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After weeks and weeks of missing out on a coveted spot on the Get It On playlist, regular blogger, Madmac gets to pick not just one but a whole week of themes. Madmac was listening to Radio Scotland's online zones when he realised that the various zones could make a great week of themes for Get It On. So across the week we will be doing comedy,conversation,culture and history but we kick off on Monday night with celtic.

As well as the usual celtic favourites I'd like to get in some folk and celtic influenced pop so don't hang back with your suggestions. I am thinking things like The Waterboys, Pogues and even Elvis Costello. As you might imagine we have a huge collection of celtic music here at Radio Scotland so we should be able to satisfy demand.

All the zones can be found on the front page of the website and the good news is that from Monday they will be broadcast through the night, every night on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland.

Great show tonight everyone and some songs that really made me smile. There were some acts who were requested over and over again so it's clear that their incomprehensible lyrics are infuriating as many people as they delight. Mind you there were also some songs whose meaning was very clear, but just not the kind of thing you would want to get into ina teatime show! Thursday's show will be presented by Alison Craig as I'm taking the night off. Her theme is 'speed' so put the pedal down and suggest some tracks that range from Fast Car to Slow Hand.

I have always known we have some real music buffs listening to the show but even I was blown away by Paolopablo's 'number one' trivia that he contributed to the blog earlier today. It's an entertaining romp through the charts over the years and I guarantee that you'll find yourself uttering the phrase 'no waaaay - I had no idea!!' several times. You can follow this link and go to post number 27 to read the list in full, but in order to whet your appetite here's a quick pop quiz based on Paolo's trivia. All the answers can be found on his original posting.

Why was George Michael living a lie on Wake Me Up before You Go Go?
What is the most played song of all time on American radio?
Which Beatles song has topped the charts 3 times - but never for them?
Who was the only member of the European parliament to have made it to number one?
Who are the only brother and sister to independently top the charts as solo artists?
What's the link between chart toppers Gary Numan and Cliff Richard?
What was the first song to top the charts for solo artists of different sexes?
Whose name contained both a country and a continent?

See how you get on and in the meantime have a think about tomorrow's theme which is the songs that don't make any sense! What's The Frequency Kenneth would top my list but get in touch and let me know yours...

So, it turns out that you were there when T-Rex went electric, when Glen Campbell borrowed Sydney Devine's guitar, when The Stones played The Caird Hall and when they smashed up the gent's lavvies at The QM Union. Tomorrow is sure to be a roll call of hits as we've picked 'number ones' as a theme. Whilst we will get loads of suggestions for familiar favourites I am relying on our bloggers to come up with some of the more unusual songs to have topped the charts. Over to you guys...

Alright bloggers, here something to get the imagination going.

Mondays's theme is:

"I was there when....."

All you have to do is complete the sentence!

Our night of 'things you might find in the house' was good fun. In particular there are top marks to the folk who suggested Fridge Over Troubled Water, We Built This Settee On Rock and Roll and The Rugs Don't Work! We get to play detective tomorrow on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland when at 11:30 Stuart Cosgrove talks to the crime writer Quintin Jardine as he reveals the five books that have influenced his life. Then later on I'll be trying to solve a few mysteries of my own. If there's a song that you think you know but don't know who sang it then get in touch and we'll do the detective work. OK - before you start protesting, I realise that this is a theme that's not exactly ideal for our blog community as most of you seem to know your music inside out. But, I'd still like you to participate, perhaps by sharing stories of how you solved the mystery for someone else. As I'll have to solve the musical mysteries live during the show I am putting Capt Ramius on speed dial and hoping for the best....

I had a feeling that 'murder' was going to be a good theme. More nervous production teams would have steered away from this theme but my lot are made of stronger stuff. It's funny how it's the dark side that ends up being the most appealing to not just performers but those of us who listen to music as well. If we do a night of love songs then it tends to get an average response.

However if we do a night of cheating and heartbreak then we are overwhelmed with ideas. Maybe there's just more to write about or perhaps it's the way we look at things and it's in keeping with our national psyche? It would certainly explain why country music is so popular north of the border. Talking of country music, I thought both Cash and Elvis sounded great tonight. It's great to be able to include edgier material alongside the Sophie Ellis Bextors of this world.

Wednesday night is 'artists and songs you might find in the house' which was a theme originally suggested by Jan in Rutherglen. Mirror In The Bathroom and The Inspiral Carpets are on her list. Who might turn up in your house. Get in touch and let me know....

Tuesday's Get It On has the potential to be one of the darkest ever editions of Get It on. Murder is the theme and I'm wondering whether we can get away with two hours of songs about folk getting bumped off! We could feature anything from old murder ballads to more light-hearted items like Sophie Ellis Bextor's killer dancefloor hit.

From Poison Arrow to Killing Me Softly With His Smile, get in touch with your deathly ditties....

Monday night's show may be more than a little weird. Stuart McMillan got in touch to suggest crazy and kooky artists and songs. That could include everyone from Lady Gaga to Screamin' Lord Sutch. Do you have any songs with strange sound effects, lyrics with weird words or tracks that sound like they came from another planet?
A weird, but hopefully wonderful show...

Instrumental evening was one of the busiest shows in a long while. The mix of stuff from Glen Miller to Rodrigo y Gabriela was also pretty eclectic "This show is insane tonight!" said Chris in Orkney. We also got more messages from folk asking for more instrumental nights. What do you think? I was also pleasantly surprised by the reaction to Glen Miller which made me think that a swing evening must be on the cards soon. Tomorrow the Commonwealth Games flag gets handed over to Glasgow in a spectacular closing ceremony. So I'll be asking what tracks you handed over to someone else. Did you hand over one of your favourite albums to an ex partner? Did you make up a mixtape for a best pal? Or did you pass on your love of classic rock to your children? Get in touch with your musical handovers....

‘The last tracks they recorded’ was one of our more challenging themes of recent times. It also ended up being quite a sad and poignant programme as so many of the emails talked about how moving it was to hear the last recordings from artists like Freddie Mercury, Kirsty McColl and Warren Zevon.

Lyrically it was all very moving with Freddie telling us about the best days of his life, Luther singing about never dancing with his father again and it felt that every track on those last Johnny Cash recordings was loaded with a double meaning.

There will be no sad lyrics on Wednesday night’s programme. In fact there will be no lyrics at all as it’s a vocal-free zone. From Last Date to Albatross we are looking for the best instrumentals of all time. As well as bands like The Shadows and folk like Duane Eddy, did your favourite bands do the odd instrumental? As the theme was inspired by the anniversary of Eye Level reaching number one I’m also happy to include TV themes if any spring to mind.

After tonight's theme of entrances and exits tomorrow's show will also feature 'exit music' as someone put it on the text tonight. We are featuring the 'last ever' recordings of artists. It could be the last album a band made before they split, a posthumous hit or maybe someone like Mary Margaret O' Hara who seemed to disappear after releasing on amazing album. It might also be a chance to feature some Solomon Burke on the show. His last couple of albums were as good as anything he ever did as a younger man. Get in touch on Tuesday with your parting gestures...

Good themes this week and we've had lots of comments about the choices of music - particularly on 'influences' night. Thanks again folks. As one door opens then another one closes. Hugh in Kilwinning has come up with Monday's theme. It's 'entrances and exits' so that could be stuff like 'When You Walk In The Room' or 'Go Now'. Is this the excuse you need to suggest Peters and Lee with Welcome ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ?

We got some great theme ideas in for Friday so thanks to everyone who got in touch. I thought Neil Martin's suggestion of following up tonight's influential theme was brilliant: "Regarding a theme for tomorrow, as tonight is "Under the Influence", how about the same title for tomorrow, but with a different meaning, ie songs about drinks and drinking. Well it will be Friday."The list of influential artists we played tonight was awesome. Anyone who thinks we don't play a wide range of music should take a look at the playlist for tonight's show - Public Enemy, Lonnie Donegan, Robert Johnson, Donna Summer and Bob Wills. Awesome. Friday will be the theme suggested by Louise Scollay and it's 'tracks for Saturday night, Sunday morning'. Effectively I'm looking for track that hypes you up and one that calms you down. It should make a great mix for Friday night...

Whilst there have been some good themes this week ( particularly rock couples which was hugely oversubscribed) I reckon Thursday night's will go down well with the regular GIO bloggers. Last week the named David Bowie as the most influential pop star of all time, so we are asking who do you think are pop's most influential artists? I've lost count of the female singer-songwriters who claim to owe it all to Joni and what about Hank Williams who was Bob Dylan's first influence. Get in touch with your suggestions of the stars who have shaped the sound of future generations...

The most talked about track on the show tonight was Michael Marra doing Neil Gow's Apprentice. There were many nice comments about the song and there is such a lot of affection for Michael Marra amongst our listeners. England may have Alan Bennett and Judi Dench but Michael is definitely one of our national treasures. If you are a fan then search out the clip of him performing From A Jack To A King that I talked about on air. It's from a TV show called NB that I used to present with Janice Forsyth in the '90s. It's a terrific performance and it looks like he stepped straight out of a honky tonk in Texas in the 1960s. I wish the rest of the show was available online as it featured Edwyn Collins, James Grant and loads of others doing country songs. Somewhere in my house there's a copy on VHS but that's not much help is it?

Wednesday's theme is 'musical matches' which celebrates pop's great couples. I'd quite like folk to request a pair of songs from a pop couple (Chrissie Hynde and Jim Kerr) or maybe a single song featuring a couple like Sonny and Cher.
Email your couplings to the usual address or leave a message on the blog.

So what songs sum up The Apprentice for you? Could it be Reach For The Top? Step Into My Office Baby or maybe Crushed By The Wheels of Industry? If the antics of this year's candidates are anything like last year's then The O'Jay's Backstabbers would be top of my playlist. Series six returns to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ1 Scotland this week so Tuesday night's theme is songs about ambition, rivalry, office antics and industrial relations...

I will love you forever and ever because you are my first my last my everything and the first time ever I saw your face I knew I was never gonna love another man like you and even though love is all around you're the one for me fatty!
Declaration of love is the theme on Monday so pick a song, and send the red roses ands chocolates to the Get It On office....