³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

I did a number one.

For Monday two of my favourite songs by two of my all time favourite artists:

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Almost ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Bruce Springsteen - Long Walk ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

another track which would be great to hear on the Radio:

Southside Johnny - All The Way ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Monday

Barenaked Ladies tracks -

Go ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
Long Way Back ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross

Hame fae work and checkin out the show on i-player whilst catchin up wi the blogg. Was thinkin you'd be fair tickled Henri not just wi Chariots astonishingly eventually Gettin On but also with the brushfirelike way your Dairy idea caught the imagination of bloggers. The sense of personal achievement after such a diligently sustained campaign eventually bearing success must've been tarnished by negative comments from fellow bloggers. Pity they didn't heed the sage words of Senga earlier in the thread, even if she is a little skelly.

Weel done fae me onyway :)

#5

Thanks Erlando, appreciate it. I could have done without the disdain,particularly as I wanted the track played for my mum, but I'm thrilled.

It's important, I think, to challenge the team's inclination towards what's safe - otherwise we allow our musical heritage,drip by drip, to become defined by The Proclaimers (and I like The Proclaimers)when there is so much else deserving to be heard.It's about challenging the team to explore the unknown - it's all requested - in preference to the mediocrity of constant exposure to the same tight range of their personal preferences.

The best shows contain something surprising, like 'Fish Heads'.

Some people will check out the Transglobal Underground links and reviews from the GIO Gplaylist. 'Chariots' is the most accessible of tracks and fairly unrepresentative. I love the great 'mixed -up-ness' of the music, the fantastic musicianship and Natasha Atlas's stunning voice.Some of their music is just breathtaking.

'Dairy Produce' as a theme was inspired by the 12 - 15 ignored requests for White Room... as it accidentally turns out, I think it's a good theme, and I hope they do it.

But thanks for that,

regardez vous

Henri

Henri - I also enjoyed hearing your track!

Something odd about that picture of Bryan and Babs....but I can't put my finger on it.....

It was taken last year before Bryan got his hair cut. It could throw anyone.

A few initial thought

Monday
I want you back - Jackson 5
Come to my window - Melissa Etheridge
Get here - Oleta Adams
The flyer - Nanci Griffith

Tuesday
Tie one one - Aberfeldy
Bad things - Jace Everett
This life - Curtis Stigers
Here I am or Taneytown - Steve Earle
In another's eyes - Yearwood/Brooks

Wednesday

Wired for sound - Cliff

Thursday (really great theme)
Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
If there's any justice - Lemar
I wish I were blind - Springsten
I want you back - Jackson 5
Always - Bon Jovi

More to follow

Joe
Linlithgow

Monday
Hello, Hello, I`m Back - Gary Glitter

Tuesday
Thinking about it

Wednesday
These are awkward themes when you ask us to ask for things we dont like.

Thursday
I fully expect a long list and a welcome return for Olga fae Callander for this theme.

Re the Dairy theme - You`ll never get on purely with puns.
In fact I cant think of any pun getting played (apart from my Young Paris Hens during the 12 Days of Christmas theme a few years back).
I was surprised the Bloggers were reduced to puns so quickly. No originals at all for Henri?

One more for Thursday: Martha by Tom Waits.


Joe
Linlithgow

Thursday
Klaxon warning for Robert Cray. Not quite Meri level but creeping up.

He`ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves

Given the amount of airplay the Ring of Fire bloke gets, you have to wonder why Reevesy keeps getting ignored.

#12

I came up with a list of dairy-related tunes pretty easily, so it's not an impossible theme by any means. However, I wonder if there are enough GOOD shouts for it to be a good enough show for the team to want to do it.

#14 refers to #11.

#11

Milk calf blues - Clapton

You'd have to be a Wiseman to come up with better than that.




Great shout for Monday theme Bryan. Where did you get that idea?




And Mrs C will not be compiling a list of Floyd albums to get rid of for Wednesday. In fact, she has absolutely no idea of the value of the 280 vertically stored triple packed pristine condition vinyl 12" albums hidden in the garret.


Come to that, nor do I.......





DC

My garret's jam-blinkin-packed with stuff including a shedload of albums and singles. I must take a dander up there and see what's what sometime.

For the Dairy Theme

- Jethro Tull

>8-D

Monday
Flying ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Chris De Burgh

+ Jetstream - New Order

MONDAY

'Comin' ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' - Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ might be a tad long, over 5 mins.

'Fire at Midnight' - Jethro Tull ~ 2:26 so you can shoehorn it in!

Few songs conjure up such a powerful image of the home as a sanctuary.

Early request for Thursday so the GIO team can check it out:

Maria McKee - I'm Going To Soothe You

a cracker and bang on theme!

I would happily bin all the queen crap that my wife has, but please don't play any of it on Wednesday. However, knowing that you will make it 39 (definitely not the execrable Bohemian Rhapsody), probably the only queen track that's worth listening to.

Oh, and lose the shades BB, they don't suit you.

first, well done, Henri, and hope your mum enjoyed it.
Recent rewards for persistence give me fresh hope for my own campaign so I'll batter on, but I have a terrible dread and that is that the team will play Caledonia on Monday and think job done.
OH NO IT'S NOT.
There is nothing wrong with it as a song, it has been requested and mentioned several times but please PLEASE PLEASE, there's so much more of Frankie Miller that is great and deserves to be heard. For TUESDAY
I can think of no better song than
- Frankie Miller
watch this and see for yourselves, it's just brilliant.

I won't be the only person asking for Runrig on Monday, but I can't think of better descriptions of what 'home' means to an islander than either: The Cutter, which tells the true story of Johnny who emigrated to Canada, but still came home every year to cut the peats on the family croft; or Going ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, which simply send shivers down my spine and makes me ache for - strangely, no longer Bute, home of my birth but where no family connections remain, but the Isle of Rum, where we go every year and which is the most special place in the world for me and my two youngsters. There is simply no feeling like that of setting foot on your 'home' island when somehow your world just slips into place
so

MONDAY

The Cutter - Runrig
Going ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Runrig

or in total contrast

Baby Come ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - John Martyn on the Frankie Miller Tribute Album

sentimental it ain't!

Going ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Alvin Lee and Friends
assuming the full 9.52 Woodstock version possibly wouldn't be considered...

The problem with refreshing a thread on a mobile phone is that you don't realise when a new one's gone up, so my thanks for my request last night and my comments are on the end of the last thread.

#24

Thon's no' Bryan. It's Anton Chigurh.

>8-D

#25 Checkin out your FM link Gaie I noticed there was a version by him of "he'll have to go". You could request it as an alternative to Adams Jim Reeves request for Thursday #13

Adam, I put up a couple of serious dairy tunes but saw the potential for a "pun game" we seem to enjoy so much on the blog, think it must be something to do with gettin older and havin a bit time on our hands. It kinda grew legs though and morphed into a farm animals/cuts of meat theme here and there eh, never mind, it's just a bit of fun.

MONDAY;

Planned weekend with Rab and Jaq is not now occuring as Jaq only made it home in the wee hours of this morning. So for her I'll request the song sung down the phone to her today by the lovely Mrs-r ...

Take the Long Way ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Supertramp

Good choice erlando

My selection for Monday:

This flight tonight

I prefer the Nazareth version

DC

#29 - excellent suggestion, erlando - I'd go for Frankie's Full House next week, but Wednesday throws it.

THURSDAY

He'll Have to Go - Frankie Miller

Another thought for Monday:

Never going back again - Fleetwood Mac

DC

Monday;

The Letter - Box Tops
Coming ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Delaney and Bonney
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Loving Man - Andy Williams (yes I know and I do feel ashamed, but I really like this song)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel
Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart (Back when he was great)
Long Way ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Tom Waits
Long Walk ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Bruce Springsteen
Private Number - Willam Bell and Judy Clay
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

#25
Yep, we were all chuffed, thanks - and to Scotch for his comments on the previous thread.Glad you enjoyed it, Norrie.Checking the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ playlist for TGU recent plays shows various Radio 6 DJ's, the Asian network. and, of course, GIO. I know these stations are threatened with closure, but they are known for being cool, hip and trendy - so GIO is in good company.

I've still got a few campaigns on the list - Jack Bruce, lesser known tracks from the Beatles, Camera Obscura and Giae's long running Frankie Miller campaign - and quite a few others.

Maybe Bryan & Babs could adopt a weekly 'Flying Pig' slot in which something which goes against the grain gets played - it's all requested, and I think there is a sense of pride on the team's part over the diversity of the show - the last two blog introductions suggest that.

Anyway, Monday, and tracks about ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ... good shout for 'Take The Long Way ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' erlando, 2nd'd.

regardez youse

henri

Monday
Carry me ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ / Gloworm
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Again / Carole King
The Road to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ / Amy McDonald
Breakdown (a long way from home) / Kris Kristofferson

and seconds for Oleta Adams and Runrig

oops silly me forgot my first choice for monday

Bring the Family Back / Billy Paul

Tuesday
Bad Girls / Donna Summer
Lucretia MacEvil / Blood Sweat and Tears
Bad Bad Boy / Nazerath
Bad Influence / Robert Cray Band
Groovin / Young Rascals

Miss B #

Is thursdays theme a wanting rather than a having theme which would rule out all the affair songs?

#38 noticed that you have addressed our presenter's other half here Paolo. Confession time methinks........

We need to be telt (TM)





DC

My real request for Monday:

I'll find my way home - Jon & Vangelis

Can't think of any other theme I'd suggest this for so I think this over-rules my previous suggestions.



But you can play them as well.............


DC

Did I miss anything? ;o)
Here's my solitary shout out for Monday - got some catching up to do.

Keep The Customer Satisfied Simon and Garfunkel

For Wed my pal Andy only seems to have CD's by two artists. INXS and Hue & Cry. It's not so much that I dislike those acts, although I do - intensly, it's more if they got chucked out he would have space for something else in his 6 CD wide shelf.

Go for the one INXS song that has sneaked into my collection via the Pretty In Pink Soundtrack

INXS - DO Wot U DO

In fairness he has River City Detectives CD and can keep that.

MONDAY

Probably the best song of the night. Written by Randy Newman, from the soundtrack of the 1996 movie 'Michael' directed by Nora Ephron and starring John Travolta as the eponymous Archangel.


'Feels Like ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' - Bonnie Raitt


One minor criticism. The arrangement could be doing with some bagpipes.

TUESDAY

Not so much bad behaviour as a wee bit naughty.......


'She Bop' - Cyndi Lauper

'Seduced' - Mary Coughlan

'Isobel Makes Love Upon National Monuments' - Jake Thackray

MONDAY - TRAVELLING HOME

"I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere",
THE BIG COUNTRY - Talking Heads

and if that's too long...

"home, home again, I like to be there when I can"
BREATHE (REPRISE) - Pink Floyd

... should be easy to tuck into a small corner of the program!

Paul from Ayr

WEDNESDAY

Probably the best song of the night. The heartbreakingly sad and side-splittingly funny tale of the divorcing couple who must split their joint record collection.


'Beefhearts and Bones' - Michael Marra

#41

Oor wee Viking is back! Any songs aboot raping and pillaging for Tuesday?

>8-D

There are a few right stoaters for Monday that nobody seems to have thought of as yet...

Quite right, JfE:

MONDAY

Good to See You - Frankie Miller

actually it's not a stoater, it's a wee bit hackneyed, but the important thing is it's not Caledonia. And that Mr Springsteen's made a career out of hackneyed tunes

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

wisnae me


I never said that



I'm out of here..........

MONDAY

So Good to be Back ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Again - the Tourists
Welcome ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Idlewild
The Journey's End - the Strawbs

Hi SG! Gee but it's great to be back home. ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is where I want to beeeee-he.I've been on the road so long, my friend - and if you came along I know you couldn't disagree.
yup, it's not going to get a play - hardly from the welcomer back's perspective. Nevermind - it's still good to be back.

anyway - aye. well. Songs for Tuesday - my head's still mince from all the travels and travails of the past week and a bit, I can't come up with anything yet along your suggested Viking bad behaviour line. Or for the rest of the week, for that matter. Just enjoying everyone elses' suggestions for the moment.

Monday and avoiding the most obvious, here's a few to be going on with...

Subterranean ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖsick Blues - Bob Dylan

Leave ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - The Chemical Bros

love this.. (understandably vague) memories of their first gig at the Barrowland, almost on a par with the Leftfield gig

I'm Coming ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Again - Dusty Springfield

beuatiful track, a bit underplayed, I think, would be good to hear

Directions ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Jack Bruce

utterly brilliant - a tribute to Tony Williams - I'm sure you've got it

Sailing ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖward - Donovan

Hey! It's another much ignored Scottish songwriter. This is really lovely - very deserving of airplay. His surname is Leitch, not Reid,though.. so that's that then.

Night Ride ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Joni Mitchell

For someone who has a reputation as 'serious', no-one conveys 'happy' quite like Joni... this track deserves airplay and recognition as amonst her finest.

Bring It on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Led Zepplin

this begins with blues harmonica and muffled vocals, so we won't be hearing it.great guitar break half way through

Won't Go ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Withou You - Maroon 5

Go ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Girl - Ry Cooder

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ At Last - Steely Dan

And, not wishing to contradict Norrie's selection above but this is a rare opportunity to hear the totally tremendous:

I Don't Want To Go ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

regardez youse

Henri

Oh and I almost forgot

Comin' ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Delaney & Bonnie

It's a kinds bluesy thing too.. so we won't be hearing this either

#50

Yeah - much better!

Peters & Lee - a small anecdote

When Ballroom Dancing's popularity waned, mostly through changing fashions (though I guess 'Bible John' didn't help) the folks at the Barrowland Ballroom were a bit stuck as to know what to do with the Ballroom and for a long time, it lay dormant.

Eventually, it was concluded that it might make a concert venue.

With no great experience in the matter of concert promotion the folks somehow found themselves booking their first ever act to appear in concert at the Ballroom.

It was Peters & Lee.

By this time,Peters & Lee had well and truly had their 15 minutes.

By the night of the concert something around 50 tickets had been sold. It was a commercial disaster, but worse was to follow.

Troopers to the end, Peters & Lee concluded 'the show must go on! and appeared before the small but obviously serious fan base.

Half way through a little dance routine in the very first number, the blind bloke confidently sauntered right off the end of the stage - which was then quite high - and was sufficiently injured that the show could indeed not go on. It was an ignominious end to lousy beginning.

After that, a real promoter was brought in. The rest is history.

regardez youse

henri

No - regardez YOUSE.

Had some thinking time. Reneging on my initial comment. Another shout out for Monday. This may have made two of the shows last week, but I don't see it in either of the respective playlists, so...

Monday
Eurythmics It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)

Yes, Eurythmics get a lot of airplay on this show, including last week - but who can deny that Annie deserves her place in the international music hall (bigger than the Barrowlands) of fame? She's one of Scotland's premier quality "products" - no' bad fur an Aberdeen quine. And that Stewart bloke isn't bad either. Even if he's not a real Scot. In spite of the surname.

#33 I like ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Loving Man too - it makes me quite nostalgic for nothing in particular

#33

Sorry Hoppo, I didn't notice you'd already asked for Delaney & Bonnie - so I'll 2nd it (we won't be hearing it though). I also like ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Lovin' Man, no need to feel ashamed. A good song is a good song and a great singer is a great singer.Reminds me of home, funnily enough, my dad with his Easy Listening music, Rogers & Hammerstein and such like and my mum with all that Bhangra stuff banging in the kitchen.

#57

The Stewarts weren't Scottish either. French imports. They were the 'stewards' to French Kings.

I Dont Want To Go ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Southside Johnny

is just a supreb suggestion.

Henri..I salute your Southsideness

#60 I don't know how far back we have to go to find any unadulterated, bona fide Scots names that still exist without some foreign influence or other, I'll bet ... but, nah - I don't feel brave enough to get into that! ;o)

#60 goin by your definition Jim, there's no such thing as a Scot caws we're aw imports....

:-)

MONDAY:

'Chinese' - Lily Allen (about the ordinary things she'll do when she gets home...have beans on toast, walk the dog, have a chinese and watch TV).

'Coming ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' - John Legend

'³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Again' - Edwyn Collins

Mary Doll! Was wonderin where you were. You never missed much except a couple of weeks ago Henri and Jim were fightin, teeth and feathers everywhere ;)
Oh and Gilmour got played.

I knew there was a Simon & Garfunkel song that'd fit for Monday but couldnae quite bring it to mind, then I thought Hoppo had it at #33 but then you came in wi #41 and now i'm no so sure :S

Twa mair for

MONDAY;

Take the Long Way Round - Teenage Fanclub
Come Back Margaret - Camera Obscura

#63

Well the Stewarts were LATE imports! However yes indeed that is basically correct, which is really my point - JK Rowling is considered as Scottish by many these days as she has adopted Scotland as her home and has loads of Scottish family members, so perhaps we should bother too much about 'how Scottish' people are. Maybe after all it's really a state of mind......... ;-)

Monday - Travelling/Welcome Back Songs:
Luton Airport - Cats U.K.
Airport - The Motors
Failte Cha Cha - Miss Amy
Magnificent 7 (Return) - The Clash
The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
Welcome Back ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - The Byrds
Rio - Mike Nesmith (or is it Michael now?)
Where Is Everybody? - Nine Inch Nails
Only Waiting - The Travelling Band ("We're only waiting for someone else to blame")
Why Don't They Come Back To Dunoon - The Humblebums
Return To Innocence - Enigma (Henri will like it)

Jim that was worth the wait..Luton Airport. I'm kicking myself.....

Hehehe ;-)

Theme thought - have we done session musicians?

Norrie mentioning Mike Campbell and watching some of the many excellent Frankie Miller with assorted musicians Youtube clips at the weekend made me wonder if we had/it was worth considering.

Speaking of Frankie as I don't often do, I'm sure there are important ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ guidelines about use of subliminal advertising esp of alcohol and therefore Caledonia will not be suitable to tick the FM box. Whereas Angels With Dirty Faces on Tuesday would be absolutely OK.


sorted :-))

For Monday ...

'Endless Vacation' ... The Ramones
'Green Green Grass of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' ... Kelly Hogan & The Valley Cosmonauts
'Come on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' ... Franz Ferdinand

morning all , had a wee look thru all of above and would like to suggest "country roads" originally sung by John Denver I prefer the version that came out in the 80's or 90's

Sid

Having seen Jim's list, and as he seems to be particularly au fait with the supposed guidelines, I'm wondering if Monday's theme stretches to songs about being away from home as well as those welcoming people home.

If that is the case then I'll make an impassioned plea (again) for:

'Tonight I Feel So Far Away From ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ' - Steve Forbert. A song I love, have heard sung live, and one I think many of the listeners would appreciate.

For Monday - Welcome ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ - Peters & Lee

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn

Tying ribbons round trees has become a custom in America. I think it started with the American embassy hostages after the revolution in Iran. Now it's a routine practice to welcome home troops from war.

#5 - Skelly? You and DC must have the same scriptwriter.

;o)

#74

Well you have to be away somewhere in order to get back! Loads of people were in that position just recently, I think ;-)

#76 I would have described you mair as "skeich" actually S_S S

A skelly is something upon which one stands in order to throw creels intae the sea when fishing for lobsters.

Which reminds me: the "coo-cawk" is almost upon us so it'll soon be time for lobster salad......

MONDAY

"Better Be ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Soon" -- Crowded House
"The Long Way Around" -- Dixie Chicks
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" -- Split Enz
"I Never Did Like Planes" -- Robbie Fulks

Rich in North Carolina

Monday:

'You'll Never Get Me Up In One Of Those' - Mickey Jupp (plane travel is one of the 2 things he vowed he'd never do, along with join a trade union). Dave Edmunds has covered the song too.

#71

'session musicians' would be good - it would be, I guess,a good theme for the blogotariat.

I spent Sunday tea time listening to Frankie Miller... Smiffy & the morons really enjoyed it.As we chomped away at our scallops ( it's the diet) and listening, I could tell Frankie Miller would be well recieved by the masses.

I'd forgotten the extent to which Frankie's voice is similar to Otis Redding's.

Astonishing.

I downloaded The Very Best of Frankie Miller on Saturday night on account of Gaie's recommendation.

No' bad

DC

#67

Maybe we could learn from our cousins doon sooth, Jim.

#83

Great. Now I have a nosebleed.

#83 he's been away too long

Monday ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖcomings:

I'm with GaieBrown on the Runrig - as well as his suggestions, I'll add
* I'll Keep Coming ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Other suggestions:
* Stereophonics - Long Way Round
Sooner or later, I'll get me off this track.
Gotta do what it is that I do and then I'm - coming back.
Got sun in my face, sleeping rough on the road.
I'll tell you all about it, when I get home.

* U2 - A Sort of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖcoming
The live version please - way way better than the album original

* Pink Floyd - Time
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire

and you've got to have some Sawdoctors in there too - either
* N17
* Goin' Back to Tuam

#81 and #82 I am VERY impressed with you both though not entirely sure what to make of the 'appeal to the masses' comment.
Probably me having black pudding for tea while Henri's having scallops is a hint.
It'll be the difference between Bridgeton and Bearsden I expect. Or Branchton and Bearsden.
No matter, I'm happy you're listening :-)

#86

If you're going to get picky btw, that's the coda of Time that's also known as Breathe (Reprise).

#87

Scallops and black pudding together is very nice BTW.

Just thought of one for the people with the extravagant stories of how they got home (Yes, we took a sedan chair to Milan, then by ocelot over the Alps, floated a Citroen DS down the Rhine (etc):

* Jackie Leven - I've Been Everywhere
German towns version of the Johnny Cash classic, with a whole verse of Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden Baden...

#86 his?!?

I would have suggested Roger Waters - Leaving Beirut but it wouldnae stand a chance on this show. You want a song about difficulty getting home? That's the one to listen to

DC

#87

These days, I'm a resident of Milngavie,dahling...

I just meant that it's genuinely surprising that Frankie Miller isn't/wasn't more popular....listening to the songs and the arangements he should have had mass appeal .....I mean, what prevented 'A Fool In Love' being a huge hit. I bought it as a single (75 I think) and never did understand why it wasn't.

I also find it ironic that artists who are Scottish but happen to have attracted an international audience (Jack Bruce,AWB,Donovan are others)aren't really thought important or worthwhile locally - presumably because they are/were not parochial enough...

Eh.. trout tonight (it's the diet)... another 2lbs off this morning...time to get on the bike soon.

regardez youse

Henri

reminder to self - specify version!! this is like Skyline Pigeon - forgot about the original version of Going ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ which is kind of twee compared to what it became. Not that I'm not grateful for it being played, of course I am; it's just a bit like when you tell someone about a funny programme then all sit down to watch it and it's a particularly unfunny episode.

'93 oops, sorry. Geography never my strong point. But yes, it's so strange about those Scottish acts. The Silencers are another - huge in France, with some absolutely outstanding songs such as Cellar of Dreams. Jack Bruce was on Jools Holland the other night, but there seemed to be about a hundred other folk on as well and the 'interview' about his autobiog was pretty ineffectual. Clip of Cream was OK.

TUESDAY

'Chug-a-Lug' - Roger Miller ~ Underage drinking.

'Easy Money' - Rickie Lee Jones ~ Attempted robbery.

'There Goes a Tenner' - Kate Bush ~ More sophisticated attempted robbery.

'I Drink Alone' - George Thorogood & The Destroyers ~ The title says it all.

'Gee, Officer Krupke' - Yellowdog ~ Juvenile delinquency.

'Razzle in my Pocket' - Ian Dury ~ Shoplifting top-shelf magazines.

'Uneasy Rider '88' - Charlie Daniels Band ~ Two rednecks wander into a gay bar.

Re: C.D.B. The best of the bunch and the one least likely to be played.

It's political correctness gone mad!

>8-D

#65 hi Erlando! I was "away" during a family visit (my dad doesn't take too kindly to me blogging when he's flown all the way from Vikingshire to see me and the family) Spent the next week on a planned holiday. The remaining week, was caught up in an unplanned volcanic ashgate. Which was still very pleasant - we got off a lot lighter than some. Rebooked our flights for a week later, rebooked another hotel 200 metres from the one we'd just vacated (a late room booking site came through for us with a 4 star hotel at 45 Euros a night) and did our best to sit back and wait. Soaking up the sun.
Saddo that I am, I have since read back and saw the jfe vs HH spat - I've stated previously on which side of the fence I sit and am still firmly there. But I was glad to see HH finally got the Chariots track played - it was excellent. As for Gilmour, another thumbs up.

liked your Camera Obscura suggestion - thought Let's Get Out Of This Country would have been a good one, too!! ;o)

#67 Aye, we're a' Jock Tamson's bairns!

Enough, already.......