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"Brass In Pocket" (1980) is the title of a song by The Pretenders.  :D
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Yep, that's correct CF...although it doesn't feature a brass section in the musical arrangement, at least not to my recollection. The "brass" in the song title is a northern English (mainly Yorkshire) slang term for cash.

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#4 is "Baker Street" by the wonderfully talented Gerry Rafferty.  8)
#9 is "Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red.
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2 for 2 CF well done :)

"Baker Street" features one of the most famous sax solos in popular music history, by one Raphael Ravenscroft and not (as urban myth once had it) Bob Holness (of "Blockbusters" fame).

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The "brass" in the song title is a northern English (mainly Yorkshire) slang term for cash.
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Yep... in the video, she is waitressing and putting a tip in her pocket. :)

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3.  Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
6.  Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
8.  Beatles - All You Need Is Love
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3 for 3 Kenny, well done :)

And who's going for the extra bonus point and tell me who the sax player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band is? (too easy - I'm giving the bonus points away tonight!).

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11.  You Can Call Me Al--Paul Simon
14.  The Logical Song--Supertramp
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2 for 2 lebeiw15, very good :)

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3 for 3 Kenny, well done :)

And who's going for the extra bonus point and tell me who the sax player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band is? (too easy - I'm giving the bonus points away tonight!).
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Clarence... uh, Clarence... I know this... Clarence... Clarence.


It's Clarence, isn't it?


Edit:  CLARENCE CLEMONS!

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Edit:  CLARENCE CLEMONS!
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That's the man, lebeiw15 - bonus point to you!

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2. In The Midnight Hour-Wilson Pickett
10. Free Nelson Mandela-The Specials AKA
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2 for 2 Indy, well done :)

I love #10 - it's a great song and really evocative of the campaign of the time to release Nelson Mandela. Without getting all political here, Mandela's approach to the problems of reconciliation in South Africa deserves massive credit.

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#7 Baggy Trousers by Madness

I think this is the one where in the video the saxophonists is lifted up by a crane.  Apparently they forgot he was there and left him while they all went for lunch!
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LOL - you're right about the song and video karen, I hadn't heard that story before  :D

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#1. Dexy's Midnight Runners...either 'Burn It Down' or 'Dance Stance'

#15. Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut 100 (fine song!)
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Both correct Paul :)

The Dexy's song was originally released as their debut single "Dance Stance", I believe. I've no idea why they changed it to "Burn It Down" - neither title seems to relate much to the lyrics, which are about anti-Irish bigotry (presumably in late 1970s Birmingham in the wake of the 1974 pub bombings). It's a great song either way - I recommend the album "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels" to everyone.

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I think # 5 is Spandau Ballet and Chant no. 1
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You think right karen :) !

The horns on the song were provided by UK soul outift Beggar & Co., who got credit on the single.

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I think # 5 is Spandau Ballet and Chant no. 1
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Furthermore, this gives me the chance to trot out a well-worn name dropping anecdote of mine...

"le Beat Route" mentioned in this Spandau song was a nightclub in the early 80s in Wardour Street, Soho, London. Originally a tourist trap, it was gradually taken over by the leading lights of the New Romantic movement in London. I think Boy George was the cloakroom attendant at one point.

I was an 18 year old impoverished student living in central London at the time. One Friday night in winter 1981, 3 of us decided to vacate the student union bar and head down to the West End. We ended up joining the queue for le Beat Route and to our astonishment they let us in (there was a big queue of very trendily dressed new romantics with flash hairdos - we were 3 scruffy undergraduates).

Once inside we spotted the Kemp brothers of Spandau Ballet drinking at the bar, a striking man/woman commanding the dance floor (I'm convinced in my memory it was Boy George although he wasn't that famous at the time) and a lanky, bald chap sitting at a table. The lanky bald chap turned out to be Joe Jackson and he was very amiable and had a long chat with us.

We tried getting in again on subsequent occasions but always got turned away - not trendy enough!

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#12 Kev Carter..Manic Street Preachers
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Yep that's correct atthistime :)

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13.All the way to Memphis-Mott The Hoople ;D
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Also correct Mordor - well done, and thanks for closing this out :)