DJ Lady Lexie's Chain: July 2011

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Thirtieth Chain

Hello pals.! Welcome to Week 30 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to @rettetkaninchen to make da decishun. Let's see wot ideas come in dis week:

@bvfeyj
Dis week me cleverly links back to music me knows ;-) Me submit for your consideration da great Neil Young wif "Rockin' in the Free World"! Why? Cuz Queens of the Stone Age will be performing wif Pearl Jam dis Sept 3rd and 4th at Alpine Valley Music Theater and Pearl Jam recorded wif Neil Young (on album Mirror Ball), covered his song "Rockin' in the Free World", and hab eben performed it wif Neil Young. So dat da link! Neil Young wif "Rockin' in the Free World"

@kelsoterrier

My linky dis week is I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News) by Eagles of Death Metal. Why? Because Josh Homme was the founding member of both the QOTSA and EODM and dis is my favourite song from dat group and it haz a great video wif Jack Black & Dave Grohl in it ;-).

@zoetheborder
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)" by Robert Palmer. Dis b b/c wen you is Sick Sick Sick you dus need a Dr. Also...his las name has Palm in it an QOTSA dus be considered part of da Palm Desert music scene. So is linked two ways!

@tartan_terriers
Eyes of green by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan. This song is a collaboration between former Queens of the stone age singer, Mark Lanegan and former member of Glasgow band Belle and Sebastian, Isobel Campbell.

@djladylexie
Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon. The QOTSA were going to call themselves Kings of the Stone Age but changed their minds as they didn't want to seem too macho. If they had stayed as Kings of the Stone Age they would have been one of three bands with the title Kings in their band name so I chose another band with Kings in the title – Kings of Leon – hence Sex on Fire!

An da winner as selected by @rettetkaninchen(aka Miriam an bunnies) dus be ...... @Zoetheborder. Yay! Well done! Brilliant linky! Miriam said: It's a funny deduction from QOTSA song to Robert Palmer and linked two ways. Well done, Zoe! =:X)

Pals, is time again 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 and dat means you @zoetheborder.

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 noon (GMT) Sunday 7 August 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

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

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Twenty-Ninth Chain

Hello pals.! Welcome to Week 29 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to @kelsoterrier to make da decishun.

Kelso also had brilliant idea of addin linkies to da different songs so we can enjoy dem all and expand our moosical horizons, so that wots I dun! Let me know wot you dus fink of da new format!

Let's see wot ideas come in dis week:

@tartan_terriers
Sweet Little Mystery by Wet Wet Wet. Another song by Travis is Why does it always rain on me? If it does always rain on you, then you wil get very wet wet wet! Typical Scottish weather and of course both bands are from Scotland!

@rettetkaninchen

Sick Sick Sick by Queens Of The Stone Age. Why? Travis and QOTSA started with their bands in 1996. Both without a bass player in the beginning. And both videos contain great feasts.

@bvfeyj
Dis week me submit "Invisible Touch" by Genesis. Why? Cuz "Sing" by Travis was from da album called "The Invisible Band". So dat da link & dat me pick!

@I Am Fuzzy
from travis - sing, i go to the prison sing sing that holly golightly visited in the filum 'breakfast at tiffany's' which is also a song by deep blue something

@kelsoterrier
My entry is Whistle for the Choir by The Fratellis http://goo.gl/eyOXU. Why? Because The Fratellis are also from Glasgow and whistling is kind of like singing (sing by Travis, get it?). Even tho I might not choose my own link *HeeHee* I thought sum people might like to hear them anyway ;-)

@djladylexie
I chosen da song How To Be Invisible by Kate Bush from da album Aerial. Why? Sing was on album called The Invisible Band and annuva lady wot is very famus but good at bein invisible dus be Kate Bush and she mum's favourite lady singer of all time!

An da winner as selected by @kelsoterrier dus be ........ @rettetkaninchen. Yay! Well done Miriam and Bunnies! Brilliant linky!

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 noon (GMT) Sunday 31 July 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

Sunday, 17 July 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Twenty-Eighth Chain

Hello pals.! Welcome to Week 28 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to Tucker to make da decishun, so let's see wot ideas come in dis week:

@I_am_fuzzy
also from 1967, bobbie gentry - ode to billie joe (goosebump time). she & glen campbell made an album together in '68.

@maggietkat
My selection is "Time after time" as recorded by Miles Davis. John Hartford who wrote "Gentle on my mind" grew up in st. Louis as did Miles. Although Miles and John aren't contemporaries, they are obviously influenced by the musicians that are attracted to the cities along the Great Muddy Mississippi River. Both tunes have great melodies and lyrics which speak of love.

@marleyterrier
This week's chain (already so I dussnt forget) is Rocket Man by Elton John. Glen Campbell play on Pet Sounds...by da Beach Boys. Leon Russell also played piano on that record and Leon just released new album of dooets wiv Elton....leadin to Rocket...Man which we nommynate in honour of last Space shuttle flight takin place right now!!

@bvfeyj
Dis week me submit "I Would Not Be Here" by John Hartford. Why? Cuz "Gentle on My Mind" which Glen Campbell did was written (and recorded) by John Hartford and he did dis one too. Besides it makes mom laugh. So dat da link & dat me pick!

@kelsoterrier

My linky song dis week iz Sing by Travis. Why? Coz Glen Campell's middle name iz Travis and because hiz version of Sing by Travis woz included on da cover album he released In 1998 entitled 'Meet Glen Campbell'. And coz I trying to get out ov da 50's and 60's and back into my comfort zone ov 80's onwards ;-)

@diamondbertie

This week's link, my choice is Annie's Song, sung by Placido Domingo. Why? he did an album with John Denver called Perhaps Love, the song is in a similar genre.

@djladylexie
My selection dus be Linda Ronstadt wiv Long Long Time wot she sung on Glen Campbell's Goodtime Hour in 1970's.

Ere dus be wot Tucker said: "Me concatulations on all da fine entries. You is all winners in me book, but like da "Highlander" say... "There can be only one" so wifout further ado, dis week da winner is... Kelso wiv Sing by Travis! YAY! Good job, eberypaw!"

The song: Sing

The year: 2001

The artist: 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 noon (GMT) Sunday 24 July 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

Sunday, 10 July 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Twenty-Seventh Chain

Hello pals.! Welcome to Week 27 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to MaggieTKat to make da decishun, so let's see wot ideas come in dis week:

@marleyterrier
Dolly Parton singin Littl Sparrow cos Dolly famussly from Tennesse and typist werkin for record company when this song released in uk so he recall it well cos it happen his first week on da job...

@kelsoterrier
I iz gonna continue Coal Mining theme so my link iz Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coalmine.

@tartan_terriers
Billy Idol Sweet 16 cos it has 16 in the title and mums cousin saw him play in Nashville, Tennessee!

@I am Fuzzy
sixteen tons is quite heavy, on the opposite scale the rolling stones -'2000 light years from home' sounds a lot lighter...ahem

@bvfeyj (Tucker)

Dis week me pick is "Gentle on My Mind" by Glen Campbell. Why? In 1967 it was da hit which launched Glen Campbell as a solo artist. Den in 1975 he recorded "Ernie Sings & Glen Picks" wif Tennessee Ernie Ford! Dat da link!

@diamondbertie
Erie Canal by Pete Seeger because it is also a tribute to heroic toil and the tune is very similar.

@djladylexie
I'm going wiv working hard an trying to earn money to have a better life so I choose Money Money Money by Abba coz it says I work all night, I work all day to pay the blls I have to pay, … All the things I could do, If I had a little money, it's a rich man's world.

An da winner as selected by @MaggieTKat dus be ........ @bvfeyj (Tucker). Yay! Well done Tucker, once again a most brilliant linky!

The song: Gentle On My Mind

The year: 1967

The artist: Glen Campbell

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 noon (GMT) Sunday 17 July 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

Sunday, 3 July 2011

Lexie's Chain: The Twenty-Sixth Chain

Hello pals. Ow fings? Welcome to Week 26 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to Tucker to make da decishun, so let's see wot ideas come in dis week:

@tartan_terriers
a last minute link...James Dean Bradfield - An English Gentleman. Just cos the name made me think of this song!

@kelsoterrier
Choice is This Ole House by Shakin' Stevens. Coz This Old House woz annuver hit on Jimmy Deans album.

@maggietkat
A contemporary of Jimmy Dean was Tennessee Ernie Ford. his song "sixteen tons" is also about coal mines describings the problems wiht being an employee of the mines - you had to buy all your provisions from the company store which marked up goods considerably. you paid the store by having your wages garnished. I also have a thing men who can reach really low notes.

The Second thing I recall is Rowlff the Dawg, the muppet ever seen, on the Jimmy Dean Show. I used to watch the Jimmy Dean show just for Rowlff. the rest of the show was for country loving adults. I disliked country music. So, Rowlff has an album, Ol' Brown Ears Is Back. My choice on that is "A New York State of Mind".

@bvfeyj
Dis week me pick is "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce. Why? cuz it about a big bad man too and da singer/songwriter also named Jim!

@Diamondbertie
I thought long and hard about the link to Big John, really difficult, a haunting song with good lyrics and catchy tune. Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, why Big John was enigmatic and a brave hero, the lyrics of Ring of Fire are heroic, and Johnny Cash gives me the tenuous link "john".

@Djladylexie
Bad to the Bone. Coz is also bout bein a bad boy!

And da winner ... as chosen by ... @bvfeyj (Tucker) is ....... @maggietkat's entry no 1 - Sixteen Tons!

The song: Sixteen Tons

The year: 1955 (original 1946)

The artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford

Well done Maggie, woz brilliant linky! Please keep playin pals, is so much fun when there dus be lots of entries ;).

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 noon (GMT) Sunday 10 July 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!