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Alison,

Hallo, hen! Howzitgaun?

Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon - Hours of harmless fun - ask the neighbours

FRIDAY


Assuming 20 minutes playing time on each side of a vinyl LP record, I would listen to sides 1, 2 and 4 of Jethro Tull's double-album Living in the Past

(No-one listens to side 3. Not more than once).

I may as well take this opporchancity of requesting the two songs which were so casually dismissed by our beloved presenter on Wednesday.


Life is a Long Song - Jethro Tull ~ 3:17

Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull ~ 4:22


As my very favourite (not to mention prettiest) guest presenter, I know you are not subject to any twisted impulses to deprive your audience of this wonderful music.

In anticipation of a wonderful show,

I remain,

Your obedient Git

Hud on now, is this theme gonny change to a dozen singles fae a variety o' years?


Ah'm just sayin...........

Jeezo!
Every suggestion I make to this programme is considered as if it's my last so way this lame theme idea?

At'cha Git... good-luck with the Tull, it ain't ever gonnae happen!

I'm finding it hard to decide, but my options are:
Born to run - Springsteen (please play title track)
El Corazon - Steve Earle (please play Here I am)
Wecking Ball - Emmylou Harris (please play Orphan Girl)
Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs (please play What can I say)

Joe
Linlithgow

Just thought of anouther one. I haven't played it for a while:
Songs for swinging lovers - Sinatra (please play You make me feel so young)

J
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It's an interesting proposition: I can't remember the last time I sat down and properly listened to a whole album, because the ipod/computer has changed the way I listen.

How it works is like this. I have a playliist of new music - it's about 3000 tracks - I'll buy an album, add it to that playlist and it runs on shuffle - so I listen to lots of bits of albums, randomly, and then I kind of mentally join up the dots when I've figured out who the artist is in my head (it isn't always obvious).

Eventually, when I've made sence of the thing by accidentally hearing a few tracks over a period of maybe weeks or months I go back and consider the album as a complete work, by going to the computer and playing the 'missing' tracks - which is then easy because I'm familar with enough of it to know how I properly feel about it.

It was in this way that i came to love things I wouldn't have assumed I otherwise would have.

Consequently, for this theme I don't know where to begin.

An hour to myself: an album;

Janelle Monae - The Archandroid - track: either 'Locked Inside' or 'Cold War'

But you could pick any of the tracks on this, just the greatest production, a beautifully made album, there's so much going on, sublime talent.

Imagine that, after all these years I fall for a concept album with great musicianship, wonderful guitars, melodic songs, sublime vocals, and a kind of theme running through it.The Sgt Pepper of the decade - watch this space: superstar status to follow.

regardez vous

henri

well if its the witchin' hour or there abouts, i'm usually 'dale_cinema_taxis'...so i'll be listening to the car radio.............however if i were to be sittin' in the hoose i would want to listen to something that will not 'dae ma nut in'............sadly there are very few pop albums that have the staying power of 1 hour.
one that does (and i am aware that i will come in for some incredulous gasping...ah don't care btw) is .................

'sunshine on leith'...............they twa....................i have a soft spot for fife.

please play........ 'what do you do'?........................a great song with some nice lyrics and guitar...........they're braw.

and if sumdee said the cd is broken, well i would have tae go for a suite for the uillean pipes.............the most astonishing instrumental in the past 30 years...........

'newfoundland'..................from 'the brendan voyage'.......liam og flynn....genius supreme.

cheers frae the dale

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Gasp!

Alison its your show. Change the theme!

What a nice tribute tonight to a stalwart of GIO for many years!

I will spend the hour re-visiting and enjoying the lp Trocadero, from w hich the title cut is:

Showaddywaddy - Trocadero

#6

Did you get the Emmylou album from Jonathan Ross?

Seeing that 'American Idiot' managed to pass the 'naughty test', could we please have a future theme where the use of the fader/bleeper or other form of technical wizardry is used, to allow us a themed night of:

'Bleeper Bliss'

... songs that we never hear coz of 1/2 moments of perceived grammatical 'misappropriateness'?

(eg. 'Working Class Hero')

... commended to the GIO think tank ...

#14 absolutely, there's a superb song I'd love played that only needs one bleep.

Extra hour, late at night - yes, the book's fallen on the floor and I'm sound asleep.

Well anyway, if I were listening to something late at night I'd choose my newest CD, Bon Iver. A birthday present from my son who seems able to pick very decent music for me without resort to old favourites. Love this album and it's won Q 'best new album' award so I'm not the only one and the band had a rave review in the Herald this week.

Towers - Bon Iver

#14

It could be coupled with a "Guess The Missing Word" competition in aid of Children In Need.

# various re beeps........

yes it was well noted this side of the dale.......

so during my extra hour the morra i will listen to this lovely wee song (20 times)............

'beep beep'...............the playmates (if that name is allowed on a T-time show lol)

cheers frae the dale

It is likely that you will be in a secure unit before the hour is up.

Some 'spring forward fall back' suggestions for consideration

Border Reiver or Piper To The End / Mark Knopfler (from the Get Lucky Album)

If This Is Goodbye / Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harrisis (All The Roadrunning)

Just Like You / Keb Mo (Title track from album, features Bonnie Raitt & Jackson Browne on vocals, what's not to like?)

King / UB40 (From the Signing Off Album)

I'd happily listen to any one, or combination of all, of the afore mentioned albums to get me through the repeat hour.

Al.

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#16
#17

thank you all ... appreciated!

any thoughts, GIO producer in residence?

one album, which for many reasons, I never tire hearing, and usually always play from start to finish, is

'Never Mind the B*llocks'

Seems to hit the spot with the force of a 6 pack of Red Bull (other brands being equally available etc ...)

For a change, any chance of 'EMI' ???

Just ordered tickets for the queen of electro - swing, Caro Emerald, at the ABC next March.It should be a good night. I'd happily spend an hour with Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor :

Back It Up - Caro Emerald

or my big fav from this year - The Leisure Society's mix of clever lyrics, melodic lines and whimsical, brilliant playing as demonstrated on this stunning cover version.

Cars - The Leisure Society

and looking back to my yoof, the recently rediscovered Dory Previn

Lady With The Braid - Dory Previn form the beautiful Mythical Kings and Iguanas album of 1971 - one of the highlights of that great album centric year.

regardez youse

henri

Steven Lindsay - Kite

The title track would be good to hear - "we can all but dream" ☺

#21 Bullocks??

well, if it was 'desert island albums' I would also have to inlcude Nitin Sawhney's London Undersound - and The White Album...

Days Of Fire - Nitin Sawhney this is truly excellent, check it out production team

Martha My Dear - The Beatles needs no introduction, or at least, it shouldn't. Brilliant use of brass band on Macca's whimsical 'granny s***'' as John called it. But he's great at it. Mental, love it.

regardez youse

henri

#22 should be a good gig. Got you Big Dish tickets yet?

#26

Yep, Smiffy & Moi, it'll be a busy time.. spoilt for choice .. Jack Bruce & Lau.. Love & Money...and doubtless others I haven't read about yet.

but I'll be catching up on my old Big Dish CD's.. and not wanting to take away from the shout for 'Kite' but.... how about..

The Big Dish - Faith Healer great record, Steven's voice absolutely perfect on this .... Going to the Big Dish gig, Billy?

regardez - vous

henri

#24

The Chief Defect of Henry King
Was chewing little bits of String.

For every time She shouted "Fire!"
They only answered "Little Liar!"

Never mind the Belloc's

#15

Most egregious use of the vocal fade option:
* Teenage Dirtbag
as none of the words are all that naughty.

Bowl-locks.. maybes aye, maybes naw!

May I suggest the Skin 'Em Up LP by the Shakin' Pyramids on the Cuba Libre label, "Tennessee Rock N Roll" please.

Great Albums:

Wow, well, this could be a long list if I wanted, but I'm going to limit to the following:

* Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - title track please
The soundtrack to my (very mellow) late teenage years. Far better than my classmates' angst riven listening (The Smiffs)

* The Fratellis - Costello Music, from which Flathead
Not a duff track on it - brilliant bouncy music, criminally overlooked by GiO for being (a) overtly Scottish and (b) not the Proclaimers or Deacon Blue. Extra marks for the brilliant of the album name.

* Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
OK, the other half of my late teenage listening, showing it wasn't all that mellow after all. Let's have Lavender rather than Kayleigh

* Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion, from which Grace Kelly (Acoustic version for pref)
Again, not a duff track on it, but a huge ear-to-ear grin throughout.

* The Alarm - Declaration from which 68 Guns
Wonderfully over-produced, this is anthemic earnest rock at its anthemic earnest-est. Those U2 boys could learn a thing from them.

* The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses from which She Bangs the Drums
One of those albums that just captured the time perfectly yet hasn't aged a bit. 22 years ago? You're 'avin' a larf, right? Those Frightened Rabbit kids would wish they'd done this.

* Blur - Parklife from which Parklife
Still makes me do the bouncy, 17 years later.

the stone roses by the stone roses. my daughter Ellie is 5 months old and already a fan.

What about classic *compilation* albums..?

Music to Watch Girls By
* Doris Day - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Tom Jones - Reloaded
* Tom & Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come


* Catatonia - Road Rage
* Manic Street Preachers - Design for Life


And I have a huge softness for a tape compilation I had:

from the days before NTWICM came along and blew them away
* Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians
* Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
* Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
* XTC - Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
are still some of my favourite tracks

But most of all - and the reason for thinking of compilations:

If It Wisnae for the Union - STUC Centenary Album
* Dick Gaughan - Both Sides The Tweed

for Campbell Christie who died today.

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Alvin Stardust is in Greenock tonight.

I guess Gaie will have to hear her request on Listen Again...

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Joe's on a roll...

Not Tull again

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I kent mah favourite quine widnae' let me doon!


Thanks, Alison! Thanks, Miss Babs!

XXX

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In a glutton, Al.

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Eric,

Seems Norrie ain't gonna let go of the "Gram Parsons cannae sing" thing.


He can be so childish...


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At least Bruce can sing. A pity he only knows one song.

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