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here's something a wee bit different...'Chicken On A Raft' by ex-submariner Cyril Tawney. Chicken on a raft is a Navy dish of fried egg served on fried bread.

I give you three songs which I think are absolutely superb:

Pete Townshend - The Sea Refuses No River

Roseanne Cash and Bruce Springsteen - Sea of Heartache

The Black Keys - Oceons and Streams

Steven Lindsay - Submarine

All tremendous

#2 Which one's not so good?

#3 They are all great!

#87 previous thread

Sorry MD! I hardly know how to work the thing - although I'm sure it's dead simple, it confuses the hell out of me. Iwent to become an MD follower and thought I was about to delete the contact,so reversed it. i'll have another go at at working the thing.

Age doesn't come alone, as they say.

regardez vous

henri

ps same goes for Norrie.

Wolfstone - 'Tall Ships'

ahhhh, there's nothin' better than a good song about the sea...........
we're a sea faring nation and never never shall be slaves................

'la mer'.................charles trenet

'the sea captain'................sandy denny

'the sea calls'..................richard hawley

'the good ship kangaroo'...........planxty

'the fishermen's song'......................silly wizard

'mingulay boat song'................richard thomson

'coisich a'ruin'................na h-oganaich..............(classic about love and the sea..lead singer donnie dotaman!!! gio......mesmerising... atmospheric.... gorgeous)

not to be played on T-time radio but one for the purists............

'bully in the alley'.................three pruned men.............bizarre but glorious!!!

cheers frae the dale

Shame, missed opporchancity tonight!

Can but try for tomorrow...

Waves ~ Blancmange
Scuba Scuba ~ T. Revillos
Stringray ~ Barry Gray
Aqua Marina ~ Barry Gray
Toiler On The Sea ~ T. Stranglers
Sink The Bismarck ~ Johnny Horton

or one from one of scotland's best ceilidh dance bands who know a thing or two about the sea..................

'oidche mhath'...................vatersay boys................a band guarenteed to have the nation birlin' in their 'but an' bens' and jiggin' roond the lemongrass texmex hotpot...........

cheers frae the dale

Let's have another go:

Into The Murky Water - The Leisure Society

and, of course, one of the great tracks of the sea - about whaling -

Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain

maybe a couple more to follow.

regardez youse

henri

Scrub Blancmange... so bloody obvious that the Production Team cited it!

Replace it with Kishmul's Galley ~ T. Corries >8-)

'Sea Cruise' - Frankie Ford...a classic!

Lou Reed - Waves of Fear

Lou Reed - The Heroine

#9

I'll second that - they're great

Cearcal a Chuain - Runrig -
or
The Ocean Road - Runrig

World Party - Ship of Fools

Boo Hewerdine - I Remember /The Ship Song

and here's one for Mr Git

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

here's another few:

Pouring water On A Drowning Man - James Carr

Saltwater - Chicane

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney someone texted in for this tonight - it should have been played, here's another chance to hear this ignored Macca classic.

could someone put a shout in for the only version of Proud Mary worth hearing?

regardez youse

henri

#18 LOL.

One for you Gaie, Tall Ships ~ Wolfstone

Oh yes, madmac, thank you - oft requested etc etc, maybe you'll have more luck

Funeral Of 'Queen Mary' ~ Wendy Carlos




























This would sharpen you up and get you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

you could always and save her from the knacker's yard

#20. Ahem!...see #6...for Gaie too! :o)

'Agony' ~~ Eels

pleasingly clever ...

#20 just noticed Julie already put that one up - well, seconded and thirded


Free - Twin Atlantic
The Trip to Pirates' Cove - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Ship of Fools - Bob Seger

#23

Gettin' her back home might be as problematic as the sea trials... she might get stuck at Breardmore Corner again!

Oh.. and..

Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

I love this.. completely surreal, although a bit obvious..

regardez youse

henri

Beardmore... d'oh!

#27

I seem to remember that Kaverner had a little difficulty getting as far as Beardmore corner... repeated bouncing of the Clydeside Expressway... folk were taking bets on it?

regardez youse

henri

'Cross the Ocean' ~~ The Real McKenzies

#28...'La Mer' - Charles Trenet...only slightly less obvious...I love the original!

or...Charles Trenet - 'Boum' (sic)...for the sailors!

"You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea"

'Tupelo Honey' - Van Morrison

#30

So did UIE ;-)

Sailing - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
Ships in the night - Be Bop Deluxe
The downeaster "Alexa" - Billy Joel
I name this ship survival - Cado Belle
La mer - Charles Trenet
Sailing - Christopher Cross
White winter hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Low rising - the Swell Season

Joe
Linlithgow

Almost forgot, my favourite track from this growing classic:

Taste the Coast - Admiral Fallow

and for good measure

Lost At Sea - Rory Gallagher

regardez youse

henri

Captain Dread (Walk The Plank Mix) ~ Dreadzone

'Sea of Love' - take your pick...Phil Phillips, The Honey Drippers, Cat Power, Robert Plant, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, Del Shannon...or

for a reggae flavour...Horace Andy or The Heptones

OK Vic, a double whammy here:

Ocean Drive - The Lighthouse Family

Forecast is good for the weekend so I'll be sailing to Port Edgar Marina in the yacht then heading in to Edinburgh on Saturday night after the Scots beat the Irish at Murrayfield. Looking forward to the bloggers meet up in town. Feel free to come along if you fancy a pint Vic!

DC

#37

Huge 2nd madmac - are the only ones on the planet who get this?

I gave up requesting Dreadzone when Vic didn't play them on John Peel night - although it's quite possible it wasn't in the library.

regardez vous

henri

#38 the one that got played in the movie was good

#39 and bring some tales of the sea along! should be good DC

and lucky for Uncle Vic......"another chance to play...." as Auntie Beeb is fond of saying......

Ocean and a Rock - Lisa Hannigan

OR

Sea Song - Lisa Hannigan

from...


Sea Sew


Paul from a once bonnie seaside town

#31 great choice!! 'mon, Vic, time for the Real McKenzies!

- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

WEDNESDAY


joe-k-brown is back! That's a good start to the day!

:-)


'Sailin' Shoes' - Little Feat

'Harbor Lights' - Boz Scaggs

'The Whaler's Dues' - Jethro Tull

'The Jolly Captain' - Jake Thackray

'North Sea Oil' - Jethro Tull ~ for EC

'And the Tide Rushes In' - The Moody Blues

'The Water is Wide' - Michelle Shocked & Fiachna Ó Braonáin

'Riding the Waves (for Virginia Woolf)' - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel



My final suggestion is a song which surprisingly fits this theme. Oft requested, etc.

'For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me' - Jethro Tull

A musical recount of the Apollo 11 mission to land in the Sea of Tranquility.


>8-D

#18

Doña Broon,

I thank you, 'tho I fear that in matters of The Mighty Tull Uncle Vic is severely restricted; i.e. it's 'Living in the Past' or nowt.

I would, however, be delighted were I proved to be mistaken in this regard...

ROXY MUSIC
'Sea Breezes' (or Bryan Ferry's solo version) also covered by Souixsie and The Banshees
'She Sells' a pun on Sea Shells and also from the album 'Siren'


BRYAN FERRY
Lowlands Low (with Antony from Antony And The Johnsons)


The Cruel Ship's Captain

Previously on the Blog....

I can remember being bathed in a sink! I don't think it would be feasible now. I'm not quite so petite as I was!

;o)


Make Me An Island - Joe Dolan

Bottom Of The Sea - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

:o)

Nae doot you'll be getting a lot of requests for Bobby Darin

Let's do the slightly alternative thing and play the track from which it *ahem* draws heavily:

* Charles Trenet - La Mer
(as suggested by Mr Kelvin, Mr Brown and Ms fromEdinburgh above)

The requests above also suggest tonight could be a good night for Scottish acts from the Highlands and Islands - I'll add

* Runrig - The Ferry
* Runrig - Day in a Boat
* Capercaille - Fear a' Bhata

I'll +1 to Sandy Denny too

'a drop of nelson's blood'..............jarvis cocker from the double cd 'rogues gallery'
most of them pretty filthy lol.

cheers frae the dale

#47

Quite right Captain - Vic, scrap my request for Beyond the Sea - they'll be plenty for that, right enough.

regardez - youse

henri

Woofy Caption Comp..............

'i used to be the sitting member for ely you know.....woof woof'


another winner.............a couple o' they big bags o' food'll dae fine thx.

cheers frae the dale

Wondering if
* The Men They Couldn't Hang - The Colours
would be too far from theme..?

Definitely on theme:
* Maddy Prior & June Tabor (aka The Silly Sisters) - The Grey Funnel Line
or if you can find the brilliant Bringing It All Back Home compilation from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ series of the same name, then the version by
* Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane & Mary Black
is fantastic

To add to the folky vibe we're getting
* Capercaille - Fisherman's Dream
and to follow La Sandy:
* Fairport Convention - Sailing Boat

* Rico - Sea Cruise
as we never get many instrumentals - but if you insist on vocals, it's a great Ska cover of a 50s track by
* Frankie Ford & Huey Piano Smith & Orchestra

* The Pogues - Thousands are Sailing
although on the abovementioned Bringing It All Back Home compilation, there's a great Phil Chevron solo version.

Any Blue Peter badge-holders going for Mike Oldfield?

...and still not (quite) finished:

* All About Eve - Martha's Harbour

and I've loads of even more folky ones going towards Piracy, but I'll spare you.

#51 Grey Funnel Line - written by Cyril Tawney (see #1). Just watched June Tabor sing a bit of it on youchoob...God she's dull...had to turn it off before I felt any more of an urge to jab myself in the eye with a pen! Cyril's own version's much easier-listening...he has a very good voice.

He also wrote Sally Free and Easy which has been sung by a wheen o' folk.

Björk - The Anchor Song
The Coral Sea - Look At Her Face
Keane - Atlantic
Camera Obscura - French Navy
All About Eve - Martha's Harbour

Mark Knopfler / James Taylor - sailing For Philadelphia

British Sea Power - Waving Flags
Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift

i have just consulted the man on the clapham omnibus and he says there aren't enough instrumentals on GIO, vic

he offered 2 crackin' suggestions........................

'kon-tiki'.....................the shadows (if yer no sure look it up)

'atlantis'.....................the shadows

cheers frae the dale

After taste...

Fae the movies,
Black Pearl ~ Horace Faith
Weird goings on,
Bermuda Triangle Blues (flight 45) ~ Blondie
more than planes have gone missing!
The Moon influences it all,
The Tide Is High ~ T. Paragons

#53

Respectfully hugely disagreeing about June Tabor - while the video may be dull as ditchwater, close your eyes and listen to the incredibly rich, resonant voice.

I've an .

#59 Also respectfully...close my eyes?...I was very nearly comatose!

- The Boy's Brigade Choir


"Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;"

Hebrews 6:19


{:-{)}

#61 @ ya jesus

thats a great song........steadfast and sure as the billows roll....................

cheers frae the dale

Here Vic this might help. Someone could nip out to the shops for you:

#63

You can buy them from Placebos'R'Us and noempiricalevidencethattheywork.com

A few choices for tonight:
Scott Walker singing Jim Webb's "If Ships Could Sail"
Procol Harum "A Salty Dog"
BeachBoys "Sail On Sailor"
Randy Newman "Sail Away"
Laurie Anderson "Freefall"
Cheers,Willie Bartke

Vic,

How about "sealion" by Feist for today's nautical theme??

Cheers,

David

HAUL AWAY from THE WORKS by SPIERS & BODEN

AYBEE SEA from BURNT WEENY SANDWICH by THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION

ONCE UPON AN OCEAN from SWEET DECEIVER by KEVIN AYERS

TROPICAL FISH SELENE from CAMEMBERT ELECTRIQUE GONG

NEON MEATE DREAM OF A OCTAFISH from TROUT MASK REPLICA by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND

GOT A BUZZ ON from WE SAW A BOZO UNDER THE SEA by ZOOT HORN ROLLO

TRUMPET HORNPIPE SAILOR'S ALPHABET from BABBACOMBE LEE by FAIRPORT CONVENTION

Go on Vic, push the boat out.

HORNPIPES FISHERMAN'S LILT CRONIN'S HORNPIPE from THE WELL BELOW THE VALLEY by PLANXTY

Henri.... Cover your ears yer songs on!

A ship called ................

Has 'Dignity' overtaken 'Hanging on the Telephone' yet? Not that I care.......

MY FATHER WAS A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER from NO RUINOUS FEUD by THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

SURFIN' USA from LIVE LOVE LARF LOAF by FRENCH FRITH KAISER AND THOMPSON

YE MARINERS ALL from PUNCH BOWL by SETH LAKEMAN

No, no rivers. We ain't doin' rivers. Seas, oceans, tides, beaches, but nae rivers. None. Absolutely not.