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Family man - Hall and Oates
Crescent City - Emmylou Harris (for the line about my brother always knowing where the best bars are!)

More to follow


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Linlithgow

FRIDAY



First the lassies:

Circle Dance - Bonnie Raitt ~ all about her Daddy


Mother Stands for Comfort - Kate Bush ~ Indeed! But...

...not all Mothers...

Mama Here, Mama Gone - Mary Gauthier ~ Heartbreaking


To Daddy - Emmylou Harris ~ written by Dolly for Emmylou



and now the boys:

"Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire

Laid by the father for the son."
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Farm on the Freeway - Jethro Tull

Memories of my (then 3 year-old) daughter on a video tape recorded by her mother in a red Mustang being driven by my favourite sister-in-law in Southern California. Farm on the Freeway was playing on the car radio.


"Yeah, my whole family done gave up on me,

And it makes me feel oh so bad.

The only one who'll hang out with me

Is my dearÌýOLD GRAND-DAD..."
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I Drink Alone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers


My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died - Roger Miller

:o)

Bruce Springsteen -

The Wish (great wee song about his Mum and getting his first guitar at Christmas)

My Fathers House

Blood Brothers (a cracker)

Iris Dement:

No Time To Cry

Childhood Memories


Any of the above are great songs.

David Bowies BEST EVER song:

Bewlay Brothers

Often requested etc...


Mother - Pink Floyd

#5

Agreed. Really Christmassy too: about his brother's mental illness?

Henri - you are spot on. Obviously important to Bowie as he named his publising company for years after the song. There is an alternate mix on the Ryko re-issue of Hunky Dory which is just superb.....I could send it along but they are not getting my original CD.....

ps Bowie has only ever played the song once live. Live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ so maybe they can put their hands on that tape......a brilliant 2002 performance.

I think #6 re #5 means #4

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Good to see the spirit of Christmas lives on

#9 I think you re right. Regrding #6 re #5 meaning #4

#10 What happened there then?

Seems the poignancy of "the all-time winner" strikes again ;-(










Balls! There I said it and the "train" hasn't stopped!

Aerials Up - All Your Mother's Daughters

The Black Keys - Sister

Family_ songs I have suggested by e-mail
'Look Mama' by Howard JONES
'Tenderness on the block' by Warren ZEVON or 'Wild age' by the same artist.
I have also suggested 'Hulyet'_ it is a very lively upbeat Yiddish song. It would be fabulous if Bryan and his team could find the version by Moshe Leiser, Ami Flammer and Gérard Barreaux. The song features on an album titled 'Tendresse et rage'

#13

Mars Bonfire,

If that is indeed the reason, there is a lack of consistency. We hear worse every time Oliver's Army is played. (Once every three weeks, on average).

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Hasn't stopped? It hasn't even slowed down!


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#15 Ahhhhhhhh, just realised who you are!
Always imagined it was "Krist Of Nod". Your track record is good on email. So much so I notice Oor Henri reverts to it now and again during a dry spell.

#16 Or even "Money For Nothing", Mr Gut.

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Fag, Gut?

Here, has Bryans head been stuck on there? Like they did with Chris Evans (the actor) in the recent Captain America - The First Avenger flick?


Maybe there is a plan to do Captain Aberdeen - The First Imp.

More info about 'Hulyet'. I thought it was the opening track to 'Tendresse et rage' [ well in fact, the album is titled 'Yiddish songs' if you go to Amazon.co.uk]
But no, it is the second track. Still believe it is an old man addressing his grand children and saying 'play, play little children do not waste a single moment....'

While Judy Collins is most well known for championing the songs of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell in the 60s she was no slouch as a songwriter herself.However,beautiful as her original recording of "My Father"is ,there is a stunning cover by Nina Simone that I find really moving.Well,thats me off into the sunset today with my not so "gold plated pension".A wee job in theThe House of Lidl beckons.Merry Christmas and all the best dor 2012,Cheers,Willie Bartke

"Christmas (Baby Come Home)" - Joey Ramone

And some Dad Rock (or in this case, some Dads rocking)

"Stuck Between Stations" - The Hold Steady



Are you a fan Norrie? In the same way that Roxy John is a fan of David Sylvian?

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Christophe NAUD,

There is a brief explanation which I hope you find helpful.


:o)

Adam very much so. Stuck Between Stations is great. And the Gaslight Anthem. This clip reminds me so much of Brooooces favourite Joe Strummer:

Christophe - nice to see you on the blog.

some general family ones:

Rag Mama Rag - The Band
My Father's Coat - James Grant
Little Sister - Codeine Velvet Club
Brother Don't You Walk Away - the Hooters

one for my daughter, Hazel, who doesn't mind coming to Barrowlands with me as long as she can stand 3 feet behind:

I Don't Know - Kassidy

one for my son whose eclectic musical taste will hopefully enrich my CD collection shortly, hint, hint, Ross:

Book of Golden Stories - Runrig

and for everyone on the blog, without whom my life would be duller:

With a Little help from My Friends - Joe Cocker

a very very Happy Christmas to youse all!

Nollaig Chridheil

#25
Good clip Norrie. Brooce is looking weel!

#27

Feliz Natal para todos!

The son of Hickory Holler's tramp - O C Smith
This is us - Knopfler/Harris
Father to son - Queen
Carry on my wayward son - Kansas
A boy named Sue - J Cash

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Linlithgow

# 24 Hello Scotch. Yes, I have watched it. I have 'Tendresse et rage' here on CD. I can say that I much prefer the version by Moshe Leiser, Ami Flammer and Gérard Barreaux. You will not find it on Youtube; but I very much recommend the whole album; great songs and their interpretation conveys so much emotion and vibrancy.
Anyway, thanks for indicating this particular video clip. :)

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The theme listed here bears little relation (no pun intended) to the theme I'm hearing.

Farm on the Freeway would still work, but.

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Q. How did the laddie who proposed underwater know what she replied?


A. He read her speech bubbles.



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Is Wednesday's show being dumped to accommodate coverage of SPL matches?


We should be telt!

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