Amazon exiles discussion

Forthcoming Themes:

236 - Who's in a mood? Songs or artists with either SAD or HAPPY in them. - Val (Just those words - The Sadies will be disallowed)
237 - String Theory - Songs/instrumentals that feature a violin(s) - Helen
238 - Be My Guest - Songs with a guest vocalist on them. - KJS
239 - Anything featuring a harmonica - Lez
240 - "Angels v Devils" - Songs featuring the word Angel or Devil, or both, in the song's title. - theDuke
241. Tracks where one of the main artists (singer or featured instrumentalist) is under 25 years old in 2019 - Val
242. Tha c'n WHISTLE fer it (standard answer to any child's request in South Yorkshire) - any song featuring (human, non-instrumental) whistling however brief (the whistling, not the song) - Brass Neck
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*Cream of 2019 - Winter rounds. 5/6 rounds, commences 15th December.*
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243. Throw some shapes! - Any song with a shape in the title, (can include the word shape(s) if you get stuck). - TheFoe
244. Wildcard Round 9
245. Singer takes it to the break with nominative exclamation. - Sera69
246.

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Hello there! (Yes..i'm still watching star wars movies!) I like to savour them, awright! "These are not the droids you are looking for!" :-D

Righty ho then..now then....this one has got me stumped for a nom...bar one that Tech mentioned when some of us were asking for clarification on his nom, back in June. But here is it...sounds interesting:

'Discomfort Zone. - for good or ill, a record in which the act crosses genres with, let's say, positive results.'

And just in case you're not too sure what this theme is asking for..here's Tech's explanation, as was posted on the nominations thread on June 20th:

Think of an act recording a song (their own or a cover) that lies outside their comfort zone, and is a departure from their usual output and style. this should be respectful of the genre tackled - a jolly good bash!
a good example might be elvis costello does country with 'good year for the roses'
and if this round is a howling success (not bloody likely) the theme could be reversed to highlight bad examples of this.
think led zeppelin's puerile take on reggae, 'D’yer Mak’er'.

Are we clear then? Right then, let's have your oddball noms and links as per usual thank you.

See ya on Wednesday then...ciao.

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niEpf...

EDIT: replaced the link with one that's got a bit more bass. Although it's shown on this video as being just Keith Emerson it's from ELP's Works Vol 2 album and not credited as a solo performance.

After Gordon. One for the Faith No More fans, in which Patton unleashes his inner Dadaist!

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jgex1uk...

eftertim,

was going to go with burning spear's 'rock and roll', but despite the heavy riffs being laid down, it's still a reggae tune. so keit' does disco it is. from his 'big label' album 'too expensive', on which he blew fame out of the water by releasing a bewildering collection of genre crossing tunes (and, yes, a reggae song) in an attempt to alienate (or please) everyone. if that wun't enough, he thought the public would probably get off on seeing the outline of his boaby on the back cover (see clip)!

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson

https://youtu.be/TIiffl1IQOE

After Tech:

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wso9...

gordon hasn't left a link for the e.l.p. clip - so, three cheers for gordon!

From when Boy George went Rock, and generally succeeded. Hope this is the kind of thing for the topic.

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRww...

Tech XXIII wrote: "gordon hasn't left a link for the e.l.p. clip - so, three cheers for gordon!"

Sorry, Tech. That must have spoilt your morning.

Link now added.

Sorry, Tech. That must have spoilt your afternoon.

I apologise for going the route of standards - after all, hasn't everyone done an album of standards? But I feel that while we may regard an artist as moving outside their comfort zone, in reality all they're doing is falling back on their own influences. So if Bob wants to do Sinatra and Sir Ken does opera and Queen Latifah does soul, they're really doing a genre they feel comfortable about; it's us who look up startled.

After Sera

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcK9h...

Gordon wrote: "Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niEpf...

EDIT: replaced the link with one that's got a bit more bass. Although it's shown on this video as being..."

When released as a single, it was indeed credited to Keith Emerson alone. Works Vol. 2 is a strange album in that 3 sides of the four are in effect solo sides (a bit like Ummagumma, perhaps) whilst the fourth is a band side. From memory, Keith's 'side' is taken up with his piano concerto.

Found this theme really difficult so I hope this one is ok. Red Zebra were a punk/post-punk band & this track is slightly different to their other stuff, it's an ummm sort of surfy instrumental.

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qspc8Ih...

After Helen The Melon

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7rv8...

Tim wrote: "Works Vol. 2 is a strange album in that 3 sides of the four are in effect solo sides (a bit like Ummagumma, perhaps) whilst the fourth is a band side. From memory, Keith's 'side' is taken up with his piano concerto. ..."

That was the first Works album, Tim. Works vol 2 was a single disc and much more of a rag-bag. A few tracks were clearly solo recordings, e.g. Greg Lake's Watching Over You and Carl Palmer's Bullfrog. The band playing on the latter was actually Back Door rather than ELP.

Really struggling with this one...anybody know of a site that lists possible candidates..cos i've got nada!

Evenin’ Dunk try this link if you can’t find anything on there just try googling ‘singers that cross genre’. 😀

https://vocal.media/beat/the-25-best-...

After KJS


Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley

https://youtu.be/VrNKknIHZ5k

Jemma wrote: "Evenin’ Dunk try this link if you can’t find anything on there just try googling ‘singers that cross genre’. 😀

https://vocal.media/beat/the-25-best-..."

Heya Jemma, thanks for that....mibbe i find something in there!

Gordon wrote: "Tim wrote: "Works Vol. 2 is a strange album in that 3 sides of the four are in effect solo sides (a bit like Ummagumma, perhaps) whilst the fourth is a band side. From memory, Keith's 'side' is tak..."

Oops! You're correct of course, Gordon. I've never owned either of those two is my excuse, and I'm sticking to it. 😉

theDuke wrote: "Really struggling with this one...anybody know of a site that lists possible candidates..cos i've got nada!"

If only King Gizzard had a genre to step outside of, eh Duke?

Brass Neck wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Really struggling with this one...anybody know of a site that lists possible candidates..cos i've got nada!"

If only King Gizzard had a genre to step outside of, eh Duke?"

Their noodly jazz collaboration perhaps?

mibbe their free-form jizzing could provide an answer?

Tech XXIII wrote: "mibbe their free-form jizzing could provide an answer?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr8OP... ?

Zep do reggae (…… in)! There are a surprising number of covers, one even by Eek-a-Mouse but Sheryl Crow's live version starts with a fairly comical pronunciation omitting the crucial apostrophe - effectively Dire Maker which misses the point entirely that the title is a play on Jamaica.

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTqHt...

'Dire'

yup, that's about right!

hmmm, mavbe an idea for 'themes' brewing! songs about 'shaking hands with the wean's faither'. ivor biggun, marc almond, t.g. (2), lots of songs about the 5 knuckle shuffle!

I'm wondering whether Brass (or Tech) has ever heard this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp2iv...

........i've also heard the barron knights!

Brass Neck wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Really struggling with this one...anybody know of a site that lists possible candidates..cos i've got nada!"

If only King Gizzard had a genre to step outside of, eh Duke?"

Well......they did do a Jazz collaboration with the Mild High Club! :)

Anyway..i couldn't find much so....i'm turning to a fellow countryman with this track. I don't know if this qualifies, as he is known in the music business, for being a 'music shape shifter' (whatever that is!)..but he did do this oddball rap number..so here it is..like it or lump it....cos i expect nil points!

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZmEU...

Not sure this qualifies. Hip hop group House Of Pain join forces with hard rock band Helmet.

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyT3g...

Helmet & House of Pain = zip malfunction?

Brass Neck wrote: "Helmet & House of Pain = zip malfunction?"

;-)

Good job they weren't collaborating with this band;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUYq1...

3 hours to go...got 12 so far, anymore noms folks?

theDuke wrote: "3 hours to go...got 12 so far, anymore noms folks?"

I would if I could come up with anything :-|

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain
We R in Control - Neil Young

https://youtu.be/hQfgnooX72g

Well I suspect this may be ruled invalid but I can't come up with anything else. This has only been released on live recordings, and it's pretty much the standard Del Amitri encore. I've always suspected that they do it to discourage people from trying for a second encore. I'll give them an 'A' for effort but it really doesn't work:-)

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain
We R in Control - Neil Young
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1F5w...

Okay then....14 tracks, if Tech approves of them, so not bad at all.

And we stick with the 4 vote system once again.

Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niEpf...

Voting List:

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain
We R in Control - Neil Young
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri

Could be a interesting list....enjoy!

'til Sunday then...

yeah, they're all valid. approval? that's a different thing! hohohohohoho!

Keith Emerson - 3
Red Zebra - 2
Boy George - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 1
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain
We R in Control - Neil Young
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri

After Foe

Boy George - 2
Neil Young - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 3
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain
We R in Control - Neil Young - 1
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri

efterhelen,

that was mostly duff.

re. neil young - comedy records is another theme!

re. led zep - crimes against music is another theme!

re. (h)e.l.p. - bollocks is another theme!

4 - h.elmet
3 - e.presley
2 - k.ylie
1 - b.george

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 2
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 4
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 3
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 4
We R in Control - Neil Young - 1
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri

Tech XXIII wrote: "re. (h)e.l.p. - bollocks is another theme!..."

I got back to Shrewsbury early yesterday evening (one of my trains had actually run on time), while the shops were still open. I went into a shop that trades in second-hand phones, tablets, cameras, games consoles, games and DVDs, run by a pair of studded hipsters (i.e. two blokes with silly beards and excessive piercings, rather than an item of sixties legwear). As I scanned the small display of cameras, I suddenly noticed the background music. These dopey pillocks cool dudes were playing ELP's Tarkus: probably the worst album made by any band anywhere in the world ever. I decided I wasn't interested in cameras anyway and promptly took my leave.

'Hipsters' - more pricked than studded?

These dopey pillocks cool dudes were playing ELP's Tarkus: probably the worst album made by any band anywhere in the world ever.

Impossible. The same band made 'Love Beach', which is far far worse. Side 2 of Tarkus is mixed quality, but the title suite is great.

After Craig

Kylie - 4
Tom - 3
Keith - 2
Del - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 2
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 6
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 4
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 3
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 4
We R in Control - Neil Young - 1
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1

After Jemma

E Presley - 4
ELP - 3
N Young - 2
K Hudson - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 6
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 1
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 6
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 4
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 7
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 4
We R in Control - Neil Young - 3
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1

After KJS

Little Richard - 4 (head and shoulders above everything else!)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3
Led Zeppelin - 2
Kylie Minogue - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 9
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 1
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 7
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 4
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard - 4
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 7
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 2
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 4
We R in Control - Neil Young - 3
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1

After Val

Boy George - 4
Little Richard - 3
Dr John & Rickie Lee Jones - 2
Keith Hudson - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 9
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 2
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 7
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 8
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones - 2
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard - 7
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 7
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 2
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 4
We R in Control - Neil Young - 3
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1

Adding in 2 points that "Civilisation - Keith Hudson" lost yesterday

Precious Lord - Little Richard ~ 4
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton ~ 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain ~ 2
Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer ~ 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 10
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton - 3
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 4
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 7
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 8
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones - 2
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard - 11
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 7
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 2
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 6
We R in Control - Neil Young - 3
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1

After Sj:

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Keith Emerson - 4
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 3
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 2
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 14
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton - 3
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 5
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 7
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 8
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones - 2
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard - 11
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 7
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 5
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 5
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 6
We R in Control - Neil Young - 3
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1

After SJ

Keith Hudson 1

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 10
Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction - Mike Patton - 3
Civilisation - Keith Hudson - 5
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Kylie Minogue - 7
Satan's Butterfly Ball - Boy George - 8
Makin' Whoopee! - Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones - 2
Graveyard Shuffle - Red Zebra - 2
Precious Lord - Little Richard - 11
Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley - 7
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 2
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones - 3
Just Another Victim - Helmet & House Of Pain - 6
We R in Control - Neil Young - 3
The Ace of Spades - Del Amitri - 1