Pinball Number Count

So we, in our wisdom asked you, the listener to add up all the numbers in The pointer Sisters / Sesame Streeet song Pinball Count.




The version we played on air began with a six and not a 12 as is shown in our video above.

By our reconing the lyrics for the song are as follow:

6
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
7
10
6
7
5
10
6
4
5
6
5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
3
3
11
8
3
11
3
11
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
2
4
2
12
9
4
12
9
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Which by John's calcualtions adds up to 730

john The US Ex-Pat was closest with 732 with The Eternal Journeyman a close second with 736.5

Irelands First UK No. 1

Gizmo asked us here this morning who was the first Irish UK no. 1 single. The answer we found was Inchicore trio, The Bachelors with 'Diane' .



If anyone knows more about these guys let us know.

Leon "Santa" Russell

Meet our new Live Drive hero. His name is Leon Russell. His speciality is country, but he is also a purveyor of the folk, rock and R&B genres. He looks like how Santa Claus would look if he gave him aviator sunglasses and a 10 gallon stetson, ie. fantastic.

Prince & Petty's Guitars Gently Weep

Nicknameless sent us this great clip of Prince, Tom Petty and others paying tribute to the great George Harrison.

Prince nails this by the way!

Let The Monkey Drive

A new Live Drive favorite, note the position of Abe's Thumb!

I'll Be Rap

Fans of Terminator 2, you're gonna love this!

Dr?

As promised here is a taste of Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog..

Set Your Faces On Stunned

For Those US EX Pats

Rain songs!

We had a 'flood' of rain-related requests on this morning's show. Here's a selection of them:
Gene Kelly- Singin' In The Rain
The Cult- Rain
Alice In Chains- Rain When I Die
Tom Waits- A Little Rain
Status Quo- Rain
U2- Electrical Storm
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Who'll Stop The Rain?
A-Ha- I'll Do My Crying In The Rain
The Weathergirls- It's Raining Men
The Beatles- Rain
The Move- Flowers In The Rain
Crowded House- Weather With You
Buddy Holly- Raining In My Heart
Big Country- The Storm
Kate Bush- Cloudbusting
Madonna- Rain

Thanks to everyone who sent in their suggestions!

Live Driver Releases Album!

Stephen Boylan AKA Steve, is a regular texter into the show. He released an album over the weekend and here is a song from that very album.



Best of luck with the album Steve!

Massive Attack Olympia

A couple of LiveDrivers made it to Massive Attack in the Olympia during the week. Here's how it looked on Tuesday night



It was a very good gig

Viva la Viral

We played this on the show this morning it's by a guy called Norweigian Recycling, his myspace is here and you can find out more here.

Samples:
1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
2. The Killers - When You Were Young
3. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You
4. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
5. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
6. Muse - Starlight
7. Hellogoodbye - All Of Your Love

Sparks - Wynton Marsalis

I came across the Wynton Marsalis track Where Y'all At today and it's cooool, so I'll be playing it tomorrow fo'sho' It's from his album From The Plantation To The Penetentiary and you can buy it in iTunes. Have a listen to it first on his website, which let's you listen to all his stuff, so it's worth checking out. I couldn't find a link to the actual track anywhere but while searching I found this iPod ad, as one of the comments on youtube points out, this track isn't available on iTunes, bit of a boo boo that!

What We're Listening to!

You all know how much we like new music on Live Drive, well we've come across someone really great, Stace Gill!

We've been playing her single The Turn for the past 2 weeks and its completely grown on us all.

She's playing a few gigs soon, here's a quick sample near Dublin:

May 14th Portloaise in Lethean
May 29th in Drogheda
May 30th supporting John Spillane in the Purty Loft.

There's a full list and you can hear a few of her songs on her myspace