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Free Electric Band -- Albert Hammond

Theme One - Van der Graaf Generator

Joules Holland - I Put a Spell on You
Ohm I God - Kassidy
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Volt-aire
King Faraday - Green Day
My Resistance is Low - Hoagy Carmichael

Electricity - OMD

One of their best.

Why does Bryan want bloggers to tweet? (Whatever that means).


We should be telt!





































paranoid git

#5

No' telt whit it means.

Telt why.

Or how.

Or how no'.

at the risk of becoming incessant ...

'Short Sharp Shock' ~~ (we are) Performance

pucka electronica ...

Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra

Electricity - Spiritualized ( this is fab!)

Together In Electric Dreams - Phil Oakey/Georgio Moroder

Walking Down Maddsion - Kisty McColl from the album 'Electric Landlady'

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix from the album 'Electric Ladyland'.

more to follow

regardez youse

henri

Ohm My God Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem
Faraday On My Mind - Easybeats / Bowie
Wilson Philips - Hold On
Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Ryan Adams - Nucleur
Clash - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
Son Volt - Windfall
Transvission V-Amp - Baby I Dont Care
Gram Parsons - Love Hertz

WEDNESDAY



'Talent is an Asset' - Sparks

'Wichita Lineman' - Johnny Cash

'Mohammed's Radio' - Warren Zevon

'Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson' - Michael Marra

Venus - Shocking Blue

Satellite Of Love - Lou Reed from the album Transformer

Sparks - Royksopp

Lighten Up Morrissey- Sparks

Help Me - Joni Mitchell from the album Court & Spark

Light Up Or Leave Me Alone - Traffic from the album, The Low Spark Of High Healed Boys.

That'll Do.

regardez youse

henri

Ah the old 'electricity' chestnut, somebody ought to 'Shock The Monkey' that is their theme setter! ~ Peter Gabriel

General Elektriks - 'Take back the Instant'...I like the video for this too

'Once Bitten Twice Shy' - ION Hunter

well!!
hot topic or what.
that's a nice beach, no doubt.
but not the best in the western isles archipeligo.
the best has an uninterrupted view of skerryvore lighthouse which sits majestic 14 miles out in the atlantic whose breakers smash gloriously onto the beach.
well!! it just so happens that the space between the best beach in the world and skerryvore lighthouse is to be the location of the 'argyll array'..... a wind farm of up to 500 (not a misprint) wind turbines which will generate ELECTRICITY.

so let's hear it from the lads before they get swamped by the rotating blades

'the water is wide'...........skerryvore.

cheers frae the dale

This Mortal Induction Coil - Song To The Siren

Anything from Woody's Columbia river collection, each one a hymn to the hydro electric dams of the american northwest. Maybe The Grand Coolie Dam, or may be Lonnie Donegan's version.

Are Friends?

If Canned Heat is American for Electric Soup, we could have anything.

Smokestack lightning / howlin wolf

Wired to the moon / chris rea

In a broken dream / pylon lee jackson

#14 or even e.on Hunter

The fuse / bruce springsteen

#5

No point in standing in the way of new technogy, O great & mighty Luddite -Git.

It'll never do. Our hero and the cool cats at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã are into instant reaction, speed of sound response. As Norrie points out, the blog is no slower, just gives you the chance to explain yourself, add context to the request.

I've signed up for it, so far it hasn't done me any good. Someone, poor soul, who probably thinks I'm an interesteing French person, has started following me - it'll be an endless source of disappointment to them, since all they'll get is inane coments about pop music of the last fifty years without any context, bewtween the hous of 6-8:00 p.m. weekdays. I'm tempted to begin all tweets with the words 'Mon Cherie', but our hero might get the wrong idea.

By the way, those missing Jim From Erskine can now follow him on twitter too.

Still that's progress for you.

regardez youse

henri

I have a friend whose toddler daughter was driving her nursery nurses mad by repeating "I wanna go"..."I wanna go" throughout the day...she wouldn't say where she wanted to go. All was revealed one day in the car with her Dad when she started with the "I wanna go" "I wanna go" business again..."Where do you wanna go" he implored...eventually she replied...

"I Wanna Go To A Gay Bar" - Electric Six

#18 - seconds!

I f-youse Don't Know me by Now -Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Got to get You Into my Life - Earth, Wind & Fire
I'm a-live -the Hollies
Shock Shock - Biffy Clyro

#24 The daughter informs me the exact wording is wrong but...you get the gist!

re- previous blogs.....

#madmac - all the best with your treatment. Hope it all goes well. ()

#paolo - you're a sweetie! I'll need to keep a close eye on train/ bus timetables to get me back to hicksville, but manny doesn't mind making up for the shortfall in public transport from Perth. Or Stirling. He's a gem.

# WillieB and henri - appreciate the backing for EM/ SL and the spaghetti stuff. Good to see others sharing my appreciation!!

#4 Adam - fantastic choice. Seem to remember this was played in one of Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected plays featuring Lesley Ash. On a train. Brilliant, even if that's no' right.

#5 Twitter - gave up on it 2 years ago. It no doubt works for "popular" folk with thousands of followers, but as a social interaction medium for anyone else, it's incredibly limited. Just an opinion.

Wednesday
Toyah Thunder and Lightning
Stereo MC Connected
Gary Numan Are Friends Electric?
Electric Six Danger! High Voltage!

As an aside I thought The Smiths straight into Springsteen tonight was absolutely superb.

#27 I meant to add my support to the EM soundtrack request...it's wonderful stuff...as is his composition for Once upon A Time In America!

#27 are friends eclectic / the get it on blog



Copyright AFR

Power Station - Communication

Talking Heads - Drugs (Electricity)

Nnaci Griffith - The Power Lines

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch

#30

Well, actually, I had paraphrased it for the GIO team so they could refer to the Blog as;

'Our Friends Eclectic'

Turn It On Again - Genesis

Love Generation - Bob Sinclair

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant


Paul from Ayr

Win - You've Got The Power

Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antenna bristle with the energy
Rush - The Spirit of Radio

Yet another request (by me) for:
* Oyster Band with Eliza Carthy - Fuse

One of these days, Bryan's gonna actually *listen* to this and realise that Kate Rusby's the low-fat, decaffeinated, unleaded version of Eliza.

Athlete - Wires
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage

Memories Of East Texas: Michelle Shocked

Rules and Regulations --- I've Got a Fusebox and I'm Going to Use It ;o)

Gospel music -

Turn Your Radio On - Skeeter Davis


Often requested, never played -

The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks aka "The Anti-Hank"

Please play the long version from the Double Live album. It has an extra verse.


Or a singalong song from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band -

There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight

:o)

Seconds for TURN YOUR RADIO ON - Skeeter Davis


{:-{)}

Lovely rita meter maid

Toyah - IEEa

Frank will probably get it.......

Thundwrbolt and lightning very very frightning things


Cant remember what song its from

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for you.


{:-{)}

#12

Yes - definitely Shock the Monkey - great shout!

#45

Its maybe not what you think, Captain.

#46 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Funniest comment in ages.

Pop pickers ...

'I'm on Fire' - 5000 volts (ft. Tina Charles)

- Warren Zevon - She's in Yugoslavia working on a mini-series

Four Bulbs - Admiral Fallow
Leave the Light On - Jeff Healey
Besides the Point - Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers

#48

Brilliant shout KK! This is a belter of a song from that period.
Much better than the more tepid Dr Kiss Kiss (a Mazzy fave) which had Tina's successor Linda Kelly on vocals. (I think).

Roxy Music 'To Turn You On'

J.O'B.

Siemens gotta hold of my heart - Gene Pitney
Ohmless - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Devolted to you - Carly Simon
Watt good Amp I? - Tom Jones
John Henry - Bruce Springsteen

DC

This has to be a cert for the Electric Light Orchestra tonight.
But which track?
How about "Summer & Lightening" from the "Out of the Blue" album?
Or "Telephone Line"

Who remebers that "Out of the Blue" was pressed on blue vinyl?

Ian,
Gartcosh.

To add to the ever growing list of songs by the name"Electricity" Joni Mitchell's clever little song from "For The Roses" fits the (electricity)bill! or indeed as almost suggested by Mon Amie Henri,the song "Court and Spark"is great and Norah Jones does a cool cover too.Not to forget "Electricity"by the main man Captain Beefheart!Wouldbe great to hear any of these or fab 60s Psychedelic Garage Band The Electric Prunes "Get Me to The World on Time"but something tells me we wont be hearing Wayne County and the Electric Chairs tonight!Cheers,Willie Bartke

Hope youse all have a spark - ling show - I'm off to see Harry P!

Willie, I second

ELECTRICITY from SAFE AS MILK by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND

also

SON ET LUMIÈRE/INERTIATIC ESP from DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM by THE MARS VOLTA

is another cert to get played.

When I was a child my dad used to play an old record for me and it was about Sparkies magic piano does anyone remember it?

#58

No, but does.

"Wired for sound" but I'm not sure who sang it.

Oh I've just realised, it might have been Cliff Richard. - Just ignore this and play some Electric Light Orchestra

Wasn't there a group called New Generation?

Ian
Gartcosh

"Power to all our friends". Look, - I'm not a Cliff Ricahrd fan, - honest!

Ian
Gartcosh

cliff fan above

#53

You forgot

That's A Mho, Ray - Dean Martin

Hey! - They're playing my song !!!!!!!

#60

Nothing wrong with Cliff, ELO Ian.

We could have a Cliff segue with "Wired for Sound" followed by "Power To All Our Friends".

Oops, just read the rest of the posts.

'Travellin' Light' (Torch. Don't forget the batteries).

'Living Doll' (Nae batteries? Take them ootae' the torch).

#68

If you tweet that, you're in with a shout....

Steely Dan - Naeb'dy even mentioned batteries.......

#68

Re: 'Living Doll'

N.B. Not to be confused with 'Inflatable Doll' (see track #5 on 'For Your Pleasure')



I salute her inflatability!

Nae Cliff?

There'll be tears in Gartcosh the nicht...


>8-D

#69

Norman, are you suggesting that this here Blog isn't referred to during the show???

#73 good guess Adam but Henri's real name is actually Norbert, as I'm sure will be confirmed to you on the 6th :-)

Oops, again!
Well spotted PH.
Its not the first time I've mixed the pair up, I have to say.

Oi! I'm actually in the room you know....

Power anybody?

The Power Of Goodbye ~ Madonna







;-)

E=MC2 ~ B.A.D.

I see Norrie still cannae spell 'nuclear' (#9 above and on the new blog)

Power of love times 3:

Frankie, Huey & Rush

See #12 LOL!

I saw that, and #5.....

#45, #46 and #47 worth a check.

Actually this is quite a representative threed..