DJ360 6,721 Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Vashti One to go.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Oh yes!! Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Five topical beuts! Bye Bye Love..The Everly Brothers. Take it or leave It..Rolling Stones. The Walk..Jimmy McCracken. She's Leaving.. The Beatles. Gone Gone..C Roy. Just had an E-mail... a certain Jennifer Lopez song might be used? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Come on then, which and why ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I'll guess then......... Madam's gone ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Feelin' So Good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Enjoyable email I take it then Ian. Two bits of good news this evening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Well Fly ,they say things come in 3's I got the best deal ever on Stirling currency. Could be trying those pickled walnuts you mentioned!!.. they sound very tasty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I misread Ian's post #157 as tropical not topical so it got me thinking of tropical songs By a Sleepy Lagoon - (theme from Desert Island Discs) Hucknall's own Eric Coates Island in the Sun - Harry Belafonte Barbados - Typically Tropical (Coconut Airways) Island Girl - Elton John Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte I cannot listen to the Banana Boat song without thinking of this Morecambe and Wise version with Nina of Nina and Fredrick, a classic. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 OZtalgian, they never fail to bring a smile to my face when I recall watching them on the old black and white TV with Mam and Dad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Sue B 48 I don't think I would ever be able to watch a performance of Swan Lake without bursting out laughing when they got to this bit. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Gone all Hippie today with ..... Age of Aquarius - The 5th Dimension Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort San Francisco - Scott McKenzie Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Warm San Franciscan Night - The Animals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Songs with a theme of walking Manchester Rambler - The Spinners Walk Don't Run - The Ventures You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers Walk of Life - Dire Straits Walk On By - Dionne Warwick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Now a theme of Running Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group Fox on the Run - Manfred Mann Runaway - Del Shannon Band on the Run -Paul McCartney and Wings Run for your Life - The Beatles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Some from Hucknall's own Eric Coates They are all on You Tube, talk about nostalgia...…………. The Dambusters March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGvXQrzVJC8 some fantastic Lancaster footage Knightsbridge March - The theme from In Town Tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_YNW0dLy_I Calling All Workers - The theme from Music While You Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FIoNwfBQk some interesting photos Sound and Vision - The start up theme from ATV television https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V888bMycVLc and of course By The Sleepy Lagoon - The theme from Desert Island Discs - The oldest continually weekly broadcast radio programme in the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Songs about radio Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles Pilot Of The Airwaves - Charlie Dore W.O.L.D - Harry Chapin (I am the morning DJ) Radio Ga Ga - Queen The Pirate Radio Song - Dave Rovics 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 If you are feeling a bit gloomy here are five songs about disasters The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot The Pretoria Pit Disaster - The Houghton Weavers The Ballad of Springhill - Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle Swiss Air 111 - Caroll Edwards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 I should maybe point out that the Pretoria Pit Disaster did not take place in South Africa, but at the Pretoria Pit in Westhoughton, Lancs. 1910. I saw a very interesting talk on the topic recently at our local history society. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria_Pit_disaster Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Songs about mining. Working in a Coalmine- Lee Dorsey Big Bad John- Jimmy Dean New York Mining Disaster - Bee Gees Coalminer's Daughter - Loretta Lynn My Young Man - Kate Rusby 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Songs about work Working Man - David Alexander (Also about mining) Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Sixteen Tons. Qualifies as a miners' song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Rock Island line - work song? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Come on WW and Brew you need four more songs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Songs About Guns: I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun- Cat Stevens. Shotgun Wedding - Roy C Shotgun - Jnr Walker and the Allstars. Happiness, is a Warm Gun. -Beatles Double Barrel - Dave and Ansill Collins Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Ok, Cars; Little Deuce coup. Beach boys. Drive my Car. Beatles. 409. Beach boys. Betsy. Beach boys. Rafferty's Motorcar. Val. Edited to include singers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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