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That's no' whit it says here!


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We need an adjudication - is it place or time?

Gaie,

They played a Tom Petty song today on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio nan Gàidheal.

To me it sounds like a cross between 'He Thinks He'll Keep Her' and 'Galveston', but maybe that's down to Glen Campbell's interpretation.

Insecure man insists on heavy duty braces.

P.S.

Gaie,

There are Neil Young songs on the tracklist. Mind how you go!


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#3

I believe he has Alzheimer's.

#2

If you ask DC, he'll say "Plaice in thyme."

#6

He still sounds better than Neil Young.

Previously on the blog...

Senga,

You're the one who left the link where Gaie couldnae' find it. I refuse to accept blame or responsibility for anything. (A wee trick I learned from the mother of my child).

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Wonder when Henri was in Venezuala?

Xmas. Caracas.

TUESDAY


When I was wee, my parents and I would go to Ireland during the Glasgow Fair fortnight. We would spend a week with my mum's family in Belfast, then cross the border at Derry and head for Gweedore, County Donegal, where my cousins on my dad's side went to school with the Brennans.


'Against the Wind' - Máire Brennan


Play it for all the Weedgies who have family connections in Donegal. You would be astounded at how many there are.

Why is Dale Gribble standing in front of yon hill?

Alison Craig reckons this is where to go for

"Smooth Operator" [Mambo Cha-Cha-Cha] ~ Señor Coconut

If and when I ever get to visit our Adam's backyard... given the recent acquisition of Elektro.

#3 's no very good is it? but better than Neil Young of course. That's when you cuir air falbh an reidio.


Scotch Git and Glen, there's an Old Grey Whistle test on iplayer with Bonnie Riatt, Warren Zevon and Jackson Browne.

Me I was watching Foo Fighters cos I like David Grohl, I just wish I liked more of his music. I love watching T on the telly and using the 3 button to skip 10 mins when I feel like it. I think has a point - there's simply nothing like a live gig, but sometimes though, on the televised festivals you see a band you'd never considered before and are pretty impressed. Never thought you'd hear me say that about Chris Martin.

Daughter's just phoned to say Deacon Blue can be heard from around a mile away just now. Bet Henri wishes he were here.

I'm going to Skye weekend after next if all's well - when I went in October I'd just been given The Suburbs so

City With No Children - Arcade Fire

would transport me to the road to the isles.

Gaie, Has there just been fireworks for the Tall Ships... if yes, we can hear them here and if no then a storms brewing!

LouiseJulieFromEdinburgh'sPal and I met when we worked in the same pub in 19-Oatcake. The Honeycombs track that was played last week was one we used to dance to when it came on the pub jukebox...the other I remember was 'Tell Laura I Love Her'...Ricky Valance. We wete good at the backing vocals!
Ricky Valance - 'Tell Laura I Love Her'

I know I've asked for it loads of times but Willy DeVille's very smooth Mariachi version of 'Hey Joe' brings back memories of finally visiting my friend (bridesmaid) Kathleen and her lovely French hubby Jean-Pierre at their home in Lourdes. Only took me 25 years to get there! It was a big hit in France and hearing it reminds me of a lovely few days with them and The Daughter, beautiful scenery, a newfound love of bees, great food and a taste of a laid-back lifestyle I can only aspire to.
Willy DeVille - 'Hey Joe'

Been to some good places and heard some great songs but never at the same time.
Never been to any of the following but if this chap mentions them they must be worth visiting...

Star of Bethlehem -Neil Young
Alabama - Neil Young
Ohio - Neil Young
Albuquerque - Neil Young
Kansas - Neil Young
Philadelphia - Neil Young

Paul from Ayr

Jeffrey Glenn Miller was one of the four shot dead in Ohio. I have no desire to go there.

...lightning...twice....strikes.................


then again there are some song lyrics which actually make me want to go the places......

Been To Canaan - Carole King

".....the green fields and rolling hills..." of this song seem particularly inviting


Song of Wyoming - John Denver

"....prairie wind blowing....."


Mozambique - Bob Dylan

".....magic in a magical land......", i suspect there may be some heavy irony here from the great one, as it was ravaged by war at the time


Four Strong Winds - Neil Young, of course.....

"....think i'll go out to Alberta, weather's good there in the fall......."

...but also by the Seekers, if you don't appreciate the "distinctive" voice!



Paul from Ayr

#17 yes - didn't see them, though.




today the Tall Ships leave and I'm excited about seeing the parade of sail - screwed up last time by going to the quayside to see them get ready them haring down to Wemyss Bay not realising how far out they'd be by then, so no photos.

The Real McCoy - The Silencers

is from the album we were listening to quite obsessively last time the ships were here, when suddenly Greenock had become a place I was proud to live in and a song as upbeat as that fitted the bill perfectly - oh OK, not quite perfectly: 'Glasgow's a go-go' but near enough.

#1 - Nothing for tonight but a belter for tomorrow!

;o)


#9 - What a charming git! How come you're single?

;o)


#13 - Madmac - I thought he said

;o)


#19 - Paul - Don't let them wind you up. We'll murder After The Goldrush at the karaoke in Edinburgh!

;o)


As this is a public holiday in Norn Iron, I have a question -

"Is that a flute in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

:o)

I'm not going to answer that question. There may be a riot if I do☺

Gaie

Was in Greenock on Saturday but didn't see you at the Tall Ships. Maybe it was the several thousand other folk being there ☺

Promises by Eric Clapton reminds me of my first overseas family holiday. It was one of two decent records on the Sicilian hotel's jukebox. Can't remember what the other one was.

Shotgun by Jr. Walker & the All Stars?

might be of some help tomorrow. There were no British charts when I was born and America hadn't been discovered.

Thanks Glen.
I have to say though that most of my Number Ones through the ages have been pretty awful.
Telstar when I was one and Reach Out I'll be There when I was five being the only highlights.

Tonight:

First holiday abroad, Sept 1979. This was being played everywhere in Majorca.

Gloria - Umberto Tossi

A favourite of Paolo Pablo I think.

#29

Telstar would be No. 1 on many people's birthdays with 5 m sales. Here are a few of mine.


Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole - Too Young
Percy Faith - The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater
Paul Anka - Lonely Boy
Hollywood Argyles - Alley-Oop
Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
Four Seasons - Rag Doll
Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Tommy James and The Shondells - Hanky Panky
Association - Windy
Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525
Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move/It's Too Late
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Paul McCartney - Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Police - Every Breath You Take
Prince - When Doves Cry
Duran Duran - A View to a Kill
Simply Red - Holding Back the Years
Heart - Alone
Cheap Trick - The Flame

#25 Billy, hope you enjoyed your visit on Saturday - I lasted about an hour max before the crowds overwhelmed me. Several thousand? Felt like several hundred thousand. Went back yesterday and it was much better. Paolo, what's the odds of Greenock having had four days of sunshine once again?

#31
Much better selection than mine thats for sure.
Bet you were glad you werent purple when you were seven.

#32 Yes thanks. When it got too much later in the day it was time for refreshments and tapas in Glasgow ☺

Grant Lee Buffalo - Dixie Drug Store

Every time I hear this it makes me wish I was in New Orleans ☺

Back in 1979, my ex girlfriend phoned up and asked me to join her on a weekend away with some pals, which involved going to a dinner dance on the Saturday evening - having no partner she asked me. I agreed to go.

The very next morning, The Hairy Cornflake issued a prophetic warning - it was in the form of a new single that I immediately fell in love with and blinded by it's beauty, I didn't recognise the warning. I rushed out at lunchtime, bought the single and taped to cassette for the weekend.

The weekend turned out to be a drunken riot and we both got absolutely hammered.

Somewhere in the middle of all this, I got engaged to be married.Amazingly we stuck it out for about 14 years, both have our kids to show for it and have a polite but distant relationship these days.

Should have listened to the song properly though, and any time I hear it, it takes me straight back to the drunken weekend of 4th February, 1979.

What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Bothers

regardez youse

henri

Music,like Proust's famous madeleine cakes can stimulate the most intense recollections.In the long hot summer of 1976 I spent some time with French friends in Normandy.Now,I've always liked the troubadours of rock,Dylan,Paul Simon and Joni of course but I was unfamiliar with Leonard Cohen's songs apart from Suzanne and Bird on a Wire.A New Zealander by the almost comical name of Graham Allwright was famous in France for translating the songs of Cohen into French.I found listening to him amusing ar first as he affected Laughing Len's cheerless vocals perfectly but one song struck me and I first learned the words in French to the song I knew as "L'homme de L'An Passe" later discovering the original "Last Year's Man"but to me it wil always be "L'homme de L'an Passe"in English!Not likely that the beeb's vaults have Mr Allwright but who knows?If not hen Laughing Len's "English"version will do!I can smell the Calvados just thinking about it,Cheers,Willie Bartke

I guess everyone can remember each summer holiday according to the particular piece of Euro-cheese which was hip for that particular year.

For me, in 1980, in Torremolinos, it was ...

'Oops Upside Your Head' ~~ The Gap Band

Please dedicate it to Mad Mac, who faces a bit of a road to recovery from illness.

Every time I hear Warren Zevon's masterwork Desperadoes Under The Eaves I am instantly reminded of all those precious seconds of life wasted sitting at the radio, waiting in vain for it to be played.

#38 - just realised it's place more than time: I couldn't claim we'd gotten carried away with the romantic setting, disappointingly, I am forced to confront the fact that all this took place in the Arrochar Hotel.

regardez youse

henri

Did you take her up The Cobbler?

No, she took me to the cleaners.

Another madeleine cake moment.In 1997 I went to New York to attend an amazing tribute concert dedicated to Laura Nyro who had died that year.After seeing superb artistes like Phoebe Snow,Rickie Lee Jones and Patti Labelle I went into sensory overload after checking out the sights sounds and smells of the Big Apple!Laura Nyro's most critically acclaimed album"New York Tenderberry" was a love letter to her hometown and as I wandered down Broadway looking ever upwards I thought of Laura's wonderful cover of Carol King's "Up On The Roof" one of the great "city"songs or her seductive gorgeous "Spanish Harlem".Now gimme a Lox and creamcheese Bagel!Cheers,Willie Bartke

#38

I'd no idea madmac was unwell - Get Well Soon!

regardez vous

henri

Ten years ago this very week, I sailed around the Western Isles on a friend's father's yacht. Having left Coll that morning, we stopped off at the Treshnish Isles before heading through the Sound of Iona and round the tip of Mull to anchor at the north end of Colonsay.

It was a beautiful sailing day with wall-to-wall sunshine and a good Force 4 to push the yacht along. I was in charge of navigation for the day so every now and again popped down to check the charts.

Just as we were passing Staffa, I thought I'd better check position to make sure we cleared the reef at the southern end. Satisfied we were on the right course, I came back on deck just at the point when the boat caught the wind and heeled over for a perfect sailing position. Away to starboard, Fingal's Cave came into view.

We had been listening to Billy Connolly's 'World Tour of Scotland' soundtrack and I will never forget Tangle o' the Isles sung by Ralph McTell playing at that exact moment.

Braw

DC

.....when suddenly there was a loud scraping sound

Gaie,Billy,I was at the Tall Ships on Saturday afternoon boogying to Big Vern and The Shootahs!We should have wore GIO badges!Cheers,Willie Bartke

The mankinis are usually enough

#23 lol Senga, i'm looking forward to the attempt, hope you can hit the high notes better than me!