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Today's Tedious Link:

Weezer and Buddy Holly

Today's Transcript:

The Shamen Move Any Mountain - The lead singer of The Shamen is called Mr C - C is the third letter in the alphabet - Alphabet is a type of soup, as is Mulligatawny - If you remove the first seven letters of “Mulligatawny” you’re left with “tawny”, which is a word associated with port and the natural colouring of an owl - An owl is regarded as being a bird of prey - Pray was a hit for MC Hammer - MC Hammer shares the same surname as Jan Hammer, who was responsible for The Miami Vice Theme - Miami Vice did much to popularise the 80’s fashion for rolled up sleeves - Rolled up sleeves are practical when doing the washing up, as are rubber gloves - Rubber gloves are also used for other activities such as strip searches and checking your oil at the garage - The garage is also a convenient place to buy birthday cards and flowers - Flowers contain pollen, which when airborn can cause problems for sufferers of hayfever and asthma - Asthma sufferers are prone to coughing and wheezing - and somebody that wheezes a lot might be described as being a wheezer - Which links us to Weezer and Buddy Holly.

Tedious Facts:

Released - May 1995
Peak Chart Position - 12
Album - Taken from their self entitled March 95 top 30 debut release “Weezer”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Take That and Everything Changes

Today's Transcript:

Weezer Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly is now sadly dead and in that respect shares something in common with Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Isambard Kingdom Brunel was and still is a legendary name in the construction of bridges - Bridges first name Jeff starred in The Fabulous Baker Boys alongside Michelle Pfeiffer - The name “Pfeiffer” is a good example of a word that contains a silent P, a bit like the words “psychoanalysis” and “philip” - Philip is the husband of the Queen - Queen were led by their charismatic frontman Freddie Mercury - Mercury is an integral component in a thermometer - A thermometer can be used to measure body temperature when inserted into either the mouth or the bottom - Bottom the series starred Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, who is married to Jennifer Saunders - Jennifer Saunders shares the same initials as Jerry Springer, who interestingly was also born in the UK, as was Robbie Williams - and Robbie Williams did of course sing the vocals on Everything Changes by Take That - Which links us to Take That and Everything Changes.

Tedious Facts:

Released - April 1994
Peak Chart Position - 1
Album - Unsurprisingly taken from the 1993 number one album “Everything Changes”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Michael Jackson and Beat It

Today's Transcript:

Take That Everything Changes - The phrase “everything changes” is very similar to “all change”, which is something you would expect to hear over a tannoy when your train or bus has reached it’s final destination - Final Destination was a film all about a plane crash and in that respect shares something in common with other plane crash films such as Alive - Alive starred Ethan Hawke and was all about a South American rugby team who’s plane crashed in the Andes and they had to take it in turns to eat each other - People who eat each other are called cannibals - If you add the words “fine” and “young” to the front of the word “cannibals” you get Fine Young Cannibals, who were led by singer songwriter Roland Gift - A gift is what you might buy a friend or loved one on their birthday or on an important anniversary - The amount of letters that make up the word “anniversary” numbers exactly eleven, which bizarrely is also the number of people that make up a football team - The word “team” is actually an anagram of the word “meat” - Meat rhymes with beat - and when you think of the word “beat” in the context of Michael Jackson hits from the year 1983, you think of Beat It by Michael Jackson - Which amazingly links us to Michael Jackson and Beat It.

Tedious Facts:

Released - April 1983
Peak Chart Position - 3
Album - Available on this years Best Of Number Ones compilation, “Michael Jackson Number Ones”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Placebo and Nancy Boy

Today's Transcript:

Michael Jackson Beat It - Michael Jackson’s sister Janet had a 1986 hit with Nasty - Nasty rhymes with “pasty”, which is something you might eat in Cornwall - Cornwall only borders one county and that’s called Devon - Devon was the name of a character in the TV series NightRider - NightRider starred David Hasselhoff, who was supposed to be on the show this week but now can’t come on cos apparently he’s too busy - Busy is a word that you’d associate with bees - Bees are kept in hives - Now if you add “the” to “Hives” you get The Hives, who are a band from Sweden - People from Sweden are known as Swedes - and Swedes are also a type of vegetable, often bracketed in the same group as turnips - Turnips shouldn’t be mistaken for turn ups, which is something you might have on your trousers if you’re somebody who suffers from short legs - Legs was a big hit for ZZ Top - ZZ Top consists of just three members and in that respect shares something in common with other three member groups such as Bros, The Thompson Twins and of course Placebo - Which links us to Placebo and Nancy Boy.

Tedious Facts:

Released - February 1997
Peak Chart Position - 4
Album - Taken from their self entitled debut release “Placebo”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Jinny and Keep Warm

Today's Transcript:

Placebo Nancy Boy - Placebo are led by Brian Molko - If you add a third O to Molko you get Moloko, who were a band with a female singer - Other bands to have featured female singers include Catatonia, Blondie and Hole - Hole In My Shoe was a 1984 hit for Neil - Neil Armstrong was the first man to go walking on the moon - Walking On The Moon was a chart topper for The Police in 1979 - If you were born in 1979 you’d now be approximately 25 - 25 is exactly a quarter of a century - If you remove the last letter of century and replace it with “ion” you get “centurion”, which is one of those Roman soldier type people with a sort of brush on their head - Head rhymes with lead, whose initials in the periodic table are Pb - PB are the initials of Peabo Bryson, who duetted on Tonight I Celebrate My Love with Roberta Flack - and flack jackets are worn by the SAS who are trained in the art of survival and know instinctively how to purify water and build fires in cold conditions, to enable them to “keep warm” - Which links us predictably to Jinny and Keep Warm.

Tedious Facts:

Released - July 1995
Peak Chart Position - 11
Album - Available on Disc 2 of the compilation CD “100% Pure Old Skool Club Classics”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Primal Scream and Loaded

Today's Transcript:

Jinny Keep Warm - “Jinny” is the way that people from New Zealand pronounce the name Jenny - Jenny Powell used to be a colleague of Nicky Campbell’s on Wheel Of Fortune - Fortune favours the brave - Braveheart is a classic film starring Mel Gibson - Gibson is a famous name in the world of electric guitars - Guitars have strings and in that respect share something in common with violins - Violins are played with the use of a bow - Bo Duke was the cousin of Luke Duke and Daisy Duke, who all lived with their Uncle Jesse - Jesse Hold On was a top four hit for B*Witched - There were four people in B*Witched, exactly the same amount of people that made up The Four Tops - The Four Tops had a top 7 hit in 1988 with Loco In Acapulco, which featured in the film Buster all about the great train robbery - Robberies normally involve the use of guns - and when a gun has bullets in it, you describe it as being loaded - Which predictably links us to Primal Scream and Loaded.

Tedious Facts:

Released - March 1990
Peak Chart Position - 16
Album - Available on their number 8 1991 debut “Screamadelica”

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Today's Tedious Link:

4 Non Blondes and What’s Up

Today's Transcript:

Primal Scream Loaded - Primal Scream bassist Mani used to be in the Stone Roses with Ian Brown and John Squire - John Squire shares the same christian name as John Nettles, who played Bergerac, the detective based in Jersey - Jersey is a channel island famous for it’s cattle and in that respect shares something in common with Guernsey - Guernsey is the birthplace of Matt Le Tissier - Matt Le Tissier isn’t the only celebrity with the words “Matt” and “Le” in his name, because there is also Matt Le Blanc who played Joey in Friends - Friends was set in New York - New York is home to the Beastie Boys, who had a 1987 hit with No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Brooklyn Beckham is the eldest son of Victoria and David Beckham - David Beckham is a team mate of Ronaldo, who has large protruding teeth - Other people with big teeth include Esther Rantzen and Cilla Black - Neither Esther Rantzen nor Cilla Black have blond hair, so I suppose you could say that they are both “non blondes” - and if they were in a room with Floella Benjamin and Kathy Lloyd, you would describe the four of them as being 4 Non Blondes - Which links us to 4 Non Blondes and What’s Up.

Tedious Facts:

Released - June 1993
Peak Chart Position - 2
Album - Taken from their only UK hit album “Bigger, Better, Faster, More!”

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Today's Tedious Link:

MC Hammer and U Can't Touch This

Today's Transcript:

4 Non Blondes What’s Up - If you take away the “4” and the “Non” part of 4 Non Blondes you’re left with blondes, who apparently have more fun - Fun is a word often associated with fair, while fair can be a description of hair and fair haired people tend to burn more easily in the Sun - The Sun or more specifically sunlight is a paramount thing in the process of photosynthesis, as is chlorophyll - Chlorophyll is green - Green Gartside was also known as Scritti Politti, who had a hit with The Word Girl in 1985 - 1985 was the year of Live Aid - Live Aid took place in both London and Philadelphia - Philadelphia is a big name in the word of spreadable cheese and was also the title of a movie starring Tom Hanks - If you add the letter T to the front of Hanks you get “thanks”, which is what you might say along with goodbye when exiting a shop - Shops tend to have large windows, as do greenhouses - Greenhouses are the ideal environment for growing urban tomatoes - Tomatoes are a type of fruit despite sitting quite comfortably on salad - Salad is served with tongs - and tongs is a word often associated with hammer, as in the famous expression “going at it like a hammer and tongs” or something - So from tongs we get hammer - Which links us to MC Hammer and U Can't Touch This.

Tedious Facts:

Released - June 1990
Peak Chart Position - 3
Album - Taken from MC Hammer’s number 8 UK album “Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Oasis and Some Might Say

Today's Transcript:

MC Hammer U Can't Touch This - “You can’t touch this” is what you might be told by an irate decorator if you went anywhere near his wet paint - Paint It Black was a big hit for The Rolling Stones - Rolling stones are what you might experience during an avalanche, and if heavy enough these stones could pose a very real threat to surrounding buildings and people - People rhymes with steeple, which is something you might find a top a church - Church Of The Poison Mind was a hit for Culture Club - Other bands that contain the word “Culture” in the title include Culture Beat, who had a 1993 hit with Mr Vain - Vain people spend much of their time in front of the mirror - When smashed a mirror is supposed to give you seven years bad luck - Bad luck is the opposite of “Good Luck”, which was the title of a record by the Basement Jaxx - Jacks are used by thieves when removing the wheels from cars before leaving the cars on bricks - Bricks are traditionally used in the construction of houses - Houses are what both Noel and Liam Gallagher live in - and when you think of Noel and Liam Gallagher and perhaps say the first number one single that Oasis had, you think of Some Might Say - Which links us to Oasis and (the awesome) Some Might Say.

Tedious Facts:

Released - May 1995
Peak Chart Position - 1
Album - Frankly if you don’t know this you should be shot, but in case you’ve been in jail for 10 years and haven’t a clue, it’s taken from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory” - the UK’s 2nd biggest selling album of all time

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Today's Tedious Link:

S’Express and The Theme From S’Express

Today's Transcript:

Oasis Some Might Say - Some Might Say was Oasis’s first ever number one single in 1995 - 1995 was the year that Everton won The FA Cup - The FA Cup Final is currently held in Cardiff - Cardiff is the capital of Wales - Whales have blowholes in their head to enable them to breathe - Breathe was a hit for The Prodigy - The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett is married to Natalie Appleton - If you remove the last three letters of Appleton you get Apple, which is the name of Chris and Gwyneth’s new born baby - Baby Baby was a hit for Amy Grant - Amy Grant shares the same surname as Russell Grant, who in turn shares one name in common with Grant Bovey, the husband of Anthea Turner - Anthea Turner likes chocolate - Chocolate was a recent hit for Snow Patrol - A snow patrol or more precisely a snow inspection is something that would probably be carried out during the Winter Olympics - The Winter Olympics are always held in cold countries such as Canada, who hosted the games in 1988 - and 1988 was the year that S’Express topped the charts with The Theme From S’Express - Which links us predictably to S’Express and The Theme From S’Express.

Tedious Facts:

Released - April 1988
Peak Chart Position - 1
Album - Available on the S’Express Best Of Collection “Ultimate”

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Today's Tedious Link:

James and Born Of Frustration

Today's Transcript:

S’Express Theme From S’Express - Express is a word associated with dairies - Dairies produce milk with the use of milking apparatus and cows - Cows are one of the only animals to have three stomachs - Stomachs can ache, as can heads - Heads is the opposite of tails - Tales of a different type were told by Chaucer - Chaucer rhymes with saucer, which is something you’d put under a cup - A cup is something you’d find on a bra, as is a strap - The word “strap” shares many of the same letters as the word “strop”, which is similar to a tantrum - Tantrum shares the same word beginning as tantric, which I think is something to do with yoga and is what allows Sting to have sex for ten hours or something - Ten hours is about the length of time it takes to fly to America - America was discovered by Mr Christopher Columbus - Christopher Columbus shares the same christian name and initials as Christopher Cross, who ironically had a hit with Sailing - Sailing is obviously dependent on wind - and when there’s no wind you can’t sail and have to just sit there in the doldrums, which can be very frustrating - and when you think of frustration in the context of great records by the band James, you think of Born Of Frustration by James - Which incredibly links us to James and Born Of Frustration.

Tedious Facts:

Released - February 1992
Peak Chart Position - 13
Album - Available on their excellent Greatest Hits compilation “James: The Best Of” (track 7)

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Today's Tedious Link:

East 17 and Deep

Today's Transcript:

James Born Of Frustration - James are led by a singer called Tim - If you add an E to the end of Tim you get time, the telling of which is the main reason for having a watch - The plural of watch is watches, which are a major export from Switzerland - People from Switzerland are called Swiss, the same as the cheese which traditionally contains holes - Holes are integral to the sport of golf - Golf is the only sport in the world that involves bunkers - The word “bunkers” shares many of the same letters as “spelunkers”, which as we all know is the term for people who like to explore underground potholes and caves and stuff - Caves are often wet and contain bats - Bats have very advanced natural radar which enables them to navigate in the dark - Dark is a word associated with chocolate, night time and the bottom of the sea - and if you were at the bottom of the sea in say a pressurised diving chamber or perhaps even a submarine, it’s fair to say that you’d be very very “deep” - Which links us to East 17 and Deep.

Tedious Facts:

Released - January 1993
Peak Chart Position - 5
Album - Taken from their 1993 number one debut release “Walthamstow”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Stereophonics and The Bartender And The Thief

Today's Transcript:

East 17 Deep - East 17 star Brian Harvey is very short and in that respect shares something in common with other short celebrities such as Bruno Brookes, Diddy David Hamilton and Ronnie Corbett - If you swap the B of Corbett with a V and add an extra E on the end you get “corvette”, as in Little Red Corvette which was a big hit for Prince - Prince is mates with Sheena Easton who sung For Your Eyes Only from the 1981 Bond film starring Roger Moore - Roger Moore has met Prince Charles - Prince Charles is next in line to the throne which means that one day he could be king - King had a 1985 hit with Love And Pride - The word “pride” shares many of the same letters as “bridge”, which is something that has a span - Span is also a word associated with hands, which in turn is a term concerned with the height of horses - Horses can take part in lots of sports such as horse racing, polo and of course show jumping - Show jumping involves both horse and rider attempting to get over a bar - A bar of a different type is where you’d expect to find a bar maid, or a bartender as they say in America - and if a bartender had been putting his hand in the till and stealing from his boss, he would not only be a bartender but also a thief - Which links us to Stereophonics and The Bartender And The Thief.

Tedious Facts:

Released - November 1998
Peak Chart Position - 3
Album - Taken from their excellent number one 1999 release “Performance And *”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Tori Amos and Cornflake Girl

Today's Transcript:

Stereophonics The Bartender And The Thief - Bartender And The Thief was taken from the album Performance And C0cktails - Performance and C0cktails are two words that could be applied to the use of anabolic steroids - If you put an A in front of steroids you get asteroids, which can be lethal if you’re unlucky enough to suffer a direct hit - Hits of a different type have been suffered by the general public over the years thanks to Pete Waterman - Pete Waterman likes steam trains - Steam trains were the only form of rail travel prior to the invention of diesel and electric powered locomotives - Locomotives move through the power of locomotion - The Locomotion was a hit for Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue is a beautiful creature who is great and small - All Creatures Great And Small is a programme all about vets - Vets tend to do a lot of work on farms - Farms tend to grow crops such as wheat and corn - Corn is a primary ingredient in cornflakes - and when you think of cornflakes in the context of great records from the mid 90’s by a solo female piano based performer you think of Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos - Which links us to Tori Amos and Cornflake Girl.

Tedious Facts:

Released - January 1994
Peak Chart Position - 4
Album - Taken from her February 94 number one album “Under The Pink”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Black Box and Ride On Time

Today's Transcript:

Tori Amos Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos’s initials are TA, which is also the initials of the territorial army - The territorial army are often busy at the weekends and in that respect share something in common with Vernon Kay - Vernon Kay is from Bolton - Bolton first name Michael is a legendary singer from America who scored a top 17 hit in 1992 with Steel Bars - Steel bars are what you’d find on the windows of a prison - Prison or more precisely a prison stretch is often referred to as doing porridge - Porridge was the breakfast of choice for the three little bears - The three little bears were mates with Goldilocks, who was scared of the big bad wolf - If you add “were” to wolf you get werewolf, which is like a fictional cross between a wolf and a person, as in the American werewolf in London - London is the capital of England - England is a green and pleasant land perfect for outdoor pursuits such as rambling and horse riding - Horse riding is something that is best done under the supervision of an experienced instructor - and if you had a horse riding instructor who was always punctual and scheduled your rides on time, you would say that you always “ride on time” - Which links us to Black Box and Ride On Time.

Tedious Facts:

Released - August 1989
Peak Chart Position - 1
Album - The biggest selling single of 1989 was taken from Black Box’s only UK album “Dreamland”, released in May 1990

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Verve and Bitter Sweet Symphony

Today's Transcript:

Black Box Ride On Time - A black box is another term for the flight recorder on an aeroplane - Aeroplane was a 1996 hit for The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a bass player called Flea - The plural of flea is fleas, which sometimes live on dogs - Dogs like to fetch sticks - Styx were an American band who were big in America around the same time as REO Speedwagon - Wagon Wheels are covered in chocolate - Chocolate melts when it gets hot and in that respect shares something in common with wax - Wax first name Ruby is an irritating female TV presenter, who has interviewed Pamela Andersen - Pamela Andersen shares the same surname as Clive Andersen - Clive Andersen supports Arsenal, who yesterday equalled the record 42 game unbeaten run set in 1978 by Nottingham Forest - Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 on Saturday with Leeds - Leeds is where we’ll be this coming weekend for the festival - and the last time I was at the Leeds Festival in 1998 it was headlined by The Verve - Which links us to The Verve and Bitter Sweet Symphony.

Tedious Facts:

Released - June 1997
Peak Chart Position - 2
Album - Taken from the UK's 22nd best selling album of all time, the awesome Urban Hymns (number one in October 1997)

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Today's Tedious Link:

Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler and Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

Today's Transcript:

The Verve Bitter Sweet Symphony - The strings from Bitter Sweet Symphony were actually lifted from the Rolling Stones track “The Last Time”, which got to number one in 1965 - 1965 was the year that John Leslie was born in Edinburgh - Edinburgh is famous for it’s tattoo - Tattoo was the name of the legendary white suited dwarf in Fantasy Island - Fantasy Island starred Ricardo Montalban who also played Vincent Ludwig in Naked Gun, where he starred alongside Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley - Priscilla Presley shares the same surname as the late Elvis Presley, to whom she was married prior to his untimely death in 1977 - 1977 was the title of an album by Ash - If you add a G to the front of Ash you get “gash”, which is what you might do to your leg if you fell off a motorcycle - Motorcycle Emptiness was a 1992 hit for the Manic Street Preachers - The Manic Street Preachers are from Blackwood - Blackwood first name Richard used to present Top Of The Pops - Top Of The Pops has played host to the biggest names in popular music in this country for the last 40 or so years, with everybody from Shampoo to Soul II Soul - and when you think of Soul II Soul and the great records that they made back in the day, you think of Back To Life by Soul II Soul - Which links us predictably to Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler and Back To Life (However Do You Want Me).

Tedious Facts:

Released - June 1989
Peak Chart Position - 1
Album - Available on November 93’s “Volume IV The Classic Singles 88-93”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Robbie Williams and South Of The Border

Today's Transcript:

Soul II Soul feat Caron Wheeler Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) - “Back to life” is how you might describe someone who has been defrosted and resuscitated after being cryogenically frozen - Frozen was a hit for Madonna - Madonna last week played Earls Court in London, at a gig attended by Radio One’s Rachel and Aled - Rachel and Aled both have the surname “Jones” - Jones rhymes with bones, which make up the skeletons of all primates - Primates give birth to live young, unlike chickens and crocodiles that have them in egg form - The plural of egg is eggs, which are sold in egg cartons - Egg cartons can be used to soundproof the walls of pirate radio stations - Pirate radio stations are illegal, as are flick knives - “Knives” are a good example of a K word that has an N sound, a bit like “knees”, “kneeling” and “knob” - Knob is a measurement of butter in the world of cooking - Cooking differs in different parts of the world, such as China, India and Mexico - Mexico shares a border with the USA - and if you had travelled over the border from the USA to Mexico, and wanted to know where you were geographically, I suppose you could say that you were “south of the border” - Which links us to Robbie Williams and South Of The Border.

Tedious Facts:

Released - September 1997
Peak Chart Position - 14
Album - Taken from Robbie’s debut number one album “Life Thru A Lens”

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Beloved and Hello

Today's Transcript:

Robbie Williams South Of The Border - South Of The Border was taken from the album Life Thru A Lens - The word “lens” shares exactly the same word construction as Lens, which is a town in northern France - Northern France is also famous for the production of champagne - Champagne bottles contain a cork - Cork is a county in southern Ireland and is home to Roy Keane - Keane’s lead singer Tom was once mistaken for somebody completely different by Chris Moyles at a gig, and in that respect shares something in common with Chris from The Seahorses and Will from Coldplay - Coldplay’s more famous frontman Chris Martin shares one name in common with Martin Clues, who starred in Men Behaving Badly alongside Neil Morrissey - If you remove the “Neil” part of Neil Morrissey, you’re left simply with Morrissey, who I’m looking forward to seeing at the Leeds festival this Sunday - Sunday is a popular day for goers of church - The plural of church is churches, which tend to have bells - Bells were also traditionally used in the ringing mechanism of a telephone - and if the telephone were to ring and you were to pick it up and answer it in English, your first word would probably be “hello” - Which links us to The Beloved and Hello.

Tedious Facts:

Released - January 1990
Peak Chart Position - 19
Album - Taken from their March 1990 number 14 debut album “Happiness”

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Prodigy and No Good (Start The Dance)

Today's Transcript:

The Beloved Hello - Hello rhymes with “Yellow”, which was a big hit for Coldplay - One of the members of Coldplay is I think having a baby - Baby I Don’t Care was a top song from Transvision Vamp - Transvision Vamp were fronted by blonde bombshell Wendy James - Wendy James shares the same surname as David James, who plays for Manchester City - Manchester City tomorrow face Charlton Athletic - Charlton Athletic are one of the few football clubs in England whose name begins and ends with the same letter, and in that respect share something in common with Northampton Town, York City, Aston Villa and Liverpool - Liverpool is the birthplace of Jennifer Ellison, who won the reality TV show Hells Kitchen under the tutorage of Gordon Ramsay - Ramsay Street is where Madge and Harold Bishop live - Madge Bishop has a son called Henry, who I think is still in prison - and if you take the word “prison” and remove the letters I, S, O and N and add the letters O, D, I, G and Y, you get “prodigy” - Which links us to The Prodigy and No Good (Start The Dance).

Tedious Facts:

Released - May 1994
Peak Chart Position - 4
Album - Taken from their chart topping July 94 release “Music For The Jilted Generation”

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Today's Tedious Link:

The Charlatans and One To Another

Today's Transcript:

The Prodigy No Good (Start The Dance) - The Prodigy are from the English county of Essex, as is Denise Van Outen - Denise Van Outen is of Dutch ancestry, as is bonafide horse faced Dutchman Ruud Van Nistelrooy - Ruud Van Nistelrooy plays for Manchester United - Manchester United were yesterday unable to penetrate a resilient Everton defence and had to settle for a point against the mighty Toffees - Toffees come in wrappers - Rappers kill people, not guns - Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist Slash isn’t actually called Slash and was born in Stoke-On-Trent as Saul Hudson - Hudson Hawk was a 1991 film starring Bruce Willis, whose filmography also includes The Sixth Sense - The Sixth Sense is a good example of a film that’s resulted in me falling asleep in a cinema, and in that respect shares something in common with iRobot - The word “robot” shares many of the same letters as “rabbit” - The plural of rabbit is rabbits, which are indigenous to the United Kingdom and can be found living wild in places like Devon, Yorkshire and Cheshire - and Cheshire or more precisely Northwich, is home of Tim Burgess of The Charlatans - Which links us to The Charlatans and One To Another.

Tedious Facts:

Released - September 1996
Peak Chart Position - 3
Album - Available on their March 1998 Best Of compilation entitled “Melting Pot”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Foo Fighters and Learn To Fly

Today's Transcript:

The Charlatans One To Another - A charlatan is somebody who might try and pull the wool over your eyes, unlike a sheep which has wool all over it’s body - Body Rock was a 1985 hit for Maria Vidal - Vidal Sassoon is a famous hairdresser who also makes shampoo - Shampoo got to number 11 in 1994 with the song Trouble - The word “trouble” is often associated with the word “strife”, as in “trouble and strife”, which means wife in * rhyming slang - If you swap the A in slang for an I you get “sling”, which is probably what you’d wear round your neck if you’d broken your arm and had it in a plaster cast - Cast had a top 8 hit in 1996 with Sandstorm - Sandstorms are common in desert areas where camels are able to close their noses and other orifices to stop the sand getting in - and this clever body protection trick is I suppose a bit like sumo wrestlers, who are apparently able to withdraw their testicles to prevent them from getting injured if they get clattered in the knackers - if you add the word “yard” to knackers you get Knacker’s Yard, which is where old horses go to die - Die rhymes with fly, and when you think about the word “fly” in the context of great records you like to hear at about 9 o’clock in the morning, you think of Learn To Fly by the Foo Fighters - Which links us to the Foo Fighters and Learn To Fly.

Tedious Facts:

Released - October 1999
Peak Chart Position - 21
Album - Taken from their November 99 top 10 album “There Is Nothing Left To Lose”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Tone Loc and Funky Cold Medina

Today's Transcript:

Foo Fighters Learn To Fly - Learn to fly is something that new born eagle chicks have to do once they’re old enough to leave the nest - “Nest” is a word that can be applied to tables - Tables rhymes with fables, which are written by Hans Christian Andersen - Hans Christian Andersen shares the same surname as Pamela Andersen, who has fake boobs a bit like Jordan - Jordan still appears to be dating Peter Andre - Peter Andre shares one of his names with Andre Previn, who is a classical musician and plays the piano - The piano is one of the heaviest instruments you can move into a flat, and could result in you giving yourself a hernia - “Hernia” shares many of the same letters as “Narnia”, which was a fictional place behind the wardrobe in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - Wardrobe shares the same word ending as bathrobe, which is something commonly stolen from hotels - Hotels can be found all around the world in such diverse places as Coventry, Singapore and Reykjavik - Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland - Iceland is, as the name suggests, quite “cold”, but is also apparently quite “funky” - and when you think of the words “cold” and “funky”, or if you prefer “funky” and “cold”, in the context of great records, you think of Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc - Which links us to Tone Loc and Funky Cold Medina.

Tedious Facts:

Released - May 1989
Peak Chart Position - 13
Album - Taken from Tone Loc’s only UK album release “Loc’ed After Dark”, number 22 back in March 89

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Today's Tedious Link:

Strike and U Sure Do

Today's Transcript:

Tone Loc Funky Cold Medina - Funky Cold Medina was a big hit in 1989, the same year interestingly that the Berlin Wall came down - The Berlin Wall situation was the theme behind the song “Wind Of Change” by The Scorpions - Scorpions have a sting in their tail - The plural of tail is tails, which is the opposite of heads - Heads need to be held high - High is the title of a beautiful record by Feeder - Feeder are led by singer/songwriter Grant Nicholas - Nicholas Witchell is a famous newsreader from a golden age, and in that respect shares something in common with Moira Stewart - Moira Stewart shares the same surname as Rod Stewart - Rod Stewart used to be the wrinkly love interest of Rachel Hunter, who is from New Zealand, a bit like Zane Lowe - Zane Lowe shares the same surname as both Rupert Lowe and Rob Lowe, who starred in St. Elmo’s Fire - Fire can be caused by the careless use of matches - Matches are ignited when the sulphur based tips are heated through the medium of friction upon a rough surface, and this process of ignition is commonly known as a “strike” - Which links us to Strike and U Sure Do. (I love this song.)

Tedious Facts:

Released - Originally in December 94, but then it became a hit on re release in April 95
Peak Chart Position - 4
Album - Available on numerous dance compilations, such as The Ministry Of Sounds “Old Skool Club Classics”

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Today's Tedious Link:

Guns ‘N’ Roses and Paradise City

Today's Transcript:

Strike U Sure Do - As well as being a word associated with matches and industrial action, “strike” is also a big word in the world of ten pin bowling - Ten pin bowling involves the use of special footwear, as does golf - Golf is played on a course - A course of a different type is what might be plotted by a sailor - “Sailor” is almost an anagram of “Scolari”, as in Luiz Felipe Scolari the manager of Portugal - Portugal is a major producer and consumer of fish - Fish need to be caught - Cort first name Carl now plays for Wolves, having failed to impress at Newcastle - Newcastle was the setting for the Jimmy Nail detective series Spender - If you add the word “big” to spender you get “Big Spender”, which was a hit for Shirley Bassey - Shirley Bassey is Welsh, as are Colin Jackson and Aled - Aled is scared of spiders - Spiders are a good example of a scary animal that begins with the letter “S”, and in that respect share something in common with snakes - and snakes used to be the pet of choice for guitar legend Slash, formerly of Guns ‘N’ Roses - Which links us predictably to Guns ‘N’ Roses and Paradise City.

Tedious Facts:

Released - March 1989
Peak Chart Position - 6
Album - Can be found on their number one Best Of compilation from earlier this year, “Guns ‘N’ Roses: Greatest Hits”