Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Just heading off to the local club now, down on Devil Gate Drive – "I led the angel pack on the road to sin Knock down the gates, let me in, let me in Don't mess me 'round, 'cause you know where I've been To 'The Dive' down in Devil Gate Drive …" Suzi Quatro, "Devil Gate Drive" (1974) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #GlamRock #SuziQuatro
Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Meanwhile, the Beach Boys were getting around – The Beach Boys, "I Get Around" (1964) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #TheBeachBoys
Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Once Neil Innes got started, he was bound to write a parody of The Beatles' 1968 hit "Back In The U.S.S.R" – The Rutles, "We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here" (1978; released 1996) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #TheRutles
Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. Paul McCartney heard Chuck Berry's 1959 song "Back In The U.S.A.", and wrote his own "Beach Boys" version. Those first lines! "Flew in from Miami Beach, B.O.A.C Didn't get to bed last night On the way, the paper bag was on my knee Man, I had a dreadful flight …" The Beatles, "Back In The U.S.S.R" (1968) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #TheBeatles
Jukebox Friday Night on 12 December 12th is running the theme "Travellers" – anybody going from A to B. You start travelling, and then you might want to go back home, where everything is familiar. Chuck Berry, "Back In The U.S.A." (1959) #JukeboxFridayNight #Travellers #ChuckBerry
Fortnight Friday Music this week is the owner of a lonely heart with the theme "Breakups". Let's hear how it's going: "She gave birth to a daughter Within a year a walker She looked just like her mother If there could be another And now she's two years older Her mother's with a soldier She left me when my drinking Became a proper stinging …" Hosts: @npub1rph4...y4nw @bborn Theme: Breakups Song: "Up the Junction" (1979) Performed by: Squeeze Link: #FortnightFridayMusic #Breakups #Squeeze
Fortnight Friday Music this week is the owner of a lonely heart with the theme "Breakups". Let's hear what they said: "You like potato and I like potahto You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto Let's call the whole thing off But oh, if we call the whole thing off Then we must part And oh, if we ever part Then that might break my heart …" Hosts: @npub1rph4...y4nw @bborn Theme: Breakups Song: "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (1957) Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Written by: George and Ira Gershwin, 1937 Link: #FortnightFridayMusic #Breakups #EllaFitzgerald #LouisArmstrong
Fortnight Friday Music this week is the owner of a lonely heart with the theme "Breakups". Let's hear what he said: "If you need me Why don't you come home? If you want me Then don't stay alone Time is the remedy Not the telephone I'm not alone, I'm not alone …" Hosts: @npub1rph4...y4nw @bborn Theme: Breakups Song: "I'd Give Anything To See You" (1976; released 1999) Performed by: Mick Ronson Link: #FortnightFridayMusic #Breakups #MickRonson
Fortnight Friday Music this week is the owner of a lonely heart with the theme "Breakups". Let's hear what she said: "I’ve been waitin’ up at Clermont Park since half past ten How could you leave me out here in the dark all alone again Well this time, it’s too bad, don’t complain Cause it’s me that’s been had, whoa-oh Let’s call it a day, if you don’t go, I’ll be away, hey Miles away Before you even feel it I’ll be miles away …" Hosts: @npub1rph4...y4nw @bborn Theme: Yank Song: "Miles Away" (1981 single version) Performed by: Holly and the Italians Link: #FortnightFridayMusic #Breakups #HollyAndTheItalians
From the Brain DJ this morning, something closer to this century (but not quite from the last 25 years). Eternal, though – Massive Attack, "Inertia Creeps" (1998) #Music #ElectronicMusic #MassiveAttack