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'I'm Gonna Put You In Your Place' ~~ Fats Waller

guess everyone's been there ...

'No Feelings' ~~ Sex Pistols

know who I mean MMac?

Just Do It - James Brown

- B.B. King

MONDAY


My Baby Don't Tolerate - Lyle Lovett





>8-D

Big Boss Grove - The Style Council

Has to be 'The Boss' by James Brown!

Being in control, how about, and dinnae laugh, Drama Queen by Lindsay Lohan?

"That girl was a wild child dreamer but she found herself
'Cause she believes in nothin' else
And you'll look back and you won't believe
That girl was me"

Susan

Fat Cats - Mother Gong

Bobbie Gentry - Big Boss Man

sheer class

BRING ME THE HEAD HONCHO OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Brass in Pocket, by the Pretenders.

MONDAY


I'm in Charge - Bruce Forsyth

#7, #11

Susan, Anne,

Welcome! Come awa' ben.

:o)

Mr Big Stuff by Jean Knight

'Mr. Big Stuff
Who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love'

#13 Cheers ma dear! Aye, it's fair braw here!

Bossy by Kelis ~

'You don't have to love me
You don't even have to like me
But you will respect me
You know why?
Coz I'm a boss!'

A lass after my own heart!

in my house i am the boss ( so i think)
in my house someone else thinks she's the boss (so she thinks)
in my house others think they are the boss ( especially one of them thinks they are)
in my house my dog thinks he is the boss (so he thinks)
the truth lies somewhere between sky sports and the movie channel
in my house no one has ultimate control (except me so i think)
in my house no one is the boss (no one agrees to that, i've asked)
there is a problem with the concept of boss and control
because even THE boss isn't sure sometimes.
even THE boss can't make sense of the world
even THE boss is wracked with uncertainty
this boss doesn't have control
but he is still THE boss

lily allen, bless her, understands all this......hers is a great BOSS

'Him'.............lily allen

cheers frae the dale

It's great to have new bloggers / welcome everyone!

Awww, thanks Norrie! I was a regular on t'other side (Chris Evans blog) but havenae been on in a wee while! Nice to find a nice wee quiet spot o' like minded folk!

And I dinnae hae to speak posh for the Sassanachs here!

Where is the love / Delegation

There was also a song about being a gangleadet. Wonder what ever became of the singer.

# previously on a number of blogs @ ya henri

'tis a subject matter to be returned to......

e.g.......why the peece in a sunblest bag? and not milanda?

is raki the working man's chianti?
it would render you incapable of readin' the first line of the eye test nivver mind a big book aboot the dow jones index.

cheers frae the dale

A wee double for Babs:

Mick Jagger - She's The Boss

Mick Jagger - Hard Woman

The latter a cracker

#13 a new identity???

Where's Aggie?

"Shape of things to come" - Headboys




DC

#23

Since Henri broke Senga's heart, she has turned to religion for solace. Safely ensconced with the Sisters of Perpetual PMS, she has forsworn the pleasures of the flesh and only has eyes for Jesus.

It's a hard habit to break...

#2 And there was me thinking...

Chuck E's In Love ~ Rickie Lee Jones ;-(

#22 not forgetting
she drives me crazy / Fine Young Cannibals :-)

Playing by the Rules / Michael McDonald
Gotta Change the Rules / Robert Cray Band

Creeque Alley / Mamas and the Papas

(We're the Royal Mcadamia Nuts)- The Turtles

Macadamia

Willin' - Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen

Bending the Rules - Little Milton

Anything by programme favourites Bronski Beat would do. Jimmy Somerville always sounds as if he's just had his boss kicked.

well its off for some culture...........no, not edinboro'
ilkley.
then onto posh harrogate..............atkinson grimshaw exhibition.
so as i drive over the moors i'll be trynin' tae think o' some mair bossy sangs.

lock up yer spas......glesca's approachin'!!

cheers frae the dale

yep remembered wan already....................

'finders keepers'.................chairman of the board.................

from the minutes of a recent RBS executive meeting held behind closed doors (alledgedly)

cheers frae the dale

Bryan,

Kindly disregard #5 & #12. I have just remembered the perfect song for this theme. (Oft requested, etc. etc.) Here is a wee sample of the lyrics;


"Oh, Mr. Sellack,

Can I have my job back?

I've run out of money again...


Now, the only thing I want

Is to have my old job back again.

I won't be nasty to customers no more;

When they send their burgers back

I'll tell them that I'm sorry."


Your audience has been deprived of this song for too long. It's time has come.


Mr. Sellack - The Roches


It's pure dead brilliant, by the way.

:o)

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It's - It is

Its - Possessive



I'll never be allowed to forget this...

#35 are you going to the moor ba't'at?
Say hello to my auntie Doreen.

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I'll - I will

Ill - No' well

Nowell - Christmas

#34 hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! Brilliant!

Dolly ramorra can't wait what about 9 - 5 cause she moans about her boss in it xx

I just don't get it, Monday's theme that is..
More servile self-seeking attempts to win favour by flattering a colleague!
Let us mark the return of a Beeb employee from annual leave with a another lame theme... sweet!

#6

is mis-spelt - it is, of course, Big Boss Groove - the style council

regardez youse

henri

It's quite narrow, this theme...there's the tale of career planning in

Nik Kershaw's Stevie Wonder impersonation Human Racing

.... and The Who's - Won't Get Fooled Again in whch the new boss is reminicent of the old boss..

...and Pink Floyd's - Have a Cigar but other than that it's onto authority figures...

The Captain - Laughing Lenny it would be realy good to hear this..

Brick House (live) - the Commodores

Sargeant Rock - XTC

that'll do.

regardez youse

henri

I'm hoping that the listeners' magnanimity on Friday in asking for songs they didn't like, but which they knew other people did, will be marked by a return gesture from the GIO team.

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We'll - We will

Well - No' ill

exam papers for the current English usage module will be sent out on Wednesday and must be returned by Friday to

- Young MC

A chance to hear an X-Factor hopeful:

My Boss R. Ritchie - Akani Cope

Would have been Joe Strummers birthday today.

Clash - Career Opportunities (the version on Live at Shea is very good)

To me, the Clash's combination of powerful guitars with feeble vocals was always a disappointment.

She'll - She will

Shell - Leaky pipes

He'll - He will

Hell - Other people

He'll - He will

Lesson - English grammar tips

Le son - my wean

, I'm The Corporal ~ Tony Selby

Captain of your ship / reperata and the delrons

Lol laighing out loud
L'ol little old

Laighing?

The theme from Malcolm in the middle show

ma soeur - my sister

masseur - my brother-in-law

Command Counsel ~ Poet And The Roots >;-0

Silent Command ~ Cabaret Voltaire >;-)

In My Command ~ Crowded House 08-(














but reckon Bryan and the happy drive-time radio crew will dig this , Doctor's Orders ~ Carol Douglas

...and again (yawn)...most of my 'line managers' have been Majors and the 'Big Boss' is The General...

'Generals and Majors' - XTC

Monte Carlo...a fashionable european resort
Monte Plums ... Ah canny afford to go

Laura Nyro american singer
Laura Norda english legal system

#64

Whit! nae Chain Of Command ~ XTC then?

#67 OOh! Good one Mac. Not played on GIO before either!

Laura Brannigan Self Control

Hi-energy 80's sound - bound to be a hit on the blog...... ;o)
Takes me back, anyway.

Under My Thumb - Wayne Gibson


Paul from Ayr

#70 Good one, Paul. Makes a refreshing change from the RS.

Also reminded me of

Under Your Thumb - Godley and Creme

A song that is all about tables being turned in a relationship that would be good to hear, seeing as it's oft been requested...
Julie London Cry Me A River

Ah.. I think this qualifies...

Up The Ladder To The Roof - the Supremes

regardez youse

henri

Your Mother Should Know - the Beatles

Ride captain ride / Blues Image
Big american hit in the 60s

The modern way / Kaiser Chiefs
Dear Mr president / Pink


#51
Or even Complete Control ?

There's a song about the weather chief but we won't go there. Amazing how many themes that dirge fits though.

Not sure if these are all on-theme, but.................
I am what I am OR I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
Fool if you think it's over - Chris Rea
Work to do - Allison Moorer
My life - Billy Joel
My way - Sinatra

Joe
Linlithgow

#77 @ ya paolo............yer auntie doreen is fine but she's wonderin' when yer gonnae send back that tenner you borrowed...............

cheers frae the dale

#71 thanks MD, it's the version I remember from the 70s, i know it's really the Stones' song but I checked out theirs and didn't really like it.

regarding Godley & Creme, they did quite a lot of weird stuff around the "L" period but that track you mentioned is one of their better ones

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

so burnett you hae this plan to market a breakfast delicacy using fat, flour and salt, eh?
well son, i heard they wid be tastier if they were well FIRED.
like you son. F I R E D !! (geddit?)

ha ha..............payment please in thon new scottish currency groabees

FIRED!!! ( too funny)

cheers frae the dale

#76 Complete Control would be excellent thanks Paolo for remonder. Apologies to glen oops ericinelgin for another suggestion of weak Strummer vocals.

He makes John Inman sound like Meatloaf

The letter of resignation you send to your boss...

'Please Release Me' - the (much better than Englebert's) Johnny Adams version.

#63
MM, that reminds me of....

"There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said, here comes the big boss, lets get it on"

Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

I Am A Child - Neil Young

....Neil gets bounced on the knee of an older, wiser person.....


She Belong's To Me - Bob Dylan

....Does she Bob? The lyrics say otherwise......


2nds for Have a Cigar, great shout Henri!!!



What's not to get?????!!!


Paul from Ayr

There's that darned apostrophe turned up again

OUT damned spot with a wee tail....

If it's turned up isn't it an inverted comma?

#88 @ ya erico

enoughs enough's enough. i think you should put a full stop to this now.

cheers frae the dale

Punktuation

Right

I have requested this many a time before. If it's not bang on theme for tonight then nothing is.

Can we please have

* Woody Guthrie - Union Maid
not least so everyone can see the source of The Strawbs' utter theft and twisting.

or failing that:
* Loudon Wainwright III - Be Careful There's A Baby In The House
because once that happens, you lose any illusions of being the boss.

It was reported in The Herald a few years ago that a sign had been spotted in a Glezgy bakers' shop:

"Today's Special - Fresh Gateaux's"

'Surely the wors't mi'su'se of the apo'strophe ever?

DC

DC,

#94 excellent research. I particularly liked the reference to the glottal stop (though why the word "glottal" should contain two "t"s and so render the glottally inclinded pronunciation incorrect beasts me).

In the East Neuk, we have a phrase which avoids use of consonants when employing the glottal stop:

Question: "What's happened to your fish supper?"

Answer: "A e' i' a'"

Beasts me? Looks like the "s" has started to play up now....

I'm inclinded to think that DC is Norrie MacLean

#95

My old hero,Jack Bruce on bass,I believe, his only collaboration with Zappa.

The bass playing is great, quite unusual for Jack to play that 'fuzzy bass' sound and although he (apparently) later denied it, I can tell it's him.

Is Jim Gordon really in the pokey?

regardez youse

henri

#99

He has the Supideo Complex - killed his mother and married his father