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Gardening is the theme for tomorrow night. It’s one of several good themes suggested by Mabel Syrup not on the blog, Facebook, Twitter or text, but…wait for it…by letter! It was actually really nice to get a hand written letter and it reminded me of the old days when I first started in radio.
Back then, the first task on arriving at work was to rush to your ‘dookit’ and find out if anyone had been in touch. As I did the ‘indie and alternative’ show it was unlikely I was going to have a bulging postbag but it was always nice to find out that people had taken the trouble to write.
The instant hit that you get from texting and twittering is not the same but it’s a still lovely to know that people spend time coming up with their suggestions night after night.
I have been thinking of the old days today after an ancient ‘DJ publicity photo’ turned up on Facebook. The radio station in Aberdeen that I worked for is 30 years old today, so happy birthday Northsound. I’ve got so many happy memories of working there with a talented team that included Edi Stark, Nicky Campbell and Richard Gordon. Now, I wonder what ever happened to them….
Anyway, on with tomorrow’s theme which is ‘gardens’. As it seemed that most of tonight’s texters were in the garden enjoying a glass of wine with their tea it seems an appropriate one to do.
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At 27th Jul 2011, Scotch Get wrote:BRING ME THE HEDGE OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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At 27th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - Earl Shrubs
Green Fly - Herb Aceous & the Tijuana Grass
Hoedown - Emerson, Lake & Palmtree
Don't marigold, Marry Me - the Beautiful South
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At 27th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:Privet Dancer - Tina Turner
It Soil Over Now - the Rolling Stones
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At 27th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:Holy Roller - Nazareth
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At 27th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:and one for mary-doll
Closer - Nine Inch Snails
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At 27th Jul 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:I'm the world's worst gardener...this is more my style...
'The Patio Song' - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci...and it's a lovely wee song!
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At 27th Jul 2011, DC wrote:Gardens? Don't talk to me about gardens. I've spent the past three days digging up ground for boulders to get placed in exact positions.
My back's killin me.
For Mrs C:
I just wanna rockery - Travis
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At 27th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:Michelle Branch - Everywhere
R.E.M. - Gardening At Night
Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
From Matilda. I had always assumed this was David Byrne. Now thanks to the power of the internut I know better ☺
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:a 70's classic
Who's in the strawberry patch with Sally / Tony Orlando and Dawn
then again it may not have aged well
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At 27th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:I Am Arrows - Green Grass
Elvis Costello - A Good Year For the Roses
The Jam - English Rose
The Cure - Hanging Garden
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Goodnight saigon / billy Joel
for the line
and weedol go down together
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At 27th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:#9 Probably better than One Bad Apple ☺
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At 27th Jul 2011, KK Bing wrote:'I saw Mr Presley Tiptoeing through the Tulips' --- Tiny Tim
remarkable!
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At 27th Jul 2011, KK Bing wrote:'Garden of Serenity' --- The Ramones
not quite/quiet ...
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At 27th Jul 2011, KK Bing wrote:'Tumbling Tumbleweeds' --- The Sons of the Pioneers
quaintly relaxing ...
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Hi Hoe silver lining / Jeff Beck
Lawnraker / Shirley Bassey
Lettuce Stay together / Al Green
Little things a lot meant / Kitty Kalen
mower mower mower / Andrea True connection
Shed rather be with me / Turtles
Bank robber / Joe Strimmer and the Clash
Olivers Army / Deckin McManus
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:#12 Shhhh! The rest had all forgotton!
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At 27th Jul 2011, Madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Outstanding KK! More Tiny Tim please.
Caption: Norrie! What have you been told about those bloomin' hedgehogs?
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At 27th Jul 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Complain about this comment (Comment number 19)
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At 27th Jul 2011, Kene Gelly wrote:There really only ever was one great song of the garden. Sit back on the deckie, nestle your favourite tipple, shut your eyes and listen to the evocative lyrics of Albert Lord Tennyson come vividly to light ...
'Come into the Garden Maud' ~~~ Webster Booth
Simply amazing!
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At 27th Jul 2011, mary-doll wrote:#5 Gaie - you just made my day there! Highly unlikely to get played - no matter. That was gold!!
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Turfin USA / Beechgrove Boys
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At 27th Jul 2011, mary-doll wrote:Burl Ives The Ugly Bug Ball
Eric Clapton Let It Grow
Tom Jones The Green, Green Grass of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
Just back from a walk with manny and doggles, need some thinking time.
Bryan, BTW - if you're animal-averse, it's probably got nowt to do with animals. You've had a dodgey experience. You sound like you could be a dog-lover. Cats are tricky. But dogs - honestly - give them a chance. I gave in after years of nagging from hubby and have never regretted it. ;o)
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At 27th Jul 2011, mary-doll wrote:#20 - storming shout, Kene!! Seconded.
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At 27th Jul 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Ooh! OOh! Been wanting this played for a while...would love to hear it...
'Jesamine' - The Casuals
Slightly different spelling to the plant Jessamine
Great pop song...you'll recognise it if you play it...
It's my umpteenth birthday on Thursday...will that swing it? :o)
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Forget me nots / Patrice Rushen
It was sampled in two different No.! hits
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At 27th Jul 2011, Scotch Get wrote:THURSDAY
'May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose' - Little Jimmy Dickens
Keep it Country!
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Long Road out of Eden / Eagles
It's only 10'17 long.
Oh well in that case
Garden Party / Mezzoforte
Empty Garden (hey hey Johnnie) / Elton John
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At 27th Jul 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:this song is the best 3 minutes summing up the 60's than any other i know of.
in nearly 50 years i've never heard it once on the radio yet it conjures up visions of the youth tripping out, state police on the rampage,Democratic conventions ending in street mayhem while the war in Indonesia rages long before mcnamara pleads redemption ....yes all of that in 3 minutes......what a song.
sung by the best female voice in pop history.
'safe in my garden'...................mamas and papas.
cheers frae the dale
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At 27th Jul 2011, Scotch Get wrote:THURSDAY
This is a pre-emptive strike against Hong Kong Garden, which, despite the title, has nowt to do wi' gardens.
'Green Fingers' - Siouxsie and the Banshees
An appropriate song for this here theme. So it is.
:-)
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At 27th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Daisy Jane / America
Seeing has how Dan Peek passed on last week.
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At 27th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:Bloom - Martin & James
Dandelion Blues - the Incredible String Band
Garden - Pearl Jam
Trampled Rose - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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At 27th Jul 2011, Madmacfraeclydebank wrote:#26
You win!
Reminds me of Akram's Dumbarton ;-)
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At 27th Jul 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#29 The best summing up of the sixties? Not my experience of the decade...unless it mentions potty-training, ballet-lessons, first day at school, pickies, clackers and kerby, creamola foam, Sunday school picnics, jelly and ice-cream, wearing your favourite tartan trouser-suit to the P6 Christmas party...
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At 27th Jul 2011, Kene Gelly wrote:24
shucks ... thanx MD
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At 27th Jul 2011, Madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Wildwood Flower ~ T. Carter Family please.
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At 27th Jul 2011, Madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Carnation ~ T. Jam
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At 27th Jul 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:#34 @ ya julie.............
i think the song you're talking about is 'thank you very much' by the scaffold which just about matches your 60's by the sound of it.
but the only way i can get that into the theme is to tell the story of my next door neighbours extension..........first day of the holidays and up goes the scaffold in my garden without a by your leave...............and it was there for the next 5 months..
no thank you, very very much.
fine extension though,but it blocks my nice view of some maryhill high flats.....the ones sometimes used in 'still game'.
cheers frae the dale
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At 27th Jul 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:here's a good wan from a man who once famously managed to get some glasgow children to hand in all their sharp garden tools.
and its aboot the oldest piece o' grass known to man (and woman!!)
'the garden of eden'...........frankie vaughan
cheers frae the dale
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At 27th Jul 2011, paulhandley wrote:#25 it's an excellent feelgood song Julie, one which typifies that period of the 60s, even if the reality wasn't always quite up to it!
Different flower for me, the roses in my garden have been battered by Magpies looking for bugs in them, anyway......
Love is a Rose - Neil Young
Paul from Ayr
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At 27th Jul 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:CAPTION COMP...........
'so the bloke in B & Q said that these new vertical bits of turf were better value than they wind turbines ye stuck on the chimney that retailed at £1100, so i handed over the £1200 and i must say, he was right. even the hedgehogs are copin'.
can i have the prize in lira please cos ye used to get loads o' them.
cheers frae the dale.
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At 28th Jul 2011, DC wrote:Just back fae haen a pint wi Adam In Rio. Wel actually he came here. And we had more than just the one pint.
Which might explain why I hae Stones - Neil Diamond, goin through mah heid.
Next time we'll lay chips..........
DC
PS Adam says hi tae awbiddy
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At 28th Jul 2011, jinkk wrote:I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden by ?
and whats that song with i am a lawnmower in it yo can tell by the way I walk (computer in holiday house is too slow to check)
or like my garden back home Wildwood Paul Weller
Octopuses garden
best kept secret china crisis
anything by the kew tips
stone roses waterfall (one of my favourite tunes)
5 hours behind just now typical i leave Scotland and the sun comes out
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At 28th Jul 2011, jinkk wrote:it was Genesis i think?
tip toe through the tulips
inch worm inch worm measuring the marigolds
anything by the weed killers Brandon flowers
oops there goes another rubber tree plant High hopes
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At 28th Jul 2011, paulhandley wrote:don't panic jinkk, the rain is back (at least in the west)......good news for gardeners!
The version of "Rose Garden" that I remember was by Lynn Anderson......
.....that should please the "keep it country" folks........... :-)
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:#43 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Keep them moving blades sharp...
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
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At 28th Jul 2011, holdontight wrote:"I can hear the grass grow." by The Move - the group which eventually became the Electric Light Orchestra.
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:#48 Or Flowers In The Rain?
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt
David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In
For our neighbourhood cats:
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
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At 28th Jul 2011, mikeshropshire wrote:Fruit Tree: Nick Drake
Man in a Shed: Nick Drake
Anything from Five Leaves Left: Nick Drake...
... is there a pattern emerging here?
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At 28th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trowel
- the Black Crowes
Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
A New Day Has Begun - Roddy Woomble
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At 28th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:#51
Should that not be Nick Rake.
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At 28th Jul 2011, paolopablo wrote:Caption
Despite Norrie thinking his new deep pile lounge carpet was the ultimate in luxury, he still couldn't walk on it in his bare feet.
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At 28th Jul 2011, CaptRamius wrote:#54
Actually, it does look a wee bit Norrie-esque...
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At 28th Jul 2011, CaptRamius wrote:#18
Presumably we now have to request
* Incredible String Band - The Hedgehog Song
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At 28th Jul 2011, CaptRamius wrote:(more) serious suggestions:
* Marillion - Garden Party
Note to producers: make sure you play the single version, not the album version which contains a word unsuitable for teatime play
* Runrig - Flower of the West
* Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
* Sting - Desert Rose
* The Blues Brothers - Green Onions
Huge +1 for MD's #23 suggestion
* Clapton - Let It Grow
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At 28th Jul 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:drum rolllllllll.........
take your normal piece of rice paper that is 0.001 of an inch thick. (that's 1 thousandth of an inch or 1 thow as it was called on the high precision shop floor)
tear it in two.
put the two pieces together.
then tear that piece in half.
then put the pieces together and tear in half again.
repeat this process 50 times.
how high is the final tower of rice paper?........................
a savagely unbelievable answer.......................
'to the moon and back'......................savage garden
that is not the answer by the way.
but i am willing to reveal it if this gets played
OR
if anybody wants to slip me a tenner.
some free advice to anyone rushing out to get some rice paper.........try and get a piece the size of a football pitch ......it eases the cutting a bit.
cheers frae the dale.
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At 28th Jul 2011, norriemaclean wrote:What are you lot talking about re photo?
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At 28th Jul 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Yee ha etc, for the Git and Madmac keeping it etc.
Tim McGraw- Where The Green Grass Grows
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At 28th Jul 2011, Senga wrote:#43 - jinkk - I beg your pardon?
(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
;o)
My boss has come up with another brilliant suggestion! (His words, not mine)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
If you play it it will put him in a good mood then I can negotiate a day off on Monday the 8th of August because I'll still be recovering from a night out in Edinburgh on Saturday the 6th of August. Between the Breezers and the karaoke I'll be wrecked! LOL!
;o)
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At 28th Jul 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Van Morrsion is at his absolute best on this track. I think it is my favourite song of all time:
Van Morrison - In The Garden
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:Pigs might fly:
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The title may have originally been In The Garden Of Eden
The butterfly part works for the theme.
Why am I even bothering to try and justify this?
Oh well I've typed it all out now ☺
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:#61 Well done Senga's boss. A brilliant suggestion indeed ☺
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At 28th Jul 2011, Will Power wrote:Now about that day off...
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At 28th Jul 2011, CaptRamius wrote:#60/#61
o'course that leads us to
* Nick Cave & Kylie - Where The Wild Roses Grow
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At 28th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:or even back to #52, Capt!
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At 28th Jul 2011, Willie B wrote:#29,Havent heard that song in years ,Dale.Along with "Twelve Thirty"much overlooked gem.They sounded like they were singing through cotton wool.Lovely.Ah,Julie,I was indulging in a slightly more "hip" pot-ty training then!
Would be great to hear Fifth Dimension's sparkling "The Magic Garden"written by Jim Webb from a concept album of the same name on which he wrote and produced.Dusty Springfield also does a great cover.Cheers,Willie Bartke
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At 28th Jul 2011, Bruce Nesmith wrote:The Bluebells of Scotland-Corries
Dead Flowers-Rolling Stones (what would be in my garden, alas)
Somebody Bring Me A Flower I'm a Robot-Kev Russell's Junker
God Bless the Grass-Pete Seeger
No Holly for Miss Quinn-Enya
The Lilac and the Apple-Kate Wolf
Where the Rose is Sown-Big Country
Violets of Dawn-Eric Anderson
Stop and Smell the Roses-Mac Davis
...and hearty support to whoever suggested "Love is a Rose" and "Man in a Shed"!
Bruce Nesmith
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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At 28th Jul 2011, Goldberry wrote:Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers
Lilac Wine - the Jeff Buckley version is breathtakingly good!
Or for the wilder parts of my garden - Poison Ivy - The Lambrettas
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At 28th Jul 2011, jinkk wrote:#45 never lasts long in the good weather in the UK thanks for reminding me of who sung the tune and also #46 too should #61 cheers Senga
there is something fun about listening to your favorite show the next day on i player whilst reading a good book on a sun lounger aaahhhhhh x
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At 28th Jul 2011, gaie wrote:naebody asked for
Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort
yet?
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At 28th Jul 2011, Goldberry wrote:The Eggplant that ate Chicago - Norman Greenbaum
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At 28th Jul 2011, henri hannah wrote:#72
I was going to but thought someone else would:
okay, Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort
regardez youse
henri
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At 28th Jul 2011, Kinnaird07 wrote:Hi Bryan,
Here are a few contenders for tonight.
The Ugly Bug Ball by Burle Ives
Another White Dasy by Butterfly Boucher
The Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimski Korsakov
Nutrocker by Bee Bumble and the Stingers
Mr Tamborine Man by the Byrds
Like the theme, but thought we shouldn't stick to plants, but include the animals as well
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At 28th Jul 2011, Roadie58 wrote:Coo.. Nearly fell of my chair when you played "Jesamine" by the Casuals.
There is a much better version (and original) by The Bystanders. This band later became the legendary "man" band from wales..
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At 28th Jul 2011, mary-doll wrote:A little bird told me juliefromefinburgh (sic) is celebrating her birthday today - hope you have a good one, missus!!
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