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Credit Crunch Special - more blog for your buck!!

Trollbaiter — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:57:56 +0000

Hi all - I've not been about much lately, and can't be sure when I'll be here next, so I thought I'd better make this one count! So here, for your listening pleasure, is an unlikely combination of songs on a topical theme - Money, or the lack thereof! What better way to cheer everyone up than... well, basically reminding you all of your financial problems... OK, so the concept's somewhat flawed, and some of the choices are stretching it a bit! Work with me!!

YouTube - Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc

YouTube - The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your

Money YouTube - Beatles - Money (That's What I Want)

YouTube - The Clash - Bankrobber [Single]

YouTube - XTC - 08. Paper and iron.mpg

YouTube - Nick Lowe MUSIC FOR MONEY (audio)

YouTube - GWEN GUTHRIE - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent - 1986

YouTube - The Skids - Working For Yankee Dollar

YouTube - Industrial Disease

YouTube - steve miller band take the money and run

YouTube - Patti Smith - Free Money

YouTube - Bargain (The Who)

Hey, come on, what did you expect - after all, it's FREE, right? Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to do some 'Street-networking'....

(spare change? help a bloke out, guv..? will clean windshields for money...)

Oh My God... I'm PREGNANT?!?

Trollbaiter — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:32:10 +0100

Surely not... and yet, there is evidence! How else to explain the twisted combination of tastes... one hears of mustard on ice-cream, honey on hot dogs, all manner of abominations that, somehow, work... and here's mine!

This blog is specifically to showcase an album that defies nature... that should not exist... that pushs sanity to breaking point, then throws it a valium... brace yourselves, folks, because Floyd & dub simply CANNOT WORK - and yet, I love it!! It's bloody great!

YouTube - US AND THEM - THE EASY STAR ALL STARS

YouTube - brain damage

Breath/On the run/Time

YouTube - money--dub side of the moon--easy star all star

YouTube - The dub side of the moon

YouTube - Any Colour You Like

YouTube - dub side - eclipse

You may burn me as a heretic, but you can't kill the music!

Relax! (How many times do I have to tell you..?)

Trollbaiter — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:04:33 +0100

In direct reply to Gruffalo's double History session (ah, wasn't school great?), I offer another multiple choice/same title selection... the first two are from my collection, the last is there to make up numbers - I was never a fan!

YouTube - The who relax

YouTube - The Glove - Relax

YouTube - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Don't Do It)

What's that? Oh, fair enough - 'Don't Do It' may disqualify no.3... strewth, and I thought I was pedantic!

Get your tan from standing in the English rain... (anyone?)

Trollbaiter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:44:32 +0100

OK, a LOT of you are gonna get that reference, so don't feel TOO smug... heh, heh!

In celebration of the British weather, it's reliability & consistency, reassuring & familiar, I offer you... the Weather Blog!! And, guess what? It looks like rain...

YouTube - Move - Flowers in the rain

YouTube - Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again

YouTube - The Cult - Rain

YouTube - Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me

YouTube - Beatles - Rain

YouTube - Led Zeppelin - The rain song (the song remains the same)

...and my absolute faves (no small claim, given the list!)...

YouTube - Rainy Day Dream Away

YouTube - Jimi Hendrix - Still Raining, Still Dreaming

I hope you find something to enjoy... in fact, I insist!

When 'Chill' just isn't enough...

Trollbaiter — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:07:01 +0100

...when you're tired, your brain feels like it's been scrubbed with a wire brush, and you just can't cope with harshness or sharp edges... that's when it's time to soothe the senses with something ultra-mellow. And, since the above applies to me, that time is now!

Here we are - a couple of tracks from one of my favourite bands... their sound changed a lot over time, these are particularly gentle...

YouTube - Cocteau Twins- Otterley

YouTube - lazy calm - cocteau twins

...but they used to sound like this...

YouTube - Cocteau Twins - Great Spangled Fritillary

YouTube - Cocteau Twins: It's All but an Ark Lark

Right, that's enough... time for me to crawl back to my nest...

One side, Birthday Boost for DT... coming through!

Trollbaiter — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:18:47 +0100

Right, having presided over one party that tanked, I'm well qualified for 'putting a smack-down' on Lynn's birthday too! Yes, it's time to clear the dance-floor and kill the buzz with Trollbaiter's patented QUADRUPLE WHAMMY!!

DALLAS - The Young Ones style!

YouTube - LITTLE FEAT TEXAS TWISTER

YouTube - Texas - Prayer For You

YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood

I'm afraid I didn't get the exact songs I wanted, but cut me some slack here!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TEX - DON'T FRET, WE DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BUSH!!

(Much....)

Post-Election Party!!

Trollbaiter — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:39:29 +0100

Yes, the Canadian election is done, no doubt to the relief of the voters, so it's all over to mommyerin's neighbourhood to celebrate! Hi, mommy - hope you've lots of nibbles & drinks! (Oops! Sorry - I'll clear that up... hey, we need an ashtray over here...)

YouTube - Ohio, Neil Young

YouTube - (Stereo) Joni Mitchell Jaco Pastorius - Talk To Me (Audio)

Rush - Spirit of Radio

Finale! (I'm sorry, mommy!)

Hey, you lot - behave! Damn, I can't take you anywhere!

Come on, you lot, wake up!

Trollbaiter — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:11:57 +0100

The weekend's faded into history, you've all recovered from the excesses... no need to be overly gentle, time for a boost to get you to home time!

I have to ask you to trust me on these... it's honestly not like you'd expect, these are from an album that should have been huge & that was very different from other offerings, before or after!

And so, without further ado, I give you:

YouTube - Under the floor again(song)-The Damned

YouTube - The Damned - Dozen Girls

I nearly re-named them 'Suck it & see', in anticipation of a negative response, but you're too open-minded to require such tricks.... right?

Now go and get me a drink!

It's about work/life balance, yeah?

Trollbaiter — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:37:12 +0100

DaringTexan, in a fit of perversity, has posted worksongs! Well, I'm as perverse as the next person, but all work and no play, etc. - so, without further ado, I add my tuppenny's worth to the 'work' motif, then follow with a soother...

YouTube - REM - Finest Worksong

YouTube - PINK FLOYD Fat Old Sun

Today it's more mainstream names, but hopefully you've not heard these songs for a while...

For DaringTexan, who's all warm & fuzzy today... bless!

Trollbaiter — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:08:31 +0100

OK, soft, sentimental Sunday it is... in response to Lynn's gentle & romantic selections, I've pulled up a few songs myself... just to show I'm in touch with my feminine side, y'know? 21st century man, and all that...

YouTube - Killing me softly with is song - Roberta Flack (legendado)

YouTube - Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

YouTube - Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection

I'll leave those with you... I'm off for some kleenex...

Parting shot...

Trollbaiter — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:10:41 +0100

I've got to nip off - my stomach is threatening to strike, and my colon's coming out in sympathy! Before I go, a few oldies in a light-hearted vein... not sure how well 'Ernie' translates, but some of us over here have fond memories... could be a Brit thing!

YouTube - a duke618 video - Jimmy Cross - I Want My Baby Back

YouTube - They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haa (Anti bush slideshow)

YouTube - Benny Hill - Ernie

Please direct all complaints to Lynn - she started it with 'Monster Mash'! But what can you expect from a fan of movie monsters, eh? Don't even get me started about Lynn & her giant ape fetish!! Lord, have mercy...

Fun, is it? Alright, let's lighten up!

Trollbaiter — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:58:36 +0100

Let's see now, I had a sense of humour here, somewhere... Oh, this could take forever - here, something to pass the time while I track it down!

YouTube - The Lone Ranger.(Quantum Jump) 1976

YouTube - hot fuzz soundtrack Sgt.Rock(is going to help me)

YouTube - 10 CC - Donna

That should keep you busy for a bit...

Chill: A Libra dilemma...

Trollbaiter — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:32:24 +0100

...or just indecision, I dunno... all I know is, I struggled to pick a song from the range I'd opted for! Some of the options made me cry (don't ask - I'm weird!), and so seemed inappropriate for a 'chill' offering... in the end, I picked 2 in the hope that one of them pleases...

YouTube - Robin of Sherwood - Together We

YouTube - Robin of Sherwood - Lady Marion

I really like 'Scarlet Inside', but it's so sad - Ray Winstone was brilliant in the role, I so love that series!

Something more mainstream next time - I'm trying to alternate...

OK, this should be a safe bet... 'CHILL', Old-school...

Trollbaiter — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:26:56 +0100

Not wanting to alienate all you nice people, I've opted for a more mainstream 'chill' track today... don't get used to it, though, much of the fun is in bringing less well known tunes out to play!

YouTube - Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned

If you don't know this one, you should... damn fine stuff!

I commend this song to the house!!

'Chill'? I can do 'Chill'...

Trollbaiter — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:16:16 +0100

Hiya - I rather rudely dropped a link into Ellie's blog yesterday (sorry, Ellie!) in order to share a track. I realised that there are a few gems that I'd like to share, and that doing it 'Cuckoo fashion' was really not appropriate... so, here's my first 'chill' track blog! Hopefully, it'll be unfamiliar but enjoyable... if anyone already knows this, I'd be curious to hear about it!

YouTube - the glove - a blues in drag

Then again, if it's universally loathed, I'll know better in future!

Exit, stage left...