FCF Desert Island Discs

[bobins]

Well he has come up with six titles and artists so I'll hide them if you don't want to see yet:

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Everything coming up roses - Black
Hats - The Blue Nile
One World - John Martyn
Solid Air - John Martyn
Life's hard and then you die - It's Immaterial
Infected - The the

I can say without doubt I knew none of them at all and I don't think I've ever seen any of the sleeves.
It pays to have friends

Tell your mate he's got 5½/6. Not bad at all, but second place to Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Tell your mate he's got 5½/6. Not bad at all, but second place to Neil

Will do but he'll ask me which one is missing the 1/2 so let me know please Bobins

[NewcastleFalcon]

Just before I roll my sleeves up Mick and get stuck into your poser.....do I read it right that for picking the Frank Sinatra song you have chosen out of his "297 singles in his solo career, spanning 54 years. " there are 10 points on offer if it matches your answer on the card?

As my album choices are so easy to identify I thought I'd put up the 9 artistes who are responsible for my choice of 9 singles to take with me. So 10 points for each song you can guess/identify

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

You got it!! It struck me as an idea to introduce luck or mind reading into the mix.
I could make it 50 points an answer less 10 points for each clue requested? What do you think?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well I think I have the 9 artists Mick, and three of them have had considerably less singles than Frank Sinatra, and I've quite possibly may have heard at least one of them on the terraces at St James Park (with different words! chanted in a derogatory fashion about a former QPR and Manchester City Player)

The points awarding is fair enough Mick and simple, Newcastle only get 3 points for beating Manchester City or Brighton regardless of the skill or luck involved in the result:-D

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Would that be a player in boggy territory?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Would that be a player in boggy territory?

Spot on Mick. The chant is a perfect example of gormless ignorance but bordering on amusing for that fact alone, and interspersing a random crudity for an outside convenience as a derogatory punchline to an otherwise pleasantly melodic homage to the players name.

If you are not familiar with it this is how it goes to the tune of your selection I believe

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Oh.....Rodney,Rodney......…Rodney Rodney Rodney Rodney...…..Sh*thouse Marsh

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

The plot thickens, I don't remember the chant, I cannot make it fit to the tune of the song which is by the artist you are referring to....I think Hence you have the wrong song or I have the wrong artist ?

[NewcastleFalcon]

The plot thickens, I don't remember the chant, I cannot make it fit to the tune of the song which is by the artist you are referring to....I think Hence you have the wrong song or I have the wrong artist ?

Not this then?

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Chicory Tip Son of my Father

Son....
(Oh.... )
of-my fa-ther,
(Rod-ney Rod-ney, )

Mold-ed, I-was , fold-ed, I-was
(Rod-ney, Rod-ney, Rod-ney, Rod-ney)

pre-form packed
(Sh*t-house Marsh)

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

The first 10 points go to Neil!! ( Neil,I had the wrong artist!)

[NewcastleFalcon]

The first 10 points go to Neil!! ( Neil,I had the wrong artist!)

Thanks Mick, what was the song/artist you were intending to include?

Interesting Composer of the song I discovered from the Wiki page.

Regards Neil

[bobins]

Tell your mate he's got 5½/6. Not bad at all, but second place to Neil

Will do but he'll ask me which one is missing the 1/2 so let me know please Bobins

A whole half a point was deducted for the Black album. The album was Wonderful Life, one of the singles from it was Everything's Coming Up Roses.

[mickthemaverick]

Ok Thanks Bobins I will tell him to check his thoughts before he answers next time He did answer with all 6 in a few minutes so I'm pretty sure it was off the top of his head!!

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks Mick, what was the song/artist you were intending to include?

Regards Neil

Not sure what you mean there Neil? I was trying to get the chant to fit with the song from a different artist in my nine, who I thought would be the most likely to be on the terraces at St James' Park!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

So here's my efforts so far, would appreciate a bit of marking.....I'll add to the guessing later

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Left to tight top to bottom

1 Bing Crosby First Choice Gone Fishin'
2 Chicory Tip Son of My Father
3 Elton John go for Candle in the wind second choice Something about the way you look tonight
4 Frank Sinatra First choice They cant take that away from me
5 Jimmy Nail Big River
6 John Denver Back Home Again
7 John Lennon go for the obvious Imagine
8 Procul Harum go for the obvious again A Whiter Shade of Pale
9 The Beatles first choice She Loves You second choice Let it be

Any numbers right?

REgards Neil