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Since sliced bread deteriorates more quickly than unsliced, it was only an advance for large families or greedy people.

The First Cut Is The Deepest - PP Arnold

What did people use as an optimum example before sliced bread?

BRING ME THE SLICED BREAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Biggest innovator of country music.
His observational songwriting influenced many generations of artists who were to follow.
Recorded 166 songs between 1946-52 and has drawn tribute records from a host of artists.

Hank Williams ~ Fly Trouble

THURSDAY


#4

MadMac,

Oh, yeah. That's a guid yin! Let's fast forward fifty years or so...


'Ode De Toilet (The Toilet Song)' - Brad Paisley ~ following in Hank's footsteps.


Keepin' it Country!

Keepin' it REAL!

#1

...and people who can't cut bread in a straight line.

Is this theme the best theme since sliced bread?

Honestly every day is a school day. Whilst reading up about the history of sliced bread I clicked on a link about doughnuts. Further research revealed that a doughnut is called a gravy ring in Northern Ireland.

So what I hear you cry? Well I had always wondered about the ltric in Van the Mans "Sense of Wonder":

And the man who played the saw
Outside the city hall.
Pastie suppers down at davey’s chipper
Gravy rings, barmbracks
Wagon wheels, snowballs

barmbrack being a type of fruit loaf....not that any of this is of any relevance whatsoever

#1

Do you mean perpendicular to the longitudinal axis?

#4

You don't hear him much now.

#7

This is also the anniversary of Otis Redding's Respect, The Beatles' All You Need Is Love and The Doors' Light My Fire.

#2 it was often heard "this is the best thing until sliced bread!"

I have given the theme some serious thought. The artist should really be one who took influences from before (a knife) but made them into something new. Spawned some imitators from the good old pan loaf (danish, wholemeal etc). Has come in different sizes (thick, thin, medium), caused controversy at the time (sliced bread was banned in the states during the war), might not be your favourite (rolls panninis etc) but you cannot deny the impact on popular culture.

Dont ask me ask John Lennon "Before Elvis, there was nothing"

Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind

or

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds from the Cirque re working Viva! Elvis

still relevant, still inspiring countless artists and fans.....truly the greatest rock artist since sliced bread. Uh huh huh!

keeping it eclectic ...

from the album 'TV Commercial Classics - The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread' (and who are we to argue!)

'Romeo & Juliet: Dance Of The Knights' ~~ Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra & Loris Tjeknavorian

That's me blown it again ...

Ah, it's difficult right enough... one part of me wants to go right up to date because 'the greatest thing since sliced bread' is the last thing you heard which made the greatest impact on you - because 'the greatest thing since sliced bread' is indicative of some new breakthrough.

In which case the latest 'greatest thing since sliced bread' was a track played on Global Gathering by the Norweigan guitarist Knut Reiersrud 'No Problem' - however, no matter how brilliant this 'one of' track does not justify a new benchmark from which all other loaves can be judged.

The problem is then, what is the latest benchmark from which all other loaves can be judged.

Whilst Norrie and John Lennon correctly identify Elvis as having produced the loaf, The Beatles sliced it. The slices include so many firsts it's hard to count them but perhaps their greatest contribution was to free themselves and subsequent generations from the idea that the studio wrote the songs and the artist performed them by rote. They turned down "I Like It" because they had not written it, preferring their own compositions.

Thier example has been a beacon to subsequent talent -no one has redfined the loaf or improved the proposition in any significant way since.

They are, de facto, the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Things We said Today - the Beatles

regardez youse

henri

it's not insomnia, off to Budapest for a few days, a treat from the morons - I knew they'd turn out okay in the end.Worryingly, Smiffy is still in the shower.. need to do cajoling..

Henri - have a great time. A fine city you will enjoy your trip....

.....yeh, have a good time Henri........


One of the best soul singers, converting one of the best country songs into one of the best soul tracks about one of the best things that can happen to you...

You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips


Paul from Ayr

For his versatility, sincerity and lets face it; all round songwriting genius I nominate Chis Wood. I have heard him play to a room of 100 people with just an acoustic guitar, and in complete contrast on a festival stage with the likes of Paul Weller and Billy Bragg but wherever he plays, he seems to wraps you up in his music and posts you to a sublime dimension!

His list of accelades in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ folk awards alone includes:
2011: Folk Singer of The Year
2011: Best Original Song
2009: Folk Singer of The Year
2009: Best Album
2008: Best Traditional Track
2006: Best Original Song

You just donit have to be a "folkie" to get his music – at its heart it's simply decent, honest handmade music for decent, honest handmade people. Something the world needs more than ever right now, wouldn't you say?

Summerfield Avenue
The Cottager's Reply
The Grand Correction
Spitfires

Hmm. Very difficult to narrow down. Do I go for the virtuosity of my newly found favourite guitarist; or the band that knocked me out with their newest album and gig at Òran Mòr; or will I go for the band I saw last night, whose enthusiasm, energy and willingness to engage with fans are pretty irresistible given the incredible catchiness of their tunes.

I know which one I'll still be listening to in 5 years' time (if I'm spared of course).

I know that after about 3 hours' sleep thanks to the buzz of a live gig I'd today favour the songs that are in my head.

Gonna think about it.

Ladies & Gentlemen - Give it up for an author whose books have been translated into 20 languages and have sold over 20 million copies. Let's hear it for a man who was a cartoonist, a poet, a screenwriter and a singer-songwriter.

Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City writes,
"The phrase Renaissance Man tends to get overused these days, but apply it to Shel Silverstein and it practically begins to seem inadequate."


Still Gonna Die - Old Dogs

Or my favourite Dr. Hook song, co-written by Shel & Ray Sawyer

Help Me Mama - Dr. Hook

:o)

Previously on the Blog....

#18 - See #16 on the previous page for the link.

:o)

#16... That'll be CHRIS Wood then....

Through many changes in image and styles over 40 years, David Bowie has remained one of the most influential musicians ever. He has constantly reinvented himself through musical innovation and created a legacy that is second to none.

David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things

#21 Obviously any other Bowie track would be great too ☺

Bowie is the best.

#16 I like the sound of 'a sublime dimension'. Not heard much of his stuff. Have you mentioned him before??

# 24. Mentioned him once or twice Billy but still to get a play.... don't get me wrong, he can occasionally verge on 'durge' territory (my wife thinks so!) but to quote a ´óÏó´«Ã½ source:

"Understatement and intonation are Wood"s trademarks and his scalpel is so artistically applied you scarcely see the cut. Confirms him as one of English music's most potent, if complex, talents.

on sax and flute.

#13 Well put Henri can't disagree with that, off now to think of what was the last tune that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up enjoy Budapest

# Entertaining Glen, but not sure were on the same page.... different Chris Wood... aye and he's nae golfer either!

on bass

OK, Kassidy were superb last night - they really are worth seeing live and hopefully they're going to do really well. I'd certainly go to another gig of theirs, but maybe not one as um intimatel as Cafe Continental where we all melted in the heat of 150 bodies crammed into a very small venue. (And if only those bodies would just stay in one place and enjoy the band instead of going back and forwards endlessly to bar and loo. Cleverly I had chosen to stand on the path of heaviest traffic.) Anyway, was a grand night and the support, a band called The Imagineers were excellent too. I've seldom felt so wired after a gig and that's saying something, but maybe the heat and the hooky tunes, not to mention a kiss from one of the band when we found them cooling off in the car-park behind the cafe! Struth, she's lost it this time a' thegither.

However, they've had a few shouts on GIO recently and in spite of many attempts I've not been able to get Joe Bonamassa played so here goes:

are you missing Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Moore? (don't answer that, Bryan and Babs) - here's the man to fill the gap. But don't just take my . Joe's latest album, Dust Bowl has had a constant battering on my ipod, it's simply superb, not a dud track on it.

He also plays in a band called Black Country Communion with Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian which I've still to listen to, but which is surely heavier than his own stuff.

but tonight, Bryan, please please me and play Joe

Dust Bowl - Joe Bonamassa


So for now, Joe's top of my list and I think it is high time he got an airing on GIO.

#8
Aye Norrie, but nobody makes doughnuts like Ms Craddock's.



I quite like the idea of just having the bread related theme:

Toast
Mouldy Old Dough
Roll Away The Stone
When I Knead you
You Little Toastmaker
Ma Baker
Yeast of Eden
And of course if you put the two thick slices from a plain loaf into the toaster you have to watch for

Both Ends Burning

#31 Is that Virginia Plain?

Zwieback in Black
Seven Seeds of Rye
I Should Be So Luchi
Life's A Fougasse

Loaf? I nearly died - The Rolling Stones
The days before rock cakes and rolls - Van Morrison
King of painini - The Police
French stickin in the USA - Debbie Harry
Bap out of hell - MaltLoaf
Fireboule XLF - Copp, Keith Ferreira & Wadsworth
I saw the croissant, you saw The whole(meal) of the moon - Waterboys

Valerie - The Croutons



Where's Paolo been this past week?

Here is one for Bryan

The Jam - The Buttery Collector

and

Jam Brown - Paps Got A Brande New Bagel

BRING ME THE BREAD OF BOULAN GARIA

#35 taking photos of abandoned cars in fields. Possibly some sort of mid-life crisis.

Blimey...it's impossible to pick just one. Agree with those choosing Elvis, Beatles, Bowie etc. Tempted to opt out of today's theme because it's difficult to choose but I'll plump for a something I've loved since I was a teenager...Jamaican music and the best of what's been influenced by it. I'll not go into a lengthy reasoning behind why I like it so much...suffice to say it makes me feel happy and that's good enough for me.

'Look Who's Dancing' - Ziggy Marley (he's at V festival..The Daughter's so excited)

'Sing A Little Song' - Desmond Dekker

'Love Me Forever' - Carlton and The Shoes

#1, #6, #9

Glen,

Aye.

The other problem is the removal of the choice of slice thickness. All in all a black day for bread consumers.

Budapest is Fantastic! Love it! Weather glorious, warm as Athens but no petrol bombs.

Regarded youse

Henri

Take your time and enjoy it.