'Two hours of the songs that send you to sleep' is maybe not the most enticing programme billing that's ever been written but it does sum up Monday's show. What I'm after are the tunes that help you unwind, some truly relaxing pop music and your suggestions of the artists with the most soothing voices ever.
So, re-laaaaaaaaax....and get in touch.
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Comment number 1.
At 12th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:1. At 8:22pm on 12 Nov 2010, DC wrote:
Anything by Morrizzzzzzzzzzey......
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Comment number 2.
At 12th Nov 2010, Billy in Alloa wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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Comment number 3.
At 12th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:MONDAY
'For You' - Judie Tzuke
'Seduced' - Mary Coughlan
'Loving & Free' - Kiki Dee
'The Dance' - Mindy McCready
'The Air That I Breathe' - kd lang
'Dimming of the Day' - Bonnie Raitt
'I'm Gonna Be Strong' - Cyndi Lauper
'Different Kind of Gone' - Mary Gauthier
'The Last Chance Texaco' - Rickie Lee Jones
'Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You' - Dolly Parton
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Comment number 4.
At 12th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:From previous thread
Na scotch wisnae that one. Was something about the songs that help you unwind after work.
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Comment number 5.
At 12th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:#4
I'm sure the Cap'n can find it. After he listens to
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Comment number 6.
At 12th Nov 2010, mary-doll wrote:I listen to two radio stations by choice (others are foisted upon me), both in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ stable. So there's no conflicting interests. To fall asleep and wake up - it's Radio 4. To stay awake, it's Radio Scotland.
Don't often make it to hearing this one, try to be in bed and asleep at a sensible hour - but, failing that, am guaranteed to drift away when this is played
Ronald Binge via the Alan Perry/William Gardner Orchestra Sailing By
Something strange about this as it's played before the Shipping Forecast and I can't imagine how the poor sailors are helped to steer their course safely with this...anyway - not recommended for those currently driving or using heavy machinery.
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Comment number 7.
At 12th Nov 2010, Glen Miller wrote:Maybe it's time to put the programme to sleep.
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Comment number 8.
At 12th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 9.
At 12th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:how can you be sure?
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Comment number 10.
At 12th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:The speed of light (about 300,000,000 meters per second) is the same for all observers, whether or not they're moving.
Anyone moving at a constant speed should observe the same physical laws.
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Comment number 11.
At 12th Nov 2010, Kene Gelly wrote:are you sure you didn't mean Pearson's Rank Correlation Co-efficient?
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Comment number 12.
At 12th Nov 2010, Kene Gelly wrote:gotta be 'My Funny Valentine' ... Chet Baker
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Comment number 13.
At 12th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Ah meant metre... what a tit!
BTW You been check out ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Four tonight??? story of Chess just the best, I'm still playin' with My DIng A Ling!
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Comment number 14.
At 12th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:#10
Yes but how can YOU be sure? By definition, you're mad. The wouldn't have any effect on you not knowing which day of the week it was.
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Comment number 15.
At 12th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:And yes, I was just watching ol' Chuck. And infuriatingly last night caught one song only from one band on Sky Arts, playing at the Montreux Jazz 2004 and they were so good, but haven't a clue who they were.
And further - as I wait for the darned cat to come in - the music I so much enjoyed at the Battery park last week was - a school samba band. Boy were they good.
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Comment number 16.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:#1 brilliannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..............................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Comment number 17.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Last week's contribution from the blog was not as high as normal (43 / 64 / 49 / 35).
Is the snooze button ruse a further attempt to diminish input from my good friends here?
We should be telt
DC
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Comment number 18.
At 12th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:I can't tell you why / eagles
Sooooooooo relaxing
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Comment number 19.
At 12th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:Only broke 50 posts once last week?
The older we get the harder it is to stimulate us.
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Comment number 20.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Did somebody speak?
Yaaaaawwwwwnnnnnnn
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Comment number 21.
At 12th Nov 2010, mazzystar wrote:Dick Van Dye, Hushabye Mountain.....nice...
This theme is an easy opportunity for some Moz/Smiths bashing, shame on you DC ;-)
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Comment number 22.
At 12th Nov 2010, mazzystar wrote:Dyke! Damn this technology....
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Comment number 23.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:k
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Comment number 24.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Shoot.... Not quick enough...
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Comment number 25.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Serious suggestion (caws it happens to be on the aye-pod the noo)
Layla - Derek & the Dominos, with the full play-out please
DC
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Comment number 26.
At 12th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:But it does, we need to realized that space and time are relative, an object in motion 'the Earth' actually experiences time at a slower rate than one at rest. Although this may seem absurd to us, we travel incredibly slowly when compared to the speed of light, so we don't actually notice the hands on our watches ticking slower when we're running or traveling on a plane for example. Smarter people than me have actually proved this phenomenon by sending atomic clocks up with high-speed space rockets. They returned to Earth slightly behind the clocks on the ground.
Is the cat in yet?
Anyhow, look I'll demonstrate... can you see Ardmore Point fae the house? Gie me 30 mins....
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Comment number 27.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Is that you flashing?
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Comment number 28.
At 12th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Tee Hee... Wuz gonnae refer to #24!
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Comment number 29.
At 12th Nov 2010, Kene Gelly wrote:tits, ding-a-lings and flashings ... moderation please ...
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Comment number 30.
At 12th Nov 2010, DC wrote:so MMFC, does the theory change depending upon whether you're travelling with the light wave or against?
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Comment number 31.
At 12th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Ach yer correct Kene... am aff tae bed!
Woman! as is comin'
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Comment number 32.
At 13th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Too much info....
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Comment number 33.
At 13th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:#26
the cat was momentarily both in and out. At that precise instant it didn't know what day of the week it was. Well the dead half didn't.
MONDAY
Serene - Jeff Beck
All the King's Horses - Robert Plant
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Comment number 34.
At 13th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:Think I've logged onto some word timewarp here
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Comment number 35.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:If a man talks in the forest, and there isn't a woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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Comment number 36.
At 13th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:Word? Weird?
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Comment number 37.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:#26
If you're driving at the speed of light does anything happen when you switch on your headlights?
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Comment number 38.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:...and what is your braking distance?
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Comment number 39.
At 13th Nov 2010, jake bullet wrote:So What - Miles Davis
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Comment number 40.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Smiths - There is a Speed Of Light That never Goes Out
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Comment number 41.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:Miles for preference, but if you respond using kilometres I'll convert to real distance.
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Comment number 42.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:While we're on the subject of theme suggestions, Brian Matthews played a 'Herd' track on the wireless this morning.
Have we covered collective nouns?
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Comment number 43.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:What are they?
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Comment number 44.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Ah right got you ....a gaggle of words etc.
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Comment number 45.
At 13th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:as in a confusion of bloggers?
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Comment number 46.
At 13th Nov 2010, jake bullet wrote:or a facebook of bloggers?
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Comment number 47.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:Complain about this comment (Comment number 47)
Comment number 48.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:...take deep breaths...calm...calm...go to your happy place...
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Comment number 49.
At 13th Nov 2010, henri hannah wrote:jake bullet?
Scotch, I thought Brad Git was pretty good, but this is world class.
a facebook of bloggers? Surely not.
jake, welcome aboard:a bored-rigidness of bloggers?
a discontent of bloggers?
a restlessness of bloggers?
a curiosity of bloggers?
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Comment number 50.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:a load of cobblers...
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Comment number 51.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:A cackle of producers....
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Comment number 52.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:a pair of shoes...
for Imelda
>8-D
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Comment number 53.
At 13th Nov 2010, jake bullet wrote:#49 Can't take the credit for the alter ego henri, wasn't my idea. Don't have the imagination to come up with my own and belive me I tried. It was either this or Steve Zodiac, but as I always wanted to work in cybernautics....
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Comment number 54.
At 13th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:a cybernaughty of bloggers
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Comment number 55.
At 13th Nov 2010, Adam_from_Rio wrote:a gong of unplayed requests
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Comment number 56.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:A Boss of played requests
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Comment number 57.
At 13th Nov 2010, paulhandley wrote:a Yuri of ignored requests by umpteen bloggers
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Comment number 58.
At 13th Nov 2010, Glen Miller wrote:I see Robert Louis Stevenson is 160. I hope his pension is index linked.
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Comment number 59.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:a flock of bustards...
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Comment number 60.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:A tragedy of themes
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Comment number 61.
At 13th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:A dsylecxia of Norries
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Comment number 62.
At 13th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:Spare a thought for the dyslexic devil-worshipper who sold his soul to Santa.
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Comment number 63.
At 13th Nov 2010, mary-doll wrote:#62 A Sainthood Loss Lust
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Comment number 64.
At 13th Nov 2010, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#35 Sigh! You know perfectly well he is!
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Comment number 65.
At 13th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:#37 of course... they light up the road ahead!
However, the S4 has to avoid the speed of light in order to keep me & my passengers in synch with Greenwich Mean Time.
GIO collectives
An erst of e-mailers
A bloat of Bloggers
A flush of FaceBookers
A totter of Texters
A cornucopia of Callers
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Comment number 66.
At 13th Nov 2010, Adam_from_Rio wrote:BRING ME THE DIMMED HEADLIGHTS OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
Off now...
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Comment number 67.
At 13th Nov 2010, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:A perseverence of bloggers (or is that Hibs Fans)?
A babble of bloggers
A clique of contributers
A bobble-hat (and an anorak) of bloggers!
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Comment number 68.
At 13th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Put them back ON for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction!
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Comment number 69.
At 13th Nov 2010, imelda wrote:#52 Wot A pair!
more like
A shedful of shoes
A heap of heels
A street of stilettos
A stream of sandals
A burgh of boots
oh and a magnum og champagne of course!
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Comment number 70.
At 14th Nov 2010, henri hannah wrote:An evening on Byres Road: Smiffy and me just back from Tennants: I'm told they're going to change it into some kind of 'bistro': I can't believe it.
How come there's not a campaign to stop that, like there was against G1's ideas for the old railway station under the botanics?
regardez youse
henri
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Comment number 71.
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Comment number 72.
At 14th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:Monday
/ Damien Rice
As well as fitting the theme perfectly it is also about a classically trained pianist who was kept under house arrest for fifteen of the last 21 years. Her piano was broken and the govt refused to allow anyone in to repair it. Her name is Aung San Suu Kyi and she was released from house arrest in Burma this weekend.
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Comment number 73.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:Good shout, Paolo
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Comment number 74.
At 14th Nov 2010, Senga wrote:#72 - Paolo - If they don't play it on Monday you can ask for it again on Wednesday!
:o)
Music To Unwind To
Dr. Hook does it for me! Please play my favourite. It's on the album Sometimes You Win and it was the b-side of Sexy Eyes
Help Me Mama - Dr. Hook
:o)
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Comment number 75.
At 14th Nov 2010, Senga wrote:#15 - Gaie - You wait up for the
;o)
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Comment number 76.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:Yep, I don't understand it myself, Senga! I mean I never waited up or even stayed awake when the 16-year-olds were off to the nightclub and coming in at 3.00 in the morning.
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Comment number 77.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:When I'm razzled and frazzled and headachey I put Jackson on the player, for something melodic and soothing.
Late for The Sky - Jackson Browne
or maybe Dougie Maclean, who has done so much more than Caledonia and who's voice and guitar are just simple perfection
She Will Find me - Dougie Maclean
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Comment number 78.
At 14th Nov 2010, Glen Miller wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 79.
At 14th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:This is a brilliant drifting off song...
Bruce Springsteen - Drive All Night
don't just take my word for it. If it is good enough for Jackie Stallone's boy it is good enough for us:
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Comment number 80.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:Turn Me On - Norah Jones
Chì Mi 'n Tir - Runrig , or Donnie Munro and Karen Matheson from the West Side, Donnie's first solo album though obviously this isn't a solo it..oh never mind
The Trip to Pirate's Cove - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers from Mojo
#77 whose voice. My English teacher just burrled in his grave
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Comment number 81.
At 14th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Oooh gtreat shout for Norah Jones. The whol.e alnum she did with Peter Malik would also be good....that is a great album.
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Comment number 82.
At 14th Nov 2010, DC wrote:#80 did he take a shovel with him?
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Comment number 83.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:No, he just had supernatural powers of knowing when anyone made a mistake
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Comment number 84.
At 14th Nov 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:#78
Copy cat! {#8}
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At 14th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:#81
Phone still not properly dried out yet?
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Comment number 86.
At 14th Nov 2010, Glen Miller wrote:#84
My dig at the Beeb was regarded as off piste.
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Comment number 87.
At 14th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:I have to say Mr MacLean I am thoroughly enjoying The Promise. Vintage Boss. Truly Superb!
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Comment number 88.
At 14th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:#87 paolo that is not released until tomorrow ;O)!!
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Comment number 89.
At 14th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:#88
Norrie,
Have you moved your clock back too far? According to it was released yesterday.
>8-D
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Comment number 90.
At 14th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:Friday, even. What day is this?
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Comment number 91.
At 14th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:#88 It must have escaped then!
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Comment number 92.
At 14th Nov 2010, norriemaclean wrote:No chance. Wiki is wrong. The Beeb dont even have it.....
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Comment number 93.
At 14th Nov 2010, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Sleepy songs...'Over The Hill and Far Away' by The Humblebums is a lovely dozy track!
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Comment number 94.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:God help us, it gets more like the old folks' home every day. No-one knows what day it is, and we're expected to come up with a selection of suitably soothing songs for dozing off to!!!!
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At 14th Nov 2010, Scotch Get wrote:And Glen's back on the piste...
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Comment number 96.
At 14th Nov 2010, gaie wrote:Well they should never have let him out in the first place
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Comment number 97.
At 14th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:97 posts and about three songs suggested.
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Comment number 98.
At 14th Nov 2010, paolopablo wrote:When Babs logs onto tomorrow she'll think, what a great theme...over 100 posts on the blog already.
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At 14th Nov 2010, DC wrote:Only two of them song suggestions
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At 14th Nov 2010, DC wrote:goal
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