Maori eh? Now where did I put the warpaint? Oh, well - nothing from me except to wish you well Simon....(ambles off into the sunset whilst listening to a track by Julian Clerc.....and disappears to do some work....)

"Together Alone" then by Crowded House please Simon!

Good Morning Simon and Blogpoppets,



Can only think of one, its a real oldie, one of my dads favourite artists: Marty Robbins "Now is the Hour" (Maori Farewell Song)



Howzat then???



Mcw x

Morning all



I knew there was one somewhere Mcw. I'm with you on that.



'usual pleasantries'



mtd ffb xxx

"Maori Blues" - Dave Brubeck!



Good luck Simon.



Love the show, etc.



Tortie x

Thanks MTD- though it would probably be best played at the end of the show, as it is not exactly a great opener!!



Mcw x

Nic - wake up at Square Leg there man - see #3, mcw called "Howzat!"

Morning all.



"I'm every woman " by Haka Khan ???



..taxi...



Tickety

LOL Tickety! That's got me a-chucklin' !!



x

Lovely Tickety!



Or: Paper Roses- Maori Osmond



Or: Maoriia- Debbie Harry/Blondie



Any room for another in that taxi???



Mcw x

Morning A from Poole hospital. Here's where my nz holiday last year comes in handy! "po kari kari ana" is the tribal love song that billy Connolly sung at the end of each of his nz tour tv profs. Come on Simon, you know it makes sense!

Just popping in to post something that I have just put on CLPs blog by mistake, darn it, I thought I had this multi tasking thing sussed!



Simon, Maori??



That is so unfair, I had a cracking song lined up for french day.



Hold on tight to your dreams - ELO.



Why not play it anyway, please,



I will be back with my usual ARF tomorrow, especially now that I know it is in the Radio 2 library somewhere.



MTF.xx

Or even tv progs!!

#3 - mcw - NOT OUT!



Simon, Maori?! What time is the appointment with your psychiatrist? I have absolutely no input to this one I'm afraid. It's a bit too niche for my tastes.

Loving the wordplay suggestions however!



Nic

Tricky,

Good call.

I even know the lyrics and used to sing the descant-ticated bit.

Memories......

Nic- After yesterdays first choice (good track tho it was Brenda), I think the more tenuous the link the better!

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maoria?



x

don't go breaking my heart by Kiwi Dee ?

#15. Isn't that a type of coconut?

Morning Each! And welcome back, Tricky, hope you're feeling better.Now then, Maori, bit of a stumper, unless it extends to New Zealanders generally, and not just the original indigenous peoples. If it's the former,then it is difficult to get away from the Finn Brothers, so my suggestion would be "I Got You" by Split Enz. Otherwise, if the latter applies, I'm stumped.

Very funny Tickety!!

The Finn Brothers had a song called "Edible Flowers". Well, if they're only eating flowers, it's not surprising that they are Finn :-)

#18 lol...

Paul - mcw was not out but you have effectively given yourself out stumped..and I have run out of suggestions...



Nic

Morning everyone, my only suggestion is the Hooked on a Feeling song by Blue Swede as featured in Reservoir Dogs...sorta Haka-ish...

I was about to ponder the question of whether there was any Maori on PG's soundtrack to Rabbit Proof Fence. But fortunately the brain kicked in and I remembered that would be an Australian question and therefore narrowly avoided making myself look stupid.



Morning all :-)

Then my second only suggestion for something to play during the show..Enigma's Return to innocence, nice tunage :)

We are over half an hour Spikeless. What's the world coming to?

Or: Feels like I'm in love- Kelly Maori!





Nic re #23- you are quite right- I'm not out as I'm in and should be doing some housework!



Mcw

#20 thanks Paul. My back is in the hands of the great and the good of Dorset nhs, Gawd bless em evry one.

I have been chatting to my good friend goggle and he suggests E Te Iwi E - Song of Welcome - which would be appropriate for the opening song.



Nic

Last one before I depart :



I want you to want me- Sheep Trick!



Definitely off now......thought there was a funny smell!!



Mcw x

BIC RUNGA. Any track from her Beautiful Collision album, please.

It's the only album I know of hers. All the tracks are rather good.



She's from New Zealand and has played the UK (mainly to Aus./NZ ex-pats)She did a concert tour of churches over there after playing Union Chapel, here in London.

Nic,

I dabbled in the pool of google and got directed to a page of Maori translations for bits of the body (yes, even those bits )....eewww

Warm Wednesday afternoon 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!



Maori? MAORI?!?!?



"Splt Enz" = "Kia Kaha" should fit the bill.





Also, seeing as Richard O'Brien grew up in New Zealand, would something off of the Rock Horror Show be good enough given the tenuous links to previous songs this week?







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#34 even though its Thursday and its still the morning.

Must be the Maori shock.





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MCW - that's just baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!



I'm gone .....



Deevs



x

#34 Can anybody lend me a dictionary?

I can't seem to spell "SPLIT ENZ".



Oh hang on, I just have.



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Kaoma - Lamb-bada. [Sorry] :¬)

You Were Always on My Mind - Woolly Nelson?



Nic

How about some song suggestions for Nigel's recipe tonight?



"The Ugly Duckling" by "Mike Reid"

"Green Onions" by "Booker T"

"Pancake" by "Tori Amos"

"The disappointing pancake" by "Lisa Loeb"

"The pancake song" by "The mighty Bush"



or Bill Bailey's Love Ballad with the lyrics "Soaking in the Hoi Sin of your lies"



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*picture wee Elaine Page with her wee whiskers shimmering under a lampost



Maori

All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

I was beautiful then

I remember the time I knew what happiness was

Let the Maoris live again



...taxi

My absolute final offering today:



Paranoid - AllBlack Sabbath!!







Sorryx

#27 make that 70 minutes! "Proud Maori"?



*OUT - Hit Wicket"

Hey Tricky - welcome back to the fold - we missed you! Hope you're doing OK and they're not still ribbing you about Tuesday's result....

Spike - Surely you weren't actually doing some work were you? ;O)

(All) Black - Wonderful Life?

Or maybe something by Kiwi TeKanawa?



Right, am off now...



Nic

I've gotta go, costermongery and quid-nunc are a-callin', but I'll be listening, to see if anyone gets a mensh. (Did ANYONE get a mensh yesterday, either bloggers or twits?)

Spikeless for over an hour,now. Doesn't seem right! (Sets off round the block, calling SPIKE...SPI-IKE...WHERE ARE YOU LAD?, SPI-ike...spike...fades into distance)

#45 don't be daft man - I was out shopping for peashoots and Xerez vinegar!

#47 Or even Xeres - have we all got fat fingers today?

#48

Guess you're not following Nigey's recipe tonight, Spike!

LOL at you lot! - you are really cheering me up as I wallow here in my sickbed.



Maori song - no idea, but I'd go with Nic's suggestion of Kiri Te Kanawa.



I have a question about yesterday's show - why wasn't OUR Reverend asked about the hymn books? Actually I kind of knew the answer myself - I used to sing in a church choir in my yoof.



Deebee9, the (rather poorly) Driving Goddess XxX

Get well soon Deebee and hope the Trickster is better too :)

#50 Wishing you better Deebs (that could have come out as Deevs if it truly was Fat Finger Fursday)

#51 #52 thanks guys, and yes hope you're soon feeling better too Tricky

#49 Not tonight Tortie. Tonight I is doing a take on surf & turf; roasted haddock with crispy spiced chicken thighs, pickled mushrooms and kale.

#50

I wondered that too DB - get well soon. And Tricky too



#54

What are the peashoots for then?

#55 perhaps he's going to shoot the haddock

#55, 56 Now you're being silly; I've already strangled the haddock and the peashoots are pretty decoration for the Valentine night starter.....

#57 Scuse my ignorance Spike - what exactly ARE peashoots?

Isn't there a book about grammar "Pea, Shoots and Leaves"?



I'll get my coat ....

#58 Peashoots are the leaves of the young pea plant, very tender and tasty and prettyful and hard to get hold of round here....

We are a witty lot today aren't we...lol...





Nic

Sickbed Tortie,

If you are in need of a wee chuckle; as you're feeling poorly, then may I suggest that you fire up the i player doo da, and find Mr. Mayo's other radio programme " Act your Age ." ( Radio 4 ) Chuckle muscles exercised whilst Radio 2 goes through its afternoon tumbleweed time !!



Get well soon,



Tickety

#62 Actually I think Tortie's okay - it's me that's poorly. I will take your advice.

Errrm well it's not Maori but it comes pretty close to sounding like a Haka....!! it's Norther Soul classic "purple Haze" Johnny Jones and the king casuals www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxcMitAywF4

My humblest apologies, DeeBee9..I shall go forthwith and slap myself around the face with one of Spike's haddocks...

#63 blimey, I've just logged onto iplayer - that's a very old pic of Simon they've got there...

#66 actually, he doesn't look quite so young when it's enlarged - must be the boyish smile.

#62 Trying it out now as I play at chef

#64 You are summoning The Wombles there poshsoullady!

#65 Kindly remove all traces of make-up first, from the haddock that is.

#64 LOVE THAT ! Quick - put it on the Blogpoppet FB site before it disappears! Perfect kitchen music....

All,



Face (or pus, as we say ) duly hit ( skelpt ) with said fish.



Going out now to release the hounds.



Enjoy whatever Mayo serving you partake thereof.



Tickety, over and out.

#62 Listening now - LOL!!!

# 61

Do I detect sarcasm there Nic, or you have a particularly bad bean-counting day?



Tortie

#72

"have you"? Translated from Maori!! Meant to say "are you having ..."

#50 That's very kind DeeBee - I did submit an email as soon as the homework was announced and my answer followed similar lines to all the others but I do confess to being a wee bit envious that the Great Man interviewed the other fella! Perhaps I should have 'phoned up!

Tortie, I was actually being serious, for once. And would I be sarcastic - I mean me? As if!



Nic

Nic



I don't know what made me think that!



Tortie

Just incase my Twittering is working:



MAORI SAYING / TWIT OF WISDOM FOR THE DAY:



"In a very old tree you may be certain that the sapwood is on the outside, while the heartwood is in the middle”



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#12 I've been on and off this computer today in between work and I'm yet to say welcome back Tricky.



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Hi Simon,



Any chance of playing something for Alexander McQueen?

Haka Together - The Turtles



x

"Stranger On The Shore" by Haka Bilk?



*coat/taxi*

Cheesypeeps it's cold out there...



Haka Talking by Captain Sensible ?



Tickety

Radio Haka - Queen? Okay, maybe not...

I'm hacking all over

NZ Earthquake

A major earthquake, measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale has hit New Zealand this morning. The country is devastated with 350,000 New Zealanders missing, and over 100,000 injured.

The country is totally ruined and the government is so overwhelmed that it has issued a worldwide appeal for assistance. Other nations have been quick to respond to the disaster.

Britain is flying in rescue workers and sniffer dogs to help locate trapped victims.

The USA is flying in food supplies and aid money.

France is flying in doctors, nurses and first aid units.

Japan is flying in high tech communications equipment.

Germany is flying in special trained police squads to help restore order.

Russia is flying in tents and warm clothing.

Australia is flying in 350,000 replacement Kiwis.......

*winces*

yea ...sorry...a bit tasteless.......(crawls under stone in confessional)

If it was Christmas, then maybe we could have Haka The Herald Angels Sing...no?...ok, fair enough...



Nic

Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Culpa

Ah, Mea Culpa by David Byrne and Brian Eno - not sure if had Maori in it, but certainly some exotic tongue!

Must be nearing decision time Simon - so it has to be Crowded House's "Together Alone" with its rousing full-on Maori choir. And please find time to mention some of the Blogpoppets' above witticisms on air.

#91 or not in my case!!

#92

Best not Rev, especially given your previous association with him!

Is it comfortable under that stone? :)

Can't speak...Tortie...gotta a mouth full of.....

... pea shoots Rev?!

Yea....sumpin like hak

100 by 5pm?

maybe

maybe not

Too late eh?