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Tom Waits, so either "Martha" or "Jersey Girl" or ""Looking' for) the heart of Saturday night".

Joe
Linlithgow

Great shout Joe. Jersey Girl would be good.

Laughing Lenny

The future / Leonard Cohen

Ps define later life. I'd like to hope I'm not quite there yet :-)

Tom Petty passed me by first time around - was only when my son bought me a 'best of' that I realised what I'd been missing. Made up for lost time since, but that live concert's still to happen

Rebels - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

I'll be unpopular with some bloggers but...it has to be said...GIO is responsible for a gradual appreciation of Mozz/The Smiffs...

'There is a light that never goes out' or 'That's how people grow up'

for Mazz and Nozz...who I reckon have asked for Mozz the most...so, along with BB, it's all their fault!

WEDNESDAY


I used to think Country music was all about square dancing and dead dogs. (I know! I can barely believe it masel'...)

This is the song that turned my head around.


'Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys' - Willie & Waylon

#5

Julie,

You'll only be unpopular if Bryan plays it.











Aye, yer right enough.

I like the way you shifted the blame.

Most impressive.......

Ahm no daft!

#5 if by "bloggers" you mean the grumpy old men (I'm excluding norrie here!) - who cares? A month of nonstop Tull (however unlikely) wouldn't keep them happy. They wouldn't thank you for that, either. Why even try?

Totally with you - fantastic shout.

Bravo Julie, suggestions duly endorsed.

Thanks Julie, thanks MD!

Interesting theme.

Like loads of Bruce Springsteen fans I was a bit taken aback when Nebraska came out. After the bravado of Born to Run, the darkness of, eh Darkness, and the catch all but superb The River - what was this reorded in a bin junk??? Well like most of his fans I now realise that this is quite possibly one of his greatest moments. My fathers House is the best track by a mile but for for any of us who watched there Mum and Dad struggle to get on and look back with not a little pride at the stab they made of it, this is unbeatable:

Bruce Springsteen - Used Cars

Juliefromedinburgh, thank you for the Graham Parker suggestions, I had an lp, dissed it, but you keep suggesting him so I got a greatest type thing. It is superb

Graham Parker - White Honey


My slagging of AC/DC and really the genre went on for years. My pals took it in good grace but on one Vegas trip "You Shook Me All Night Long" was the song that was everywhere and really was the soundtrack to a memorable trip. And of copurse the wee seed was planted. On another trip I boldly volunteered that if they ever toured I would get tickets and not only that I would go. Along comes the Black Ice tour and I have to follow up on my promise, I got 8 of us tickets for Manchester MEN and had an absolute blast. I could not believe what an outstanding live show they put on. Later on that tour - Hampden, right down the front! Lets ROCK

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long or Runaway Train

Edinburgh hostess - "You'll have had your Nat King Cole"

The Smiths would be great with a different singer and some decent songs.

The older I get the less I like.

As a youngster, there was The Beatles and lots of other 'wee' groups. That is, apart from The Stones.

I have to admit to disliking the early Rolling Stones stuff to the point I would not consider any of their songs until just a few years ago. Since Primary School age, have been through the glam rock / folk / punk / floyd etc phases so would like to think I have a wide taste in music (apart from that drone mozzzzzzzzz).

Having discovered The Rolling Stones albums over recent years, I now appreciate the talent behind the world's biggest band.

Gonnae play something which illustrates this please?

New Faces


DC

Mozz seems to be racking up the popular vote...

#12

Mr Welsh I presume?

ooops - #11 AC/DC - Rock n Roll Train

The runaway train came over the hill and she blew......

Yup I can see AC/Dc doin that

When I was just a lad of ten, my father said “Now Noel,
Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon sole."
"Don't put your faith in love, my boy," my father said to me,
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon sole."

Chorus:
Lemon sole, very tasty and it goes quite well with chips
But the cost is prohibitive and you’re left with greasy lips.
Repeat ad nauseam.

Much mumping and moaning emanating frae the mooths of the Mozzmeister's minions.















I know of a blogger who has not had a request played for 12 weeks, and you never hear him complaining!



















Jeezo.......

The punk thing passed me by so I had no interest in bands like The Jam. Paul Weller's solo work made me sit up and take notice but.


You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller

:o)

#18 - Glen - Was that Nat King Cole? I can feel vague memories stirring. LOL!

;o)

I just glanced at the facebook page (as you do) and Bryan mentions Morrissey and his Lyrical Wit

I thought rhyming slang was last night?

;o)

one of the great things about GIO is you get only one song per artist.
so i am really not fussed what mozzzzy( muzzle would be better) gets it on but it would be nice if it was on first......so as you (i) can then sit back and enjoy the rest of the show.
that doesn't mean i'm requesting a mozzzzy........he's always too much on the back foot for my liking.

cheers frae the dale

#22 well spotted.

I believe Mozzzzzzzzzz to be the king of rap with a capital 'C' but nevertheless appreciate others might like his soporific songs. Perhaps best put him on at 30 seconds to eight so that we can appreciate the rest of the show.

Oh quit grumping the lot of you. I don't complain about some of the rubbish you suggest! (Well not very often anyway)...and Glen, that was just crude...I'm very disappointed in you. That's the kind of remark we'd have expected from Jimfrae...you should be ashamed of yourself!!!

i nivver quite got white van the man, still don't.
like a vintage wine this band matures with grace and age even if you didn't get it first time round.........

beach boys.............help me rhonda

cheers frae the dale

#25

No, that was suggestive - the ones on the previous blog were crude. It passes the time while waiting for "a really interesting programme."

#19 Didn't you get a request played last night. I only know cos I got in the car turned on the radio to hear Bryan saying ''and that was requested by Scotch git'' or words to that effect.

I'm slow burnin' in Kinlochleven suckers, best weather on the WHW ever!

BTW keep the faith Julie.

For tonight....

You can't do wrong and get by ~ Delmore Brothers

#22 LOL, Senga!!

I never got The Smiths in the 80s but got to like them in the noughties. I now rate Johnny Marr very highly and I also think that Morrissey's last couple of albums have been very good.

First of the Gang To Die - Morrissey


Of course, the opposite of this theme is also true.
When I first heard The Proclaimers I quite liked them......

#5
While I'm happy to go with The Smiffs, it's because I gained a late appreciation for the axe-work of Johnny Marr. Mozza's voice still puts me off (which is why it was a late appreciation)

#6
I'll agree with Country music - only really learned to appreciate it in my 20s having spent my entire teens hating it with a passion

However, the one I actually want is Billy Bragg - I know I'm one of GiO's Bragg champions, and that's because I'm a relatively late convert.

In the 80s, all I'd heard was New England (via The Blessed Kirsty) and a reputation for dour political rants.

It wasn't until I heard Levi Stubbs' Tears via the John Peel memorial album that I was turned on to the other side (actually the much larger body of work) of his writing - the heartrending love songs.

So I started listening to more and more of his stuff, bought the Must I Paint You a Picture? compilation, and soon discovered (via my last.fm stats) that actually I listen to him a lot more than almost anyone else.

And that, friends, is when I came out as a Bragg fan.

Another late appreciation of mine came about because of an album which could have featured on the 'I want my money back' show last week. I'd bought Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits (ie the original line-up with Peter Green) because of Albatross. It took me years to get into the bluesy songs elsewhere on the album.

A special favourite these days is Need your love so bad

#28
On Listen Again at the moment and I heard Scotch Git get credited for DC's Peter Gabriel. So I'd say that still counts.

Cheat

He's needin a clout along the Jeux Sans Frontiers

only started listening to Jackson Browne fairly recently, no idea why it took so long

Jackson Browne - I'm Alive

and from there to the incredibly talented

David Lindley - Mercury Blues

This theme is a problem for me - there is very little I don't like or have had to work at. I hate the lyrics to Dignity and Fergus Sings The Blues, though the tunes are quite good.I don't dislike the Proclaimers, but I dislike some of the neuro-associations the come with it - maybe it's inevitable - I keep seeing them as The Alexander Brothers.

And I haven't had to work at liking an album since 1973 when Yes released their endless album/apogee of prog 'Tales From The Topographic Oceans' - it's incredible to think about it now - you'd meet people at parties and they'd say " yeah, I'm on side 3 now and I'm begining to 'get it'.

There are some that have taken me by surprise though: Like most folk, as a youngster, I didn't get country and like Senga, Punk (and a lot of 80's stuff) left me cold.Like almost everyone here, I credit GIO/Bryan for a latent enjoyment of the Smiths - though I came to it via Kirsty McCall and Johnny Marr's playing.

Without doubt the album that has really made a fittingly deep impression over a long period is Morcheeba's - Dive Deep - I absolutely love this record and recommend it to the house.It's melodic, radio friendly, easy, good fun, inventive, accomplished etc etc....

Enjoy The Ride - Morcheeba - Judy Tzuke on vocal

The big question is - Why is it Morcheeba records are filed under "dance"?

Don't get it.

Anyway: I was also taken aback by how much I enjoyed the Gnarls Berkely album.

Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarls Berkley...

Country : The Rhythm of The Blues - Mary- Chapin Carpenter

Eighties: I Don't Believe In You - talk talk

Punk; People Who Died - Jim Carroll

and I'm a late convert to The Style Council - Shout To The Top

regardez youse

henri

#28, #33, #34, #35

Naw, it disnae' coont! Next thing they'll be playing Soft Cell, and sayin' Ah asked furrit!

Yep, it was Soft Cell that first made me pay attention to remixes:

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 12" remix from 'Memorabilia' - Soft Cell

and, I was slow to get into Nick Lowe

So It Goes - Nick Lowe


regardez - youse

henri

I've just discovered Ray Stevens. Apart from The Streak and Everything Is Beautiful, Ray takes an interest in current affairs with this topical single:

Obama Yo' Mama - Ray Stevens

Sorry, that should have been Osama - just as well they don't trust me with a gun.

#34

Theca

#41

gnu

#38

Self clot

#12

Talking cone

#19

O seez Mr. M's Zit

#41 probably realised that your rapier wit was a match for any gun...

#47

gnu

#47

Sharp as a pillow.

#47

Glen is mightier than the sword...