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"Senor, Senor, do you know where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?"
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Re: The Chain

Postby David » Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:05 pm

From Holy Mountain by Sleep to Sleep by Little Willie John.

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Re: The Chain

Postby Antcliff » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:26 am

Little Willie John (best to change that stage name I think) to Dr John of N'Orleans.

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Re: The Chain

Postby twoleftfeet » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:50 pm

From a doctor to a clinic:

Instead of just sitting on the fence - why not stand in the middle of the road?
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Re: The Chain

Postby Oskar » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:39 pm

Broken Blossoms - Lillian Gish - D.W. Griffith - Birth of a Nation -

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Re: The Chain

Postby twoleftfeet » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:13 am

Oskar wrote:Broken Blossoms - Lillian Gish - D.W. Griffith - Birth of a Nation -


A 4 step link..
Couldn't you have made it 5, like Arsenal? :)
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Re: The Chain

Postby Antcliff » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:29 am

twoleftfeet wrote:Couldn't you have made it 5, like Arsenal? :)


In a better order?

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Re: The Chain

Postby David » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:56 pm

Continuing that series takes us to ...

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Re: The Chain

Postby Nash » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:07 pm

We're getting colder.

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Re: The Chain

Postby twoleftfeet » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:47 pm

Brrrr......

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Re: The Chain

Postby camus » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:21 am

Sandy - Opus 40 from the (Desert)er songs album

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Re: The Chain

Postby Select Samaritan » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:27 am

Desert rock. And there's also the "dune" bit. Good enough for ya?

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Re: The Chain

Postby twoleftfeet » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:22 am

camus wrote:Sandy - Opus 40 from the (Desert)er songs album


Remind me - who was banging on about tenuous links? :)

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Re: The Chain

Postby camus » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:25 am

Ah the top TENuous, fair cop guv.
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Re: The Chain

Postby Antcliff » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:36 am

A famous midnight song ("After Midnight") was written by JJ Cale.....although not played here.

Tenuous, I agree. But Leon is worth seeing. Good beard.

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Re: The Chain

Postby twoleftfeet » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:38 am

camus wrote:Ah the top TENuous, fair cop guv.


Even by my standards - that is BAD!
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Re: The Chain

Postby nar » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:41 pm

JJ to JD

War does not determine who is right - only who is left. (Bertrand Russell)
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Re: The Chain

Postby camus » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:13 pm

Open House, taken from the Album Songs For Drella (great album) a dedication to Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol "produced" the Velvet Undergrond and Nico Album:



Forever in awe of this song.
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Re: The Chain

Postby Select Samaritan » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:46 am

Warhol painted Marilyn Monroe. Elton John (and Bernie) wrote this tribute to Marilyn Monroe:



I almost went with Mrs. Robinson. Probably should have. Candle was too easy.
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Re: The Chain

Postby camus » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:05 am

Call Me was a song by Blondie. So:



Already posted? Anyhow this is the original.
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Re: The Chain

Postby nar » Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:54 pm

An anagram of "telephone" is "Tenpole, eh?", therefore:

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Re: The Chain

Postby camus » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:18 pm

Who Killed Bambi features in the film about the Sex Pistols "The Great RocknRoll Swindle" The sex Pistols infamously "swindled" Emi out of £75,000, basically paying them to get off the label.

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Re: The Chain

Postby Nicky B » Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:37 pm

Pistols go bang bang....

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Re: The Chain

Postby camus » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:50 pm

bang bang goes the drum...

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Re: The Chain

Postby Oskar » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:17 pm

"This is going to be a damn masterpiece, when I finish dis..." - Poeterry
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Re: The Chain

Postby Select Samaritan » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:43 pm

Elvis Perkins.

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