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WEDNESDAY

Many moons ago, a temporary licence was granted to broadcast Country music 24/7 in the Glasgow area. One of the presenters was Elaine C. Smith.

I had never heard of Bonnie Raitt before hearing Elaine playing her music on the radio. Which is why I thought Bonnie was a Country singer...


'Longing in Their Hearts' - Bonnie Raitt

The title track to the first Bonnie Raitt album I purchased, and still my favourite. I think of it as her Country song.

Please dedicate it to Elaine C. Smith, who has earned my eternal gratitude.

Theme suggestion

The final track on 'Longing in Their Hearts' is called 'Shadow of Doubt'

Bonnie provides the vocal and plays acoustic slide guitar.

Charlie Musslewhite plays harmonica.

That's it.

My suggestion is songs that have been stripped back to the bare essentials. Particularly Blues songs.

We must have had a similar theme before, but I can't remember when.

I commend it to the House!

That ain't a drummer keeping time. It's one of Bonnie's dainty little feet...

Ride A White Swann fits that theme SG.

Adulthood? What's that?

Blood, Sweat and Tears Spinning Wheel

#2

I'll second!

Alone and Forsaken ~ Hank Williams

#2 yes, great idea!

#5 haven't a clue

Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

or perhaps

Lord Help - Tom Jones

and Scotch Git

21st Birthday: Baby Jane - Rod Stewart
First Flatshare: Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
First owned flat: 'When I want you' - Del Amitri
First Job - 'American Girl' - Tom Petty (12" single gained in a record swap at work)
Motherhood: 'Dreams' - Gabrielle was number 1 when The Daughter was born but maybe I associate her more with Bob Marley...she loves 'Redemption Song'.
Now I'm nearer to 50 I'm overjoyed that I'm into a lot of the songs that the daughter likes...I'd love it if you would finally give this one an airing as it's great...'Dead End by Master Shortie (no excuse not to if you can play Tiny Tempah etc) :0)

Brilliant post Julie. Really great.

Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (The engagement years)
True Colours - Cyndi Lauper (Married and living in first house)
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (birth of son)

Paul from Ayr

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Warren Zevon - Put the lights out when you leave

#2 like it. Similarly an acoustic night would be good. No electrics allowed!

#3, #9

Gaie,

"It's one of Bonnie's dainty little feet."


heehee

Thank you!

>8-D


#14

Paolo,

That's what I meant to say...

>8-D

#13

Glen,

Is there something you want to share?

>8-D

#14 / 15....

Not sure about making it an "accoustic" night....

A symphony orchestra could have a full strength of around 100 musicians therefore hardly stripped back to the bare essentials! The original idea as I understand it presents a better challenge.

I would like a song for my first car that I owned. It was a sleek silver datsun sports coupe. It was easily the best looking car out of my peer group. It stood out a mile in the street. Great to drive and it looked fantastic.

Push it / salt n pepa

Just as well there was a hill at the end of the road or it would never have started.

D'oh... 'acoustic'

the one band who spans most of my 'adult' years, ie who I've listened to without pause as they continue to make music - Runrig. First heard them on a tape in a caravan in Ardvasar, Skye near the hotel where they sometimes drank; last saw them at Barrowlands a fortnight ago.
My daughter loved them from when she was nae mair than a toddler and her first concert was in GRCH with me and my Dad. We waved farewell to Donnie at Stirling Castle and we greeted Bruce at Greenock Town hall. My son and daughter and her boyfriend were with me at Barrowlands this month, and we had a totally brilliant time.

I would absolutely love to hear

An Sabhal Aig Neill

- fantastic drumming,(4 of them playing side-by-side at Scone and Barrowlands) no-one, but on-one could keep their feet still to this.

And if you really, really can't find any Bruce Runrig then I'll settle for

Protect and Survive

but as I've said before - it would be so good to hear something from the current band

The defining moment of my adulthood is meeting and falling in love with my better half. We got together relatively late in life and I think that has made our relationship stronger. She has helped me cope with recovering from a stroke, 10 years ago next July, and has been very supportive with my Mum who suffers from dementia. For Alexis please play:

Neil Diamond - 'Forever In Blue Jeans'

or the theme from Simon Bate's Our Tune...

#21 Great post Billy :o)

My path to adulthood has been somewhat convoluted to be honest.

First Job:

The Engineer I was apprentice under raved and raved about Elton John and the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Love Lies Bleeding.

Moving to Glasgow and making my way in a career of sorts:

I remeber Nowl Edmonds stating on the Radio, we were working Sunday overtime, that he was going to play a single, first ever play, and that we would not believe who it was by

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Buying first flat:

Lone Justice - Shelter, was amazed then at how much time I had on my hands to get things done, it has never been that way since. Love this record it takes me mback to a wonderful time and place instantly.

The soundtrack to adulthood, identifying with the themes of responsibilty, fear and loss:

Anything by this man, who I got into relatively late, but his songs just touch such a chord.

Jackson Browne - Sky Blue and Black or Fountain Of Sorrow

both songs about the hopes, aspirations, love, pain and regret that we undoubtedly find as we move into adult life.

Over the past 48 months through the worst of circumstances and sometimes the best of times I finally became an adult of sorts........but there we go. We all try and rise to whatever challenges there are and move on. As Lou Reed said Life's Good...........

#23 What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

#23 nothing for your seven kids?

Don't want to hog the blog posts.

'Brite Side' ... Deborah Harry

Coz in adulthood it's always good to know there is always one ... despite what you may temporarily think ...

spooky ... I was about to suggest that ...

Hmmm... well, there's a problem. In the best Buddist tradition, we should have 'let go' of our attachment music by now, so, de facto, no one in this blogotariat has ever truly grown up - and certainly not me.

I have a problem here, as Bob Dylan put it: 'you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice' but in fact, you have to pay twice to do things twice, anyway.

So I've had a childhood, teeneage years, a career, a marriage, kids, a business, a divorce, more teenage years, a romance,met the love of my life, more kids (vicariously liable) etc etc... I'm really pretty unsure at what point I grew up... if I ever have - there's a kind of innate wisdom that you acquire through circumstance - maybe that's it.

Such growing up or wisdom as I've managed centres on an appreciateion of the word 'slow'... i think that kinda says it.

Slow - Rumer - from the fabulous album 'Seasons Of My Soul'

The challenge the theme throws down to the GIO is can they rise up to playing music that is grown up enough to do justice to the theme - this is one song that fits the bill.

Have a listen, Bryan...

regardez youse

henri

Conversely, I'd be delighted to hear:

Tubas In The Moonlight - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

which I bought as part of a box set when I was quite mature.

regardez youse

henri

and age gives you an appreciation of age: for people and things that went before

Poring Water On A Drowning Man - James Carr

I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo

both 'old' artists I discovered as I got older,

regardez youse

henri

Not sure how many boxes have to be ticked on some random list to consider myself, or anyone else, an adult. I've met younger folk with more wisom even if they've yet to (and may not, the way things are just now) acquire some of the more conventional trappings that seem to signal "you are now a responsible, respectable adult".
Maybe it's down to relationships and how you deal with folk rather than anything else. I frequently find myself wanting. But keep trying. Especially when it's family. Plastering a stoic smile on is sometimes all we can do.
Crowded House Four Seasons In One Day

wisdom. see? can't even spell it properly.

Yip, had a fair degree of milestones/challenges in adulthood akin to those of the blogotariat me'sel!
Many taken for granted... a few all
consuming at that point in time.

Life is for living ~ Barclay James Harvest

Been enjoying Richard Allison sitting in for Ken Bruce this week. great music and his six easy pieces feature which features six songs with a tenuous link to each other sure gets the old grey matter going in the morning. I've always said he'd be a great stand in when bryans on holiday.

More musings. Maybe being an adult is when you realise you shouldn't try to justify yourself to anyone anymore. Take it or leave it. Warts an' all.

Gloria Gaynor I Am What I Am

#14, #15, #17

MadMac,

That's what I meant to say...

>8-D