Hello and welcome everyone to this weeks very special blog. Now as you may well of seen, this edition is a landmark event, as it is the 100th Edition of Captain Jack, hoorah! In just over a year, from its very humble beginnings to the gigantic juggernaut that it has become, this blog has tried to entertain and amuse all that have cared to read it. Oh I know it was all supposed to be about the Karaoke when it started, but like all good things, it has evolved into the beastie that you see before your eyes.
Now as your beloved Captain, you know that in no way am I about to use this week as an excuse to use countless images of things to promote the fact that this blog has got its 100 not out. As if I would stoop so low!
Where the hell did those come from. You know when this blog started, I didn’t have a clue how to do half the stuff that I do on here now, and I supposed at such a prestigious time a few thank you’s are going to have to be given out. Firstly, obviously goes out to my better half, who despite have her mug taken off the blog, has put up with becoming a blog widow, mainly due to the fact she has no choice, but it does give her time to watch endless hours of Doctor Who without me disturbing her! Next is to the main man himself, Shaunio, who if it were not for then I would not be even doing a blog in the first place, so there you go its all his fault. Ah I remember our first gig review of the Fratellis at the Carling Academy, and writing the review and thinking, this is what I want to do, entertain and amuse the blog readers of the world. Next to be thanked is my good pal Andy, who without the stage of the Karaoke that he provided for us, there would of not been a need to write a blog at all. And to all the rest of the crew, like Tina, Lisa, Lisa, Louise, Jo , Jayne, Jo, Nicky , Leanne and the whole host of others we have entertained during compiling the Karaoke Classics, And of course to all my lovely readers, who I have tried to keep entertained as best I can.
So as it is the 100th edition, you can be sure of lost of little surprises along the way, but do not fear, all the usual items will be here again, with a special Hot Chick, a Classic Track, another film we would love to see made, a celebrity Star Wars, Karaoke Classics, another Captains Cocktail, jokes and games, and a brand new feature which I am sure you will love, but you’ll have to wait a bit for that! So to get us started this 100th special, here is this weeks edition of………
Oooh I do love these. Now I think I evened the score again with last weeks little tricky one, and its not going to stop there for you folks, because this one is a little blighter as well, he he he. Yes I’m not going to mollycoddle into thinking your going to have it easy week in week out you know, lets get those brain cells being taxed a little. That’s why I put it up at the top of the blog you know, so those that are not bothered can flick straight to the norks, and those that want to play the game can read on, past the norks, of which there are ample and many, and find out the answer at the end of the blog, after reading this weeks new section of course, ho hum very funny. So lets get on with it the, here is the picture, followed by your three clues, now remember folks, say what you see.
1. The song was released in 1984 and was taken from a film and an album of the same name.
2. Originally 8 minutes long, the song was cut by the artist so it could gain radio play.
3. In 2005 Q magazine voted the track the 40th best guitar track ever.
Fiendish this week don’t you think. Now who got it first time then. Hands up. 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 is that 6, yes 6. Well done. And for the thicko‘s, well you’ll just have to read on won’t you. Now before we move onto this weeks Classic Track, lets have another of those delightful ad's that I keep bringing you!
Classic Track # 12
It was the second hit single, after Growing On Me, and third to be released from the bands multi platinum winning album Permission To Land, which became one of the biggest albums of 2003 and which won the Brit Award for Best Album in 2004. They were widely regarded as a glam rock band, but the members disputed this and saw themselves as a classic hard-rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock bands like Queen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, T Rex, Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy. They were best known for the soaring falsetto of their lead singer Justin Hawkins.
Originally started in 1991 from Kirkley High School, Lowestoft in Suffolk, brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins found themselves in London where they met up with childhood friends, Frankie Poullain and Ed Graham, and thus The Darkness was formed. Dan initially saw his brother's potential of being a frontman after Justin did an impressive recreation of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at a New Year's Eve party in 1999, thrown by Justin and Dan's aunt in her pub The Swan at Gillingham, despite the fact that Justin was only miming to the original song. Playing at first only in pubs and bars, their pyrotechnic guitar solos and over the top performances soon brought them to public knowledge.
Permission To Land went straight to number two in the UK charts upon its release, before going to number one and staying there for four weeks, eventually going on to sell 1.5 million copies in the UK, and eventually going on to gain five platinum certifications in the UK alone. Alongside its strong commercial success, Permission to Land also received highly positive reviews from critics, and to top all that, the album only cost around £20,000 to record.
The band was on a huge wave of anticipation. Rarely had a rock band come to the attention of so many people, and with a universal love of the band, with their flamboyant front man, who was renowned for wearing extremely tight fitting and colourful cat suits. The band appeared to be able to do no wrong. Huge concerts were played at, including an appearance at the Download Festival in 2003, and alongside Robbie Williams at Knebworth in 2004, such was the diversity and likeability of the band. Not only that a huge sell out arena tour followed, with shows sold out all over the UK.
A second album followed, without the commercial success of Permission To Land, and it seemed to bubble had burst on the band, as they began to implode from the inside out after their original success, with bassist Frankie Poullain leaving before the release of the second album to be replaced by guitar technician to the band, Ritchie Edwards, but a bigger shock was to follow.
In August 2006, lead singer Justin Hawkins was admitted to a rehabilitation clinic in concern of his health, which caused the band to cancel several concerts. Around this same time the band confirmed that they were to start working on their 3rd album to be released early 2007. However in October 2006, The Sun newspaper reported that Justin Hawkins was leaving the band after completing his course of rehabilitation from alcohol and cocaine problems. The article, and ensuing rumours, stated that the band would continue without him, possibly with Ritchie Edwards as the front man.
Hawkins revealed spending £150,000 in three years on cocaine after cracking the charts in with I Believe In A Thing Called Love. When he realised he was no longer in control of himself due to drugs and alcohol, he joined a one month addiction treatment in The Priory.
As the band announced the split, the forming of a new bad Stone Gods, has risen from the ashes of The Darkness, with Dan Ritchie and Ed continuing on. As for Justin, well it is rumoured he will be releasing his own solo work at around the same time as Stone Gods release their first album later this year. It was such a short but splendidly magnificent ride for the band, who I guess will never be forgotten. Just a shame they had to split, but as they say all good things must come to an end, but what a breath of fresh air they were to rock music.
The family wheeled Grandma out on the lawn, in her wheelchair, where the activities for her 100th birthday were taking place. Grandma couldn't speak very well, but she could write notes when she needed to communicate. After a short time out on the lawn, Grandma started leaning off to the right, so some family members grabbed her, straightened her up, and stuffed pillows on her right. A short time later, she started leaning off to her left, so again the family grabbed her and stuffed pillows on her left. Soon she started leaning forward, so the family members again grabbed her, then tied a pillowcase around her waist to hold her up.
A nephew who arrived late came running up to Grandma and said, "Hi Grandma, you're looking good! How are they treating you?"
Grandma took out her little notepad and slowly wrote a note to the nephew, "They won't let me fart."
So now, for those of you who think that I have abandoned ship, fear not, as me and my latest crew member line up to appear in this weeks.....
Yar Har Har de har har me old ship mates, and welcome to meeting another fearsome member of me fearsome crew of pirates. Shiver Me Timbers. This week we meet an old sea dog if ever there was one. He sails around each port in his ship Devil's Executioner, and he is known by the name of Leather-faced Fletcher Goodfellow, or as you mighy know him better Bruce Willis. Aaaaarrrrrgggghh Haaa Haaarrggghh.
He be known for wandering round the poop deck in a dirty vest shouting who’s a pretty boy then, and it is rumoured that when he punishes one of his crew they Die Hard! Blow Me Down.
His leather face is due to the fact he be stood on the crows nest at the top of the mast, instead of being Under The Boardwalk as he should be, the bilge sucking rat. As he pillages his way around the sargossa, he can often be heard screaming his fearfull battle cry “Yippee Kiyay Mother Hornswaggler” or something like that. Thar she blows.
Now I’m off for tea and tiffin with the Chandler at the port before I gets me doubloons caught. Godspeed land lubbers until next week. Yaaa ha harrrrrr
Enough with the pirates stuff again this week. Now as you will see shortly, a new feature is popping your way, and its sure to be as bigger hit as this one has been, but before all that, lets find out where cheeky scamp Ronnie Wood has been this week.
Well it had to happen eventually. It was as sure as sure can be, just a matter of time really, and how nice of him to wait until my 100th Blog. Singer Pete Doherty is spending his first full day behind bars at the start of a 14-week prison sentence for repeated drug offences. The Babyshambles frontman was jailed for breaching the terms of a probation order by missing appointments with probation officers and using drugs.
He was stopped by police in Kensington, West London, in May last year and found with class A drugs. The following October, he pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis, and admitted various driving offences. He was given a four-month jail sentence suspended for two years.
He was sentenced to prison at West London Magistrates' Court in front of District Judge Davinder Lachhar, who deferred a jail term in October.
Doherty's solicitor Sean Curran said his client would not be appealing. His management company has been forced to postpone a planned concert at the Royal Albert Hall, due to take place later this month. If Doherty serves his full term in jail he will also miss out on a date at Glastonbury Festival at the end of June.
As you will see. Ronnie has caught little Pete in all his glory, but behind bars where he belongs! More from Ronnie next week.
And just like that we move swiftly away from Ronnie and onto this weeks mid session interval. For those who wish to purchase refreshments, please form an orderly queue at the quiosk door and you will be served by one of my experienced staff in due course, for the rest of you, lets just play a game...........
Olympic Torch Relay ~ Don't Say I'm Not Up With Current Affairs!
So who gets to be this weeks Hot Chick? No clues for you I'm sorry, but lets just say, this one is going to get many a pulse racing! Just a quick ad break before we get on with it! Calm down lads is going to be well worth the wait!
Now after that little break, lets get on with this weeks very special Hot Chick. Not that any of the previous Hot Chicks have not been Hot, but this one is special, as for the first time it is a Hot Chick that I have actually met, in person, and believe me lads, she is every bit as good as you think she is, as the pictures you are about to see will reveal. Strap yourself in guys, this one is steaming, in this weeks edition of…………
Feelin Hot Hot Hot! Oooohhh yes. For this weeks 100th special the chick is hot and in fact no she is very hot! It is of course Caprice Bourret, or as she is known in the UK just plain old Caprice. Born in 1971 in America, she has made it in this world by forging a career as a lingerie model, actress, successful business woman and crap singer, although with norks like that who cares if she can’t sing. Now lets take another look at her doing what she does best.
Caprice was born in California to parents of French and Jewish ancestry, who moved to the US from Canada. Caprice became a cheerleader at age 13, where she learnt her talent for shaking her pom poms around, and wearing short revealing skirts. Contrary to a popular belief, she never won the title of Miss Teen California, nor even participated in the pageant. But if she had she would of won easily, as all the other contestants would have been dogs in comparison, in fact the one that won was a Labrador, so there you go you see a dog! Now lets get back to the pictures of her in her undies.
Caprice moved to the UK in 1996 to further her career in modelling. She became one of the UK's best known models after becoming the model for Wonderbra, and appearing on billboards all over the UK and causing countless accidents as men looked on at her fabulous norks, You see I’m performing a public service here, no car crashes if your looking on a computer screen, unless of course your driving while on your lap top! It is claimed that has had her breasts, which are now insured for £50,000, augmented, which she denies. But so you can make your own mind up, lets look at another saucy picture just to make sure.
Caprice has also become well known also as a successful businesswoman, having launched a series of lingerie lines, using her image and name. The lingerie is sold by Debenhams in the UK and lingerie retailer Figleaves. The line was well received and deemed a success, having sold millions of items, and is now in its sixth season. Consequently, Caprice has decided to expand her designing interest into a larger industry, and is now planning to market her lingerie line in America and Australia. Be a shame not to look at her in some of it!
Not only is she known for her modelling, but she has dabbled in the film and T.V. industry as well, and also a short lived musical career. She has also appeared in the low-budget films Hollywood Flies, Nailing Vienna, and Jinxed In Love, the soap operas Hollyoaks and Dream Team, and the one-off comedy show Hospital. In 1998, Caprice the series Caprice's Travels. The series involves her touring through several major holiday destinations across the world. She has also hosted several award shows, including the European MTV awards and the Monaco World Music Awards in 1997, the British National Television Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and several series for the channels VH1 and E! Entertainment.
In early 2005, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, where other contestants implied that she was only taking part in order to boost sales of her products. During a boozy game of spin the bottle confessions on the show, she confessed to thinking about having a lesbian romp. Unfortunately the pesky producers at Channel 4 didn’t supply any more booze for her to get it on with fellow contestants on the show Brigitte Neilson’ Lisa I’Anson, Germaine Greer and Jackie Stallone, thank God!
Her musical career was not a success, well lets face it you can’t be good at everything can you now. Her record Oh Yeah, reached number 24 in the UK charts, and was crap, but that didn’t stop her as she released a second single written by well known and chart topping regular Chesney Hawkes called Once Around the Sun. It also reached number 24 in the UK charts and it was also crap, but then again it was written by Chesney Hawkes. I imagine the videos were quite raunchy though, but who wants to have to listen to that garbage, lets just have another look at her in her undies!
She made her theatre debut starring in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues in London's West End, for which she received rave reviews in the press. She went on to take a lead role in the worldwide hit musical Rent in London which ran for a sell out three-month season at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Caprice then took it a step further and bought the license to Debbie Does Dallas the Musical which she produced and starred in. The production was a huge success, mainly due to the fact that most of the audience were men just hoping to get a sneaky peak, but instead having to sit through a musical!
Of course being a super model brings its own interest from those celebrity hangers on that claim to of had relationships with our Hot Chick this week. She has been linked with Rod Stewart, but then again which blonde hasn’t. But worryingly she was linked to having a relationship with Donkey from Shrek lookalike Tony Adams, but that can only of been in his wildest imagination, come lets face it, he is almost as ugly as Peter Beardsley! Right lets get on with another picture of the lovely Caprice.
Caprice also spends a lot of her time doing work for good causes. She is an ambassador for The Princes Trust, and also for Childline, and is a committee member of Jewish Blind and Disabled, Action on Addiction and Breast Cancer Awareness. You see stunning good looks and a caring nature, what more could you want from a Hot Chick! Well as it is the 100th edition and she is Hot, then your special treat this week is an extra picture for you to enjoy! Go on feast your eyes once more. Another Hot Chick to come next week.
Blimey I've got a bit of a sweat on after all those pictures of the lovely Caprice, never mind its almost time for your newest feature to calm you down! So lets not gawp on, lets get on with this weeks......
As you know all my celebrity friends were always after a part in the Star Wars films, some because they looked good, some because they could act, some because they were dogs, some because they already looked like aliens, but never has one been so right for a part than my celebrity pal Danny Devito. I mean lets face it the little guy would have been small enough to of been an Ewok, but he would have been even better as R2-D2!
Now lets leave those Celebrities alone for a minute, and go for a little drink before the unveiling of my new feature. You know you want to. Its time for a visit to………
New Orleans Dandy Cocktail
1 shot light rum
1/2 shot peach brandy
1 dash of orange juice
1 dash of lime juice
Champagne to top up
Stir the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain into large wine glass. Decorate with an orange slice and a cherry.
Ah very nice a bit of Champers as it’s a celebration drink. Well bottoms up and down the hatch as they say. Crikey, now that’s a sparky little number if ever I had one, and lets face it I’m not only going to have one. Now listen up barkeep, lets mix me another one sharpish, this is a party don’t you know, and its high time we had a few more drinks flowing, lets double the shots of rum and hold back on the orange and lime me old mucker.
Schow letsch get schtarded than. Now as it’s a cebrelation, I have writted a litle bitty poem to schow my appoci, apparatchik, thanks for you lovely readersh. Here It goessh.
Beer ish for me, beer ish for you, firsht I'll ave one, then I'll ave two. After three or more, I'll find me a whore,i'll drunk till I'm drink, and I'll even have more. Isse will gets up and danch, i'll get down and dirty, I'll chat up the fat birdsh 'cause, She's so damn 'purty Sheven, then eight, nine, and thven ten, the dwinkin won't stop till the puking begins.Then i'll get cream krackered, be ready for bed, ven fall on the bog and cwack opens my ead. Thatsh where’s I’ll stay till the sun comes up, Me friends will all tell me, Cap’n you were pissed up! Get shtuffed I say, I had a good time.Until I got naked at about ten past nine. Even thach was fun, I'll say with a sneer, thanks to my friend, that cold case of beer.
Right its new feature time folks, and as this blog has become more popular, and you look upon me to advise you in times of distress, then I look upon it as my duty to help out in any way I can. My mailbox is bursting with e-mails from people wanting me to advise them in some way, and I am here to help solve your problems. So here it is my new Advice Line, known as………
So as you will gather this is here to help the less fortunate readers of the blog. This is not for those silly song requests, or complaints about not enough norks on the blog, this is for genuine people with genuine problems, and I am here to help advise you as best I can. First up is this letter from Steve in Bognor Regis. He writes:
My wife and I have been trying for a child since we got married, almost four years ago. My wife is fit and healthy and after examinations with her doctor, it was confirmed that everything was ok. Problem is I am infertile, and my doctor advised me that it would be impossible for my wife to fall pregnant.When I learnt those news, I suffered from severe depression and it made me feel less of a man. I lied to my wife, trying to hide my embarrassment, and told her that I was medically OK. We had agreed to carry on trying and if it was meant to be, it would be.Suddenly, a little while ago, my wife announced that she is pregnant, with the baby due in September. How is this possible? Has she been cheating on me? How soon can i demand a DNA test?
I’m scared of ruining our relationship if in fact i am the father, but i don’t know what to do. My wife often travels abroad to Romania, and she works in a male dominated industry. Could she be cheating on me just to get pregnant? I really don’t know who to turn to. Captain can you help?
Captain Jack Replies:
Mate you are kidding me aren’t you. I thought we said we would screen these to keep the losers out. Ah well I might as well give it a go. Look pal my advice is simple but harsh, chuck her out on the streets, but find out which guy put the bun in the oven first and cut off his kahoonas. Now I’m not saying it’s your fault, but as she’s off gallivanting with her high powered job, what do you expect her to do if your firing blanks! I mean, as you say she’s fit and healthy, and you’re a snivelling little loser who is to stupid to figure out his missus is playing away. Look on the bright side mate, at least she is batting for the right side, because for a man with your problems that would be a right kick in the knackers, but then again that wouldn’t affect you would it you blank firing wuss. Look if the child grows up speaking Romanian.. well... sorry pal.. bad news indeed. I hope this helped mate, don’t forget to keep reading the blog.
Well I hoped you all liked the new section. As you can see I’m a very helpful and considerate chap, and always willing to pass on my advice to anyone who needs it, I mean how more helpful could I of been in that case I tell you! So now we are heading to the music zone of the blog. As usual all the regulars are going to be here. A classic live performance in Live Is Best. Then we will have this weeks Karaoke Classics, and finally we will have another Alternative Music History. So lets get on with it then, with this weeks………
The Fratellis ~ Chelsea Dagger
Isle Of White Festival 2007
Now what do I have in store this week. Well tonight ran a lot smoother than last weeks effort, with plenty of singers in as well as the quiz. Talking of quizzes, you all seem to tell me when mine is to hard, and so did we with this weeks quiz, it was bloody hard I can tell you, and one team got all 30 questions right, talk about not getting out enough! But to be fair it is a bit of fun that breaks the night up a bit, and our new KJ Gaz has promised that next week it will be a little easier on the Stella drinkers amongst us, well mainly me! Not that it was too hard, its just Stella and questions don’t mix on a Thursday!
So with the quiz on it was a surprise that I managed to get three songs in this week, and two of them are still in the charts! This weeks classics are 1. 1973 by James Blunt, 2. Stop And Stare by OneRepublic and 3. Just For Tonight by One Night Only.
1973 by James Blunt
Highest UK Chart Position: No 4 September 2007
First up tonight is this little ditty by British artist James Blunt, who for some reason this week, I have had an urge to sing, and even put on my own James Blunt style vocal to. He does have a distinctive voice when he sings, even though he sounds a bit of a plank when he talks, his singing voice has a strange hypnotic appeal.
The song was inspired by the club scene in Ibiza, where Blunt maintains a residence and enjoys the social scene. The song has been remixed by Pete Tong and Dave Spoon as part of their Ibiza 2007 Remix Project, and Tong started playing the remix in July 2007 when acting as DJ at Pacha, the Ibiza club that inspired the song and opened in 1973, even though Blunt was not born until 1974, see I told you he was a plank!
Blunt has stated in a radio interview that the girl from his lyrics Simona was indeed based on a real woman he had met at the club. The video, in which a modern-day Blunt strolls among '70s street scenes, reflects the song's nostalgic tone, in fact the style of the whole album.
The song was taken from Blunts second album All The Lost Souls, and was the first single to be taken off the album.
Ever since the release of his debut album, Back To Bedlam in 2004, and it’s tediously overplayed single You’re Beautiful, James Blunt has been the artist that everyone loves to hate. Whether you see it as a series of suicidal dirges or the bittersweet laments of a fallen angel, the fact remains that his own unique brand of music proved extremely successful. And unique it certainly was, with an unmistakable vocal style. This remains the case with ‘All the lost souls’, which is instantly recognisable as his work. The opening track on the album is 1973, which as I said is relatively upbeat, with some catchy lyrics and chirpy muted guitars that almost give it a hint of disco. It’s unashamedly pop-rock, but the overall result is pretty effective. The ensuing tracks sustain the old formula of mid tempo piano or acoustic guitar led ballads. There is some fine lyricism and Blunt’s voice retains its trademark sound, but musically there is little to move it on. All the tracks fall within a narrow range of tempos and the majority are sung at a more or less fixed pitch. As a result, the rhythm accompaniment tends to follow a fairly set formula too and in particular Blunt’s extensive use of capos on acoustic guitars leads to a distinctive sound, but one that does not vary dramatically from track to track. I’m sure that Blunt will be around for many a year to come, and he is sure to feature on the classics section again with this type of song, but you can forget me singing that Your Beautiful clap trap!
Stop And Stare by OneRepublic
Highest UK Chart Position: No 4 March 2008
For those you may think I’m stuck in the 80’s then boo to you, as I’m now singing songs hot off the press and still in the charts! Stop and Stare is the second single by pop rock band OneRepublic from their debut album Dreaming Out Loud. They have drawn mainstream attention since the release of their hit single, Apologise., which was remixed and was featured on Timberland's album Shock Value.
Since the summer of 2006, OneRepublic has consistently been ranked as one of the top musical acts on MySpace, due to heavy promotion within the online community. They were started by songwriter and producer Ryan Tedder and his high school friend Zach Filkins. The group solidified in 2003 with Tedder, Filkins, Drew Brown, Eddie Fisher, and Tim Myers in Los Angeles. After signing a deal with Colombia Records the band entered the studio in the summer of 2005 with producer Greg Wells, with two songs produced by lead singer Ryan Tedder.
After a brief stint on Columbia Records, they moved to Interscope Records, and gained a much wider audience due to MySpace. Tim Myers decided to leave the band in early 2007, and was replaced by Brent Kutzel.
The video for the song starts with people gathering at a funeral with a phone ringing and a door creaking while it's closing at a deserted town. Ryan is then also seen seemingly attempting to drown himself in a bathtub, as he is completely submerged and unconscious. The events of his life then flash before his eyes; Ryan is shown standing over an empty grave, while another flashback shows Ryan is shown walking to a hotel where he meets the band to sing the song. Soon people start gathering and watching from outside the motel the band is playing in, while another flashback has Ryan in a hooded jacket and is seen in the next door room of the motel looking at a T.V. with nothing but static. Meanwhile the Ryan standing over the empty grave seems to leave his body, splitting into a "spirit Ryan", who begins walking towards the motel. As the spirit Ryan gets to the motel he is nearly hit by a car being driven by another flashback of Ryan with a pregnant woman in the back. The car comes to a stop as these two Ryans look at each other. The static TV in the motel room with the hooded Ryan bursts into flames, and the video ends with the Ryan in the bathtub resurfacing.
Just For Tonight by One Night Only
Highest UK Chart Position: No 9 February 2008
Hey Hey kids, not just one brand spanking new chart record, but two, yes two. In fact you could say two for the price of one! For my regular readers, you will recall that in the very first blog of 2008, I predicted that One Night Only would be one of the bands to watch in 2008, and blow me down, they go and have a Top Ten hit less than a month after I predicted they would be making it this year. All down to me I’m sure!
The band consists of singer and guitarist George Craig, guitarist and backing vocalist Mark Hayton, bass player Daniel Parkin, drummer Sam Ford and keyboardist and backing vocalist Jack Sails. They were formed in summer 2003, From Helmsley, North Yorkshire, consisting initially of Hayton, Parkin, Ford and school friend Kai Smith. However the band did not have a vocalist until Craig, a friend of Ford's younger brother joined in a practice one day. He was asked to be the vocalist, but insisted on playing guitar as well. Smith then left the band. Contrary to some reports, they did not start out as a Beatles cover band, they initially played songs by bands such as Blink 182 and New Found Glory, as well as some of their own material. They performed their first live gig in 2003 in Kirkbymoorside Memorial Hall, which became a popular venue in their early days.
The song is used in the opening credits of the E4 show Nearly Famous and also was the opening theme for the Euro 2008 qualifiers on Sky Sports. They have also played two sell out shows this year, due to the fact they have built up a huge following on MySpace. They have also supported The Pigeon Detectives on their UK tour, and as they continue gain reputation as a hip and cool live band, they are rumoured to be high on the wanted list my many of the summer festival organisers, with rumours they are to play at both Glastonbury and V this year
I love these trips into the unknown. And this week I have yet again brought to you another well known artist living the life of their alter ego. This week it is the turn of wild rocker and front man of America’s greatest rock band Aerosmith, Steven Tyler. Tyler is well known for his wild antics, his high pitched vocals, and killer timing. And he is also well known for missing most of the 70’s and 80’s after excessive drug use, in fact along with band mate Joe Perry, the pair were nicknamed The Toxic Twins.
But imagine for a second if Mr Tyler had been firm with his son and stopped him in his love and sent him down the road of Macarena! Yes here you can see Steve with his mike stand and his new band mates Pepe, Pedro, Miguel, Diego and Juan. All together now Huwalk Thees Heway
Now it's time for another little delve into the world of sport with another edition of my football stories from around the world in this weeks...........
Nobody in the history of football has had the ball in the back of his own net quicker than Torquay defender Pat Kruse. They were playing Cambridge United in a Fourth Division match in 1977. Cambridge kicked off and Ian Seddon hoofed the ball high into the air for Cambridge, and wellied it into the Torquay penalty area. Centre Half Kruse rose like a salmon in the middle of the box and headed the ball past his own keeper and into the back of the net. Time 8 seconds! Now that’s what I call Kruse control!
Well sadly folks thats almost it for this week, and for the 100th Blog spectacular. As you are no doubt eagar to get the answer to my devilishly hard Every Picture Sings A Song this week, then fear not the answer is here for you right now....
So thats it then, all over for another week. I hope you have enjoyed reading this special edition, although if you are a regular, you may feel it was not that special, and what was all the fuss about, I mean its not like he's given any free gifts out or anything is it. Or what about some kind of voucher that allows us to purchase goods at a discounted price! Well there are no free rides here, and if you are a newbie to the blog, don't get like the grabby grabby regulars and just enjoy the read, it's this good every week! Until next time my friends, take it easy, and remember, only another 100 blogs until my 200th edition spectacular, so thats another 100 Hot Chicks to look forward too! Just my famous film quote to end with, and who else could it of been on my 100th special. See ya next time me old hearties.
Elizabeth: Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuer?
Norrington: I believe a thanks is in order. Had a brush with the East India Trading Company, did we? ...Pirate? Gillette, fetch some irons. [pulls sleeve up, revealing sparrow tattoo on Jack's arm] Well, well, well. Jack Sparrow, isn't it?
Sparrow: Captain. Captain Jack Sparrow.
Norrington: Well, I don't see your ship... Captain.
Sparrow: I'm in the market. As it were.
Mullroy: He said he was to commandeer one. I told you he was tellin' the truth! These are his, sir.
Norrington: No additional shot nor powder... A compass that doesn't point north... [pulls out Jack's sword from its scabbard and replaces it] And I half-expected it to be made of wood. You are without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of.
Sparrow: But you have heard of me. 
This has been a Captain Jacks Tracks Production 2008
2 comments:
another excellent blog i especially like the new feature - you are very sympathetic to his cause!!!
I think i may be getting a bit too good at the song thingie i got it straight away. i'll soon be getting us top marks in the hotel quiz.
the song picture was too easy this week! :p
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