Lexie's Chain: The Two Hundred and Seventy Fourth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 274of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Sonic wiv Daft Punk and Derezzed. Let's see wot we gots dis week:

@wotterface
Last week's winner was Sonic with Daft Punk's Derezzed. In the video the Daft Punk men play on an arcade game and it immediately bought this track to mind, talking about mid 90's computer gaming. It's DJ Yoda featuring Scroobius Pip with Sega RIP.

@maggietkat
Well done Sonic with Derezzed from Tron:Legacy.  Olivia Wild was one of the stars in the movie and she was Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on "House". soundtracks on House were amazing, so I decided to pick one of the tunes, Taj Mahal playing "Honky Tonk Women".

@skye613
Sonic won with Daft Punk last week and they always make me think of Kraftwerk. Why I hear you ask? No idea they just do! Daft Punk was formed by 2 frenchmen who met in school. Kraftwerk was formed by 2 Germans who met in school! And I love this live (????) version. BOL

@claptonterrier
Hello Miss Lexie…last week Mr Sonic won with a song called Derezzed….we have absolutely no idea what that word means….so this week our link is to another nonsense word song..Bang a Boomerang by Abba.

@terenceterrier
Larst week our little pals Sonic n Spike winned wiv “Derezzed” by Daft Punk. I fink most punks were daft wiv their safety pins n fings n daft hairdos. Da only punk I remembas be Johnny Rotten although now cos he be getting on a bit he reverts to real name John Lydon. He took part in series 3 of “I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here” wot woz winned by Kerry McFadden who woz a singer in Atomic Kitten. Since derezzed means summat being destroyed I fort I pick an AK track wot be abowt summat being there forever n I gives yoo “Eternal Flame” as my linky.

@diamondbertie
Last week @sonikbt won with Daft Punks Derezzed, an very atmospheric choice, I listened to it many times as I did not know it, it has a SiFi feel about it, each time my mind swings to Zager and Evans'  In The Year 2525 The predictions are depressing and humanity seems to be rushing headlong towards it.

@cloonfourmegan
Last week Sonik won wiv Daft Punk. This is the daftest Punk song we noes and we luffs it!

@djladylexie
Daft Punk's last album was Random Access Memories. I am going to randomly access my memory (do you see what I did there) and access something daft (again, with the seeing what I did there). Well, one very famous but not always well know guest appearance on their album is Paul Williams who sings Touch. So my linky does be Rainbow Connection written by Paul and sung by Kermit the Frog, which is silly, because we all know that frogs can't sing, right? Well, actually they CAN.

An da winner as chosened by Sonic dus be ................................. @wotterface witv DJ Yoda featuring Scroobius Pip with Sega RIP ..... oooooo ..... again! Well done me pal is your turn next week!

Ere wot Sonic said: Thanks for the links.  Here goes my attempt at chosin! There was an eclectic mix of links this week from the very clever Link 8 with a singing frog, the brilliant Kraftwerk in Link 3 and the draft punk in Link 7. However there could only be one winning link this week, Link 1 by DJ Yoda, because it features me - Sonic!

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 8th May 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 Thirty Fourth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 234 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Wyn (@wotterface) wiv Run Boy Run from Woodkid. Let's see wot we got dis time:

@diamondbertie
Last week @wotterface won with Run Boy Run by wood kid I really struggled with this one but have to give it a go, I'm using running as the link, my choice is the theme music from the film Chariots of Fire.

@terenceterrier
larst week da winnin linky woz Run Boy Run by Woodkid . Weird. Really weird.  Anyhows I had to vestigate . Seems dis Woodkid chappie became moozishun cos he woz given ukulele by Ritchie Havens. RH became faymuss afta doing opening stint at 1969 Woodstock festival ( see dat ties da wood bit in nicely). So I takes a lookysee at weva any of our favrit bands were there. Yep ! The Who. So I gives yoo dem perform My Generation  at dat very furst Woodstock.

@skye613
This is only the second time I have heard Woodkid. And I like him very much. In the vid for my link Drake - Take Care - you can see the early influence he developed in the vid for " Run Boy Run" . This video was done in 2012. The themes of darkness, animals and hope abound in his direction of these videos.

@bunnersandharvs
Well dis week's linky is Run Boy Run wot Wotterface did win last week. We did think that wos a good songy and it did make us think that when you runs you gets stronger so we going simples dis week wid Kelly Clarkson's 'Stonger' cos not only dus  it be a supa songy when you running it a makes you feel good too.

@djladylexie
Me really like Woodkid fanx for introducin me to im. I has absolutely no reason to this but for some reason it reminds me of Bronski Beat an Smalltown Boy. Running away .. you can never really run away from your life, it goes wiv you wherever you go.

@sonikebt
Loved @wotterface song Run Boy Run by Woodkid last week.  Well if the boy did run he would be a "Real Gone Kid" Deacon Blue. Woohoowoohoo.

@maggietkat
Well done with Run by Snow Patrol. I figured that if you run, you can roam where you want to. By the B52's.

So the winner, as chosen by Wyn ..................................................... dus be ................................Skye! (@skye613). Yay well done me pal. You choosin next week Skye!

Ere wot Wyn said: This week I decided I'd pick a song I'd never heard before but then all the links were songs I'd heard already! What are the chances?! So instead I've chosen the song I was least likely to choose but surprised myself, especially as I didn't know Woodkid directed the video and it makes me listen to the song completely differently watching the video. This week's winner is link 3! 

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 26th July 2015 (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 Twenty Ninth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 229 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Sonic wiv New Radicals an You Get What You Give. Let's see what we got dis week:

@maggietkat

Loved the New Rascals tune! The lyrics speak to "the music in me". A ground breaking Coca Cola commercial introduced us to sharing music, the music of love within me. The New Seekers recorded a full length version. My chain is "I'd like to teach the world to sing". 

@diamondbertie

Last weeks winner was @sonikebt who chose You Get What You Give by New Radicals

My mind immediately came to Justin Timberlake with What Goes Around Comes Around.

@wotterface

Last week's winner was Sonic with The New Radicals and You Get What You Give. This track was a massive one hit wonder so we've gone down the 90's nostalgia route and chosen another massive one hit wonder form the 90's. Blind Melon and No Rain with the famous bumblebee girl...

@terenceterrier

Little pal Sonic winned da chainy wiv da linky “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals. Corse as everyfur noes dis be one of da fings wot Karma be abowt. So my linky dis week be “Instant Karma” by John Lennon.

@bunnersandharvs

So we so happy fur @sonikebt's win last week wid New Radicals, You Get What You Give. Dis songy made us think if we gave love we would get love so we going wid dat theme and using da Beatles All You Need Is Love. Yep, is true, everybody sing...daadadeedaada. 

@djladylexie

I'm gonna be a bit radical here (ha!) an go wiv free radicals and atoms … one could say I'm startin a chain reaction! So I gives you Chain Reaction from Diana Ross! 

@claptonterrier

Hello Miss Lexie…last week Mr Sonic chose a song by the New Radicals…well this week we have decided to link to some other radicals (see what I did there?)….a very controversial theory indeed is the theory about the creation of the universe….in the mid-20th century, British astrophysicists, including Stephen Hawking turned their attention to the theory of relativity and its implications regarding our notions of time. According to their calculations, time and space had a finite beginning that corresponded to the origin of matter and energy…..wow….this is now known as the Big Bang Theory…so our link this week is the Bare Naked Ladies and the theme tune to the TV series Big Bang Theory…

An the winner as chosen by ........................ Sonic  .......................... dus be ..........  no no no no!!! Wot goin on! Is me again sorry pals! Oh dear dad not gonna be appy ;).

Ere wot Sonic said:  Well done to everyone for great links this week. It was very difficult to chose a winner. We have chosen linky 6 coz we like a bit of radical thinking and this choice did make us laugh. It did also make the typist nostalgic remembering dancing to this at the disco when she was young!

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 June 2015 (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 Twenty Seventh Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 227 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Maggie wiv After you Get What You Want by Marilyn Monroe. Let's see wot appened this week!

@claptonterrier
Last week Maggie chose a song which featured in a film starring Marilyn Monroe….a recent music vide featured its singer dressed as  both Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy. It centres on the theme of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The introduction features the classic rendition "Happy Birthday Mr. President" as performed by Marilyn ….and so this week our link is “National Anthem” by Lana Del Ray.

@bunnersandharvs
Well dat Maggie did have a great linky last week with da songy 'After You Get What You Want' by Marilyn and you knows we thorts about how sum peoples int neva satisfied and dey orbsessed with getting stuff, den not bothered afta dey gets it and den wants more. Soooooooo, it gots us thinking abowt Mordonna. Cos she says she is a 'Material Girl' and well she dus seem to collect men den afta a while gets rid of dem. Oh and she dus also seem to be a smiiiidddge into Marilyn too. So dat why we going wid her songy fur dis week's linky oh and it fun to dance to, too. Have fun choooosing Maggie.

@skye613
Maggie did win with a great show tune by Irving Berlin. The train of thought is you may not want what you're wishing for, but Janis wasn't on board that came train. Oh Lord!

@wotterface
Simple this week. From one song about disappointment to another. Adele's Rolling in the Deep. "We could have had it all..." Cor, she's got a pair of lungs on her!

 @terenceterrier
Da winnin linky from pal Maggie larst week woz “After You Get What You Want You Don’t Want It” singed by Marilyn Munro. Da name put on her birf certificate woz Norma Jeane Mortenso. She is da Norma Jean to in da lyriks of da songy  by Sir Elton John “Candle In The Wind” wot be a tribute to her life n wot be my linky dis week.

 @borderpup
Well, how to make a linky from Marilyn's song! As it came from 'There's No Business Like Show Business', we decided to go with Ethel Merman who used to belt out the title song  and was a huge Broadway star - in fact, 'Hello Dolly' was written for her. So Broadway is our link and a hugely popular show in modern times is 'The Lion King'. Here is the song 'Circle of Life' from the film version:

@sonikeBT
Well done @maggiekat for winning with "After you get what you want you don't want it". This is a song about a man who has a roving eye and cheats on Marilyn. Our link this week is about a man who regrets cheating on his girlfriend, "Always the last to know" by Del Amitri. (Reports of us watching the video (ok Justin Currie) over & over again to research link are true. Living the dream!).
 

@diamondbertie
Well here goes, last week @maggietkat wine with Marilyn Monroe singing After You Get What You Want, she was a famous "sex bomb". Got me thinking of another "sex bomb". Eartha Kitt and she singing I'm Just an Old Fashioned Girl the songs were so typical of these ladies.

@djladylexie
Is true after you get what you want, you don't want it. But there are times when you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might get what you need! The Rolling Stones told me that so that's my linky!

An the winner as chosen by ........................ Maggie .......................... dus be ......................... oh noes!!! Not again! Is me! Pffffttttt. Well I dus be in Ibeefa (for real) and so I can get dad to dus it! Yay!

Ere wot Maggie said: OMC, so difficult to chose! I love every chain, so many of my favorites and new ones to learn. For some reason I woke up with the Rolling Stones "You can't always get what you want" on my mind. I couldn't believe it when that song was a chain! By pure coincidence I have to pick The Stones.

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 June 2015 (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 Twenty Sixth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 226 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was me wiv Mrs Robinson from Simon and Garfunkel. Let's see wot we dus gotted dis week!

@kelsoterrier
*Scratches head* *Scratches nether regions* Stops scratching fir a minit to think of a link. Hmm, Mrs Robinson. Well, ok, this song was written for the famous cult film "The Graduate". When you graduate you usually do this at a ceremony where you get your degree certificate. So we've got a cult film and a ceremony. Eureka! The Cult had a fabby album called Ceremony! So for my link this week I'm going to choose my favorite song from that album what be Wild Hearted Son. 

@wotterface
So well done Lex on picking last week's winner of Simon and Barfunkel with Mrs Robinson. It just so happens I read an interview with Mr Barfunkel this week where he said some not very nice things about Mr Simon and basically said they will never perform together again (he doesn't seem a very nice person at all, unfortunately) .

This got me thinking and researching bands where the band mates don't like each other. I could have gone with an Oasis track as they're well known for fighting, as were The Police.

But in honour of the man who would fall out with himself if he was the only person in the room, I've chosen Guns n Roses with Paradise City. Please Mr Axl, calm down.

@terenceterrier
So yoo winned AGIN ! Dis time wiv Mrs Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel. Dis songy woz from the film The Graduate wot starred Dustin Hoffman. Da next film wot he starred in woz Midnight Cowboy. So my linky I chooses da feem toon from dis wot be Everybody's Talking by Harry Nilsso.

@sonikebt

Lexie won last week with "Mrs Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel. Paul Simon's 1986 album was called "Graceland" which was also Elvis' home. Elvis had a hit with "Hound Dog" and we know that everyone loves a hound especially Kate Bush with our link this week "Hounds of Love.

 

@skye613

Nice win Lexie. Love the tune that come out in 1968 on the Bookends album. Was a very good year 1968. Taking a trip down memory lane I realized Ben could be saying to Mrs. Robinson "If morning's echo says we've sinned, well, it was what I wanted now."

@bunnersandharvs

Well so here we goes wid anuther linky and one dat being all about luving someone wot is older dan you or affurs and well dis gots us thinking dat it all just keerazy dat luv thing and dat gots us thinking bowt da songy by Elvis called 'Crazy Little Think Called Love'. So dat our linky dis week cos nun of it eva makes sense to us. Good luck wid chosin da chainy, Lexie's Dad. Happy week evapawdy. xx

 

@maggietkat
Well done Lexi with Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson. The last verse talks about Joltin' Joe, Joe DiMaggio who played shortstop for the New York Yankees. In 1954 Joe married Marilyn Monroe but the marriage lasted less than a year. A 1954 movie There's No Business Like Show Business starred Marilyn (and Ethyl Merman, David O'Connor). One of the songs is "After You Get What You Want". I remembered that the affair between Mrs. Robinson and Benjamin had it's ups and downs. So I think that anticipation and desire aren't always successful, otherwise known as "after you get what you want you don't want it".

An the winner as chosen by ........................ ma dad .......................... dus be ......................... Maggie! Yay. Well done me pal. Is you choosin next week.

Ere wot Dad said: Great links again. I though the Cult and Guns n Roses links were very good, funny. However, I think the idea of getting what you want then not wanting it any more is spot on. I'm going with Marilyn Monroe link. Well done.

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 June 2015 (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 Tenth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 210 of #lexieschain. Last week the winner was Kelso wiv Dead or Alive and You Spin Me Right Round Baby. Let's see wot appened this week.

@borderpup
When we fink of Dead or Alive, the first fing that springs to mind is how - um - different singer Pete Burns looks these days! So we did go for plastic surgery as our linky and here is a video of Dolly (in the early days if hers) and Kenny (before he looked so surprised).
KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON - ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - HQ Audio: 

@terenceterrier
Larst week da winning linky woz “You spin me right round (like a record)” by Dead or Alive. Corse back in da Wild West days “Wanted – Dead or Alive” woz wot dey put on da posters of da baddies. So for my linky I looked for a cowboy song and it be “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” by The Chipmunks,

@diamondbertie
Last weeks winner was the very clever @kelsoterrier, with Dead or Alive by You Spin Me Round. I have to choose for my link Everybody's Talking from Midnight Cowboy by Harry Nilsson.

@wotterface
We confess, we found it mega hard this week. So here's a convoluted way to use a track we really like. Dead or Alive was synth pop so we originally was going to choose Yomanda with Synth and Strings as our track but the video is so bloody awful we just couldn't do it. So...Synth and Strings is on Mom's running playlist as it's very motivational. The track we've chosen is also in Mom's running playlist and we love the video...Kosheen and Hungry.

@djladylexie
Records spin, plates spin, wheels spin but did you know that people spin and I don't mean round in a circle. People spin words and they is called Spin Doctors. Spin Doctors elp politicians . One of the most famous spin doctors was Sir Bernard Ingham who worked for Margaret Fatcher. A great opponent of Fatcher was Ken Livingstone who was Leader of the GLC. Fatcher got rid of 'Red Ken' and abolished the GLC using spin doctor Ingham to change the public view of Ken. So our linky dus be spin doctors, politics and the GLC. Ere be Kate Bush wiv Ken! 

@maggietkat
Well done with Dead or Alive. When "you spin me around" I get dizzy. So, I went with Dizzy Gillespie with the most amazing trumpeter cheeks! This is "Love for Sale" just in time for Valentines Day.

@skye613

And around and around we go! Dead or Alive's " You Spin Me Round ( Like a Record ) " Well wheels are round like records. They spin on lots of surfaces. The #1 record for spinning classes in 2013 was " Wake Me Up ". Makes you peddle very fast I'm told. Hard to reach the peddles for me. 

@claptonterrier
Mr Kelso chose a song called You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record) Baby….so our link this week is to that record doing the spinning….we could have gone with “Spin the Black Circle” by Pear Jam or “Big 10 Inch Record” by Aerosmith or maybe even “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry ….but we have chosen Miss Corinne Bailey Rae singing “Put Your Records On”!…it is Sunday after all….

An the winner as chosen by @kelsoterrier dus be ..... oh gawd *holds head in paws* wot! Is me again!  Pffttt. Dad ain't gonna be appy! 

Ere wot me Kelso said:  Ello there, this week I chose link 5 coz I did learn something from it and learning is good so I'm told! I hope it's not your link Lexie, BOL!

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 8th February 2015 (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 Eighth Chain

Hello pals. Welcome to week 208 of #lexieschain. Last week  the winner was Kelso wiv Orange Juice and Rip It Up. Let's see wot appened this week.

@diamondbertie

So clever @kelsoterrier won with Rip It Up by Orange Juice, my choice has the same title but it's by Little Richard, it sort of sprang to my mind.

+Terence Terrier
It woz difficult for me to do da chainy dis week cos I neva heard of da group Orange Juice or da songy “Rip it up”. Afta trudgin to da library n doin hours n hours of dedicated research I discovers dey come from Glasgow area. If yoo squeezes an orange yoo gets orange juice but if yoo chops up n cooks an orange yoo gets marmalade. The Marmalade also comes from da Glasgow area. So for my linky dis week I chooses their hit single “Relections of my Life”.

@borderpup
We decided to fink about other bands with fruit in their names for our linky, and what could be better than anuvver citrus fruit?! Here are The Lemonheads. And not just because mum used to fancy Evan Dando. Oh no ;). The Lemonheads "Into Your Arms".

@wotterface
So last weeks winner was Orange Juice with Rip It Up. Edwyn Collins was in Orange Juice before going solo. Now Edwyn Collins got very poorly in 2005 and had a cerebral hemorrhage but despite suffering ongoing issues from this, he has carried on making music. So this got us thinking about artists who are sick but carry on. We know that Lady Gaga threw up on stage and carried in performing straight away so we chose Lady Gaga as our link. But we couldn't decide which track we liked best to pick. Then we found she had covered this song and, as the video features lots of cuddling, we chose it. After all, when you're poorly, you just want a cuddle. 

@djladylexie
Orange Juice is a drink made of oranges. Some people refer to it as OJ. One of the most famous OJ's is O J Simpson who dun a murder (allegedly). Before all that murder malarky he was a famous American football player. Football is a game played with a ball. British people call football 'football'. One such football player is John Barnes. He played for Liverpool and Watford and Newcastle United. He also played for England. The link ere is football so we is goin wiv a song wot he sung an rapped on wot is World In Motion by New Order which is about world cup fing or summat. We hates football. 

+De Cunningham
What a great new group and song this weeks winner is. Orange Juice is a great way to start your day. I always like cranberries and a good cup of coffee. Start your day with "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'.

@claptonterrier
Orange Juice actually recorded an album called Rip It Up and that a lady called Louise Waddle was credited with doing “handclapping” on it. That made us think about other famous songs featuring clapping. Mr John Mellencamp recorded a song called Jack & Dianne and he clapped along with his vocal in order to keep his singing in rhythm. When he listened back to the song he liked the clapping so much that he decided to keep it, so that is our choice this week.

An the winner as chosen by @kelsoterrier dus be ....... @djladylexie oh ... that is me! heehee .... Guess is me dad again wot be choosin next week.

Ere wot Kelso said: I choose link 5 this week coz it made me laugh so much, even if it is England Football song and I'm not the biggest En-ger-land fan in the world.  The author of link 2 should get points deducted (if this is even possible) for suggesting to a judge from Dundee (the home of marmalade!) that it originates from near Glasgow!!! :-O How very dare you, BOL!

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 1st February 2015 (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 Seventh Chain

Hello pals or hola amigos as we will be sayin when we in Beefa! Welcome to week 207 of #lexieschain. Last week  the winner was Wyn wiv Always from Erasure. Let's see wot appened this week.

@borderpup
To link from Always by Erasure, we carried on the Vince Clarke feem, and before Erasure he was half of Yazoo wiv Alison Moyet. She went solo after Yazoo split up and as mum isn't ready to leave the 80s synthpop just yet, we have chosen I Go Weak -Alison Moyet. Can't find video so found this one which is very weird! Sorry!

@smcheetham

So last week our chain champion won again well done Wyn. I am afraid I just shamelessly use the chain to link to my favourite songs and I have done this again this week. I have used the word Always to link to You Were Always on my Mind which must be the best song ever about not making enough effort in a relationship. Anyway I like it and there is a link so hear you go You Were Always on my Mind by Elvis Presley. have a good weekend all.

@kelsoterrier
I see last week’s winning link was Erasure with Always. Always infers something will last forever whereas the band’s name infers this isn’t necessarily the case because things can be erased. Erasure are well known as being a synthpop band so I am going to link to a song that also incorporates a synthesiser to create a more disco-oriented sound. What song you ask? Well, why erase when you can rip it up and start again? My link is Orange Juice with Rip It Up.

@terenceterrier
Last week da winnin linky woz da songy “Always” by Erasure . An erasure iz posh name for a rubber wot yoo use to remove mistakes if yoo writted on paper wiv a pencil . *paws froo contents of box of cherished 33 rpm albums* My linky dis week coming from da LP by The Beatles wot be called “Rubber Soul”. I chooses da track “In My Life” cos it be one of my favorits.

@diamondbertie
Great that Erasure won last week with always, a lovely song my choice has to be Baby it's Cold Outside who to choose for the artist, so many choices Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Idina Menzel or Rod Stewart, hmmm. Well I have to choose Tom Jones version alway had a bit of a soft spot for the Welsh Wizard.

@maggietkat
Well done with the Vince Clarke tune! Checking back, he was also in the band Yazoo which was known in the US as Yaz. The name change happened due to copyright issues with a record label. Yazoo Records was formed to preserve American heritage music. One of the artists on the label is the Memphis Jug Band, performing a song by Gus Cannon (band member), "Walk Right In".

 

@djladylexie
Last week was Erasure wiv Always. Always is a very popular title for songs you know! We dus know cos we found out from Wikipiki the font of all knowledge. Then we wondered what is the opposite of always … well we fink is never! So ere we dus av Never Say Never from Basement Jaxx. Sorry about the bottom!

@skye613
So to start this search I wondered what is Always? Something that goes on forever, or happens all the time. Yes Those are correct. This also happens always ... Every week "Manic Monday".

@bunnersandharvs
What a super dups linky by Wotter last week with Erasure's Always. You is on a anudder roll it seems, pal. We wos thinking about da songy by Erasure and it made us think if you erased you may also feel invisible so dat is why we has Chosen Invisible by Skylar Grey. She says wot eva she tries to do she always invisible. Awww Good luck choosing da link dis week pal.

@claptonterrier
Last week Miss Wyn won with a song by Erasure. This put is in mind of a great song by Erasure called A Little Respect. Our favourite version of this song was a cover version by Wheatus and that gives us a perfect excuse to select the Wheatus song “Teenage Dirtbag” as our link this week…

An the winner as chosen by @wotterface .... dus be ....... @kelsoterrier! Yay well done me pal first one of 2015 under your belt or should I say medallion Kelos heehee. You be choosin next week.

Ere wot Wyn said: We genuinely couldn't decide this week so we had to narrow it down to a couple, write them on paper, throw them in the air and catch one...Orange Juice and Rip It Up. So congrats whoever that was! So many good links this week. Loving the dance and synth pop, the jug music and the various classics. Please don't make it so hard again! We really laughed at the Erasure/eraser confusion. 

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 25th January 2015 (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!