Testing tunes...
Tomorrow is a chance to show off your musical knowledge - then again that could be the case most nights. As we are in the middle of exam season I want you to impress me with an interesting fact about your song of choice. Musically, you can ask for what you want all you need to do is prove you know something the rest of us don't.
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At 1st May 2012, norriemaclean wrote:驴sp晒蓯蕧蓴蓯q s菨pnp buno蕩 菨丧蕠 谉谉蓯 s谋 蕠蓯丧蕠 buos 菨谋蕧oq 菨丧蕠 s谋 蕠蓯丧蕧
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Comment number 2.
At 1st May 2012, Scotch Get wrote:听
k?
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Comment number 3.
At 1st May 2012, Scotch Get wrote:WEDNESDAY
Here Comes the Night -
The cover version by Them is okay, but I prefer Lulu's original.
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Comment number 4.
At 1st May 2012, Madmacfaeclydebank wrote:Jeez... I've already quoted a few factoids on this show...
He's written the music for several children's television shows including the Rug-rats, and the theme song for the Super Mario World TV series. He's a producer.
Is also known for his music in video games including Crash Bandicoot series and The Sims, also composed "Having Trouble Sneezing", for the "Get a Mac" commercials for Apple Inc.
Social
I'm now starting to repeat myself!
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Comment number 5.
At 1st May 2012, Scotch Get wrote:听
And... Jimmy Page is the guitarist earning his living as a session musician.
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Comment number 6.
At 1st May 2012, Scotch Get wrote:听
#5 refers to #3
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Comment number 7.
At 1st May 2012, norriemaclean wrote:Nae luck SG as Them recorded it first. Marie "Lulu" McDonald then covered it and this version was rush released which made Them lead singer "Van The Man" become more angry than Glen Miller and become a recluse for 60 years. Only 10 to catch up on Glen....
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Comment number 8.
At 1st May 2012, Scotch Get wrote:听
Let's not forget the first released recording of Wild Horses by
Some people think that Gram Parsons couldnae' carry a tune in a bucket, but such things are subjective and, in this case, irrelevant.
>8-D
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Comment number 9.
At 1st May 2012, norriemaclean wrote:How dare you! Just because I made a wee remark about Lulu....
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Comment number 10.
At 1st May 2012, DC wrote:Please Sir!
Did you kain that Bob Dylan played in the (early) Bobby Vee band?
OK, maybe you did. How's about this then:
Donovan once owned the island of Isay which is situated in Loch Dunvegan between Mingay and Clett of Skye.
Gonny play Remember the Alamo from the album Catch the wind
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At 1st May 2012, DC wrote:Off Skye....
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Comment number 12.
At 1st May 2012, Scotch Get wrote:听
Norrie,
I'm shocked & stunned! Don't shoot the messenger.
Besides, it would make a nice change from the Rolling Stones' cover...
;o)
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Comment number 13.
At 1st May 2012, paolopablo wrote:Previously on the blog
#54 Cleaner?
You said to wash it in the bath or down the toilet?
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Comment number 14.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:Kate Bush found out that she shared her birthday with Emily Bronte, both being born on the 30th of july. So she thought to herself, if she can write Wuthering Heights then so can I.
Had she been born on 11th december her first hit would have been called 'one day in the life of Ivan Denisovic'
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Comment number 15.
At 2nd May 2012, Christophe NAUD wrote:Hello Bryan, Blogotariat.....
Fans of Warren ZEVON were bereft in 2008 when he breathed his last after fighting a form of cancer linked to asbestos. But in ZEVON's case, pathologists concluded that what triggered cancer was a vaccine he received in infancy. I cannot explain any further simply because I am no medical doctor. Putting things this way is bringing more fuel to the fire of some religious groups or associations who object to jabs but I do certainly do not share their views.
I suggest 'Dirty life and time' or 'Rub me raw' _ Album: 'The Wind'
Friendly greetings to all from Chris.
:)
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Comment number 16.
At 2nd May 2012, gaie wrote:an unsigned Glasgow band, The Imagineers, are to appear on the Late, Late Show in America for 5 nights and their song
- The Imagineers
has been chosen for the promotional video.
we saw them support Kassidy a couple of times last year and they're great.
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Comment number 17.
At 2nd May 2012, dale_kelvin wrote:for this experiment you will need.
(1) any ol' river
(2) 2 pieces of very long string
(3) a crow (preferably trained)
(4) scientific calculator
now do this................
find the source of a river and with one of the pieces of string start to follow the river, all its contours all its twists and turns every bend so that the piece of string is the exact shape of the river, right to a predetermined agreed point at the mouth of the river. ( if its the clyde it could be that sugar boat that sits bottoms up near helensburgh) call that river length 1.
now go to the exact same source of the river and place the second piece of long string in the crow's mouth and give it clear instruction to fly, 'as the crow flies', to the sugar boat sitting bottom up in the clyde (remind the crow not to drop the string!! lol). call that river length 2.
you should now have 2 very long pieces of string. 'river length 1' and 'river length 2'
take the scientific calculator and enter 'river length 1' divided by 'river length 2' and press enter..............
what i didn't tell you was that i secretly got other math interns round the world to do this experiment at precisely the same time on each of the following rivers....thames, nile, missourri, amazon,indus, ganges, yellow river,seine,the tay and let's not forget the dee!!!.....
and as each pressed the ENTER key on their calculator an amazing thing happened......
3.14159265 appeared on all of their calculators.
(i carried out this experiment before the days of mobiles , fax machines, telephones, smoke signals so there was no conferring basically, before any pedants question the integrity of the process)
as if that's enough to get your song played.
experiment number 2.
look on the front of the 'daily record' (not my rag of choice, i'm a newspaper snob) and find the bit at the top where it tells you today's date.....
252012 which is today, right?
now, should you be at all interested you can find this string of digits at location 213,806 buried within the many digits if 'pi' (its ok people i was up early double checking the position, i count quickly, its a family thing,ma maw used tae go to the bingo every friday).
what, still underwhelmed?
which famous scientist whose name is synonymous with being 'VERY BRAINY' (that's a clue) has his birthday on the same day as this number.......
march 14 which is of course 3.14 = einstein's birthday!!!! (you didn't know that?)
people i have never tried this hard to get my song played so i would like to finally say.............
i hope every school pupil sitting standard grade maths today gave it their best shot and for all those who still have 3 weeks to study for their 'higher maths', keep your pencils to the grindstone and switch the mobiles off while your revising.
ok that should do it, surely.
'pi'........kate bush
oh, and finally, derren brown.....get some new tricks, your slow , man.
oh, and finally, you can find your own date of birth, phone number (don't tell the hackers though), the share price of tescos!! , buried somewhere in the darkest places in 'pi'.
finally, seriously, how about a GIO day oot on the 3.14 from glesga central and somedee gets dared to go up to the buffet carriage and ask ...'ye goat any pi's big chap' and see if you get a response....you will too....'that'll be 拢3.14 (rounded) if you please'.
cheers frae the dale (who is going to have 3.14 circuits of the park, and its no even circular)
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Comment number 18.
At 2nd May 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:#17
Is javelin retrieval one of your options, by any chance?
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Comment number 19.
At 2nd May 2012, Thing-Fish wrote:#17 I knew you were going to say that.
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Comment number 20.
At 2nd May 2012, DC wrote:Dale, you spelled "you're" wrongly
Go to bottom of the class
DC
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Comment number 21.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:#17
Was the Missouri experiment an American Pi?
if you had done a couple of dozen rivers and used a different crow for each one .....
you'd have had four and twenty black birds makin a pi.
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Comment number 22.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:In fact they'd have given you a Pi in the sky!
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Comment number 23.
At 2nd May 2012, Will Power wrote:Kym Mazelle who is mentioned in the song lyrics sings backing vocals on "Hello" by The Beloved.
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Comment number 24.
At 2nd May 2012, henri hannah wrote:Did you know that:
Melanie Blatt, Denise van Outen and Alison Goldfrapp have something in common?
No?
Well, they all sang backing vocals for Dreadzone
Zion Youth ( Radio Edit) - Dreadzone ... of course, I've never managed to get anything played by Dreadzone but Zion Youth was a single, isn't too long, charted etc etc, none of which will impress our hero...of course, but maybe they don't have it?.. Miss B?
Oh well.. I do quite like Black Coffee - All Saints and Goldfrapp's T Rex tribute Oh La La
regardez - youse
henri
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Comment number 25.
At 2nd May 2012, Glen Miller wrote:Allow me to commend the Speaking Clock to anyone who has mistakenly turned to this blog for entertainment and information.
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Comment number 26.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:Glad you're ok Glen. How many limbs did you lose/
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Comment number 27.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:Emilio Delgado who has played Luis the fix it shop owner on Sesame St for 30 years sings in spanish on the Pink Martini's version of 'Sing' from the album splendor in the grass which shares it's name with a film and aussie music festival. The title track features Dandy Warhols singer Courtney Taylor Taylor on guitar
Sing / Pink Martini
Splendor in the grass / Pink Martini
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Comment number 28.
At 2nd May 2012, Glen Miller wrote:#26
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859502445945534690830264252230825334468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914730359825349042875546873115956286388253787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767837449448255379774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104752162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263914199272604269922796 7823547816360093417216412199245863150302861829745557067498385054945885869269950927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192173217214772350141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468438523323907394143334547762416862518983569485562099219222184272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225125205117392984896084128488626945604241965285022210661186306744278622039194945047123713786960956364371917287467764657573962413890865832645995813390478027590099465764078951269468398352595709825822620522489407726719478268482601476990902640136394437455305068203496 252451749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709858387410597885959772975498930161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680845987273644695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244136549762780797715691435997700129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506016842739452267467678895252138522549954666727823986456596116354886230577456498035593634568174324112515076069479451096596094025228879710893145669136867228748940560101503308617928680920874760917824938589009714909675985261365549781893129784821682998948722658804857564014270477555132379641451523746234364542858444795265867821051141354735739523113427166102135969536231442952484937187110145765403590279934403742007310578539062198387447808478489683321445713868751943506430218453191048481005370614680674919278191197939952061419663428754440643745123718192179998391015919561814675142691239748940907186494231961567945208095146550225231603881930142093762137855956638937787083039069792077346722182562599661501421503068038447734549202605414665925201497442850732518666002132434088190710486331734649651453905796268561005508106658796998163574736384052571459102897064140110971206280439039759515677157700420337869936007230558763176359421873125147120532928191826186125867
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Comment number 29.
At 2nd May 2012, Thing-Fish wrote:I knew that.
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Comment number 30.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:Can't find my birthday in there
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Comment number 31.
At 2nd May 2012, dale_kelvin wrote:#28 @ ya GM
that's a fake you bought up the barras.
cheers frae the dale
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Comment number 32.
At 2nd May 2012, Adam_from_Rio wrote:Written by Harry Wayne Casey (KC of Sunshine Band fame) and Richard Finch, this was arguably disco's first number one. On the day of the recording they were going to cut it with Gwen McCrae, however, her husband George turned up first so they let him do it.
"Rock Your Baby" - George McCrae
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Comment number 33.
At 2nd May 2012, paolopablo wrote:# 32 The full length version please
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Comment number 34.
At 2nd May 2012, Alfaeraferry wrote:Well known that Ringo did voice work on Thomas the Tank Engine, perhaps not as widely known that was the music was written by Junior Campbell, ex-Marmalade.
Song said to be about his relief at finally doing his own stuff. Think this song still stands up today and if re-released would probably be a hit, additional bit of trivia Doris Troy sang backing vocals on it.
Hallelujah Freedom / Junior Campbell
Al.
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Comment number 35.
At 2nd May 2012, Thing-Fish wrote:Yes, I knew that too - I think it was common knowledge at the time. In fact, was it not on the front page of The Herald?
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Comment number 36.
At 2nd May 2012, Alfaeraferry wrote:News must have been slow that day...
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Comment number 37.
At 2nd May 2012, norriemaclean wrote:Hardly any suggestions here or on facebook. Patrick better have sent in his lists. Here SG could you drag some of your aliases out and get them tweeting or something...
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Comment number 38.
At 2nd May 2012, DC wrote:Mama Cass died in flat number 12 at 9 Curzon Place, Mayfair. Four years later and at the same age, Keith Moon died in the same flat..............
I'd like to hear the music from the X-Files
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Comment number 39.
At 2nd May 2012, DC wrote:Norrie, there's just me, you & SG on this blog
....hold it, I haven't seen you or Scotch together.........
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Comment number 40.
At 2nd May 2012, gaie wrote:Brad Paisley's son is called William Huckleberry Paisley
Anything Like Me - Brad Paisley
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Comment number 41.
At 2nd May 2012, DC wrote:Do you think that anyone at the 成人快手 is verifying these 'facts' before reading them out?
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At 2nd May 2012, Christophe NAUD wrote:Hello again Bryan and Blogotariat :)
interesting facts about songs. Did you know that in 1977 Daryl HALL wrote a song about Miss Babs and her twin?
Album: Sacred songs_ track N掳 3 : "Babs and Babs"
:)
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Comment number 43.
At 2nd May 2012, SpaceTruckin wrote:All this talk of Pi(e)'s has made me feel a bit peckish.
Maybe a bit of Baker Street might take the edge of the hunger pangs or There's a guy works down the Chip Shop.
DC - 成人快手 verifying facts - dinnae be daft.
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At 2nd May 2012, norriemaclean wrote:#39 not me I don't blog
#39 come to think of it - no. Nor Senga.
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