Sunday 30 January 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Fifth Link

Welcome to week five of da chain an we still goin strong! Oh pals fanx so much for all your briliant entries. I am glad it ain't me to ad to decide, dat all I can say bout it. Dis be such fun!! I dus ope you agree :).

So what woz the suggeschuns and who dus be da winner for dis week, I hear you arks. Ma pal Marfa (who dus be @MarthaTheWestie on twitta) has selected da link dis week coz of bein da winner last week. She said to me dis: "We duz fink you is all very clever anipals and did enjoy choosin. Fank you pop pickers." Heehee "pop pickers".

Ok here we go wiv dus week's suggeschuns, in no particular order:

@Millie_Dog chose Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. Why? David Bowie mentions red shoes in the song. The video was filmed in Oz. Dorothy from Wizard of Oz wore red shoes and she followed the yellow brick road!

@Marleyterrier chose Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon. Why? David Bowie did a song called Diamond Dogs.... Diamonds .. Shoes …. I fink you see where we goin wiv dis.

@TheGoBros chose I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles!!!!! Why? Lets Dance wos the first (and only one) of David Bowie's songs to reach #1 on both UK and North American Billboards. I Want to Hold your Hand wos the first of The Beatles songs to reach #1 on UK and NA billboards. Plus, they both English :).

@Borderpup chose Into the Groove by Madonna. Why? Weeeell, cos in the video for Let’s Dance they see the red shoes in a shop window, and they sort of represent a different way of life from the poverty the couple are living in. In the film Desperately Seeking Susan, Susan sees some boots in a shop window and has to have them, so she trades her jacket for them. Roberta is fascinated by Susan's lifestyle and goes to the shop and buys the jacket, and goes on to live in Susan's world. The film made Madonna a star. Her famous song from the film was Into the Groove.

@Maggiekat chose It Takes A Good Woman by The Isley Brothers. Why? Bowie asked Stevie Ray Vaughn to play on his Let's Dance album. Stevie released his first that year as well featuring an Isley Brothers number. I think this song relays the same emotions about love as Let's Dance.

@Kelsoterrier chose Down Under by Men at Work. Why? Let's Dance video is set in Australia, the land Down Under. David Bowie and Men at Work have both been involved in "sampling" scandals - Men at Work "stole" flute riff in Down Under from children's song and Vanilla Ice "stole" riff from Bowie & Mercury's Under Pressure.

@I_Am_Fuzzy chose I'm A Believer - The Monkees. Why? David Bowie changed his name from David Jones because of Mr. Monkee - Davy Jones,

@Oz_theterrier chose The Red Shoes by Kate Bush. Why? Because the song is about red shoes that make you dance, like the red shoes worn in Bowie's Let's Dance video.

@CathyKeisha chose The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoe by Elvis Costello. Why? "Put on your red shoes and dance" line from Bowie song.

@BVFEYJ chose We Don’t Need Another Hero by Tina Turner. Why? Cuz David Bowie did "Heroes" be4 and did Let's Dance live wif Tina Turner.

@DiamondBertie chose Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen. Why? It’s a song about dancing too!

@Tartan_Terriers chose The Gnome by Pink Floyd. Why? Because Bowie also sang about a Gnome, The Laughing Gnome! BOL!

And the winner ...... as chosen by @MarthaTheWestie and suggested by ...... @Kelsoterrier ....... is ........ Down Under by Men At Work

The year: 1981
The song: (Land) Down Under
Artist: Men At Work



Now is time again to get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines page fing) the next link in the chain. Da winner dis week dus be pickin da winner next week. So dat mean you @Kelsoterrier!

Now it's over to you! Email me: lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Sunday 6 February 2011.

Ere dus be recap of da links in our chain so far. It's not a very long chain yet but I am sure it will grow an grow:

Week 4: Let's Dance - David Bowie (David Bowie Let's Dance album title/track title same as Eurythmics Sweet Dreams track from Sweet Dreams album/track title and also released 1983).

Week 3: Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (Dave Stewart produced Feargal Sharkey's (from The Undertones) solo album. He was in the Eurythmics).

Week 2: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones (John Peel was the first UK DJ to play T-Rex songs on the radio. John Peel's favourite record was Teenage Kicks).

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da awsome Radio 2 Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on Radio 2 website. Follow #lexieschain on Twittter to join da fun.

Sunday 23 January 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Fourth Link

Welcome to week four of da chain and oh my gosh I can't believe it (fink dere might be a song there heehee) we did av loads of fantastic entries!

So what woz the suggeschuns and who dus be da winner for dis week, I hear you arks. Ma pals Lily and Linnhe (who dus be @Tartan_Terriers ) has selected da link dis week coz of bein da winner last week. They sure had tuff time of it too and said to me dis: "please tell everyone that they were all great and we wanted to pick them all! (but that wouldnt work, would it?)" Ain't it true tho!!

Ok here we go wiv dus week's suggeschuns:

@RettetKaninchen chose Somebody Outside by Anna Ternheim. Why? In 2005 she covered "When Tomorrow Comes" from Eurythmics. It's on her "Shoreline EP". I picked this song "Better Be" from her album "Somebody Outside" because the song is also about moving on for me.

@CathyKeisha chose Blind Among the Flowers by The Tourists. Why? Because Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart were both in that band before da Eurythmics.

@MarthaTheWestie chose Let's Dance from David Bowie album Let's Dance! Why?
David Bowie Let's Dance album title/track title same as Eurythmics Sweet Dreams track from Sweet Dreams album/track title and also released 1983. 

@TheGoBros  chose Raise your Glass by Pink. Why? Cause........the music video for Sweet Dreams features a cow: and so does the music video for Raise your Glass :-p (ok....i know its a weird video, but it's the only one we could find wiph a cow in it!) 

@I_am_Fuzzy chose I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles (a little known group from Liverpool). Why? I need to sleep to dream :o) 

@Pasikas chose Superstitious by Stevie Wonder. Why? Stevie played harmonica on There Must Be An Angel. Stevie Wonder is a Rhythm and Blues Legend. Rhythm being the core of Eurythmics. 

@TheTwiglet chose For All The Cows by Foo Fighters. Why? Because  Sweet Dreams has cows in the video and dis song bout cows!! 

@Kelsoterrier chose Down Under by Men At Work. Why? Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart The Catch and The Tourists - both of which make me think of Cricket and Australia (The Land Down Under). Down Under was a song by Men At Work. Men At Work make things (such as sweet dreams?).

@Millie_Dog chose Pineapple Head by Crowded House. Why? Pineapples are sweet and you dream in your head.

@Diamondbertie chose All I have To Do Is Dream by the Everley Brother. Why? Well it is a song about dreaming too!

@Marleyterrier chose The Tourist by Radiohead. Why? Annie Lennox was in band called The Tourists before dey becomed Eurythmics.

@Oz_theTerrier  chsose Writing on the Wall by Hazel O'Connor. Why? She appeared in a Eurythmics video and her music was released by Invisible Hands Music, of which naming of said company was inspired by original working title of the album on which Sweet Dreams appears.

@Borderpup chose Sweet Dream Baby by Roy Orbison. Why? Just to take fings in a different and praps more internashunal direction and of course those sweet dreams.

@DJladylexie (dat is me heehee)chose Toxic by Britney Spears. Why? Marilyn Manson did a cover of Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics. Manson’s version of the song was used in Britney Spears’ world tour called The Circus. Toxic was one of the songs from the Circus Tour.

And the winner ......... as chosen by @Tartan_Terriers  and suggested by @MarthaTheWestie....... is ........ Let's Dance by David Bowie.

The year: 1983
The song: Let's Dance
Artist: David Bowie



Now is time again to get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines pagey fing) the next link in the chain. As per last week, I fink the winner from da previous week can pick da next winnner. So dat mean you @MarthaTheWestie!

Now it's over to you! Email me: lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky or @djladylexie) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Sunday 30 January 2011.

Ere dus be recap of da links in our chain so far. It's not a very long chain yet but I am sure it will grow an grow:

Week 3: Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (Dave Stewart produced Feargal Sharkey's (from The Undertones) solo album. He was in the Eurythmics.)
http://lexiechain.blogspot.com/2011/01/lexies-chain-third-link.html

Week 2: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones (the link was that John Peel was the first UK DJ to play T-Rex songs on the radio. John Peel's favourite record was Teenage Kicks):
http://lexiechain.blogspot.com/2011/01/lexies-chain-first-link.html

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da awsome Radio 2 Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on Radio 2 website.

Sunday 16 January 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Third Link

Well hello again ma pals! Fanx so much for playin da chain again for da second time. Once again, you has all came up wiv some brilliant links.

So what woz the suggeschuns and who dus be da winner for dis week. Ma pal Indie (who dus be @borderpup) has selected da link dis week coz of bein da winner last week. 

Ere dus be wot you sended for your suggeschuns:

  • @i_am_fuzzy chose Baba O'Riley - The Who. Why? It contains the line 'teenage wasteland'.
  • @Tartan_Terriers chose  Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics. Why? Dave Stewart produced Feargal Sharkey's (from The Undertones) solo album. He was in the Eurythmics.
  • @bvfeyj Kicks chose Paul Revere & The Raiders. Why? Pretty obvious I fink :).
  • @Millie_Dog chose Nineteen Forever - Joe Jackson. Why? Because 19 is a teenage year. You kick a football and chant "......til I die" (=forever).
  • @OZ_theterrier chose Rock n Roll High School -The Ramones. Why? They were major influence for The Undertones and teenagers go to high school.
  • @MarthaTheWestie chose Supergrass - Alright Why? In the chorus "alright" also a song about teenagers and being young.
And the winner ......... as chosen by @borderpup and suggested by @Tartan_Terriers ....... is ........ Sweet Dreams by The Eurythmics.

The year: 1983
The song: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Artist: Eurythmics



Now is time again to get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines pagey fing) the next link in the chain. As per last week, I fink the winner from da previous week can pick da next winnner. So dat mean you @Tartan_Terriers

Now it's over to you! Email me at lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky or @djladylexie) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Sunday 23 January 2011.

Ere dus be recap of da links in our chain so far. It's not a very long chain yet but I am sure it will grow an grow:

Week 2: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones (the link was that John Peel was the first UK DJ to play T-Rex songs on the radio. John Peel's favourite record was Teenage Kicks):

Week 1: Ride a White Swan - T-Rex: 

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da awsome Radio 2 Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on Radio 2 website.

Sunday 9 January 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Second Link

Well hello again ma pals! I can't believe it! Fanx so much for playin da chain wiv me for da first time. You has all made brilliant suggestions. As dis is da first real link in da chain I fort I would share all of da submissions wiv you.

As you will opefully recall, I dun da first link. I chose Ride A White Swan by T-Rex. You can see dat ere if you wants (I did add a video as well).

Well, here dus be wot you sended me for your suggeschuns:

  • @TheGoBros (da Griff) chose Good Riddance by Green Day. Why? Like White Swan it is one of the few rocks songs that doesn’t have any drums in it. 
  • @Tartan_Terriers chose Walk The Dinosaur by Was (Not Was). Why? Well what is a T-Rex after all? 
  • @Tartan_Terriers also chose A Town Called Malice by The Jam. Why? Both songs were in the Billy Elliot soundtrack. 
  • @Bridietheborder chose Way Down by Elvis Presley. Why? It was No 1 in the UK charts when Marc Bolan died (16 September 1977). 
  • @I_am_fuzzy chose Soft Cell’s Tainted Love. Why? It was originally done by Marc Bolan’s girlfriend, Gloria Jones. 
  • @Marleyterrier chose White Horses. Why? Another song about a white animal of course! 
  • @Borderpup chose Teenage Kicks by The Undertones. Why? John Peel was the first DJ to play Marc Bolan’s music on the radio. John Peel’s favourite record was Teenage Kicks. 
  • @Rettetkaninchen chose White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. Why? Well it’s a white animal too!
Wow thems if all fantastics!! Now comes the hard part, I gots to choose one.  Hmmm let me  fink.  Ok - I dus choose Teenage Kicks by The Undertones from @borderpup.

The year: September 1993
The song: Teenage Kicks
Artist: The Undertones



I might change fings around a bit next week and update the way it works but you can read the rules or guidelines as I prefers to call em on dis page ere

So get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines pagey fing) the next link in the chain. I fink dat the winner from da previous week can pick da winnner. So dat mean you @borderpup!

Now it's over to you! Email me at lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky or @djladylexie) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Sunday 16 January 2011.

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da awsome Radio 2 Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on Radio 2 website.

Monday 3 January 2011

Lexie's Chain: The First Link

Well hello! I hope you have had a chance to check out da guidelines (I was gonna say rules but I dus hate dat word) for playing Lexie's Chain. If you haven't then have a read of them in ma first post.

So, let's get going. Here is the first link in what I ope will be a very long chain:

The year: July 1970
The Song: Ride A White Swan
Band: T-Rex



Now it's over to you! Email me at lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky or @djladylexie) wiv your link suggestion followin on from mine! I'll select one and then post it ere ready for da next chain and so on.

You have just under a week. Let's start off Sunday to Sunday - you have until Sunday 9 January 2011 to email me your chain suggestions. Good luck!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da awsome Radio 2 Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on Radio 2 website.

Sunday 2 January 2011

Lexie's Chain - a musical journey that winds like a windy thing

DJ Lady Lexie ready for The Chain
Hi friends! Is me .... Lexie Dogstoyevsky (@dogstoyevsky) ere - aka DJ Lady Lexie (@djladylexie), as you might of heard once or twice. You may have noticed that I likes to DJ from time to time an I loves to listen to music of all kinds.

One of ma most favourite shows on the radio is the Radcliffe & Maconie Show on BBC Radio 2. The most brilliant item on their show is The Chain. Dis dus be a never-ending list of records, with each new track being somehow connected to the last. You can listen to dis wot dus be on da Radio 2 website.

Three songs are played each show for this item and listeners are encouraged to contact the show with another song that links to the previous one. The connection can be anything, ranging from the very obvious to the very obscure.

I was finkin how much I dus enjoy the show and then fort (along wif some help from ma pals @tartan_terriers) Lexie! Why not dus your own version of The Chain for all us anipals on Twitter to have some fun wiv in 2011?

The Rules (not many by the way ;))

I will start us off wiv one of ma favourite songs of all time.

You listen to dis song and (if you like) find out more about it.

You figure out wot you fink is a link to dis song that you like the idea of and either

email me at lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky or @djladylexie) wiv your links suggestion. I'll select one and then post it ere ready for da next chain.

Now I'm finkin this might need a bit of work at first so bear wif me while I see what works and make some changes if we needs to. I ope you will like to play The Chain wiv me and look forward to startin. Wot you fink? Shall we go for it?

Oh, by the way, I decided to publish on annuva blog about The Chain all on its own so we dussn't all get confussled. Hope that makes sense!