Monday 31st May 2004 (No Link) [Posted Monday, May 31 2004 by MC_]

Wes was filling in on Bank Holiday Breakfast so therefore there was no Tedious Link today.

Friday 28th May 2004 [Posted Friday, May 28 2004 by MC_]

Oasis Wonderwall - A wonderwall shouldn’t be mistaken for a wonderbra, which is a device used to maximise a woman’s physical qualities - Qualities are a good thing, which can also be seen as assets - The word “assets” shares many of the same letters as the word “stetson”, which is a type of large hat worn by cowboys - Despite their name, cowboys are more likely to ride horses than cows - Cows are the cheap producers of milk in this country - Countryfile is a show you’d associate with John Craven - Craven Cottage is the home of Fulham FC - Fulham FC are managed by Chris Coleman - Chris Coleman is Welsh, like Catherine Zeta Jones - Catherine Zeta Jones has a son called Dylan - Dylan was a character in The Magic Roundabout - The plural of roundabout is roundabouts, which are a common feature on the roads of modern Britain - Britain was the home of the industrial revolution - Revolution was a big hit for The Beatles - and the Beatles back catalogue is owned by Michael Jackson - Which links us to Michael Jackson and Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Thursday 27th May 2004 [Posted Thursday, May 27 2004 by MC_]

Run DMC & Aerosmith Walk This Way - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is the proud father of a famous actress daughter, so in that respect shares something in common with Dennis Waterman - Dennis Waterman used to be married to Rula Lenska - If you remove the “Lenska” part of Rula Lenska, you’re left simply with Rula, which is something you might find in a childs pencil case - A pencil case is something you’d take to school, as is an apple for the teacher if you’re a total brown nosed creep - Creep was a big hit for Radiohead - Radiohead are fronted by Thom Yorke - York is where you’d change for train services to Scarborough - Scarborough is famous for it’s fair, as is Barnet fair, which bizarrely is also traditional cockney rhyming slang for hair - Hair is one of the things that differentiates a primate from a fish - Fish from Marillion is famously Scottish, as is Lorraine Kelly - Lorraine Kelly was the British representative on Eurovision this year, while Johnny Logan was the voice of Ireland - and it’s from Ireland that Noel and Liam Gallagher’s family routes originate - Which links us to Oasis and Wonderwall

Wednesday 26th May 2004 [Posted Wednesday, May 26 2004 by MC_]

Sinead O’Connor Nothing Compares 2 U - Nothing Compares 2 U was written by Prince, who also scored a famous hit with When Doves Cry - Doves like most birds can’t actually cry, as a result of them not having any tear ducts - Tear ducts shouldn’t be mistaken for Teardrops, which was a big hit for Womack & Womack in 1988 - 1988 was the year that the Olympics were held in Seoul in South Korea - As well as being an Asian nation, career can also mean a job or to drive your car off the road - The word “road” shares many of the same letters as the word “toad”, which is a creature closely related to the frog - Frogs are very good at jumping, as is Jonathan Edwards - Jonathan Edwards shares the same christian name as Jonathan Pearce - Jonathan Pearce works for Five Live - Five Live shouldn’t be mistaken for Five Alive, which was a fruit drink popular in the 80’s - and the 80’s was the decade that spawned the first ever rap/rock crossover record, when Run DMC teamed up with the mighty Aerosmith - Which links us predictably to Run DMC & Aerosmith and Walk This Way

Tuesday 25th May 2004 [Posted Tuesday, May 25 2004 by MC_]

Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go - “Everything Must Go” is a sign you might see in a shop - A shop is where you’d go if you wanted to buy stuff - If you add “ing” to the end of stuff you get stuffing, which often consists of sage and onion - The plural of onion is onions, which are popular with the French - The French are also famous for wearing berets - When you think of the word “beret” in the context of mid-80’s Prince records, you think of Raspberry Beret by Prince - Prince of a different type are what you might do with a potato - Potato is one of the few words in the English language which contains two O’s, another one of course being beetroot - Beetroot juice stains really badly - Badly Drawn Boy has a beard, as does Bryan McFadden, who sadly lost out in the final of the Soccer Sixes on penalties - and Bryan McFadden is famously Irish and in that respect shares something in common with Sinead O’Connor - Which links us to Sinead O’Connor and Nothing Compares 2 U

Monday 24th May 2004 [Posted Monday, May 24 2004 by MC_]

JX Son Of A Gun - “Son of a gun” is an expression that you often hear in cowboy films, as is “Howdy partner” - Partner is also a modern day politically correct term for the person that you sleep with - Sleep is what you do in a bed, although a bed can also be a home for flowers and plants - If you remove the L from plants you get pants, which is what the Americans call trousers - Trousers have two legs, as do pigeons - Pigeons can apparently be trained to drop bombs behind enemy lines - Lines rhymes with fines, which are issued by traffic wardens - If you remove the first letter of wardens and replace it with a G you get gardens, which are the passion of Alan Titchmarsh - Alan Alan Titchmarsh shares the same christian name as Alan Davies, who played Jonathan Creek - If you add Yabbie to the word creek you get Yabbie Creek, which is a town near Summer Bay - Summer Bay is a fictional town in Australia - and Australia was the title of a 1996 hit for The Manic Street Preachers - Which links us to The Manic Street Preachers and Everything Must Go

Friday 21st May 2004 [Posted Friday, May 21 2004 by MC_]

The Verve The Drugs Don’t Work - The phrase “the drugs don’t work” is factually incorrect because certain drugs are very effective at alleviating the symptoms of illness, such as paracetamol to cure headaches and ventolin for sufferers of asthma - In a medical dictionary “asthma” would feature quite early on, somewhere between angina and athlete’s foot - Athlete’s foot can be treated with the help of powder, as can the problem of ants - Ants are very strong for their size and can carry objects on their back that are far bigger and heavier than themselves, a bit like a human trying to carry a portacabin or a photocopier - Photocopiers require paper - Paper is made from trees - Trees are felled by lumberjacks - Lumberjacks can often be at high risk of getting caught in the middle of wild bush fires, like the ones they have in Australia - Australia is the country that produced both Men At Work and Tina Arena - and Tina Arena had a top six hit with Chains in April 1994, the very same month bizarrely that first saw the release of JX and Son Of A Gun - Which links us to JX and Son Of A Gun

Thursday 20th May 2004 [Posted Thursday, May 20 2004 by MC_]

Fun Lovin' Criminals Scooby Snacks - The Fun Lovin' Criminals are fronted by a singer called Huey - Another Huey from the world of animated ducks had two duck brothers called Dewey and Louie - Louis Theroux has met Neil and Christine Hamilton, who are married to each other - Other famous married couples include Richard and Judy, Ozzy and Sharon and The Queen and Prince Philip - Prince Philip is the grandfather of Prince William - Prince William can play polo, which is a game played on horses - Horses are kept in stables - If you remove the first letter of stables you get tables, which are what you would find a lot of in a restaurant - A restaurant needs a chef - Chefs like to wear hats, as do traffic wardens - Wardens rhymes with cordons, which is a way of restricting entry to the general public - Public is a word often associated with swimming baths - and swimming can be a great source of physical therapy for recovering drug addicts, because exercise really works, unlike the “Drugs” which in this context “Don’t Work” - Which links us to The Verve and The Drugs Don’t Work

Wednesday 19th May 2004 [Posted Wednesday, May 19 2004 by MC_]

Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away - Give it away is what you might do to a proportion of the money if you’d just won the lottery - The lottery is something that involves the purchasing of a ticket - Ticket rhymes with wicket, which is something you might find at the cricket - Cricket requires the use of a bat - Bat Out Of Hell was a big hit for Meatloaf - The plural of loaf is loaves - Loaves were featured in the bible, as were fishes - Fishes have gills, so that they can breathe underwater - Underwater is where you’d expect to see a submarine - Submarine (colour yellow) is something you might associate with The Beatles - The Beatles were once immortalised in cartoon form, and in that respect share something in common with Scooby-Doo - Scooby-Doo too was a favourite from the medium of cartoon - and when you think about Scooby-Doo and what he may have eaten between meals, you’d probably be thinking about snacks for Scooby, or if you prefer “Scooby Snacks” - Which links us to The Fun Lovin' Criminals and Scooby Snacks (thankfully the clean edit although Dave forgot to check it beforehand)

Tuesday 18th May 2004 [Posted Tuesday, May 18 2004 by MC_]

The Clash London Calling - “London Calling” is what old fashioned London based telephone operators may have said when connecting to another part of the country - Country House was a hit for Blur - Blur were the band that launched the career of Graham Coxon - A Coxon is a naval term referring to a person on a boat - A boat has a hull - Hull is the location of the Humber bridge - Bridge first name Wayne was yesterday selected by Sven for Portugal - Portugal is a major producer of port - Port is often enjoyed after dinner, as are wafer thin mints which can help to clean the palate - A different sort of palate is a device used by a painter, as is a brush - Brush first name Basil was a famous fox - Other famous foxes include Michael J. Fox, Doctor Fox and of course Eurovision entry James Fox, who came sixteenth - A sixteenth is a quarter of a quarter - The word “quarter” shares the same word origins as “quartet”, meaning a band consisting of four members - and when you think of a band consisting of just four members, you think of course of The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Which links us to The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Give It Away

Tuesday 4th May - Monday 17th May 2004 (No Links) [Posted Tuesday, May 4 2004 by MC_]

Chris and the team on holiday. Scott Mills depping in his absence. Tedious Link will return at 9am on Tuesday 18th May.

Monday 3rd May 2004 (No Link) [Posted Tuesday, May 4 2004 by MC_]

Wes was filling in on Bank Holiday Breakfast so therefore there was no Tedious Link today.