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Enjoy the break, Bryan! Fantastic show tonight.
(crawl, crawl...................)
Maybe I can persuade Vic to play this one seeing as, so far, there's been no joy any time I've requested it before.... I'm sure there were better alternatives.....
anyhoos

Duke Special Freewheel
or one by him also featuring Neil Hannon
Our Love Goes Deeper Than This

Right royally excellent!

Ian Hunter - You Nearly Did Me In.

Queen on backing vocals, and with the band including Jaco Pastorius and David Sanborn.

Two great tracks by GIO bloggers loved artists:

Springsteen - Queen of The Supermarket

Van Morrison - Queen of The Slipstream

'Madame George' - Van Morrison


Come on Vic, this is the chance to play some good tunes. When the cat's away...

DC

Great shout DC!

Roddy Llewellyn's fav Duchess ~ T. Stranglers

For the benefit of any bloggers who wish to research over the weekend...

Beware of moving goalposts!

>8-D

he'll "try AND play them"? so - you're saying he'll play them all??? Fantastic! Bloggers - get 'em in!

underplayed
undervalued
no less a great voice for that though


'duchess'...........scott walker

cheers frae the dale

As I type:

The Duke & The King - If I Ever Get Famous

I have a strange sense of deja vu?

Perfect for a Friday evening....

Kingdom of Doom ~ The Good, The Bad & The Queen

#9 @ ya norriemaclean
don't think so.
just that ye huvnae furgotten

cheers frae the dale

#9

Again?

CAPTION COMP...............

dude in floral dress on the left.....'i see no ships'......
other dude 2 from the right.....'and there'll be no bevvyin'........
a dude 2 from the left.....is that clothed cap chappie shouting for us to 'moppet up there' or wot.

apologies non of the others i can quite name

just gies the cash frae the mint.

cheers frae the dale

"Ok ok we will quit the sectarian singing"

CAPTION COMP.......

dude in floral dress on the left......i see some ships aft.......could someone now get me a fresh bandage.....you've got that dangly thing havin' me look like a tink frae a dundee housin' scheme.

i'll accept the loot in deep fried mars bars

cheers frae the dale

Caption: Please no more norriemaclean trivia, we will pay the IRS dues!

Cammy an Chick doin their royal best tae look like Lizzie an Phil

Moderated!!! Again!

Carry On Windsor

#18 @ ya norriemaclean

moderated of the general assembly

cheers frae the dale

What indicates a piss poor staff conference, team building or sporting event to me is
a soundtrack of Don't stop me now!

John Deacon had the right idea, he retired!

Hey, hey, hey Wee Heavy is back... Welcome, this place needs the input!

there were right royal cheers when they realised their hides would be saved for at least one more election...................... and a day off work always keeps the plebs on side.:O)

Blimey. I've thought it before, then decided it was just a paranoid wifey thingy thing. However. It isn't going away. Are all the other female bloggers off in a pub somewhere with a laptop having a laugh at all this? I hope so, even if I'm not invited.
Boys - you can be incredibly boring at times.

#24. No, not in the pub but I was off drinking wine but with no laptop...Och just let them ramble on...what did Norrie say wrong this time?

#25 @ ya JuliefromEdinburgh.

ah wiz there............but cannae say wit wiz sed..........or i'll be murderated.

cheers frae the dale (sipping an espresso)

Caption:

Look & learn you lot!

Andy's association with scandalous people and dodgy dealing, including selling his house in Windsor to a Kazakh oligarch for £3m above the asking price is answering my prayers.

Back to Flim4 & Control 8-)

#25 Julie - I'm sharing a computer with returned (male) fledglings at the mo. It's a bit of a bummer. No' happy - however - still got a window of whatnot to watch and stuff. At times. Have umpteen years of experience behind me (ooh, err, missus) to get to grips with the male psyche (ooh, err, missus) - but I'm no further forward. I guess it's just a place to make requests rather than one to make a meal of it. I may have had one Shiraz too many. In the wrong company.

#19 Babs......

Bet they don't play

'Queen Mother's little helper' - The Rolling Stones


Queen Vic will get his heid chapped aff

LOL - You`re always guaranteed some great LPs (Liquid Postings) on a Friday nicht.

Away to Listen Again with a cup of Horlicks.

#31 @ ya Adam_from_Rio

previously on the blog......................the children grew up!!! that was No.2 dog who had replaced No. 1 dog .we're now on No.3 dog whos main trick is to disappear for.....think of an outrageous number of hours.....for the sake of truth , say 2.....no girl ever kept me waitin' 2 hours......but that's jack russell fur ya.disnae give a hoot.

cheers frae the dale

Caption
The police today set up a royal road block to prevent the royal family marching down the Mall in protest at the paltry fees they received from The Living Channel for Kate and Wills at home, the new reality show due to be screened from 30 April.

tips for today, Paolo? Silver by Nature?

Hello, Uncle Vic

it's great to have you back, especially for a whole week! We look forward to expanded horizons, new music, discarded standard playlists, revival of jaded palettes and general injection of enthusiasm for the less-played but deserving of a wider audience songs that are waiting out there to enhance our tea-times.
You'll note the themes are not exactly radical or new, so even more pressure not to repeat the playlist from last time.

MONDAY

Let's all stand up for

The Low Anthem - Ghost Woman Blues

saw them at Òran Mòr on Thursday - well those that were 6ft tall saw them and the guy who stood right in front of me just as they were about to start was, very luckily for him. Anyway, TLA were absolutely brilliant, Charlie Darwin spine-tinglingly sung to perfection, as were all their quiet songs and the audience hugely appreciative but also prepared to LISTEN without talking through the songs. The bit with the phones on speaker was great and I'm looking forward to someone telling me how to do this before next time. Loved their enthusiastic take on Cigarettes and Whisky and Wild Wild Women and of course their own Boeing 737 - just a fantastic night altogether and the band so huggable you just wanted to take them home.


cheers, Vic, isn't it great when a whole new week lies in front, all possibilities open. You're going to excel, aren't you? We know you are.

Another thing, Uncle Vic, while you're at the GIO desk, if you've got time, please could you maybe have a wee tidy up of the desk and see if you can lay hands on The Lost Jotter - it's full of themes, maybe 100 new ones assuming that at least 6 of us thought up at least 1 for every letter of the alphabet and only 26 got used. You do the math.

thank you so much xx

God save the Queen - Sex Pistols

or even better,

Anthem - SAHB






(low, growling voice)..."Yeah, that sounds goooooood, let's get them on Babs"




DC

Richard Ashcroft & The United Nations Of Sound - Royal Highness

absolute cracker, and royally rips off Lou Reed.

Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band - Lantern

One puts one's whole head up,
One puts one's whole head down,
One puts one's whole head up,
Then one spins it round and round,
One does the hokey cokey
Then one turns around...................

A question for our Ayrshire ornithologist;

Paul,

This morning I saw two birds of a type I have never before seen. Predominantly black, but with white lower faces and white go-faster stripes. Long tail feathers. Small and delicate looking. One seemed to be trying to escape, whilst the other seemed bent on a spot of raping and pillaging. West Glasgow. Any ideas?

MONDAY


Welcome, Vic! I'll give you my Tull requests later in the week...


'Last of the Hobo Kings' - Mary Gauthier

'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba to Galway' - De Dannan ~ See if you can get a Handel on this. It was Iain Anderson's signature tune when he presented the finest radio show ever.

#18

Is Norrie hallucinating?


We should be telt!

Re-instated!

By the moderators?!?

That's very bigoted of them...

BB KING - 'My Baby's Comin' Home'
Echobelly - 'KING Of The Kerb'

Crawling King Snake - The Doors
Count On Me - Jefferson Starship
Down In The Mall - Warren Zevon
Willy And The Poor Boys (Down On The Corner) - CCR
Charlie's Medicine - Warren Zevon
The Castle - Love
Phil's Like The First Time - Foreigner

#40

sparrow-sized, bobbing up and down?

"They're just back from a mission in Libya - GET DOWN EVERYBODY"

#47

Gaie,

Slightly smaller body than a sparrow, but much longer tail. Don't recall any bobbing, but lots of whistling. Or is that called singing?

Gaie,

A look similar to

But very vividly black & white. No other colours. No shades of grey.

#50, #40 I think it was a penguin.

I've just seen one like - any ideas?

#50 Scotch I think it was a black and white-throated sparrow.

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

#53

My dear Norrie,

I'd rather hear it from an expert.

No offence.

>8-D

Are you sure it wasnt a tweet.......

*sigh*


Now look what you made me do...

You went the wrong way old king Louie / Alan Sherman


Starting to run out of themes now to get this one on. Think there's only tanks left after this.

Congratulations Melrose RFC!

#34
Na I can't really see that one making the frame Gaie. Ballabriggs is probably a better bet.

#50



#60

yes, thank you, Mr Pablo, very helpful. Vic didn't do too well either, did he? Imagine me being so silly as to put £2.00 each way. I reckon he owes me a lot of plays next week.

I've just seen one like - any ideas?

#62

fewer magic mushrooms for tea

#61

A likely suspect! How come I haven't seen them before? Are they indigenous to Scotland?

I've just seen one like - any ideas?

Yep, SG- and you'll probably see them everywhere now you've seen one. Supermarket car-parks maybe, in the city, and -well really anywhere seaside, countryside. There are also (stop me when it gets boring) grey wagtails in the Kelvin - they have a bright yellow chest and bob up and down the same way. And there are yellow ones, which I've seen in Ireland, which have even more yellow on them.............

#65

a relative?

I've just seen one like - any ideas?

#66

Gaie,

Thank you!


#58

Paolo,

Don't go asking for a Sherman Tank. The self-moderators wouldn't like that...

Cat's foot.....
iron claw.....
neuro-surgeons scream for more...
Where?
at paranoia's poison door!









Get It On Victor you know you'd like to,

21st Century Schizoid Man ~ King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King.

I think it's a coal tit

#40 @ ya scotch git

pied wagtail

cheers frae the dale

the king is dead, long live the king

'american trilogy'

'one fine day'........carole king

cheers frae the dale

Scotch....apologies for the late response on the bird question.....I was a little bit tired and emotional today due to having had too many swallow's the night before :-D

....good to see that Gaie has rescued the situation.....


as for the theme....

Princess of the Streets - Stranglers

Duchess - Stranglers

BTW the other possibility is a Long-Tailed Tit...it's got a bit of pink in it as well though.... and it likes trees, so if it was on the ground it's the wagtail!

King For a Day / Green Day
Enjoy Yourself / Jools Holland and Prince Buster
Brazilian Love Affair / George Duke

Trouble / Lynsey Buckingham

Samson - Regina Spektor

Or 12 glorious minutes of Mike Campbell's guitar on It's Good to be King from the Live Anthology?

No?

Oh well then

Money Becomes King - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

#74 tired and emotional till 10pm. Crikey I am a mere beginner....

Queen of Spain - James Yorkston

her majesty........chumbawamba

farewell to the crown.............chumbawamba


cheers frae the dale

Best sighting of a Kingfisher I've made to date was on the River Kelvin from the Kelvin Hall car-park!

ah had a brood of 12 corncrake in ma gairden once.
the crekkkkkkkkkk was awesome.

cheers frae the dale

Re the bird: It has to be a tit of some sort. You shair it wis black and white Scotch? And wis it bobbin about? Did it make any weird noises?

#82

same here, from the bridge at the bandstand - watched it diving and sitting on a branch for as long as I had in my dinner-break. One of those never-to-be-forgotten moments.

#84

tell him, dale.

I take it Bill Oddie is sitting in for Bryan this week?

He is a fully-fledged presenter

And he'll ruffle a few feathers...

#74

Paul,

Thank you!

He can kill two Byrds with one Stone

#84

A wee pome fae mah childhood;

"Tell tale tit, yer mammy cannae knit, yer daddy cannae go tae bed withoot a dummy tit!"

>8-D

There was an old man from Crail
Whose senses were starting to fail
What he thought was a tit
Was a small Messerschmitt
So send all your bloggings in Braille

MONDAY


The boy said, "Right, Ah'll dae it! But Ah need tae play it crafty. So's naeb'dy'll suspect me Ah'll kid on that Ah'm a daftie."


'Oor Hamlet' - Adam McNaughton ~ Danish Prince

King of Emotion - Big Country

(for Paul. Btw PH, what about the birds of the non-feathered variety? How is the dating going?)


Hall of the Mountian King - Rainbow

(One of their best and would make a change from Since Youve Been Gone. A Scottish singer to boot).

#94

I thought the estate agent ad had ruined Grieg for me but this takes he degradation one rung lower

#92 ~ I swear you are wasted in that silver surfers club. Too funny.

What's that? Is it lunch time?

Roxy Music, 'Beauty Queen' got to be one of their best rarely heard tracks.

J.O'B.

"Where do they go? We'll never know....."

Good the old lounge lizard's back on his feet.

GOAL!