Lexie's Chain: The Hundred and Ninety First Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to week 191 of #lexieschain. So last time was @terenceterrier wiv I Am The Starlight from Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Let  see what we gots dis week:

@maggietkat
Well done Terence with Sir Andrew's "I am the Starlight". The song deals with self realization and striving for the best through adversity. The song that reminds me of finding one's strength is "I am woman" sung by Helen Reddy.

@smcheetham
So last week there was lots of reference to starlight in the winning song. We thought about songs with starlight in the lyrics. One that popped into the mind was "starlight starbright" which are lyrics from Joni Mitchell This Flight Tonight and once we thought of that we didn't need to go any further as its a beautiful song so that's our chain link this week This Flight Tonight by Joni Mitchell.

@wonderwinger
Well done to the super terrier @terenceterrier who won last week with "Starlight" from the musical Starlight Express. The lyrics from Starlight Express were written by Richard Stilgoe. Richard Stilgoe is renowned for being able to make up songs very quickly about anything from Packed lunches to double chemistry with Mr Barkfield. I best remember him making a song about all the items on the Saturday Swapshop board. In the early eighties he was all the quizmaster of a children programme called Finders Keepers which was based on a game of battleships. My linky shall be the song Finders Keepers by the indie rock back You Me at Six. (I would like to apologise in advance as the video uses "Your" when they really mean "you're").

@freddie_bt
Da only Andrew Lloyd Webber we know is Jesus Christ Superstar but we av listened to lots of Julian Lloyd Webber, researchin we learnt dat Julian's Godfather wuz Herbert Howells whose music we luvs. Howells composed beautiful religious music n our linky is his deeply personal n wonderfully tranquil Requiem, dis wuz composed not fer Jesus but fer his young son. It is vewy moving. Howells Requiem aeternam II).

@claptonterrier
Hi Miss Lexie…last week, Miss Skye chose a song from Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber. He also famously wrote Phantom of the Opera so this week I have been thinking about songs about ghosts….The Police had an album called Ghosts in the Machine…and from the album we have chosen the song Spirits in the Material World…

@bunnersandharvs
Well dat Terence had a great linky last week about dem stars and dat songy Starlight Express so a big well done to you. So we did get thinking that da stars wos getting all da hoot-nanny about dem and it made us think about da moon. We figured dat da moon sumtimes gets jealous so we going wid a grand songy by Mark Lemhouse called 'Jealous Moon'. Enjoy choosin & tappin dem paws Terence.

@dljadylexie
Well as we all dus know Starlight Express dus be abowty trains. Well trains dus go back and forth taking people all over da place. When you is waitin for a train it seems to take a long time to come. Sometimes you be waitin to go to work or to go to a show like Starlight Express and sometimes you dus be waitin to meet someone who is comin to you or bringins you somfink wot is gonna change your life. So we dus be choosin The Train Is Coming from da pawsome Ken Boothe!

@WOtterface
Well, *clears throat* STARLIGHT EXPRESS, YOU MUST CONFESS ARE YOU REAL, YES OR NO?!?! We love Starlight Express! We did some research and looked at famous people who had been in Starlight Express and Danny John Jules popped up. We found he's been in a Wham video too but don't like Wham. He was also in The GreatMuppet Caper so we chose a Muppet song. Sung by Gonzo and also performed at Jim Henson's funeral. We bring you "I'm going to go back there someday" *passes tissues*.

@cathykeisha
I was looking at the chain & wanna pick Chris Bell’s I Am the Cosmos cos that immediately popped into my head not that they sounds alike or anything. The only connection would be star light and cosmos are both light yrs from us in outer space.

@skye613
Congrats to Terence! This week I went back & listened to the whole sound track of Starlight Express. As the feeble brain cells started to click I heard " One Rock N' Roll To Many" . To which I replied " Never" !! My choice this week " Too Old To Rock'N'Roll To Young To Die " Rock on Lexieschain!

So da winner as decided by @terenceterrier is  .......... @Wotterface  Wyn   .... wiv Muppets and I'm Going Back There Some Day.  Yay! Well done ma pal. You dus be choosin next week.

I forgot to sended two of em to Terence, well three actually so he had to have a rethink. But ere wot Terence said bowty it:  I gonna go wiv da Muppett linky dat be number 8 I fink. Gonzo singing “ I’m going to go back there some day”

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 5th October 2014 (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 Hundred and Ninetieth Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to week 190 of #lexieschain. Remember mum dus be in Ibeefa right now so service be slightly erratic and a bit late at times ;). So last time was @skye613 wiv There Is A Light That Never Goes Out from The Smifs! Let  see what we gots dis week:

@parkerskat
Well Done Skye with There is a light that never goes out. Johnnie Marr played a Rickenbacker guitar and said that George Harrison and James Honeyman-Scott were among his influences. I went on a search for Rickenbacker guitarists.

There are so many great guys that it was hard to choose. I finally narrowed it to Steven Van Zandt with the E Street Band. Here is Bruce Springsteen and band playing "Thunder Road".





@maggietkat
Well done Skye!!!!! Love the Smiths. I got thinking about the lyrics about crashing in vehicles which is my link. That reminded me of a song Mom likes to croak out when she is nostalgic. So, from 1964 here is J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers with their one hit wonder, "Last Kiss". Pearl Jam also recorded this some and I love the warble in Eddie Vender's voice, but I prefer the simplicity and innocence in J Frank Wilson's version.

@freddit_bt
Morrisey genius, icon, narcissist but incweasinly da latter. Sewiously who insists deir autobiography be published as a Penguin Classic to rub shoulders wiv Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Homer. More gweat Manchester bands followed da Smiths includin da Stone Roses who also acquired legendary status n acclaim n rightly so “The Stone Roses” mebbe da best LP ever released. John Squire’s guitar borrows fwom Marr n Ian Brown’s frontman wuz vewy Morrisey. Our linky “I Wanna be Adored” has Reni, Mani, Squire n Brown all on top form n cud av been written by Morrisey our favwite narcissist in lighter mood.

@terenceterrier
Larst week da winning linky woz The Smiths wiv “There Is a Light that Never Goes Out” . Light dat neva goes out comes from a star. So dis week I haz “ I Am The Starlight” from da Andrew Lloyd Webber show Starlight Express.

@claptonterrier
Hi Miss Lexie….last week Miss Skye won with “There is a Light that Never Goes Out”….that sort of light will shine forever…you might say that it is eternal….and so my choice this week is KLF with “3am eternal”…





@djladylexie
Morissey all round miserable misery guts wrote a song called Heaven Knows I´m Miserable Now. Just in case we didn´t know! Well a band that suffered terribly from angst, misery and general torment,, yet their named denotes the opposite, dus be Joy Division. So our link dus be Joy Division and Love Will Tear Us Apart.

So da winner as decided by @skye613 is  .......... @terenceterrier wiv .................. I Am The Starlight from Andrew Lloyd Webber from da great moosical Starlight Express . Yay! Well done Tel ma pal. You dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Skye said bowty it: So many great links! I have always loved " Last Kiss" and Joy Division & the Boss but I am a huge sucker for Andrew Lloyd Webber so my choice this week is # 4. Thanks to Lexie & her Mom for all their hard work. Love #Lexieschain

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 September 2014 (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 Hundred and Eighty Ninth Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to week 189 of #lexieschain. Oh, an remember mum dus be in Ibeefa right now so service be slightly erratic and a bit late at times ;). So last time was @claptonterrier wiv Ray of Light from Madge. So let's see wots we gots dis week:

@skye613
Welcome back Mr. Clapton and great tune to link to this week. My choice then is " There is a Light That Never Goes out" And why you ask did I chose this ? A ray can be described as a line with a starting point & no end. And light on a ray will never go out! BOL.

@smcheetham
Morning sorry missed last week well done Clapton with a winning link featuring Madonna. Madonna of course collaborated with Nile Rogers as both a writer and producer and thinking about that took us in an easy bound to Chic who have been playing all the festivals this summer. Here is an early video of them from 1977 playing Everybody Dance and when they do play this everybody does dance. Have a good week all.

@freddie_bt
Deres lots of difwent Rays, X-, Sting, Charles n of course da gweat Ray Illingworth but our favwite Ray is of da Davies variety. One of his most atmospheric songs captures dat particular beauty of fadin sunlight over da Thames n da crowds ignorin it's beauty n each other. Ere's da Kinks wiv a luvly arrangement of Waterloo Sunset fwom 1973.

@terenceterrier
Last week da moosik mistro Clapton winned wiv Madge n “Ray of Light” as his linky. Well everyfur knoes dat yoo gets rays of light from da sun so my linky be an oldie but a goodie “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles.

@diamondbertie

Clever @claptonterrier won with Ray of Light by Madonna. My choice has to be Ray Charles (Ray being the link) with his song Hit The Road Jack.

@wotterface
So, last week was Madonna with Ray of Light. Madonna worked with producer William Orbit a lot around this time. Planets orbit in space and David Bowie did a lot of stuff about space. David Bowie also started in the 80's film Labyrinth and our favourite bit from that is when Sarah meets the Fireys in the forest. So our pick this week is "Chilly Down" from Labyrinth. (Listen out for Danny John Jules doing vocals).

@maggietkat
Well done with the Madonna song. Madonna has transformed herself again and again during her career. Her role as Eva in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita was incredible. My link is Sir Andrew's musicals, specifically Sunset Boulevard and the song "As if we never said goodbye".

@bunnersandharvs

So we on to anuthur week fur Lexie's chainy and we so happy fur Clapton on his winnin linky last week 'Ray of Light' wot sung by Madonna. So whur dus we go frum here? Well, we thort if der wos rays of light, it must be bright which also means sumthing might be shining bright. And, did you know that Stars dus shine brightly? Well they dus and did you also know that Madonna been singing for ova 30 years? Well she has and so we figures that through dem Rays of Light she must also be counting her Lucky Stars! So our linky dis week is Madonna's 'Lucky Stars'. Good luck pal and we hopes TT has had a great ride too.

@djladylexie
Ere we goes then. Our songy dus be the ballad of pearl and john. Why? Well we gots Madonna wif Ray of Light. Madge recorded the song Ray of Light workin wiv english electronic producer and moosician William Orbit. Orbit went on to form the band Torch Song. A torch shines a beam of light too. Torches be pretty handy for seein fings. You can use torches underwater too when you go diving or snorkelling at night. A great place to dive or snorkel wiv a torch is in a lagoon. So we dus be choosing William Orbít's The Last Lagoon.

So da winner as decided by @claptonterrier is  .... @skye613 wiv There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smifs   .... Yay! Well done ma pal. You dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot CT said bowty it: We have been listening to all the choices this morning. There have been lots of clever linking and good choices this week but after long and careful deliberation we are selecting Linky No.1 as the winner - The Smiths and There is a Light that Never Goes Out. Its a jolly tune, with some slightly funny word which are both gloomy and optimistic in equal measure…anyhoo, we like the idea of a light that never goes out…brings hope to us all….(as long as it doesn’t interrupt valuable naps).

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 September 2014 (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 Hundred and Eighty Eighth Chain

Hello pals! Welcome to week 188 of #lexieschain. Oh, an remember mum dus be in Ibeefa rightnow so service may be slightly erratic ;). So last time was @wonderwinger wiv Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel. So let's see wots we gots dis week:

@claptonterrier
last week Lady Briar won with a song by Peter Gabriel…..we know that Mr Gabriel was once in a band called Genesis…..Genesis is the first book in The Bible…and the first words that God spoke in the Bible were “let there be light”…and so our link this week is “Ray of Light” by Madonna….*dancing paws*





@freddie_bt
We likes Peter Gabriel, da creative member of Genesis; a solo star; campaigner fer human rights; founder of WOMAD n dis year marks da 25th anniversary of his Real World Records. A commemorative box set of CDs is to be released n one of da songs is Kipenda Roho fwom da LP "Songs for the Poor Man" by Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila. Dad bawt dis in 89 n luvs it still, it is a gawjuss Tanzanian take on Congolese Soukous, fast Rumba based dance music full of effortlessly complex percussion topped by guitars dat jus sing da sweetest sound. Dr Remmy wuz luvd in Tanzania fer his music, his compassion n belief in human rights fer all, his funeral in 2010 wuz a national event. Our linky is dat song Kipenda Roho, its openin lines are: "What the heart loves the body follows, love has no sense of colour, love has no sense of race"

@maggietkat
Well done with Sledgehammer! The number featured The Memphis Horns who are the Stax records house band. The basis for that sound can be heard in a recording by Booker T. And the MGs. I have so many Booker T songs, but I had yo pick one, Groovin'.

@terenceterrier
Da winning linky larst week be Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel chosen by da supamodel Briar.
If da pawleece haz a sledgehammer dey will probs be knockin down doors wiv it to get in to houses wiv norty peeps inside. But cos Gabriel woz an angel we fink he would be knockin on a door to heaven. So my chosen linky be Knocking on Heavens Door by Bob Dylan. Dis vershun haz Mark Kopfler playing on it.





@wotterface
So, last weeks winner was Peter Gabriel with his amazing video for Sledgehammer. Peter Gabriel once did a song with The wonderful Kate Bush where they just cuddled for ages. Kate Bush did an ace song about us lot called Hounds of Love. A bunch of Northern lads called The Futureheads covered Hounds of Love in their own style and did a video with lots of dogs! So here's our chain the is week. The Futureheads and Hounds of Love...





@djladylexie
Okies. Peter Gabriel sang duet wiv Kate Bush called Dont Give Up. A certain person loves Kate Bush and has been to see her live in concert this week. So what else but honouring the awesomeness of kate wiv one of our favourites: Cloudbusting.

So da winner as decided by @wonderwinger is  .... @claptonterrier wiv Madonna and Ray of Light  .... Yay! Well done ma pal. You dus be choosin next week.

Ere wot Briar said bowty it: Although I likes the Gabriel Angel linky number 4, my selection is the biblical linky number 1. Take it away, Madge..  *twirls and does the "Shimmy Shoulders". 

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 September 2014 (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!