Next week's themes...

Haud me back - this is revolutionary.

What's the link for Edith Bowman?

Life's too short for this - perhaps GCHQ would be interested.

We should all be outdoors, anyway.

MONDAY

Anything by PDQ Bach

Or J.Tull


If they want to squeeze this into July we'll need a show every day, 7 days a week. Is that the plan?

#2

Interesting - a couple of weeks ago we were totally astonished when Graeme Stewart admitted he'd never heard Rocky Raccoon.

Guess what - Edith's just discovered Stevie Winwood was in Taffic and The Spencer Davis Group.We've all been in love with 'I'm a Man' since 1967.

Don't you think they should get some of us auld yin's to produce these shows?

I could tell them about Family.

The best thing to come out of Wales, Taffic.


Until Cerys came along...

This is our BBC, we pay for it, and we should get to choose who covers when our beloved presenter, (who has more holidays than Wogan ever did), is on vacation.

I vote for Alison Craig.










hubbahubba

Hmmmm... apologies, a touch of Norrietis

"a Alphabet"?

Canny spoke right....

DC

#8

Ye cannae blame Norrie for the superfluous apostrophe.

(He has a tendency to forget where that key is @).










I do, however, approve of the deliberate mistake. Most amusing.












Not that you require my approval...

>8-D

TUESDAY

Band names or song titles which include one or more apostrophes.

#4

Not according to the wee video. This will run into August.

#7

I vote for henri!

Great show from Edith tonight. Even Laurie Anderson sounded great. Can you imagine the authorities reaction if a campaign started to put that at the top of the charts?

Another example of how the less obvious tracks make great radio. Vic later played a track by a band called Broken Bells. Magic.

When will GIO get the message that a good format can be made great by paying attention to what's being requested at the margin.

You can call me Al(phabet)

Most people will be on holiday anyway.

I like your idea of broadcasting from Ailsa Craig. Will they play Gauno A Ton Mair?

Caption
Made aware by quiet year

First thoughts:

Monday - Get it on - T. Rex
Tuesday - Songs titles where the third word is or begins with an "A"
Wednesday - Bedtime - songs about sleeping or seduction
Thursday - Cockney connections - songs about London or by artists from there

Joe
Linlithgow

#15 go to the Bass Rock

One ton? Aye mair o....

Guan drops keep falling on my head - Sashit Dispel

TUESDA):

AWARDS

Songs that have won awards...Brit, Oscar, Novello, Grammy, CMA etc.

#1

The team meeting must have been something like:

'Right, so I'm off on holiday that fortnight and then Bryan's off then... and then Mandy's off when when Bryan comes back....what can we do that means we don't have to think about what to do with the show over the summer ...?'

how to amuse yourself while doing lengths of the Gourock Pool:

themes
A - All things American
B - Blues night
C - circuses, carnivals and carousels
D - drummers
E - eternity, everlasting, forever
F - flying pigs night - a whole night devoted to FPs
G - game on - sports and games
H - Hi can't think of a thing for this one
I - If only and what if - songs of things that might have been
J - (see you) Jimmy - songs, bands, singers named James or derivatives
K - knowledge
L - lyrics - the best all-time or funniest
M - myths and legends
N - nearly famous - new singers and bands
O - old testament - we did the gospels, now let's hear it for Delilah
P - punks, teds and hippies - which were you and what songs applied?
Q - quarrels, songs that feature, songs that caused them, either within the band or in your home
R - record shops - what we bought in them, memories such as those shared on the blog a few weeks back
S - session musicians
T - tales - story songs
U - under the radar - the best songs that never made it
V - very best pop songs of all time
W - what, why and when? songs that have specific memories for you - not necessarily the big things like weddings, but the small but significant moments that a certain song brings back
X - the unknown; artists we know well, but the songs that don't get played
Z - zithers and ukeleles - odd intruments used in


as you see I've shamelessly stolen other people's ideas ((M)Julie, (Z)Glen) and no doubt there are plenty that have been done before - but hey you don't really think I've got all day to do this.

I do have a life, you know.

I just don't know where I put it.

I think they've all gone on holiday and left us a caption scrabble competition

I get:

MAYBE AWAY QUIET AREA?

D

#22
Y no Y?
H is for Hey. Songtitles that start with Hey.

Hope you get the other 24 on. Some spiffing suggestions in that lot.

#22
And I've always wondered what women thought about whilst they were doing lengths!

Away ya bam - ere quieted

Who's gonna be the first to text in this week to say they're having alphabettispaghetti for tea.

Anyway I'm off to see my mates Monty and Carlo.

I'll be looking to see if Pontooncapella is moored in the harbour!

Enjoy your week!

#22

Why don't we just agree to re-convene in September?

#25 I can't vouch for us all thinking about alphabetic themes while doing lengths. Some people are far too busy making sure their hair doesn't get wet.

Y is of course for songs with yodelling in them.

I hope you have a fab time on your hols.

#22

H is for henri's futile campaigns.

#29

I know, though I usually get waxed before I go swimming, so I don't have to worry about my hair.

I must suggest this simple but effective method to the ladies down at the pool next week.
Perhaps by way of thanks they'll sign up to the HH GIO Dreadzone campaign. Though I fear some may get confused and wonder why you're running a campaign for long unbrushed hair and advocating waxing at the same time.

More for Monday
Jai ho - A R Rahman
The things we do for love - 10cc
Spanish Harlem - Ben E King
Stonger than Jesus - A Camp
Sweet child o' mine - Guns N' Roses
Dream to sleep - H2O
When I am through with you - The VLA
Legs - ZZ Top

Joe
Linlithgow

MONDAY:

Mary J Blige + George Michael - As

John D Loudermilk song covers...
Johnny Nash - 'Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye'
Lou Rawls - 'Tobacco Road'
Flying Burrito Brothers - 'Break My Mind'

Coldplay (featuring Jay-Z) - 'Lost' (though I love it, pleeeease no more Empire State Of Mind...this, for me, was one of the highlights of the Hampden concert...all of which was superb)

LL Cool J - 'I Need Love'

#23, #26

Quite! Wee Adam, by a year!

Happy Independence Day to all our bloggers in the United States!


GOD BLESS AMERICA!

#25 you should have asked me...

:-)

#27 you through this way? Are you Janis Forsyth in disguise?


#35 I haven't checked the letters, b ut did you have a triple letter score?........

What a great way to get the themes and blog suggestions going. Looking forward to the next 26 shows.

Suggestion for Tuesday:

B backing singers. From Jagger on You're So Vain to Justin Timberlake with Blackeyed Peas. What are you favourite songs with notable backing singers. Or perhaps you read the sleeve notes and like the work of session singers such as Jeni Muladur, Katie Kissoon, Carol Kenyon etc.

#39

and such as Lesley Duncan... I've still not completely forgiven GIO for going overboard about Malcolm McLaren and not even mentioning Lesley.

S should be for sessions musicians. Did you know Led Zeopplin were the backing band on the Mickey Most production of Lulu's 'The Boat That I Row'?

Of course Lesley Duncan would be perfect for this proposed theme!

Good trivia Henri. I am pretty sure all four members also played on a PJ Proby album and possibly a single pre Zep but I don't recall which one I'm afraid.

#35, #37

Aye. The first one.


#38, #39, #41

Is Mr. MacLean home, or still posting comments from Nevada?


TUESDAY

ANGELS

I know it's been done before, but I want to ask for 'Angel from Montgomery'

Again.


Or,

AGRICULTURE

No particular reason...

>8-D

#22

Gaie,

For H you could request HEBREW BIBLE which would leave the O free for another theme.

More theme ideas -
Tuesday
Air travel

Wednesday
Baked goods - songs about bread, cakes or their basic ingredients
Baseball - songs about American cities with Major League teams
Blood

Thursday
Celsius - songs about temperature
Confusion - songs about uncertainty


Joe
Linlithgow

#43 Good idea.

O - zero, nothing; is that a theme or my store of ideas?


MONDAY

Johnny B. - the Hooters *choice*

J. Smith - Travis

Poor Boy - R.L. Burnside

Let Me Take You There - Plain White T's (prefer it to Hey There Delilah)

time I got an MP3 player - most listening done in the car up till now with a couple of hours a day spent on the M8 (so filling one of the GIO membership criteria) but thanks to GIO a great and diverse set of individual songs building up that I'd like for keeps. Note to the work - when you kick me out in August, this would be a nice leaving pressie!

For Monday - Austin - Blake Shelton

"And P.S. if this is Austin, I still love you."

Bryan will know the song.

Roll on R - Revenge - Retribution - Reprisals - Recrimination - Retaliation - Repulsive - Repellent - Repugnant - Rancorous, Raging Resentment

This could be fun!

;o)

#42

Norrie appears to be posting from Stepford

Norrie, Glen - El Rayo X for tomorrow?

Can we expect Big Bird to make an appearance?

Tomorrow Belongs To B - Boris Becker and the Berlin Bundestag Banjo Bully Boys

MONDAY

'Turn Me Round' - kd lang & The Reclines

Monday

K T Tunstall Suddenly I See

Love that list, gaie. Need to get to work on my own but doubt anyone could top that one.

Monday:

Rock & Roll Dream - AC/DC

DC

How could I forget...

Mousse T - 'Is It Cos I'm Cool?'

Monday

B 52'S - Deadbeat Club not Love Shack, been done to death

Bryan,last week you almost played a track from the 10CC album 'Sheet Music'(one of my all time favourites,because I discovered it all by myself in 1974) but you ran our of time. Monday is obviously 10CC night.

Hotel - 10CC - from the album 'Sheet Music'

Helpless - K D Lang

Anyway the wind blows J J Cale & Eric Clapton (this is great)

Gaye - Clifford T Ward

Nutrocker - B Bumble & The Stingers

Back in the U S S R - The Beatles.

any of these will do, love them all, though it would be nice to hear 10CC or JJ Cale - great tracks deserving of an airing.2nd also for El Rayo X which I've just checked out on Spotify - amazing how everyone is moving to 'Dreadzone'.

reagrdez youse

henri

#51 you're very kind, mary-doll, it's just a symptom of my shallow female mind, I should probably be thinking about politics and world affairs when I'm toiling up and down the pool; that's probably what men do.

#54 2nds for JJ Cale and EC, but oh please no, not for Clifford T!

#55

Well, I guess you've been getting Clifford T flung at you since 1972?

I've always had a soft spot for it because it came out just before the name 'Gaye' became eternally changed along with the changed meaning of the word 'gay'.

Listening to it now, I was taken aback that the lyric doesn't especially match the rather dreamy hippie - trippy musical delivery, I have to say - it sounds a bit attitudinaly chauvinist. Proof that it's not just common parlance that moves on, but attitudes too.

regardez vous

henri

p.s. Bryan, please withdraw my request for 'Gaye' by Clifford T Ward

#55 not at all and far from it. That was a really considered, brilliant flight of fancy - if that is really all that it was. but it wasn't. don't be explaining it away as anything less - I think most of us here would be happy to have our names associated with even just 4 of those themes. Fantastic. Stop talking yourself down, missus.

#56

His band Cliff Ward and the Cruisers now also has unfortunate connotations.

Gary U.S Bonds - Jole Blon, there are many versions and this is a cracker, featuring of course a Mr B Springsteen. This was one of the songs Bruce sang with Terence Trent Darby at their joint gig but I digress....

or

Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Were Your Lover

or

J.D Souther - You're Only Lonely , this was a long overdue minor hit for him.

My fave Plan B track is - Stay Too Long

I'm still posting from outside UK but did not want to miss the fun with the 26 themes.

You'd have more fun driving quickly over a hump-back bridge.

#60 why is someone as smart as you always so miserable? you really don't give the rest of us much to aspire to. I knew it was a mistake to give up my subscription to the Cheeky Girls' website when Lembit got the heave ho. Very shallow of me. Should have listened to my heart instead.

Monday

ABC Poisoned Arrow

as requested by mary-doll, on the blog.

As long as you don't say it too loud, it might get played. Errr. but fairly sure someone else will ask for it, so - whatever. It's a great song. :o)

MONDAY - LETTERS

Cocaine - J.J. Cale
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

Paul from Ayr

Monday:

The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore: Michelle Shocked
78 RPM: SLF
36D: The Beautiful South
When You're Gone (Feat. Mel C): Bryan Adams
Green Onions: Booker T and the MGs
After Midnight: J J Cale
Throw The R Away: The Proclaimers
Wednesday Morning 3 AM: Simon and Garfunkel

several people would be delighted to share their enjoyment of this record with the GIO listeners:

El Rayo X - David Lindley

which can be found on the album
El Rayo X - David Lindley, or
Love is Strange - Jackson Browne and David Lindley

#60 - #61 - mary-doll - When was the last time a man made milk explode out of your nose?

Excuse me. I have to clean my monitor.

#11

Or more generally, contain punctuation.

There are fourteen punctuation marks in standard English grammar. Anyone want to hazard a list? And for bonus points, what the connection is with a dwarf strawberry.

#45

Love your Hooters suggestion Gaie (and it's a *stonking* album), but I'll see your Johnnie B. and raise you a Karla with a K.

...and how could I have forgotten this good wee Northern Soul tune for Monday...

The M.V.Ps - 'Turning My Heartbeat Up'

Theme suggestion for Tuesday



How about an Acoustic night?

#67 - A dwarf strawberry (with cream) costs £14 at Wimbledon.

;o)

#67

It doesn't matter who said it - don't have any more to do with her.

WEDNESDAY

Why don't we devote an evening to our beloved presenter and his senior producer...

BRYAN & BABS

Bryans and Brians and Barbaras, Barbras and Barbies...songs sung, written, produced by people with those names...or by bands with Bry, Bri, and Babs as members. Can anyone find songs mentioning Bris and Babses? I can! C'mon...we like a challenge.

#68 well I'm looking for a *stonking* album right now - maybe this is the one to go for?

and please, I don't think my request for a mention for the Proudfoot family has made it yet - no specific record, just a mention next time a shout of mine's played.
ta!

#22 - #73 - Either way Gaie gets to ask for T-Bone Burnett!

;o)

#68 Capt, you have me trumped - I'd love to listen to Karla with a K -but our IT department requires 6 months' notice, a project outline and compelling scientific evidence as to why we should have sound and/or Flash on our computers. Happy to chance it though, after all that's what the programme's all about, isn't it, discovering new tunes? Isn't it?

Now another dilemma - Bryan's T-bone or the Captain's dwarf strawberry?

#77

Sound may be a problem, but Flash isn't (provided you're not stuck with what even Microsoft don't think is a usable browser) as YouTube works perfectly well without Flash, using standards-compliant HTML5.

#79 (we are)!
anyway, home now and had a look - I'm for the album for sure - thanks!

Tuesday. Aftereights.

Elton John Someone Saved My Life Tonight
"It's four o'clock in the morning
Damn it listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive"
Eric Clapton After Midnight
Maria Muldaur Midnight At The Oasis
The Velvet Underground After Hours
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight
Rupert Holmes Pina Coladas
"If You Like Pina Coladas
and Getting Caught In The Rain
if You're Not Into Yoga
if You Have Half A Brain
if You Like Making Love At Midnight
in The Dunes On The Cape
then I'm The Love That You've Looked For
Write to me and escape"

#81

No new thread?

Who will be first to request after-eight mince?

#82 new thread every night for 26 nights? that might keep them on their toes with new pics and all that. Can't see it. If they do, I'll wait to post after someone else, don't ever want to be first. Mince is good enough. ;o)

me first? never.

TUESDAY

I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison

Night Driver - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger

After Hours - We Are Scientists

Harvest Moon - Runrig

Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) - Counting Crows

(for producers of a nervous disposition, this song doesn't feature Frankie Miller, it doesn't even mention Frankie Miller. You will not be contravening the FM rules in any way.)

copied and pasted:
and if by any chance you should happen to play one of my suggestions, I'd be most grateful if you could mention the Proudfoot family.

TUESDAY:

Oh go on...play Steve Forbert - 'Romeo's Tune'..."Meet me in the middle of the night"...lively wee song.

or another from Steve

'Tonight I feel so far away from home' - this is a moving, simply arranged song. Wish you'd play it sometime.

#83 think of all those caption possibilities....

As we are still on this week I'll post my Friday suggestion here.

FRIDAY

It's been a long time since we heard the Possum on the show...

'Finally Friday' - George Jones

A perfect song with which to start the weekend!

Bryan, Babs,

Unless you want the Friday show to be threadless and themeless we're gonna need a caption competition for the next five Fridays.

>8-D

FRIDAY

'Finally Friday' - George Jones