Every week we give away a Golden Discs voucher worth an EU ‘pony‘ to spend freely at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

All we ask from you is a tune we can play at 4.20pm TODAY.

This week’s theme: Stoned sounds

To mark the week that was in it what music bangs your bong and tickles your ‘bud’?

To enter, please complete this sentence

‘In the unlikely event that I would smoke illegal plants I would vouch for______________________________as background music because____________’

Lines MUST close at 3.45pm

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Every Friday we give away a voucher worth a pony [twenty five EUROS] given to us by Golden Discs and free to spend at any of the record giant’s 13 stores nationwide.

In return we ask you to choose a song we can play at 2pm 4pm 5pm TODAY. Monday at 10am.

This week’s theme: Male/Female.

What cross gender contemporary musical performance tickles your ear buds?

To enter, please complete this sentence.

‘The greatest man/woman pairing in music is__________________and_________________owing to____________’

lines MUST close at 1.30pm 3.30pm  Midnight.

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Earlier, with a Golden Discs voucher worth twenty five EUROS to giveaway we asked: what’s your favourite Prog track.

You answered in your tens.

But there could be only one winner.

Kolmo wins the voucher with this epic choice and Prog-like reasoning.

“The greatest prog song in my experience would have be Close to the edge by Yes owing to it’s 18 minutes of musical drama, impenetrable, but delightful complexity and the fact that it uses nearly every musical instrument known to man in the tune…

…It goes on for ages, to listen to the tune without distraction for it’s length is an achievement, by the time you reach the end it feels like you where tripping liathróidí when all you’ve probably consumed was a milky cup of tea and a digestive or possibly a chocolate digestive if the mood had taken you during the shopping trip for something sweet, as plain digestive biscuit sans chocolate is hard to understand, like, if your going to buy biscuits, I mean, life is a short event, choosing not to have chocolate on a rather plain situation is, I’ll try to be kind, miserable and frankly you might need to have an internal dialogue with your id as to the choices you make in life.”

Runners up:

Liam: “Zen Archer” by Todd Rundgren – has heavenly harmonies, military drums, time signature changes and a staggeringly good sax solo (not a phrase I type very often) as well as the obiligatory incomprehensible lyrics. What is a Zen Archer? maybe we’re better off not knowing…”

Dermot: “The greatest prog song in my experience would have be A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harum owing to its haunting melody and just plain weird lyrics.”

Niallo: “The greatest prog song in my experience would have to be Watcher of the Skies by Genesis, because its just magnificent without being pretentious. And that’s Peter Gabriel Genesis kids, not Phil Collins and his big sweaty head Genesis.”

Optimus Grime: “My greatest prog rock song would be the manic “Son et Lumiere – Inertiatic ESP” double header from the Mar Volta from the seminal De-Loused in the Comatorium. Wailing non coherent lyrics with ludicrously complicated guitar riffs what’s not to love about it!”

Edalicious: “Rose by New Secret Weapon is a belter of a tune by an Irish Prog act.”

Liam Deliverance: “The greatest prog song in my experience would have be Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath owing to the fact that Jethro Tull was a band made up of members who could actually sing and play and were not completely bonkers like a lot of their contemporaries.”

Thanks All

Earlier: Oh My Prog

Every Friday we give away a voucher worth 25 messers (Euros) to spend at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

All we ask from you is a tune we can play at 5pm TODAY.

This week’s theme: ‘Prog’.

What track by a progressive act sets off your irregular time signature?

To enter, please complete this sentence.

‘The greatest prog song in my experience would have be_______________________owing to its______________________’

Lines MUST close at 2.45pm 4.45pm

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Earlier, with a Golden Discs voucher worth 25 gangsters (Euros) on offer, we asked YOU:

What is the finest use of a song in the fillums?

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

Dav secured the voucher by choosing a mind-altering meld of music and movie:

The finest use of a song in a film is Kenny Roger’s & the First Edition’s ‘Just Dropped In’, as seen in the Coen Bros indie classic The Big Lebowski (1998). The scene in which it features (a drug-induced Busby Berkeley interlude that has no baring on the plot whatsoever) perfectly epitomises the plot itself: ultimately meaningless, but dammit if it wasn’t a great ride while it lasted (and that’s a good thing!). The Dude abides, etc…

Runners up:

Daisy Chainsaw: “The finest use of a song in a movie was “Storybook Love” Mark Knopfler/Willy DeVille from the ever glorious The Princess Bride (1987).”

Kevin Finnerty:“The finest use of a song in a movie was the rendition of ‘Llorando’ by the singer at the Club Silencio in Mulholland Drive (2001) – the voice continues as the singer herself collapses on the stage.”

The-Bag: “For my money it’s the whole score for the documentary Dark Days (2000) by Unkle / Dj Shadow. Beautiful, haunting and ominous music that perfectly fit the stories and cinematography of the film. The stand out track is Lonely Soul, a strangely upbeat song in the context.”

Ivan: “It’d have to be something out of Goodfellas,(1994) wouldn’t it? I’m torn between the Layla scene or Gimme Shelter. I’ve tossed a coin. It’s Layla.”

Gary Byrne: “The finest use a song in a movie was Kavinsky – Nightcall from the movie Drive (2011)”

Me: “For me its Johnny B Goode in Back to the Future (1985). It’s a great song in a great film. I saw it when I was about 8 or 9 and that scene just blew me away. A school friend gave me a cassette copy of the soundtrack he’d taped off his big brother’s copy. I used to listen to The Power of Love a bit but is was Johnny B Goode I came back to again and again, rewinding it and catching the fade out of Earth Angel and then the anticipation for that riff. The scene in the film is still great to watch, the faces on the kids when Marty is finished soloing and writhing, and the song so good it was sent to space to represent some of the best of earth culture!

David: “The finest use of a song in a movie is George Thorogood & The Destroyer’ Bad to the Bone in the Kids’ movie Megamind (2010). The whole soundtrack is excellent.”

Youkilledmyfatherpreparetodie:“The finest use a song in a movie was the original version of “Lux Aeterna” in Requiem For A Dream (2000), in a time before its subsequent abuse by X Factor and the like.In the context of the movie it was the perfect nerve-shredding compliment to everything going to crap. I’m still a bit traumatised.”

Liam: “The finest use a song in a movie was We’ll Meet Again in Dr Strangelove (1964) ‘ because it’s a wonderful juxtaposition of terror and disaster with total optimism and the human spir…MEIN FUHRER! I can walk.”

TheDude: “Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock used in the great party scene in Russ Meyers’ Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970). So good Mike Myers lifted it into Austin Powers (1997)”

Thanks all.

Earlier: The Golden Screen

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Every week we give away a voucher worth TWENTY FIVE yo yos (euros) to spend at your leisure in any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

All we ask from you is to choose a tune we can play at 6pm TODAY.

This week’s theme: Music in the fillums.

What song made a motion picture you love even more memorable?

To enter, please complete this sentence.

‘The finest use of  a song in a movie was___________________in_______________________’

Lines MUST close at 4.45pm.

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This morning, with a TWENTY FIVE EURO Golden Discs voucher on offer, we asked you: Choose a song that sums up the oncoming month of  trembling possibilities, September?

You answered in your tens.

But there could only be one winner.

‘Notahipster‘ wins the voucher for selecting It Might As Well Rain Until September because:

“It was written by the greatest husband and wife songwriting team of all time, the great Carole King, and the late, great Gerry Goffin. A beautiful song of lost love. Sniff.”

Fight!

Runners up:

Ivan: “For the month that will soon be in it, please play September Gurls by Big Star because no matter what month it is, life is always better with a bit of janglepop.”

Milfred St Meadowlark: “For the month that will soon be in it please play Forever Autumn by Jeff Wayne because it’s War of the Worlds and it’s a downright excellent song, along with the rest of the album. In fact, play it all. The original, not that new-fangled muck. Thank you…”

Andyourpointiswhatexactly: “September Morn by Neil Diamond…Because my grandfather, Mum and now I all love(d) him.”

Harry Molloy: “For the month that’s about to be in in it please play Maggie May by Rod Stewart because it’s all about going back to school and leaving the older woman who took advantage of you over the summer. Story of my life.”

Damian: ‘For the month that will soon be in it, please play Hot for Teacher by Van Halen because starting secondary school. I thought the at least one of my teachers was going to be like the one in this video. I couldn’t have been more wrong, they were all male.”

Bobaldinho: “For the month that will soon be in it, please play George Harrison’s “Here Comes The Sun” because I live in Australia and its starting to warm up again.”

Thanks all

Earlier: September Songs

Golden Discs

Every week we give away a voucher worth TWENTY FIVE big ones (Euros) to spend at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

All we ask from you  is for a tune that we can play at 4pm TODAY.

This week’s theme: September

What tune brings the chills at this time of year?

To enter, complete this sentence.

‘For the month that will soon be in it, please play______________________because__________________’

Lines MUST close at 3.30pm 4.45pm 5.45pm

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