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9 Jan 2010

Furtive Forty Prize Draw

We’ve pulled a name out of a hat. The hat contained the names of people who voted for the best track of 2009 — “Silver Trembling Hands” by The Flaming Lips. The person belonging to the name wins the prize. The prize consists of:

A West Bromwich Albion condom
A half-drunk bottle of Danny Smith’s vodka
A BRMB “24 Hour Radio” badge
A small bottle of rhubarb wine
A sticker of Birmingham Minister for Fun Martin Mullaney
A voucher for 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts

So “Sarah” please email us and tell us how we get all that to you.

9 January, 2010 at 11:41 by bounder

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9 Jan 2010

The Furtive 40 Pt2 – 09/01/10 Listen Again

The best 20 tracks of 2009 — from the Furtive Forty:

9 January, 2010 at 11:30 by bounder

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9 Jan 2010

The Big Paws Furtive Forty 2009

The best tracks of 2009 from The Big Paws: voted for by listeners, then jumbled into a couple of shows by the team:

1 “Silver Trembling Hands” by The Flaming Lips
2 “Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell” (Wallpaper. RMX) by Das Racist
3 “Papageno” by KiN
4 “Printer Jam” by Mistabishi
5 “All Is Love” by Karen O & The Kids
6 “Hold the line” (feat. Mr. Lexx & Santigold) by Major Lazer
7 “Gangsterish” by White Tea
8 “Borderline” (With Stardeath And White Dwarfs) by The Flaming Lips
9 “WARP 1977″ by The Bloody Beetroots
10 “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris” by Morrissey
11 “Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)” (feat. Jim Jones & Mos Def) by Blakroc
12 “Constellations” by Darwin Deez
13 “Are Friends Electric?” by The Dead Weather
14 “Ozzy” by Drums Of Death
15 “When They Fight, They Fight” by Generationals
16 “Hollow Trees House Hounds” by Cate Le Bon
17 “Stellify” by Ian Brown
18 “Grip” by zZz
19 “Angela” by Jarvis Cocker
20 Cell Mates by Mariachi El Bronx
21 “Boy Lilikoi” by Jónsi
22 “Mum” by Marina & Soko
23 “Why Didn’t You Get a Haircut” by Math the Band
24 “The Fear” (DOCTOR ROSEN ROSEN Rx) by Lily Allen
25 “Bitch, I Love You” by Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears
26 “Tastes Like Kevin Bacon” by Iwrestledabearonce
27 “Stop!” by The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
28 “Suicide” by The Raveonettes
29 “Two Of The Beatles Are Dead” by Keith Top Of The Pops And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity Allstar Backing Band
30 “Gardens Of The South” by Sleeping States
31 “Kiss Me With Your Mouth” by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time
32 “Out of Babel” by The Destroyers
33 “New Fang” by Them Crooked Vultures
34 “Lobster Quadrille” by We Are Enfant Terrible
35 “Zero” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
36 “Uh Huh” by Zooey Deschanel and Munchausen by Proxy
37 “Somebody Tell Me” by Muchuu
38 “I’m In Miami Bitch” (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) by LMFAO
39 “All The King’s Men” by Wild Beasts
40 “Everybody Is a DJ” by Goldie Lookin Chain

Here’s the tracks in positions 41 to 160.

9 January, 2010 at 10:00 by bounder

Tags: Blakroc, Cate Le Bon, Darwin Deez, Das Racist, Drums of Death, Generationals, Ian Brown, Jarvis Cocker, Karen O & The Kids, KiN, Major Lazer, Mariachi El Bronx, Mistabishi, morrissey, Stardeath And White Dwarfs, The Bloody Beetroots, The Dead Weather, The Flaming Lips, White Tea, zZz
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2 Jan 2010

Furtive Forty 40-21 (02/01/10) – Listen Again.

The best, well 40th to 21st best, tracks of 2009. That’s all these.

See tracklisting for them in reverse order (just like Miss World).

The best 20 records of 2009 will be revealed next Saturday (9/1) at 8am on Rhubarb Radio as ever.

2 January, 2010 at 14:08 by bounder

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2 Jan 2010

Furtive Forty: 40 – 21

The Furtive Forty, positions 40 to 21. Top twenty on the show 8am 9th January.

21 “Boy Lilikoi” by Jónsi
22 “Mum” by Marina & Soko
23 “Why Didn’t You Get a Haircut” by Math the Band
24 “The Fear” (DOCTOR ROSEN ROSEN Rx) by Lily Allen
25 “Bitch, I Love You” by Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears
26 “Tastes Like Kevin Bacon” by Iwrestledabearonce
27 “Stop!” by The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
28 “Suicide” by The Raveonettes
29 “Two Of The Beatles Are Dead” by Keith Top Of The Pops And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity Allstar Backing Band
30 “Gardens Of The South” by Sleeping States
31 “Kiss Me With Your Mouth” by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time
32 “Out of Babel” by The Destroyers
33 “New Fang” by Them Crooked Vultures
34 “Lobster Quadrille” by We Are Enfant Terrible
35 “Zero” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
36 “Uh Huh” by Zooey Deschanel and Munchausen by Proxy
37 “Somebody Tell Me” by Muchuu
38 “I’m In Miami Bitch” (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) by LMFAO
39 “All The King’s Men” by Wild Beasts
40 “Everybody Is a DJ” by Goldie Lookin Chain

Here’s the tracks in positions 41 to 160.

2 January, 2010 at 10:11 by bounder

Tags: Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears, Goldie Lookin Chain, iwrestledabearonce, Jónsi, Keith Top Of The Pops And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity Allstar Backing Band, Lily Allen, LMFAO, Marina & Soko, Math the Band, Muchuu, Sleeping States, Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time, The Destroyers, The Raveonettes, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Them Crooked Vultures, We Are Enfant Terrible, Wild Beasts, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zooey Deschanel and Munchausen by Proxy
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1 Jan 2010

Furtive Stats

Wordle - Furtive Forty

What’s in the Furtive Forty? Well…

  • Four remixes
  • Two cover versions
  • Four “supergroups”
  • Three collaborations
  • Two songs by one band
  • Two songs by one singer, with different bands
  • Three (or four, maybe) Brummie tracks

It’s 2.4 hours long in total, there’s 40 hem hem songs and it’s bloody brill.

No more clues, tune in 8am Saturday 2nd and 9th Jan for the final reveal.

1 January, 2010 at 10:00 by bounder

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31 Dec 2009

Furtive Forty, Bubbling Under 160-41

One hundred and twenty fantastic tracks that didn’t make our Furtive Forty — these were on the ’short’ list. Tune in at 8am 2nd Jan for the run down of numbers forty to twenty one, and then the next week for the top tracks of 2009 from The Big Paws…

41 “Lonnie Bangford Theme” by Lonnie Bangford
42 “Knight Of Wands” by Au Revoir Simone
43 “Black Hearted Love” by PJ Harvey & John Parish
44 “Bitch of the Bitches” by Le Corps Mince De Francoise
45 “Gold Guns Girls” by Metric
46 “If I Had A Heart” by Fever Ray
47 “Left & Right in the Dark” by Julian Casablancas
48 “Filthy” by Applicants
49 “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” by  Mojo Filter
50 “Feel Like Taking You Home” by Brendan Benson
51 “Android With a Heart” by The Hornblower Brothers
52 “Dear Stephen Hawking” by Allo, Darlin’
53 “Night Swimmer” by Beth Jeans Houghton
54 “Romborama” (feat. All Leather) by The Bloody Beetroots
55 “Finn Bikkjen!” by Casiokids
56 “Saucy Jack” by Spinal Tap
57 “God Help The Girl” by God Help The Girl
58 “The Trees Grew Emotions Died” by Cold Cave
59 “When I Grow Up (D. Lissvik Remix)” by Fever Ray
60 “Where Were You in the Wild?” by Language-Arts
61 “Red Mist” by Danny Byrd
62 “A horse is not a home” by Miike Snow
63 “Born on a day the sun didn’t rise” by Black Moth Super Rainbow
64 “Treat Me Like Your Mother” by The Dead Weather
65 “I Think I Like It” by Fake Blood
66 “Islands” by The xx
67 “The Bridge Is Broken” by The Dø
68 “Change of Heart” by El Perro Del Mar
69 “Last One” by Brand New Sinclairs
70 “Saints Don’t Cry” by An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump
71 “Deli” by Delorean
72 “11th Dimension” by Julian Casablancas
73 “Surf Solar (Edit)” by Fuck Buttons
74 “Kingsize Karma” by Lords of Bastard
75 “Lonely Owl” by Gold Panda
76 “In the NA” by The Hidden Cameras
77 “No One Could Ever” by Hudson Mohawke
78 “Undressed In Dresden” by The Hundred in the Hands
79 “In The Year 2525″ by Ian Brown
80 “Hooting And Howling” by Wild Beasts
81 “Watching You” by Instra:mental
82 “Bad Angel” by Big Ned
83 “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me” by Jay Reatard
84 “Slow Down” by Jesse Dee
85 “Ship” by Micachu and the Shapes
86 “All We Wanna Do Is Oh!, Vol. 1″ by KateGoes
87 “Chase The Tear” by Portishead
88 “Lets Build A City” by Katsen
89 “Long Long Long” by Yim Yames
90 “Draw My Sword” by Kingman and Jonah
91 “Looking glass” by Little Dragon
92 “See Fernando” by Jenny Lewis
93 “in the dirt” by Tape Deck Mountain
94 “Litigation” by Mariachi El Bronx
95 “Cruel Intentions” by (Feat. Beth Ditto) Simian Mobile Disco
96 “Plain Material” by Memory Tapes
97 “Gimmie” by She Keeps Bees
98 “Shivers” by Tweak Bird
99 “Sacred Trickster” by Sonic Youth
100 “11 song” by Moxy Park
101 “Blues Ground” by Malik-MD7
102 “Yo Mama” by Peggy Sue
103 “Cell Count” by North Atlantic Oscillation
104 “Beep” by Pylon
105 “Panic” by Frank Sidebottom
106 “Know Better Learn Faster” by Thao With the Get Down Stay Down
107 “Brow Beaten” by Silver Columns
108 “Speed” by Quad Throw Salchow
109 “Aztec” by Spor
110 “There’s No Secrets This Year” by Silversun Pickups
111 “I made a tree on the world” by Telefon Tel Aviv
112 “Meeting Mr Miandad” by The Duckworth Lewis Method
113 “Gorgeous Eyes and a Great Smile” by Saskrotch
114 “Wee Monsters” by Unicorn Kid
115 “Trading Things In” by The Voluntary Butler Scheme
116 “Keep The Lights On” by Wave Machines
117 “Percussion Gun” by White Rabbits
118 “Repetition” by The Willowz
119 “Y Cwm” by Y Diwygiad
120 “Dead Disco Dancer” by O Children
121 “Ruby Go Home” by Thee Oh Sees
122 “Psychic City” by YACHT
123 “Hyph Mngo” by Joy Orbison
124 “EAST” by The Bitters
125 “Basic Space” by The xx
126 “Another Fight” by Theoretical Girl
127 “La publicité” by FLOU
128 “Arlington Way” by Cerys Matthews
129 “Feel Good Together” by Drummer
130 “Down In The Woods” by Randomer
131 “Come Around” by Tim & Jean
132 “Who’s There (Edit)” by Riton & Primary 1
133 “My Boy Builds Coffins” by Florence And The Machine
134 “Welcome to Germany” by Goldie Lookin Chain
135 “Die Slow” by HEALTH
136 “Ghetto Love” by Spinnerette
137 “Sweet Little Bird” by Heavy Trash
138 “Joy Fantastic” (ft. Olivier Daysoul) ” by Hudson Mohawke
139 “i sucked off a bloke” by kunt and the gang
140 “The Horizon Is A Beltway” by The Low Anthem
141 “I’ll Be With You” by Lumina
142 “Dumb Head” by Misty’s Big Adventure
143 “Diddley Bo” by Seasick Steve
144 “The Science Room” by Hypertext
145 “Panda Brain” by Noisy Pig
146 “O O I A H” by OOIOO
147 “You Tell Me” by Wendy James
148 “Running From The Cops” by Phantogram
149 “Testimony” by The Phenomenal Handclap Band
150 “Feels Like Summer” by Johnny Foreigner
151 “Holiday in Congo” by Rainbow Arabia
152 “Space Party Anthem” by Starscream
153 “We Still Got The Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues (Raffertie Remix)” by Wild Beasts
154 “She Needs Me” by Fyfe Dangerfield
155 “Real Late Starter” by Nerina Pallot
156 “My Heart (radio version)” by Wildbirds & Peacedrums
157 “be with me” by Gape Attack!
158 “Say No” by Moneypenny
159 “You and I” (feat. Feist)” by Wilco
160 “Headdress” by Amazing Baby

Away to Google, iTunes and the like with you…if you’re after even more inspiration you can  see all the tracks we’ve played this year here: http://thebigpaws.co.uk/category/shows/tracklisting/

31 December, 2009 at 14:58 by bounder

Tags: 2009, best, best of 2009, furtive forty, music, songs, the big paws, tracks, vote
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31 Oct 2009

The Big Paws Furtive Forty

We’re going to do an end-of-year Peelie-style show made up of your votes. It’d be best if the songs were Big Paws-ian (even better if we’ve actually played them). You can listen back to all our shows here: http://thebigpaws.co.uk/category/shows/listen-again-link/ and see all the tracks here http://thebigpaws.co.uk/category/shows/tracklisting/

Poll closed at midnight on Boxing Day – countdown starts on The Big Paws on Jan 2nd at 8am.

31 October, 2009 at 11:37 by bounder

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