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Thanks you for all your contributions to the show in 2008. It's your enthusiasm for the show that keeps us going. You can hear some of the best themes on Thursday night's show. In the meantime start thinking about your suggestions for the rest of the week and don't be shy about leaving them on the blog.

Monday 29th December
What was your best buy of 2008? Was there any new music you discovered or was there a classic album you got round to buying on CD?. Email getiton@bbc.co.uk or leave your message on the blog.

Tuesday 30th December
As the old year comes to an end we turn to the calendar for inspiration. Songs about dates and years is tonight's theme. Get in touch with suggestions and email getiton@bbc.co.uk or text or call during the show.

Wednesday 31st December
Celebrate Hogmanay with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland. We'll get the party started early on Get It On tonight - let us know what you'll be playing at your doo and what are the best party songs of all time. We'll take the best suggestions and play them for the crowd at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland's Hogmanay bash

Thursday 1st January
Tonight we take a look back at best themes of 2008 and feature some of our favourite tunes that were suggested over the past twelve months.

It's 17:22 on Wednesday. Normally at this time there's a hive of activity in our department as we get ready for the show and our colleagues busy themselves finishing off work before they head home.
This being Christmas Eve it's a somewhat different picture. We've got the tree up, our desks are decked out in tinsel and there are tins on sweeties on every available work space. It does look like Christmas, but there's one thing missing...people!

And, as Mandi and I are both listening to music on our headphones there's not even a bit chat. It's eerie. It's like there's been an emergency evacuation and they have forgotten about us. I am looking forward to getting on air just to have some contact with other people.
It will be a really fun show tonight, with some unusual Christmas songs and some lovely Christmas messages. In case you don't get the chance to listen can I take this opportunity to thank all the Get It On listeners for their input and wish everyone a very merry Christmas....

About to get ready to go into studio for tonight's show and I am in desperate need of some uplifting tunes. Tonight's theme (see below) is an interesting one but so far it's fairly downbeat songs that have been suggested. I think because it's an emotional theme a lot of 'meaningful' songs have come up so far. There are some lovely tracks, just not a lot that could be described as perky and upbeat.
Mind you the perkiness will be provided by producer Barbara who is making a return to the show after being off on the sick for a week. Poor Miss B even missed out on the GIO team's Christmas dinner. However, we didn't miss her as the following pic was hung above the dinner table to make sure she was never far from our minds.

Only three shows till Christmas so I'm hoping producer Mandi lets us bring games in this week. Maybe if we can get her on the sherry and mince pies there's every chance. I'm joping for a fun week and there have been some brilliant suggestions made already for Christmas Eve. Check them out here and leave yours below...

Monday 22nd December
Tonight's show is dedicated to your musical gifts. Which song do you want to hear, who's it for and why? We'll wrap it up and play it out....email getiton@bbc.co.uk or leave your message on the blog.....

Tuesday 23rd December
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is where the heart is tonight, as work winds down and the final preparations are being made to celebrate Christmas.It could be The Pretenders '2000 Miles', Chris Rea 'Driving ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ For Christmas', or maybe Everything But The Girl with 'Come On ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'....

Wednesday 24th December
Celebrate Christmas Eve with Get It On tonight - let us know which festive songs you want to hear - the classic, the quirky and the downright silly!

Thursday 25th December
Take a night off and let the Get It On team choose the music tonight! Classics from the Ronettes and Barry White, new hits from Alphabeat and Gabriella Cilmi - the perfect antidote to festive overload! And some surprise choices from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland presenters Jackie Bird, Janice Forsyth, Fred Macaulay, Annie Macguire and Lesley Riddoch.

It's nae Noddy, Kirsty get's KO'd and Bing barely makes into into the top ten. The royalty collecting society PRS has published a of the most played Christmas songs of the past five years and it's surprising reading. I would have put money on Slade being at number one - either that or Wizzard which seems to be blasted out every time I set foot into a shopping mall.
1. Wham! - Last Christmas
2. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (Original Version)
3. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
4. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
5. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
6. Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
7. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
8. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
9. Mud - Lonely This Christmas
10. Bing Crosby - White Christmas

I'd like to compile a Get It On greatest ever Christmas songs so maybe this is a good place to start. Let me know who you think should be on the list...

Scotland The Brave, Come On Eileen and What A Wonderful World might seem like unlikely bedfellows but all have the honour of being songs that were chosen as for the astronauts on space missions over the years.

This came up on last night's show as our space theme marked the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission.

The all time list throws up some including the fact that 'I've Got You Babe' has been chosen for ten different space missions. Unlikely as it seems there must be a lot of Cher fans in Astronaut training school!

What a way to spend your Sunday morning. This is what it looked like at 8:30am in George Square, Glasgow when two and a half thousand Santas took part in Santa Dash 2008.
It was an incredible sight, especially standing in St Vincent Street and watching a red carpet of Santas make their way up the hill.
The race benefited The Marina Dalgleish Appeal and The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice and among the celebs taking part were Liz McColgan, Kenny Dalgleish and GIO blogger, Joe The Jam man.
Special mention has to go to a guy called Archie from Arbroath who was the last Santa to cross the line. He had a hip replacement 5 weeks ago but was determined to take part. He hobbled round every step on crutches and was still smiling at the end. Let's hope someone leaves out a mince pie and wee dram for that particular Santa.

I think we have another interesting week of themes lined up for you and two of them come from GIO listeners on the other side of the pond. It's a thrill to not only have people listening around the world but particpating in the show as well.
As always feel free to blog or e-mail in advance or give us a call during the show...

Monday:
Following on from 'boy bands' and 'girl band' nights, Lyn from Madison suggests a night of bands with both! So it's mixed gender groups for tonight. Get on to the email or why not leave your suggestions on the blog...

Tuesday:
Mony Mony, Louie Louie or perhaps something by Duran Duran? Repetition is the theme and it's been suggested by Danielle in Canada.

Wednesday:
This month is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission so 'space' is tonight's theme. From Rocket Man to Walkin On The Moon get in touch and Get It On...

Thursday:
It's a very self centred show tonight. The theme is artists singing about themselves. I Want To Break Free, All By Myself and Why Does It Always Rain On Me should get you started. Let's have your suggestions then....

NOW SOLD OUT!!!!!!!

I reckon that the thought of Robbie Shepherd paying tribute to the pixie prince of glam rock is all the enticement I need to offer to get you to come to our Hogmanay show party this year. However, there will also be dancing to the sound of the Black Rose Ceilidh band and T-Rex tribute band, Hot Love!
There is the bonus of 'mince pies and crisps' as my producer Barbara mentioned last night. I know - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ hospitality at it's most legendary.

If you'd like free tickets then here's how to go about it:

Log on to bbc.co.uk/tickets and choose Scotland from the drop down menu
Or you can call 0370 9011227. Calls cost up to 8p per minute from a BT line - other operators and mobiles may vary. Tickets are limited to 4 per person.

We're on air from 10 til 1pm on the night with doors opening at 9pm.

Sarah Palin, meatballs, Leonard Cohen and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ make particularly odd bedfellows but they are among the most searched for terms on Google in 2008.

The search engine has just The Google Zeitgeist for 2008 and some of it is 'zeitzy' I don't even know what it is. For instance who or what is a 'friv'??? Turn out it's an online gaming thing.

The fastest rising foodie items turn out to be cupcakes, meatballs and then surprisingly lemon posset making it into the top ten. Strange...

Not as strange as next door where Richard Gordon is presenting Sportsound while wearing a woolly hat and scarf. On the sports news I've just heard that 'freezing conditions have disrupted the football calendar'. Didn't realise it meant in the studio as well...

We hit an all time high last night. We got more texts,e-mails and calls than on any edition of Get It On. The playlist is now online so take a look and see if you can spot the 'connections' between the songs that formed last night's themes.
Roxy John, one of our regular listeners, managed to come up with a Roxy connection for every single song in the show!!! Here's what he came up with:

Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
Bryan Ferry had a song called 'Chain Reaction'

Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
Bryan Ferry recorded Al Green's Take Me To The River'

Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
Roxy's Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay's post Roxy band The Explorers recorded Roy Orbison's 'It's Over'

The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Roxy Music's 'Ladytron' is about another girl from another planet

Lulu - Shout
Bryan Ferry's guitarist Neil Hubbard played with Lulu and can be heard on may Roxy/Ferry hits More Than This, Oh Yeah, Slave To Love, Avalon to name a few.

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ABC - When Smokey Sings
Well did Martin Fry not rip off the Ferry look and sound quite a bit

Kirsty MacColl - There's a Man Works Down the Chip Shop
Bryan Ferry makes referance to a Newcastle chip shop called Mabel's in Roxy's 'Do The Strand'

Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream
Ferry has covered, Baby I Don't Care, Walk A Mile In My Shoes, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Girl Of My Best Friend & Don't Be Cruel

Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Dream Acadamy bassist is the current Roxy Music bass player Guy Pratt and also co-wrote some stuff on a Ferry album. He met Dave Gilmour through Ferry and ended up playing bass with Pink Floyd too. My claim to fame is that I sat at a piano in a hotel after a Ferry show and played 'Run Like Hell' with Guy

Frank Sinatra - Mack the Knife
Ferry covered Sinatra's 'You Go To My Head'

Rod Stewart - The First Cut is the Deepest
The year after Ferry had an Grammy nomination for his album of '30s standards 'As Time Goes By' Rod Stewart decided to copy that formula 4 times over with his American song book albums. In Typical Ferry style, he simply moved on to something different instead of flogging an obviously winning formula

Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
Scissors Sisters debut album inner sleeve ripped off Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure inner sleeve. They also credited Fery on the 'Ta-da' album and they did a live cover version of 'Do The Strand'

Mamas and The Papas - Dream a Little Dream of Me
Both Bryan Ferry and The Mamas And Papas recorded Dobie Gray's 'The In Crowd'

The Who - Squeeze Box
Bryan Ferry wrote a song for Roger Daltry 'Going Strong' for the album 'Parting Should Be Painless (Ferry has never released his version)

We are so BORED this afternoon! Normally the Get It On office would be a hive of activity with myself and the producer editing tracks, sorting e-mails, fiddling with sound levels and durations and trying to second guess what might be asked for when we get on air.
With half an hour to go to showtime, this is how my possible running order looks.
It's barren. Apart from a trail and a jingle out of the news it's totally empty. That's because tonight we won't be having a regular theme - it's anything goes night. When you hear the first song, that's when I want you to get in touch and suggest the second. It can be anything you like as long as there's a connection to song number one.
If the calls come in and the technology works it will be great fun - although it has the potential to go horribly wrong. I'll try and blog during the show to let you know which way it goes...

20:05:
Ha! Barely had a second to think never mind blog. It was hard work for everyone involved but great fun tonight. I think we had a record number of texts and some e-mailers and callers got in touch for every single song. Thanks you for all your input. Off home for a lie down now...

Monday's night's show will be unlike any other show we've done. It will be seat of the pants stuff for everyone working on the programme but it should be good fun. I've had to call in two producers - One to look after the studio and another to be in the studio next door trying to find me the next song before the current one has come to an end. Large gins will be lined up at five past eight! Monday
Tonight's theme is....there is no theme. No chance to e-mail or blog in advance. All you have to do is tune in tonight at 6:10 and listen to the first song. As soon as you find out what it is then get in touch and suggest the song to follow. Each song must be connected to the one before. It promises to be our very own Manic Monday so don't miss it...

Tuesday
Tonight's theme is songs with 'pauses' in them. Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile) is a good example, but what else can you come up with. E-mail getiton@bbc.co.uk or why not leave a comment on Bryan's blog....

Wednesday
Help, Stop, Start or Kiss. It's one word song titles for tonight's theme. Get in touch by email, on the blog or why not call in or text during the show...

Thursday
Richard in Aberdeen wanted an excuse to ask for 'My Brother Jake' on Get It On so tonight's theme is just for him. It's songs about brothers, sister, mums, dads and other family members....

We are out the door with suggestions tonight. No surprise that Scottish night is the most popular one in our four nations theme. Here's a great e-mail that came in from Martin Donnely...

"Dear Brian,

I have tried many times to get a song played on your show, but NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. I can understand that IF I WAS living IN A BIG COUNTRY this would not be aMISS - AMERICA, or somewhere like that. But living in little old CALEDONIA, surely there is a CHANCE of getting at least one song played? I even sit at home and join in with your soup discussions - every night my better half KAYLEIGH brings a bowl of soup and a ROLL TO ME. It's a little BAKER'S TREAT that I like to enjoy. She's promised to TAKE ME OUT for a meal if I get a tune played - she's even bought NEW SHOES for the occasion. I thought that I had a list that would guarantee me a request, but I had to RIP IT UP when I realised neither Morrissey or Billy Bragg were Scottish (even if they do both sound like the Rev. I.M. Jolly on Mogadon).
I gaze out of my window overlooking LOCH LOMOND for inspiration. I look along the WATERFRONT and INTO THE VALLEY beyond, the landscape illuminated by THE WHOLE OF THE MOON. I could ask for the theme from 'Taggart', but you played that recently, so MAGGIE MAY not get another airing so soon. I've been mulling this over from 9 TO 5, and it looks like I'M GONNA BE struggling to find a song you'll definitely play. A LITTLE BIRD tells me that I should request some Bay City Rollers as they carry some kitsch value, but I like to think I'm still YOUNG AT HEART and I'd like to maintain a modicum of DIGNITY.
Just one song is all it would and then I COULD BE HAPPY, but it would seem that the secret of hearing a request on the show will remain a SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY to me. I the meantime I will SING along with someone else's choices, trying to think of the PERFECT choice while I wait for this piece of WRITING TO REACH YOU. In the meantime, it's goodnight VIENNA!"

If the Welsh Tourist Board were to produce their version of the cringe worthy Caledonia TV ad then I daresay Steve Strange, Tom Jones, Shakin' Stevens and Lisa Scott Lee from Steps would all be called upon to lend their support.
Wales is the latest nation to feature on Get It On, so get in touch tonight with your suggestions.
As well as being great singers ( well apart from the one from Steps!) the Welsh love a nickname. It seems that it's down to the fact that in many communities people are likely to share a surname like Jones, Thomas, Davies, etc. The nicknames are the way to tell them apart.
"Jones the voice" sounds good but I'm not sure if "Steve the strange" is how he'd really want to be known.

"Your voice is a little husky tonight" said Jan from Rutherglen."Do you have a sort throat and/or cold coming on?" I do have a 'real' cold - as opposed to the imaginary one that I claim to get every time I hear someone with a sniffle walk past my desk.
Jan very kindly provided me with the recipe for her very own remedy and I reprint it here for anyone who's interested.
"I recommend 1 lemon and 2 oranges juiced, flesh and juice put in a pint glass. Fresh grated ginger infused in water and the liquid added to the juice. Tablespoon of honey and top up to the pint with boiled water. It works a treat. "