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Always by BON JOVI (Romeo and Juliet)



or



Cruel to be Kind by NICK LOWE (Hamlet)





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Morning Simon.



Anything from BOOKENDS by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, or



COMMA CHAMELEON



or



THERE'S NO-ONE QUITE LIKE GRAMMAR...



Cheers,



Kev

Oh, can we pls have BOOK SONG by FAIRPORT CONVENTION as the handover song to Mike Harding?

Morning Simon,



Seeing as you are playing Wuthering Heights first, how about:



EMMA by HOT CHOCOLATE for English Literature choice Or



Book of Days- Enya

Bedtime Story- Madonna

Never ending story- Limahl



English language choices are:



SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD- ELTON JOHN

COMMUNICATION- SPANDAU BALLET

TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR- ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK



Or you could wind everyone up and play Word Rappinghood by Tom Tom Club



Now am all out of suggestions! Mcw x

Morning Simon



I love the Jerry Dammers song, What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend - any chance of playing it on the show tonight?!?





As for English, methinks



Every Day I Write The Boo - Elvis Costello



Mr Rolastic and I are off to Brum tonight to see a production of Hamlet - really looking forward to it. Also *might* have a glimmer of light on the job front - Rev, those daily prayers may be doing the trick - thank you!



Love and stuff



Deevs



x

Boo? Book! xx

Did Boney M do anything pertaining to English Language / Lit.?

Everything crossed again Deevs.



#4 do you have inside information Mcw?



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PS Bright Eyes anyone? (Watership Down)

Call of the Wild- Midge Ure

Breakfast at Tiffany's- Deep Blue Something

#7 NO!

Gotta play GUNS OF NAVARONE in tribute to Alastair Maclean and Sir Jerry of Dammers-ville....

#8 He tweeted earlier- not that I'm a tweet stalker or anything!

#12 that's me up for another possible mensh then - coz I tweeted that this morning. I thought you didn't tweet Mcw ;-)



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#13 I don't myself.

Limelight by RUSH (As You Like It)



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"1984" by David Bowie or Tina Turner or Eurythmics



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Good Morning Each! (It is still morning isn't it?) Great handover song to Mike Harding. "A Man For All Seasons" by Al Stewart. Seems to tick the right boxes.

Simon, how about SECRET GARDEN by T'PAU or there is a version by Bruce Springsteen I believe.

#15, Nice to see Rush get a go, but what about "Tom Sawyer" by Rush. Also, pretty much anything by Iron Maiden is steeped in literature.

On a slightly lighter note, "Legend of Xanadu", by Dave Dee,Dozy, Beaky,Mick and Titch.

Afternoon all



"Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straights, please Simon.



#5

Deevs & Nic - hope you enjoy "Hamlet" tonight. I'm hoping to see John Simm in the title role at the Crucible in Sheffield later this year.





Tortie x

On an even lighter note, putting aside the great works of literature, and going for a bit of an English lesson, why not try either Phonetic Pronunciation, or Inflationary Language from the late great Victor Borge. Not songs, I know, but brilliantly funny.

#21

I've not heard the second one, Paul, but you're right - the Pronunciation one is very funny.

Hi Simon, it has to be Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush for me please

Hello all!



I second Tortie's suggestion of Dire Straits & "Romeo & Juliet".



Or how about BA Robertson "To Be or Not to Be"?



For English Language, there is "(Full) Stop, in the name of love", the Supremes.



(Slinks off with coat)



Miss P

How about XANADU by ELO and OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN?

#24 Come on Mods, why on earth is MissP awaiting moderation, she posts all over CLP's blog.

Simon



How about Beauty and the Beast by David Bowie or My White Devil by Echo and the Bunnymen or anything by Tom Jones or Steeley Dan.

"up the junction" Squeeze [book Nell Dunn]

"(Don't) look back in anger" Oasis [book John Osborne]

"White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane. ref to Alice in Wonderland

"whiter shade of pale" Procol Harum..as the Miller told his tale ref to Chaucer

"English Rose" Paul Weller



...best I can do and alas no soul songs as yet :-(

Hi everybody, hi Simon and team.



I've decided to be radical and not suggest anything today (although for the record, if I was going to I'd go with Tortie's choice). I thought it would be nice for once just to enjoy the show without the tension of wondering whether the next song is going to be my choice, and if so whether I'll get a mensh. But I'll be keeping everything crossed for the rest of you. Let's hope for an abundance of blogpoppetry on today's show!







...although if that DOES happen, I'll be feeling a bit left out. I haven't really thought this through, have I?

Hello SIMON comma



My vote goes to PETER GABRIELapostropheS version of The Magnetic Fieldapostrophes open speech marksTHE BOOK OF LOVEclose speech marks



Says it all really full stop

"read my mind" The Killers a great one to open with?

#30 question mark question mark

How about ASSASSIN by MARILLION (Word made up by Shakespeare)

hash 32 shouldnapostrophet that be hash30 to enter into the spirit of thingsquestion mark

"ABC" Jackson 5...well it's worth a try

Anyway, hello Deebs. Go on post a suggestion. And Hello, Spike. New moniker wearing in well, is it? You should know now, i don't think ANYONE is going to be comfortably referring to you as 'The Dog"

hash 34 youapostrophere spot on there mate exclamation mark

hash 34 donapostraphet be pedantic exclamation mark

#36 oh okay then: "Romeo" by Mr Big. Bet he doesn't play it. Betcha.

blimey exclamation mark Have we run out of ideas already question mark

Of course - schoolboy error in missing this one...



PAPERBACK WRITER, THE BEATLES...

#39 I knew you'd have one! Pedant? well, Nic isn't about, so i thought i'd try the shoes. Ssh,don't tell Deevs.

#40 Yes, when it came to spelling out the punctuation, I didn't know what to do with the capital letters, either.

After yesterdays spectacular success in gaining a mention, and yet spectacular failure in actually getting the song played, I leave you with this. PLAY ME A BLIMMIN' SONG, SIMON.(I know, There's just no pleasing some folk)The time has come for me to go. Hoping for all that you would wish for yourselves, bye bye, everyone, bye bye!

tatty bye Paul!

Something I studied in English Lit at school was Ulysses. (Okay the author was Irish but Hamlet is set in Denmark afterall). So;



ULYSSES by FRANZ FERDINAND



btw



THE SENSUAL WORLD by KATE BUSH was also based on Ulysses



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#46 I studied Musicall Allusion in Ulysses as part of my degree course. Did Ulysses make as little sense to you as it did to me?

#46 and "tales of brave Ulysses" Cream

ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK - Sting



PAPERBACK WRITER - The Beatles

# 5 I will pray Cheryl, that the "glimmer" becomes a huge burst of light i.e. a good, decent job!



#20 & 24 I give my whole hearted support to "ROMEO AND JULIET" by Dire Straits please Simon....you know you should...you are still a Dire Straits fan, aren't you? That would be absolutely splednid!

"Rhiannon" by "Fleetwood Mac"



is based on Triad, by Mary Leader



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#50

I wouldn't hold your breath Rev Dave, apart from the first ARF, I haven't had a single mention!



*walks away with bottom lip quivering*

"Family Snapshot" by "Peter Gabriel"



is based on the novel An Assassin's Diary by Arthur Bremer.



Not much chance of it being played though.



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# 52 Prayer List Tortie?? Your time will come! Have faith!

#53 Kate Bush and Dire Straits will be for sure

I got a feeling that most of the James Bond Films were books before hand by Mr Flemming so does mean that "Nobody does it better", "You only live twice", "Live & Let Die", etc all count?





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Rev, and blog friends



It worked!! And as of 8.30 am tomorrow morning I will be working - huzzah!! It's only a temp assignment (PA to a Director) but it's for a position that I have applied for (via the same agency) on a permanent basis. Approx 20 mins from home (maybe half an hour in the rush hour).



Reet chuffed and then some!



Oh Happy Dayz .....



Deevs



x

Well Done Deevs - hope it turns out to be a long term thing (if you like it of course).



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Just thought of a cracker:



"Profoundly in love with Pandora" by Ian Dury (Adrian Mole)



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Do we all have to go to St David's church because Deevs got a job to give thanks?



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Well done Deevs!



You must be extremely relieved.



Cause for celebration tonight at ChezNic? : )



Tortie x

# 57 Exxcceelllenntttt!!

# 60 You would be very welcome!

Tortie - theatre this evening for Nic and I - maybe celebrate with some Maltesers!!



xx

#64

With the new job Deevs, does this mean that you won't be able to join us on the blog (well not until you get the job permanently anyway!)

#57 Well done Deevs - I knew something would turn up for you. Enjoy your evening out!

#64 Since when has having a job stopped anybody from making a comment on this blog?



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Well done Deevs!! I am so pleased for you - and that DEFINITELY deserves a "who's had a good day" mensh at the top of the show!



Deebee XxX

#57 Only one word for that...



Splednid!

#26 - thank you Paul!!



Already said well done Deevs on the other side, but am so pleased for you that it is worth saying twice!



Another Kate Bush offering - "The Red Shoes" (story by Hans Christian Anderson).



And one that will have me walking away in shame.... Elizabeth Beresford wrote some lovely stories about some small creatures that inhabit Wimbledon Common and collect rubbish......... no? Shall I go?



Miss P

x

#26 & 70 - and again thank you Paul! I was not pre-modded!!

Crikey,



THIS CHARMING MAN by THE SMITHS



is apparently based on "Loving" by "Henry Green"



You learn something new everyday.



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#67

True, but I thought Deevs might be trying to make a good impression!

ooh, ooh, (anybody watch Bilko)



START by THE JAM



came about when Mr Weller read "George Orwell's" book "Homage To Catatonia"



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LOL - blogging and FG on hold 9-5 until I get the low-down. Will let you all know how it goes tomorrow night tho, for sure!



Thank you everyone.



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Grrrrrrrrrrr .... I cannae get on Twitter to Tweet Mr Mayo!



x

# 76 Pourquoi pas?

don't worry Deevs - we have taken care of it!!!

Shagged out starfish? Whatever next?!?

CDF triumphs again!

Ah....mercury wells

mtd's choice!

Harrrumphh. Yes it was my choice but did I get a mensh - no Adam from Wellingborough and Alison from Eastleigh, not even and others.....



Oh well a bit of kudos I suppose - you all knew it was me....



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#83 we did indeed mtd - well done!! Maybe if you'd tweeted though....



Just had a thought - what happened to the gym today?

#84, sorry just realised - it's mcw who doesn't tweet. All these acronyms..

ooh how did we all miss Alphabet St?

#83 I requested it via f/b too

Ooh, my choice - no mensh though. Poor day for the blogpeeps...

I am NOT happy.



There I was listening to the confession and in walks my son. By the time he had stopped talking I had missed the crucial part and to make it worse Simon and the team tell me it was the best one yet. So now I have to wait until tomorrow to hear it on the IPlayer....!



Thunder

#84 - I did tweet it this morning (around the time that Kev was tweeting Comma Karmeleon and theres noone quite like grammar).



#89 Hi Thunder, fancy seeing you over this side. You don't have to wait until tomorrow, I have listened again about an hour after the programme finishes.



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#89 it will be on iplayer about 8pm Thunderclap....not long to wait - it WAS funny!



Poor old Jerry Dammers - always was a control freak!

Saw The Specials in Auckland last August - one of the best gigs I have ever seen - took me right back to the day!

Thanks to Simon telling us they were all in the archive, I checked and there it was.



Hysterical. Definitely forgiven. Wish I had been there to see it!



Hi mtd



Thunder

P.E. and games tomorrow - thinking caps on!

Hey up, what have I missed?



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Anybody about?



I think everybody has gone home.



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You know what it's like here after 7pm Darren - tumbleweed city....



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So as nobody else is about....

I'll race myself to 100...

WON HUNDRED ......



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