burley chassis

that's miss bassey to you ( it's what she said to my top local news photographer dad when he called her shirley so we'd best get it right from the start). now you know how much we love a sequined gown and big hair round here so how could we not adore shirl sorry miss bassey especially in all her doing it loads better than the beadles and the doors and blood sweat and tears with massive arrangements and feather boas and the hugest singing and grandest gestures boot sale staple something lp. if these don't put a wiggle in your walk as you're trolling down old compton street nothing will duckies

shirley bassey - light my fire

shirley bassey - something


and now with extra giggling

hell what can i say... there were people that didn't get the easiest in the whole world ever one two ah one two three four introduction to this. i'm baffled. flabbergasted even. i mean it still sits proudly if a bit tattered at least near the front of your singles pile even after thirty years right ? and it comes on everytime you've had a drop or two of what killed auntie ? and you're still not sure of some of the words you've been slurring along to ever since you were very very small ? there were going to extra points for getting the brackets in the right place and everything in a that thing jimmy saville used to do on sundays on the radio when i was little. i'm going for a lie down. i'll save all my clash tales for another day. they're pretty rubbish anyway.

the clash - (white man) in hammersmith palais


extra dubtasticness

i hope you die before i get old

lancaster university early 1981 the beat & the au pairs accidentally turned into a big growing up moment. the national front had bussed in skinheads and assorted rotters from all over to greet everyone after the show with a punch on the nose and a rock through the windscreen. i'd never seen anything like it. especially our pals dad who was giving us a lift home watching us get a pasting and not helping. till then i still thought mums and dads could stop anything bad happening now i saw a frightened bloke who knew he'd get a kicking too. i still think he should've helped though the big girls blouse.

the beat - stand down margaret

i proclaim a snow day

snow snow snow snow snow. charging around trafalgar square at gawd knows what time too excited to stay in bed then home to building a snowman on the roof. ain't life grand. and it'll be sunny soon

dusty springfield - sunny

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right on for the darkness

so when the hell was al pacino in the four seasons ? there's definitely something weird going on here. the night's even like al acting when he was still good and not unwatchably hammy all quiet and soft and gorgeous then exploding just before the pounding starts and all dark and doomy and tragic. has anyone heard al sing ? is he in that jersey boys musical being frankie valli 1966? if he is i might go...

frankie valli and the four seasons - the night


and an extra special stella street treat

just plain living sometimes is kinda tough

imagine the horror of being responsible for the dire horrid ooooh yeah sample that was on every single terrible chartbound cod acid house sound ever ever that spoiled the backend of the eighties for everyone. could you ever be happy again ? would the dirty pumping organ and ecstatic screams of joy of everyone who could pretend they hadn't heard that bit get you through ? knowing you were responsible for a massive empowering anthem maybe ? i don't think so. the poor poor woman how she must've suffered. just try not to listen to that bit.

lyn collins - think

and if you've not got the james brown's funky people lp go get one as soon as you possible can. it's ace.

are you ready ? are you ready for this ?

straight to it no messing about all this drizzle is making my hair go frizzy and i've got pints day at the french to get ready for...

the answers to the spring 2008 dustysevens introductions competition are

lyn collins - think
frankie valli - the night
the beat - stand down margaret
the clash - white man in hammersmith palais
shirley bassey - light my fire
eric b and rakim - follow the leader
the supremes and the temptations - i'm gonna make you love me
the jam - boy about town
neil diamond - sweet caroline
the miracles - love machine

and the winner with a fabulosa eight and a half right answers won't be crying all the way to the chipshop today that's for sure. oh yes it's everyones favourite contintental chelsea supporter step right up mr london lee ! your althea and donna 45 prize will be in the post.

my picture clues obviously didn't help a bit even though i thought everything this time was a bleedin' doddle. there's rattling on about all the featured tunes to come when i've sobered up but till then listen and groan and go i knew it was that really a lot. and thanks for joining in duckies
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intros competition two

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