Power pop...

Danny Wilson - Marys Prayer

Natalie Imbroglia - Torn

Wah - The Story Of The Blues

Norrie you're a brave man to put your first thoughts forward, well done!

I've not got a clue ..... favourite pop for all the stuff we've heard, WOW!

WEDNESDAY


The King has Lost his Crown - Abba ~ for a wee change...

Brave / Stupis - who is counting?

Oh...ericinelgin....ah well.....

seriously I ned to think about this, ma heid is in melt down

'The Closest Thing To Heaven' - Kane Gang

The Bible - Honey Be Good or Graceland

Black - The Big One

a belter

In for a penny..
Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax

#3 nice one, Scotch! I love uncool ABBA.

Belouis Some - Imagination

#10 Norrie are you just saying that cos of the video?

My Lips Are Sealed - The Go Go's :o)

Right I'm setting myself some ground rules or I'll be awake all night.

1) Single release which is recognised by everyone but not necessarily a number one.

2) When I hear the first few bars it immediately reminds me of an event or period in my life.

Good plan alfaeraferry = all my suggestions then? Sorted.

#14 it's just a draft proposal :~)

#9 mary-doll is Relax still no banned on the Beeb?

Wax - 'Building A Bridge To Your Heart'

Kiss from a Rose - Seal
L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah & The Whale

and seconding Norries request for Natalie and Torn

Hmm maybe you could sneak a Belle and Sebastion one in...

Wrapped up in Books - Belle and Sebastion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBU-MxydbWQ

#18 Elwe - like your 3rd suggestion, I'm just reading Stuart Murdoch's book at the moment...

Well, we had what I consider to be the perfect pop song a week or so back (maybe thats why they've been chosen for the fotae), so lets go with:

"Take On Me" - aHa

"Ever Fallen In Love"- Buzzcocks

"Heartbreaker" - Dionne Warwick



Previously on the Blog...

Meeks, your requests can just as easily be ignored here as they have been on the emails, you know. What is the Blog at the moment Henri? 15% of the show, maybe?

Ain't Too Proud to Beg - the Temptations

Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Can't Get Enough - Bad Company

Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones

Running Down a Dream -Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Painted Moon - the Silencers

Uprising - The Muse

Grace - The View

...yes...I really do like these...

S Club 7 - 'Don't Stop Movin''

Girls Aloud - 'Biology' or 'Can't Speak French'

Kylie - 'Better The Devil You Know' or 'Confide In me'

Agree Adam...Buzzcocks did great pop songs. These are pretty damn perfect

Buzzcocks - 'I Don't Mind' or 'What Do I Get'

Right here we go, my Top Ten fae 1 to 11 ;

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

Maggie May - Rod
From his finest moment Every Picture Tells a Story, I could listen to the title track every day.

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
First live gig me and my pal were allowed to attend ourselves, I'll remember it forever. Eno/Mackay/Ferry why wouldn't you.

Rockin all over the world / Status Quo
Written by John Fogerty, performed by a band that has been actively doing the business since The Beatles were around and the song opened Live Aid , doh!

Man inthe Mirror / Michael Jackson
Just a wonderful pop song.

Labour of Love / Hue and Cry

Cuddly Toy / Roachford
Whatever happened to him?

The Living Years / Mike & the Mechanics
Paul Carrack on vocals and written by Mike Rutherford and our very own BA Robertson, how underrated was he?

Love is all around / Wet Wet Wet

Outside / George Michael
Just a great dance track.........:-)

Al.

Squeeze:

'Hourglass'
'Annie Get Your Gun'

Yes lots of George Michael would be appropriate:

Waiting For That day (my favourite GM track)

Fastlove

Star People

then I was thinking

Elton John - This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore

then I realised I'm straying into "songs I just happen to like territory", so goodnight.

toodles, too

aye, likewise, just a couple more

See My Baby Jive - Wizzard

Oh La La - Goldfrapp

Substitute - The Who

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Let's Get rocked - Def Leppard


enough - lights out!!

did someone shout Boston there.....?

Need some glam


New York Groove - Hello

and maybe some not-so-often-heard Bee Gees - You win again


or perhaps Substitute - Clout


and Sylvia's mother - Dr Hook


not forgetting Oliver's Army Elvis Costello


or He's gonna step on you again - John Kongos



There, that's the montage sorted


DC

Forgot Angel Fingers - Wizzard



often requested, never played

Stuff that I think was good but not often, if ever, played on GIO......

Sentimental Friend - Herman's Hermits

Hold Your Head Up - Argent

Only You Can - Fox

Black Coffee - All Saints

Destination - Sugababes


Paul from Ayr

I think these are all 'poppy' and I like them...cant think up stories to go with them...

Darwin Deez – ‘Constellations’
Communards – ‘You Are My World’
Del Shannon - 'Hats Off To Larry'
The Maccabees – ‘Toothpaste Kisses’
The Kooks – ‘Naïve’
Bobby Vee - 'Take Good Care Of My Baby'
Human League – ‘Love Action’
Nick Lowe (or I’d like to hear Letters To Cleo’s very credible version) – ‘Cruel To Be Kind’
Basement Jaxx – ‘Living Room’
Newton Faulkner – ‘Dream Catch Me’
Bee Gees – ‘You Win Again’

JfE.....are you the new JFE?

;-)

 
INCOMING!!!



Paul,

Why not go all the way and request Jilted John? Here we go! (2, 3, 4)

My advice is to get on your knees and plead with the moderators to remove comment #33

If that doesn't work, settle your financial affairs and make your peace with God.

#33, #34. Very good advice Scotch. How very dare he! He's been blogging long enough to know there can be only one JfE!!! It's not even as if I'd requested Dana!!!! I think he should 'Shaddappa his face'!!

P.S. ;o)

#34, 35, ha ha, OK i've said my prayers.....no argument with the quality Julie......but the quantity has only been exceeded by Norrie this week!!!

What can I say! I've just happened to think of a few songs I'd like to request this week! Not that it makes any difference at all to what's played mind ;o).

I think it's about time for another interactive 'The Chain' type show...I like them...or one of the shows where they play a song with with a 5-word title followed by a 4-word one etc etc. They're always good shows.

Quite sad I know but I like it:

Jessie J - Price Tag

Blur - Girls and Boys

#20 Facebook contributions seem to get a lot of mention - but it's not for the Meeks!

A few quick Pop suggestions:

ELO: Livin' thing
Groovejet (if this ain't love): Sophie Ellis Bexter
Toto: Hold the line
Ace of Base: All that she wants
Miami Sound Machine: Doctor Beat

what makes for a great pop song for me?
well its got to have a great melody AND it has to have endurance or the prospect of endurance (how to gauge i hear you ask.... jessie j price tag)

'waterloo'...................abba ( the WOW factor)

'p.s. i love you'...........the beatles (how sentimentally poignant)

'come up and see me, make me smile'........cockney rebel (just lacks a slight inject of the uillean pipes in these gaps, but no-ones perfect)

'moonlight shadow'...............mike oldfield/maggie reilly (with a hint of glesga)

'concrete and clay'........unit 4 plus 2 (gorgeously anachronistic)

'just like heaven'..........cure (show me show me show me a better song!!!)

'where have all the flowers gone?'.........peter paul and mary (timeless melody)

'wouldn't it be nice'.........beach boys ( the lyrics are also fabulously heartrending)

'its getting better'.................cass elliot (no further comment required. could be the best ever pop song sung by unarguably the greatest female vocalist of all time)

'make your own kind of music'.......cass elliott ( ditto squared......the best female pop song ever recorded sung by the greatest ever female vocalist bar none)

cheers frae the dale

#42


"(...sung by unarguably the greatest female vocalist of all time)."


If I wasn't in the mood for an argument before, I am now!


Alas, I must return to work. Here are a few names to ponder on;

Barbra - Dusty - Kiki - Kathryn Dawn - Emmylou

#43 @ ya SG.........

trying to stifle incredulity at your 'list'

so ye can just get oot yer argumentative mood.......it's a no contest....naebody agrees wi' ye.

cheers frae the dale

Scotch, how many identities do you actually have?

I am in no doubt that 'pop' is a genre (style) on its own.

For me, it is characterised by a good melody line, singable lyrics and is not of any other easily or especially recognisable genre(style). Above all, it stands the test of time - i.e. when you hear it you think " I'd forgotten how great that was".

Therefore, ironically, for me, 'pop' music seldom reflects what is currently in the charts and because of the pleasure in hearing it occasionally, is probably not in your own record collection. This automatically deletes novelty records, like 'Ernie' and 'The Worzels' etc and anything to do with Xmas and anything recurringly heard on GIO. Generally speaking they should be happy and optimistic in outlook.

Personal favourites are:

Heartache Ave - the Maisonettes

Everlasting Love - the Love Affair

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

Pinball Wizard - the Who

Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration

Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Mildaur

I Got The Music In Me - Kiki Dee

The Happening - the Supremes

Nothing Rhymed - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Do It Again - The Beach Boys

Secret Love - Kathy Kirby

How Can I Be Sure - Dusty Springfield

I could go on for ever but don't want to hog the stage here;-))

tonight's McCartney suggestion:

Come and Get It or Day After Day - Badfinger

tonight's Beatles suggestion:

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

regardez youse

henri

how could I forget?

The Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke

Monkey Spanner - Dave & Ansel Collins

The 60s were THE decade for perfect pop records.Chip Taylor(John Voight's brother) knew a thing or two about writing great pop songs and restyled one of his biggest hits ,The Troggs "Any Way That You Want Me "for Evie Sands, the great white soul singer and Dusty's favourite then.A massive hit in the U.S.it was criminally overlooked here.An absolute pop classic.Bob Gaudio was the producer for the Four Seasons and copied Phil Spector's wall of Sound for another 60s classic "Rag Doll"and lastly Phil Spector himself who reached his zenith with his Wagner meets Motown masterpiece"River Deep,Mountain High"for Ike and Tina Turner.Here's a laugh.In 1966 nobody knew in the UK who Ike and Tina Turner were really and I remember someone who thought the singer was called Ikantina Turner,seriously!Similar thing happened at Isle of Wight where a certain country singer was introduced as Kris Tofferson,Cheers,Willie Bartke

#48,great list Henri!I love "Yesterday has Gone"and Bryan played it for me a year or two back.You could pick any of the Supremes 60s songs,virtually all classics.Cheers,Willie Bartke

Henri Hannah is King! "good melody line, singable lyrics and is not of any other easily or especially recognisable genre(style). Above all, it stands the test of time - i.e. when you hear it you think " I'd forgotten how great that was". "

Of course! Nailed the theme perfectly:

Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

or

Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Clsoer I Get

#41

Aye weel, Meeks, its a case of Norrie plus 2 from the Blog these days.

#42
Surprised we havent had a caption from you D_K. Quite a few angles I would have thought.

#51 as Julie would say *sigh*.

#49/50

Thanks men, re Cupid's Inspiration I found another track on Spotify by them called "My World" which is really really good. Don't know why it wasn't a hit, should have been.

An opportunity to make a final request - one of the great mysteries of all time - why wasn't this amazing pop song a big hit?

Faith Healer - the Big Dish

regardez - youse

henri

and a final one, the ultimate 60's pop song,imho,

I Saw Her Again - The Mams & Papas

regardez youse

henri

# 46 hh

You're
Bringin' on Back The Good Times - Love Affair

Al...

Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Can't resist asking for this too.

Pendulum - 'Propane Nightmares'

I'm liking Norrie's suggestion of the Go-Go's (anyone hear Belinda Carlisle on the tranny the other day?)

However, I'm going to for:
* Ohio Express - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I got love in my tummy
* All Saints - Pure Shores (memories of The Beach OST)
once more:
* Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

and finally:
* Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards because it's mixing pop and politics
It's a mighty long way down rock 'n roll
From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole

Cheers Capn where you been hiding? You, of course, remind me of:

Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis

chirpy chirpy cheep cheep


The best track so far......



:-/

#42, #44

d_k,

I can hardly believe I fell for such an obvious wind-up. Guid yin!





















gullible git

Bring back Shang-a-lang...........

They'll no be playin Kylie in 40 years there still playin the rollers...

#62 Lost for words at some of that. Oh, well - tomorrow is another day.

Scotch - please tell us how you do your "no comment" comment. ;o)

Too much chat about 'ma wee boy o' 7, ma dotter o'6 blah blah, and strangely they're aw askin' for 80's disco.....have The Singin' Kettle got a new album out?

Nae Dode Michael or Wham, no sure but was their any Michael J?

Just giggles about showin aff yer keks

Surprised the risk free zone played the dreadful chirpy, chirp.....losin the will to live just typin it.

a song about abandonment.........

could have been worse, they might have gone for tweedledee & tweedledum, the tune Macdougall always used to hum............

thought it would have been a really good show the night cos henri n dale, amongst many others, pulled out some crakin' choons.

think as a noobie am settin ma expectations too high, hey ho.....am aff oot!

cheers

#64

Mary-Doll,

What you need is a Character Map. I'm not sure how to set it up. Gaie supplied the link, and my flatmate installed it.

It gives you the option of approx. 160 different typefaces, and you cut & paste the characters you wish to use.

Depending on what size you want the blank comment to be, paste twice. Once at the top, then scroll down and paste again at the bottom.

 
or

Seems an awfy way tae go tae say nothin

#74

If ye don't have anything nice to say.......


;o)