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Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Burn It Down" ~ "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels"

Joe Jackson - "One More Time" ~ "Look Sharp"

Talking Heads - "I Zimbra" ~ "Fear Of Music"

WEDNESDAY




Innocence - Kirsty MacColl ~ Kite

The Bitch is Back - Elton John ~ Caribou

Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper ~ Billion Dollar Babies

Songs from the Wood - Jethro Tull ~ Songs from the Wood


and a few Country songs...


Don't Touch My Hat - Lyle Lovett ~ The Road to Ensenada

This is Country Music - Brad Paisley ~ This is Country Music

I Ain't the One - Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)

(What This World Needs is) a Few More Rednecks - Charlie Daniels ~ Simple Man


:o)

Une Nuit a Paris - 10CC, from the album Original Soundtrack

DC

Neneh Cherry - 'Woman' (from Man)

Hard Fi - 'Cash Machine' (from Stars of CCTV)

Dave Edmunds - 'Get Out Of Denver' (from Get It)

Elbow - 'Starlings' (from The Seldom Seen Kid)

John Mayer - 'Waiting On The World To Change' (from Continuum)

Refugee - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky

Charlie Darwin - the Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Dirty Rain - Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire

Sometimes ~ T. Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus What a first line ;-)
Kill The Poor ~ Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables
Suspect Device ~ Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material
Uncontrollable Urge ~ DEVO Are We Not Men
Homicide ~ 999 Separates
Babylon's Burning ~ T. Ruts The Crack

Janie Jones - The Clash, The Clash

Gloria - Patti Smith Group, Horses

Five Years - Bowie, The Rise And Fall of etc

Baba O'reilly - The Who, Who's Next

Circus Games - The Skids, Absoluite Game

but you all know what I want to hear:

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run........

Not the live at Hammersmith version?

NO!!!!!

"Fireball" - Deep Purple

"Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy

From albums of the same name

And in the words of Joe, "more to follow".....


...but only two more, as I try to instigate a "Blog Code Of Conduct" of a max of four shouts per theme.

Ok then AFR as you are seen as Blog Regulator:

Janie Jones - The Clash, The Clash

Gloria - Patti Smith Group, Horses

The Skids, Absoluite Game

but you all know what I want to hear:

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run........

Once Bitten, Twice Shy / Ian Hunter (Ian Hunter)

Midnight Summer Dream / Stranglers (Feline)

Re-Make Re-Model / Roxy Music (Roxy Music)

Fire & Water / Free (Fire & Water)

Loads more but will respect the 4 track guideline.

Al.

Bah, annoyed at missing Tuesday's theme. But kudos for the ELP at the end (even if it was the wrong track - everyone knows it should have been Lucky Man).

Right, onward. The best opening tracks - whether gentle intros, or stompers - all do a great job of announcing: right, sit back; this is what you're in for.

So while there are so, so, so many great tracks that happen to be on Side 1, track 1, great album openers are a different story.

Album Openers
~~~~~~~~~
Probably no co-incidence that this contains quite a few 'story' albums, whether musicals or concept albums (maaan):

* The Saw Doctors - The Green and Red of Mayo (All the Way from Tuam)
For a long time, this was what I woke up to
* This Mortal Coil - Velvet Belly/The Jeweller (Filigree & Shadow)
Also an alarm clock tune - a nice gentle easing into the day (hmmm do we have a theme here..?)
* Runrig - Headlights (The Big Wheel)
Sets the tone of the album beautifully
* Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble (Graceland)
From the opening notes, to the simple fact that it groove you know this ain't your normal Paul Simon album
* Tom Jones - What Good Am I? (Praise and Blame)
Oh, so that's the mood Tom's going for...

And let's address the audience with a narratorial voice:
* Prince - Let's Go Crazy (Purple Rain)
* Jeff Wayne/Richard Burton - Eve of the War (War of the Worlds)
So good, the most recent film version used this pretty much verbatim.
* Pink Floyd - In The Flesh Part I (The Wall)
* The Rocky Horror Show - Opening/Science Fiction (The Rocky Horror Show)

Great First Tracks
~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue (Blood on the Tracks)
* Mika - Grace Kelly (Life In Cartoon Motion)
* Scissor Sisters - Laura (Scissor Sisters)
plus loads from The Beatles, U2 etc etc.

And it goes without saying: +1 to Norrie for Baba O'Riley & Five Years

One more thing on synthy goodness - old stylee synths seem to be making a bit of a comeback with modern technology simulations.

In particular, Moog have been doing great things with Apps for a certain fruit-branded tablet, building on their heritage, but using the touch screen for even more ways to expressively interact with sound.

Blowing my own trumpet here, but I knocked together with the Animoog App, sounding like it comes right out of the 1970s ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop cuttingroom floor. All done with traditional sound on sound looping and fat analogue type sounds.

'Turn on the radio', introductory track to John WETTON's 'Caught in the crossfire' is really gripping.
Worth mentioning are also 'Communion with the sun' by UTOPIA (Album 'Râ'); 'Welcome to Boomtown' by David and David; 'Secret Separation' by FIXX (Album: 'Walkabout')
'River of Orchids' by XTC (Apple Venus); 'The flyer' by SAGA (album: 'Heads or tales')

.... But I have this idea that none will make it on air this evening. Why? Far too obscure. In French, folks would say: 'Pas assez commercial.'

Hello again Bryan, Blogotariat.....
I really cannot resist drawing your attention to this:

Please have a listen
Friendly greetings from Chris

Just one more tune I really want to share with you. In 1986, David RICKETTS and David BAERWALD released 'Boomtown'. Both are session musicians.



Enjoy.

The Undertones - "Family Entertainment"

Billy's Fourth ☺

Burn The Black Suit-Juliet Turner(Album of the same name)
Sorry You Asked?-Dwight Yokam(Gone)
Romeo's Tune-Steve Forbert(Jackrabbit Slim)
Joni Mitchel-Night Ride Home (Album of the same name)
All I Really Want-Alanis Morissette(Jagged Little Pill)

#13

Adam,

You're nine days late...

#13

Adam,

You're ten days late...






























innumerate git

(from 'Desolation Boulevard') ............. 'The Six Teens' ~~~ The Sweet

(from 'Mott') ............ 'All the way from Memphis' ~~~ Mott the Hoople

(from 'Electric Light Orchestra') ............ '10538 Overture' ~~~ ELO

(from 'Blondie') ........... 'X Offender' ~~~ Blondie

(from 'Punks not Dead') .......... 'Punks not Dead' ~~~ The Exploited

(from 'Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts') ........ 'One Chord Wonders' ~~~ The Adverts

(from 'Can't stand the Rezillos') .......... 'Flying Saucer Attack' ~~~ The Rezillos

(from 'Peepshow') ........... 'Peek-a Boo' ~~~ Siouxie & The Banshees

#25
Its no April Fool thing SG.
I think a BCC would be good.
The point on limiting the number of shouts is not me having a go at the folk who come up with the google-spawned lists. Some folk genuinely have a lot of songs they like that fit the theme.
I just think it would help them focus a bit and choose the ones they’d really like to be considered. It would also help cut out the rubbish that you couldnt possibly want played but it fits the theme so down it goes. Then what do you know, it gets on the show. (Lilly the Pink is a recent example of this).
Other points that might be included on a BCC are: stealth listing, aliases, re-posting on F***book and Twitter, a moratorium on Queen records, anagrams, picking on Henri and so on.





You know it makes sense.
;)

Top drawer Mr Titter!

Alternatively best last track apart from Down In The Sewer is

Motorbike Beat ~ T. REVILLOS Rev Up








This is an Alternative Theme suggestion!

#27 #25 Also point to make is that I think that sometimes when the production team are faced with a huge list they might feel obliged to play something from it, even if there isn't anything very good included.
You could still list as many as you want but just think more about tracks you genuinely would like to hear. Perhaps start or conclude within your post?
Just an observation.

Anyhoos
# 26 Seconds for Mott Rex
All The Way From Memphis / Mott The Hoople

Al.

Every time I've prioritised a list and very strongly indicated that *THIS* above all else is the acme of the theme in question, it's been roundly ignored.

So no, I won't be going for that.

Ma's a gran

#30

Just choose fewer then.

Let our guide be "Four, Tops" as we strive together for a listless Blog!

I think I generally comply with the BCC and they are all jolly good suggestions. I Would do away with the annoying *** but you all seem to like them so I wont even mention it!

My favourite opener is 'Baba O'Reilly' by The Who on 'Who's Next?'

#33

Generally comply?? You, along with Julie, are serial stealth listers!
Its four per theme not per post!


BTW
I'll settle for a draw tonight

AFR,
I like the idea of "4 Tops"... friends hereabout may recall the "wading thru treacle" rant, couldn't beat them, had to join them! for that I am truly sorry.
May I be allowed dispensation to revert to my metro sexual alter-ego occasionally and forgiven for any late additions that do spring to mind following fellow blogger's posts?
Is a GIO Chapter Meeting called for?

#35 gasp!

Ps agreed and that's job done!

#36 a legendary rant. I must google it!

Baba o'reilly would be good 2 nights in a row

Hello again Bryan, Blogotariat, etc...

No no no no, 'Once in a lifetime' is NOT the opening track to TALKING HEADS' 'Remain in light'
It is 'Born under punches'
YES YES YES it is a GREAT song.

#36
Could be MM.

I have more suggestions for the BCC draft......

Millport or Babbity Bowster, Merchant City? Millport or Babbity Bow...

When finalised call it a "Charter" reckon the Corporation will appreciate that.

Hello again Bryan, Blogotariat, etc....

I'm sorry but I was not impressed with the opening tracks played last evening. Very few things up my street. Well, each to his/her own , they say....
Alabama shakes? Naaaah! that was trash, really. In fact, I turned off the computer at about 8:20 PM (my time) and switched on the telly.
Hope the music will be better tonight.

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Ah kain! Any show that includes U2 and the Smiths is a sair heid!

It would be much more listenable if they played more of my excellent suggestions.


Indeed, I would salute its listenability!

One more opening track I really want to mention: 'Sacred songs' by Daryl HALL
Album: 'Sacred songs' produced by Robert FRIPP.
A pure gold nugget!!!!