Thursday 28th February 2008

Hello again friends, and welcome to another edition of the most popular blog on the internet, and yet again here at Captain Jacks, we have endeavoured to bring you this weeks most entertaining little titbits to keep you amused for a few hours at least. So how has your week been? Good OK then, lets get on with this little (Yeah right its never little just lately!) blog.
So, as ever I am here to entertain, and as usual I have managed to come up yet again some new wonderful features to entertain you even more than I did before. Three brand new sections this week, all to replace Captain Jack Recommends, as to be honest, I’m not exactly sure you were taking my recommendation’s seriously enough!
So what have we got for you to replace that with then. Firstly is an interesting little section called meet the crew, which will become apparent later. Then of we have Captain Jacks Cocktails, a little visit to my very ample cocktail lounge to wet your whistle with a few little choice alcoholic temptation’s, and then me sampling them for you to let you know the effects!. Films that should be made is now to become a regular feature, and as we all know that part of the fun of going to the old drinking hole is about the old pub quiz, and I do feel I should tax your brains a little, so it doesn’t get frazzled with all the boobs, so our first new feature is spot the song. All will be revealed very soon.




All the regulars are here as well. Another classic track, another Hot Chick, a classic film quote, live is best goes back to the rock and good old Ronnie Wood has sent me another celebrity related Bull Plop story, and as Shaun appears to be off to war on Call Of Duty 4 just lately, Fifa 08 is now going to be replaced with It’s a funny old game, my funny football stories section, dedicated to the sport that makes us laugh, cry and then get an Italian in to mop up the mess!
Right lets crack on then lots to get through.





So here we go with our newest feature, and like I said we all like a bit of a pub quiz, so how do we incorporate this into my little blog? Well lets see if you can get your eyes around this in………….


Captain Jacks Every Picture Sings A Song


Right here we go then. The picture below is of a famous song that you may or may not know. Now as it’s the first I have made it quite easy to guess this week, but have no fear it will get much more tricky in the coming weeks. Now each week you will get 3 clues as to the title and artist, and at the end of the blog, I will put you out of your misery and let you know who our little piccy-ditty is by.






1. It was released in 1989 and got to number 2 in the charts.
2. The band were at the time the most famous people in Belgium.
3. It broke European House music into the Mainstream US charts.


So have you got it yet, I’m sure you have me old hearty maties out there. Now you can’t say I don’t challenge you as your reading this every week. Answer is found at the bottom of the blog, but don't go rushing there to read it now, there is much, much more fun to be had yet.





Classic Track # 6


Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 1975




A classic track now from the big daddies of rock themselves Led Zeppelin. Kashmir was taken from the bands 1975 album Physical Graffiti. It is highly regarded as Led Zeppelins finest moment, and has been one of the bands most successful songs, and all four members of the band have agreed it was their masterpiece.




Robert Plant has always said it is his favourite Led Zeppelin song, and described it as the definitive Zeppelin track. John Paul Jones described the song as showcasing all of the elements that made up Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page said it was his proudest moment when the track was released, and John Bonham described it as the ultimate track to play live.
Robert Plant wrote the lyrics in 1973 while driving through the Sahara Desert in Morocco. The song is centred around the main Jimmy Page guitar riff, which he had used for years as a tune up for his guitar whilst in the studio. John Bonham, the band legendary drummer, used one of the first phasing effects on his drumming ever used on a recorded track, and Robert Plant has said that its what he did on the track that makes it work.
The song brings together many of the musical influences Plant was listening to at the time, bringing together Moroccan and Middle Eastern music, with classical and distinctive patterns used in the song.
The song runs for over eight minutes long, and at the time of release, most radio stations would of normally frowned upon such a long track, but not with Kashmir, which was almost as long as the bands most famous track, Stairway To Heaven. Despite the popularity of the song it only managed to reach number 80 in the UK charts, but Led Zeppelin have only had three singles in the UK charts, and have always been regarded as a album based band, with eight number 1 albums to date.


The track has been played at every Led Zeppelin concert since it was released, and the live performance at the 1979 Knebworth concert is regarded as the finest live performance ever. It was also the opening track as the band reformed in 2007 to perform at the O2 arena in London.
When drummer John Bonham died in 1980 the band decided to disband, but in 1988 they reformed to play a Memorial gig with John’s son Jason on drums. The song has been re-recorded and sampled many times, with Page and Plant recording a version for their No Quarter album in 1994, and most famously sampled by Puff Daddy for the title track to the Godzilla film Come With Me, with Jimmy Page featuring in the video for the song.
The song has also been a huge influence on other musicians, with Roger Taylor from Queen stating that the track was a huge influence on their track Innuendo. As you will see from listening to it this is truly worthy of the classic track status it has now been given.

More from the classic track library next week for you to enjoy. Coming soon is our next new feature, but first is another rib tickling edition of...........

So this week for joke of the week it has evolved to jokes of the week for this week. So as not to be biased one way or the other, one is for the guys and one is for the girls, so you are getting a fair share of humour each this week gang.

So here we go for the guys:

An extremely sexy lady meets a guy in a bar, they get chatting and after a while they decide to leave together. They get back to the guys flat and, as he is showing her around, she notices in his bedroom there is shelf upon shelf of teddy bears, hundreds off them stacked from floor to ceiling, with the smallest stacked along the floor, and the huge daddy bears on the top shelf. Although being surprised and a touch curious, the lady decided not to mention it.
Well a night of passion ensues, and after they are lying there together the woman rolls over and asks smiling, “How was it?”
“Well” said the man, frowning “ You can have any prize from the bottom shelf!”

And for the girls:

A guy manages to get this hot chick back to his flat, and they are ripping each others clothes off, when she notices scars on his knees.
“What are they” she asked “Well when I was a boy I contracted Kneesles” “Don’t you mean Measles?” said the girl. “No kneesles” the guy insisted.
So they continue undressing each other when she notices he has crooked toes. “So what happened to your toes?” she asked “Well when I was a boy I contacted Toelio” the guy said. “Don’t you mean Polio!” said the girl “No, I got Toelio!” said the guy.
Bored with the denials, she ignores him and shrugs it off until the guy drops his pants. “Don’t tell me,” she laughs “Smallcox………”

And now ladies and gentlemen, here to present to you for the very first time is our latest and greatest new regular feature. As you will know Captain Jack is the place to read all about classic tracks, jokes , Hot Chicks and all that other entertaining stuff you all love to read, and do you think I manage to do all this on myown. of course not me hearties. Like every good pirate I have a crew, and our next section aims to bring them all to you in an attempt to let you all see just how far the power of Captain Jack is reaching, and the lengths some people will go to just to become one of...............

Captain Jacks Crew

So now me hearties, scrub off ye olds barnacles and prepare to kiss the gunners daughter, as I introduce ye all to my mighty crew aboard the good ship The Lusty Barnacle. Ahhhr noe drag o’er a barrel and I’ll tell ye the tale of Busty Betty Blackfellow, or as ye all know her in her daytime role “Shakira”
She can often be seen with her cat o’nines flapping around in the briney, with her cutlass in one hand and a jug of grog in the other, savvy?
She is renowned for her shakin’ of the booty and her howlin’ of the sea shanty, oft heard of a night around the dead mans chest, begad ye all!
When not shakin’ her booty she be found on the poop deck floggin some poor beggars Jolly Rodger! Shiver Me Timbers!
Thar she blows I’m a bit three sheets to the wind now, but ye be sure to come ye back to meet the next of my fearsome crew!

Blimey I'm spoiling you all now. Much better than that recommends rubbish! I stand by by principles you know, and if its not good its out, and replaced by three brand new sections, bit like at Morrisons, you know ditch one get three free! Anyway lets get jack on to solid ground and find out what my good friend Ronnie Wood has been up to this week in............

Captain Jacks Celebrity Bull Plop

With Guest Artist Ronnie Wood

Now folks its time for Ronnie to shed his brush over this weeks celebrity story, and what has he found for us this week, well he had to appear here one week, it’s Michael Jackson. Off the back of this weeks release of the anniversary edition of Thriller, the best selling album of all time, being released it has been revealed that Jackson has found his cash flow to be a little shall we say poor! His Neverland ranch is reportedly being put up for auction, and he is desperately trying to stop this from happening by taking out a huge loan to cover the money he owes the estates trustees. Bosses at Financial Title Company have announced the property will go up for auction on March 19th unless the troubled star can come up with the 12.2 million they claim he owes them.
Jackson vowed never to return to the estate, where he once had a zoo and amusement park, after it was ransacked by police during his trial for child molestation in 2004.
But he still does not want his former house and all the fixtures and fittings to go under the hammer. A family insider has stated that the auction will never happen, and that a deal will be struck before the auction date to resolve the problem.
As you can see from his picture, Ronnie has caught the superstar outside his house, with his close friend Bubbles, in his full glory. Oh Ronnie, what will you come up with next!

Now just before we get to the game of the week I have a special report I would like to bring to you attention folks. As some of you may know, this blog was started to run alongside my good friend Shaun’s weekly blog Into The Iunknown, which he started last year as the No 1 Karaoke Blog site, with the weekly song list of what was sang in the hotel during 2007. Well as Captain Jacks Tracks began to steamroller on toward becoming the juggernaut it is now, Shaun began to pursue other avenues to fill his cup.
Amongst his many other loves is Rave Music, you know the good old boom, boom, bang, bang stuff we all used to big box little box too at the local discotheque’s. He is an avid contributer on the Rave School forums, and recently won a competition with his own mix, which he worked long and hard upon, and to be fair, even though I’m not the biggest fan of Rave, it was very, very good.
Now the little rascal Shaun just happens to also be a computer whizz as well, although that does not make him a world class Fifa 08 player like me! Using his whizz kid skills, he has also developed the Rave School Generator, which was featured on the BBC Radio 6 website, it is really good fun to have a play with, and the fact at its height a few weeks ago it was receiving about 20,000 hit’s a day, success in itself, the top prize for Shaun is probably yet unrealised by the man himself.
So what is his unknown top prize. Well whilst researching for Captain Jacks Tracks, I do tend to use several websites for shall we say, the hottest chicks, and also to find you games of the week to play. Well while I was flicking onto one of my regular sites, Nuts, I was chuffed to see that’s good old Shaun’s Rave School Generator had made it to number 1 on their top web links chart, as my picture shows.

A prize worth having I am sure, and a prize Shaun was not expecting! So if you fancy a dabble on the old generator, click on my link to take you to The Rave School Generator, and lets see if we can keep him at number 1. Anyway once you have raved yourself silly on the rave generator, get ready to play on...........

Captain Jacks Five Minute Scive

Wacky Wordsearch

So after a little bit of back slapping there for my fellow blogger, its time to repay him with his favourite section, well that was until I added the new stuff, which I'm sure will now be added his favourite section, but then he may not like them, hang on this is for the public not just my PS3 buddy, although it is really just a chance to look at norks, which leads us very nicely into.......

Now we venture down the path of the Hot Chick, and this weeks little hottie is none other than our very own Danielle Lloyd. Danielle was born on 16th December 1983 in Liverpool, and is famous for being a lingerie and glamour model, or slapper, and former Miss England (2004) and Miss Great Britain (2006). But she shot to more infamous fame, after being made a scapegoat by big fat ugly Jade Goody on Celebrity Big Brother, after supposed racist comments about Bollywood actress Shilpa Poppadom, sorry Shilpa Shetty, Poppadom was what they called her when they were taking the piss!
Lloyd was born in Penny Lane, no seriously she was this is not just a plug to mention the Beatles. Her parents, Jackie and Arthur Lloyd, work as a bank manager and an engineer, meaning they are quite clever. At the age of 3 months, Lloyd contracted whooping cough, resulting in damage to her lungs. This led to her developing asthma, but in no way hindered the growth of her enormous norks.

She attended St Hilda's CoE High School for Girls. Lloyd was keen on sports as a child, and competed nationally for the Sports Acrobatics Liverpool Team at the Centre of Excellence. This was were she developed her love for tight fitting lingerie, swimwear, bikini’s and well almost anything that shows off her assets. Lloyd is also unfortunately a keen supporter of Liverpool FC, and has modeled for them on numerous occasions, and also once took the place of Peter Crouch on the bench, coming on to score a hat trick in the kop end. No Liverpool fans noticed the difference, well once you’ve seen a big tit they kind of blend into one!
At age 16 Lloyd began modelling, frequently entering competitions in and around Liverpool. Upon finishing school, she decided to pursue a dual career in modelling and as a beautician specialising in massage ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh yyyyyyyeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!!!! She is also a qualified nail technician, but who cares about that!
However, just as she was beginning her modelling career, Lloyd was brutally attacked by her boyfriend of the time. She was dragged from her moving car after an argument with him, suffering terrible abrasions and severe bruising to her body and losing most of her hair, the git!
This setback did not stop Danielle from her modelling dream, and she won Miss England in 2004, and then Miss Great Britain in 2006, where she then went on to represent us in Miss World. But never far from controversy, it was alleged she was having ‘relations’ with one of the shows judges Teddy Sheringham for more than two months before the Miss Great Britain show, and organisers also claimed she was to pose nude for Playboy magazine. Well she was involved with the Tedster, and was duly stripped of her title, as she stripped off for Playboy! Dirty Minx.
Despite this she won Britains Best Boobs in 2006, and Miss Maxim 2006, as her prized assets got the exposure they deserved. Academically Danielle left school with a total of 9 GCSE’s and she showed off all her brain’s when on a memorable appearance on BBC One's Test The Nation. When asked "Who was Winston Churchill - a rapper, US President, the PM or The King?", Lloyd answered "Wasn't he the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me - that's black."

In 2007 her infamous appearance on Celebrity Big Brother brought her the kind of exposure she didn’t want, when she was accused by the media of racism against Shilpa Shetty, the Indian Bollywood actress. Danielle seemed to be roped into making comments by fellow housemates Jo O’Mera and Jade Goody, who made significantly worse comments than she did, but as is always the case the media made poor Danielle out to be some racist and bully. After leaving the house she lost several modelling contracts and was dumped by Teddy Sheringham. After the racism row Shilpa Shetty said “ I let Danielle off because she is so young. Jade and Jo made her look bad. You know what really balances it out for Danielle? Her stupidity. She's so innocent ”
Danielle has now picked herself back up and has started to regain some credibility for herself. Although being dumped by Teddy, she has started to pick off other Premiership Footballers, dating Jermaine Defoe, Armand Traore and most recently Marcus Bent, and she has also been linked with Grand Prix ace Lewis Hamilton. Her career as a model has also began to pick up and here she can be see holding a puppy.

And here she can be seen holding a couple more.

Another Hot Chick to look forward to next week guys, and girls......well if you like that sort of thing ladies Captain Jack always aims to please...

So those new features just keep on coming right at you, and now here is the next as I take you all for a little tipple at.......

Welcome one and all to the Captain Jacks Cocktail lounge. Every week I will bring you a new little tipple to try, and then drink several of them myself to let you know how they feel. This is a purely scientific project, and just because I may be having a slow comfortable screw between the sheets followed by an orgasm, there is to be no sexual innuendo involved whatsoever!
So what’s first up at the bar. Not a well known drink, but I’m told it’s a barnstormer it’s the…….

Robert E. Lee Cooler

2 measures of gin

4 tsp Absinthe

2 measures carbonated water

1/2 tsp powdered sugar

fill cracked ice

fill carbonated water or ginger ale

spiral of orange peel

spiral of lemon peel

In a Tom Collins glass combine powdered sugar and carbonated water. Stir. Fill glass with cracked ice and add gin and Absinthe. Top with carbonated water or ginger ale. Insert spiral of orange or lemon (or both) and dangle end over rim of glass.

Right here we go then. Cheers Everyone. Hmm very nice. I do like a bit of the old ginger beer. Bit sweet, that will be the absinthe, then!
One down several more to go! Don’t think this little cocktail glass holds enough so I’m mixing the next directly into a pint glass, with a couple more shots of absinthe to hit the spot!
Ooohh now that’s more like it sho di I tell you ow mush I fink you’re the greatest readers in the world. I lub you I do. Your jus gratre .Oi co me bubbashh here wiv me glash toshesr.
Now htats not nise is it. Put that boot;le down. I’v never evn met your wive mate, aanyway shees a bit of a poodle isnit she.
Ow that bloody hurt! Schtop hitting me!

So now its time for the music section of this weeks blog. First is a Live Is Best track that takes it back to its rocking roots, with one of my favourite bands, who are no longer together boo hoo! Then I have a plea to enter for all you rockers out there, and we end of course with this weeks karaoke section, with four lovely little dittys to read about.

Captain Jacks Live Is Best

The Darkness - Knebworth

June 2003

Save Planet Rock Campaign

Now original readers will know that last year I started a Brit Rock campaign to get more rock tracks on karaoke from some of our British Rock Legends. I did get some success, with several backers from the KJ Forum on board, the good guys at Sunfly have since started a bit of a homage to the British Rock Bands, with Thunder and Thin Lizzy being added regularly. Not sure I am exactly the reason some of these tracks are on, although I would like to think Captain Jack played his part! But success was had none the less.
This campaign is more on a national scale. Recently Ofcom decided that the radio station was no longer viable, despite being one of the most popular DAB stations. The station has been put up for sale and needs to find a buyer by 28th March, or the plug will have to be pulled. The station has some top DJ’s on it, who are rock legends, with Rick Wakeman, Tommy Iommi, Alice Cooper and Gary Moore all hosting shows. The campaign to save the station involve getting the public to sign online petitions, one of which is being sent directly to Gordon Brown, and generally just getting people to listen and make them see the station does not deserve its plug being pulled.
Such rock Legends as Brian May, Robert Plant, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Thunder, Whitesnake and Ian Gillan have all put their support to the campaign, and new British Bands such as The Answer, and Aussie rockers Airbourne, have all gained new exposure due to the station. Current listening figures show Planet Rock has over 560,000 listeners, more than Radio 6. Showing the station has popular support makes it more attractive to a new buyer, so get listening. Click on the link here to add your name to the petition, and copy the poster I have put below and add it to your blogs and web pages to ‘Save Planet Rock’ and keep the great rock station on air.

So now the serious stuff is over, lets get down to the music. This week was fairly quiet in the hotel, a change from recent weeks to be fair, with main absentee being fellow blogger Shaun, who was away on a field trip scouting for new ways to beat me on Fifa, give up mate never going to happen. So the nights entertainment weighed heavily on my shoulders, for a change!
So this week I managed four songs, all of which I feel were classics. They were 1. Wouldn’t It Be Good by Nik Kershaw, 2. Now I’m Here by Queen, 3. How You Remind Me by Nickleback and finally 4. Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad by Meat Loaf.

Wouldn’t It Be Good by Nik Kershaw

Highest UK Chart Position: No 4 March 1984

Lets start with one of the best tracks of the 80’s. Wouldn’t It Be Good was Nik Kershaw’s second UK hit, and took him to number 4 into the charts in 1984. His first single , I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, only charted at number 47 in late 1983, only to go on to reach number 2 as a re-issue later in the year. The track was taken from Kershaw’s debut album Human Racing.
Kershaw was born in Bristol in 1958, and after leaving school worked as a shop assistant and for the Department of Employment for several years. He spent his spare time playing in several bands, and when the last band, Fusion, split in 1982, he decided to go it alone and embark on a full time career as a singer songwriter. In 1983 he signed to MCA records, and began recording his first album.
After the failure of the first single, it was rumoured he was to be dropped by the company, but then Wouldn’t It Be Good shot him into the public eye, and his career took off.
He was often criticized for his strange stage antics, such as demanding to play each of the instruments despite having an extremely competent backing band, and also his fashion sense was often called into question, but his vocal talents and musical talent gained him many admirers, such as Elton John, and he was often referred to as the British Stevie Wonder.
His second album The Riddle, also spawned several hits such as Wide Buy and Don Quixote, and of course The Riddle, and went platinum in the UK. In July 1985 he performed at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium, but this proved to be the start of his fall from the public eye, as he only had one more Top 40 hit after the concert.
But his skills as a songwriter kept the hits coming, even if they were for others. He penned the massive hit The One And Only by Chesney Hawkes, and several hit records for Boy Band Let Loose, such as Crazy. He has also spent a lot of time in the studio as an acclaimed producer, working with Elton John, Bonnie Tyler and Tony Banks
In 2006 many of his albums were re-issued, and with the revival of the 80’s music, began to sell well again, prompting him to tour off the back of the success.

Now I’m Here by Queen

Highest UK Chart Position: No 11 February 1975

A rock classic now, by one of the great British bands. It was taken from the bands album Sheer Heart Attack and was written by lead guitarist Brian May. It features some of the bands best vocal harmonies, and has one of Queen heaviest guitar riffs. Freddie also hits some of his highest notes on the track, showing his full vocal range on the track.
The lyric in the song, Down In The City Just Hoople And Me, refers to the fact that at the time the song was written, Queen were on tour with British Band Mott The Hoople. Towards the end of the track, in fact right as the guitar riff begins to fade at the end of the song, the band can be heard singing Go Go Go Little Queenie, in reference to the Chuck Berry song Little Queenie. Both Freddie Mercury and Brian May had stated what a huge influence Chuck Berry had been on their style of song writing.
It became one of the fans favourite live tracks by the band, and during the live shows, a double was used to give the impression that Freddie was appearing first on one side of the stage, and then on the other. Combined with the bands usual fantastic lighting effects, it gave an all round polished edge to the track, and will always be one of the bands best songs.
Sheer Heart Attack is by far and a way the heaviest of the Queen albums, with a much harder edge to the songs. The opening track Brighton Rock, is some of Brian May’s finest guitar work. Killer Queen provided the band with one of its biggest hits. Lap Of The Gods is seen by many as a prelude to Bohemian Rhapsody. Bring Back That Leroy Brown is just typical Freddie. Tenement Funster is Roger Taylor’s typical style song about teenage angst. And the track, Stone Cold Crazy, is probably the heaviest track by the band, and has been covered by none other than Metallica. The song itself with its fast tempo is said to of been the influence behind Thrash Metal.

How You Remind Me by Nickleback

Highest UK Chart Position: No 4 April 2002

Bit like Marmite this one, both the band and the song, you either love em or hate em. This single didn’t make the number one spot, but kept the band in the UK charts for over three months, and thrusting them onto the European Rock Market. It was taken from the bands third album Silver Side Up, but it was the first track that brought the Canadian rockers to the attention of British Rock fans. In fact the song was so popular in 2002, it was the best selling single on the billboard chart in the US, and sold over ten million copies worldwide.
In the music video, Chad Kroeger plays a man whose girlfriend, played by model Annie Henley, who has left him and is still haunted by her memory. He still feels strongly for her, and sees her everywhere he goes. Whenever he imagines her touch, he feels a warm memory, indicated by the change in lighting in the video. As the music video progresses, he starts to get over her. At the end, she shows up and apparently asks him to forgive her. This is what he had wanted all along, but suddenly he realizes that it isn't really what he wanted, and pushes her away. She is left with a broken heart and haunted by memories, as he had been at the beginning of the video.
This was a huge surprise hit for their record company, Roadrunner Records, which was expecting Slipknot to provide their commercial success for 2001. Instead, it was Nickelback. Since the song was released, the band has had major commercial success. Nickelback has sold almost 15 million albums in the US and nearly 2 million albums in their native Canada and the band has sold almost 25 million records worldwide.
Despite the popularity of the song, it has also had its knockers. In 2003, an Internet meme known as How You Remind Me of Someday, or Nickelback to Back, was created to illustrate the similarities between the songs How You Remind Me and Someday. There were numerous edits made to sync the songs together, such as alteration of tempo and pitch, as well as removal of certain bridge sections.
In response, bass player Mike Kroeger said "I think that's remarkable for someone to notice that there is a hit quality. If all hits sound the same, then sorry. When you are a band that has a distinct style such as us or AC/DC, that happens. When you have a distinct style, you run the risk of sounding similar”





Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad by Meatloaf

Highest UK Chart Position: No 32 September 1978

This track was the second taken off the Bat Out Of Hell album, which I told you all about last week. At just over 5 minutes long it is actually one of the shortest on the album.This song is about loving someone who doesn't love you back. It could be a boy or a girl friend, favourite relative or friend, technically a love in vain.
We've all fell victim to it at some point. The song is trying to apologize for not loving a girl back but assuring her that he wants her and cares for her but simply cant find it in his heart to love her the same as she wants, because his heart has been stolen by the girl who left him previously, deep stuff.
It was written by Jim Steinman, and was the last track written and recorded for the Bat Out Of Hell album. In a 2000 interview for Classic Albums magazine, Steinman recalls "I remember Mimi Kennedy, who was a cast member of my then-current musical Rhinegold, telling me, she said, you know, when I was probably complaining why no one liked my stuff and couldn't get a deal, she says, "Well Steiny, your stuff is so complicated. Can't you write something simple?" And while she was saying that the oldies station was on the radio and it was playing that old Elvis song, 'I Want You, I Need,' whatever it was. 'I Want You I Need You I Love You', you know.
I just started singing my own song but it was 'I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.' She said, "Why don't you write something simple like that, 'I want you, I need you, I love you'?" I said, "Well I'll try." I don't try to make them complicated. I remember going home and I tried so hard but the best I could do was, “ I want you, I need you but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you, don't be sad, 'cause two out of three ain't bad “ . So it was still a twist but it was my closest to a simple song, and one Elvis could have done."
The video mainly featured Meat Loaf singing, with Jim at the piano. The video has a continuity error: in some shots Meat Loaf has his red scarf, in others he hasn't.
It was later covered by Bonnie Tyler, and was produced by Steinman and his partner Steven Rinkoff, on her 1996 Free Spirit album, and her version reached the top 10 in UK charts.




Well another great batch of karaoke songs there for you, and it will soon be around again next week. So we creep towards the end of this weeks exravaganza its time for the latest edition of.............

Captain Jacks Films That Should Be Made

Now its time for our final new feature this week. I have decided to keep this football related, as it was originally the Fifa 08 section. So to keep it as football related as possible, what better way than with good old football anecdotes. Many footballers have been caught with their boots stuck firmly in their mouth, and Captain Jack aims to bring you them in all their glory, in our newest section to be known lovingly as……….

Following England’s loss to Brazil at the World Cup in 2002, the BBC was forced to apologise for accidentally broadcasting comments made by Ian Wright and Alan Hansen, who both thought they were off air at the time.
Digital viewers who were picking up the newly added red button interactive slot, saw the screen go blank, nothing new on this new feature at the time, but they could still hear the audio of the panel discussing the game, which England had lost 2-1.
“ Seaman was F---ing five yards off his line! ” Wright exclaimed. “And what the f--k was Sven doing taking Owen off? ”
Hansen also got himself into hot water, as when he was asked which game was coming up he replied “ It’s the F---ing Kraut’s! ”

Well you can't say this week has not been entertaining now can you. All these new features for you to enjoy, and all at no extra cost. So another week draws to a close, and I can let out a huge sigh of relief that it has all come together. Next week should be a breeze! So until then folks its time to say goodbye, but wait I hear you cry, the answer to the Song Quiz, don't worry folks I have not forgotten to tell you, the answer is of course..........

There's this passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you heard it, that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. See, now I'm thinkin', maybe it means you're the evil man, and I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or, it could mean you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.