The Chain

[camus]

The Chain - Simple premise. Link one song to the next, however simple or convoluted the explanation, so long as there are some good sounds, and so it goes... Put a little description of the songs link and reasons for, etc. Just a bit of fun...

Tried this on Facebook, but mostly they're a bunch of cunts talking about the price of sausages. So I bring this to you, sophisticates, people of fine taste and probably good sausage pricers.

I'll start with 3 songs, records? Whatever:




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Gloria Jones was married to Marc Bolan

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Marc Bolan took the damned on tour as his support act in 1977.

[camus]

Ok, I'll go for one more:

A rose is a flower, hence, "Nothing But Flowers"

[Antcliff]

And a flower can be a rose..

[Nash]

Great idea Kris!

Rose de PICARDie? Jean Luc Picard was captain of The Enterprise I believe.

And so was:

[camus]

Ohhhh I'm liking that convolution, good one. That said, perhaps comments will break the flow, so I'll shut me gob.

[Nash]

I probably shouldn't be linking to my own post but I just Can't resist this one!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPW-P0nQ ... re=related[/youtube]

[camus]

Ah easy: Leonard to Leonard

[Antcliff]

Leonard Cohen to...I'm Co(hen)ry the 8th I am (I am).

[camus]

Ouch, that's pushing it, but good to see that tune again.

A hermit is one who lives a solitary existence:

[Antcliff]

Cash whose breakthrough number is here done (less well) by the singer of Herman's Hermits.

[Antcliff]

On whose version of this David Bowie plays piano...

[Oskar]

Bowie - Richard Widmark - Panic in the Strees/Coma

[Antcliff]

Produced by Johny Marr..here playing with his musical hero the late Bert Jansch. Adieu Bert..

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJGuRS_w ... re=related[/youtube]

[Nash]

Bert Jansch was a big influence on Nick Drake.

That one's called River Bank, so how about:

[camus]

Nick Drake made an album called Pink Moon.

Television made an album called Marquee Moon:

[Nash]

Excellent! That gives me a chance to post The Mar-Keys:

[Oskar]

The first band I ever saw at The Marquee -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_baHdLc3 ... re=related[/youtube]

[camus]

Douglas Coupland wrote a book Called Generation X, he also wrote a book called Girlfriend in a coma, which was taken from the Smith's song (already posted) Sandie Shaw, sang on Girlfriend in a Coma, and she also inspired another Smith's Title:

[Antcliff]

Shaw or Shore....typo. Any excuse to post Nic singing Flandyke Shore.

[camus]

John Wesley Harding also covered Flandyke Shore. Dylan made an album called John Wesley Harding, this is a track form it:

[Nash]

Great track Kris.

All Along the Watchtower was on that album too. JImi Hendrix covered it:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8XLbbpk ... re=related[/youtube]

[Oskar]

Watchtower -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybUqM8jf ... re=related[/youtube]

[David]

Howard Devoto.

Great idea, Kris.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmRGS1C ... re=related[/youtube]

[Antcliff]

Good idea Kris..I think this will run and run.


Devoto...Devil Gate

[Oskar]

Devil - Demon -

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