We convened at Jez’s place as Mrs Jez was away with the twins. Jez chose the topic and opened it up by allowing the originals of well-known covers to be played as well. Roger was unable to attend hed just got a new job, re-organising the work force of a major insurance company (“Everyone scowls at him as he enters the office”). A week later, floods hit Britain and an estimated 2.5 Billion pounds of insurance claims come in……he’s been a bit busy..<\/p>\n
Breaking with the convention of a track each in turn, we were invited to play a half hour set. This allowed for the quick ditching of tracks that werent going down too well (“Song sung blue” in my case) and the ability to slip in ones you’d forgotten about that came up in the course of the conversation (Half man half biscuits ‘Song to the siren’ for example…”The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the Pope…”).<\/p>\n
I was really chuft that Simon brought along The Killers version of ‘Ruby dont take your love to town’ that I’d spotted it at his place during our 1st ever meeting and had been wanting to hear it since. My own personnel favourite however was a version of ‘Some candy talking’ by Richard Hawley. I’d never realised how good the lyrics were before and those lush strings – just wonderful!<\/p>\n
We all had enough in reserve for at least another meeting on this topic, probably two or three.<\/p>\n
Simon<\/strong> Jez<\/strong> John<\/strong> Reprise <\/strong> … and a good night was had by all!<\/p>\n Bob the Chiropodist<\/p>\n
\n Ena Baga<\/a> – Do you know the way to San Jose<\/a>?
\n Swimmer 1<\/a> – Cloudbusting<\/a>
\n Sandie Shaw<\/a> – Hand in glove<\/a>
\n Thea Gilmore<\/a> – I’m not down<\/a>
\n Editors<\/a> – Orange crush<\/a>
\n Siouxsie & the Banshees<\/a> – Dear Prudence<\/a>
\n Boy kill boy<\/a> – it’s different for girls<\/a>
\n Killers<\/a> – Ruby, don’t take your love to town<\/a>
\n Oyster band<\/a> – Love vigilante<\/a>
\nOyster band – I fought the law<\/a>
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\nBob<\/strong>
\n Altered Images<\/a>– Song sung blue
\n Balanescu Quartet<\/a> – Autobahn<\/a>
\n Schneider TM<\/a> – The Light 3000<\/a>
\n Sugar Billy<\/a> – Super duper love<\/a>
\n Nicolas Cage<\/a> – Love me<\/a>
\n Ramones<\/a> – I don’t wanna grow up<\/a>
\n Half Man Half Biscuit<\/a> – Song to the siren<\/a>
\n Willie Nelson <\/a>(with Ryan Adams & The Cardinals) – Songbird<\/a>
\n Herman’s Hermits<\/a> – Dandy<\/a>
\n Stephen James & Luke Scott<\/a> – We all make the flowers grow<\/a><\/p>\n
\n The Young Knives<\/a> – Kids in America<\/a>
\n Sinergy<\/a> – Hanging on the telephone<\/a>
\n Anthrax<\/a> – Got the time<\/a>
\n The Dickies<\/a> – Eve of destruction<\/a>
\n Graveworm<\/a> – Losing my religion<\/a>
\n Hayseed Dixie <\/a>– Ace of Spades<\/a>
\n Richard Cheese <\/a>(with Lounge Against the Machine) – Creep<\/a>
\n Paul Anka<\/a> – Smells like teen spirit<\/a>
\n Aimee Mann<\/a> – Nobody does it better<\/a>
\n Green Jelly<\/a> – Anarchy in the uk<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Beastie Boys<\/a> – Start<\/a>
\n Wedding Present<\/a> – Falling<\/a>
\n Franz Ferdinand<\/a> – What u waiting 4?<\/a>
\n Richard Hawley<\/a> – Some candy talking<\/a>
\n Sisters of Mercy<\/a> – Gimme Shelter<\/a>
\n REM<\/a> – There she goes again<\/a>
\n Propaganda<\/a> – Sorry for laughing<\/a>
\nWedding Present – Pleasant valley Sunday<\/a>
\nIan McCulloch – Jealous guy<\/a>
\nThe Breeders – Happiness is a warm gun<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Ted Chippington<\/a> – The Wanderer <\/a>(Bob)
\n Leonard Teale<\/a> – Stairway to heaven<\/a> (Simon)
\nBlur – Maggie May<\/a> (Jez)
\nGarbage – The butterfly collector<\/a> (John)<\/p>\n