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The hilarious Leonard Cohen competition on John Murray's radio programme this morning. Disaster!

http://m.soundcloud.com/dedalus05/quiz- ... rd/s-vhmFQ

oh my jaysus!! that was butt clenchingly embarrasing. Poor John Murray!

Maybe I just need a bit of light relief today but I was falling around laughing. I had to be carted off to hospital when he went for 18 words after the lady had picked 20. I am worried that Ivor is able to spend time sourcing this stuff and how he goes about it!
BTW I wouldnt have know any of the answers either but the last one was comical. Our dog would have made a more educated guess

tony wrote: I am worried that Ivor is able to spend time sourcing this stuff and how he goes about it!

It was a sadder geek than me wot sourced it. I think he heard it live and, after he changed his pants, copied the segment from the RTE Player. It couldn't happen to a more smug patronising presenter.

Found thus by accident the other day! I recorded it years ago on video but could I find it to transfer to DVD? Here it is at last! One of his finest despite the pesky keyboard player ;) Full broadcast....Many thanks to Fran for showing us how :)

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It was a sadder geek than me wot sourced it. I think he heard it live and, after he changed his pants, copied the segment from the RTE Player. It couldn't happen to a more smug patronising presenter.[/quote]

fair play to him its bloody brillant.

One of my favourite Beach Boys songs is the gloriously nostalgic Disney Girls and I stumbled upon this very beautiful solo version by Bruce Johnston tonight. So very special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4m5SfdZ_n4

And here's the original from the timeless Surf's Up album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUVEwrYY ... re=related

A gorgeous performance by Richard and Linda Thompson of A Heart Needs A Home. Such emotional directness and honesty is rare. Not a hint of sentimentality, this is rich in life's hard-earned truths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv_NAR4srUE ("Tongues talk fire and eyes cry rivers")

Some of my favourite Tom Waits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkThaBW ... re=related (Tom Traubert's Blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6V5DXk6TbA (On The Nickel - "So what becomes of little boys who run away from home? The world keeps getting bigger once you get out on your own.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7iv0Rg1LU (Innocent When You Dream - when oh when will Big Time be released on DVD?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FjQH3Xw0M (Time)

And some of the best Waits covers I've ever heard. St. Vincent's wonderful re-workings of Big Black Mariah and Tango Till They're Sore. Ms. Clarke might just be the most interesting artist out there at the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N66HPoQBChk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lnwxxYT ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiWa3HHf8w

One of Tom Waits' finest moments is the Big Time concert film which, incredibly, has never been released on DVD. Thankfully, some enterprising soul has uploaded the whole thing to YouTube.