LeeBB

How about Stevie Ray's instrumental version of Little Wing ? The original is so damned short! LBB

Ooh yeah, how did I forget the Conchords? And Konichiwa Bitches is my current very guilty pleasure. Embarrassing when my 17-year-old daughter turns on my iPod ... and there it is. Sprung! LBB

I was going to say "Eloise" and "Macarthur Park", but then I realised that they're both from the 60s. There's Eric Carmen's two hits that he nicked from Rachmaninoff. And a whole bunch of songs that wander off somewhere strange and vaguely embarrassing in the middle eight: Something In The Air Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head And don't forget "Hocus Pocus" by Focus with some wondrous nulti-layered yodelling, pre-Queen style. Can you tell us anything more about the particular song you are after? LBBB ps., doesn't Radar Love have a classical middle?

Actually, it looks to me like it might be Ooh La La. I'd be pretty happy with that... LBB

1. Willin' - Little Feat (1972) 2. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos (1959) 3. Ooh La La - The Faces (1973) 4. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry (1964) 5. Forever Young - Bob Dylan (1974) 6. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline (1957) 7. We're Not Gonna Take It – The Who (1969) 8. More Than This - Roxy Music (1982) 9. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals (1963) 10.Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers (1992) LeeBB

As a proud Australian, I'd just like to say "Thank you and well done!!" LeeBB

I'll go for Weird Al's tribute to Dylan... "Bob" . This is the only thing of Weird Al's that I have really enjoyed. Very very clever, and so authentic too: "Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo..." See ya, LeeBB

I first heard of Dave Matthews a couple of years ago on another forum, so I investigated a little, and I have to admit - I do like that song "Satellite".

Actually, I love the Ian Hunter version... I'll have to check out Great White! thanks, LeeBB

Hi Unseen, In my never-ending quest to answer all questions with a Beatles' song, I give you: Here Comes The Sun It's not directly about moving on, but it is about things getting better, and one of my eternal faves. But here's something very different: Beethoven String Quartet 15 in A minor (Op. 132), 3rd movement. Beethoven wrote this after recovering from a long and near-fatal illness. An impossibly perfect musical re-telling of his awakening from darkness to light. Not difficult, not high-fallutin'. Just beautiful. Hope you and your friend like them, and that things really are looking up, LeeBB

Ooh yeah, thanks Seeker, that's great. Nice and raw! Have you got Pete's version on Lifehouse Chronicles? Mellow... See ya, LeeBB

Paperback Writer Baby, You're A Rich Man Back In The USSR (listen to the "Love" album mix) Actully, LOTS of Beatles's tracks ;-) Boogie On Reggae Woman I Wish - Stevie Wonder Lots of great 70s disco, eg That's The Way I Like it - KC and the Sunshine band Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - that's Tony Levin playing a "stick" bass Guns Of Brixton - The Clash I Wanna Be Adored She Bangs The Drum Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses Fascist Groove Thing - Heaven 17 Close To The Edge - Yes You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon Early Wham singles like Young Guns, Bad Boys, Club Tropicana So so many... LBB

I love The Who, and I think that all four original members are essential to that mix, but I am no particular fan of Roger as a singer. Can be a bit strident; some of my fave Who moments are more peaceful, and often have Pete on vocals. But then again... "Love Ain't For Keeping" is perhaps the sweetest, loveliest of all Who songs, and I do believe that's Roger out the front, so maybe I just don't know what I'm talking about ;-) See ya, LeeBB

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World's Greatest Trucking Song!! (and it makes me cry)

I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos (1959) Willin' - Little Feat (1972) (not the version from the debut album when Lowell's hand was broken and Ry Cooder had to fill in, not the later live version, but the pure Lowell version from Sailin' Shoes)

woah... forgot Bruce Springsteen!!

Sam Cooke Gene Pitney Elvis Paul Rodgers Johnny Cash Marvin Gaye Willie Nelson Bono George Jones Morrissey Ian Brown Van Morrison Rod Stewart Bon Scott John Fogerty (this is hard...) LeeBB

Oh Well... ;-) My apologies for being a condescending dropkick... LBB

Hey Seeker, I'm not sure what to say to a 21-year-old who says "Oh Well" to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. I hope that just means that you haven't yet discovered the joys of that sad and wonderful song. I imagine that the poignancy would be all the greater if I were American, or even from The South, but even we Un-Americans can find something there to tear at our hearts. A friend of mine recently married a woman from Taiwan. She had never heard the Beatles, although she had heard the name. Now, in her thirties, she is discovering that whole fantastic world of stuff that is all brand new to her. I hope that that is why you say "Oh Well" ;-) See ya, LeeBB

It's collecting. It's not a logical, rational activity. If I could afford thousands of pounds on a 00005 White Album, I wouldn't hesitate. From my perspective as Beatle fan, it would be a very interesting item to have. My wife, like many of you, would not understand the attraction. ;-) Of course, in the particular case of the White Album, there are all kinds of permutations of early mixes, masterings, pressings, etc, so a completist could really get carried away on just this one title, but I think it would be enough to say that John, Paul, George and Ringo got the first four copies, and I have the fifth. How cool would that be? btw, if you haven't heard the mono mix of the White Album, I strongly advise you to get hold of a copy. It's a whole different experience. I spent years avoiding the mono Beatles mixes, being such a modern man, but now I discovered that the relationship between mono and stereo mixes is very much like the relationship between black-and-white and colour photography. Neither is "better", but they can be equally wonderful in their own way. (I also highly recommend the mono mixes of Sgt Peppers and Revolver, and check out the mono single mix of Paperback Writer!) See ya, LeeBB

Monty Python: I Bet you they won't play this song on the radio Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah: It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift, which almost parallels "Do, a deer, a female deer". LBB

That's the one. "All Seeing I" are a trio of DJs who work with all kinds of guest singers, best known for a cover of The Beat Goes On about 10 years ago. There's also a big connection with Jarvis Cocker from Pulp. This song is "Pickled Eggs and Sherbert"... no idea who is actually singing on it. It could be a difficult one to get your hands on. Good luck!, LeeBB

But seriously, this is very worrying. What becomes of this generation now??? LB