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BRING ME THE HEDGE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - Earl Shrubs

Green Fly - Herb Aceous & the Tijuana Grass

Hoedown - Emerson, Lake & Palmtree

Don't marigold, Marry Me - the Beautiful South

Privet Dancer - Tina Turner

It Soil Over Now - the Rolling Stones

Holy Roller - Nazareth

and one for mary-doll

Closer - Nine Inch Snails

I'm the world's worst gardener...this is more my style...

'The Patio Song' - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci...and it's a lovely wee song!

Gardens? Don't talk to me about gardens. I've spent the past three days digging up ground for boulders to get placed in exact positions.

My back's killin me.

For Mrs C:

I just wanna rockery - Travis

Michelle Branch - Everywhere

R.E.M. - Gardening At Night

Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
From Matilda. I had always assumed this was David Byrne. Now thanks to the power of the internut I know better ☺

a 70's classic
Who's in the strawberry patch with Sally / Tony Orlando and Dawn




then again it may not have aged well

I Am Arrows - Green Grass

Elvis Costello - A Good Year For the Roses

The Jam - English Rose

The Cure - Hanging Garden

Goodnight saigon / billy Joel

for the line
and weedol go down together

#9 Probably better than One Bad Apple ☺

'I saw Mr Presley Tiptoeing through the Tulips' --- Tiny Tim

remarkable!

'Garden of Serenity' --- The Ramones

not quite/quiet ...

'Tumbling Tumbleweeds' --- The Sons of the Pioneers

quaintly relaxing ...

Hi Hoe silver lining / Jeff Beck
Lawnraker / Shirley Bassey
Lettuce Stay together / Al Green
Little things a lot meant / Kitty Kalen
mower mower mower / Andrea True connection
Shed rather be with me / Turtles
Bank robber / Joe Strimmer and the Clash
Olivers Army / Deckin McManus

#12 Shhhh! The rest had all forgotton!

Outstanding KK! More Tiny Tim please.


Caption: Norrie! What have you been told about those bloomin' hedgehogs?

There really only ever was one great song of the garden. Sit back on the deckie, nestle your favourite tipple, shut your eyes and listen to the evocative lyrics of Albert Lord Tennyson come vividly to light ...

'Come into the Garden Maud' ~~~ Webster Booth

Simply amazing!

#5 Gaie - you just made my day there! Highly unlikely to get played - no matter. That was gold!!

Turfin USA / Beechgrove Boys

Burl Ives The Ugly Bug Ball
Eric Clapton Let It Grow
Tom Jones The Green, Green Grass of Home

Just back from a walk with manny and doggles, need some thinking time.

Bryan, BTW - if you're animal-averse, it's probably got nowt to do with animals. You've had a dodgey experience. You sound like you could be a dog-lover. Cats are tricky. But dogs - honestly - give them a chance. I gave in after years of nagging from hubby and have never regretted it. ;o)

#20 - storming shout, Kene!! Seconded.

Ooh! OOh! Been wanting this played for a while...would love to hear it...

'Jesamine' - The Casuals

Slightly different spelling to the plant Jessamine

Great pop song...you'll recognise it if you play it...

It's my umpteenth birthday on Thursday...will that swing it? :o)

Forget me nots / Patrice Rushen

It was sampled in two different No.! hits

THURSDAY


'May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose' - Little Jimmy Dickens


Keep it Country!

Long Road out of Eden / Eagles

It's only 10'17 long.



Oh well in that case
Garden Party / Mezzoforte
Empty Garden (hey hey Johnnie) / Elton John

this song is the best 3 minutes summing up the 60's than any other i know of.
in nearly 50 years i've never heard it once on the radio yet it conjures up visions of the youth tripping out, state police on the rampage,Democratic conventions ending in street mayhem while the war in Indonesia rages long before mcnamara pleads redemption ....yes all of that in 3 minutes......what a song.
sung by the best female voice in pop history.

'safe in my garden'...................mamas and papas.

cheers frae the dale

THURSDAY


This is a pre-emptive strike against Hong Kong Garden, which, despite the title, has nowt to do wi' gardens.


'Green Fingers' - Siouxsie and the Banshees


An appropriate song for this here theme. So it is.

:-)

Daisy Jane / America
Seeing has how Dan Peek passed on last week.

Bloom - Martin & James

Dandelion Blues - the Incredible String Band

Garden - Pearl Jam

Trampled Rose - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

#26

You win!

Reminds me of Akram's Dumbarton ;-)

#29 The best summing up of the sixties? Not my experience of the decade...unless it mentions potty-training, ballet-lessons, first day at school, pickies, clackers and kerby, creamola foam, Sunday school picnics, jelly and ice-cream, wearing your favourite tartan trouser-suit to the P6 Christmas party...

24

shucks ... thanx MD

Wildwood Flower ~ T. Carter Family please.

Carnation ~ T. Jam

#34 @ ya julie.............
i think the song you're talking about is 'thank you very much' by the scaffold which just about matches your 60's by the sound of it.
but the only way i can get that into the theme is to tell the story of my next door neighbours extension..........first day of the holidays and up goes the scaffold in my garden without a by your leave...............and it was there for the next 5 months..
no thank you, very very much.
fine extension though,but it blocks my nice view of some maryhill high flats.....the ones sometimes used in 'still game'.

cheers frae the dale

here's a good wan from a man who once famously managed to get some glasgow children to hand in all their sharp garden tools.
and its aboot the oldest piece o' grass known to man (and woman!!)

'the garden of eden'...........frankie vaughan

cheers frae the dale

#25 it's an excellent feelgood song Julie, one which typifies that period of the 60s, even if the reality wasn't always quite up to it!

Different flower for me, the roses in my garden have been battered by Magpies looking for bugs in them, anyway......

Love is a Rose - Neil Young


Paul from Ayr

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

'so the bloke in B & Q said that these new vertical bits of turf were better value than they wind turbines ye stuck on the chimney that retailed at £1100, so i handed over the £1200 and i must say, he was right. even the hedgehogs are copin'.

can i have the prize in lira please cos ye used to get loads o' them.

cheers frae the dale.

Just back fae haen a pint wi Adam In Rio. Wel actually he came here. And we had more than just the one pint.


Which might explain why I hae Stones - Neil Diamond, goin through mah heid.


Next time we'll lay chips..........

DC





PS Adam says hi tae awbiddy

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden by ?
and whats that song with i am a lawnmower in it yo can tell by the way I walk (computer in holiday house is too slow to check)
or like my garden back home Wildwood Paul Weller
Octopuses garden
best kept secret china crisis
anything by the kew tips
stone roses waterfall (one of my favourite tunes)

5 hours behind just now typical i leave Scotland and the sun comes out

it was Genesis i think?
tip toe through the tulips
inch worm inch worm measuring the marigolds
anything by the weed killers Brandon flowers
oops there goes another rubber tree plant High hopes

don't panic jinkk, the rain is back (at least in the west)......good news for gardeners!

The version of "Rose Garden" that I remember was by Lynn Anderson......

.....that should please the "keep it country" folks........... :-)

#43 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

Keep them moving blades sharp...

The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?

"I can hear the grass grow." by The Move - the group which eventually became the Electric Light Orchestra.

#48 Or Flowers In The Rain?

Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt

David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In

For our neighbourhood cats:
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut

Fruit Tree: Nick Drake
Man in a Shed: Nick Drake
Anything from Five Leaves Left: Nick Drake...

... is there a pattern emerging here?

Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trowel
- the Black Crowes
Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
A New Day Has Begun - Roddy Woomble

#51
Should that not be Nick Rake.

Caption
Despite Norrie thinking his new deep pile lounge carpet was the ultimate in luxury, he still couldn't walk on it in his bare feet.

#54

Actually, it does look a wee bit Norrie-esque...

#18

Presumably we now have to request
* Incredible String Band - The Hedgehog Song

(more) serious suggestions:

* Marillion - Garden Party
Note to producers: make sure you play the single version, not the album version which contains a word unsuitable for teatime play
* Runrig - Flower of the West
* Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
* Sting - Desert Rose
* The Blues Brothers - Green Onions

Huge +1 for MD's #23 suggestion
* Clapton - Let It Grow

drum rolllllllll.........

take your normal piece of rice paper that is 0.001 of an inch thick. (that's 1 thousandth of an inch or 1 thow as it was called on the high precision shop floor)
tear it in two.
put the two pieces together.
then tear that piece in half.
then put the pieces together and tear in half again.
repeat this process 50 times.
how high is the final tower of rice paper?........................

a savagely unbelievable answer.......................

'to the moon and back'......................savage garden

that is not the answer by the way.
but i am willing to reveal it if this gets played
OR
if anybody wants to slip me a tenner.

some free advice to anyone rushing out to get some rice paper.........try and get a piece the size of a football pitch ......it eases the cutting a bit.

cheers frae the dale.

What are you lot talking about re photo?

Yee ha etc, for the Git and Madmac keeping it etc.

Tim McGraw- Where The Green Grass Grows

#43 - jinkk - I beg your pardon?

(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson

;o)


My boss has come up with another brilliant suggestion! (His words, not mine)

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

If you play it it will put him in a good mood then I can negotiate a day off on Monday the 8th of August because I'll still be recovering from a night out in Edinburgh on Saturday the 6th of August. Between the Breezers and the karaoke I'll be wrecked! LOL!

;o)

Van Morrsion is at his absolute best on this track. I think it is my favourite song of all time:

Van Morrison - In The Garden

Pigs might fly:

Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The title may have originally been In The Garden Of Eden
The butterfly part works for the theme.
Why am I even bothering to try and justify this?
Oh well I've typed it all out now ☺

#61 Well done Senga's boss. A brilliant suggestion indeed ☺

Now about that day off...

#60/#61

o'course that leads us to
* Nick Cave & Kylie - Where The Wild Roses Grow

or even back to #52, Capt!

#29,Havent heard that song in years ,Dale.Along with "Twelve Thirty"much overlooked gem.They sounded like they were singing through cotton wool.Lovely.Ah,Julie,I was indulging in a slightly more "hip" pot-ty training then!
Would be great to hear Fifth Dimension's sparkling "The Magic Garden"written by Jim Webb from a concept album of the same name on which he wrote and produced.Dusty Springfield also does a great cover.Cheers,Willie Bartke

The Bluebells of Scotland-Corries
Dead Flowers-Rolling Stones (what would be in my garden, alas)
Somebody Bring Me A Flower I'm a Robot-Kev Russell's Junker
God Bless the Grass-Pete Seeger
No Holly for Miss Quinn-Enya
The Lilac and the Apple-Kate Wolf
Where the Rose is Sown-Big Country
Violets of Dawn-Eric Anderson
Stop and Smell the Roses-Mac Davis

...and hearty support to whoever suggested "Love is a Rose" and "Man in a Shed"!

Bruce Nesmith
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers
Lilac Wine - the Jeff Buckley version is breathtakingly good!

Or for the wilder parts of my garden - Poison Ivy - The Lambrettas

#45 never lasts long in the good weather in the UK thanks for reminding me of who sung the tune and also #46 too should #61 cheers Senga

there is something fun about listening to your favorite show the next day on i player whilst reading a good book on a sun lounger aaahhhhhh x

naebody asked for

Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

yet?

The Eggplant that ate Chicago - Norman Greenbaum

#72

I was going to but thought someone else would:

okay, Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

regardez youse

henri

Hi Bryan,

Here are a few contenders for tonight.

The Ugly Bug Ball by Burle Ives

Another White Dasy by Butterfly Boucher

The Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimski Korsakov

Nutrocker by Bee Bumble and the Stingers

Mr Tamborine Man by the Byrds

Like the theme, but thought we shouldn't stick to plants, but include the animals as well

Coo.. Nearly fell of my chair when you played "Jesamine" by the Casuals.
There is a much better version (and original) by The Bystanders. This band later became the legendary "man" band from wales..

A little bird told me juliefromefinburgh (sic) is celebrating her birthday today - hope you have a good one, missus!!