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'Vive la difference' could be the motto for Thursday's Get It On. We will be showcasing the artists on the edge and those who have gone out of their way to do something out of the ordinary. It's one of the themes suggested by our beloved bloggers so even though it may be a repeat I am presuming there will be no grumbling!
I guess everyone will have a different idea of what is daring but I hope we can include some of pop's real innovators.

Tonight's theme of 'pop geography' brought out some brilliant music and some great puns as well. Being an Aberdonian I loved 'Torry' Amos but the one that made me laugh out loud was 'Brotherhood Oman'. Thanks also to DC for the epic list elsewhere on the blog.
Tomorrow's theme is music from a leap year, so in order to allow you to start plotting your suggestions, here is a list of every leap year since 1950:
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012

It's true that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but we do try. My producers go to enormous lengths every night to make sure that we try and represent the tastes of as many of our listeners as possible. We all make it a bit of a mission to cram in as many different kinds of music as well. Tonight's show was a good example of that covering everything from First Aid Kit to Helen Shapiro and from Victoria Wood to Blink 182. Tomorrow night it's a theme suggested by Sam in Edinburgh which is pop geography, in other words artists who share a name with a place - Boston and Belinda Carlisle could both feature on this globetrotting Get It On, but do get in touch and let me know what else you fancy.

After hearing three songs in a week which mentioned Johnny and June ( Cash and Carter) I wondered if there was a theme in songs which namecheck couples. We will soon find out if there is as that's what we are going to do on Monday.

I think that we rightly will have lots of requests for things like Jack and Dianne or Johnny and Mary, but what about the others? John Prine's Hello In There mentions John and Linda Omaha, but who else gets a name check in your CD collection? Plus we have got all the famous ones from Romeo and Juliet to Bonnie and Clyde.

Couples will kick off a great week of themes so have a great weekend and start thinking about what you'd like to hear next week.

Thanks to everyone for listening and contributing to tonight's show, and thanks for having me! It was a pleasure as always to step into Bryan's shoes and do it all again. Highlights for me were The Clash, Haysi Fantayzee and Madness, as we asked for songs with film stars and actors in the lyrics. It was a fun show, all in all!

Seeing as it's the last Friday in February, it's time for the 'Get It On' monthly review. Along with gongs being handed out on both sides of the Atlantic, the music business was dominated by one story - the sad death of Whitney Houston. So on Friday night; along with celebrating her contribution to music, we're going to celebrate all of those who have left behind a musical soundtrack. From Elvis Presley to Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix to Buddy Holly, Michael Hutchence to Kurt Cobain there are loads of great artists who sadly passed away in their prime. Suggest your favourite songs and Bryan will spin them for you.

Thanks for all your terrible band names. I really laughed at some of them and hope you did as well. I did feel a bit juvenile when talking about Norah Jones and The Little Willies, but I imagine that ten year old's sense of humour never leaves you.
Tomorrow night I will be taking the night off so Vic Galloway will be looking after things. Please look after him bloggers.
In the run up to The Oscars he will be looking for your suggestions of actors and actresses mentioned in songs.

As I failed to deliver Harry Lauder then I'm afraid my 'song of the show' award went by default to Aztec Camera. I had forgotten just what a beautiful song Belle of the Ball is. It was great to hear that Annie Ross song again on tonight's show. It was truly a night to showcase out best exports.

Tomorrow night should be fun as the theme is the artist names that put you off. My top choice would be Withered Hand who get lots of airplay on Vic's show. I think I would like their music but the name puts me right off.

There are also the bands whose name just doesn't suit their sound. Blogger's Favourite Airborne Toxic Event are a good example of this. Who does it, or rather doesn't do it for you?

Do Lady Antebellum sound posher than they actually are, or like Miss B are The Righteous Brothers just too righteous sounding for you?

I guess it’s safe to assume that Adele is going to have to buy a bigger trophy cabinet on Wednesday morning as she’s widely expected to walk away with another clutch of awards from The Brits. A lot of the categories seem fairly predictable, although I love the fact that Bon Iver is nominated for best International male alongside David Guetta and Bruno Mars.

The Brit Awards take place tomorrow night after we finish, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to celebrate the best of British, or more specifically, the British acts which have conquered the world.

From Adele to The Who there have been many Brits who have become genuine global superstars but there are plenty of quirkier stories of home grown bands who have built up a following overseas. I seem to remember that The BMX Bandits were quite successful in Japan and for a while and The Silencers were really big in France.

I imagine we will spend a bit of time on the so called ‘British invasion’ led by The Beatles in the mid-60s, and let’s not forget the huge success of Dusty Springfield in the US ( 18 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100!).

Anyway, tomorrow is big Brits abroad. Any suggestions?

Listen, do you wanna know a secret? If so, then Monday night's Get It On is the one for you. All you have to do is tell me a secret and pick a song that best describes it. Now I realise that it isn't going to work too well on the blog as I already know who you are, but if you're feeling really brave then feel free to share for the first time. Otherwise text in oin the night...

Grizzly Bear, Rizzle Kicks and Benjaman Francis Leftwich are not artists you might expect to hear on Get It On, but as Charles my teenage producer put it, "Get It On is ready for anything".

I must say thanks to Charles and Leigh-Ann for producing tonight's show and keeping me right, and more importantly I want to say thanks to our teenage audience for the musical education tonight. I suspect that like me, many of you enjoyed it a lot more than expected.

As it's red carpet season ( or so Miss Babs tells me) tomorrow's theme is super-stylish pop stars. As far as I'm concerned Bryan Ferry could wear Rab C Nesbitt's get up on stage and he'd still look cool, but who is your pop star style icon?

Whispering started off as a bit of a challenging theme (you know you are in trouble when even the bloggers are struggling!) but by the end of the show we had a really impressive playlist of tunes. The Foo Fighters and Brenda Lee was a nice combination but good to hear so many well-loved pop classics as well.

Tomorrow night ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland becomes '³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 1 and a bit' when there will be a teenage takeover on Get It On. All of the music will be chosen by teenagers which I think will be an interesting exercise. I for one am keen to hear what today's teens really listen to and also which of the older artists still sound cool to them.

I realise that we don't have many/any teenagers who contribute to the blog, but I guess you all know one so why not encourage them to get in touch tomorrow night?

Tonight you loved them from the bottom of your pencil cases and needed them more than wanted them and wanted them for all time. Gosh what a romantic lot you are. We were inundated with love lines for the show and even the most hard hearted cynic would have been won over by tonight's tunes.

Tonight we were whispering sweet nothings and tomorrow night we are just whispering. From Bjork to John Lennon I am hoping we can show you don't have to be loud to make a point. It's songs that feature whispering rather than songs about actual whispering, but I could not resist the opportunity to post a pic of these two. Sing up Lofty...

The songs that would play over the closing credits of your biopic would have made a fantastic soundtrack album so thanks to all who contributed. No question in my mind that the most interesting song was our closer, Keith Moon doing In My Life.

Every year at this time I wonder about how we 'do' Valentines on Get It On. I'm always tempted to an anti-love theme but that seems a bit mean. Maybe we could do year about?

Tomorrow we are going romantic though and I'll be asking for your lovelines. In other words, what are the best lines every written in a love song." I could drink a case of you..." would be mine but I look forward to receiving a bumper Valentines postbag from the bloggers. All sealed with a loving kiss of course.

The pitch is something like this:

"Ryan Gosling (in a ginger wig) stars as the man whose mission is to do battle with his evil producer and give his listeners what they really want to hear . . . wall to wall Morrissey every night."

If someone decided to make a film of your life what would it be like? A horror story? Or maybe a right old carry on? More importantly, what song would be playing over the closing credits?

It could be something deep and meaningful, something sad or something that will see the cinema goers leave with a smile on their face. Tune in on Monday and find out who will soundtrack the blogger's biopic?

Obviously I should start this by saying thank-you very much for all your politeness suggestions. Who said pop stars were rude and had no manners? We were snowed under with great songs including the wonderful Pale Fountains. The Tom McRae track was a new one on me and I loved it. It was also good fun to hear Motorhead and Girlschool again.

Friday's theme is comeback songs - the hits that enjoyed a second lease of life due to exposure in a film or a commercial or maybe through a cover version on a telly show. Journey's Don't Stop Believin' would be a good example of this. I'm sure our blog regulars will be on the comeback trail for the usual Friday night fun and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

There was danger that tonight's theme of 'fiddles and flutes' would be overrun with folky material but I was amazed by the range of tunes we got through tonight. Obviously Jethro Tull and The Waterboys were must plays but it was great to get Quincy Jones and Kissing The Pink into the mix.

I should say thank you for the music which leads me neatly on to tomorrow's theme which is 'please and thank-you'. Producer Mandi has been trying to teach her daughter to do her 'please and thank-you' routine so thought that a night of polite songs might help. So, for frustrated parents everywhere then tomorrow night's show will show the offspring that you can be polite and still be cool.

The sound of fiddles and flutes have been something of a presence in our Glasgow headquarters over the past few weeks as various of my co-presenters have hosted live concerts featuring the big names from Celtic Connections.

You can see some video and audio clips from those concerts by following the links to Celtic Connections on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland home page. If you missed the stunning CW Stoneking on Ricky's Friday night show then do listen again as it was outstanding. I'm sure I was not the only listener who rushed to buy his album straight after Ricky's show finished.

Watching Session A9 play the other week got me thinking about some great pop tunes which have fiddling on them and I wondered if there was a whole theme in that. Just in case there isn't I've broadened it out to include the other staple of folk bands - the flute.

Everyone from Black Sabbath to The Beatles has featured a flute on a song at some point and the list of great fiddle tunes is a great one to plunder for tomorrow's show.

Thanks for all your suggestions tonight and some interesting glances into the future. Did hearing Eels make you want to check out the like of Elbow and The National? Did hearing Gretchen Peters get you into new country? And did hearing The Rah Band make you....well maybe that's not the best example.

Tomorrow's theme is gateway acts - the ones that you heard and got you into a whole new kind of music. It has been described in the office as 'one for the bloggers' so let's see what you come up with.

Following 'first time Friday' it's a warm welcome back to our faithful family of bloggers. I am expecting that after your forced lay-off that you will be bursting with enthusiasm and suggestions on Monday.

In the words of the legendary Tull, we spent most of last Thursday 'Living in the Past', so on Monday's show we turn for inspiration to the words of the Boss as we will be 'Living in the Future'. The theme is songs which refer to the future but that could cover everything from the next day to the next millennium.

I hope to feature everything from the upbeat, When Tomorrow Comes to the somewhat gloomier, If Tomorrow Never Comes. The future will be bright I am sure. Perhaps so bright we will all be forced to wear shades. ( Good song by the way!)

Have a great weekend everyone..

That was a wonderful couple of hours with a theme of 'nostalgic songs' which really seemed to capture people's imagination. It seems it's not just the songwriters who are inspired by thinking about the good old days.

One of the things I love about Get It On is that we have a brilliant community of regular listeners who seem to come up with new suggestions every night regardless of the theme.

However it's always good to welcome new members into the group so tomorrow night our regulars get a night off as we do 'first time Friday' for all the folk who have never had a request played on the show before. I'm still expecting you to listen in though and who knows, the suggestions of our first timers might even surprise and delight the old hands...

Apart from current releases, I guess most songs are nostalgic in some way. One of the things I love about doing the show is when an much loved old song is suggested and it takes me back to a particular place and time. Mind you, this can be a bit dangerous during a live radio show as there have been several occasions when I've been caught on the hop and my trip down memory lane has been rather rudely halted.

Tomorrow night though we are looking for songs whose actual subject matter is nostalgia. This could be anything from Those Were The Days or even Pulp's Do You Remember The First Time.

Although the subject matter may be backwards looking, it would be great to get some contemporary sounds of bands looking back in time to maybe the 2000's!