Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Sixty Seventh Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 267 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Clapton wiv Christine McVie an Songbird. Let's see wots we got this week.

@pepperandspot
Well as I sit here in a sun puddle on the end of da bed, while mum sips her tea, I do hear all da songbirds in the garden especially the Blackbirds. So my linky this week is The Beatles "blackbird" from the white album.

@maggietkat

Well done Clapton with fleetwood Mac and Songbird. George Martin died this week, so I couldn't help but think about another bird, Blackbird sung by Paul McCartney and the Beatles.

@cloonfourmegan
Last week Clapton won with Songbird written and sung by Christine McVitie. Songbird was also the title of the album and sung by Eva Cassidy. She also famously sang Fields of Gold on that album and we pick that lovely song sung by the very lovely Mr Sting.

@terenceterrier
Larst week little pal Clapton winned wiv “Songbird” by Fleetwood Mac. Dey had a big hit wiv an instrumental abowt annuva bird “Albatross”. Dis bird iz in da poem “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner” wot mum had to learn by heart at skool. So I goes for annuva linky abowt a man in a boat n gives yoo “Sailing” by Rod Stewart.

@diamondbertie
Last week @claptonterrier won with the great choice Songbird sung by Christine McVie, a lovely song, not heard it before, thank you. My choice this week is Bob Marley singing Three Little Birds my reason is the "bird" connection I know a bit thin but I love it his song, this was used to great effect in the film Legend.

@sonikebt
@claptonterrier won last week with "Songbird" by Christine McVie. This week our choice is a song (music really) about a bird which, in 2015, was voted Britain's favourite piece of classical music. Our link is the glorious "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams, played by Nicola Benedetti.

@djladylexie
Songbird is a great song. A songbird is a little birdy wot likes to perch and sing and everyone heard the phrase she sings like a canary. A canary is a little bird with a sweet voice. So we goin wiv Annie Lennox and Little Bird.

An da winner as choosed by Clapton dus be .................. oh flippin flip is me again! Pfftttt

Ere wot Clapton said: Hello Miss Lexie. Our choice of linky this week is Link No 7. Everyone chose really good songs and we had thought of some of them ourselves….but it has been ages sine we heard Annie Lennox …..so that was the narrow tie-breaker….

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 March 2016 (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 Sixty Sixth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 266 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Pepper n Spot wiv Glass Eye and Christine. Let's see wots we got this week.

@skye613
Welcome and congrats to Pepper N Spot. Cool tune. So this week the song title jumped out at me. Got to thinking about famous Christines'. Prior to joining Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie was the lead singer for Chicken Shack. My linky to Glass Eye- Christine is "I'd Rather Go Blind ", Chicken Shack.





@cloonfourmegan
Last week PepperandSpot won wiv very first attempt wiv Glass Eye singing Christine. Glass Eye were from Austin Texas and we fink best album to come out of Texas is the Texas Campfire Tapes by Michelle Shocked. Now Michelle has gone off the rails in recent years so we pick this cover of the best song from when she was great. Anchorage ...

@claptonterrier
Hello Mis Lexie…last week our winner was a song called “Christine”…..and in our view there is only once Christine in music and that is Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac…so this week our linky is “songbird” sung by Christine McVie…

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Pepper n Spot with Glass Eye. Well done pals, what a start! The lead singer of Glass Eye, Kathy McCarty was in a film called "Slacker". Slacker movies are about people who don't actually do much and lack ambition. The song I've chosen has the line "they're saying wake up you need to make money", which is very anti slacker. My song this week is Twenty One Pilots with "Stressed Out".

@terenceterrier
larst week lexieschain newbies Pepper n Spot had beginners luck n winned wiv da linky “Christine” by Glass Eye. Corse any menshun of dat werd glass n immediately we fink of da David Bowie Glass Spider Tour (mum woz at Wembley gig). Dis woz in 1987 da same decade as da winning linky larst week. Cos our pals are “Absolute Beginners” at dis chainy malarky  I gives yoo da live vershun from dat gig.

@diamondbertie
Last week's winner was @pepperandspot with "Glass Eye  -  Christine" the theme is eyes or the loss of them, I'm  keeping it with eyes by thinking of Amore sung by Dean Martin, the words go "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie....." This was the theme to the charming film "moonstruck " with Cher.



@pepperandspot
So we have Glass eye singing Christine..... One of Custards favourite things apart from Me and Spot and her, is Fleetwood Mac and the lovely Christine Mc Vie. We were lucky enough to see them last year at the IOW festival.  So our linky this week is Don't Stop, by Fleetwood Mac.



@sonikebt
Well done @pepperandspot for winning with your very first link "Christine" by Glass Eye. Glass Eye's musical style was considered unusual with occasional tendencies for avant-garde, which is experimental or innovative music that pushes the boundaries. One experimental band who pioneered electronic music and is cited as an influence to a diverse range of artists including Bjork, OMD, Prodigy and Daft Punk is Kraftwerk. David Bowie's 1977 album Heroes includes the track "V-2 Schneider" which is a tribute to Kraftwerk founding member Florian Schneider who Bowie acknowledged as an influence at that time. So we have chosen that track, which was also the B-side to Bowie's "Heroes" single, as our link this week.



@djladylexie
Christine? Well there was a movie called Christine which was about an evil car. That filum was directed by John Carpenter. John Carpenter also directed the movie Halloween (wot is also scary) which starred Jamie Lee Curtis in her first movie in 1978. Jamie Lee Curtis is married to Christopher Guest who starred in, wrote and directed This Is Spinal Tap a British heavy metal rock band mockumentary comedy.  In honour of this great film we are choosing the greatest British metal song of all time Ace of Spades. RIP Lemmy.



An da winner as choosed by Pepper n Spot dus be ............ @claptonterrier!Yay! You choosin next week me pal.

Ere wot Pepper n Spot said: What an honour to be a judge and to listen to all the entries, what a great eclectic mix.
After much thought and head scratching it was a tie between link 5 and link 3. So it was all down to a toss of a coin. But link three, won by a whisker.

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 March 2016 (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 Sixty Fifth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 265 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Maggie wiv Ry Cooder and Get Rhythm. Let's see wots we got this week.

@sonikebt
@MaggieTKat won last week's chain with Ry Cooder and "Get Rhythm". As Maggie said Ry wrote the soundtrack for Paris Texas which starred Harry Dean Stanton. Our link this week is from another film starring Stanton - "Pretty in Pink" by The Psychedelic Furs.

@claptonterrier
hello Miss Lexie…last week Miss Maggie chose a song by Ry Cooder…that made us think of the book Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger….there have been many songs inspired by that book and the one we have chosen is We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel which mentions the title of the book in one of the early verses…listen closely! Woof.

@skye613
Well done Maggie, well done. When I heard the winning tune there was only one way for me to go.... I Got Rhythm!

@izzy_border
Last weeks winner was Ry Cooder and Get Rhythm. Now straight away mum found herself fixed on the word Rhythm and making the connection with Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings. Bill Wyman was the bass player with the Rolling Stones so really it has to be a Stones song. Both hoomans have loved one song in particular since they met nearly 25 years ago so it can only be Angie.

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Maggie winned wiv da linky “Get Rhythm” by Ry Cooder. I fink once yoo gots rhythm yoo should be all set up to have a dance. So my linky dis week be a live vershun wiv Tina Turner n David Bowie wot combines two songs wiv da same title of “Let’s Dance” *bops off round da room*.

@wotterface
Last week the winning song was called "Get Rhythm". If you've got rhythm then you can dance and sometimes you've just got to dance, even if you're on your own...

@bunnersandharvs
So a dat Maggie had a great winning linky last with week Ry Cooder's 'Get Rythym. And we dus love dat Jazzy stuff but wot we thort of wos if humans had rhythm, dey could boogie! So our linky dus be simple but it all about da Boogie so dat our linky da Jackson's Blame It On The Boogie. I just want, I just want to celebrate...

@cloonfourmegan
Well done Maggie. We pick this to honour the death of Father Jack from Father Ted  ... Gurls! Drink!

@pepperandspot
Ry Cooder Get Rhythm. Well that chap  Ry, was a clever man but one thing I didnt know was the poor chap accidental poked his eye out with a knife when he was a lad. So he has a glass eye! So my linky is "Glass eye" singing Christine . 1989

@djladylexie
Rhythm is handy for dancin and that.so we goin wiv a great dance song Rhythm Is A Dancer

An da winner as choosed by Maggie dus be ......................... Pepper n Spot!! Yay dat is first go too! Amazin! You choosin next week me pals.

Ere wot Maggie said: What a wonderful selection of tuneage! I chose Glass Eye singing "Christine". I didn't realize Cooder had a glass eye!

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 7th March 2016 (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 Sixty Fourth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 264 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was me wiv Why Does It Always Rain On Me from Travis. Let's see wots we got this week.

@sonikebt
Well done Lexie for winning the chain last week with "Why does it always rain on me?" by Travis. Well the answer to that question is easy - it's because the band lived in Glasgow. It doesn't always rain in Glasgow so we thought we would try and find a local band who wrote about nice weather. After discounting Wet Wet Wet, Deacon Blue's "Raintown"and The Blue Nile's "Tinseltown in the rain" we gave up. So let's forget about the rain and "(Reach up for the) Sunrise" by Duran Duran.

@maggietkat
Well done Lexi with Travis with Why does it always rain on me. The band's name, Travis, was taken from a character, Travis Henderson, in the movie Paris Texas. Ry Cooder wrote the soundtrack for the movie. Cooder was ranked eighth in the Rolling Stone 100 best guitarists. Here is an example of that talent with Bobby King.

@cloonfourmegan
Last week DJ Lexie won with Travis and Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Our favourite Travis song is Flowers in the Window which made us fink of our other favourite song about something in a window! The one with the waggly tail!

@terenceterrier
Larst week Lexie winned da chainy wiv “Why Does It Always Rain On Me ? “ by Travis. Hmm silly boy needs a brolly to keep dry. So wiv Lexie’s Dad in mind I chooses da live vershun from Manchester of Rhianna performing “Umbrella”.

 

@claptonterrier
Hello Miss Lexie…last week you chose a song by the band Travis….the only other Travis we could think of was Travis Bickle…the infamous central character of the film Taxi Driver by Martin Scorcese…of course Mr Bickle was famously played by Robert de Niro and so our linky this week is “Robert de Niro’s Waiting” by Bananarama…

@wotterface
Well done last week for winning with the absolute blinder of Travis and Why Does it Always Rain on Me? I say it's a blinder because it holds a very fond place in Mom's heart. You see, she spent a significant part of the summer of 1999 in fields, not washing, drinking cider and listening to music at festivals and saw Travis several times. You could guarantee that every time they played this song it would floopin rain. But everyone would raise their arms in the air and sing along. Another band that were heavy on the festival circuit that year were Gomez and she never missed a chance to see them either, and saw both Travis and Gomez at Glasto. So my choice this week is another festival sing along tune, Gomez with Whippin' Piccadilly.

An da winner as choosed by me dad dus be ......................... Maggie!! Yay! You choosin next week Maggie.

Ere wot Dad said: All very good links. I like them all. However, as The Kurgan says, there can be only one. So I am going with Ry Cooder coz I didn't know that about Travis.

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 28th February 2016 (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 Sixty Third Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 263 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Sonic wiv Shelter from Dylan. Let's see wots we got this week.

@cloonfourmegan
Da winning Linky last week from Sonic was Bob Dylan wiv Shelter from the Storm. This song was part of the soundtrack for the Steve Jobs film last year. That soundtrack also had those bad boys The Libertines on it and we pick our favouritist Libertines song Don't Look Back Into the Sun which mum likes to play loud in the car when there is some sun!

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Sonic winned wiv “Shelter From The Storm” by Bob Dylan. I nearly sent in dat one myself *slaps head wiv paws*. Anyhows if dere be a storm I spect there be lotsa rain. So for my linky dis week I gives yoo “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” wot woz on da Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid film soundtrack n sung by B J Thomas.

@skye613
Seeking shelter from the storm, many 2 and 4 legged must do this. Shelter from water, cold white stuff and winds. Sometimes all we can do is " Stand Back".

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Bob Dylan with Shelter From the Storm. Dylan wrote more songs about the weather than anyone else so I'm continuing that theme with a song entitled Snow.

@izzy_border
@sonikebt won last week with Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm. All the storms we've been having lately makes it feel a bit like being battered by a hurricane so the song that jumped into mind straight away was Rock you like a Hurricane by the Scorpions. This is a classic hair metal song, but mum decided to give you the unplugged version showing metal can actually grow up!

@maggietkat
Congrats with Dylan's "shelter from the storm".  You can find shelter in many things. The Band backed Dylan for many years. Band member Robbie Robertson penned this iconic song, "The Weight" which is about all types of shelters and temptations. One of my favorite versions is Aretha Franklin along with Duane Allman (the Allman brothers also covered the tune).

@djladylexie
Well done wiv Shelter From The Storm from Bob Dylan. Sometimes it's like a raincloud is following you everwhere you go. The question is - why does it always rain on me?

An da winner as choosed by Sonic dus be ......................... poo is me!! Yay! I will get me dad to do the choosin next week.

Ere wot Sonic said: Thanks for all the great links pals we did enjoy listening to them. Our choice this week is linky no 7 coz we luvz Travis.

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 21st February 2016 (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 Sixty Second Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 262 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Skye wiv Lone Justice and Shelter . Let's see wots we got this week.

@maggietkat
Well done Skye with Lone Justice's Shelter. I had a chain prepared but I felt that the late great Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire deserved to be recognized. So my chain this week is EWF's version of "Got to get you into my life" because you gots to have your love in your life before you can be their shelter.




@izzy_border
Loved last weeks winner Lone Justice with Shelter.  Now Shelter was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Steven Van Zandt. Van Zandt was an integral member of Bruce Springsteens band The E Street band and was a friend of Springsteens since childhood.

Van Zandt played on many a Springsteen album but live he is best known for the vocals on Glory Days so here's Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen (Van Zandt's the one with the bandana on!)

@terenceterrier
larst week pal Skye give us da linky “Shelter” by Lone Justice. I sits n meddytayts n da sumwot obviuss linky  “Gimme Shelter” by da Rolling Stones floats into my head. Dis be a live vershun (of corse) an one wot illystrayts only too clearly wot dat ravages of years of drugs, sex n rock n roll can do to people. Dey seriussly scary lookin n I would run for shelter if I saw dem in da street.

@cloonfourmegan
Last week Skye won with Maria McKee singing with Lone Justice. This made us fink about law and justice and that they may not be the same fing. But we conclude no point fighting the law as this Linky do tell us!





@wotterface
Very quick link from me today as I'm shot on time. From one song called Shelter to another. Birdy and Shelter...

@claptonterrier
Last week Miss Skye won with a song by (one of our favourite bands)  Lone Justice….and this week we have chosen as our linky a song about a man who gets justice served upon him…it’s I Fought the Law and Law Won by the Clash…

@sonikebt
@syke won last week with Lone Justice and "Shelter". As we are writing this it is blowing a hoolie outside so our link has to be "Shelter from the Storm" by Bob Dylan

 @djladylexie
Skye woned wiv Lone Justice and Shelter. Lone Justice formed in the 1980's and were part of the cowpunk scene. Cowpunk is a mash up of country and punk. Punk rock or punk bands were known for their anti-establishment lyrics and aggressive music style. Postpunk/gothic bands soon followed on the heels of punk. One such band The Cult are one such. In keeping with shelter linky we dus we give you She Sells Sanctuary from The Cult.





An da winner as choosed by Skye dus be ......................... Sonic (@sonikebt)! Yay! Well done me pal you dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Skye said: Super great links this week, many  legends of music are well represented. So how to choose.... #3 made me laugh, #1 deserves a mention and #5 is beautiful, but as always there can be only one winner. And who could be better than Dylan. My winner this week in #7.

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 14th February 2016 (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 Sixty First Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 261 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Megan wiv  . Let's see wots we got this week.

@terenceterrier
Larst week pal Megan winned wiv “I Still Believe” by Frank Turner. Wowser for once dere be lotsa of linkies I could use. Anyhows in da songy it sez dat dey saved by rock n roll. So I looks for a linky from dat era.  My mums own Dad had a favrit songy n group from back then wot ties in nicely.  So I gives yoo “I Believe” by The Batchelors. (He sed dey could sing proper not like all dem groups wot da teenagers liked.)

@skye613
Congrats Megan! Did not know Frank Turner. During my research I found out that he is also an author. Ohhh these paws wondered how many other singers were also authors. Many many write their own songs but I was interested in books and short stories. Found out there are many including Jimmy Buffett, Ryan Adams, Madonna, Alice Cooper and Maria McKee. Maria was the lead singer for Lone Justice one of our fav defunct bands.  Enjoy linky pals!

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Frank Turner so I listened to the song and was immediately reminded of this song. Then I googled and found out they have played together at several gigs, so that's my link from Frank Turner to Cosmo Jarvis and Gay Pirates...



@izzy_border
Megan won last week with Frank Turner, who I have to confess we knew about but have not listened to much. A couple of plays of this track and me and mum are bopping around the room! So how to link to that?

About 1.30 mins in Frank do sing about teenage kicks. Well, all aging punk rockers only fink one thing when they do hear that..... The Undertones!!!! So there is really only one song we want Teenage Kicks by the Undertones.
 

 

@diamondbertie
Well done @cloonfourmegan with the great choice I Believe by Frank Turner a really happy smile making song. My choice is Under The Moon of Love by Showaddywaddy, this also makes me smile even if I feel a bit down.



@maggietkat
Congrats with Turner's song.  I am going with the paraphrased lyric "Rock and roll saves" for my link. Here is ELO's version of the penultimate rock and roll song, Roll over Beethoven".




@djladylexie
Great song! Oh yes, I do believe in rock and roll! May it rock on forever. David Essex said it will, so that's all right then.

@sonikebt
We loved @CloonfourMegan link last week "I still believe "by Frank Turner which certainly got our paws tapping. There are lots of artists with songs about believing one of which is Tears for Fears and "I Believe", from their album Songs from the Big Chair (which our typist used to listen to a lot on something called a Walkman!). This album also includes a song inspired by Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy treatment in which people confront their fears by shouting and screaming. Our link this week is "Shout" by Tears for Fears


















An da winner as choosed by Megan dus be ......................... Skye! Yay! Well done me pal you dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Megan said: We glad everyone enjoyed the Frank Turner song and really got their thinking caps on this week. There are so many linkys we love and remind mum of songs and artists from her youth. But we choose an artist we not know so well because it be such a well researched and clever linky ... and we like the song too! So our choice is Linky 2 

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 7th February 2016 (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!