成人快手

Author (#1189)October 2007 Archives

Scary songs...

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Thanks for all your Halloween requests - it should to be a fun show tonight. I suspect we will have a lot of kids listening which means I might have to skip over some of the 'darker' requests I've had in.

Stephen in Giffnock has just e-mailed with a song about a Russian necrophiliac and Al Casino has asked for Elvis Costello doing 'Pyscho', a brilliant but very disturbing old country songs about a serial killer. Monster mash it ain't!

It's available on the extended version of his Almost Blue album and once heard, it's a track you'll never forget. Don't listen tonight through or it might put you off your pumpkin soup.

Here's the top ten tunes you've been asking for so far, although it's changing all the time. Leave a comment below with your chilling tunes....

The Get It On Top Ten Terrifying Tracks:

1.R.Dean Taylor 鈥 There鈥檚 A Ghost In My House
2.Ghost Town 鈥 The Specials
3.Werewolves of London 鈥 Warren Zevon
4.Monster Mash 鈥 Bobby 鈥楤oris鈥 Pickett
5.Scary Monsters 鈥 David Bowie
6.Thriller 鈥 Michael Jackson
7.The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
8.Spirit In The Sky 鈥 Norman Greenbaum
9.Ghosts 鈥 Japan
10.Sukie In the Graveyard - Belle and Sebastian

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Motown trivia...

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Lots of talk on the show last night about who was the first white artist to record for Motown.

Consensus among our texters was that it was R.Dean Taylor who it seems was the first white artist to get a number one for Motown.

This topic has been the basis of a much asked pub trivia quiz question over the years. In a way it seems a shame to be discussing the achievements of white artists on Motown when Berry Gordy鈥檚 great achievement was to bring black music to the mainstream during an era of great racial tension.

I looked up a couple different sources on the internet and it turns out the first white group signed were Nick and the Jaguars, an instrumental trio from Pontiac, Michigan in 1959. They were followed by The Valadiers, a vocal group who were recommended to Gordy by his friend jackie Wilson.

Chris Clark, whose song we played tonight may have been the first white female to score a big hit for the label when Love鈥檚 Gone Bad hit the charts in 1966.

A guy called Johnny Powers claims to have been the first white male to sign for Motown. He was previously at Sun Records and is the only artist in history to have recorded for both of those legendary labels.

I always thought that the first number one from a white Motown artist in this country was the much travelled woman who鈥檇 鈥榖een to Nice and the isle of Greece鈥, Charlene. I may be mistaken on this one though.

I've Never Been To Me was a flop first time around, but after repeated radio plays they were forced to re-release it. Ron Miller, the guy who wrote it died recently and his makes for interesting reading.

Final bit of trivia:The first white UK artist to sign to Motown was Kiki Dee. So there.

Whilst it does make for an entertaining trivia question, the real music of Motown was made by a unique hit factory of some of the most amazing black performers, songwriters and producers ever. The wonderful music you chose last night was proof of that.

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The Hitmakers...

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Tonight's show celebrates the songwriting and production team of . We could fill the show ten times over with their classic hits which include Heat Wave, Where Did Our Love Go, Baby Love, Can I Get A Witness,This Old Heart Of Mine, and Jimmy Mack. Not a bad haul eh?

Question is, do you want the whole show to be Motown or do you want me to chuck in some other things as well? I could happily live with 12 Motown songs in an hour, but as always, it's the interaction of the listeners that make the show what it is. Over to you then...

If you get a chance this afternoon, then post a comment below and let me know what you feel like hearing.

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Card tricks...

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Thanks for an amazing response tonight and well done to Bob McWilliams for 'deck of cards' as a theme. Jim in Nairn has also been working on a similar theme while he was on holiday so imagine his frustration at getting back off his hols tonight and realising he'd been beaten to it. Still he did send me this rather good joke. Enjoy...

Struggling 60s vocalist has been fixed up by his agent to do a Summer season tour of Fife taking in all the wee social clubs, bowlin clubs and so on. His claim is that he can sing any TOP TEN HIT from the sixties.And to prove it offers 拢100 to anyone who can catch him out.

Pretty Woman... no problem
House of the rising sun . . no problem

And so the evening goes on and the natives become more inspired. A worker of the fields asks for Farmer Jack.Not a top ten hit sez the vocalist. Do you not mean Grocer Jack which is actually called Excerpt from a teenage opera.

Said worker continues to heckle the performer until eventually the farmer is challenged to come up on stage and perform Farmer Jack with the 拢100 still on offer.

The local worthy gets up on stage to rousing encouragement from the packed hall. not a sound can be heard as he steps up to the mic and lets rip . .

"FARMER JACK TO A KING, DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA, FROM LONELINESS TO A WEDDING RING!!"

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Rhinestone Cowboy...

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Country Music legend died yesterday at the age of 80. It was announced earlier this month that he鈥檇 been suffering from lung cancer and during Friday night鈥檚 country show we received word from Nashville that he had taken a turn for the worse and wasn鈥檛 expected to last the weekend. Sad news.

Porter was a Grand Ole Opry institution, and recently celebrated fifty years as a member. I saw him there several times and he had a commanding presence on stage. You couldn鈥檛 helped be dazzled - if not by the music, then certainly by his distinctive rhinestone suits.

He鈥檚 the man that Dolly Parton wrote 鈥 I Will Always Love You鈥 about. She claimed the break-up of their partnership was down to creative differences. 鈥淚 was creative, Porter was different!鈥 said Dolly.

Porter was no country lightweight and over the years he鈥檚 recorded some pretty dark material about violent death, alcohol abuse and mental illness. Check out 'Committed to Parkview', a track which forms the centrepiece of his last which was something of a comeback record. The song was written for him by Johnny Cash about an institution in Nashville where both spent some time. There's a sobering video on his site which is well worth a look.

I'll do a full tribute on Friday night's .



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This week's themes...

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Not having kids, I can afford to spend Sunday night looking out music from home for this week's themes. I suppose it's my version of sorting out packed lunches and making sure the sports kit is ready for the right day.

Saying that, I am just off to the pub for something to eat with a bunch of music loving mates. They all get really into our themes and usually have some great suggestions. I know that I am going to get in at midnight and start tearing the place apart to track down that hard to find track I promised to play after the second bottle of wine was finished.

Here's what we've got planned for this week. As usual, leave a comment below or e-mail getiton@bbc.co.uk...


Monday - Bob McWilliams suggest the deck of cards for tonight鈥檚 show. Killer Queen or maybe Jumping Jack Flash? Or could this be another chance to dig out Wink Martindale's Deck of cards?

Tuesday - Eddie Holland of Holland, Dozier, Holland was born on this day, so tonight鈥檚 show celebrates the magic of Motown. Let's try and fill the show with classic soul.

Wednesday - It鈥檚 Halloween, so get in the mood with the scariest songs of all time. Post a comment below and let me know about terrifying tracks. if you are having a halloween tea between 6 and 7 then let me know and we can give you a shout out on the show.

Thursday - Several of you have got in touch asking for 鈥榞irls' names鈥 as a theme. To paraphase Paul Heaton, whether you鈥檙e a Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa or Sue, who wrote the song for you?

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Slim chance...

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First up - I'm going to direct you to this article, which claims that skinny ties for men are the new,new thing.

Secondly, I'm going to ask you to take a look at the picture on yesterday's blog.

All I am saying is,when it comes to style icons, David Beckham's coat is on a shoogily peg!

Wish I'd done my tie up properly though. George from Islington ( where they know about these things) has just commented on yesterday's post and my sloppy attitude to neckwear. And wait till my mother sees it. It'll be back to the clip ons for me...

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The man In black ( and white)...

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Tonight鈥檚 show will be a throwback to the 成人快手 of the 1940鈥檚 as I will be presenting in full dinner suit.

I am heading straight off to attend a charity fundraiser for Marie Curie Cancer Care which is being held at Kelvingrove Museum. The event begins sharp at 7:30, so there鈥檚 no time to get out of my jeans and into the black tie after the show.

It鈥檚 a quiz night and I am hosting the geography round. It will bring back memories of hosting Passport Quiz on Scottish Television, which I did a few years ago.

Members of the public were quizzed on their travel knowledge and if they got enough questions right they won a holiday. The hard bit was getting the questions right.

鈥淣ame this island of the coast of Scotland?鈥 I asked one girl.

鈥淓r 鈥 is it Edinburgh?鈥 was her reply.

Or what about the bloke who was asked to name the American city where Tom Hanks was sleepless. Sadly, the fact he answered 鈥淔orest Gump鈥 meant he didin鈥檛 get the holiday!

Mind you, nothing can top the University Challenge contestant who was asked for Ghandi鈥檚 first name. His answer: 鈥淕oosey, Goosey鈥!

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A record breaking show...

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I shouldn鈥檛 watch Spooks, especially two episodes back to back as I did last night. Apart from the fact that all that excitement is probably not good for my blood pressure, I have an unhealthy longing to be part of their world.

Every time I watch that show I long to work on 鈥渢he grid鈥. I want to be surrounded by gadgets, tracking devices and the lovely Malcom who would be able to locate any song I ever wanted to play with just two keystrokes on his computer.

The 成人快手 is moving to an all digital world where all of our content will be stored on a huge hard drive. The plan is that presenters and producers will be able to log in, access all our programme material from our desktops and play it out on air digitally. So far, so like working 'on the grid'.

Problem is, the digital revolution hasn鈥檛 quite reached my bit of the 成人快手 yet. I did ask my boss when this was likely to be. 鈥淥hhhh, you could be looking at the best part of a year,鈥 she said as she drew breath and pulled that face so beloved of plumbers and joiners. 鈥淭hese things can鈥檛 be rushed鈥︹

In the meantime, we still have to get our music the old fashioned way: via the record library in London. This is not without its issues as anyone who has ever had to have a vinyl record sent through the post will testify to.

A word of warning: don鈥檛 ask for Donna Summer鈥檚 I Feel Love on tonight鈥檚 show, not unless I can find some glue between now and 6 O鈥 clock鈥

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Doughnut forsake me...

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Great news! A group of top 成人快手 producers and researchers have just voted me their favourite presenter.

Was it down to my sparkling wit? My total professionalism on air? My ability to cope under pressure? Or was it down to the fact I've just got back from London with a box full of doughnuts? Judging by the way everyone in the office is licking their lips, I am guessing it was the latter.

So, why would I fly back from London with a box of stodge in my hand luggage? Well, as the ad says, these are not just doughnuts... these are Krispy Kreme doughnuts ( Although in the interests of balance I should point out that other brands of doughnuts are available.)

Krispy Kreme make 2.7 billion of them a year in the States and as well as buying them hot off the line in shops, folk are ordering box loads for special occasions like birthday parties and even wedding receptions. ( Classy!) The company claim to produce enough in a week to make a line of doughnuts stretching all the way from New York to Los Angeles.

My haul did cause a bit of a kerfuffle at security though, and given our reputation for unhealthy eating, I imagine the guy at Heathrow had a pretty self-righteous look on his face when he told anyone looking for the Glasgow flight to follow the guy with a box of deep fried doughnuts in his hand luggage...

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Next week's themes...

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Jim from Slik works that bass...

I'm looking forward to another busy week. In particular I think Wednesday's 'bass lines' show has got potential to be a great theme. It's not something that appealed to me when it was first suggested, but now I love it. Every day I seem to think of more.Love is the Drug has just come into my head, followed by Love Will Tear Us Apart...oh, and then there's A Town Called Malice and Pyscho Killer...and Ball of Confusion... Start thinking about it and you won't be able to stop...

Monday:
How Deep Is Your Love? Are You Lonesome Tonight? Who鈥檚 That Girl? Question is, can you guess tonight鈥檚 theme????

Tuesday:
Diane suggests 鈥榓ges鈥 for tonight. At Seventeen and Sweet Sixteen are her favourites, but has anyone written great songs about being forty, fifty or more? Let me know. Most of the good songs are written about teenagers, but there must be some golden oldies out there...

Wednesday:
What have Miss You, White Lines and Another One Bites The Dust all got in common? According to Paul Grant it鈥檚 great bass-lines. Let鈥檚 have your suggestions for the best bass parts of all time鈥

Thursday:
Tonight is catch up night for all those songs we鈥檝e not had time to play. If there鈥檚 a record you haven鈥檛 heard in years them get in touch and Get It On鈥

Post a comment below and let me know what you want to hear, or e-mail me at getiton@bbc.co.uk.

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Prison pop...

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Five minutes to show time and this looks like being a popular theme. Loads of good stuff in the show already but still time to gets your suggestions in.

Paul has printed a picture of 'the freak' from Cell Block H onto my running order which is unnerving me a lot. I suspect it's revenge for the way I have been treating him. He has a horrible cold and I have been refusing to let him enter my 'space'. The final straw was when I tried to wipe the studio door handle with antiseptic hand wash. Solitary confinement for him tonight I think...

Jailhouse Rock is nothing new for me. Many years ago I used to present a late night request show on the local radio station in Aberdeen. It was very much a "lonely hearts" show and there was always a steady stream of letters from women whose husbands were "away at the moment". I presumed they were working off-shore until it was pointed out to me that they were actually spending time in "the big hoose" across the river in Torry.

The fact that Billy Joel's Innocent Man and Queen's I Want To Break Free were the most popular requests should have been a bit of a clue...

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Bad words...

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Not only does he write rubbish words...he plays the lute as well!!!

Sting has been named the worst lyricist of all time in a poll featured in this month's edition of the American music magazine, . Sting was nominated for his "Mountainous pomposity, cloying spirtuality, and hamhanded metaphors". Oh and he did rhyme cough with Nabokov.

Tonight we will be airing the rotten rhymes, the vile verses and the dire ditties. It's time for you to name and shame. Should Simon le Bon be strung up for "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" ? And let's get Noel Gallagher to explain how he can be "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a Cannonball."

Post a comment if you like, or get on the e-mail with your suggestions...

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Meet the team part 4...

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Looks like it's going to be a busy one tonight. 'Colours' is the theme and some of you have been sending in huge lists of stuff which is great. Someone's asked for The Indigo Girls which is quite clever, but so far Shakin Stevens and Green Door is inexplicably missing from your lists. Feel free to post a comment and let me know what you want to hear.

Before I get down to sorting out your e-mails for tonight, let me take you into the engine room and introduce you to another member of The Get It On team.

Tonight鈥檚 show is being produced by Fiona who heads up the music department in Aberdeen. As well as being in charge of Get It On she looks after Tom Morton, Take The Floor and The Reel Blend. Amazingly she still finds time to bring home made cake into work. Her 鈥榣emon drizzle鈥 is the talk of the office...

My job is: The boss!

I am currently listening to: Rilo Kiley, Amy MacDonald, old Richard Ashcroft, Underworld , Tracy Thorn, Richard Hawley, vintage Joni Mitchell.

Celebrity I most closely resemble: No idea! Bryan suggests Winona Ryder, but I think he鈥檚 just trying to secure a pay raise.

I would describe my style as: Just the right side of scruffy.

I love: Cakes, holidays, Larry Sanders, cats, New York.

I hate: Bad manners, reality TV shows, lateness, cucumber.

What I鈥檒l be having for my tea after the show: Smoked haddock with fennel and mash.

Thing I most enjoy about the show:
Bryan鈥檚 singing, air guitar and drumming throughout the show.

Bryan鈥檚 most annoying habit:
Easily distracted in class but shows potential.

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This Week's Themes...

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Monday morning, and I can't get Rufus Wainright songs out of my head. Last night's gig was a flawless performance from an breathtakingly talented singer-songwriter and a wonderful entertainer.If you are lucky enough to have tickets for his show tonight, it's going to be the most thrilling Monday night you are likely to have for a long time. Don't even think about going for the early train, the encore alone is worth the price of the ticket.

All this week's themes have been suggested by listeners to the show and there are some crackers...

Tonight:
Arthur Grainger has suggested 'points of the compass' for tonight. Matt, who is producing tonight, is thrilled as it's his big chance to play Go West while still being able to hold on to his credibility.


Tuesday:
Lots of people have been asking for another colours night. From Al Green to Deep Purple, Deacon Blue to Pink there's plenty to choose from.

Wednesday:
Sting has been named the worst lyricist in pop and Bobby Williams in Atlanta and Mike Whyte have both suggested dodgy lyrics. Is there one dodgier than the man who rhymed cough with Nabokov?

Thursday:
After airing my 'police record' on cops night it seems appropriate I am heading for the jail tonight. Wanda in Canada has e-mailed in with prison songs as a theme. Obviously we'll play some cash classics and Queen's I Want To Break Free has got to be in there somewhere.

Get your songs on the show by posting a comment below, or you can e-mail getiton@bbc.co.uk. Text and call during the show...

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Step Back In Time...

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I was rather stung by a comment one of the youngsters on my team made this week when we were discussing music. "You don't like anything that was made after 1989!" he grumped.

"I beg your pardon," I replied. "Just because a man likes Morrissey and still wears his hair like Dave Gahan, you suggest he's stuck in the '80s.How very dare you!"

I didn't tell him that I was planning to spend Saturday night going to see Martin Stephenson and The Daintees who had reformed 22 years after the release of their debut album, Boat To Boliva.

The Daintees were one of the first acts to sign to Newcastle's Kitchenware records in the mid '80s and were part of the same scene that spawned Prefab Sprout and The Kane Gang. While great commercial success eluded them, they had a loyal and affectionate following in Scotland and they toured here many times.

Martin Stephenson is a gifted but idiosyncratic performer and you never know what you're going to get when you go along to his gigs. Sometimes his between song patter can be charming and funny, but last night I thought his unfocused ramblings were in danger of overshadowing the music.

I was looking forward to reliving those old Daintees gigs at places like The Venue in Aberdeen and The Pavillion in Glasgow. It turned out to be disappointing nostalgia trip, so tonight I'm going to see Rufus Wainwright, who was only 10 when The Daintees were at their peak. That should silence my critics in the office!

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Her Aim Is True

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Don't know what I think of the this morning that Elvis Costello is to headline a fundraiser for Hilary Clinton's birthday.

There is much to admire about Hilary Clinton, so I don't have a problem with that. I guess it just makes me feel old that one of my teenage idols has become so 'establishment'.

Back in 1979, who would have predicted that the skinny young punk on Top Of The Pops would one day be performing at the 60th birthday bash of the woman tipped to be the next American President.

So what will he play on the big night? Chelsea will be a must but Indoor Fireworks and Baby Plays Around might be risky choices in the Clinton household.

Elvis Costello has done some fine covers over the years. Billy Sherrill produced his Almost Blue album, but I doubt whether Elvis will cover Sherrill's best known song, Stand By Your Man.

Given Mrs Clinton's likely rival at the polls, I reckon a blast of The Specials' A Message To You Rudy would go down a storm.

What do you think should be on the setlist? Post a comment and let me know...

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That really takes the biscuit...

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It's been an anxious afternoon in the Get It On office as a lot of the material we ordered for tonight's 'Police' show hasn't arrived due to the postal strike. It does mean I can't play the brilliant Smiley Culture's 'Police Officer', but on the plus side, all of Sting's solo CDs are stuck in a sorting office somewhere between here and London.
Things got so fraught in here that Fiona ( senior producer) had to have one of "Jennifer's emergency bicuits". Jennifer produces Take The Floor and the biscuits are kept under her desk on the off chance that a Scottish dance band might pop in for a cup of tea of an afternoon.
That Fiona was allowed to even enter the biscuit tin gives you an indication of how deep in crisis we found ourselves this afternoon...

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Fancy a snog?

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Maybe it was the way I worded it, but the threat of an hour long kissing special in the studio tonight has sent my producer Paul off to check the small print in his contract!

Plenty of suggestions coming in on the e-mail and via the blog. As usual we'll take your calls and texts at five past six.

Mike in Fife has come up with a cracker: "Bryan, you can't have a kissing theme without playing Ruth Brown's original and subtly sexy version of 'Lucky Lips'. Once you've heard it, you can only laugh at Cliff Richard's watered down, pantomime version! "

Talking of covers, I've got the original version of Na Na, Hey Ya, Kiss Him Goodbye in the box so if you want to Get It On, you know what to do...

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Swaparama...

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As you will have heard on the show tonight, there were some cracking songs from 1976. Suffragette City by Bowie (re-released as a single in '76) followed by Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free is one of the best starts to a show I can think of.

However, it wasn't the tunes that made me nostalgic tonight. Looking back I think it was the launch of Swapshop in 1976 that had the biggest impact on me as an 11 year old. Where else could you get cartoons, the biggest pop stars of the day, Delia Smith's recipes and the chance to swap your manky old roller skates for somebody else's Stylophone.

I really wanted to go to the Swaparama, the live outside broadcast bit of the show which was always introduced by Noel asking, "Where are you Keith?". I will never forget the thrill when one week he answered back, "Aberdeen!!!!!".

It felt like a really fast moving show tonight with barely a second to draw breath before launching into another slice of 1970's nostalgia.

Lots of people had very vivid memories of the heat wave that year which partly led to 1976 being dubbed our . That and winning the Eurovision song contest of course. And in case you've forgotten the dance....

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This week's themes...

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Monday:
1976 is the theme for tonight. Swapshop, Starsky and Hutch were the TV shows we loved, Abba dominated the charts and punk kicked off. Let's have your musical memories for tonight. what were you listening to in 76? Post a comment below and let me know.

Tuesday:
Craig in Bonnybridge has suggested 'kissing' for tonight. Plenty of material to choose from there. Kiss You All Over by Exile springs to mind, or remember Kissing With Confidence by Will Powers? Was there a better kissing song than Kiss by Prince?

Wednesday: David Soul's Silver Lady was number one in the charts on this day in 1977, so it's cop songs tonight. Obviously stuff by The Police and Maggie Bell's instantly recognisable theme from Taggart will get asked for, but I am always surprised by the range of material you come up with on nights like these.

Thursday:
It's a single artist theme for tonight, but which one? You can choose by putting a comment on the blog under last Wednesday's posting titled 'Your choice'. Last time I checked ELO and The Proclaimers were the top choices, but you could change that by blogging for your fave...

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Spicing up the show...

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Matt Lucas as Geri and David Walliams looking spookily like young Paul!!!

It鈥檚 catch up night tonight and a chance for me to play some of those songs that I have been promising for ages. Lined up so far tonight are tunes from The Cocteau Twins, Kraftwerk, Barry Blue and The Boo Radleys. More to come obviously.

Most of today鈥檚 production meeting was taken up with Paul and I arguing over something really important: No silly, not the Conservative party鈥檚 plans to increase the inheritance tax threshold and whether the 拢400m bill for scrapping stamp duty would be funded by imposing a 拢25,000-per-year charge for "non-domicile" taxpayers, but whether Geri Halliwell is talented or not! (Turns out he was confusing 鈥榓bility鈥 with 鈥榗redibility鈥 , which don鈥檛 always go hand in hand!)

That was hot on the heels of yesterday鈥檚 鈥榟eated debate鈥 with my senior producer, who seems to think there is such a thing as 鈥too much Morrissey鈥. As if!

I love the fact that sitting arguing with your mates about music counts as work. It鈥檚 just like being at the pub, but without the drink obviously鈥ell until five past seven when Paul and I will be in a real pub raising a glass to the towering talent that is Geri Halliwell.

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Your choice...

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ELO on TOTP 1973

Wednesday is when I start work on next week鈥檚 themes. I like to get a good balance across the week with a mix of genre based themes, single subject ones, themes based on a particular year and, from time to time, celebrations of individual artists.

Julie has e-mailed to suggest ELO might be a suitable subject for the latter. 鈥淭hey did become unfashionable for while but their music has stood the test of time鈥 she says.

Formed as an offshoot of The Move, Electric Light Orchestra certainly have the back catalogue for an entertaining show, and if it means I get to play 鈥楬orace Wimp鈥 again then I am happy.

You should choose though. Here鈥檚 a list of some of the most requested artists that we have yet to cover for a Get It On theme. Get posting below and let me know which one of these acts deserves their own 'Get It On' next week...

A:ELO
B:The Proclaimers
C:Rod Stewart
D:Sparks
E:Echo & The Bunnymen

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It's A Sin

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I feel a bit like a priest at confession today as I sit here reading your e-mails filled with tales of lust, sloth and greed.

The seven deadly sins is the theme for the show and it looks like it will be a lot of fun.

Top sin so far is envy with lots of people asking for Bryan Ferry doing Jealous Guy. That's a must for tonight. Really struggling to find songs about gluttony though.

Maybe I should open it out a bit more. The early church leaders were a bit looser in their definiton of gluttony. In those days you would have got 'done' not just for eating too much, but also eating too soon, eating too expensively, eating too eagerly and best of all - eating too daintily!

Think about that next time you're nibbling on a delicate cucumber sandwich. Don't even think about cutting the crusts off or it's straight to the big fire for you!

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Golden Gate memories

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A few weeks ago there was chat on the blog about The Golden Gates Hotel in Mount Vernon where Slade had made an appearence early in their career. It was interesting to hear the story behind the venue and after reading it Sam Gillan from Dunoon got in touch looking for your help:

"My mum worked in the 'The Gates' or the Mount Vernon Hotel for years when I was young.She was a cleaner during the day and a bar maid at night.My brother and I used to earn some pocket by working in the cloakroom at the weekends when there was big functions on i.e. weddings,dinner/dances etc. It was a shame when it closed down,I would like to know if anyone has any pictures etc.of the place for my mum?"

Drop me an e-mail if you can help Sam out...

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This week's themes...

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Tonight:
By popular demand, we are returning to our opposites theme from last week. If you want to take part then choose two tracks with contrasting meanings and e-mail them to me. Last week some of the pairings were Eight Miles High and Going Underground, Stand and Sit Down, Stone Cold Sober and Wide-Eyed And Legless, and River Deep-Mountain High, which of course is opposites within the same song.

Tues:
Julie in Edinburgh has suggested the seven deadly sins as the theme for tonight, so I'm looking looking for tracks about lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride...

Wed:
Colin Thomson has suggested 鈥榓mazing song/event coincidences for tonight. You know that moment when a song gets played on the radio that sums up your situation and how you鈥檙e feeling right at that moment. Share your stories by posting them below or e-mailing getiton@bbc.co.uk...

Thurs:
We always get more requests than we can can actually play on air, so tonight I thought we would have a catch-up night for all the tracks that I have not had time to play - well at at least twelve of them. If there鈥檚 a record you haven鈥檛 heard in years them get in touch...

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