What are you listening to now? MKII

[Ray Finkle]

Eternal - Stay

 

[thunderchild]

One thousandth post in the WAYLTN thread MKII, well done Mr T and such a great song too 👍

How's the little man bud?

1000??? That’s quite a playlist - think we could have done a bit better than the Spice Girls for 1001 though!!!

He’s great thanks, very excited at the moment as he’s being promoted to big brother soon!

 

[Ray Finkle]

1000??? That’s quite a playlist - think we could have done a bit better than the Spice Girls for 1001 though!!!

I bet you had a cheeky listen though 😉

He’s great thanks, very excited at the moment as he’s being promoted to big brother soon!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Thin Lizzy - Renegade

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Thin Lizzy - Don't believe a word

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Snowy White - Bird of Paradise

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling

Kevin

 

[Ray Finkle]

Mrs and kids decided they wanted to put the Christmas lights up today. I had no choice but to put my foot down, telling them in no uncertain terms that it's just way too early and I flat out refuse to do it.

Anyway, we came to a compromise and I put the Christmas lights up.

 

[Aviador]

We had the same happen in the Aviador residence. I always use the excuse that my birthday has to pass before we can consider Christmas décor. It's bought me a few more days but I expect I'll be having the same argument again in a day or two. It becomes harder and harder to win when we're passing illuminated homes on our daily walk.

 

[Aviador]

PS. A great track that never ages.

 

[thunderchild]

Sounds like the compromise made here - the tree and lights are up! But on the plus side the takeaway curry is 20 minutes away!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

PS. A great track that never ages.

Apparently it does age.

Radio 1 to air censored version of Pogues' Fairytale of New York

Offensive words in the Christmas song to be removed or altered for Radio 1, but remain unchanged on Radio 2

www.theguardian.com

Some words are not suitable for the the modern ear it seems. The thinking behind this appears very selective in that '****' is being removed whilst 'scumbag' remains. There is another word also being replaced that in an alternative sense can mean bundles of wood for lighting a fire or a ball of meat mixed in bread and herbs.

BBC Radio 1 will broadcast the censored version whilst BBC2 will continue to play the original track. The BBC's thinking is that younger people who are more likely to tune into Radio 1 are sensitive whilst the generally older Radio 2 listeners aren't - or at least not to the degree that the BBC believes is the case with Radio 1's followers.

When I first went online in the 1990s I became a member of a US aviation board - there were very few aviation boards then and the embryonic PPRuNe would only let aviation professionals join at that time. I forget what the conversation was about on that US board but quite innocently I mentioned a female dog. There was no web censor on that forum then and the offending five-letter word beginning with b and ending in h appeared in all its glory.

The post was soon deleted by the moderators and I received a severe warning from one of them that such language would not be tolerated. I was completely unaware that Americans view the word as offensive. I wonder what they call female dogs.

 

[Aviador]

Funnily enough @TheLocalYokel Initially I did actually write in my post that apart from the PC brigade it didn't age. I decided to remove that but I did wonder if somebody else would mention that.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I'm probably not someone who would be thought to be a typical fan of the Pogues but I do like Fairytale of New York very much. Until a few years ago Mrs Yokel and I would accompany her brother and his wife who live near a village in the middle of Dartmoor to a small local pub there on Christmas Eve where the locals would gather to sing carols.

It was more a gathering of adults singing carols than a typical carol-singing event because as the evening progressed and the drink flowed the tongues would become looser and looser. It had become a tradition to end the evening - around midnight which is why I haven't mentioned the name of the village - with a boisterous rendition of Fairytale of New York, reprised two or three times.

The song has a tragic connection, with Kirsty MacColl being killed in a collision with a powerboat whilst swimming in Mexico 20 years ago, an incident that remains controversial to this day.

 

[Aviador]

Sounds like a great pub!

I have to admit, it's something I think about every year. Very sad, but it's still a great song.

 

[David_itl]

Reginald Dwight had a habit of releasing double A-sides where I prefer the less-played version, This was the other single of the reworked "Candle in the Wind". It is "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"

 

[Ray Finkle]

Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract

 

[Ray Finkle]

A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

 

[Kevin Farnell]

10,000 Maniacs - Verdi Cries

The wonderful voice of Natalie Merchant accompanied by piano and cello. Simply beautiful!

or, if you prefer a live version -

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling

Kevin