Theme 289 - Take flight. Anything relating to the word, eg flight. flown, fly, flew, soar, glide etc. but not the mode of flight nor things that fly. - Sera69 (closed 10pm Sun 7th Mar)

[theDuke]

Forthcoming Themes:

heme 290 - Sense-ational - song titles containing the words see, hear, smell, taste or touch - Helen
Theme 291 - High dynamism - a song which features a moment which particularly stands out. It could be just be an instrumental 'sting' or phrase, a dramatic pause followed by an explosive continuation, or a sudden change of direction - an audio 'handbrake turn' if you will. An example of a dynamic moment is the drum fill from Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight - Fishy Jim
Theme 292 - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Song titles containing one of the following words: dance(s), dancing or dancer(s) - Val
Theme 293 - It's all Greek to me - song titles featuring a named world language (not fictional.extraterrestrial eg Klingon and not sung IN a foreign language) - Brass Neck
Theme 294 - There's a place - song titles with a well-known landmark included (either a natural site or man-made). Famous thoroughfares are fine, but not some generic street/road, and entire cities etc are also out. - Tim
Theme 295 - Contain yourself - Song titles that reflect a storage container, i.e. lunchbox, coffin, toolbox. - TheFoe
Theme 296 - Wildcard Round 12
Theme 297 - Theme 296 - Top Of The Pops (Resurrection Special) - your favourite TOTP appearance - must MUST be accompanied with a clip from TOTP (any sight or sound of the beast, s******, will result in disqualification.) - Tech
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Nominations thread link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Greetings one and all.

The last day of February is drawing to a close, spring is around the corner, deaths and new infections rates are falling, whilst vaccinations numbers are rising at an impressive rate, lock-down to end soon (hopefully), things are looking brighter, at long last. Covid may well be with us for some time yet...but at least there is now a several effective weapons to fight it, especially now more data on the efficacy (loving that word!) of the vaccines (especially the AstraZenneca one) is proving that the French and Germans were talking nonsense all along.

Anyhoo.....a wee bit early again, but the latest theme is up & running for those who have a nom ready. This week, we're taking to the air, as Sera's nomination explains:

'Take flight. Anything relating to the word, eg flight. flown, fly, flew, soar, glide etc. but not the mode of flight nor things that fly.'

Easy peasy lemon squeezy, thus, let's be having your flight related song nominations please, with a suitable link, thank you.

See y'all on Wednesday.

[Tim]

Flight - A Certain Ratio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_5Dw...

[Serial]

Grinderman - Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBrm3...

[Val]

After Serial

Michael Marra celebrates a Celtic player and father of poet Gil Scott-Heron.

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes

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

[Brass Neck]

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies

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

[theDuke]

Well..there's several songs from the Gizzverse i could choose, but i spare yous all..and go with this Swiss band, not to be confused with the one from Canada:


Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMp5W...

[Craig White]

glad you cleared that up!

what else?

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps

https://youtu.be/33eE1KUNJV8

[Helen The Melon]

After Tee twenty three

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h5xed3F...

[Derek]

after Helen

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52OnG...

[TheFoe]

After Derek

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan

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

[KJS]

after TheFoe

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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

[SussexWelsh]

After KJS

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiy5K...

[Sera69]

After Sussex

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws3H0...

[Lez]

After Sera

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam

https://youtu.be/satY_ofTNo4

[Rob]

After Lez,

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti

https://youtu.be/r81AviZECUE

[Fishy_Jim]

After Rob:

Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9uIH...

[theDuke]

And it's Wednesday evening once again...hello all.

Numbers are back up to 15 this week, thus we get an extra vote, 5 in all....if you need 'em...but probably not Tech! :)

Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_5Dw...

Voting List:
Flight - A Certain Ratio
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker)

A nice mix there, well known ones, less well known ones..and a couple of oddities....enjoy!

Ciao.

[Craig White]

humph.

5 (yeah,five!) - g.rinderman (superb clip)
4 - s.walker
3 - m.marra
2 - a.c.r.
1 - g.ong (i love comedy records)

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 2
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 5
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 3
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 1
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 4

[Rob]

After Tech,

5 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4 - Pearl Jam
3 - Prisma
2 - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker)
1 - Ozzy Osbourne

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 2
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 5
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 3
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies
Glide In - Prisma - 3
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 1
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 4
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 6

[Lez]

After Rob

Tom Petty 5
Groovies 4
Michael Marra 3
Prisma 2
Mark Lanegan 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 2
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 5
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 6
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 4
Glide In - Prisma - 5
Human Fly - The Cramps
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 1
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 10
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 1
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 4
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 6

[Helen The Melon]

After Lez

ACR - 5
Cramps - 4
Marra - 3
Mark L - 2
Pearl J - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 7
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 5
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 9
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 4
Glide In - Prisma - 5
Human Fly - The Cramps - 4
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 3
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 10
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 1
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 5
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 6

[Derek]

after helen

gong 3
mm & thj 2
tp & th 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 7
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 5
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 11
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 4
Glide In - Prisma - 5
Human Fly - The Cramps - 4
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 3
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 4
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 5
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 6

[TheFoe]

After Derek

A Certain Ratio - 5 (enjoyed this a lot!)
The Cramps - 4
The Serpent Power - 3
Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 2
Grinderman - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 12
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 6
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 4
Glide In - Prisma - 5
Human Fly - The Cramps - 8
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 3
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 3
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 4
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 5
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 6

[Val]

After The Foe

Bill Conti - 5
Mark Lanegan - 4
Pearl Jam - 3
Scott Walker - 2
Prisma - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 12
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 6
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 4
Glide In - Prisma - 6
Human Fly - The Cramps - 8
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 3
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 7
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 4
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 8
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - 5
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 8

[Fishy_Jim]

After Val:

A Certain Ratio – 5
Gong – 4
The Icicle Works - 3
Prisma – 2
The Serpent Power - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 17
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 6
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 4
Glide In - Prisma - 8
Human Fly - The Cramps - 8
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works - 3
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 4
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 7
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 8
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 1
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 8
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - 5
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 8

[KJS]

After Fishy_Jim

I still have an original US copy of Human Fly on the Vengeance label.

Cramps - 5
F Groovies - 4
I Works - 3
S Power - 2
O Osbourne - 1


Flight - A Certain Ratio - 17
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 6
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 8
Glide In - Prisma - 8
Human Fly - The Cramps - 13
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works - 6
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 6
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 7
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 8
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 2
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 8
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - 5
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 8

[Craig White]

you jammy bastid!

[Craig White]

notable only because acr's flight is doing well, i found out the other day that i have copy of the 12". had completely forgotten it was there, and it only came to light when i hauled out the records for grading and sale. carry on.

[theDuke]

After KJS:

Flamin' Groovies - 5
A Certain Ratio - 4
The Cramps - 3
The Icicle Works - 3
Bill Conti - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 21
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 6
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 13
Glide In - Prisma - 8
Human Fly - The Cramps - 16
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works - 8
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 6
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 7
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 8
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 2
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 8
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - 6
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 8

[Tim]

after Duke

Gong - 5
Walker Brothers - 4
Cramps - 3
Grinderman - 2
The Serpent Power - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 21
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 8
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 13
Glide In - Prisma - 8
Human Fly - The Cramps - 19
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works - 8
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 7
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 7
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 11
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 13
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 2
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 8
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - 6
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 12

[Brass Neck]

LTF - 5
Cs - 4
IWs - 3
ML - 2
PJ - 1

Flight - A Certain Ratio - 21
Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) - Grinderman - 8
Flight Of The Heron - Michael Marra & The Hazey Janes - 13
High Flyin' Baby - Flamin' Groovies - 13
Glide In - Prisma - 8
Human Fly - The Cramps - 23
As The Dragonfly Flies - The Icicle Works - 11
Flying Away - The Serpent Power - 7
Night Flight To Kabul - Mark Lanegan - 9
Learning To Fly - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 16
I Never Glid Before - Gong - 13
Flying High again - Ozzy Osbourne - 2
Given To Fly - Pearl Jam - 9
Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti - 6
Nite Flights - Walker Brothers (Scott Walker) - 12

[theDuke]

Hello all. Apols for the late finish, as ever i had an early night last night.

Okey doke then...who flew the highest this week?:

well the first song on the playlist was leading the pack right up until the last vote came in, thus this week's winner is...Human Fly by The Cramps. A score of 23 points secures the gold one for the Techmeister. Good song..although i initially thought there was something wrong with it, as not a lot happened for the first coupla minutes......didn't think to watch the vid first did i?! A sterling choice Tech.

That means the former front runner Flight by A Certain Ratio, takes 2nd place, so Tim gets the Silver..and finally, the classic hit Learning To Fly by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, earns KJS the bronze.

Congratulations to you three, and nobody gets a wooden spoon this week..so happy days.

[Craig White]

it's only right, being one of the best singles ever!

but what i wanna know is.......

kjs - what edition of the single do you have? the luminous sleeve? i'll give you..........er..........um...........a fiver for it! that's worth considering, seeing as it has sold on discos for £320!!!!!

cheque, cash? 😈

[KJS]

Tech XXIII wrote: "it's only right, being one of the best singles ever!

but what i wanna know is.......

kjs - what edition of the single do you have? the luminous sleeve? i'll give you..........er..........um........."

It's luminous. I used to think it was 3d as it looks so blurred. Also have Surfin' Bird on Vengeance which isn't so rare. I have so many rare records that I will sell one day. Probably the most valuable is A Factory Sample complete with stickers.

[Craig White]

that's the 1st pressing (as you know), and again, jammy bastid!

it's took me a long time to start selling, and even though i've just made a few sales, it feels kinda liberating in a 'told you that e.neubauten album was worth sixty quid' kinda way!

if you are in the buyer's market, you can find me here,

discogs.com/seller/techxxiii/profile

items being added in a random fashion, prices to suit every pocket, from £2-£400!

[Brass Neck]

I'll have two of whatever's £400.

[Craig White]

you mean both? well, we know you like a bit of throbbing gristle!

parp!