I suddenly feel the urge to… to strut my funky stuff!

[Ben Paddon]

My sister works in a pub in Luton, and she sent me a text just now. Apparently she’s discovered that the pub’s jukebox has “Tonguetied” on it. Haven’t asked her which version it is, though.

Extraordinary.

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[Seb Patrick]

Given that to get the episode version someone would have had to have ripped it from the DVD, I’m going to guess it’s the commercially available (and therefore shit) version, but… wow, that’s still pretty impressive.

Also, when you tweeted about it I’d half made the assumption that your sister must have put it there, but if she didn’t, then that’s extraordinarier.

We should have a G&T outing to this pub.

[Ben Paddon]

If we do it should be when I’m next in the country (which will hopefully be March/April again for the UK web Comix Thing, assuming I can afford to go this year).

[Tonguetied]

Ah my namesake, I am impressed. Are you sure it wasn’t me hiding in the Jukebox singing.

[Ben Paddon]

If it were, my sister would no longer be working at that pub.

[Dave]

Get her to check if they have The Chicken Song or I’ve Never Met A Nice South African.

[Blisschick]

There’s a pub in Houston that has the “Ballad of the Beverly Hillbillies” on the jukebox (with REAL vinyl 45’s!). It used to get regular play when I was still going there.

[Tarka Dal]

Well if we’re telling old jukebox stories (and there’s a sentence I didn’t imagine I’d find myself using).

The Meeting Place – Stourbridge takes some beating. A bunch of hand written song lists where the proprietor has clearly just guessed at song titles. A quid gets you over 20 tracks. Then after you’ve picked your selections the machine then takes on a life of it’s own. It plays your tracks in a completely random order and every couple of songs playing something that not only you didn’t request, but tracks that aren’t even listed on the machine. Which would be bad, where it not for the fact that everyone is something you’d forgotten how much you loved and fits in perfectly between your own choices.

[Blisschick]

>something you?d forgotten how much you loved

Speaking of which…
Is XM Radio available in Britain, or a similar satellite radio service? I recently discovered Channel 44 1st Wave, which is basically alternative music from the 80’s. Richard Blade and Swedish Egil are two of the dj’s, and they play stuff I’d forgotten even existed, plus other songs that never got play over here. Very nice and nostalgic. :)

[John Hoare]

I was considering getting a subscription to XM Radio so I could listen online. They have some fantastic jingles:

[Blisschick]

Yeah, the jingles are pretty cool on the older stations. I listen online all the time. I’ve gotten to where I totally avoid commercial radio simply because I can’t stand listening to more ads than music anymore. Well worth it, IMO.

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