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Yeah! Been waiting for this since I heard this morning a track from the brand new Ray Davies album (of old songs right enough, but some interesting collaborations), See My Friends

Dead End Street - Ray Davies and Amy Macdonald


We are strictly second class,
We don't understand,
(Dead end!)
Why we should be on dead end street.

Rush - Working Man

Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Nanci Griffith - It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go

Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is

Oh my goodness - nice to be on topic for once. Pulp is reforming!!!

I'm not fussed if it's obvious - their Different Class album contained some of the most lyrically innovative and musically interesting songs of the time. Just about any of the songs would fit, but there is one song that isn't Common People. It's actually superior. (An attempt at humour there.)

I Spy
A chipshop on both shoulders (that would be well-balanced, then), Jarvis at his classwar, menacing best. Fan-bloody-tastic.

Well, I'll get my Billy Bragg suggestion in now -it has to be

Waiting For The Great Leap Forward - Billy Bragg

beautiful, funny,not whining or complaining, it also featured the great Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr - a rousing chorus at the end - just perfect for tonight

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henri

Semi-detached Suburban Mr James - Manfred Man

Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie - Belle and Sebastian

Something in the Way he Moves - Bobbie Gentry

Duke of Earl - Darts

....and an opportunity to make up for last weeks fiasco when the hideous 'Fly Me To The Moon' H&C version nearly ruined songs of gratitude and remembrance - it was like going to your favourite Aunt Molly's funeral and the organist plays 'Good Golly Miss Molly'. Honestly.

Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello

It's only a few days till that Grinderman record comes out: I feel certain it'll be one of those we'll be requesting for many years in the future - deserves to be a smash hit for Nick Cave, but we'll see.

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henri

You went the wrong way old king Louie / Alan Sherman

1789 and the masses rebelled against the classes.

I'll get this on yet even if I have to deliver it personally with a fruit flavoured load

or even a fruit flavoured loaf

I have class, she didn't... well it wuz a class war to me!

No Class ~ Motorhead

Working in a coalmine/ Lee Dorsey
Let's clean up the ghetto / Philadelphia international all-stars

#9, #10

Damn! I was gonna write "Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" and now I can't.

Down in the Boondocks - Ry Cooder

Down in the boondocks
Down in the boondocks
People put me down 'cause
That's the side of town I was born in
I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks

Paolo, that Damien Rice track you suggested really snapped me out of snooze I was lapsing into on tonight's show, outstanding shout!

TUESDAY

This could have been written yesterday...

I thought of you when they closed down the school
And the hospital too
Did they think that you were better?
They were wrong
You had so many friends
They all left you in the end
'Cause they couldn't take the patter

And I'll see you baby when the Clans rise again
Women and men united by the struggle
Going down
You've got to walk into the water
With your sister and your daughter
In this free world


'Free World' - Kirsty MacColl

'Uncle Son' - Kinks

'Common as Muck' - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

'People Who Read People Magazine' - Kinky Friedman

The Jam Eton Rifles
If you read the Wiki entry....... interesting.

I wish Mr Cameron and his coalition party a very bumpy ride. They won't, at least, be alone. More than they deserve. Or possibly - more than they deserve.

aye

I presume the 'on theme' photo is our hero delivering a passionate rabble rousing speech to his comrades to get in their taxis and protest about having to accept the same kind of derisory pensions the rest of society is now dreading.

We could have reissues of old classics for our times:

'How Deep Is The Grubber?' etc

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henri

#9 paolo! I'm shocked and hope the head of popular music bbc scotand is not producing tomorrow...

Fruit flavoured though?

Empty Hands - John Cougar Mellencamp


"across the cities, across this land
through the valleys, and across the sand
too many people standing in line
too many people with nothing planned
there's too many people with empty hands"

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#22 Will this be your first nmoderated comment?

Too funny LOL, LMAO, :o) :o) :oD etc.

and of course, another chance to hear

The Jarrow Song - Alan Price

though I always thought his interpretation of Randy Newman's 'Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear' was just as politically aware - with human and animal rights to the fore, a rare achievement in one song.It would be years before we really understood the tremendous suffering of circus bears after the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

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henri

#22

I hope you get moderated, Polo or that is just SO NOT FAIR

Polo? the car? the mint with the hole?

I will never listen to my Rupert Holmes cd again ..... :o(

TUESDAY

In the interest of balance...

'The Stately ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖs of England' - Noël Coward

The Duke & The King - If I Ever Get Famous

#26 a game played on horses. I got moderated for linking to a polo goal. I was just pointing out that not only was Mr Pablo being rude, he has a name very like polo.

#22

I say, is it Cocktail hour already?

I'll have a Screaming Orgasm!

I say...

Mum, mum, the boys are being really, really rude. Mum, they've to go to the naughty step RIGHT NOW.

...and DC wants a Jolly Roger!

#31 what will the neighbours think? who cares! hope it's a good 'un. Couldn't happen to a nicer person.

Has something been added to the water?

Who started all this?

Walls Come Tumbling Down - Paul Weller

Politician - Cream

She'll Have To Go - Simply Red she didn't, she got re-elected

Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes



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henri

... and if I'd known how much fun you could have as a member of the Scottish Socialist party, I'd certainly have joined.

Breakout - Swing Out Sister

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henri

15
Cheers Paul

Hmmm does not seem so much fun for the SSP anymore...

#40

does it still exist? or is that an existentialist question?

Revolution 1 - The Beatles

either version will do.

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henri

BTW tonights Celtic Zone is a Dylan special, worth catching up on...

I got a job working construction....but lately there ain't been much work on account if the economy....

Springsteen - The River

#33 steady Mr Staines.....

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

It would require a regardez vous post to go into detail but look it up on wiki if you wish.

DC

Hallelujah Man Love & Money

Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers

and the fabulous

Reds In my Bed - 10CC which makes an appearance in the second episode of 'the henri hannah radio show'.

it would be great to hear this, Bryan, a tale of cold war shenanigan's - but a lovely song with the catchy and highly unusual hook line 'I don't like your philosophy'

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henri

The Clash, as you might expect have a few tracks which would be suitable for this theme. I thing this si one of their best ever songs, and bang on theme.

The Clash - Something About England

a lot of people don't recognise the Cut The Crap album as a bona fide Clash lp, and it is truly awful, but the lead single was superb and again fits the theme perfectly

The Clash - This Is England

Julie's favourite on bass I think.....

#30
apologies Gaie. It was a typo which started it all off.
I've had a few goals unfairly chalked off myself but re your Arches link, in the balance of fairness you forgot to mention that other gig lists in other venues were available.

Apologies not required, daftie!

On Dark Street - Elton John (The one)

ll the layoffs and the pay cuts cripple me inside
I pay the price for living everyday
Trying to keep us all together along with a little pride
What'll it take to make you stay

Village Ghetto Land - Stevie Wonder (Songs in the key of life)

Would you like to go with me
Down my dead end street
Would you like to come with me
To Village Ghetto Land

A Man's a Man for a' That - the McCalmans

A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, an' a' that;
But an honest man's abon his might,
Gude faith, he maunna fa' that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their dignities an' a' that;
The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.

I'm going to attempt another link here - DC, (and Adam, though he's maybe in transit) there was a programme on Radio Scotland yesterday that might be of interest
- so far, so OK? Other radio programmes/stations are available

Walking Through Landscape - about the East Neuk

I'll hae a listen and spot aw the usual mistakes

DC

First mistake is the OS Map itself which has "Anstruther Easter" in the rang place

Ho Hum.........

God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols

#53 Know what you mean - a book about Bute came out a few years back, 2 pages in I gave up because of all the mistakes

How about a first on GIO for Chris Wood and "The Cottager's Reply".

A beautifully crafted moral tale of a simple Cotswold man who cannot be persuaded to sell by wealthy London buyers.

You won't regret it! Honestly!

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Common People - William Shatner

:o)

#54 a big second for that suggestion. One of my favourite intros

DC

Working In A Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey - Working Class
Shangri La - The Kinks - Middle Class
Harlem Nocturne - The Viscounts - Upper Class

I found when I was looking for

;o)

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Class wars

Carefully considered W. M. D's & the obvious advantage of one particular type to a ruling class who see the poor as a drain on resources!!

Kill the Poor ~ Dead Kennedys

Post war dream - Pink Floyd

The cry of working class Scotland in the early eighties

"If it wasn't for the Nips
being so good at building ships,
the yards would still be open on the Clyde
and it can't be much fun for them
beneath the rising sun,
with all their kids committing suicide...
What have we done,
Maggie what have we done"

La Di Da - Jet

Posh Girls - Scouting for Girls

THE LITTLE BEGGAR GIRL from I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT by RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON
DOWN WHERE THE DRUNKARDS ROLL from I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT by RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON
THE UPWARDLY MOBILE SONG from ROBOT WOMAN II by MOTHER GONG
THE SUN NEVER SHINES ON THE POOR from HOKEY POKEY by RICHARD AND LINDA
THOMPSON
KING OF BOHEMIA from MIRROR BLUE by RICHARD THOMPSON
BLACKLEG MINER from 1000 YEARS OF POPULAR MUSIC by RICHARD THOMPSON
I LIVE IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE from 1000 YEARS OF POPULAR MUSIC by RICHARD THOMPSON

To be fair this was not my suggestion but I think very clever:

Bobbie Gentry - Big Boss man

class.....

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You're right, Norrie, tops mine! (#7)

This Land Is Your Land ~ Woody Guthrie

#65 I really do fail to see how such a great list of titles could be ignored........

#60, #61, LOL folks. I don't think anyone can match the Ronnies.

I can't think of anything at all for tonight's show, probably just as well i've got people coming round the house!

See y'all tomorrow.

'Finetime' - Cast(e)

'Beggarman' - Smoove and Turrell

A murmuration of working class

A shrewdness of middle class

A richesse of upper class

oh I wish I had time to do this justice, but today's been utter madness.

Most of what comes to mind are folk-ish, so won't get played, but what the hell:

* The Dubliners - Step It Out Mary
* Christy Moore - Go, Move, Shift
* Christy Moore - Bogie's Bonny Belle
Class divides used to be so impermeable once.

* Battlefield Band - I Am The Common Man
* Emerson Lake & Palmer - Fanfare for the Common Man

The Braggster's a complete gimme for tonight - I'll add to the mix:
* The Imagined Village (feat. Bragg): The Hard Times of old England retold

#57 - Uptown Girl
You've seen ?

Ghost Town - The Specials
One in Ten - UB40
Stand Down Margaret - The Beat

In this "age of austerity"I can only come up with songs relating to the struggling poor!Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill famous for writing You've Lost that Loving Feeling were the Social Conscience of the famous Brill Building Hit Factory in the 1960s and they came up with some classics."Weve Got to Get Out of This Place"by the Animals was actually written with the Righteous Brothers in mind but the raw sound of Eric Burdon's voice made it an instant classic.An early Crystals/Phil Spector hit was another Mann/Weill classic ,"Uptown"and lastly the brilliant "On Broadway"by the Drifters though I prefer the great George Benson version.Other songs that come to mind are
I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT BOB DYLAN
RAG DOLL THE FOUR SEASONS
MY SHIP IS COMING IN WALKER BROS
BREAD AND ROSES JUDY COLLINS
All songs for the New Depression!Cheers,Willie Bartke

#70 Yet another great list from FredTheFish. Even the Richard Thompson ones!

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#77
judy Collins also did a really good version of pity the poor immigrant

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One more plea (yet again):

* Pete Seeger - Union Maid

Also much of Broooooooooooce's We Shall Overcome album works here
* Springsteen - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
or a good chunk of Nebraska, but particularly:
* Springsteen - Used Cars

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How could I forget?


On The Border - Al Stewart

hints of insurrection, 'the hand that sets the farms alight'. Brilliantly understated, Beautifully played

John Lennon had a real talent for the propaganda slogan - All You Need Is Love - Give Peace A Chance - Power To the People - Woman Is the N* of the World.He'd have made a great advertising man - and like Don Draper, a lot of it was insincere, he knew how to please a crowd.300 fur coats - imagine no possessions? I'm not getting at John, pop superstars and their political causes and political songwriting generally has always seemed naive and adolescent to me.

#69 A good example is Woody Guthrie's 'This Is Your Land'. I feel certain the native Americans found it every bit as culturally imperialist as the immigrant population found it egalitarian and inspirational.Can you imagine how we'd react if Guthrie had been an English folkie?

Oh, and Southern Man - Neil Young

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henri

How could I forget?


On The Border - Al Stewart

hints of insurrection, 'the hand that sets the farms alight'. Brilliantly understated, Beautifully played


#69 I have big problems with Woody Guthrie's 'This Is Your Land'. I feel certain the native American Indians found it every bit as culturally imperialist as the immigrant population found it egalitarian and inspirational.Can you imagine how we'd react if Guthrie had been an English folkie?

Oh, and Southern Man - Neil Young

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henri

#84-85

Spot the difference.

You haven't been reading have you?

Cap'n - used cars is just so spot on....

#84

Henri,

How many you gotta kill to get 300 fur coats?

>8-D