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Today's Tedious Link:

The Wurzels and Combine Harvester

Today's Transcript:

The Charlatans Love Is The Key - “Love Is The Key” was a hit in 2001, the year that was originally “a space odyssey” - “Odyssey” was also the name of a disco combo who scored a top four hit in 1981 with “Back To My Roots” - Roots are what trees use to eat - Eat is what you’d be desperate to do if you’d been marooned on a desert island for weeks on end, a bit like Paul Danan and Lee Sharpe, but without any food - “Food” is the name of the record label that launched the band Blur - Blur is what you’d be looking through if you’d forgotten your contact lenses - The word “lenses” shares many of the same letters as “senses”, which we have five of - Five is also the amount of gold rings that feature in the 12 Days Of Christmas - Christmas first name Lloyd is the name of the Dumb and Dumber character played by Jim Carrey - Jim Carrey has a bit of a rubbery face, a bit like 80’s comedian Phil Cool - “Cool” is what people at Glastonbury say a lot, along with words like “cosmic”, “far out”, “chill out” and “dude” - Glastonbury is in Somerset, which is also the home of our resident wurzel Carrie Davis, whose birthday it is today - and with all that in mind it seems only appropriate that we play something for Carrie and something to get us right in the mood for the Glastonbury festival, it is of course The Wurzels and Combine Harvester - Which links us to The Wurzels and Combine Harvester.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - A few this morning:
*The full title of the Odyssey track was actually “Going Back To My Roots”.
*If you’d forgotten your contact lenses surely your vision would be blurred, rather than you actually looking through a blur.
*”Far out” and “chill out” are also not single words, as is clearly evident. Tut tut.
TRACK INFO: - Released May 1976 + remixed in August 2001
- The original got to number 1 and the remix the other end of the spectrum at 39. The track has spent a collective total of 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The finest band to ever come out of the West Country. Fact. Except maybe all the others.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on the “The Finest 'Arvest of the Wurzels”, a 2001 album seemingly compulsory to all Somerset households.. well judging by Daves non stereotypical link of course. Also contains other classic tracks such as “I Am A Cider Drinker, ”I Wish I Was Back On The Farm” and “I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here”. As you can see, The Wurzels ain’t doing much work for the Somerset Tourist Board at the minute.

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Today's Tedious Link:

U2 and Desire

Today's Transcript:

The Wurzels Combine Harvester - A combine harvester is what you might use to harvest corn, while a different type of corn is what you might find on your feet - The singular form of feet is “foot”, which in humans contains five toes - “Toes” rhymes with “nose”, which is the organ used to smell - If you remove the first and last letters of the word “smell” you’re left with “Mel”, as in Mel B, Mel C or Mel Brooks, the actor and director whose been in many movies over the years including “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and “Blazing Saddles” - Saddles are like seats on horses - Horses eat hay - “Hey Dude” was a 1996 hit for Kula Shaker - Kula Shaker frontman Crispin is the son of movie actress Hayley Mills - Hayley Mills shares the same surname as Scott Mills, who’s on at 4 - 4 is the square route of 16, whilst 16 is the age at which you’re allowed to ride a moped in this country - “Country vegetable” is a popular flavour of soup - Soup is the only thing you’d be able to eat if you’d just had your teeth capped - Caps are what you earn if you represent your country in football or rugby - and rugby is a sport you’d associate with Murrayfield and Twickenham, which are two of the stadium venues on the current tour by U2 - Which links us to U2 and Desire.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Dave called these mistakes “borderline incorrect” but basically he ballsed the link up big time today:
*The nose isn’t an organ.
*A dentist texted in to say you can’t eat anything after you’ve had your teeth capped, not even soup.
*Oh and U2 played Hampden Park, not Murrayfield. Kind of critical to the link that one.
TRACK INFO: - Released October 1988
- U2’s debut chart topper, which spent 8 weeks on the countdown in total.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The first of (as far) six UK number one singles for U2, the others being “The Fly” (Nov 1991), “Discotheque” (February 1997), “Beautiful Day” (October 2000), “Vertigo” (November 2004) and “Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own” (February 2005).
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the multi selling cross Atlantic chart topper “Rattle And Hum”, released also in October 1988 - spending 61 weeks on the UK Album Chart.

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Today's Tedious Link:

PM Dawn and Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

Today's Transcript:

U2 Desire - Desire was taken from U2’s 1988 album “Rattle And Hum” - “Hum” rhymes with “gum”, which could get you arrested if you chew it on the streets of Singapore - A “Singapore sling” is a type of *, while “*” was the title of a movie starring Tom Cruise - Tom Cruise has just got himself engaged to actress Katie Holmes, off of Dawson’s Creek - “creek!” is the noise that old floorboards make - “Make” rhymes with both “bake” and “cake”, which is what you might be required to do if you were preparing for somebody’s birthday - “Happy Birthday” was the title of two different tracks by two different artists which reached the same number two chart position for Stevie Wonder and Altered Images respectively in the year 1981 - 1981 was the year that Charles and Diana got married in Westminster Abbey in London - London is the setting for EastEnders, which has an extensive list of ex cast members, which include Susan Tully, Michael Greco and Martin Kemp - Martin Kemp used to be in Spandau Ballet along with brother Gary, Tony Hadley and some other boke - and Spandau Ballet’s biggest record was undoubtedly “True”, which was sampled by PM Dawn on the 1991 hit "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" - Which links us predictably to PM Dawn and Set Adrift On Memory Bliss.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Of course:
*Charles and Diana got married at St Paul's Cathedral, not Westminster Abbey. Bar that, admittedly it was pretty much there.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1991
- An American number one which went top 3 here, spending 8 weeks on the UK Singles Chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - PM Dawn’s real name is Jarrett Cordes. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Mr Dawn’s September 91’ offering “Of The Heart Of The Soul And Of The Cross”, which got to number 8 and spent 12 weeks on the UK Album Chart.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Cast and Finetime

Today's Transcript:

PM Dawn Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - Set adrift is what you’d be if you were floating on a raft after surviving a ship wreck - A ship wreck was the reason why Robinson Crusoe was stranded on Treasure Island - Treasure Island was written by Robert Louis Stevenson - Robert Louis Stevenson shares the same surname as Pamela Stevenson, who is married to Billy Connolly - Billy Connolly supports Celtic, who are now managed by Gordon Strachan - Gordon Strachan used to play for Leeds United, who’ve drawn Oldham Athletic in the first round of the Carling Cup - Oldham is the home town of Lucy Pinder’s booby mate Michelle Marsh - A marsh is somewhere that you might find wading birds - and many marshes actually double up as bird sanctuaries - If there was a bird sanctuary that was owned by a woman, who’d actually had enough of running the sanctuary and wanted to sell it, you’d say that she was “selling the sanctuary” - “She Sells Sanctuary” is the title of a classic record by The Cult - The Cult are fronted by Ian Astbury, who supports Everton, the top team in the city of Liverpool - and the city of Liverpool has produced many great bands over the years, with one of the finest and most underrated being Cast - Which links us to Cast and Finetime.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Just the one flaw in Comedy Dave’s Tedious Link today:
*Robinson Crusoe was at no point stranded on Treasure Island. That was just Dave entirely mixing up two different stories in his head.
TRACK INFO: - Released July 1995
- Finetime reached no. 17 in the UK Top 40 and spent 4 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Cast were nominated for Best Newcomers at the 95 Brits, made up of members Liam Tyson, Peter Wilkinson, Keith O’Neill and ex La’s guitarist John Power as frontman.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Cast’s debut album “All Change”, released in October 1995. It went top 7 in the UK Album Chart, spending a mammoth 67 weeks on there in total.

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Today's Tedious Link:

N*E*R*D and Rock Star

Today's Transcript:

Cast Finetime - Cast were lead by curly haired frontman John Power - Power Station on the other hand were a mid 80's musical project that featured John and Andy Taylor from Duran Duran, with the late Robert Palmer on vocals - Robert Palmers’ lasting musical image comes from his “Addicted To Love” video, the one where his band is made up of all those heavily made up models - Models are also the sort of thing that you might build yourself, like model planes, which have become something of an obsession for Vernon Kay - Vernon Kay is from Bolton, and is a big fan of Big Sam - Sam Allardyce shares the same first name as Australian actor Sam Neill, who starred in “Jurassic Park” and “Dead Calm”, starring Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane - Billy Zane is now the celebrity beau of Kelly Brook, who has just spent 5 weeks working on Celebrity Love Island with Patrick Kielty - Patrick Kielty used to do a show called “Stupid Punts” - Punts are something you'd expect to see on the river in Cambridge - Cambridge University is somewhere you’d expect to find a lot of computers - Computers contain a hard disk, but you can transfer data from one computer to another, using a floppy disk - If you were interested in computing and megabytes and stuff when I was at school, you were considered to be something of a nerd - and the word “nerd” is spelt “N, E, R, D” - Which links us to N*E*R*D and Rock Star.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - One fairly large flaw today:
*”Australian actor” Sam Neill was actually born in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, and brought up in New Zealand. Nice research Dave.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 2002
- Got to number 15 in The UK Top 40, spending a total of 4 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - I don’t have one for N*E*R*D unfortunately. Bar the fact they are sh*te... if that counts?
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the August 2002 album “In Search Of”, which only reached number 41 on the UK Album Chart. Ha.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Black Box and Ride On Time

Today's Transcript:

N*E*R*D Rock Star - N*E*R*D are one of those bands whose name is made up of just a load of initials, and in that respect share something in common with ELO, KLF and OMD - OMD had a 1991 hit with “Sailing On The Seven Seas” - The seven seas were sailed years ago by people like Christopher Columbus - Christopher Columbus shares the same surname as Christopher Reeve, who played Superman - “Superman” was a recent hit for the Stereophonics - The Stereophonics are Welsh, as are Charlotte Church and Sian Lloyd - Sian Lloyd concerns herself with weather, as do Rob McElwee and Michael Fish - Michael Fish stuffed up in 1987 by failing to forecast a major and hugely devastating hurricane - Hurricane #1 are the band that Andy Bell from Oasis used to be in - Andy Bell from Oasis shares the exact total same name as Andy Bell from Erasure, the band that also included Vince Clark, who used to be in Yazoo with Alison Moyet - Alison Moyet’s initials are “AM”, which means before lunch in the world of time and timetables - and timetables are important if buses and trains are to run on time - and obviously, if they run on time, then it means that you, the passenger, are able to “ride on time” - Which links us predictably to Black Box and Ride On Time.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - One slip of the tongue by David:
*Christopher Columbus and Christopher Reeve share the same first name, not surname. *Chris tried to argue a case for ELO, KLF and OMD being acronymns/abbreviations, but seen as though N*E*R*D is to (no-one ever really dies) it didn’t quite work.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1989
- A huge six week run at number one for this track, which spent a further 18 inside The UK Top 40.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Unsurprisingly (cos it’s great) this was 1989’s best selling single. Loleatta Holloway's song "Love Sensation" was the sample used.. she objected, so further pressings had a different singer.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on Black Box’s top 14 May 1990 album release “Dreamland”. That’s it then for two weeks kids. Play safe and don’t do drugs. Goodbye.

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Stone Roses and Waterfall

Today's Transcript:

Black Box Ride On Time - Black Box are from Italy, as is Frankie Dettori - Frankie Dettori is a jockey, and his dad was also a jockey - Jockey Wilson on the other hand never rode horses and was actually a famous name in the world of darts, a bit like Phil “The Power” Taylor - Phil “The Power” Taylor is from the Potteries, as is Robbie Williams - Robbie Williams performed at Live8, as did Youssou N'Dour - Youssou N'Dour is probably most famous commercially for the record “7 Seconds”, which he recorded with Neneh Cherry - Neneh Cherry shares the same surname as Trevor Cherry, who used to play for Leeds United - Leeds United look set to sign striker Robbie Blake from Birmingham City - Birmingham City play their home matches at St. Andrews - A completely different sporting venue called “St. Andrews” is currently hosting The Open - “Open” is a word that is sometimes linked with the word “sesame” - “Sesame Street” is a show that features Cookie Monster and Big Bird - One of the biggest birds in the world is the ostrich - Ostriches can be found across the continent of Africa - and Africa is also where you find Angel Falls, which is a huge “waterfall” - Which links us predictably to the Stone Roses and Waterfall.

Tedious Facts:

Hello by the way children.
- FLAWS: - Back with a bang:
*The Open finished yesterday, so isn't being "currently hosted" by St. Andrews,
*Angel Falls isn't in Africa, it's in Venezuela. Victoria Falls is in Africa. Slick as ever David.
TRACK INFO: - Released January 1992
- Reached number 27, spending 4 weeks in total on the Singles Chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Although the album “The Stone Roses” was released in May 1989, singles were released and re issued from the album up until the middle of 1995. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - The Roses’ self titled debut peaked no higher than 19 in the UK Album Chart, yet is consistently ranked in the top 5 albums of all time. Voted Best British Album Of All Time in a 2004 edition of The Observer Music Monthly Magazine. Just buy it... thanks.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Björk and Big Time Sensuality

Today's Transcript:

Stone Roses Waterfall - A waterfall can be an unwelcome sight if you’re in a canoe - Kanu first name Nwankwo plays for West Brom, as does Kevin Campbell (morning Kevin if you’re listening) - Kevin Campbell shares the same surname as Nicky Campbell (morning Nicky if you’re listening), who presents Watchdog - Watchdog used to be hosted by Anne Robinson, before she got really scary and nasty - “Nasty” was a 1986 hit for Janet Jackson, while “Nasty Girl” is a current floorfiller from Inaya Day, which curiously features a sample from Janet’s brother Michael Jackson, who has a pet chimp called “Bubbles” - Bubbles, or more precisely “Blowing Bubbles”, is a song you’d associate with West Ham - West Ham play in claret and blue, as do Burnley - Burnley play their home matches at Turf Moor - More is the opposite of less - If you remove the last letter of the word “less” you’re left with “les”, as in Les Dennis - Les Dennis has a couple of dogs, which like to go for walks - People also like to go for walks, and they’re called “ramblers” - and ramblers always pack sensible things in their bags like cagouls and tea bags and probably sugar cubes as well - and the Sugarcubes were the band that first launched the career of Björk - Which links us to this mornings Icelandic Tedious Link track, Björk and Big Time Sensuality.


Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Couple of discrepancies:
*Bubbles is like dead or at a chimp home or something, he ain’t with Jacko no more (apparently).
*Chris also thought the line about ramblers carrying sugar cubes was a bit tenuous, although Dave disputed that with talk of boiled water, kettles, flasks and other such stuff. I had switched off by that point (not literally, I just wasn’t listening that closely).
TRACK INFO: - Released December 1993
- Björk’s fifth solo single release, this charted at number 17 and spent 8 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Björk was born Björk Gudmundsdottir in November 1965. Making her 40 this year.. crikey!
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Björk’s July 93 top 3 debut “Debut”. That’s not a mis type btw, her debut album was in fact called “debut”. What a brainwave that was eh.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Primal Scream and Movin' On Up

Today's Transcript:

Björk Big Time Sensuality - Björk once got into a strop with a reporter at an airport, and in that respect shares something in common with Elton John - Elton John shares the same first name as celebrity Evertonian Elton Welsby - Everton today play Thailand in Bangkok, come on lads! - Bangkok was the inspiration behind the Murray Head classic “One Night In Bangkok”, taken from the musical “Chess” - Chess involves knights and kings and pawns - If you add an R to the word “pawns” you get “prawns”, which turn pink when cooked, a bit like lobsters, which are also classed as “shellfish” - Shellfish can be a common allergy, a bit like pollen and nuts - Nuts are the staple diet of squirrels, which live in trees - Trees are crucial to the biosphere, as they are a major source of oxygen, which they produce during the process of photosynthesis - Photosynthesis is all about leaves - Leeves, first name Jane is a British actress who plays Daphne in Frasier - Frasier was a spin-off from the series “Cheers”, which was set in a bar - A bar was also the setting for much of the Tom Cruise film “*”, the soundtrack to which featured “Don't Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McPherrin - and Bobby McPherrin shares the same first name as Bobby Gillespie, the lead singer from Primal Scream - Which links us to Primal Scream and Movin' On Up.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Just one flaw today:
*A lobster is a crustacean, not actually a shellfish. Seriously though, does anybody actually give a toss?
TRACK INFO: - Released February 1992
- Released on the “Dixie-Narco EP”, which spent 6 weeks on the chart and reached number 11.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Primal Scream came across as twats at Glastonbury. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - The first track on October 1991’s “Screamadelica”, which spent 30 weeks on the chart and peaked at number 8. This was Creation’s biggest album pre Oasis - Winner of the 1992 Mercury Music Prize.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Run DMC & Aerosmith and Walk This Way

Today's Transcript:

Primal Scream Movin' On Up - “Movin' on up” is what you might be doing if you were rockclimbing - Rockclimbing is the sporting theme behind the film “Cliffhanger”, which starred Sylvester Stallone and former EastEnders actor Craig Fairbrass - Craig Fairbrass shares the same surname as both Richard Fairbrass and Fred Fairbrass, who were the two slaphead brothers in Right Said Fred - Right Said Fred had a 1991 hit with “I’m Too Sexy” - “Sexy Boy” was the title of a track by French act Air - Air is essential for humans to breathe - If you remove the last letter of the word “breathe” you get “breath”, which is what you might see on a cold day - Another thing you might see on a cold day is a gritter - “Gritter” rhymes with “pitta”, which is a type of Greek bread - Bread needs yeast in order for it to rise - “Rise To The Occasion” was a hit for Climie Fisher in the year 1987 - and if you rewind one year from 1987 you get to the year 1986, which is famous for many things, such as the World Cup in Mexico, Bob Geldof’s knighthood, and of course the groundbreaking collaboration between Run DMC & Aerosmith, which resulted in the top 8 hit “Walk This Way” in September of that year - Which links us to Run DMC & Aerosmith and Walk This Way.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - One problem:
*Supposedly pitta bread originates from the Middle East, and not Greece. No one seemed entirely convinced, so Chris went off into talking about where he buys his pitta bread from. Fascinating stuff.
TRACK INFO: - Released September 1986
- Spent 10 weeks on the chart and peaked at number 8.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, and Nelly all sang on this with Aerosmith at the 2001 Super Bowl halftime show - and "Walk This Way" was also the title of Aerosmith's 1999 autobiography.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on “Run DMC: The Greatest Hits”, released in April 2003. Other tracks include “It’s Like That” and “It’s Tricky”.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Rod Stewart and Sailing

Today's Transcript:

Run DMC & Aerosmith Walk This Way - Aerosmith are led by tunnel mouthed frontman Steven Tyler - Steven Tyler has a famous daughter called Liv - “Live And Let Die” is the title of a classic movie from the James Bond series - James Bond shares the same surname as Jennie Bond, who’s mates with the Royals - “Royals” are also the name of a type of ciggie - Ciggies are bad and smoking is bad - “Bad” was the title of the album that Michael Jackson released after Thriller - “Thriller” is a film category that you might see on the shelf in the video shop - I’m still banned from the video shop, under a silly misunderstanding - “Misunderstanding” is the present tense of the past tense word “misunderstood” - “Misunderstood” was the title of a top 8 hit last December for Mr Robbie Williams - Robbie Williams supports Port Vale - and if you remove the “Vale” part of Port Vale, you’re left simply with “port”, which is the opposite of starboard in the left and right worlds of canal boats, like what we’re on today, cause we’re “sailing” on a canal boat, on a canal, y’see, cause we’re all “sailing” - Which links us to this mornings very nautical and very special Tedious Link track, Rod Stewart and Sailing.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - The show was live on a boat, thus without the text message system today. Thus no flaws suggested by listeners, thus a seamless link.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1975
- Topped the chart, then thirteen months later re entered at number 3 after the song was used as the theme to the BBC TV documentary series “Sailor”.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This track was originally recorded by The Sutherland Brothers in 1972. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on November 2001’s double disc compilation “The Story So Far - The Very Best Of Rod Stewart”, or alternatively on some CD in your dads CD rack. Which you should then burn with immediate effect may I add.

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Soup Dragons and I’m Free

Today's Transcript:

Rod Stewart Sailing - “Sailing” rhymes with “railing”, which is what you might chain your bike to - 2 times 6 is 12, which is known as a dozen and is the traditional number for packaging purposes, in the distribution of eggs - Eggs are laid by such diverse creatures as chickens, crocodiles and turtles - Turtles can apparently breathe through their bottom - “Bottom” was the title of a long running comedy series starring Rick Mayall and Ade Edmondson - Ade Edmondson is married to Jennifer Saunders, who’s best mates with Dawn French, who’s the other half of Lenny Henry, who’s big mates with Richard Curtis - Richard Curtis shares the same surname as Tony Curtis, who’s the father of Jamie Lee Curtis, who was in “A Fish Called Wanda” with Kevin Kline - If you add an E into the middle of “Kline” you get “Kleine”, which I think is the German word for “small” - Small first name Heather was the lead singer of M People, and had very high hair, a bit like Bett Lynch and Jason Lee, who used to play for Forest - “Forest Gump” is a classic film starring Tom Hanks - If you add a T to the front of “Hanks” you get “thanks”, which is what you might say to the fella on the gate if you’d just been released from prison - and if you had just been released from prison, the first words you’d probably say are “I’m free” - Which links us to The Soup Dragons and I’m Free.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - No. *faints in shock*
TRACK INFO: - Released July 1990
- This track went to number 5, and spent 12 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - “I’m Free” was actually written by The Rolling Stones. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Taken from the top 7 album “Lovegod”, which spent 15 weeks on the UK Album Chart when released back in May 1990.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Daft Punk and Digital Love

Today's Transcript:

Soup Dragons I’m Free - “I’m Free” was the catchphrase of John Inman’s character Mr Humphries in “Are You Being Served?”, which also starred Wendy Richard, who played EastEnders launderette legend Pauline Fowler - Pauline Fowler was married to Arthur, and has a son called Martin, who is now with Sonia, who used to be with Jamie, and before that used to play the trumpet - The trumpet comes under the “orchestral” classification of brass - “Brass monkeys” is an expression meaning the weather is cold - Coldplay’s current album is called X&Y - X&Y are the two types of chromosomes in the human body, which I think also have something to do with DNA - “DNA” was the name of the band that, along with Suzanne Vega, had a 1990 hit with “Tom’s Diner” - “Diner” rhymes with “miner”, which is somebody who worked down pit - If you add a T onto the end of “pit” you get “pitt”, as in Brad Pitt, who is technically still married to Jennifer Aniston, but is now hanging out with Angelina Jolie, who’s got a son called Maddox, who’s from Cambodia - Cambodia shares a border with Vietnam - Vietnam was colonised by the French, as was Cambodia I think - and when you think of the French in terms of popular music, it’s all pretty dreadful really, with one notable exception being Daft Punk - Which links us to Daft Punk and Digital Love.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Just some guff about chromosomes that no one really gives a monkeys about, so no. A seamless link from Comedy Dave.
TRACK INFO: - Released June 2001
- This track got to number 14 and spent 7 weeks on The Official UK Top 40.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Daft Punk are actually production duo Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From March 2001’s top 2 album “Discovery”, the follow up to February 1997’s top 8 debut “Homework”.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Zero 7 and Destiny

Today's Transcript:

Daft Punk Digital Love - Daft Punk are from France, who disappointingly missed out on the chance to host the Olympics in 2012 - If you add up all the constituent numbers that make up the numerical representation of the year 2012, you get 5 - 5ive had a big hit with “Slam Dunk Da Funk” - “Slam Dunk” is a term for the sport of basketball - Basketball is a sport where it’s advantageous to be unusually tall, a bit like Peter Crouch - “Crouch” rhymes with “pouch”, which is where a maternal kangaroo keeps her young - Young first name Paul is mates with Zucchero - “Zucchero” is the Italian word for sugar - Sugar is what you’d add to tea or coffee to make it sweeter, although you wouldn’t if your name was Drew Barrymore, cause apparently she’s allergic to coffee, fact fans - Coffee is a major export from Colombia - “Colombia” was also the name of a famous space shuttle - A space shuttle featured in the James Bond movie “Moonraker” - James Bond is also known as 007 - and if you remove the first number in the numerical sequence 007, you’re left with... that’s right... Zero 7 - Which links us to one of my favourite tracks, and yours as well, Zero 7 and Destiny.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Nah. Seamless. Chris rushed through the post link analysis.. just a coincidence that Drew Barrymore was waiting next door to come in. Mmm. Perhaps.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 2001
- Destiny got to number 30 and spent 3 weeks on the UK Singles Chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Zero 7 are the London based producer duo of Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns. Zero 7 first became known for their remixes of Radiohead, Lenny Kravitz and Sneaker Pimps before hitting the top 30 with “Destiny” in August 2001.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From the album “Simple Things” which went gold in the UK, and peaked at number 28 in the UK Album Charts when released (also) back in August 2001. It was also nominated for the 2001 Mercury Music Prize alongside PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Basement Jaxx, Goldfrapp, and Gorillaz.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Embrace and Come Back To What You Know

Today's Transcript:

Zero 7 Destiny - If you add an apostrophe, S and “Child” to the end of Destiny you get “Destiny’s Child”, who are from Texas like George W Bush - “Bush” is the name of the band fronted by Gavin Rossdale, who is married to Gwen Stefani - Gwen Stefani has the same initials as Gordon Sumner, who’s better known as Sting - “Sting” is a word you’d associate with bees and wasps - Wasps are more prevalent in the summer - “Summer Loving” was one of the tracks on the soundtrack to the movie “Grease”, which starred Olivia Newton John and John Travolta - John Travolta is a big fan of Flying Planes and is a fully qualified pilot - The word “pilot” is almost an anagram of “tulip”, which is the national flower of the Netherlands - The Netherlands are also known as Holland, and people who come from there are called “Dutch”, and are generally very liberal and broad minded, and proud of their Dutch heritage, which involved lots of cheese, canals and windmills - Windmills were traditionally located next to water, and in that respect share something in common with lighthouses - Lighthouses are crucial in the world of navigation, for preventing ships from running aground on rocks, which can quite literally “come out of knowhere” - and “From Out Of Knowhere” is the title of the current album from Embrace - Which links us to a bit of classic Embrace action, Embrace and Come Back To What You Know

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Completely flawed 100%:
*Embrace’s current album is “Out Of Nothing”, not “From Out Of Knowhere”. Thus, with “knowhere” being the connecting link, the whole thing is screwed.
*Also, the track on the Grease album isn’t “Summer Loving” - it’s actually called “Summer Nights”.
*Plus (three for good luck) - Windmills dont have to be near water, that’s watermills.
TRACK INFO: - Released June 1998
- Got to number six in the Top 40, spending 8 weeks on the chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Come Back To What You Know was track 6 on disc 2 of Now 41. I know because I bought it. Fact. So ner.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From “The Good Will Out”, Embrace’s number 1 debut album - released also in June 1998, it spent 21 weeks on the chart.

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Today's Tedious Link:

S Express and The Theme from S-Express

Today's Transcript:

Embrace Come Back To What You Know - An embrace is what you might give somebody who you haven’t seen for a long time - “Time After Time” was a 1984 hit for Cyndi Lauper - Cyndi Lauper, along with Kenny Loggins, appeared on “We Are The World” - We Are The World was like the American version of Band Aid - “Band aid” is what the Americans call a plaster - Plaster of Paris is what you might have on your walls - “Walls come tumbling down” was a 1985 hit for The Style Council - The Style Council were fronted by Paul Weller - Paul Weller is mates with the Gallaghers and the lads out of Ocean Colour Scene - Ocean Colour Scene were the band who recorded “The Riverboat Song” - “The Riverboat Song” was released in 1996, the same year that “Something For The Weekend” was a top 14 smash for Divine Comedy, whose biggest hit to date was their 1999 offering “National Express” - “National Express” is one of only four records that I can think of that contain the word “express”, the other three being the two “Express Yourself” records, by Madonna and N.W.A respectively, and of course The Theme from S-Express by S Express - Which links us to this mornings summer Friday thing, fat Friday Tedious choice, it is of course S Express and The Theme from S-Express.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Yep, one to end the week:
*Plaster Of Paris is usually used for sculptures, modelling and treating broken limbs, rather than putting on walls. Nice.
TRACK INFO: - Released April 1988
- This track spent 2 weeks at number one and a total of 13 weeks in the UK Top 40.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The singer in S Express was Sonia Clarke, better known in 2000 as Sonique, who had top ten hits with “It Feels So Good”, “Sky” and “I Put A Spell On You”.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on the S Express Best Of Collection “Ultimate”. That’s it. Have a nice weekend everyone.

[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

Mock Turtles and Can You Dig It?

Today's Transcript:

S Express The Theme from S-Express - If you phonetically remove the “press” part of S-Express, you’re left with “Essex”, which is the county that gave us Graham Gooch and Denise Van Outen - Denise Van Outen is currently doing This Morning with Richard Bacon - Bacon is something you might have for breakfast, as are eggs - Eggs come from chickens - Chickens have feathers, as do geese - and it’s the feathers from geese that I think are used in pillows - Pillows are classified in the department store as “bedding” - “Bedding” rhymes with “redding”, as in Otis Redding, who had a big hit with “Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay” - Bay leaves are used for cooking and can be found in the spice section, along with rosemary & tyme - “Time To Grow” got to number 9 this year for Lemar - Lemar was in Fame Academy, and performed with the legend that is Lionel Richie, who we met at the Brit Awards when we were going to the toilet - Toilet is represented internationally with the letters “WC”, which are also the initials of Wes Craven, who directed Scream, which starred Courtney Cox - Courtney Cox has been interviewed by Michael Parkinson, as has Steve Coogan - and Steve Coogan’s brother is in the band the Mock Turtles - Which links us to the classic Mock Turtles and Can You Dig It?

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - “Pretty much bang on, as it were” to quote the comedic fella himself. Bar this flaw here:
*Bay leaves and rosemary & tyme are herbs, not spices.
TRACK INFO: - Released March 1991 & March 2003
- Got to number 18 first time around, and number 19 on re issue 12 years later. This track has spent a collective total of 14 weeks on the UK Singles Chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The band's guitarist Martin Glynn Murray has appeared on Heartbeat. Now there’s an impressive fact to start the week eh... ahem.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Taken from May 1991’s “Turtle Soup”... which spent one whole week on the UK Albums Chart. Woah.

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Today's Tedious Link:

James and Come Home

Today's Transcript:

Mock Turtles Can You Dig It? - Turtles lay eggs and sea turtles lay their eggs on the beach - “The Beach” was the title of a film starring Leonardo Di Caprio, who was also in Titanic with Kate Winslet - Kate Winslet shares the same first name as Kate Beckinsale, whose dad Richard Beckinsale was a fine actor, who starred alongside Ronnie Barker in Porridge - Porridge is what Rachel has for her breakfast, and is also what the three bears eat in the goldilocks story - Goldilocks was walking on her own through a forest, and in that respect shares something in common with Little Red Riding Hood - The word “hood” is what the Americans call a bonnet, although a bonnet is also a type of headwear, a bit like a kind of hood - A hood is also a type of ghetto, where mean, bad mother hubbards hang out pimping rides, and trying not to get their asses shot - Shotput is an event that will be coming to London in 2012 when it stages the Olympic Games - The Olympic Games are symbolised by five rings - Five rings made of gold feature in the 12 Days Of Christmas - and Christmas is a time of celebration, decoration and present giving, where it’s nice to be with your family and loved ones - and it’s because of this that at Christmas time, people often travel long distances from wherever they are in the world, in order to “come home” - Which links us to the mighty James and Come Home.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Totally seamless supposedly*

*Can’t be arsed checking.
TRACK INFO: - Released July 1990
- Criminally this track only got to number 32 back in 1990, spending just 4 weeks on chart.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - James actually formed in 1982, and in the 8 years preceding their chart success, they went by various other names, including “Volume Distortion” and “Model Team International”.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - You can get it on the April 1998 number one best seller “The Best Of James”, which spent 53 weeks on the UK Album Chart. Well worth the two bob people.

[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

Love Cats by The Cure

Today's Transcript:

James Come Home - James frontman Tim Booth supports Leeds United, and in that respect shares something in common with Kelly Jones - Kelly Jones shares the same first name as Kelly LeBrock, who starred in the classic 80’s film “Weird Science” - Science is a subject that you learn at school, and was also the street name of Kieron from Big Brother, who was in the house with the likes of Derek, Kemal and Orlaith - Orlaith has two 18 year old sisters, who are twins - “Twins” was the title of a 1988 film starring Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Arnold Schwarzenegger is now an Amercian citizen, but was actually born in his native Austria - The capital of Austria is Vienna - “Vienna” was a 1981 hit for Ultravox - Ultravox were led by Midge Ure, who was the unsung hero behind the colossal Live8 gigs, which took place last month - If you remove the middle letter of the word “month” you get “moth”, which is the type of horrible flying thing that you get in your wardrobe and actually eats your clothes - Clothes are crucial in the world of fashion - and the world of fashion is dominated by many big name designers, such as Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney and Paul Smith - and Paul Smith shares the same surname as Robert Smith, from The Cure - Which links us to the classic Love Cats by The Cure

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - A couple of minor quibbles:
*Moths don’t eat your clothes according to one texter. It’s the caterpillar or larvae of the moth that does so... or summat.
*Plus, Tim Booth left James so isn't the frontman, he's the ex frontman. (Only I picked up on that... thanks).
TRACK INFO: - Released October 1983
- Got to no. 7 in the chart, spending 11 weeks inside the Top 40.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This was initially written as a parody, and Robert Smith later distanced himself from the song. Fact.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Get it on The Cure’s Greatest Hits compilation, released back in November 2001.

[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

Sum 41 and Fat Lip

Today's Transcript:]

The Cure Love Cats - Love Cats was released in 1983, the same year that Michael Jackson topped the charts with Billie Jean - Billie Jean King is the name of the famous tennis playing woman from the past - Past is the opposite of present, while a different type of present is what you might receive at Christmas or on your birthday - Birthdays are a time for cake, and birthday cake traditionally includes candles - Candles are made of wax and contain a wick - “Wick” is the name of a town in north east Scotland - Scotland is where Edith is from, and where her and Colin were last Friday for Radio 1’s Summer Friday Thing, which this week sees Jo Whiley travel to Newquay in Cornwall for a spot of surfing - “Surfing USA” was a big hit for The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys combined physically with the Mamas & The Papas to make Wilson Phillips, who were the offspring of certain members of these two bands, and scored a big hit with “Hold On” - “Hold on” is the name of the game in the sport of rodeo, which is a big favourite with cowboys - Cowboys wear chaps - Chapstick is what you put on your lips if they are sore - and lips can be sore from a number of things, such as cold weather, dryness, and if you get smacked in the mouth, when you’d have a “fat lip” - Which links us to Sum 41 and Fat Lip.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Nope, watertight and seamless. Ha, only kidding:
*Past is the opposite of future, not present. Obviously. Like dur.
TRACK INFO: - Released October 2001
- Got to number 8 and spent 9 weeks on the Singles Countdown.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Sum 41’s name was decided by the date July 31st! Dave went to the Warped Tour on the 41st day of summer, which was indeed July 31. Hence the name Sum (summer) 41 (41st day). Factoid. Thanks.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Taken from the bands second album “All Killer No Filler”, which spent 43 weeks in total on the UK’s Album Rundown, peaking at a highly respectable number seven.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Kym Sims and Too Blind To See It

Today's Transcript:

Sum 41 Fat Lip - Sum 41 is what you get if you add 23 to 18 - 18 years is the age at which you can drink and vote in the UK - The UK is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland is the birthplace of both Colin Murray and Roy Walker - Roy Walker is a legend - “Legend” is the title of a Best Of album from Bob Marley - Bob Marley used to like football - The football season kicks off tomorrow - “Tomorrow” is a song you’d associate with the musical Annie - “Annie” is the Radio 1 first name that links Nightingale with Mac - A mac is what you’d wear in the rain - “Rain” was a 1993 hit for Madonna - Madonna is married to Guy Ritchie - Guy Ritchie produced Snatch - “Snatch” is a word that you’d associate with handbags, while “handbags” is a word you’d associate with dawn - “Dawn” is a good example of a popular one syllable girls name, a bit like the name “Kym” - and when you think of the name Kym in the context of great records from the early 90’s, from an artist with a two, one syllable almost rhyming name, you think of Kym Sims - Which links us to Kym Sims and Too Blind To See It.

Tedious Facts:

- FLAWS: - Seamless supposedly, but:
*Is it just me or did Guy Ritchie direct Snatch, not just produce it?

Bar that, yes seamless.
TRACK INFO: - Released December 1991
- Reached number five in the Top 40, spending 12 weeks on the chart in total.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - Hmm. ONE HIT WONDER springs to mind. Kym only got into the Top 40 two more times after this track was released.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - From Kym’s April 92 debut release, coincidentally also titled “Too Blind To See It”. Too blind for the public to see it in their record shops too, as it only got to number 39 in the album charts. Ha. Alternatively on “Cream Classics Volume 2: The Biggest Cream Tracks Ever”.

[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

The Beloved and Hello

Today's Transcript:

Kym Sims Too Blind To See It - Kym Sims shares the same first name as Kym Carnes, who had a 1981 hit with “Bette Davis Eyes” - Eyes are what enable you to see - “C” is also the third letter of the alphabet, while sea as in the north sea, is what separates the UK from Norway - Norway gets very cold and is somewhere you might find reindeers - Reindeers are what Father Christmas uses to pull his sleigh - If you remove the first letter of “sleigh” you get “Leigh”, who were sadly relegated over the weekend after getting battered 74-0 by Leeds Rhinos - Rhinos in the wild are very dangerous and will charge at you using their sharp horn - Horn first name Trevor is a famous music producer, whose made albums for Seal, who now goes out with Heidi Klum - The word “klum” is almost an anagram of milk, which is something you might pour over your cereal for breakfast - Breakfast is apparently the most important meal of the day - “Day” in German is “tag”, while in French it’s “jour” as in “bonjour”, which literally translated means “good day”, which is used as a general, daytime greeting by the French, in the same way that we use the word “hello” - Which links us to The Beloved and Hello.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Don’t be silly:
*Some people suggested a rhino’s horn isn’t sharp, although Dave begged to differ.
*I would also debate whether “Kym” Syms and “Kim” Carnes actually share the same name - they only do so phonetically.
*There was also quibbles over the plural of reindeer... which is actually “reindeer”, not “reindeers” as Dave incorrectly stated.
TRACK INFO: - Released January 1990
- Reached number 19 in the charts, spending 7 weeks on the countdown.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The Beloved were one of the first British indie bands after the acid house revolution to swap guitars for a more dance based sound... fact. Plus they managed to rhyme "Jean-Paul Sartre" with "Jeffrey Archer" in this track, so therefore automatically have my respect.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Taken from The Beloved’s top 14 March 1990 album “Happiness”.

[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

The Happy Mondays and Loose Fit

Today's Transcript:

The Beloved Hello - “Hello” is also the title of a classic record by Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie is I think the father, or step-father, of Nicole Richie, who’s best mates with Paris Hilton - Paris Hilton has got a boyfriend who is also called Paris, even though I don’t think either of them are actually French - As well as being a nationality, “French” is also a type of knickers, kissing and mustard - Mustard is often served with steak, while steak is often served with chips - Chips need salt & vinegar - Vinegar is natures secret weapon, it can be used to cure disease and also get stains out of clothes and stuff - Clothes come in different sizes, as do dogs - Dogs, especially big dogs, need lots of exercise - Exercise will help you lose weight and get fit - ‘Fit” rhymes with “mitt”, which is a crucial bit of kit in the sport of baseball - Baseball is the subject of the American remake of “Fever Pitch”, which is called “A Perfect Catch” - “Catch” is a word associated with fish, which is often on the menu in Ibiza - Radio 1 is this weekend celebrating ten years in Ibiza - and when we first went to The White Isle, we met up with our great mate Mr Shaun Ryder, who used to be in the Happy Mondays - Which links us to todays Tedious inspired Ibiza track, the Happy Mondays and Loose Fit.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Not really:
*Nicole Richie is the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, not his real daughter or step-daughter.
*She’s also fallen out big time with Paris Hilton, so to state that the two were “best mates” was factually incorrect.
TRACK INFO: - Released March 1991
- Spent 7 weeks on the chart and got to number 17.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - The time Dave is referring to, i.e when they met up with Shaun Ryder, was in 1998 at Manumission in Ibiza - where Shaun famously called Chris “Dave Pearce” to the random blond on his arm.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - On “Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches”, the Mondays’ top 4 debut album, released in November 1990. The third single after Step On and Kinky Afro.

[MC]

Today's Tedious Link:

James Brown and Living In America

Today's Transcript:

Happy Mondays Loose Fit - “Loose fit” is what you might see written on a pair of jeans - Jeans are made out of a material called denim - Denim has always been popular with cowboys - Cowboys are something that you’d associate with America - America is made up of lots of different States - and as of today, in approximately sixty seconds time, you’ll be able to hear us, not just in the UK and around the world on the information super highway, but also live across the United States, via a satellite radio service called Sirius - That’s right, we’re literally moments away from making radio history by broadcasting this show and the rest of Radio 1’s award winning output, to the nice people of America, who can listen to us live on their digital radios in the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen, the lounge, the car, or even the office - “The Office” is a good example of a British export which has worked well in the States, a bit like the new mini and Hugh Grant - and we hope to follow in those footsteps as we unleash our raw power on a new audience, the people across the pond, the citizens of the USA, and the people who are quite literally “living in America” - Which links us predictably to this mornings historic Tedious Link track, by the godfather of soul... James Brown and Living In America.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - David Comedic said positive, but I say negative:
*The time shift means “live across the United States, via a satellite radio service called Sirius” is a big fat lie.
TRACK LOWDOWN: - Released 1986 January - 86/01
- In like a bullet at big number 5 in the UK’s Hot 40 Billboard Countdown!!!!!!!!! Woooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

* I’m trying to appeal to my new American readers here if you haven’t noticed.
- ATTACK FACT: - America is made up of 50 states. FACT.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Who cares. God bless America.

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Today's Tedious Link:

Stardust and Music Sounds Better With You

Today's Transcript:

James Brown Living In America - Living in America is what Anthony Hopkins is now doing - Anthony Hopkins starred as Hannibal Lecter in “Silence Of The Lambs” - “Lambs” is the term for a baby sheep, and it’s sheep and lambs that produce wool - Wool is a warm substance which is good for making jumpers and scarves - Scarves are worn around the neck - The neck of an animal can vary greatly in size, with monkeys and mice having really little necks, and then things like swans and giraffes having really long necks - “Necks” rhymes with “keks”, which is a slang word for trousers or pants - Pants is what an exhausted dog might do after a really long walk on a really hot day - Day, first name Inaya, is responsible for the current camp dance smash “Nasty Girls”, which samples a Prince track, which featured on the soundtrack to the movie “Beverly Hills Cop”, starring Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy shares the same surname as Roisin Murphy from Moloko - Moloko’s “Sing It Back” is regarded as being a big Ibiza record apparently - and when you think of big Ibiza records that have been really big in Ibiza, over the last ten years of Radio 1’s coverage of Ibiza , you think of Stardust and Music Sounds Better With You - Which links us predictably to Stardust and Music Sounds Better With You.

Tedious Facts:

- SEAMLESS?: - Ha. No, although Dave said otherwise and went straight on to the ramble:
*“Lambs” is not the term for a baby sheep, thats’ “lamb”.
*Inaya Day isn’t responsible for current camp dance smash “Nasty Girls”, she’s responsible for current camp dance smash “Nasty Girl”.
TRACK INFO: - Released August 1998
- A top 2 hit which spent a humongous 23 weeks on the chart. Undisputedly the Ibiza anthem of 1998.
- MC FACT ATTACK: - This track was a hit in the month of Chris and Dave’s infamous first visit to The White Isle in 1998. To access pics and videos from Ibiza 98 click onto this post I made on the messageboard.
- ALBUM DETAILS: - Available on NOW 41. CD 2 I believe. The bulk of the tracks are awful though I seem to recall.