Lexie's Chain: The Ninety-Fourth Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to Week 94 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to Patch to choose. Last time was Eric Clapton and Layla. Let's see wot happened this week!

@diamondbertie
Last weeks' winner was Layla by Eric Clapton. I choose Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley, Why? Eric Clapton also sang I Shot the Sherif which was a Bob Marley Song. Also I like Buffalo Soldier, sad and tuneful.

@djladylexie
Okies Eric Clapton san da song Layla wot was alledgely about Patti Boyd. Annuva song wot he dun which she inspired was Bell Bottom Blues. Bell bottoms was trousers wot was very flared at da bottom an was very popliar wiv hippies an dat. Dis got me finkin bowt songs abowt trousers --- an what better linky dan Madness's Baggy Trouser!

@terenceterrier
The winning linky to follow on from iz “Layla” by Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton woz in the group Cream and becos it iz Halloween dis week I choose their track “Strange Brew” as my linky.

@bunnersandharvs
So well dun to you Patch for da winning da linky in last week's song Layla by Eric Clapton. We has thorted bout dis and decided to go wif da simple link of da songy Layla to 'Lola' by da kinks *L*O*L*A*. Why, well erm cause we dEy both starts w L and well we was stuck and thort wot dA hell...BOL! 

@bvfeyj
Okay... Eric Clapton is da only dude to be inducted to da Rock and Roll Hall ob Fame 1... 2... 3 times! and he hab played wif eberyone and his brofur in one ob his many bands or as a guest or in tribute concerts or charity somefings so it got me finking... is dere someone dat Clapton hab NOT played wif? To be sure me decided me hab to find somebody who neber played blues, rock, reggae, and/or maybe somebody who was dead before Clapton started to play. Me did come up wif Enrico Caruso! 

@marleyterrier
I was reading a little bit bout Eric Clapton and i did see that Layla was inspired by his un-re-kwited love for Patti Boyd. Their story did ave a apply ending (sort of) cos they did eventually get married…and like a trio moosician Eric did ave to get married at a stop on his tour in Tuscon, Arizona. So, we has looked for songs bout Arizona and the one we do like is The Painted Desert by 10,000 Maniacs…this song do say in it ""In a Flagstaff trailer court, you wrote the line/He kicked a tumbleweed and his mother called him home/Where the Arizona moon met the Arizona sun." Dat be my link this week….

@kelsoterrier
You gotta love the Clapton and Layla is such a great song! Layla is a song about unrequited love and, as we all know, Eric was also in a band called Cream. So this week for my link I am going to choose another epic song about unrequited love by a band named after a foodstuff...my choice? Black by Pearl Jam of course. Pearl Jam being named after the jam made by one of the band members Aunty Pearl.

@wonderwinger
Congratulations to the fabulous feline, Patch for winning last week's chainy giving us Layla by Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton did a cover of Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff in 1974 which helped to bring Bob to the attention of the world. My linky is the song of the millennium according to a vote by the BBC: One Love/People Get Ready by Bob Marley

@rettetkaninchen
Eric Clapton is an extremely great guitar player. Another amazing guitar heroine is Tracy Chapman. Saw her a several times live on stage and she rocked da house. But that's not the only thing both have in common: they both also relased a song called "Crossroads". So my suggestion for this week is Tracy Chapman's Crossroads.

An the winner dis week .... as chosen by @patchdacat  ..... dus be  ........ @kelsoterrier wiv Pearl Jam an Black.A great linky. Yay! Well done ma pal.  

Now is time 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 and dat means you, Kelso! 

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 4 November 2012. Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title!  

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 Ninety-Third Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to Week 92 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to Briar to choose. Last time was Dire Straits wiv Sultans of Swing. Let's see wot happened this week!

@terenceterrier
Last week’s Tucker’s winning linky was a collaboration wiv Dire Straights & Eric Clapton who performed “Sultans of Swing” at the Nelson Mandela 70th birfday concert. In da lyriks there iz the line “You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords” So I looks for annuver collaboration wiv Eric Clapton and finds one for a tribute concert for a geetar playin George at the 2002 Concert for George. The linky be “While my guitar gently weeps”. George Harrison wrote the songy & it originally appeared on The Beatles White Album & Eric Clapton played lead guitar on the original recording.

@patchdacat
The winning linky last week “Sultans of Swing” was by Dire Straits & Eric Clapton. In the lyrics there is a reference to Guitar George. Eric Clapton was close friends with George Harrison & fancied George’s wife Pattie Boyd but she told him to get lost at first. This prompted Eric to write songs for the album “Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs” for his band at that time Derek & the Dominos. “Layla” was inspired by a classical Persian poem and there used to be Sultans in that part of the world which links back to previous songy. Eric Clapton has performed an accoustic rendition of Layla on stage with Mike Kopfler who was in Dire Straits. I prefer this live solo. Any old excuse to have an Eric Clapton linky I say.

@diamondbertie
I have a song in my head which I cannot remember the name or anything so here is my 2nd choice, Born Free sung by Matt Munro, it keeps the African theme and the words are all about freedom as well.

@bunnersandharvs

Well we says we is so happy dat Tucker did win da lexieschain last week! It was a supa linky and got us to thinking bowt dem Dire Straits and who else dey sanged wid and one of dem hoomans wot dey did sing and play wif was Eric Clapton. So our linky follers along wif Eric Clapton. So den guess who else Eric did sing wid? You gots it, George Harrison. And well den guess wot else, uhm Eric did also run, run, run away wif George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd too (opa and well uh oh). Anyway, our linky dis week is wif da George Harrison and one of his songs 'Give me Love. Whoshty we is egghausted to but dat is da end of dat one.

@djladylexie
Ok … dire straits –annuva song they dun was money for nothing wiv sting. He dus sing the line I want my MTV wot is to the molody of Don't Stand So Close To Me. So I chooses Police wiv Don’t' Stand So Close To Me.

@wonderwinger
Congratulations Tucker on winning last week's chainy giving us the super-dupa Dire Straits and Sultans of Swing. My link this week will be Private Dancer by Tina Turner. Why? Well, this song was written by Mark Knopfler and was originally meant for a Dire Straits album.åç Also, Tina Turner did a duet with Eric Clapton in 1987 called Tearing us Apart.

@rosieterrier
Well done Mr Tucker-you has a cleva musical mind. Dis week I look at "be quiet mum", sorry-I look at Eric Clapton -he be furry brother of Marley and Lola "what, mum? Wrong Clapton! Yikes". Okays, hmmmm, I see Eric Clapton -the world famous musician-as well as duetting with Dire Straits has duetted with Bob Dylan on many songs. He sang 'Knockin' on Heaven's door' this was written by Dylan and also sung by Bob Dylan in a duet with Van Morrison. Well I dus love Van Morrison so dis week I choose for my linky 'Someone Like You' to warm your hearts.

@marleyterrier
Tucker has chosen Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits….and we did see that the riggeenall version of dat song was made at place called Pathways Studio in Lundon. Lots of famuss people was makin records there cloodin Madness, Elvis Costello, The Police, Squeeze an Haircut One Hundred. We also did read that Pathway is called the 'delivery room' at the birth of British punk - it was here that The Damned record their debut single 'New Rose' in September 1976, produced by Nick Lowe. So our link this week duss be (I love the Sound of) Breaking Glass by Nick Lowe….

@borderpup
Dis week we has to do linky from 'Sultans of Swing'. Well, according to my *ahem* 'research', we do see that the master track for this song was used on the video game ‘Guitar Hero 5’. So, what over songs have been used in video games, we did wonder. Our choice is ‘That’s Life’ by Frank Sinatra, which was used in ‘Tony Hawks’ Underground 2’.

An the winner dis week .... as chosen by @bvfeyj Tucker  ..... dus be  ........ @patchdacat wiv annuva great linky. Yay! Well done ma pal.  Tucker said: Though it was a tuff desision me decides dat we hab not yet had enuff Eric Clapton and does choose dat linky #2. Guitar George may not wanna make it cry or sing, but guitar Eric do boaf! It does not get better than Eric Clapton and electric version ob Layla! Acoustic version is good but it almost like a different song and it does not hab dat same screaming intensity. So dere ya go! 

Now is time 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 and dat means you, Patch! 

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 28 October 2012. Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title!  

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 Ninety-Second Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to Week 92 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to Briar to choose. Last time was Squeeze wiv Tempted. Let's see wot happened this week!

@marleyterrier
I see Briar did be chosen Tempted by Squeeze larst week and the full line of the chorus is "tempted by the fruit of another"….so we has set our minds to wot sort of musical froot we mite be tempted by…..Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock?….no…..Rasberry Beret by Prince?….no….U2's Lemon?…..no…i fink we will ave to settle for wotchin to KT Tunstall's Black Horse under its Cherry Tree.

@terenceterrier
Chainy needed to follow from “Tempted” by Squeeze. Need to fink hard cos everyfur gettin too cleva by half at dis game. Temptation iz da Devil’s work (allegedly) so my linky for dis week do be “Devil Woman” by Cliff Richard from 1976 which iz bowt the time Squeeze came to prominence in da UK (akordin to sources more cleva than me)
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@patchdacat
While I was pondering on last week’s linky “Tempted” the phrase “lead us not into temptation” from The Lord’s Prayer flitted into my furry head. So moving on from that I choose “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison as my linky this week.

@bvfeyj
We hab brilliant linky from Briar wif “Tempted” by band called Squeeze. Since me did not know dem me did look up and found to me amazement dat dey comes from place called Deptford in SE London, which also where da band Dire Straits did start out around da same time. So me does choose song by Dire Straits set in dat same locale “way on down south in London town” which also was dere first hit record in boaf UK & US. It one ob mom’s faborite songs so she picked dis one, but me did pick da version wif Eric Clapton performed at da Nelson Mandela 70th birfday tribute concert cuz it was da best libe version me found (and dat eben link back to da Specials wif dere anti-apartheid song named for Nelson Mandela!) So wifout further ado here be Dire Straits wif Eric Clapton performing “Sultans of Swing”!

@rosieterrier
Wow Briar you do be on a brilliant winning streak. Dis week I do look at the links between Squeeze and Mr Elvis Costello. Elvis Costello did co-produce the Squeeze album East Side Story and sing backing vocals on 'Tempted'. This song is about being unfaithful, either from the perspective of the person who cheated or the person who was cheated on. My linky is 'High Fidelity' by Elvis Costello. This song relates to a man who wishes to be faithful to one woman who won't be with him. (I think so anyway--hooman emotions being so weird n all-and me just a straightforward doggie!)

@borderpup
Last week was the wonderful Squeeze, one of mum's fave bands, wiv Tempted. Squeeze had hits wiv different singers, and Paul Carrack sang lead on Tempted. He has had a long career boaf solo and wiv bands. One very famous band he was in was the 'supergroup' Mike & the Mechanics, where he sang lead on their biggest hits. There were many very talented members of the band, and one of the original members, the late Paul Young sang lead on 'A Beggar on a Beach of Gold', and this is the song we choose for our linky.

@bunnersandharvs
Well dun to da Briar wot be so cleva AGAIN w da choicy of Tempted *claps paws*! So and cause dese paws dus rilly dus like Elvis Costello wot produced da songy last week we is going w one of his oldy but goodies 'I want you'. Why? Cause da songy last week was called 'Tempted' and if you dus be tempted you must be wanting sumfink pretty much likes we dus wen we is thinking bowt snorsages...

@djladylexie
Tempted by the fruit of another …. that is a line from Tempted wot Briar done from Squeeze. Hmmm so temptation is da feme and erm …. Fruit! A song about fruit and temptation. Ok well here goes. On da album called the Red Shoes, Kate Bush does be tempted by the bootiful red shoes wot will make her dance and dance. So that she can rid herself of the curse of the red shoes, she finds out that she must sing and sing and eat the music! A line from dat song is split him open, like a pomegranit! So is ma song for dis week Eat The Music – Kate Bush.

An the winner dis week .... as chosen by @wonderwinger  ..... dus be  ........ Tucker @bvfeyj annuva great linky. Yay! Well done ma pal. 

Now is time 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 and dat means you, Tucker! 

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 21 October 2012. Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title!  

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 Ninety-First Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to Week 91 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to Kelso to choose. Last time was The Specials wiv Message To You Rudy. Let's see wot happened this week!

@rettetkaninchen
Red Red Wine by Tony Tribe. Why? "Rudy, A Message to You" is a song of David Livingston and covered by The Specials. Livingston is not just a musician but a producer and he worked together with Tony Tribe for "Red Red Wine", another lovely reggae influenced song. 

@djladylexie
The Specials also did a song called Nelson Mandela wot is a song calling for da release of Nelson Mandela and their anti-apartheid message to da world. Ma song I be choosin dus be Biko by Peter Gabriel wot also wrote a song about another anti-apartheid activist, Steven Biko, who died from beatins and torture whilst under interrogation . So dat ma linky. Biko – Peter Gabriel.

@bunnersandharvs
So den first of all, we says was very well dun on winning da Lexie's chain last week Kelso! Now den, we dercided to lets our paws do da tapping and dey said 'whop bop a loo bop a ding dang dong!' So's we said why nots go wif an oldie buts a goodie, Little Richard's Tutti Frutti. Why? Cause he's talking bout Rudy's Frutti wot be a tutti so we fort we'd go wif it cause last week dey was talking bout messages to sum udder Rudy wot be a tooody! 

@bvfeyj
Ok, follow dis train ob fot as we go right off da rails... Kelso did hab bery cleber linky Message to You Rudy by The Specials. Dis same year dey did Live: Too Much Too Young. Dere record company was Chrysalis Records which was also da record company ob Jethro Tull who did a song called Too Old to Rock and Roll and Too Young to Die, which me did fink ob. So me did decide we go wif Jethro Tull but we choose anuvver ob dey songs “Heavy Horses” cuz we likes it! 

@terenceterrier
My linky this week is “Bright Eyes” from Watership Down film in memory of my pal Jake who went OTRB yesterday which I hopes pals will listen to. I iz too sad at moment to play chainy & find a linky to previous song.

@diamondbertie
Here is my entry for the next link in the chain.Last week was the Specials - A Message to you Rudy my choice is Bob Marley - Three Little Birds. Why? they are both of a similar foot tapping beat.

@rosieterrier
Good choice-good linky-the Specials. Well I was spoilt for choice- I thought the Coventry connection with Hazel O'Conner and 'Eighth Day' or even the youthful Vince Hill with 'Edelweiss'. But no for anonymous reasons I have finally chosen Adele 'Hometown'. *wipes slow wet tear sliding down furry face*.

@wonderwinger
Well done Kelso on last weeks win giving us A Message to you, Rudi by The Specials. Playing trombone was Rico Rodriguez he had also played on the Dandy Livingston original, later he would also collaborate with Jools Holland in his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Jools Holland was one if the founding members of Squeeze. Squeeze's first success in America came with my linky, Tempted, a song produced by Elvis Costello who also produced The Specials - A Message to you Rudi. 

 

An the winner dis week .... as chosen by @kelsoterrier  ..... dus be  ........ @wonderwinger wiv Tempted by Squeeze - annuva great linky Briar. Yay! Well done ma pal. 

Now is time 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 and dat means Briar!

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 14 October 2012 (NOTE IMPAWTANT IMPAWTANT NOTE  I won't be able to dus it til Monday coz of bein in Scotland). Oh sometimes I dus accidentally delete em! Heehee. So good idea to type DO NOT DELETE in the title!  

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!