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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

142.0. "Message in the Music" by FORTY2::WATKINS (Get Down Shep!!!) Mon Jul 11 1988 22:17

    Piccadilly Radio, the local station in Manchester, used to have a
    phone in on Saturday mornings entitled 'Message in The Music' or
    something. The idea was that the DJ would pick a story in the news
    and the listeners would phone in with suggestions for appropriate song
    titles to play. For example:  
     
    Story  - Liverpool Counselor Derek Hatton appears as a model in the Sun
    Winner - 'The Sun Has Got Its' Hat On' - can't remember the artist.
  
    I thought it might be humorous to start a note here. Basic idea
    once a week someone places an story here, suggestions are
    entered and the previous week's winner selects the best title.
    
    Marc. 
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142.1You wanna start???SUBURB::BURKEGOvation axe manMon Jul 11 1988 22:302
    Good idea..
    
142.2Now, in your deepest voice, say....57731::AHARONIANMon Jul 11 1988 22:431
    	I LOVE it!  Great idea.  You can start, Marc-o.....
142.3c'mon!RDGENG::KEDMUNDS$ no !fm2r, no commentMon Jul 11 1988 22:464
    Yes yes yes, it's a wonderful idea - but can we have some more
    examples, instead of just agreement? Please? Pretty please?
    
    K
142.4FORTY2::WATKINSGet Down Shep!!!Tue Jul 12 1988 14:2720
       Okay I'll start off with the following with was on the net a
       few weeks back.
    
    	Psychic experts probe strange case of spooky Amstrad
	----------------------------------------------------
 
			GHOST IN THE MACHINE
			--------------------
 
	Phantoms seem to be keeping abreast of computing developments in the
	UK by haunting them.
 
	In the latest of a series of ghostly visitations, an Amstrad 1512,
	lying quietly in a Stockport architect's office, suddenly burst
	into supernatural activity, leaving a cleaner suffering from the
	shivers on two nights....

        Any messages in the music out there?
        
        Marc.
142.5Wrong stick perhaps ??RDGCSS::STONEDistant, Alone, Beneath the platinum stars ...Tue Jul 12 1988 20:3110
    How about :-
    
    	'Ghost in the Machine' by The Police ???
    
    
    				or is this a bit to obvious....
    
    
    
    							Graham
142.6GAO::MMCMULLINTue Jul 12 1988 20:405
    
    	If it is an Amstrad then there is only one song I can think
    	of that suits!
    
    		Breakdown - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. :-)
142.7:-)SUBURB::DALLISONI never make mistooksTue Jul 12 1988 20:587
    
    
    What about one RE: the Oil Rig disaster ......
    
    "Smoke on the water" - Deep Purple 
                                              
    dum dum dum. dum dum dumdum. dum dum dum. dum dum
142.8A bit Slick TonySUBURB::BURKEGOvation axe manWed Jul 13 1988 15:011
142.9Oil'l ignore that GavinSUBURB::DALLISONI never make mistooksWed Jul 13 1988 17:190
142.10re .4SUBURB::BURKEGOvation axe manWed Jul 13 1988 17:312
    
    Welcome to the machine....
142.11re: .4HAZEL::STARRYou ain't nothin' but fine, fine, fine!Wed Jul 13 1988 18:061
Spirits in the Material World....
142.12re .4 "Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones OFFCLU::DKEATINGReminiscing about tomorrowWed Jul 13 1988 18:431
    
142.13Nice one...SUBURB::BURKEGOvation axe manWed Jul 13 1988 23:171
    RE .11
142.14WinnerFORTY2::WATKINSGet Down Shep!!!Thu Jul 14 1988 15:1215
    Hi,
    
    I'm off on holiday today so I declare .11 the winner. 'Spirits
    in the Material World'. It's up to HAZEL::STAR to enter this
    weeks news item and select the next winner.
    
    Marc.
    
    P.S. Computer Love - Witch Kraft
         Ghosts - Made in Japan.
         Enstein'a a Goul Goul - Landscape.
         I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby.
         Ghost Busters - Ray Parjer Jr.
         etc.
    
142.15YEAH!HAZEL::STARRYou ain't nothin' but fine, fine, fine!Thu Jul 14 1988 18:1310
    
>    I'm off on holiday today so I declare .11 the winner. 'Spirits
>    in the Material World'. It's up to HAZEL::STAR to enter this
>    weeks news item and select the next winner.
    
Yeah, I WON!!!

OK, I'll enter another entry within a couple hours, after I find a good one.

Alan S.
142.16Entry #2HAZEL::STARRYou ain't nothin' but fine, fine, fine!Thu Jul 14 1988 21:3717
OK, here goes:

(I hope this isn't too US oriented for ya...)


Last month, the US government declared Beverly Hills, California, and
including Rodeo Drive, an "economically depressed area", making it
eligible for up to $36 million is federal grants and funding.

(For those unfamiliar with Beverly Hills and the infamous Rodeo Drive,
let me state that it is one of the poshest areas in the US. If you 
don't drive a Rolls Royce - you're nobody. Many Hollywood movie stars
live there, in houses that cost tens of millions.)

Good luck! I'll announce a winner early next week!

Alan S.
142.17Just a thoughtRTOEU::PSMITHAll my brain and body needsFri Jul 15 1988 13:065
    How about....
    
    		"MONEY FOR NOTHING" - Dire Straits
    
    	- Paul Smith -
142.18Perhaps.....MUNEDU::LACEY2 Boxes of Frogs!! and thats UGLY!!Fri Jul 15 1988 15:0610
    
    
    
    	Or....
    
      "Down And Out In Paradise" by Jouh Cougar Mellencamp
    
    
    
    		Grub...
142.19Well, it's only lunchtime.....AYOV10::DROBBUnwashed and somewhat slightly dazedFri Jul 15 1988 16:216
    Y'know, sometimes things inexplicably go wrong, and potentially
    interesting topics get ruined by inconsequential utterings about
    nothing of any great significance.  So...just to kill this one off,
    I'd like to report that the O'Jays had a minor hit about 12 years
    ago with a song whose title was very similar to the title of this
    topic.  Interesting, huh!?!  
142.20Still only lunchtime....HLDG02::OCONNORYoung, Gifted and BACK!!Fri Jul 15 1988 16:281
    "Down in Hollywood" - Ry Cooder
142.21We have a winner!HAZEL::STARRYou ain't nothin' but fine, fine, fine!Thu Jul 21 1988 01:1217
Well, when I entered the story on Beverly Hills, it was mostly because
that was the best I could come up with at the time. I didn't think that
anyone would come up with a good answer. But you guys proved me wrong
again! So....

And the winner is - 
    
      "Down And Out In Paradise" by Jouh Cougar Mellencamp
    
answered by 
    
      Grub...

My congratulations to you, Grub, and to all those others who entered!
Take it away...

Alan S.
142.22Bottoms upWARDER::REXLEYAnna Stesia come to me ! Mon Jul 25 1988 14:3510
    
    How about finding a track to match yesterdays headline in the News
    of the World...
    
    	" Sir Ralph Gooses Maggie at No. 10 "
    
    The story about the Burton tycoon Sir Ralph M..... who pinched premiere
    Margaret Thatchers bottom at No. 10....
    
    
142.23This might fitIPG::MORGANIts dark and we're wearing sunglassesMon Jul 25 1988 14:452
    'I was only joking' by Rod Stewart
    
142.24HLDG02::OCONNORMon Jul 25 1988 15:253
    "Nice legs...shame about her face"
    
       Can't remember who.
142.25Mess around and you'll end up in Dutch, Boy.RTOISC::CHISHOLMDem Tambourines!Mon Jul 25 1988 16:214
    
    	'You can look...but you better not touch' - Broocie

    	Doug.
142.26Or maybeRTOEU::PSMITHAll my brain and body needsMon Jul 25 1988 16:494
    "I've got a feeling" - The Beatles
    
    	- Paul Smith -
142.27or....SUBURB::MCSHANEGAlas poor Yorik..I knew him wellMon Jul 25 1988 16:594
    
    "Peaches" - Stranglers
    
     Gary.
142.28Worth a tryRTOEU::PSMITHAll my brain and body needsMon Jul 25 1988 17:481
    "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
142.29possibly...57731::AHARONIANDunno, push that one:DEPLOYMon Jul 25 1988 17:563
    
    
    	"Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen
142.30God knows why he would but...SUBURB::BURKEGOvation axe manMon Jul 25 1988 19:082
    Don't mess with my tou tou.....
    
142.31WELMTS::GREENBI'm pink therefore I'm spamWed Jul 27 1988 17:093
    I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Thingy
    
    Bob
142.32Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face..ECCGY4::HAIGHWell worth a listenFri Aug 19 1988 12:216
    Re .22
    The bitch is back - Elton John.
    It wasn't me      - George Thoroughgood (amongst others)
    She's the devil in disguise - Elvis.
    Won't you be my girl(Anybody remeber the words?) - The Police.
                                                 
142.33 Am I Warm?SUBURB::BARRATTPPat 8-) BarrattFri Aug 19 1988 18:081
    Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics
142.34The circus is over IPG::MORGANHobo Stories and Dilapidated DreamsThu Nov 10 1988 17:175
    How about something for the recent U.S. presidential fiasco ??
    
    For Mike Dukakis - Nowhere Man by the Beatles.