Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Fifty Fourth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 254 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Megan wiv K D Lang and Hallelujah. Letr's see what we got dis week:

@claptonterrier
Hello Miss Lexie..last week we had a song called “hallelujah”… we have not strayed far from that theme this week…Hallelujah means praise the Lord and so this week our linky is “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim.

@maggietkat
Well done with "Hallelujah". Leonard Cohen was a poet and composer. One of his poems "Suzanne lay me down" was transformed into a song "Suzanne". The song was recorded by many artists, but the version I associate with the song is by Neil Diamond.

@skye613
Congrats to @cloonfourmegan . "Hallelujah " is, as you said, perhaps the best known song of Leonard Cohens having been covered more than 60 times. My choice this week is another cover of a Leonard Cohen song. This was released on Judy Collins Wildflowers album . M played that album until it warped. BOL

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Megan winned wiv “Hallelujah” singed by K D Lang but writted by Leonard Cohen. Dis luvvly songy bin covered by lotsa artists. I discover dat one veshun be in “Shrek” wot be a film wot we often see at Crispmouse on da telly. So I looks for unnuva songy from da fillum n chooses “I’m on my way” by The Proclaimers cos it be a happy toon to cheer Megan up cos she pooly afta mergency op.

@djladylexie
Nice cover of Hallelujah from K D Lang. She sang the song live at the Winter Olympics in 2010 wot was in Vancouver. Joni Mitchell also sang at the cerenomy. she sang Both Sides Now. So I dus be gowin wiv Both Sides Now.

An da winner as chosened by Megan dus be ....................................... Clapton wiv Fat Boy Slim and Priase You ! Yay, well done me pal, you dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Megan said: Oooh what lovely clever linkys. I iz recovering from my op and this do have cheered me up proper! It be very hard to choose but I does go wiv Linky 1 cos it be clever, a good toon and we luvs the video! Mum wants to be in dat dance troupe!

So 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 20th December (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Fifty Third Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 253 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Maggie wiv Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin. So let's see what we gots this week.

@skye613
So this week I tries to stay away from the obvious but I got to thinking about the roots of rock & roll. Not only was ragtime one of the roots  but also the blues. Here's one of rocks greatest singing a song by one of the greatest blues singers of all time. Enjoy!

@cloonfourmegan
Well done Maggie on another great win. The Maple Leaf is the national symbol of Canada and we pick one fantastic Canadian singer KD Lang singing perhaps the best known song of Canadian legend Leonard Cohen. Hallelujah!

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Maggie winned wiv da Saxophonics n “Maple Leaf Rag” writted by Scott Joplin. Being just a simple paw I fort praps Janis Joplin MAYBE related to him. So I chooses her songy “Maybe” as my linky

@bunnersandharvs
So Maggie did win last week with a Scott Joplin songy Maple Leaf Rag. Dis makes us think about crossing generations, making classic songs and maple leafs makes us think about colder weathur and Winter Wonderlands....soooooo you gots it, our linky is Winter Wonderland. It's also a classic but here a new vershun by Michael Boobly *snorts*. Have fun chosin, dis week Maggie. Hugs to all da pals and we hopes you is safe and well, whur eva you are.

@claptonterrier
Very last I am afraid Miss Lexie…anyhoo….last week the winning song was Maple Leaf Rag…the maple leaf of course is the national symbol of Canada..(those crazy Canucks)…so this week our link is a song from Canada’s finest…Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams…BOL

@sonikebt
@MaggieTKat won last week with "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin. Scott Joplin was also famous for a song called "The Entertainer" which was used as the theme music for the Oscar winning film The Sting. Our link this week is on the theme of entertainment with "That's Entertainment" by The Jam.

@diamondbertie
Last week we Saxophics win with Maple leaf rag, this pure Scot Joplin whose The Entertainer was used in the Film The Sting. Keeping to films Paul Newman also starred in Exodus with the fabulous theme music by Ernest Gold.

@djladylexie
Maple Leaf Rag hmmm well let's see. Rag is short for ragtime a syncopated rhythm. Syncopation is used in many musical styles and is used heavily in dance music. For example the cha cha is a syncopated dance. So, for your syncopated wiggling pleasure I gives you my cha cha linky: Oye Como Va by Santana!

An da winner as chosened by Maggie dus be ....................................... @cloonfourmegan wiv K D Lang and Hallelujah! Yay, well done me pal, you dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Maggie said: My heavens sakes! Every link was outstanding. Every tune I absolutely love. However, I had to narrow it down. kd lang singing Hallelujah is one of my favorites. 

So 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 13th December (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Fifty Second Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 252 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Sonic wiv My Generation from The Who. So let's see what we gots.

@maggietkat
Congratulations Sonic with My Generation by the Who. That was one of the iconic songs of the 60’s, bringing the youth together. Thinking about iconic songs, it seemed to me that rock and roll can trace its roots back to ragtime.  Scott Joplin was one of the foremost composers of that era. Maple Leaf Rag was his first composition to become popular.

@terenceterrier
Larst week da winnin linky woz The Who wiv “My Generation” . Dis put me in mind of da TV prog The Generation Game wot woz presented by Sir Bruce Forsyth. More recently Brucie presented “Strictly Come Dancing”. One of da current contestants iz Peter Andre. So I gives yoo his songy “Mysterious Girl”.

@skye613
"My Generation" defined a generation filled with turmoil, war , peace marches, civil rights marches, space travel and on and on. Music defined our feelings , actions defined our beliefs. And now we are older and looking back " When We Were Young".

@cloonfourmegan
Well done Sonic for winning with My Generation last week. That song was a hit in 1965 and in that year a new generation was born including the wonderful Shania Twain and so although Shania isn't impressed by much we hope you impressed wiv this Linky.

@djladylexie
My linky does be Phil Daniels. What you say? But how! Well, you woned last week wiv The Who and My Generation. This song was used in their rockumentary or modumentary (heehee) The Kids Are Alright. Prior to The Kids Are Alright, The Whoe released Tommy, the rock opera or mod opera (ha again) which used a sound system known as Quintaphonic sound. From this the quadrophonic sound system was born. Quadrophonic sound uses four speakers. Quadrophenia is another Who album, rock (or mod) opera and later movie that starred Phil Daniels as the lead, Jimmy, a man with four different personalities representing each of the four members of The Who. Quad is four. Blur is four. Phil Daniels appears on the Blur song Parklife. That's me link Parklife from Blur.

An da winner as chosened by Sonic dus be ....................................... @maggietkat wiv ........................ Scott Joplin and the Maple Leaf Rag! Yay, well done me pal, you dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Sonic said: We haz deliberated and chosen Linky 1. All the links this week were great. We decided to go with something a bit different and really enjoyed the Scott Joplin so chose that.

So 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 6th December (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Fifty First Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 251 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Terence wiv Moody Blues and Nights In White Satin. So let's see what we gots.

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Moody Blues with Nights in White Satin. I've often heard people being a bit confused as they think it's Knights in White Satin, which is silly. So my choice this week is another misunderstood lyric. Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze. Excuse me while I kiss this guy.

@djladylexie
Moody Blues Nights In White Satin. Great tune. Justin Hayward was the lead singer of The Moody Blues. Justin Hayward appeared on the fabulous Rick Wakeman album Return To the Centre Of The Earth. Rick Wakeman was the keyboard player for prog rock band Yes. I am choosing Owner Of A Lonely Heart, another song about the pain of love.

@skye613
And the dude Terence does win again. Good job! So " Nights In White Satin " was featured in season 5 of a favorite TV show, Fringe. Strange show that we loved here in ma dog house. There were 3 main characters, Olivia, Peter and Walter. My linky choice " Do You Remember Walter "

@cloonfourmegan
Last week Terence won with Nights in White Satin by da Moody Blues. Last week was very sad and more sad things have happened since and I wanted our moody not to be so blue so I is now In the Mood for Dancing and here be the Nolans help wiv that.

@maggietkat
Well done with Nights in White Satin. If I think about the title, I imagine white satin dresses and sheets. Sounds like someone might be Makin' Whoopee! This version is by Rickie Lee Jones and Dr. John which was featured in Sleepless in Seattle.

@claptonterrier
Hello Miss Lexie…last week we had a song about Knights in White Satin….how very posh this sounds…but I don’t think it is quite the right look for scruffy terriers and so I have chosen a song about some more basic attire and my link this week is “Blue Jeans and White T Shirts” by Gaslight Anthem…

@sonikebt
@terenceterrier won last week with Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues. When Justin Haywood was 17 he signed a publishing deal with Lonnie Donegan, "The King of Skiffle" who influenced some of the biggest names in Rock such as Roger Daltry. So, our link this week is from The Who with "My Generation".

An da winner as chosened by Tel dus be ....................................... @sonikebt wiv My Generation from da Who! Yay, well done me pal, you dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Terence said: An interestin selekshun of linkies dis week. How well da chainers noes us here – two by groups wot Mum bin to see live. We likes a cleva linky leadin to a supa toon n it help if da video be speshull. Afta much hummin n hahrin I goes wiv linky 7 – The Who wiv “My Generation” . Luvved da Mods n Rockers at Margate footage n Mum denies any involvement in da mayhem on da beach.

So 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 29th November 2015 (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 250 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Maggie wiv Blues in the Night, Liza Minnelli! Lets see what we got dis week.,

@diamondbertie
Last week, well done Maggietkat with Liza Minnelli singing Blue in the Night. I really had to scratch my head with this one it's got me thinking of the film cabaret and Liza Minnelli and of course Joel Vrey he sang Wilkommen Cabaret - the whole film was very sad.

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Maggie winned wiv Blues in the Night singed by Lisa Minelli.  A real fillip for poorly kitteh. For my linky I pull out da werd Blues n goes wiv da group The Moody Blues I also pull out da werd Nightâ and goes wiv their well known hit from da 60s Nights in White Satin.

@wotterface
Last week's winner was a song by Liza Minelli and it was mentioned that she was Judy Garland's daughter. So out choice this week is the band Daughter with their song Youth X.

@skye613
I had an entirely different link until Friday. With  respect to the events in Paris and those who will never return to their loved ones, human and animal, my link this week is If I Could Be Where You Are.

@claptonterrier
Hello….Miss Lexie…last week Miss Maggie chose a song by Liza Minelli…of course Miss Liza is the daughter of Judy Garland..and that made us think of other famous musical offspring…so this week our link is by Nora Jones…the daughter of sitar-virtuoso Ravi Shankar…and her song “Sunrise”.

@sonikebt
Can't think of the right thing to say this week so hopefully this music says it for us. #jesuisparis

@djladylexie
Paris, Beirut, Lebanon all the death it is terrible and beyond words. I  have chosen Westlife and I'll See You Again.

Ere wot Maggie said: Very hard chain this week. In the end, I chose Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues. I decided to stick to the spirit of the chain. I encourage everyone to listen to the tunes which honor the Paris devastation. I love both the daughter links. However, Days of Future Past was the first album I purchased (at the 5 and dime) so I had to give the nod to the Moody Blues.

So 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 22nd November 2015 (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Forty Ninth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 249 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was me wiv The Man That Got Away from Judy Garland. Let's see what we go dis week!

@diamondbertie
Lady Lexie won last week with the Man That Got Away by Judy Garland. My choice is with Remembrance Sunday in mind we have to think of the millions of men that got away so I choose Marlene Deitrich singing Where Have All The Flowers Gone. Marlene Deitrich was born in 1901, so she would have been a young girl during that terrible war.

@wotterface
Last week's winner was a song called "The Man That Got Away". That's usually what we say about fish...the one that got away (and it's usually massive) so my choice this week is Reel Big Fish..

@sonikebt
@djladylexie did win last week with a song by Judy Garland - "The man that .......". Scottish band Travis' second album was called The Man Who. Our choice this week is from that album and kinda describes living in the west coast of Scotland - "Why does it always rain on me".

@maggietkat
Well done Lexie with Judy Garland and The Man that Got Away.  Harold Arlen was the composer and he had many hit songs. I have 2 links today, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland's daughter, and a song by Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Blues in the Night.

@terenceterrier
Larst week yoo winned wiv Judy Garland n “The Man That Got Away” . As yoo all noes wen she was kiddie she starred in da film “Wizard of Oz” as Dorothy n she wore red shoos wot were magic. Corse if yoo wear red shoes dey say it means dat yoo gots no nickers. But I fink if yoo haz red shoos it means yoo problee gots dem to match a pretty red dress . So my linky gonna be “Lady in Red” by Chris De Burgh.

@bunnersandharvs
Well cleva Lexie won last week's chainy wid good old Judy Garland's 'The Man That Got Away'. We says when you suffered sadness you needs to go to a place whur der int no sadness and der's always happy and you neva finds trubbble or nothing like dat. Soooooo, we going wid a linky 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'. Judy sang it furst but we going wid Israel 'IZ' Kamakawiwo'ole's version. Have fun chooosin, Daddy J.

@CloonfourMegan

The wonderful Judy Garland won last week. Her most famous song was Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Many people have covered that song but our favourite is by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole who died too young making this version even more poignant.

@marleyterrier

run-run…very late Miss Lexie!…last week you chose a song by Judy Garland…one of the first child stars…so this week we are choosing another more recent song by child starts Hanson…and our link is Mmmmbop.

Ere wot dad said: Wow! What an interesting mix of songs and links. It was difficult to choose especially as it is Remembrance Sunday today. The Marlene Dietrich link was very moving but in the true spirit of chain I am going to go with the Liza Minnelli link. Well done.

So 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 15th 2015 (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Forty Eighth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 248 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Sonic and Spike wiv Barbara Streisand an Woman in Love. Let's see what we go dis week!

@diamondbertie
Last week @sonikebt won with the wonderful Barbara Streisand singing Woman in Love. My choice is the other side of the same coin which is Michael Bolton singing When a Man Loves a Woman, both songs are so passionate.

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Babs Streisand with Woman in Love. The Bluetones covered this song as a b side to one of their singles and they also did another song about being in love but a very different kind of love - being in love with a car! Pfft, no idea what that's about but it's a great song. So here's my pick this week. The Bluetones with Autophilia

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Sonic winned wiv da linky Woman In Love singed by Barbra Streisand wot woz a hit in da 80's. Iz gonna be minnymalistik wiv my linky dis week n gives yoo da very luvvly smoochy songy Woman by John Lennon. Dis woz also a hit in da 80's n released as a single after his deff.

@claptonterrier
Hi Miss Lexie…last week our winning song was “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand…I see that it was written by the Gibb brothers…..we are reading a book at the moment in which one of the characters mentions a song by Andy Gibb…the lesser known of the famous Gibb family…so this week our link is “I just want to be your everything’ by housewives favourite Andy Gibb….(p.s the book s A Story of Senen Killings…we are enjoying it very much)

@maggietkat
Well done with Babs singing Woman in Love. When I looked at the Streisand song book, I spotted a number by an amazing artist in his own right, Billy Joel. bArbra and Billy also sang it as a duet. Here he is with "New York State of Mind".

@skye613
What a great tune @sonikebt did win with last week. A unique duet with Barbra and Barry Gibb. That got this paw's brain to thinking ..... When does a duet become a duel? How about this one " Paradise By The Dashboard Light" ? Now that's what we call a dueling duet!

@djladylexie
Barbara Streisand also sang beautifully about love in the song Evergreen, from the movie with Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born. The original movie starred Judy Garland and James Mason. I am choosing a song from that movie about lost love. The Man That Got Away.

An da winner as chosened by Sonic an Spike  dus be ...........................................  oh .... me! again pffttttt.

Ere wot Sonic and Spike said: 'Twas very hard to choose this week as we love the Bluetones and was a little bit in love with Andy Gibb back in the day but have decided to stick with the divas this week so we choose linky 7 and Judy Garland. 

So 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 8th November 2015 (gets it to me by 2pm UK time if poss). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title and dussnt forget to send a linky to da video from You Tube!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow me @dogstoyevsky or #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!