wait for the Summer- Yeasayer

Can't bring myself to think of autumn and winter just as the green shoots are peeking through

Absolutely Gaie!

Not that surprised by the usual suspects and their anything goes shouts!

Let's keep this lame theme relative... kinda like the fruit an' veg in my kitchen!

I found this on Spotify and it's on theme so let's give it a go

Fields Of Summer - Nanci Griffith

Nanci is better (but every bit as unconventional) looking as Lyle,and I suspect Bryan is a fan...Miss Babs tends not to do Monday.....we'll see..

regardez youse

henri

Henri

That comment was not made by me. My account has obviously been hacked (a more inventive password than theboss has now been put in place).

Im not even a huge Nanci fan!

My sincere apologies for the offence caused.

#54 @ ya nm...........

it wisnae me.

gentile was some hacker...... a bit of vivaldi spring (slip it into that wee bit after the 2nd song......the B list)

so was norman hunter, in fact the whole damned team.......'the january man'......rachel unthank...(well thats as near leeds as i could get)


cheers frae the dale

#54

What a relief to learn it wasn't you. The blackguard went to the length of copying your typos.

Pish was correct though!

'You can never hold back Spring' - Tom Waits

#54

Norrie, I never seriously thought it was your good self.Did this blackguard also notch up your first moderated comment earlier on the same post - maybe had he been drinking and it was an in vino veritas moment - like what happens at family funerals.I never drink at family funerals.I wasn't remotely offended.If I'm going onto a public cyber space with opinions then derison is a given.

Still, it was decent of you to point it out - I won't feel obliged to reappraise Nanci's canon of work.

Maybe the moderator could follow up the idea - instead of removing the comment they could just overtype "ABSOLUTE CONDECENDING PISH". At least it would remove doubt about why they are moderating and we wouldn't have to speculate about how offensive the comment was.

Anyone like a Nanci Griffiths Greatest Hits Album?

regardez youse

henri

"The coldest winter in almost fourteen years"

That'll be thirteen years then! LOL!


Mandolin Wind - Rod Stewart

;o)

I am norriemaclean

now that i'm properly paying attention could you please disregard the p*shtake from #26 and substitute the following....

Summer of My Life - Simon May

Paul from Ayr

Chris Rea - 'Looking for the Summer'

Amber Oak - 'Turn of Seasons'

No, I am Norrie Maclean

The Snows They Melt The Soonest: Dick Gaughan

Follow The Herron: Karine Polwart (The back of the Winter is broken...), perfect 'Spring has sprung' tune...

SummerField Avenue: Chris Wood

Winter When He Goes: Tracy Grammer


...is Lyle Lovett ugly?

No, O an NortieMackean...hic!

#66 - mikeshropshire - No! He's a hunk!!!

#67 - JuliefromEdinburgh - Whoever he is I hope he has a sense of humour!

;o)

norriemaclean is not even sure he is norriemaclean anymore

Sorry Norrie (I just love saying that!)

'Summer Teeth' - Wilco (I'm still owed this track from when the wrong song was played by mistake).

Summertime / Peter Gabriel (Good Version)
Summer of 42 / George Benson
Summer Madness / kool and the Gang
Theme from A Summer Place / Percy faith orchestra

Rock n Roll winter / Wizzard
Winter Lady / Laughing Lenny
I Will / Ruby Winters
Winter in the Hamptons / Josh Rouse

Autumn Leaves / Eva Cassidy

Springtime for the world / Blow Monkeys

Angelique Kidjo sings a wonderful version of 'Summertime'

four seasons in one day Crowded House new to blogging am I doing it right??

Equinoxe V - The Shadows (from the Final Tour)

#73 yes indeed. Welcome!

#68.. OK, I Googled him out of curiosity.... nae too bony Senga. Sorry!

Keepin' it country...

Blossoms In The Springtime ~ Hank Snow

When It's Springtime In The Rockies ~ Gene Autry

When It's Springtime In Alaska it's 40 below ~ Johnny Horton

#76/#68


oh heavens, so did I.

Senga, are you mad? Shivers down the spine and not in a good way AT ALL.

#78

You Googled Lyle Lovett and you ask if Senga is mad ☺

gaie - You obviously prefer men.

mikeshropshire - didn't think so!

Look at that Not only a real man but a gentleman!!!

:o)

Senga, you need to change the name of your big black greyhound dug to Lyle

DC

Wow! What a scandalous blog!

#10 Strippergate and #42 Norriegate.

Not to mention the resurrection of Lovettgate and the Barron Knights not getting played on Friday.

Scandal City, Arizona right enough.

The Go-Betweens - 'Spring Rain'

'Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast' - Steve Forbert

Don McLean - 'Winter has me in its grip'

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Now Norrie, this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you






(quick, someone get Hoppo a chair)

Anus of roses

A few suggestions for tonight.
Billy Stewart/Janis Joplin/Ella Fitzgerald Summertime.(Take your pick,all great)
Dusty Springfield I Think its Going to Rain Today.
Joni Mitchell Stormy Weather.
Temptations I Wish it would Rain.
Association Windy
Millie Jackson Summer,The First Time.(Scorching!)
Cheers,Willie Bartke

SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER by LORENZO ST DUBOIS AND CAST

#79

trust me, Billy, I won't be googling him again.

#80

Senga, how did you know what my phone wallpaper was?

and for something completely different

Seasons - Jeff Beck

O fuss reason....

#47

The very name makes me nervous.

#82

Multiple identities are old hat. Just yield to your Tourette's and then claim you've been hacked.

#92 I merger roll

I feel I should point out that Mr Git, in his role as blog ambassador, may be already preparing for his meeting with Sarah Palin - he has volunteered to take her for dinner and traditional Scottish country dancing. She's flying into Scotland, apparently, to sort out Norriegate

regardez youse

henri

It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes

I can't be bothered with Winter and Autumn records at the moment, it was bad enough living it without being reminded of it

#93 CD

Id there a klaxon for Summer (The First Time)?

#96,Not up on my blogspeak.Assuming that a klaxon is a bad thing then your wrong (imho).Millie Jackson's sexed up cover of "Summer"is great!Mind you its hard to imagine maneating Millie as virginal!Cheers, Willie Bartke

#96

Try Vicks Nasal Spray, Henri.

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