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

Hello pals. Welcome to week 256 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Wyn wiv Nathaniel Raetliff and S.O.B. Let's see what we got for the final chainy of 2015:

@sonikebt
Last week's great winning link from @wotterface was Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats with S.O.B. - a song about struggling with alcohol. Our link this week is about struggling to find love - "Stone Cold Sober" by Del Amitri.

@diamondbertie
Here we are the last chain for 2015  and we all say goodbye to a year with its ups and downs it's tears and laughter. @wotterface won with Nathaniel Rateliffe and the night sweats with S O B. My choice for for the last days of of 2015 is Days by Kirsty Maccoll

@skye613
ohhh the last chainy for 2015! Nathaniel Rateliff is a blues, gospel ,soul ,southern rocker, quite the combo of sound. And the vid for this winning tune appears to be set in a prison. Another southern blues rocking band is Alabama Shakes & they want no fighting at that prison or at the end of our year! Looking forward to the chain in 2016. Thanks to Lexie & Mom for all their hard work.

@claptonterrier
last week was a song by Mr Rateliff and the Night Sweats…it must be furry hot to be sweating in the night….in fact almost 100 degrees we think….so our choice is 96 Degrees in the Shade by Third World…not quite 100 degrees but close…

@cloonfourmegan
Well done Wynter for winning last week with Nathaniel and the Sweats! It has been quite sweaty in this warm December but not as sweaty as the Caribbean where mum once enjoyed dancing to this tune

@bunnersandharvs
So here's to another cleva linky and a big well dun to you Wyn...So we been listening to dat songy and we keeps thinking about a songy called 'Save Me' wot be sung by Aimee Mann. We int sure if it is abowt love or saving hoomans from demselves but we thort dat guy singing about drankin, needed saving.  Happy choosin, Wyn and Happy New Year to all our pals.

@terenceterrier
Larst week Wynn gived uz da winnin linky  “S.O.B.” by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. I tell ya pals if I dussnt win dis week I gonna sob. I gonna whimper n howl. I gonna cry lots. So my linky in antisipawshun be “Crying”. Da original woz by Roy Orbinson but I find dis super vershun by Roy Orbinson wiv K D Lang wot I gives yoo as my linky.

@djladylexie
I never heard this song before but is about drinking your life away after a breakup. So dis week I gonna go wiv There's A Tear In My Beer. What I hear you say? Well, alcohol and break ups seem to create sad songs. So here we have a performer who struggled (and lost) is battle wiv alcohol and sung about a break up wiv alcohol in the lyrics! Who dat? Well it is Hank William of course. As an homage to Hank I have chosen TheThe's version of Tear In My Beer from their album Hanky Panky, dedicated to the country singer.

An da winner as choosed by Wyn ............ dus be ...................................... Megan! Yay well done me pal! You be choosin the first chainy of 2016!!

Ere wot Wyn said: First of all of like to say Merry Crispmouse and a Happy Pig's Ear to all my fellow chainers and a great big thanks to you for doing the chain for another year. 

There were lots of sad songs this week to choose from, my own fault really for choosing a song about break ups and drinking but I decided we can't end the year on a sad so my choice this week is link number 5 because it made Mom laugh out loud as it bought back memories of being at Jerry's Rollerdrome in her teenage years, skating round and falling over. What a saddo! 

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 3rd January 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 Fifty Fifth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 255 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Clapton wiv Praise You from Fat Bot Slim. Let's see what we got dis week (the penultimate chainy of 2015!):

@terenceterrier
Larst week little Clapton winned wiv “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim.  Hiz real name iz Norman Cook n he used to play in The Housemartins.  Dey had a hit wiv “Caravan of Love” wot woz numba 1 in da charts dis very week back in 1986 . It woz a capella songy.  Da first one to go to numba 1 woz “Only You” by “The Flying Pickets” n dis be my chosen linky.

@kelsoterrier
Ok, I see that last week's winner was Clapton with Fatboy Slim's Praise You. I also see Mr Norman Cook was in the news this week coz his Bride Mrs Zoe Ball did snog someone else :-O From researching Mr. Cook I also see his real name is Quentin which is almost as posh as Elton John's real name wot be Reginald! As well as being posh both Norman and Elton have invested lots of money into their favourite footie teams (Brighton & Hove Albion & Watford respectively). Since Zoe should have been kissing her Groom rather than some boyband member this made me think of the excellent Elton song Kiss The Bride which is my link this week. Which would have been a much less tenuous link if it was Norman who was doing the kissing ;-)

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Clapton with Fatboy Slim's Praise You. Praising is a big part of gospel music and this week a new gospel type song has been a massive earworm in our house.  So, I'm passing this earworm on to you all as our choice for this week's chain. Be warned, it's catchy. It's Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats with S.O.B.

@djladylexie
Fat Boy Slim, Praise You. Well as we all know Fatboy Slim's real name dus be Norman Cook and is well known as a famus DJ which is actually what he is. DJ's play music at nightclubs, parties and weddings. White weddings are where the bride where's a white dress to her wedding. A white wedding seemed to annoy Billy Idol quite a bit so I'm goin wiv White Wedding Billy Idol.

@maggietkat
Well done Clapton with praise you. The title reminds me of this time of year and memories of Christmas past. Mum says that she has a German lineage, and one of her favorite memories is a song, silent night. Her cousin performed in German, and the memory of his baritone voice drifting across the worshippers still brings a chill. Here is the Dresden boys choir singing Stille Nacht.

@cloonfourmegan
Well done to Clapton for winning with FatBoy Slim Praise You. FatBoy Slim aka Norman Cook is married to Zoe Ball who was on Strictly Come Dancing and this weekend is the Strictly final so as big fans we pick the Strictly theme tune complete with dance actions for Mr C to try out!

@skye613
Our pal Clapton's linky had Fatboy Slim saying " Praise You" . Hallelujah , ma friends,  How about some " Respect" too?

@bunnersandharvs
Well dun to dat Clapton fur his winning linky Praise You last week. We wos thinking bout how Fatty Boy says he dus praise hur and celebrates hur and just wants to be together... Soooooo we thorts about dat and how it gonna be Christmas dis week and akshully all we wants at Christmas is to be wid da ones dey luvs which is why our linky is All I Want Fur Trissymoose Is You' by Mariah Carey. Have fun choooosin dis week my pal and we hopes dat everyone's Christmas is merry and bright.

@diamondbertie
Clapton Terrier won last week with Fat Boy Slim singing Praise You, in the spirit of the season I spontaneously of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handels oratorio Messiah

@sonikebt
@claptonterrier won the chain last week with Praise You by Fatboy Slim who is aka Norman Cook. Norman was famously in The Housemartins who had their only No 1 single with "Caravan of Love". Now surprisingly this is not the only song about caravans and our link this week is "Spanish Caravan" by The Doors. Happy Christmas everyone.

An da winner as choosed by Clapton ............ dus be ...................................... Wyn! Yay well done me pal! You dus be choosin the final chainy!

Ere wot Clapton said: *wrestles with ear worm*…well…hello Miss Lexie…i see that our friends have been up to some very fine and inventive linking this week and have made life very difficult for this poor judge…who has been starving all week..ahem…*checks post box one last time*….but we have finally made our choice…it is very nice to be able to enjoy some music we have not heard before and so this week we are choosing link no.3  by Nathaniel Rateliff…..something of the Christmas “spirit” about this one….woof…

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 27th 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 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!