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Greetings Xenofiles!
It’s a while since we did one of these – December, in fact.
Co-pilot Dave to my left (your right), still hasn’t sold his house. We’ll come to that later.
On this day in 1875 a bored British officer in Jabalpur, India, called Sir Neville Chamberlain, invented snooker.
In 1997 John Bell received a new pacemaker, at the grand old age of 115.
– What else happened Dave?
Happy birthday to Posh Spice – Victoria Beckham who’s 51 today – and the rest.
What’s the point of this week’s show? Well we realise that Dave and I have both been alive for the years 1965, 75, 85, 95, 2005, 2015 and 2025. So we chose a song from each of those years. It’s not rocket science.
Song Ping Pong - Decades
We started with 1965 and Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds which is the first and remains the best example of why Bob Dylan shouldn’t be allowed to sing his own songs, because other people sing them better.
Now Dave’s choice – a corker! I remember hearing the synth opening of Fox… and it just blew my young mind.
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If Dave had chosen 1985 it would for sure have been this
But he didn’t. 1985 – The year of Live Aid – And the year that I decided to like Simple Minds. I was never a huge fan but then they released Alive and Kicking and I was hooked.
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At 3:20 – The drum solo that I tried to recreate on my Spectrum drum sampling machine thing.
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Antonia Maria Tanase continues her series of reports about apps that may be useful for ex-pats, and not only. Today’s report is about an app that can help you organise your food habits – Supercook.
19:21 – Commercial Break
1995 – RedNex – Cotton Eye Joe – Dave? Your choice – I have nothing to do with this and nothing to day about it.
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Breaking News! Stan’s dogsitter appeal?
2005. Jack White and his sister Meg, were the White Stripes. Except she wasn’t his sister – she was his wife. But she was Meg White, unlike Jack White, who was actually Jack Gillis (keep up at the back). They met in what seems like a perfect story – she was working in a cafe and he would come there and read his poetry. When they got married in 1996 he took her surname. in 2000, just before they really hit the big time, they divorced.
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If time allows – HMHB – Joy Division Oven Gloves
And Toy Dolls – The Death Of Barry The Roofer with Vertigo. By this time it was just Olga on his own, and he had turned into a parody of himself.
19:38:30 – Commercial Break
Dave quite rightly questioned me when I selected the next song. “Are you sure it was 2015?”, he said. Well – yes – 10 years ago Hozier released Take Me To Church, and the next thing I remember from him was Too Sweet from this year. Or maybe last year, but still – He lived 10 years on the royalties from this one. Andrew John Hozier-Byrne – he’s a quaker, you know…
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And finally we come to the present – and we both struggled – I mean – look at how old we are. I suggested we ask our kids, but Dave wisely rejected that idea. So I noticed that Wet Leg have releaased a new song – and I like Wet leg. The band, not the sensation. And Dave – you never heard of them?
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19:51:00 – Commercial Break
And Great Scott! Back to the Future. The year 2525 to be exact. But before that, the issue of Dave’s house.
In the year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) was released in 1969. One hit wonders completely. This song has been covered 60 times in 7 languages including a Jewish parody (which we don’t have time to play, fortunately).
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At 23s: Happy Paste evryone – THBXPL
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Handover to Uman Real here.
Aaand we’re done!