The Raccoon Arms Jukebox
They’re coming to take it away ha-ha, hee-hee, boo-hoo. Yes, the Raccoon Arms Jukebox has spun its last scratchy disc. It has expired. It is an ex-jukebox. It has served us well. Many is the time a heated debate has come perilously close to fisticuffs, only for the mood to be abruptly improved by the sudden and shrewd selection of the right tune for the right moment. Remember when Fat Steve and Windsock were having a lively exchange of opinions and some wag stuck their coin in the slot, swiftly followed by Chuck Berry’s ‘My Ding-A-Ling’? We were all friends again within seconds. Music has the magic to soothe tempers and put the listener in a happier place.
With this in mind, we the management have decided our humble hostelry will not be deprived of what is as crucial an item of furniture as the bar stools and the pool table. As soon as old faithful is unplugged and taken away to that great gin-palace in the sky, we shall be arranging the delivery of a replacement. In time, this new model may indeed come to claim our collective affection, but before that happens, it might be a good idea to nominate whichever tracks you reckon will enable the new Raccoon Arms Jukebox to carry on the good work of its illustrious predecessor.
I shall open the nominations with ten of my own and hope a fine balance is achieved between the generations of patrons…
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1) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT, The Kinks
A timeless burst of adolescent energy that scythes through the age barrier.
2) GOOD TIMES, Chic
Much imitated and sampled, but the slick original remains the disco groove no one’s feet can resist.
3) SHAKIN’ ALL OVER, Johnny Kidd and The Pirates
The finest British rock ‘n’ roll record of the rock ‘n’ era by far.
4) DANCE TO THE MUSIC, Sly and the Family Stone
Soul + Rock + Psychedelia = One of the great 3½ minutes of the 60s.
5) CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL, Oasis
A tribute to the traditional pub odours, both of which can still be found here (for those in the know).
6) 20th CENTURY BOY, T. Rex
The greatest Glam Rock riff of all, and you can’t beat a bit of Glam!
7) SOMETHIN’ ELSE, The Sex Pistols
Some might opt for the Eddie Cochran original, but the Sid Vicious cover still rocks.
8) THE JEAN GENIE, David Bowie
Another jukebox gem from the Glam era, and another memorable riff.
9) ANY OLD PUB PIANO STANDARD, Mrs Mills
Everyone’s susceptible to an old-school singsong when a lock-in is on the cards.
10) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE, The Walker Brothers
A ballad is always handy for when the drinker reaches that melancholy stage, and this is the best.
So, there are my ten nominees. There’s room in the jukebox for more, so let’s have yours…
Petunia Winegum
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July 25, 2015 at 9:20 am -
And lurking behind the virtual pillar, taking notes, is the virtual local agent from the Performing Rights Society……
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July 25, 2015 at 9:24 am -
Take Freddie off the box and I swear I will never darken your doorstep again – it’s my anthem!
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July 25, 2015 at 11:30 am -
Choose songs released before 1963 and you’re okay as they’re not in UK copyright any more.
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July 25, 2015 at 9:44 am -
Rock around the clock – Bill Hayley and the Comets
Gotta have the king – Heartbreak Hotel, Jailhouse Rock
Smoke gets in your eyes – The Platters
Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey
Flamingo – Earl Bostik (always stuck in the memory that one!)
Waterloo – Abba
Dancing Queen – Abba
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
Everything by the Carpenters – but if you ration me: Touch me when we’re dancing, Close to you,
Take my breath away – Berlin
Manhattan – Ella Fitzgerald
Ol’ Blue Eyes – A Foggy Day, I’ve got you under my skin
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July 25, 2015 at 9:49 am -
In no particular order:
“I Feel Alright” – The Damned. cover of Iggy – anarchic energy – what’s not to like?
“Torn” – Natalie Imbruglia, because we’ve all loved and lost (I expect)
“Once In A Lifetime” – Talking Heads, life just keeps on moving
“God Only Knows” – The Beach Boys because we all love someone (I hope)
“Starman” – David Bowie, hard to choose which Bowie, but this because of that TOTP
“Anyone Who Had A Heart” – Cilla Black – Bacharach done Brit style, wonderfully over-dramatic
“Paranoid Android” – Radiohead, for all the kicking, squealing Gucci little piggies
“Being Boring” – Pet Shop Boys, because none of us were ever being boring, were we?
“Street Life” – Roxy Music – art school fabulousness
“Cafe Del Mar” – Energy 52 – for the rave days and euphoria distilledI realise that some of these won’t get played often… but when I’m in, they might!
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July 25, 2015 at 10:18 am -
What coins will I need to bring, or will you be selling tokens? I think I shall need enough to play at least 45 of your nominations. I add just two of my own – Chesney Hawkes , The One and Only and BeeGees, You Win Again. Can’t wait to join you – Oh – perhaps Chuck Berry should be included, just in case Fat Steve and Windsock start up again…
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July 25, 2015 at 10:20 am -
Nah, we’re cool.
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July 25, 2015 at 10:24 am -
July 25, 2015 at 12:55 pm -
Dimes, surely? How else to pay for…
“I love rock ‘n’ roll” – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-
July 25, 2015 at 1:01 pm -
“Put another dime in the record machine” –
Ernie Maresca – “Shout shout” (knock yourself out)” 1962.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxDRIaxSDB0
He wrote “Runaround Sue” and “The Wanderer” for Dion… and died a few days ago.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:12 pm -
Oooh, I didn’t know she’d half-inched that line… I’d be a bit scared of bringing it to her attention to be honest!
A great song, too. The lyrics are listed as:
“Come on, yell, yell, loud and swell” – presumably to escape the censor?(Loads of good stuff from all across the musical spectrum being suggested here… no time to rack my brains at the moment.)
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July 25, 2015 at 2:03 pm -
‘I Love Rock n Roll’ was a cover, originally a B-side for The Arrows, I think, one of those second division post-glam/pre-punk teen acts.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:41 pm -
Who can forget their immortal “A touch too much”?
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July 25, 2015 at 6:57 pm -
As soon as I’d hit ‘send’ I wondered if I’d made a boo-boo… I’d be no good on a pub-quiz team.
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July 25, 2015 at 8:20 pm -
To be fair, with it having been a pretty obscure B-side, most people tend to think of it as a Joan Jett song, anyway. Joan was a bit of a British Glam junkie in the 70s, a regular at Rodney’s English Disco in LA at the time, so she probably knew it before anyone else in the States.
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July 25, 2015 at 9:24 pm -
I’ve just been watching your TOTP rundown, Petunia, that then led to another with a cruel dig at the magnificent Showwaddywaddy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enbMF-ISeF8
On possibly the most miserable holiday of my life (certainly the dampest) I fought with several middle-aged women over the singer’s black satin shirt that he’d tossed into the audience at a miserable Ayr “leisure centre”. It got quite heated until one of ’em dug out her moustache-clipping scissors & a little square was given to each of us. I’ll still have it, somewhere, pressed between the pages of the programme that had the fantastically-named drummer, Romeo Challenger, posing with his flash sports car in front of a stately-looking home. Fond memories! (It was the last year for family holidays on home-soil…)-
July 25, 2015 at 10:08 pm -
My brother was in their fan club!
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July 26, 2015 at 12:05 pm -
Really?!? Er, I hope I didn’t give the impression that my Dave Bartram souvenir was low-grade tat, a remnant of a poor quality garment tossed into the audience approximately 100 times a year! It’s a collector’s item (unwashed, obviously). I’m sure it could be dug out – sensible offers only, please. Will also consider trading for interesting items (pubic tufts from 70s’ starrs, etc.).
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July 26, 2015 at 12:04 am -
Rodney Bigenheimer.
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July 25, 2015 at 10:58 am -
Why is it that I always feel out of place in this type of discussion? I was the odd man (boy) out when most of these mentioned were first out and I haven’t changed my position at all.
Now, if we had some Beethoven or Mozart or Bach or Bizet or Dvorak or Elgar or Handel or, just because, Gilbert & Sullivan and a few others I would feel at home. Yes, I know I am odd but that is me.
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July 25, 2015 at 11:32 am -
I was thinking of some Philip Glass, or some Gorecki,or Reich, but I realised I’d probably get booed out the pub.
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July 25, 2015 at 12:11 pm -
How about a bit of noisy ELO as a halfway house?
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July 25, 2015 at 12:23 pm -
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July 25, 2015 at 12:25 pm -
Dunno what happened there – it meant to say “Rock Aria”?
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July 25, 2015 at 1:43 pm -
I’ll have to fire up the turntable, but Mr Blue Sky was running through my head – from Out of the Blue.
But too much music to recall over all the years, and only certain tracks suited the box.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:53 pm
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July 25, 2015 at 11:02 am -
“Baker Street” G.Rafferty -the greatest ‘sit at the bar nursing a litre of scotch’ song ever. Fact.
“She Sells Sanctuary”-The Cult, a song to live, drink, make love and fight to.
“Smash it up Parts 1&2″-The Damned (I’m biased, I lost my virginity with that song playing)
“Reasons To Be Cheerful Part3″ -Ian Drury (does anyone need to be told why?)
“The Law’s The Law”-The Pretenders (best for background music for those political discussions).
“Woke Up this Morning {full intro}” Alabama 3-Serious drinking music
“Stars Over 45″ Chaz n Dav- for the knees up.
“Hotel California” -Cos the sun never shines in Norfolk.Not so keen on “Sun ain’t gonna shine” by The Walker Bros after hearing the East End Urban Legend (?) that that was playing on the jukebox down the Blind Beggar when the Krays took out Jack The Hat , supposedly a bullet struck the jukebox and kept it on ‘loop’.
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July 25, 2015 at 11:24 am -
It was Ronnie only – when he shot George Cornell. Quite appropriate for George really – though to say it may be a bit tasteless.
Reg stabbed Jack the Hat to death the following year.-
July 25, 2015 at 2:01 pm -
Thanks, shows you how much attention I paid to “London”-Nana-Dwarf’s bedtime stories….(‘The Child’oood ov Jack tha Vipper’, “Ow Grandpa Dwvarf med them ny-ice Krway bois”, “Ow h’we maid it threw the Blitz”) . Mind you, I reckon you haven’t really lived until you’ve heard The Battle Of Kaiball Sshtveet in the original Gin B’Weath….alveady.
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July 25, 2015 at 11:38 am -
I nearly chose “Burglar” (B-Side of “Smash It Up”) as my Damned track because it’s both good and also the best p*sstake of PIL I’ve ever heard.
“Throw on the bracelets, Chink chink, Oh God, I’m nicked”.
“There is only one path, and that isthe straight and narrow!” – “Yeah, it’s a bit too bleedin’ straight and a bit too narrow for my likin’”. -
July 25, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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1. Roadrunner – Junior Walker and the all Stars (1966). One of the first records I bought. Originally released in 1966 when it got into the US charts, but only a big UK hit in 1969. The sax has long been one of my favourite instruments.
2. Heart full of soul -The Yardbirds (1965). Keith Relf in despair with that cracked voice of his on this great Graham Gouldman composed hit from the pirate radio era.
3. Tallahassee Lassie – Freddy Cannon (1959). An incredible guitar riff introduces possibly the first “punk rock” song. The ideal jukebox record.
4. See Emily play – Pink Floyd (1967). Syd era hit single, full of great hooks – tight, commercial psychedelia.
5. It’s cold outside – The Choir (1967). One of the best American garage rock records – teenage white boy teen angst at its peak – “It’s cold outside..and it’s all because of you….”
6. Dear Lady twist – Gary (US) Bonds (1962). Bonds had a string of American dance hits from 1960 to 62. Most were fairly poorly recorded, which actually gives them a unique, muddy, live “someone just turned on a tape recorder at a party” sound.
7. Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry (1958). Hard to choose just one Chuck record, but I decided this was probably his greatest moment. The one they sent into space, I think.
8. California Dreamin’ – The Mamas and papas (1966).
9. The end of the world – Skeeter Davis (1963)
10. I fought the law – The Bobby Fuller 4 (1966). The original hit version, though the song was first done (and written) by the Crickets in 1959. Tragic Bobby Fuller was one of rock’s early losses, a notable “what if…”Songs 3 ,7 and 10 are given an ideal showcase, lip synched on the wonderful mid 60s US TV pop show “Hollywood a go go” (a programme with notably hot dancers), which can be seen on Youtube – though the Freddy Cannon and Chuck Berry numbers are being performed several years after the songs had originally been hits.
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July 25, 2015 at 11:40 am -
“See Emily Play” – I’d put that on regularly, as well as almost any single by Mamas and Papas.
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July 25, 2015 at 11:54 am -
Syd wrote “See Emily play” after being inspired by a little girl he used to see playing about outside his London apartment. Only Michelle still survives out of the Mamas and Papas.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:55 pm
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July 25, 2015 at 11:24 am -
No particular order, and probably 10 out of 10 for poor taste
– The Future: Leonard Cohen
– Blank Space: Taylor Swift
– Rosanna: Toto
– Vienna: Ultravox
– Not Ready To Make Nice: Dixie Chicks
– Bad Moon Rising: Creedence Clearwater Revival
– Baker Street: Gerry Rafferty
– Without You: Harry Nilsson
– Ode To Billie Joe: Bobbie Gentry
– Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin-
July 25, 2015 at 11:34 am -
I think I like “Fancy” by Bobbie Gentry even more than “Billie Joe”. Hard to choose just one Creedence song – I’d probably plump for “At my back door”.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:42 pm -
I have gone a but crazy. But here are my suggestions of Juke Box mandatories
1 The Love Shack – the B52’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs2 Patricia the Stripper – Chris De Burgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABwDWwYX0Q43 Layla – Derek and the Dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE4 I’ve got love on my mind – Freemasons ft Amanda Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfg7YU9VgE5 Tunnel of Love: Dire Straights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=611Wxihk9vk6 Robert Palmer – Addicted to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE7 Blondie – Atomic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tko1G6XRiQ8 Robert Miles – Fable (message version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPjfoZckY09. Katie Perry – I kissed a girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbkhM_lATU10 TenpoleTudor – Swords of a thousand men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AywIL5_eYM11 Feargal Sharkey – You Little Thief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS4ALgm6Rsc12 The Eagles – Hotel California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyy4yaVwsv013 Boogie Pimps – Someone to Love (remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6HSlZBNwUQ14 All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15MY6OfPfyE15 – Various artists – The pheasant plucker’s song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09eEgy2Zhk16 Maria Mckee – Show me heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09eEgy2Zhk17 Suede – Saturday Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09eEgy2Zhk18 Dr Dre ft Eminem and Skylar Gray – I need a doctor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA770wpLX-Q19 Barry Manilow – Copacabana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJTBfbQoTNkAnd finally, by law
20 Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcL—4xQYA-
July 25, 2015 at 2:30 pm -
@ finally, by law
Recall a summer holiday in a pub in a universe far far away, when we were staggered to find “Trampled Underfoot” on the Juke.
We must have spent as much making that play that over and over, as we spent on the beer…
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July 25, 2015 at 3:31 pm -
Copacabana?
Has no-one ever told you that Hell is being stuck in a lift, with Barry Manilow piped in for all eternity?
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July 25, 2015 at 4:12 pm -
HAHAHAHA – I just had to have that one in there. The best tongue in cheek cheese anthem ever!
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July 25, 2015 at 1:50 pm -
Ode to BJ would be great if we can wheel the jukebox out into the Beergarden on a sunny day-sorry I mean on the one sunny day a year in Norfolk.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:43 pm -
Thought you meant “Ode to Boris Johnson” until I saw Pet’s reply below.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:56 pm -
I bloody love Bobbie Gentry. Good to see ‘Billie Joe’ in there.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:18 pm -
Hah! I nearly left her out for
– (Alphaville’s) Forever Young: (as covered by) Laura Branigan
But if we’re now getting 20 choices, in she goes, along with the others missed out…
– White Rabbit: Jefferson Airplane
– In the air tonight: Phil Collins
– (a Gildas repeat!) Addicted to Love: Robert Palmer
– Livin’ On A Prayer: Bon Jovi
– Angel from Montgomery: Bonnie Raitt
– Time after Time: Cyndi Lauper
– Israelites: Desmond Dekker & The Aces
– Road To Nowhere: Talking Heads
– American Pie: Don McLeanand anything by Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift
There’s no space left in the Jukebox…
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July 25, 2015 at 2:26 pm -
How could I have forgotten Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Lead Balloon and how come I didn’t remember the Vita-lite song?!?
Git up in de mornin’, Same ting for breakfast….
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July 25, 2015 at 2:25 pm -
My favourite Bobbie Gentry – now what is this song about?
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July 25, 2015 at 2:28 pm -
Ah, yes – mummy indoctrinates daughter in the family business!
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July 25, 2015 at 2:45 pm -
In a similar vein…. I bought this American hit record “Sweet cream ladies forward march” by The Box Tops in 1968, but didn’t understand the words properly at the time –
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July 25, 2015 at 11:29 am -
No order:
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals even though it killed the group
Gimme Shelter – Angelique Kidjou. I liked but never understood the song till I heard her version.
All Along the Watchtower – Hendrix. Who else could outclass Dylan on his own ground.
Tobacco Road – The Nashville Teens.
Somebody to Love – Fairport Convention
River Deep, Mountain High – Tina Turner, even if Ike was on the credits
Little Wing – Eric Clapton
Smooth – Santana
Somebody to Love – Jefferson Airplane.
Albatross – Fleetwood Mac or Pink Floyd. That’s one way to beat the 10 limit-
July 25, 2015 at 11:39 am -
How did HOTRS kill the Animals? I did hear that Alan Price left a bit later as he was getting the royalties for the song and was comfortably off without needing to do all touring with them (apparently he had serious airplane phobia too). The Animals had many more hits after HOTRS and became very big in the States too.
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July 25, 2015 at 4:09 pm -
It was the royalties issue which became very acrimonious. It was really Eric Burden who became big in the states I believe.
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July 26, 2015 at 12:08 am -
Yes – but the lads all scored well in the US – 8 top 40 entries, then another 6 for Burdon’s later reconstituted “new” Animals. There were some film appearances, Ed Sullivan, tours etc.
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July 25, 2015 at 7:46 pm -
Saw Ike and Tina Turner live in Stoke – yes!! Stoke on Trent in the early 70’s. Most memorable part of the night was the drive home to Leek because there was a rogue cow on the road in front of us….
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July 25, 2015 at 11:45 am -
I shall refrain from joining in for obvious reasons of good taste but I must urge a listen to a track, not a hit and generally unnoticed, by the mighty Stevie Nicks – Touched By An Angel. I shall have it played at my funeral (although, in my will, I’ve demanded that they chuck me in the bin and bury instead some poor homeless soul). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih-j1rvPN2g
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July 25, 2015 at 11:49 am -
I still heartily love and sing along to “Loop Di Love”… Not sure how the rest of the pub would like it, but it appeals to the buublegum pop streak in me…
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July 25, 2015 at 12:00 pm -
Mr King’s “Everyone’s gone to the moon” might make my top 20 – such an hauntingly evocative record. I did buy his “Let it all hang out” in 1969 (I was 12) and never knew the song had originally been an American hit a couple of years earlier by the Hombres till years later.
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July 25, 2015 at 12:11 pm -
“Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” (TOTP 12-8-65)
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July 25, 2015 at 12:12 pm -
“Let It All Hang Out” (TOTP 29-1-70)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJqNly2UZI-
July 25, 2015 at 12:14 pm -
and just to strike a balance, everyones favourite
“Una Paloma Blanca” (TOTP 4-9-75)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsqnG-w3zIk
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July 25, 2015 at 12:14 pm -
Anyway my version was just as good as The Hombres! My Just Like A Woman was as good as Dylan’s too and my Satisfaction (as Bubblerock – though I do like Windsock’s spelling) was described to me by Miss Jagger as “the best version apart from ours”. While we’re on music, my old friend Annie Nightingale celebrates 50 years of pop picking this week; years ago she turned me onto this absolute gem – The Mighty Sparrow’s Obeah Wedding (hilarious lyric about personal hygiene). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1EvmgT-5A
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July 25, 2015 at 4:01 pm -
“Anyway my version was just as good as The Hombres!”
With all due respect , I beg to differ. You in your hat nicked, I feel, from an episode of Camberwick Green or Bill and Ben, gave a rather serious song (chant? Hippy Rap?) too much of a comical slant. Don’t get me wrong, IMNSHO you did it very well but I still feel you did it a slight disservice.
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July 26, 2015 at 12:10 am -
“Makes Galileo look like a boy scout ?” Never understood that line, if that’s what it is.
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July 26, 2015 at 12:47 am -
“Makes Galileo look like a boy scout ?” Never understood that line, if that’s what it is.
I assume (and yes, AFAIK that is the correct lyric) that it references Galileo ‘overthrowing’- or turning upside down to keep with the song- the accepted, mainly religious, World Order and his nutty contention that the Earth circles the sun not vice versa. I dare say there are some reactionaries who still think the Earth is round…
I think JK’s cover was a bit similar to portraying “Mr Tambourine Man ” as a Morris Dancer….at least his TOP performance with that hat….
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July 26, 2015 at 10:09 am -
Jonathan’s version of Dylan’s “Million dollar bash” is awesome. Don’t think its made it to YouTube, unfortunately.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:58 pm
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July 25, 2015 at 11:47 am -
Born to Pun – Puce Springbean
Life on Bars – David Barfly
Skol’s Out – Alice the cooper
Draught Resister – Steppenbottle
Rock’n’Roll out the barrel Pts 1&2 – Gary Bitter
It’s Good Booze Week – Hedgekippers Anonymous
Ten Blue Bottles – Metropolitan Male Voice Choir
I’m Not in Drink – 10ml
Climbing the Stairway to Prison – Rolf and The Wobblers
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July 25, 2015 at 11:57 am -
Surely it remains The Young Ones… ?? ….
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July 25, 2015 at 12:43 pm -
There was a song back in the 80s, by Hooray and The Henries I think. Comical covers a la Baron Knights….
“Three sixty nine, it was really cheap wine.
I came home blotto with a parking fine.
Caroline choked, grabbed me the throat:
‘Gosh, it’s only seven and you’re already chateau’d’.
Take that, that and that!Other ditties included “Why did he have to be a …Stockbroker” and “Care to be in One’s Gang- Rather!”
and perhaps best of all their take on “Elena Rigby” “Eaton or Rumbridge, what’s the best school for the Brat? Oh drat! Harrow’s full, Winchester’s dull”.
Can’t t find them on Youtube but they would go well on the Xmas Juke box.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:59 pm
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July 25, 2015 at 11:52 am -
I’m cheating and adding two more.
“Song 2″ – Blur, boisterous joy
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July 25, 2015 at 11:53 am -
Too many to mention and I’m going to cheat… but here’s a few:
Marvin Gaye – the ‘What’s Going On’ album. The most stylish & beautiful way of stating “we’re all fucked”. Visionary.
The Beatles – Revolution 9 & the rest of ‘The Beatles’. I’m not being obtuse, I love it.. it has structure and stands up to repeated listens. And the sequencing of the White Album is genius even when certain songs are not.
Love – the ‘Forever Changes’ album. Several tracks really resonate but in particular ‘The Red Telephone’ “Sitting on a hillside, watching all the people die. I’ll feel much better on the other side, I’ll thumb a ride..” “they’re locking them up today, they’re throwing away the key. I wonder who it will be tomorrow, You or Me?”
The Four Seasons – difficult to choose from their marvellous arrangement of I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Opus 17, Don’t Think Twice, Watch The Flowers Grow, (You’re Gonna) Hurt Yourself, Working My Way Back To You, Too Many Memories.. Thank K-Tel for that one, and my Mum for playing it a lot when I was young.
The Rolling Stones – the Exile On Main Street album. Sounded like a racket on first listen, by the 5th play I was hooked. “Feel”.
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds. It’s been said this album is a ‘young man’s guide to life’, and I’m grateful to EMI for remastering it for CD when I was 17. “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times”, indeed.
Leonard Cohen – his debut album, plus a smattering of tracks from albums 2, 3 & 4. Not ‘miserable’ to my ears.
ABBA – “The Album” closely followed by “The Visitors”. Populist but undeniably wonderful.
David Bowie – “Low” which is completely different to “The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars” but both supremely excellent.
Van Morrison – “Moondance” – sheer joy from a miserable bastard.
Back later with some ‘tracks’, probably.
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July 25, 2015 at 12:32 pm -
“I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” sums me up really. Though I was made for the times when “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” was first released – if you see what I mean!
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July 25, 2015 at 7:56 pm -
Leonard Cohen – Anthem, please…
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July 25, 2015 at 12:38 pm -
The signature tune of the Great Depression: Bing Crosby – “Brother can you spare a Dime”
A remarkable man and unforgettable bass: Paul Robeson – “Joe Hill”
The ultimate in beautiful singing: Gundula Janowitz – “Und ob die Wolke sie verhulle” from Der Freischutz-
July 25, 2015 at 1:29 pm -
Oops – I forgot:
Our own much-loved Kathleen Ferrier – “What is Life…” and
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July 25, 2015 at 4:48 pm -
Agreed Mr Pooter, and I would like to add Vivaldi’s ‘There is no peace in the world’ (Nulla in mundo pax sincera)
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July 25, 2015 at 12:49 pm -
Bruce springsteen – Jungleland
Joy division – love will tear us apart
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Peter Gabriel – Biko
REM – It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
Tall Paul – Rok da House
Sub Focus – Turn it Around
Eddie & the hot rods – do anything you wanna do
The hold steady – stuck between stations
Jon Doe – Future
St Cecilia – Leap up and down (wave your knickers in the air)….. Only joking Jonathon!‘Touched by an Angel’ brings this to mind: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nryY74laLvY
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Audial pulchritude is in the ear of the beholden.
Musical tastes, so personal, so varied, so moods and that depends on you. For what it is worth, though I am damn sure no one is interested apart from myself and it changes more oft’ than the weather, it’s kinda showing off in a very moderate and tempered state of fugue.
Small Faces: All or nothing. Ian Dury: sweet Gene Vincent. Dr. Feelgood: Roxette. Neil Young: Harvest moon (a yearning wistfulness). Led Zep: Black country woman. Fleetwood mac: Sarah (What power oh that awe inspiring, a quite stunning voice). Floyd: welcome to the machine [“wish you were here” all of it really] . Cult: lil Devil (opening riff) and the same for Guns’n’Roses: sweet child of mine. Stone Roses, I am the resurrection [re mix]. James: Sound. YES: tales from topographic oceans. Genesis: Ripples. Metallica: Master of puppets. Dido: I will go down with this ship. Duffy: Mercy. Bowie: Heroes. AC/DC: Heatseeker – no tricks with this lot seen ’em a few times.
And pretty much everything by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak, Puccini, Bizet, Chopin, Grieg and lots and lots of others. Sorry, got a bit carried away I do love hard rock – metal but I have time for Motown, country, trad jazz, jive, dance, trance and like a bit of singing – English folk and, hymns even. Whatever floats your boat, except most things recorded by Simon Powell + his predecessors, Stock, Aitkin and Waterman, Hughie Greene.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:36 pm -
Simon Cowell?
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July 28, 2015 at 11:48 pm -
Cowell – doh….
Ludlows – good stuff.
For my great sins, I’ve Oirish roots in me blud – somewhere. I go back sometimes and I will not have any truck with that ridiculous notion, a republican tactic blame game, chip on each shoulder and the “bloody” English from Cromwell to the potato blight too…. hate thing.
For the love of St. Patrick, they need to get over it and when all is said and done, after 300 years the Dublin crazies got freedom and 50 years later gave it up to be the Brussels beastly bum chums. Oi, and Irish logic in a half empty glass of poteen; sway to the ocean going political lunacy = the peculating totally corrupt nutters of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael and a people woefully let down – time and again and again.
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July 25, 2015 at 7:54 pm -
Oh how could I have forgotten Axl – Sweet Child O Mine with that fantastic riff from Slash
I was gutted to see Axl as he is now – I want to remember him as he was 30 years ago. Then again, I want to remember myself as I was 30 years ago….
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July 25, 2015 at 1:48 pm -
Would someone kindly keep “Selection Night” swing-0-meter score on the back of a beermat, please? I think “Baker Street” seems to be in the running for a spot on the Racc- Toons box.
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July 25, 2015 at 1:49 pm -
Like everybody else, i’ve far too many favourites to list. But here’s a selection that would be suitable for a long beery evening with mates:
Nina Simone – Sinnerman
Madonna – Ray of Light
The Levellers – What a Beautiful Day
Rolling Stones – We Love You
Johnny Cash – Hurt (one of his greatest, I reckon)
George Thorogood – Who Do You Love? (This’ll get ’em out on the dancefloor!)
The Chieftans with Elvis Costello – St Stephens Day Murders (best played on Boxing day… heehee)
Willie Nelson – City of New Orleans
Leonard Cohen – Hallejulah (or practically anything by him, really)
The Pretenders – Forever Young
Barclay James Harvest – Poor Mans Moody Blues
Emmy Lou Harris – Save the last Dance For Me
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July 25, 2015 at 1:59 pm -
There does need to be some Oasis – surely Wonderwall? Rolling Stones – check. Johny csah – check. Dire Straights – check. Fleetwood Mac – check.
Of course Stairway to Heaven is mandatory.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:07 pm -
I picked ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ for the old-school pub scent.
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July 25, 2015 at 3:24 pm -
Good point
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July 25, 2015 at 2:07 pm -
Has anyone yet nominated “Lola” and “Waterloo Sunset (surely the greatest love song of all time?)”.
Pet, make mine a cherry cola…
Mind you Old Money Bags AKA “The Landlady” might appreciate ” Sunny afternoon”
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July 25, 2015 at 2:09 pm -
C-O-L-A Cola, that’ll be…
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July 25, 2015 at 2:12 pm -
just as long as you don’t walk up to me and ask me to dance….dwarves will be dwarves.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:14 pm -
Well, it is a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world…
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July 25, 2015 at 4:07 pm -
and on that note, maybe “shaved her legs then he was a she” could find a spot on the playlist?
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July 25, 2015 at 2:10 pm -
Actually, I’d quite like to see anything from this selection on there…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNIYeU5H_U8-
July 25, 2015 at 2:14 pm -
*SNORK*! Zaggy Moonbeam and The Colgate Twins….
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July 25, 2015 at 2:21 pm -
Think it is still a bylaw , and a License Condition, that all jukeboxes have to have at least one song that reflects the local culture/Community:
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July 25, 2015 at 2:34 pm -
Note to ALL juke box owners:
A juke box is NOT official, in my estimation, unless it has Crazy by Patsy Cline.
Carry on.
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July 25, 2015 at 2:35 pm -
Can only think of one real JB essential (now at least):
Shop around – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQGXa3FiXKM-
July 25, 2015 at 2:54 pm -
Wonderful song . Goes well with the original “Shake a tail feather” by the 5 Dutones –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKVs5mJ4Bg
How fab black music USED TO BE.
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July 25, 2015 at 3:35 pm -
Yes – and on an industrial scale….. (whither Motown….whither Detroit)
Now they would need to be cleaned up
‘Smokefree Robinson and the NHS’?
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July 26, 2015 at 12:32 am -
Detroit certainly has withered.
I blame the Sugarhill gang.
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July 25, 2015 at 3:08 pm -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYuLsudaJQ
Steely Dan …come on guys, I can’t be the only one who has gotten quietly ratarsed to this ?
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July 25, 2015 at 3:25 pm -
No you aren’t…BD
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July 25, 2015 at 3:53 pm -
Thank god, honour is satisfied. For a moment there I was getting worried….
Now I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest one that only the true, professional, alcohol will swig schnaps to at 3AM.
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July 25, 2015 at 3:53 pm -
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July 25, 2015 at 4:18 pm -
My Ten choices.
Hassan I saba – Hawkwind
Cocaine – Eric Clapton
Behind the mask – Eric Clapton
My oh my – Sad Cafe
Woodstock – Matthews Southern Comfort
Jackie Blue – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Psychedelic Warlords – Hawkwind
Abacab – Genesis
Wishing Well – Free
Bad Company – Bad CompanyAlso an honourable mention to “Fuck you” by Lily Allen
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July 25, 2015 at 4:35 pm -
grr thanks Petunia, hours of my life gone reminding myself of ancient hits on youtube…
what about:
Michael Jackson: Thriller
John Martyn: Solid Air
Toots and the Maytals: Pressure drop
Amy Winehouse: Tears dry on their own
Eva Cassidy:Woodstockfor myself I’m currently liking a bit of not too shouty Drake – ‘The Motion’ for example, and anything by Rhiannon Giddens and/or the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
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July 25, 2015 at 5:22 pm -
GLORIA by Them
Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
That’ll be the Day by Buddy Holly and Crickets.
Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison
500 Miles by Proclaimers.
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July 25, 2015 at 5:58 pm -
My my! Pish and tosh! What a bunch of glums and beardies you all are! Leonard Cohen? The Levellers? Rolling Stones? This is all sooooo old and boring! We need something HAPPY and MODERN! Why has no one even mentioned Boyzone? What about some West Life, Backstreet Boys, BLUe (squeeee!). And of course for some classic stuff you CAN’T beat TAKE THAT (love you Jason! Mwah!) or SAVAGE GARDEN. And to really fizz things along UP TO DATE the some RICKSON and maybe some Kanye West.
Anyone? Anyone?
Tra la la!
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July 25, 2015 at 6:04 pm -
I’ll bite
– Home: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
And what was wrong with Lady Gaga & Taylor Swift? Too up to date for you?
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July 25, 2015 at 8:36 pm -
I don’t like either of them. HARLOTS. And that LILY ALLEN can take a walk too. Singing that sweet little Christmas song one minute (the one where the bear wakes up and eats ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS IN JOHN LEWIS) or something and about not having an ORGASM the next. I would prefer some Shania TWAIN thank you very much. And SLIPKNOT!
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July 25, 2015 at 9:40 pm -
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July 26, 2015 at 9:27 am -
Phwoar. I would….
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July 25, 2015 at 6:18 pm -
I note nobody’s mentioned the Arctic Monkeys. Probably a bit too Gordon Brown for our pub, though.
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July 25, 2015 at 6:21 pm -
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July 25, 2015 at 6:31 pm -
Anyone? Anyone?
Tra la la!
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July 27, 2015 at 8:48 pm -
Think Morrissey belongs to the Modern English Folk-Song tradition
– as exemplified brilliantly here by Dudley Moore
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July 26, 2015 at 12:28 am -
What IS a Taylor Swift – a chap who makes a suit really quickly?
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July 26, 2015 at 12:42 am -
Such a Neanderthal vision. Let me FIFY. She’s a lady, who may have had dyslexic parents, but is herself well attuned to the modern world….
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July 25, 2015 at 7:27 pm -
“Gosh” – Jamie XX
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July 26, 2015 at 12:18 am -
Virtually none of mine have beards – pre beard popsters. Who will listen to Kayne West in 50 years? Certainly not me as I’ll be very dead. Which will be a blessing if rap STILL hasn’t gone down the toilet by then – the fate it so richly merits (and the fashion dweebs are still trying to bring back flared trousers).
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July 25, 2015 at 6:12 pm -
Jimmie Some More Lovin by Spencer Davies Group
Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters
I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye.Of course I would have picked many already proposed, but why repeat.
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July 25, 2015 at 6:14 pm -
1) Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
2) Telegraph Road (full length version) – Dire Straits
3) The ‘Going Home’ theme from Local Hero – Mark Knopfler
4) Layla – Eric Clapton (or Derek and the Dominoes)
5) Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf
6) Dead Ringer for Love – Meatloaf and Cher
7) Riders in the Sky – The Shadows
8) Albatross – Fleetwood Mac
9) Whiter Shade of Pale – Boko Haram (or was it Procul Harem?)
10) Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty (anybody else think that this might not have been a hit without Raphael Ravenscroft’s sax?)
11) Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen
12) Journey of the Sorcerer – Eagles (theme music to The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
13) Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
14) The Final Countdown – Europe (slight political incursion, here!)And now for a slight change of tone,
15) Men of Harlech – Fron Male Voice Choir
16) Roots – Show of Hands
17) The Mouseskin Set – Blazin’ Fiddles
18) Relentless – Whapweasel
19) Canon in D – Pachelbel
20) Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Britten (Not Leon….)
21) A Downland Suite, 3rd movement – John Ireland (the finest musical evocation of the English pastoral landscape I’ve ever heard)
22) The Night John Willie took his Ferret to a Do – Oldham Tinkersand finally – because every pub needs a good drinking song –
23) I am the Cider Drinker – The Wurzels.
Right – that lot should keep us occupied for an evening…..or possibly empty the pub….
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July 25, 2015 at 6:29 pm -
At number 4 is Layla. The version he does as a guest with Winton Marsalis is a stunning cover.
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July 25, 2015 at 6:35 pm -
23) I am the Cider Drinker – The Wurzels
Being brought up in deepest Ruralshire I still know all the words to ‘I gotta a brand new combine harvester’ and have been known to ‘sing’ it under the shower (‘sing’ in it’s loosest possible sense =’not actually speech’).
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July 25, 2015 at 6:50 pm -
Ah, The Wurzels. Reaping and Fertilising in one go…..
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July 25, 2015 at 7:08 pm -
Ah, The Wurzels. Reaping and Fertilising in one go…..
I’m in Norfolk…them what you’re a calling ‘aliens’ aren’t. Trust me. I went to school with worse genetic mutants every day of the week.
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July 29, 2015 at 12:16 am -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeCwr9MmiIc&list=RDJeCwr9MmiIc#t=11
oi sees ee and ee sees oi!
I Love the richness and variation, the sounds of the English tongue, though I dwell in Northumbria of the mark of Danegeld. Wurzels are Anglo Saxons and should be, as should we all be – rightly proud of a quite wonderfully burred accent. Aye and don’t ever change lads, who could ever desire, would need a BBC accent, although these days I cannot understand the new faces, I find I am slightly ever so nostalgic for a Home Counties gal strangling the language with her clipped tones and that delicious, overtly condescending manner, flinging us pearls, we lucky masses.
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July 25, 2015 at 6:52 pm -
Where did my Saturday just disappear to? I had things to do! Thanks (I think…) for having me re-acquaint myself with some almost-forgotten songs:
Dennis Wilson – Sound Of Free
Jimmy Webb – Once In The Morning
Gene Clark – Roadmaster
Albert Washington – Hold Me Baby
Sandy Denny – Listen, Listen
Antonio Vega – El Sitio De Mi Recreo
Marvin Gaye – A Funky Space Reincarnation
The Band – Rag Mama Rag
Gino Paoli – Il Cielo In Una Stanza (equally lovely is the version by Mina)
Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony Mony
Santana – Song Of The Wind
The Byrds – C.T.A. 102
Caetano Veloso – Cucurrucucú Paloma
Gram Parsons – Brass Buttons
A.R.E. Weapons – Street Gang
Mouse & The Traps – Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice
Nina Simone – Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
Dave Edmunds & Rockpile – Almost Saturday Night
The 5th Dimension – Puppet Man
Moody Blues – The Balance
Van Dyke Parks – Clang Of The Yankee Reaper
David Crosby – Traction In The Rain
Paul McCartney – Magneto & Titanium Man
Ike & Tina Turner – A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knockin’ Everyday)
Doves – Black & White Town
Stereolab – Jenny Ondioline
Dusty Springfield – Where Am I Going?
Emmylou Harris – Cross Yourself
The K.L.F. – What Time Is Love?
Spiritualized – Electricity
Jonathan Richman – Satisfied Mind
Low – Just Like Christmas
Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French
Jackson C.Frank – Blues Run The Game
Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
The Escorts – Day By Day (Every Minute Of The Hour)
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
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July 26, 2015 at 12:23 am -
I know a song by the 5th Dimension called “Carpet man” (1968). A US hit for them written by Jimmy Webb. But I must admit I don’t know “Puppet man”.
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July 26, 2015 at 11:49 am -
The ‘Carpet Man’ track is from a whole album of Webb songs – a concept album, no less! – which they semi-ruined by inserting a Beatles’ cover slap bang in the middle. (“Considered a concept album, it tells the story of a couple’s love affair from its beginning to its demise.”) I like to see a bit of ambition, even when it falls flat! Some of Webb’s work is fantastic, even when he’s singing it himself. My folks went to see him a few years ago at my prompting, and I have a signed album as a reward! (‘Twilight Of The Renegades’, it looks like he knocked them out on his CD-burner & Epsom!).
‘Puppet Man’ is actually a Neil Sedaka song, which always surprised me. Tom Jones does a pretty funny version & has a good dance to it on YouTube. I found the album, ‘Portrait’, in a yard-sale in the States when everyone was switching to CDs and chucking out their ‘worthless’ vinyl. It was a good day – The Byrds, Lee Hazlewood, Johnny Cash & a few others for a dollar or two… anyone with foresight & a business-mind could have made a killing, but who knew?
(The same album has a lovely version of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”).“A Public Execution” is what drew me to The Traps – heard on an Andy Kershaw show I wondered how I’d never heard the Dylan-gem before! The compilation I have of their ‘hits’ shows them having a go at just about every style going in a desperate attempt to make it big! Bless ’em! ‘Maid Of Sugar…’ is a real ‘speaker shredder’, which I can’t really enjoy as much as I once could down to tinnitus… a horrible reminder of too much time spent listening to too much music!
‘Puppet Man’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph4FSYiglys
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July 25, 2015 at 7:02 pm -
Where did my Saturday just disappear to? I had things to do!
Moi aussi….I seem to have spent even more time than usual on spewtube today. But I found this little gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paWt-vWYbyU
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July 26, 2015 at 11:51 am -
She certainly is a little gem!
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July 25, 2015 at 7:23 pm -
Combo No 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOptsxmsso
Or 9 Coronas
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July 25, 2015 at 9:53 pm -
What a disappointment ………
All those lists, all the artists, all those great tracks.
But no one has mentioned The Doors!
Touch Me; Riders on the Storm; Light My Fire; Love Her Madly; to mention just a quartet of their greatest.
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July 26, 2015 at 12:24 am -
“The crystal ship”, “Break on through to the other side”….
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July 26, 2015 at 12:35 am
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July 25, 2015 at 10:18 pm -
I’m with The Wurzels
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July 26, 2015 at 2:00 am -
What about catering to all the drunken air guitarists:
Layla Derek and the Dominoes, also caters for the air pianists
Sabre Dance: Love Sculpture, Dave Edmonds, showing off before all the later shredders
Smoke on the Water: Deep Purple. Richies riff became the bane of all who work in guitar stores.
Crossroads: Cream. Showcases Eric again but listen to Jacks Bass, awesome and what inspired me to play bass.
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July 26, 2015 at 9:12 am -
What’s the capacity of this jukebox ? It’ll need to be bigger than any Wurlitzer I’ve ever seen if it’s to squeeze in all the regulars’ favourites. I fear we may be talking digital, just need a lap-top and a pair of speakers, then everyone can just bring a USB stick with their favourite anthems to inflict upon the rest.
As a non-musical type myself, I nevertheless gracefully suffer Mrs Mudplugger who requires a USB stick in each car, currently heading for 1000 of her favourite tunes – an eclectic mix of 50s to 70s pop, some light classics, a few bits of opera, the occasional big band and a handful of ballads guaranteed to set her tear-ducts flowing every time – my job is just to add tunes when she spots them and keep the various sticks in synch.
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July 26, 2015 at 12:08 pm -
The jukebox in our local features “Margate” by Chas & Dave. The fact that it’s as popular as it is may have something to do with the fact that the pub is called the Market Inn and you can sing “Down the Market with all me family”!
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July 27, 2015 at 8:20 pm -
Well, Petunia, you certainly opened the floodgates with this one.
FWIW, here’s my selection: I was obliged to join a gym for a while to sort out a shoulder injury and put a great deal of time and effort into choosing suitable music, much of which would, I think, be eminently suitable (even if some discerning souls have got there first).
Milk and alcohol – Dr Feelgood
Another One Bites the Dust – Queen (but would swap for ‘Don’t Stop me Now’)
Vienna – Ultravox
Swords of a Thousand Men – Tenpole Tudor
Olivers’s army – Elvis Costello
Rock The Casbah – The Clash
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Somebody to Love – Blues Brothers
Lola – the Kinks
Go West – Village People
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