Saturday, October 11, 2014

Meeting of 11 September

Theme: Linked Songs (chosen by John)

John
Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town
Elvis Presley - Guitar Man (James Burton on Guitar)
Gram Parsons  - Oh Las Vegas (James Burton on Guitar)
Elvis Costello - Glitter Girl (James Burton on Guitar)
Elvis Costello & Paul McCartney - Veronica
Paul McCartney - Lonesome Town
Deep Purple - Black Night (Ian Paice on drums)

Pete
Curved Air  - Purple Speed Queen
Roxy Music - Out of the Blue (Eddie Johnson on violin/keyboards)
Phil Manzenera - Same Time Next Week (Paul Thompson on drums)
801 - Miss Shapiro, including You Really Got Me (Phil Manzenera)
The Pretenders - Stop That Sobbin' (Kinks song)
Grace Jones - Private Life (Pretenders song)
The Talking Heads - Slippery People (Alex Sadkin, mixer)

Glenn
The Rolling Stones - Too Much Blood
The Birds - Say Those Magic Words (Ron Wood)
Jeff Beck - Shape of Things (Ron Wood)
The Faces - Debris (Rod Stewart & Ron Wood)
Pete Townsend  & Ronnie Lane - My Baby Gives It Away (Ronnie Lane)
The Who - Last Time (Pete Townsend)
Donovan - Barabajagel (Jeff Beck Group)


Jim
New Christy Minstrels - Green Green
The Mamas & Papas - Creque Alley (Barry Maguire reference)
The Byrds - Nothing Was Delivered  (Roger McGuinn referred to in Creque Alley)
Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around
Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills  - It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Dylan Song, Al Kooper)
Manassas - So Begins the Test (Stephen Stills)
The Flying Burrito Brothers  - Wild Horses (Chris Hillman)

Playout track: Otis Redding - Day Tripper

Meeting of 18 August

Theme: Musical Autobiography (chosen by Michael)

Michael
The Cure - Primary (first kiss)
The Flowers - I Can't Help Myself (first gig attended)
R.E.M - Can't Get There From here (changed taste in music)
The Pixies - Chained (getting married)
The Shins  - So Say I (turning 40)

John
The Beatles  - That Boy (seeing Hard Day's Night)
Johnny Cash  - A Boy Named Sue (father)
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (first car)
Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week (started life as a musician)
The Go-Betweens - Karen (saw the musical light)

Andreas
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cottonfields (first kiss)
G Wayne Thomas  - Take it Easy (coming to Australia)
Carly Simon - I've Got to Have You (first intimate relations)
Kevin Coyne - Eastbourne Ladies (first concert)
Traffic - Dear Mr Fantasy (getting into serious music)

Glenn
The Beatles - I Feel Fine (birth)
Wings - Soily (starting high school)
R.E.M - Driver 8 (changed taste in music)
The Chills - Pink Frost (musical career)
Nick Cave - Straight to You (getting married)

Jim
Lee & Nancy - Some Velvet Morning (first kiss)
Simon & Garfunkel - Hazy Shade of Winter (the 60s)
The Guess Who - Sour Suite (being 21 in Cleveland)
Ultravox - Dangerous Rhythm (Something I Like)
Chris Rea - Looking For the Summer (50th)

Pete
Jethro Tull - Back to the Family (first record)
Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (first kiss)
Return to Forever - Majestic Dance (Party)
Donald Fagan - IGY (21st)
Radiohead - Optimistic (post-divorce relationship)

Craig
Skyhooks - Ego Is Not A Dirty Word (first record)
The Flowers - Fatman (first gig)
The Talking Heads - Cities (changed friends' minds about American music)
The Jam - Man In The Cornership (School Disco)
Ultravox - Vienna (first couple song)

Playout track: Led Zeppelin  - Ramble On

Meeting of 14 July

Theme: Secrets & Lies (chosen by Glenn)

Glenn
Bebel Gilberto - Segrado (Secrets)
Hot Club of Cow Town - Secret of Mine
Mogwai - Secret Pint
The Sneaky Feelings - Your Secret's Safe With Me
Peg - Lies
The Chills - Lies, Lies, Lies
Jefferson Airplane - It's No Secret

Pete
Nancy Wilson - Guess Who I Saw Today
Ron Sexsmith - Secret Heart
White Lies - Bigger Than Us
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Lies
The World According to James - Keep No Secrets Tell No Lies
John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ben Folds - The Secret Life of Morgan Davis

Andreas
Fred Neil - I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)
Courtney Barnett - Anonymous Club
The Knickerbockers - Lies
Nancy Sinatra - Last of the Secret Agents
Big Star - Don't Lie To Me
The Sex Pistols - Liar
Devo - Secret Agent Man

John
The Osmonds - I Think I Love You
Penelope Houston - Bed of Lies
The Beatles - Tell Me Why
Nick Lowe - All Men Are Liars
Sekret Sekret - Girl With The White Stick
1910 Fruitgum Company - Indian Giver
The Beatles - Do You Want to Know A Secret

Jim
Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Down the Fish Shop Thinks He's Elvis (slow version)
Ace - How Long Has This Been Going On
Cold Chisel - Best Kept Lies
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Procul Harem - She Wandered Through The Garden Fence
Fischer Z - So Long
Joan Armatrading - The Weakness in Me

Playout track: Billy J Kramer - Do You Want to Know A Secret