This is not a love song...
I think it's a great idea for a theme but it's one that is much trickier than it appears. If you thought our 'cosy on the couch' theme was a bit too romantic then this will serve as the perfect antidote. I guess it's a good show to listen to if you've recently been dumped but I should point out that songs about falling out of love are also banned.
It could be your favourite artist singing about work, drink or even getting a bus - just as long as they don't get all romantic on us!
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At 15th Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
A song inspired by a fox running across the pitch during a floodlit evening match between Celtic and Aberdeen in Glasgow. Reynard got the biggest cheer of the night.
Reynard in Paradise - Michael Marra
Dundonian philosophy...
Eh Umna Therefore Eh Um - Saint Andrew
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At 15th Nov 2011, DC wrote:Anything by Pink Floyd
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At 15th Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
A song about a law enforcement officer from the Lone Star State.
Long Tall Texan - Lyle Lovett
Kinky Friedman's poignant reflection on the Nazi holocaust.
Ride 'em, Jewboy - Willie Nelson
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At 15th Nov 2011, DC wrote:How come Bryan is saying this is a difficult theme? There's hunners o' songs!
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At 15th Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
Lots by certain bands/singers. Ian Dury, Alex Harvey, et al.
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At 15th Nov 2011, norriemaclean wrote:PiL - This Is Not A Love Song
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At 15th Nov 2011, henri hannah wrote:Starship Troooper- Yes
well, I suppose I could be wrong about this since no one has clue what it's about. matter of fact this is potentially a prog theme, since the prog rockers loved music more than people.
Cars - The Leisure Society persistence alone is omnipotent!
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt just for a change..Elvis is never off.
The Great Leap Forward - Billy Bragg
Strawberry Fields Forever -the Beatles
DC is right. Ther's no shotage.Doubtless more to follow.
regardez youse
henri
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At 15th Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
A welcome opporchancity to request a couple of favourites...
Still Gonna Die -
Dust in the Wind -
:o)
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At 15th Nov 2011, Kene Gelly wrote:'Anything You Can Do' ~~ Betty Hutton
'Fiona Slag' ~~ Joe Lima
compatibility assured ...
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At 15th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
The Miracle of Love - Eurythmics
Hot Love - T Rex
I'm Gonna Love You Too - Blondie
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At 15th Nov 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:This is not a love song... You know the more popular a blogger thinks he or she is in the blogosphere, the thinner his or her skin and the thicker his or her hypocrisy. This should be exactly the opposite: the higher you go the thicker the skin and thinner the hypocrisy!
Showroom Dummies ~ Señor Coconut
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At 15th Nov 2011, henri hannah wrote:#11
In a blogotariat, there is no heirarchy.We're all equally thick skinned - a pre-requisite for putting you're memory, limited knowledge and lack of taste and dislexia in front of the world and having it recorded for ever.
Do your worst, get the machine gun out - I've been shot down so often I'm already full of holes, Jim..:-))
regardez youse
henri
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At 15th Nov 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'Freakin' Out' - Graham Coxon
'Sing A Little Song' - Desmond Dekker...just a cheerie-uppy song
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At 15th Nov 2011, norriemaclean wrote:#12 dislexia ~ who?
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At 15th Nov 2011, norriemaclean wrote:#12 Well said Henri.
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At 15th Nov 2011, mary-doll wrote:#11 MB - easy does it. You can still ask for something you like without pishing on a fellow blogger. It's all about etiquette. Make it work for you, even if everyone else might think you are being "NO!" - make it read "YES"! Or not. Whatever.
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At 15th Nov 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:#11 @ ya M_B
LOL OMG i so recognise so much o' masel' LOL
i got oot ma magnifyin' glass the ither nicht and had a good close look at mars and all i could see wiz a few chimneys on fire and some o' they inhabitants standin' too close tae the heat...............
'i can be a frog'.................flaming lips.
and so mibbe ye can let us a' ken whats on page 2 o' the 'teach yersel' psychoanalysis'....when ye get there.
cheers frae the dale
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At 15th Nov 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'Smiling Faces Sometimes' - The Undisputed Truth (If you like The Temptations you'll like this)
'Do Nothing' - The Specials
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At 16th Nov 2011, paolopablo wrote:Life on mars / David Bowie
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At 16th Nov 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:#11 Right on Mars! Get right into all these other bloggers. It obviously doesn’t apply to me of course.
COSMIK DEBRIS from APOSTROPHE (‘) by FRANK ZAPPA
who is appearing at the Embra HMV Picture House is about fortune tellers.
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At 16th Nov 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:on Saturday
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At 16th Nov 2011, gaie wrote:John Mayall, GCRH last night - utterly brilliant. Fantastic musicians with him, but the old guy was an inspiration and totally on top of his form. And they all seemed to be having so much fun. So did I - front row seat, didn't even know it till I dug out the ticket the night before. Standing ovations happen if you just turn up nowadays, but in this case well deserved - IMHO, obviously, wouldn't want youse to think I was conceitedly speaking for anyone else.
Thing-Fish your loyalty card's suspended. Nae Gong THIS Friday!
WEDNESDAY
Blues for the Lost Days - John Mayall
Perfectly Good Guitar - John Hiatt
Boeing 737 - The Low Anthem
God Shuffled his Feet - Crash Test Dummies
The Hedgehog's Song - Incerdible String Band
Start to Roll - The Rudiments
Blue Tarp Blues - Sonny Landreth
Month of May - Arcade Fire
Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners - Foo Fighters
The Sinister Minister - Bèla Fleck & the Flecktones
The Last DJ -Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Gather Round the Stone - Ben Harper
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At 16th Nov 2011, DC wrote:Coconut - Harry Nilsson
Good medication for those off this planet
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At 16th Nov 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'Dat' - Pluto Shervington...about breaking Rastafarian dietary rules...or is it?
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At 16th Nov 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:#20 @ ya T_F
THING_FISH is Mars _Bonfire...........there's a stack o' evidence.
'the ballad of ruby walsh'.................christy moore
cheers frae the dale
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At 16th Nov 2011, norriemaclean wrote:The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar
Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
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At 16th Nov 2011, mikeshropshire wrote:The Auld Triangle: The Pogues
Alternative Ulster: SLF
The Devils Right Hand: Steve Earle
April, Come She Will: Simon and Garfunkel
I Drink: Mary Gauthier
Days Like These: Billy Bragg
Cocaine Blues: Johh Martyn
Theo and Wierd Henry: John Mellencamp
Give Me Strength: Eric Clapton
Move Away Jimmy Blue: Del Amitri
Summerfield Avenue: Chris Wood
Silly Thing: The Sex Pistols
News Of The World: The Jam
White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
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At 16th Nov 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:Dave Edmunds - 'Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets'...about money, or lack of it.
Graham Parker - 'Mercury Poisoning'...diatribe against former record label.
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - 'The Passing Show'... life, the universe etc
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Comment number 29.
At 16th Nov 2011, henri hannah wrote:If I Had a Boat - Lyle Lovett
surreal fantasy.riding a horse on a boat.
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At 16th Nov 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:#25 Such as?
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At 16th Nov 2011, Alfaeraferry wrote:In no particular order
Jackie / Scott Walker (Brel song about the whole celebrity thing)
Do Anything You Wanna Do / Eddie & The Hot Rods
The Riddle / Nik Kershaw (Lyric said to be just made up in a hurry to get the demo recorded, at the time people were looking for deep meanings which didn't exist.)
Every Breath You Take / The Police (Song about control, jealousy and surveillance, very dark and creepy. Mr Sumner's own words, not mine)
Strange Flowers / James Grant
Country Corner
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The Guitar Song / Jamey Johnson (Song told by a guitar hanging in a pawn shop about it's former glory days)
Jack Daniels / Eric Church (about being hung over, I can relate.......Eric Church is excellent)
Al.
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At 16th Nov 2011, Will Power wrote:Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember
Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven
Grant Lee Buffalo - Dixie Drug Store
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At 16th Nov 2011, Will Power wrote:Another random thought:
The Beloved - Hello
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At 16th Nov 2011, Adam_from_Rio wrote:I suppose this is a sort of love song so wont count for tonight
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At 16th Nov 2011, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:'Ants Marching' - Dave Matthews Band (re the monotony of everyday life)...love this song...don't think I've heard DMB on GIO.
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At 16th Nov 2011, norriemaclean wrote:Morrissey - Everyday is Like Sunday
David Bowie - Sound And Vision
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At 16th Nov 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:#22 But Gaie, isn’t it traditional for GIO to feature GONG as the piece of resistance on Children in Need Night? After all, it raised more money than any other requests so if this wasn’t repeated it would be like robbing the children.
Bloggers, make FredTheFish proud - get your GONG requests and pledges in now!
Glad you enjoyed JM – wish I’d gone. RW on Saturday was brill too.
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
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At 16th Nov 2011, Alfaeraferry wrote:#31 Talkin about Eric Church, have you heard this Norrie?
Springsteen / Eric Church
Al.
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Little Red Riding Hood - Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs
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At 16th Nov 2011, norriemaclean wrote:#39 Hadnt even heard of eric Church so that was great Alfaeraferry - thanks!
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At 16th Nov 2011, dale_kelvin wrote:#35 @ j-f-e
your right. i know its a surprise to our friends over the atlantic the tiny (if ever) airplay he gets. period.
cheers frae the dale
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:#41
You should hear his version of Morrissey Is Mince.
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At 16th Nov 2011, Alfaeraferry wrote:#43 Ah'd buy that for a dollar!
Have quite a few people no sang that though, must be a cover.
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At 16th Nov 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:#43 I've never heard him but he sounds good!
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At 16th Nov 2011, henri hannah wrote:The Weaver's Answer - Family
I really ought to put up some money for CIN for this - with the live thing presumably we won't get the chance to request obscurities for cash?
Bryan & Babs - change tomorrow night's theme!
regardez youse
henri
regardez youse
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:That reminded me of
Whatever happened to music?
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At 16th Nov 2011, Elwe wrote:Piper to the End - Mark Knopfler
Lovely song with beautiful instrumentation on it.
"Written for Mark's uncle Freddie. He was a piper of the 1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment, who carried his pipes into action and was killed with them at Ficheux, near Arras in May 1940, aged just 20."
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:A dangerous place - ask Polonius.
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At 16th Nov 2011, Thing-Fish wrote:Topical request not a song about love: -
FINDING HIGGS’ BOSON from TRANCE-FUSION by FRANK ZAPPA
Who is appearing at Embra HMV Picture House on Saturday.
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:One of the CERN guys from GU said they had "opened 59 doors" and not found it. It would seem unlikely that it was behind the 60th.
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At 16th Nov 2011, gaie wrote:maybe it's behind the arras
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At 16th Nov 2011, ericinelgin wrote:Sharper than a serpent's tooth
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At 16th Nov 2011, Alfaeraferry wrote:#48 HUGE 2nd for Piper to the End
Brilliant musicianship, lyric that must hit Scottish nerves, c'mon Team you need to play this, just Get It On
Elwe, grrreat shout!
Al.
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At 16th Nov 2011, DC wrote:Joey's on the streets again - Boomtown Rats
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
New York Groove - Hello
Sunday Mornin comin down - Kris Kristofferson
Two suns in the sunset - Pink Floyd
Run Runaway - Slade
Who are you - The Who
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
Shape of things to come - Headboys
and for most of the country,
Sheep - Pink Floyd
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At 16th Nov 2011, DC wrote:I think you're right Henri, Bryan doesn't read this blog after four pm
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At 16th Nov 2011, Rex Titter wrote:25
sorry K_D old chap, you may well be barking ... up the wrong tree of course ...
ahh Mr Bonfire ... they seek you here, they seek you there ...
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At 17th Nov 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Peekaboo!
Mean,
Careful now! yon yin believes in Martians!
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At 18th Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
Martian ned
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At 21st Nov 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Eh!
Bar Ones Firm
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At 21st Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
A mad intern
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At 21st Nov 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Afire Mine Jerks
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At 22nd Nov 2011, Rex Titter wrote:i'm an alien ...
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At 22nd Nov 2011, Scotch Get wrote:Ìý
I salute your alienability!
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At 22nd Nov 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Bleep and Booster
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At 22nd Nov 2011, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:DC's A Marking Nag
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