Ha Ha me old jimminy firkin crickety type blokey thingy's. How the devil are you. Another week closer to the Karaoke Party of the year on New Years Eve and still no idea's what the Fancy Dress theme will end up being in the Hotel this year. It seems from a bit of jiggery pokery from our underground sources that the choice may be narrowed down to one of two. First candidate seems to be a beach party them. Now me Andy and Shaun being blokes, are all quite up for this. Not because we would get to see loads of scantily clad bar staff/punters etc, but for more practical reasons, such as it gets bloody hot in the Hotel when its busy so shorts and a t-shirt would be very cooling! The other choice appears to be Doctors & Nurses, which seems to be lacking momentum at the moment, luckily! So anyone with fresh ideas feel free to post them in the comments box........all will be appreciated and passed on to the relevant authorities!
It was another week full of wannabe cowboys again this week, with the country bumpkin singers appearing to turn up now on Thursday's rather than Tuesday's. Now I'm all for a bit of 'alternative music' but when the same song is sang week after week it does grate a bit on the old noggin' and it does all sound the same to my ears, but each to their own I suppose, just as long as MarkyG doesn't turn back up again I'm not really bothered what gets sang ( For those who don't know MarkyG is the resident Tuesday night knob who does his very best to murder anything he sings, which he does with ease, while thinking he is the most entertaining person on the planet. To be fair he is about as entertaining as a dose of crabs!In fact if you ever have the misfortune of hearing him sing you'll wish you had them.... Or earplugs anyway!!!)
So the pub was quite busy again this week, and we were all entertained this week by a new guy who looked like a cross between Hitler and the keyboard player out of 80's super group The Sparks. Well it may of actually been him, because he never actually sang in the band, and I he sounded like this guy did, I see why. He was one of those guy's who could note hit a note or sing even Happy Birthday in tune if his life depended on it. But does anyone tell them.....no way why ruin everyones night by stopping the no hoper's from singing! It gives us all something to laugh about on the way home. But it does seem our little corner of the globe has more than it's fair share of 'bad singers' so for all of you planning to visit us for a night of fun, be prepared to bring some earplugs just in case.
So yet again this week I have a little list of funnies to share with you. May not be to everyones taste, but I only sang three songs this week, so this is all just fill! So anyway back to the list. This weeks little laugh lines are all about 20 Ways you know your getting old!
1. Your Houseplants are all alive, and you can't smoke any of them!
2. Having sex in a single bed is out of the question!
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00am is when you get up, not when you get in!
5. Jeans and a jumper no longer qualify as 'dressed up'
6. You're the one calling the police because the kids next door won't turn down their stereo!
7. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you!
8. You don't know what time the local dodgy kebab shop open/shuts at anymore!
9. Your car insurance go down and your car payments go up!
10. You feed your dog a proper diet instead of McDonald leftovers.
11. Sleeping on the settee makes your back hurt!
12. You take naps!
13. Dinner and a movie is the whole night out, not just the start of it!
14. Eating a curry at 3am would severely upset, rather than settle your stomach!
15. You got to the chemist for Ibuprofen and Antacid's rather than condoms and pregnancy test kits
16. A £1.99 bottle of wine is no longer 'pretty good shit'
17. You actually eat breakfast at breakfast time!
18. You drink at home to save money before going out to a pub!
19. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never drinking that much again"
20. 90% of the time you spend in front of the computer is for real work!!!!
There you are folks, hope it gave you a few little giggles. So on to tonight's short and sweet song list. Tonight's little ditty's were 1. The Reflex by Duran Duran 2. Message In A Bottle by The Police and 3. Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger.
The Reflex by Duran Duran link to video
The Reflex is the eleventh single by 80's Super group, Duran Duran, and their most successful, reaching number 1 in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the third and last to be taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, released in 1984. At first, this song seems to have a very deep concept, but really the band just recorded it over a couple of bottles of wine. Simon Le Bon himself said he has no clue what it means! The remixes for both the 7" and 12" singles were done by Nile Rodgers, of Chic fame. It was his first work with the band, and he would later go on to produce The Wild Boys single as well as the album Notorious in 1986. The video for was shot during the Sing Blue Silver tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada in 1984. Director Russell Mulcahy filmed some of the closeup footage in the indoor arena that afternoon, and the rest was filmed live during that evening's concert. The video accurately portrays Duran Duran's tour performance style. However, in keeping with the band's insistence that their videos "never be ordinary", the video screen above the stage displayed bits of naked models wearing collars and chains illuminated with black light, occasionally interrupted by computerized video white noise. At one point, a waterfall appears to pour out of the video screen above the stage to soak the audience. The computer graphics used to achieve this were cutting edge at the time, but rapid advancement in the field quickly made the effect look dated. Mulcahy found it challenging to edit the video to match the jumpy fast-and-slow edits in the Nile Rodgers remix of the single. For the instrumental break in the middle of the song, he had to do some video scratching with Simon Le Bon's silhouette. This was one of the best video's of it's time and is still well worth a look today, despite the effects looking very dated, but we all loved it in the 80's didn't we! on the night rating 9/10
Message In A Bottle by The Police link to video
Message in a Bottle is an absolute classic track by The Police and was taken from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc, roughly translated as White Reggae. The single was The Police's first number one hit in the United Kingdom, but only reached number 74 in the United States. This song is about a guy stranded on a remote island. One day he finds a bottle, puts a message in it and throws it out to sea in hopes that someone will find it and come save him. The lyrics can be seen as a metaphor for being lonely and realizing there are lots of people just like you. Later on, he sees "a hundred billion bottles" on the shore, finding out that there are more people like him out there.
Message in a Bottle may also be understood to be deal with isolation and loneliness caused by the loss of a loved one ("love can break your heart"): he seeks help but gets no reply, then realises that there are many more people out there like him, suggesting that everyone has to deal with loss and loneliness as part of the human experience. The island and the bottle are metaphors. By reaching out, the protagonist discovers he is not alone, and that other people share his feelings of alienation.
Sting wrote this on the back of a bus with a tape recorder that had a drum machine installed into it. Sting said of the track " I think the lyrics are subtle and well crafted enough to hit people on a different level from something you just sing along to. It's quite a cleverly put together metaphor. It develops and has an artistic shape to it." Guitarist Andy Summers said it was the best track he ever played on. And if you fancy having a blast at the great guitar riff on the track, then look no further than buying yourself a copy of Guitar Hero 2 for the PS2 (Or the X-Box if your a loser!) and you can strum away at it to your heart's content. Yes folks this has been another tedious link to a track off my latest game fad! Even the wife is good at playing this one, although she does play on the easy level where you only have to contend with three frets on the guitar! on the night rating 8/10
Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger link to video
Well Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band to give them their full title. Yet again I bring a song that nobody has heard of in the pub which I cannot believe they haven't heard. They all seem to know this Travis Tritt or Trent Tomlinson or Dave Dudley (Notice a pattern here!) or whatever his from the country scene, but come out with a song from one of the biggest artist's on the planet and it a blank expression from everyone! So for the uninitiated here is a little history of the man himself.
Robert Clark Seger is a singer, songwriter, and musician from Michigan. After years of local Detroit-area success, recording and performing in the mid-1960s, Seger achieved superstar status by the mid-1970s and continuing through the 1980s with the Silver Bullet Band. A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger was first inspired by Little Richard and Elvis Presley. He wrote and recorded songs that dealt with the working man. Seger has recorded many rock and roll hits, including Night Moves, We've Got Tonight, Like a Rock, and his iconic signature song Old Time Rock and Roll, named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001. He also co-wrote the Eagles number one hit "Heartache Tonight." Though his last top 40 hit charted in 1991, Seger continues to perform and record today. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. This song was released in 1978 and tells the story on a country boy being taken to L.A. by a beautiful woman and being shown the fantastic way of life and how different it is to his humble background. When she dumps him he is left feeling like he could never go back to how his life was before even though he knows he has too. Like so many big name American stars like Seger, a lot of his music has been used in films down the years. Seger had music in the Tom Cruise film Risky Business and the Eddie Murphy blockbuster Beverley Hill's Cop 2, both films Hollywood and L.A. based, you see a theme is arising again! Shakedown was to become his only number one single to date, and although he has not released a single since that track, he is still recording new material and touring today. This is a song I have wanted to sing for a long time now, and after finally getting around to it, it went down not to badly, even though it was not the most well known of songs. For those of you who get to listen to Radio Two (Showing my age now!), you should of heard it before, as it seems to be played on there and on Planet Rock (That's more like it!) regularly. Ah well your classic rock edufication will have to continue another week folks. on the night rating 7/10
So there we have it folks another week over with and another successful week of karaoke me thinks. Three tracks tonight that I have wanted to sing for some time now, so to finally be able to do them was great. It was a much better week this week, even though we only got three tracks in, mainly because for some unknown reason the pub was giving away FREE MAGNERS!!! Now not to be one to shy away from these types of gimmicks I openly obliged in drinking the said free beers without any complaining about the price! All in all a good night, I mean any night with free Magners being handed out by young maidens in tight fitting tops is OK by me! Captain Jack is not one to complain!
Next week will also see the 1000th song of the year being sang on a Thursday night. We are hoping to do a Captain Jack and Shaunio special to mark the event, but who knows who will get the coveted 1000 spot! Well as long as its not country I'll be happy! Now you know I always like to give you little treats once in a while, and this week I have a brilliant one. Be warned this will get in your head and drive you nut's. The song is all the rage at the moment, and for those of you who don't know it is being championed by Radio One DJ Scott Mills at the moment. It has already gone into the charts at number 27, and with a big push it could find its way into the top ten. If it does it will be the shortest recorded to reach the top spot in the history of music at just 37 seconds long! Its called The Ladies Bra Song and is by Johnny Trunk.....until net time folks enjoy!!
" If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now, quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers! "
Homer J Simpson
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