Tedious Links Page Update - and Announcement! (MC)

Friday 9th December 2005 Link (MC)

Terrorvision Tequila - Terrorvision are from Bradford, the same musical hotbed that produced Tasmin Archer - Tasmin Archer had a hit with “Sleeping Satellite”, while “Satellite Of Love” was a hit last year for Lou Reed - Lou Reed shares the same christian name as Lou Diamond Phillips, who starred alongside Emilio Estevez in the “Young Guns” films - “Young Guns (Go For It)” was the debut single from Wham! - Wham! were made up of George Michael, and to a lesser extent Andrew Ridgeley, who’s married to, or used to be married to, Keren Woodward, who used to be in Banarama with Sarah Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, who was in Shakespeare’s Sister with Marcella Detroit, and is the other half, or certainly used to be the other half, of Eurythmics’ beardy weirdy Dave Stewart, who is from Sunderland (MC edit: the longest and most tenuous connection ever?) - Sunderland play their home matches at the Stadium Of Light, which literally translated into portuguese is “Estádio Da Luz” - The Estádio Da Luz is where Manchester United suffered a disappointing and humiliating European exit on Wednesday night - Knight, first name Michael, was the 80’s TV character played by actor David Hasselhoff - David Hasselhoff is a mega star in Germany - Germany gets cold in the winter, so if you’re going there on holiday it’s important to “keep warm” - and Germany is also, I think, where Jinny is from - Which links us predictably to Jinny and Keep It Warm - SEAMLESS?: - Yes, despite these complaints: *It is Tasmin Archer, not “Tamzin” Archer as people were suggesting on the text. *Tasmin Archer was credited as being born in Bradford, despite some people saying she’s actually from Guiseley. *Andrew Ridegeley and Keren Woodward ARE still married, although Dave did say they could possibly be. *Finally, Jinny might be Italian, although Dave did say he THOUGHT she could be from Germany.

TRACK INFO: - Released July 1995
- Reached number eleven on the singles countdown, spending 5 weeks there. Previously reached a lowly number 68 when released originally back in June 1991.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - I can confirm that Jinny IS in fact Italian, even though her real name is “Janine Brown”. Italy via Wakefield then.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Own it on disc 2 of the compilation CD “100% Pure Old Skool Club Classics”.

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Thursday 8th December 2005 Link (MC)

[Posted Thursday, December 8 2005 by MC_]

Freak Power Turn On Tune In Cop Out - Freak Power scored a top 3 hit with “Turn On Tune In Cop Out” when it was re released in the year 1995 - 1995 was the year that Everton won the FA Cup with a victory over the hapless Manchester United - Manchester United were once again embarrassed last night when they were knocked out of Europe, after a disappointing defeat in Portugal - Portugal is a nice place to go on holiday, as are the Canaries - Canaries were traditionally used by miners to test for gas underground - “Underground” was a 1996 hit for the fantastic Ben Folds Five - Five is exactly half of ten, which is the amount of years that make up a decade - “Decade” was the title of the Greatest Hits album from Duran Duran, which featured amongst others the “Union of The Snake” - The plural of snake is “snakes”, which are often found in hot places like Africa, Australia or Mexico - Mexico is a major producer of tequila - and “Tequila” was a big hit in 1999 for Terrorvision - Which links us to Terrorvision and Tequila - SEAMLESS?: - Yes seamless. Bar the choice of song I have to say. Ugh.

TRACK INFO: - Released January 1999
- Spent ten weeks on the chart, making it to number 2 behind The Offspring and Pretty Fly (For A White Guy).
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Terrorvision come from Bradford and have supported Def Leppard and REM on tour. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the album “Shaving Peaches” (released October 1998) or alternatively get it on the compilation “Whales & Dolphins: The Best Of Terrorvision”.

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Wednesday 7th December 2005 Link (MC)

[Posted Thursday, December 8 2005 by MC_]

Blur There’s No Other Way - Blur’s Damon Albarn is also one of the people behind the Gorillaz - The singular form of gorillas is “gorilla”, which is what King Kong is - King Kong the movie stars Jack Black, who shares the same surname as Roger Black the runner - “Runner” is a word associated with “bean”, which in turn is associated with the word “sprout”, which in turn is associated with the word “brussels” - Brussels is the capital of Belgium - Belgium is where Jean-Claude Van Damme is from - Jean-Claude Van Damme starred in the film “Double Impact”, where he cleverly played both sets of twins - Twins are fairly uncommon in the world of showbiz, with some of the best examples being the Olsen twins, and of course the Proclaimers - The Proclaimers are big fans of Hibs - “Hibs” is an abbreviation of Hibernian, which comes from the word “Hibernia”, which is the latin word for “island” - Ireland is where Graham Norton is from - Graham Norton used to work for Channel 4, as did Zoë Ball - Zoë Ball is married to Norman Cook - and one of Norman Cook’s many musical projects was of course Freak Power - Which links us to Freak Power and the classic Turn On Tune In Cop Out - SEAMLESS?: - Again, another flawed link this morning. Dave did say the song title wrong for a start, before being corrected by Chris. Plus: *Dave said Jean-Claude Van Damme played “both sets of twins” in Double Impact, implying that he played four people. What he however meant to say was that Mr Van Damme played one set of twins, and two people. Hope that has clarified it.

TRACK INFO: - Released October 1993 & April 1995
- Reached number 29 initially (spending 5 weeks on the chart), then number 3 on re-issue (spending 9 weeks on the chart).
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Originally released in 1993, there was renewed interest in this track after TV exposure in a Levis Jeans ad campaign. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Track 2 on the top 11 April 1995 album by Freak Power, entitled “Drive-Thru Booty”. You should probably get it for this track alone.

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Tuesday 6th December 2005 Link (MC)

[Posted Thursday, December 8 2005 by MC_]

The Jam Town Called Malice - The Jam’s Paul Weller is from Woking, which is always an annual hotbed of panto action - Panto normally features a dame - Dame Judi Dench is a famous proper dame, and also a well known actress who has starred alongside Billy Connolly in the past - Billy Connolly supports Celtic, who are managed by Gordon Strachan, who used to manage Southampton, who are currently managerless after Harry Redknapp walked out on them to take the Portsmouth job, which now might not be available, depending on the mood of Pompey chairman Milan Mandaric - Milan Mandaric is from Croatia - Croatia used to be at war - “War” rhymes with “law”, which is what a barrister does - A barrister is someone who’d probably wear a wig, as is Elton John - Elton John shares the same surname as Collins John, who plays for Fulham - Fulham is the team of choice for Jimmy Hill, who’s known for his footballing knowledge and enormous chin - and Jimmy Hill wears reading glasses for reading - and if he doesn’t have his glasses on when he’s trying to read stuff, the print would presumably be very, very small and all a bit of a “blur”- Which links us cleverly to Blur and the classic There’s No Other Way - SEAMLESS?: - Dave was having Balkan problems today: *Milan Mandaric is Serbian, not Croatian.. thus knackering up the entire link. *Also, not mentioned on the show but Elton John’s real name is “Reginald Dwight”, so surely he doesn’t share the same surname as Collins John at all. Hmm..

TRACK INFO: - Released April 1991
- Chart position = 8. Weeks on chart = 8. Wow. Coincidence or what kids.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - No fact, I am just bored of Dave choosing this god damn Blur song. There’s plenty of others to pick from Mr Vitty! How about “Beetlebum” or “Coffee & TV” now and again? Thanks.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Blur’s September 1991 debut “Leisure”, or alternatively on this, their November 2000 best of compilation, amazingly titled “The Best Of Blur” (which got to number three on the album chart).

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Monday 5th December 2005 Link (MC)

[Posted Thursday, December 8 2005 by MC_]

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York - New York is where we flew back from yesterday - “Yesterday” was a big hit for The Beatles - Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr provided the voice for Thomas The Tank Engine - Thomas The Tank Engine shares the same first name as Thomas Dolby, who had a 1984 hit with “Hyperactive!” - Hyperactive is what certain kids get after having fizzy drinks - Fizzy drinks are full of gas - Gas, or more precisely natural gas, is found in the North sea, as are halibut - Halibut is a type of fish - Fish breathe through their gills - “Gills” rhymes with “bills”, which are like mouths in the world of ducks - Ducks like to eat bread - Bread is made by a baker - Baker, first name Cheryl, used to be in a band called “Bucks Fizz”, who had a number one with “My Camera Never Lies” in 1982, the same year curiously that The Jam also topped the charts with “Town Called Malice” - Which links us to The Jam and Town Called Malice - SEAMLESS?: - Not really: *Gas is technically found underneath The North sea, not in it. *Also, Chris argued with Dave about his link that “halibut live in the North sea”. He asked Dave what he had to back this up, and Dave just replied with “fact”. Cue a debate about salmon and various types of fish in different waters. Rachel did some research, and it turns out Dave was right - halibut live in the northern North sea, as they prefer much colder waters.

TRACK INFO: - Released February 1982
- The Jam’s third UK number one single, which spent 9 weeks on the Official Singles Chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - In their career, The Jam’s total singles sales came to 5,094,055, and they also hold the record for the most simultaneous top 75 singles (with 13 back in 1982). Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From October 1997’s “The Very Best Of The Jam”, which got to number nine on the album chart... spending ten weeks on there in total.

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Friday 2nd December 2005 Link - Live From New York (MC)

[Posted Thursday, December 8 2005 by MC_]

The Strokes Last Nite - Last night was called Thursday, which is named after “Thor”, the god of thunder - Thunder is normally accompanied by lightning - Lightning never strikes in the same place twice - Twice is how much more 48 is than 24 - 24 is the amount of hours in the day, and also a drama series starring Kiefer Sutherland - Kiefer Sutherland starred in “The Lost Boys” alongside Kevin Bacon - Bacon is normally served with eggs - Eggs come from chickens - Chickens have feathers and beaks - “Beaks” rhymes with “leaks”, which are what plummers fix - “Fix You” was the title of a recent track from Coldplay - Coldplay, in their early days, played gigs at a North London venue called “The Shepherds Pub”, which has now changed its name to “The Boogaloo”, and is somewhere frequented by Shane McGowan from The Pogues - and when you think of Shane McGowan, and The Pogues, and this city we currently find ourselves in at this special time of year, you think of the greatest ever Christmas record bar none, the beautiful “Fairytale Of New York” - Which links us to The Pogues with the late, great Kirsty MacColl and Fairytale Of New York - SEAMLESS?: - Just the one, kind of, major flaw this morning: *Kevin Bacon wasn’t in “The Lost Boys”, he was in “Flatliners”.

TRACK INFO: - Released December 1987
- The best ever Christmas record, a top two hit with an unusually long festive shelf life (9 weeks).
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Their most successful chart hit, and the 25th best selling Christmas single of all time. Number one of course being the Band Aid hit from 1985. “1985” incidentally being another great record, by the Manic Street Preachers. Anyway, we’re getting off the point here..
- ALBUM DETAILS: - There are numerous Xmas compilations out there in the market to choose from, but the tracklisting on this - “Christmas Hits” - seems good enough for me. Features Band Aid, Shakin Stevens, Jona Lewie, East 17, Wham, Mariah Carey etc etc. Go buy if you’re feeling festive already.

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Thursday 1st December 2005 Link - Live From New York (MC)

[Posted Thursday, December 8 2005 by MC_]

Sugarhill Gang Rapper’s Delight - “Rapper’s Delight” was released in 1979, the same year that “Gimme Gimme Gimme” was a big hit for Abba - Abba are from Sweden, as is Ulrika Jonsson - Ulrika Jonsson has met Sven-Göran Eriksson - Sven-Göran Eriksson’s number two is called “Tord” - “Tord” rhymes with “board”, which is what you would use to play a game of chess - “Chess” is the name of a musical and a film, the soundtrack to which featured in the 1984 hit “One Night In Bangkok” by Murray Head - “Head & Shoulders” is a type of shampoo - Shampoo the band had a 1994 hit with “Trouble”, which is also a song title used recently by Coldplay (MC edit: Is five years ago recently?) - Coldplay’s Chris Martin shares the same surname as Marilyn Martin, who duetted on the top five hit “Separate Lives” with Phil Collins - Phil Collins is from England, as is Michael Caine - Michael Caine starred in the film “Zulu” - and if you remove the first letter of the word “Zulu”, you get “ULU”, which is a small venue in London where New York band The Strokes played on Tuesday, which as we all know is the night before “last night” - Which links us cleverly to The Strokes and Last Nite - SEAMLESS?: - Seamless link, plus additional Strokes info from Dave. Blah, blah, Lamacq Live, blah, blah, secret gig, blah, blah. press red.. etc etc.

TRACK INFO: - Released November 2001
- Only reached number 14 in the UK Charts, spending 5 weeks there. A true classic still though.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Did you know, the lead singer/songwriter of The Strokes is brilliantly called Julian Casablancas? f-f-fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From The Strokes’ much hyped number 2 debut album “Is This It?”, released in September 2001.

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Wednesday 30th November 2005 Link - Live From New York (MC)

[Posted Wednesday, December 7 2005 by MC_]

Blondie Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie are fronted by Debbie Harry - Debbie Harry shares one name in common with Harry Potter, whose current film is called “The Goblet Of Fire” - Fire is a naturally occurring phenomenon that instinctively scares animals - Animals live in the wild - “Wild Boys” was a 1984 hit for Duran Duran - Duran Duran are fronted by Simon Le Bon, who’s from Watford - Watford FC are the team of choice for Sir Elton John - Elton John is apparently set to be the first ever gay celebrity man to get married, when he joins his nuptials with “special friend” David Furnish - Furnish is what you do to an empty house - The word “house” rhymes with “louse”, which is the singular form of “lice” - Lice live in your hair - If you’ve got lice you might be forced to shave off all your hair, like Sigourney Weaver off of Alien - Sigourney Weaver is from New York, New York, which is where we are at the moment, and interestingly New York, New York is also the city that gave us hip hop pioneers the Sugarhill Gang - Which links us predictably to yet another New York based tedious link offering this week, Sugarhill Gang and the 1979 classic Rapper’s Delight - SEAMLESS?: - Well, almost. Just the one technicality today: *Apparently Simon Le Bon was born in Bushey, which is just next to Watford - and not technically in it.

TRACK INFO: - Released December 1979
- Spent 11 weeks on the countdown, going top three. Should have been higher though..
- MC FACT ATTACK: - As you really should know by now, "Rapper's Delight" was the first hip hop single to ever become a Top 40 hit. The track uses the bass line from "Good Times" by Chic as its foundation, and all group members (Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank, and Master Gee) are from New York.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the album “The Best Of The Sugarhill Gang”.. although I’m not quite sure what other tracks are on there. Maybe it’s just the various mixes and edits of “Rappers Delight”? you would think so anyway.

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Tuesday 29th November 2005 Link - Live From New York (MC)

[Posted Wednesday, December 7 2005 by MC_]

Beastie Boys No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Brooklyn Beckham has two brothers called “Romeo” and “Cruz” - A cruise of a different type is where you’d expect to see Jane McDonald - Jane McDonald shares the same surname as Ronald McDonald, who’s got very big feet like Sharon Davies - Sharon Davies is good at swimming, like Patrick Duffy - Patrick Duffy shares the same surname as Billy Duffy from The Cult, and Keith Duffy from Coronation Street - Coronation Street is made in Manchester - Manchester City are managed by Stuart Pearce - “Pierce” is what you might do to your ears or your nipples - Nipples tend to be bigger and more prominent on girls rather than boys - “Girls And Boys” was a big hit for Blur - “Blur” rhymes with “buerre”, which is the French word for butter - Butter is made from milk - Milk is produced on farms, which are normally located in the country - Country, bluegrass and blues are represented by the letters CBGB - and CBGB’s is a legendary New York punk club where we went for a pint last night with Rhys, and is the venue that launched the likes of the Ramones, Television and of course... Blondie - Which links us to another New York based tedious link track, Blondie and Hanging On The Telephone - SEAMLESS?: - Yep, absolutely flawless. Although some texters said the current record for the world’s largest nipples was actually held by a man. Wait for it.. no wait for it... .. Chris Moyles. Hmm, bet you didn’t see that coming.

TRACK INFO: - Released November 1978
- Spent 12 weeks on the chart, reaching the top five.. at number five.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Produced by pop svengali Mike Chapman.. not to be confused with Mark. (Also note the use of the word “svengali” there by the way). Thanks, nice.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Blondie’s first UK number one album, “Parallel Lines”.. released in September 1978. Spent 106 weeks on the UK Album Chart, also featuring Blondie’s biggest selling single “Heart Of Glass” - sold1.8m copies.

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Monday 28th November 2005 Link - Live From New York (MC)

[Posted Sunday, December 4 2005 by MC_]

K-Klass Rhythm Is A Mystery - A mystery is something that needs to be solved, as d oes a puzzle - “Puzzle” rhymes with “muzzle”, which is what you might put on a big dog - The biggest dog in the world is not Westwood, it’s Digby - The name “Digby” shares many of the same letters as the word “rugby”, which is what Jonny Wilkinson does - Jonny Wilkinson’s great skill is his drop kick - “Kick” was the title of an album by INXS - INXS are from Australia, which is where Ant and Dec are at the moment - Ant and Dec used to be in Byker Grove, as did Donna Air - Air is made up of a combination of hydrogen and oxygen - Oxygen is something that’s used by firefighters, as is water - The plural of water is waters, as in Roger Waters from Pink Floyd, who appeared on stage at this summers Live8 concert in London, as did David Beckham - David Beckham has a son called Brooklyn, who I would imagine kept him and Victoria up at night when he was younger, resulting in them getting “no sleep... cause of Brooklyn” - and when you think of the words “no sleep” and “Brooklyn”, you think of “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” by New York’s very own Beastie Boys - Which links us to a New York inspired tedious link track this morning, The Beastie Boys and No Sleep Till Brooklyn - SEAMLESS?: - No no no no. Nightmare for Vitty today: *The first discrepancy today was the fact that there isn’t technically a plural of the word “water”, although Dave said there kind of was with Roger Waters. Which is someones name of course. D’oh! *Firefighters use compressed air, not oxygen. *Also, air is not made up mainly of oxygen and hydrogen, it’s mainly oxygen and nitrogen. So much so that its 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% trace gases. A chemistry lesson for you all there.

TRACK INFO: - Released May 1987
- Reached number 14 in the UK Chart, spending 7 weeks on there in total.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The Beastie Boys formed in 1981 as a hardcore punk band, with "Beastie" originally standing for "Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence," though some have claimed it actually stood for "Boys Entering Altered States To Induce Ecstasy”. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From their January 1987 “Licensed To Ill” album (which went top 7) - but also available on this best of “Solid Gold Hits” compilation.

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The Chris Moyles Show - Live From New York! (MC)

[Posted Sunday, December 4 2005 by MC_]

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