Morning Simon and lovely blogpoppets!



Howsabout (I've Had) The Time Of My Life from the soundtrack of Dirty Dancing, because this weekend just gone, i really have had the time of my life.



Thanks Nic.



Cheryl

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Good Morrrrrrrnnnnnnning Blesspopps! Trust you all had a fab weekend ensconced in a romantic hideaway, or at home with your beloved or just doing something generally lovelyful. The Gal and I SLOBbed like you wouldn't believe, and apart from cunning culinacious comestibility, we did diddly doo dah! So, now raring to go this cold and frosty morn.



I see Madam Daz has been busy with the crystal ball, so let's hope all will be revealed later....



Hope all feeling tip-top after last week's ailments and especially that Tricky didn't do his back in again on hearing the Forest result.... (Cov up to 10th eh, just 6 points off the play-offs?!)



See yous all laters good peeps.



(Re-posted from old blog - Simon's up early this half-term week!!!)

There's always the curious use of parentheses in Blondie's "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear" or of course "(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult...

Morning all



"I Know What I Like (In your Wardrobe)" please Simon.



Clever scheduling by the Beeb on 2 last night. Summer games sports (javelin, archery, hammer, running, long jump, hurdling, diving, swimming etc.) in Apocolypto tucked in between the winter sports shennanigans.

Morning Each! I like this idea of mixing up the opening song criteria, it keeps us guessing. That said, Spike, your first bracketed comment, post # 2 today, surely cant be music to anyones ears.

Morning Simon and fellow bloggers,

Hope everyone had a restful weekend. Cold, but quite sunny here. Love to hear Roxy Music's "Oh Yeah (On the radio)".

Mcw x

Quite an extensive list to choose from. Sticking, therefore, only to songs that have made Number One in the singles chart, why not have the first new Number One of the Seventies, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse.

Simon,to quote one of our newspaper deliverers this morning, when asked if anyone wanted to do an extra round... "Pick Me, pick me". That was Basith, and he got the extra round. If it worked for him...

Radiohead's "Hail To The Thief" album had 14 tracks, every one of them with a parenthetic sub-title but none of them Drivetime radio-friendly.

..or how about this one, it reached number one in 1985 and is a belter:



There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) - Eurythmics

Today's blog is taking me back to when Jimmy Saville used to do the Top 20 of a yesteryear on Sunday lunchtimes - possibly Radio 1? He used to ask the listeners if they could remember where the brackets went in the song title and award 2 points to everyone if they got it right!



I am only 41. Really. Homest guv!



Deevs



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Morning all - Back at home now, with a week of r&r to "enjoy"



Hmmm, if I remember rightly, Hazell Dean used more bracketsa than an Ikea shelving unit. A quick G@@gle found these...



Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)

Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)

Back In My Arms (Once Again)

No Fool (For Love)

Maybe (We Should Call It A Day)



But my favourite for first song has to be the beatie Boys' use of dual bracketry...(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)



And as for the Forest result - I have broad shoulders. I've seen worse times. I wouldn;t be that bothered if they didn;t go up this year, as they really aren;t ready for the Prem just yet!

And my vote for last song of the night goes to Radiohead with Street Spirit (Fade Out)...I thank you.

How about Hall and Oates



I can't go for that (no can do)

Hazel Dean had great hair! x

Morning Team,



2 mentions of Radiohead already - excellent. However, they won't get played.

My suggestion - James - Sometimes (Lester Piggott)

I trust we all had a jolly fine weekend.



Laters.



Nic

Warm Monday morning greetings to - Jason Issacs, CherylTheDiva, Kev TrickyTree Williams, KatyMac, Ticketyboo, BabyDriver, Ken Jude, music_geek, Rev David Marshall, Brenda, poshsoullady, Deebee9, Tortie-cat, NicRolastic, PurpleDragon, Emily, SylviaB88, Paul of Sheffield, Alison from Eastleigh, madchickenwoman, jeff, payre, sparklesparklytinsel, MobileToothFairy, Anthony in Rugby, misstoedipper,... and somebody who rarely makes a post, Spike!



Yet again I find myself suggesting a song that I'm not a big fan of but if we are going on popularity/number of singles sold then "(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU" by "BRYAN ADAMS" seems to be the most obvious.



"CHER"'S "THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS)" is one I would sooner forget and another song not in my record collection because I can't stand it is:

"NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH)" by "BARBRA STREISAND", (although Donna Summer does a mean version).



A song that I would plump for out of all of them would be "SCOTT MCZENZIE'S" : "SAN FRANCISCO (BE SURE TO WEAR FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR)"



How is everybody today?





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#15

Great weekend thanks, Nic - hope ChezNicia did too?



Song suggestion - (Everything I do) I Do it for You - Bryan Adams



*heads for the door*

#16



CDF - sorry really must 'refresh' before posting!

#18 Look in to my eyes Tortie-cat,

you will see,

what, you mean to...



all the blogpoppets,

so don't apologise for not refreshing - crikey, I would have to do it all the time otherwise.





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Tortie - Great weekend. Museum of Childhood, swimming, planted 2 trees at NT place in Shropshire, cooked venison, had my shirts ironed for me and shared some alcofrol with Chez...

Simon - Playing Bryan Adams would be plummeting to new depths, so please don't!



Nic

#20 Hey ya Nic, I'm afraid we "can't stop this thing we've started".



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The weekend in ChezNicia was indeed fabulous! I think we managed to spoil each other in equal measures and hopefully our newly planted trees will grow stronger every day, as will we.



The champagne was cold, the romance was hot.



Much love



Deevs



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Deevs



We had a great time in Edinburgh - lots of walking around and being tourists, good food, good hotel and romance.

We went to see The Sound of Music and Michael Praed was in it - I really used to like him as Robin Hood (early Eighties) - Mr Tortie didn't know this, so I think he was a bit miffed by my very enthusiastic applause for him :)



Tortie x

Hello Blessed Beings of PoppetBlogger world! I want to go with Ken suggestion #4 "I know what I like (in your wardrobe)" - asn absolutley splendiferous and nostalgic track to begin today's show with...please Simon (read Luke 11:9)

#24 RE(read Luke 11:9) is that Luke as in Skywalker given today's guest on the show?



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Frraaaid not Darren the Man from Cornwall!

#26 I read your comment as if I was the only Man from Cornwall "The" being the definative article.



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Which part of Cornwall are you from? Polzeath has very special memories for me.

Tortie - I remember Michael Praed, or Prince Michael of Moldova as he was known in Dynasty! Glad you had a spendiferous weekend being a tourist. Sometimes it's just got to be done!



Never been to Edinburgh: praps it should go on the cheznic list (which is growning ever longer by the day!)



Thought of another splendidly bracketted song .....



(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones



(although in Cheznicia this is clearly NOT the case!!)



;-)



Deevs



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#28 Grew up near Snozzle, (St Austell to non Kernowish people)



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#23 Robin of Sherwood was excellent, and I think the best Robin Hood of any generation, although it does look a bit dated if you watch it now. The recent show is garbage in comparison. "I shot the sheriff...no, you shot the deputy". Pass the sick bag please.



Did they "create" Herne the Hunter for Robin of Sherwood or did he exist in the legendary stories. I didn't remember him being in the Robin Hood book I had as a kid.

#31

I haven't watched any of the new Robin Hood episodes. To be honest, once Jason Connery took over from the Sainted Michael, I didn't enjoy it so much. I thought that Herne was "created" for the show, I don't remember learning about him when I was young.

#31 Richard Carpenter, (he who wrote it not the brother of that female drummer with a half decent voice), looked at Robin Hood not as a specific individual but as a mantle which various individuals took on, (or rather had thrusted upon them). The whole series spread historically across a few hundred years giving the whole thing a mystical non-time relative feel. The Herne the Hunter bit apparently did not exist in the legendary stories but Carpenter felt it was a useful addition.



Anyway, less of that, I'm more interested in Carpenter's other screen works, namely Dick Turpin with Richard O'Sullivan and The Ghosts of Motley Hall/Are you being served (the living dead years).



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Hi everyone, how about Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud) by the fashionably uncool but good tunesmiths The Beautiful South... admittedly the suggestion may say more about this blogster than anything else :)

Additional suggestions:



Dude (Looks Like a Lady) - Aerosmith

Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Pink Floyd



I guess that's one suggestion really.



Other TV programmes that were great in their day, but you watch them now and think, hmmm.......



Shoestring?

Tiswas?

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes



(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care -Elvis



get up (i feel like being a) sex machine - james brown



A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or, How I Was Robert McNamara'ed Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkle



Norweigian Wood (This Bird has Flown) - Beatles



I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf



17 Days (The Rain Will Come Down, Then U Will Have 2 Choose. If U Believe, Look 2 The Dawn And U Shall Never Lose.) - Prince



I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis (Good call Ken).



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As we've been talking about him, what about "Robin (The Hooded Man) by Clannad - the theme tune to Robin of Sherwood!

Where is everyone? Have I frightened you all off by mentioning Clannad?!

Tell you what Tortie, I'll meet you on the brook, staff in hand and see which one makes it across. ;)



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But don't forget CDF, cats have nine lives!

#38/39

I like Clannad and was just going to suggest that!!!!!!



But what about Train _ Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)





Hi everybody I've put a blog up.

Hi Payre - don't worry, your post will be there soon (it has happened to all of us when we started blogging on this site) Glad you've taken the plunge.



mtd ffb xxx

#43 Unless he's deliberatley ticked off The Wombles! No, good to see you on the FB site too payre!

I forgot - I can't think of a tune for today other than those already suggested. Mind you I have been distracted with thoughts of Michael Praed (other Robin Hoods are available) and humming the Clannad version.



That reminds me of the old joke where the bride and groom asked for 'that Robin Hood song' for their first dance after their wedding. The DJ thought it was a bit strange but played it none the less, the bride and groom stepped out on the dance floor to be greeted with 'Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen.....' from the 1960's TV version......



'usual pleasantries'



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#45 LOL!!!

mtd - I found him very dsitracting on Saturday night! He's still very attractive, albeit with short grey hair now.

#43 Thank you mtd

#44 spike



Or could of asked for a a long track

Like



PINK FLOYD - Another Brick In The Wall all parts or just ( part2)



LOL

Oh Tortie, his long hair was part of the attraction mind you the eyes had it as well..... swoon....



mtd ffb xxx

Tortie



My fave musical is Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. I saw it first when I was still in junior school at Sadlers Wells, then again with Jason Donovan, and again with Philip Schofield. Even went to Cambridge to see a touring prodction which had David Easter (ex Brookside) in it. But imagine my delight and utter total distraction when I went to see the lovely Lee Mead playing Joseph - there were no decent stalls tickets left so I paid a tad extra and had a box, which right overlooked the stage. The poor lad could have done the entire performance beneath an umbrella ......! ! ! !



Now, where's that loincloth!?!



Deevs



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#50 Deevs - that's disgraceful! Spitting at performers is so uncouth!

Twas more of a continual drool Spike! x

mtd .. and his voice - in fact all of him (no rude comments, please).

Deevs



I don't really like Joseph, but I know what you mean about Lee Mead, although he is a lot younger than me, whereas Michael Praed is, I think about my age (although he appears to be ageing better than me!)

Ladies - You are straying somewhat off topic!



Nic

# 55

And your point is Nic?

#45 Hi there Tortie - funny that! The same thing happened at a church wedding where the couple had asked for the Bryan Adams tune from Robin Hood to go out to....yes...guess what they got??!!

#57 Not all 4 sides of Tales of Topographic Oceans?

#58 or even Tales From Topographic Oceans.....it's been a long long time....

How you doing Spikey? Listenign to Julien Clerc on Spotify...don't understand all the words...but nice music to work to....

But its nearly time for the MAN....

#60 Good thanks Revster - busy day doing quotes (successful!), but neither place has Wi-fi for me to piggyback, so The Spikepoppet will be going into hibernation by day....I've got Budgie on full blast, many thanks to Paul of Sheff for his pointer on the FB site!

Nice story about R2 mot wanting to bring it's core audience age down any further - bring back David Jacobs at peak time!!

Must be another tweet song...

Ooh, mcw. Close, but no cigar.

Tweeeterss win again....oh bother!

#65 Thomas Dolby, Astronauts & heretics, track 6....

#67 Spike, I love you, Goodbye. (Until tomorrow anyway)

#68 Cruel...

Great game of Pontunes - 3min 60!

given the new remit of R2, perhaps we should be asking for more Jim Reeves and Perry Como?

#71 Who are these people they're asking, cos it's not us lot!!!

#69 Silk Pyjamas. Oh no, Ive lost it, sorry Spike.

#73 It might be something to do with the fact that we still have less than 100 postings and Simon has almost 22500 followers on twi....Oh Oh ITS MY SONG. Hows it go now...YIP YIP YAP YIPYIP

No mensh, but hey, it was MY SONG.

#71 Rember the Perry Como hit "Magic Moments"?



I'll never forget

The smell of the sweat

From under your wrmpits......

#74, 75 Given that you may by now have calmed down (congrats btw...) it goes YAY, YIP YIP YIBBLE YOWZA YOWZA!!! (Ah well, That's The Beauty of a Dream, Paul...)

Talking of dreams..I seem to be in radio heaven. My song, then Robbie Savage, the illustrious captain of Derby County has sports quote of the day, and then the delicious Rebecca Pike mentions my favourite Sheffield pub, The Fat Cat. I think a celebratory sniffter is called for, in that very establishment, but if Dave (pub owner) thinks I'm spending £80 a pint, he can whistle.

Well done Paul. Don't think he has given anyone a mention tonight. Glad that the theme today was not as obscure (ie; Maori songs, songs with triangles etc)-oh and he's now playing Deevs favourite-Fireflies!!!

Maybe tomorrow song titles which are only one word?

#77. No, those are... "PESKIER YOWLS" (Anag)

#80 - I reckon either hyphens or question marks tomorrow, or even "quotation" marks...

so, hedging my bets there!

In at last!



What have I missed?



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#81 I'm beginning to think Aliens Ate My Buick, and my brain as well......

My Beastie Boys song got a mensh, but not me!

nice one, Cornish Darren shame you didn;t get a mensh...

#85 I am surprised at YOU (There's a clue there). And leave poor old Tom alone, now. He's had enough!

night all - will be on the blog tomorrow. Have a great evenin' all...

Offski! Pale Rider here I come. (See#78)

That bloody Fireflies song makes me want to ping someone on the nose with a hot teaspoon.



UUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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#87 Getting mentioned on Friday's show cost me several hundred pounds Tricky so I'm just glad that one of my suggestions got played.



Hold on a minute, I'm talking to myself, #89 Tricky's gone!



Did "all by myself" have brackets?



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#91 "I would not believe my eyes" if you did that CTD.





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Daz - it's just such an over-played song. I used to quite like it, but thn hearing it every hour on the hour on R2 made me turn the radio off after CLP finished until 5.05 when Simon came on air.



As much as I love R2, it does havea tendency to over-play certain songs. Even "listener choise" ARF plays safe most weeks and plays the same old, sale old ..... Sweet Child Of Mine, Born To Run, Living On A Prayer and that hideous "noise" by ALeesha Dixon about the fella who never washes.



PURLEEEZ give me strength and play something different every now and again.



Ranty pants now removed.



Deevs



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#94 surely you mean Ranty pants exchanged for Mellow pants rather than pants removed.



I suppose one way of increasing your chances of getting a request played is to pick it from the Radio 2 playlist. But we don't wanna do that, we're not gonna take it! Actually, that sounds like an idea. Twisted Sister anyone?



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Hahahaha! I saw Twisted Sister supporting Alice Cooper about 5 years ago - Dee Snider is one BIG scary man!



And yep, mellow pants well and truly in place, dudes!



Deevs



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I wonder if tomorrow's theme will be exclamation marks like "The Jam" = "Start!"

or with questions in the title "The Clash" = "Should I stay or should I go"

or commas "Gilbert O'Sullivan" = "Alone again, naturally"



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#94 totally agree! Mr Chuckle Pants.

Come the revolution, playlists will be banned.

#99 Amen to that sentiment KJ (brings up ton, gloves off, hand to cap, takes guard)