Morning Simon,



How about playing any of the following;



FATHER AND SON by CAT STEVENS



PAPS'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG by JAMES BROWN



PAPA DON'T PREACH by MADONNA



WHAT'S GOING ON (Father, Father) by MARVIN GAYE



and PLEASE no Boney M or Father Abraham and the Smurfs!



Cheers,



Kev

"Father, Son" by Peter Gabriel please Simon.

I wish our kids had a lack of school. They have to go in until Thursday afternoon! Ah, the joys of the state school system!

and you do realise DeeBee will have the image of Simon bouncing up and down in his jimjams all day!

"Papa was a rollin' stone" The Temptations

#1 liking the soul choices :-)

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Seeing as this song was asked for alot last week by a number of people, (me included), I think its worth a punt again given the todays topic:





"BOY NAMED SUE" by "JOHNNY CASH"





(My daddy left home when I was three

And he didn't leave much to ma and me

Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.

Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid

But the meanest thing that he ever did

Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue." )



(No copyright theft was intended by the preproduction of these lyrics. It should also be noted that other father related lyrics are also available along with other listing magazines, etc).



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Morning All





"Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" - Kid Creole & The Coconuts please Simon, to cheer up a rainy Monday. At least it's a short week though!



Tortie x

I'm sure the Elf n Safety must have regulations about trampolining in PJs :-).

Simon,



Yes I have heard that phrase (too) many times - exactly how many people don't think they are part of a hard working family?! It's one of those vacuous phrases, designed to impress but without any real meaning.

As a song suggestion I would go for Daddy's Gone by Glasvegas but, as you're unlikely to play that, I'll go for Cat Stevens - Father & Son.

Happy Monday!



Nic

Whilst we're talking about politicians, when did they start pointing with their thumbs? It REALLY irritates me!

"Fool to cry" Rolling Stones

"The living years" Mike and the Mechanics



and a couple more soulie tunes...

"Dance with my father" Luther Vandross

"Daddy could swear,I declare" Gladys Knight and the Pips

Good Morning Each! What a splendid idea, Simon, with a lot of scope I suspect. How about "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" by Janis Joplin as the handover song. Very bluesy.

Morning all



How about the Ronan Keating version of Father & Son?



'usual pleasantries'



mtd ffb xxx

last one promise...

"Monday monday" The Mamas and Papas.... double whammy?

WILLIAM SHATNER - THAT'S ME TRYING



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#4 thinkpurethoughts thinkpurethoughts thinkpurethoughts

What about Cliff - Daddy's Home



or then again no thanks

Or, "Catch Me Daddy" by Janis Joplin.

Hi Simon,



DADDY COOL (THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT) By DARTS pleeeeaaase!



Mcw x

Anything off the Creedence Clearwater Revival album "Farther Along"...I thank you!

Smushy? "Apple of Your Daddy's Eye" by Peter Cetera.



Not Smushy? "Come To Daddy" by Aphex Twin. Or maybe not, eh!

Morning all,

Just to lower the tone, how about

MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN by Lonnie Donegan



Hampshire Dave

Queen - Father To Son



David Knopfler - A Father And A Son

Talking of phrases that irritate:



"goes down too easily"



As used by football pundits who have yet to remember that they are no longer part of the players' fraternity and are being paid by TV to express an opinion. If it was cheating, describe it accordingly. Anything else is a cop-out.

Come on Spike, where are you. I keep mentioning songs with Daddy in the title, in the hope that you will ask for....

Still waiting....

I'll do it myself then.

"Daddy" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, please.

#24

Politicspeak:



"Let's be absolutely clear about this ...."

which is usually followed by precious little clarity and plenty of obfuscation.



'Spect we'll get a lot of this pre-election - deep joy

Or "Oh, Daddy" by Fleetwood Mac

As it's linked I may as well request:



De Do Do Do De DA DA DA - Police



apparently "This song is about the way politicians, entertainers, and other people use words to manipulate others. Sting called it, "An articulate song about being inarticulate."

I know I have tweeted this but I so want it to be played so I'm asking for it here as well:



KOOKS by DAVID BOWIE from HUNKY DORY





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#22 Tone not lowered at all - a classic in it's own right. Previous suggestions regarding the BM people and the other song by the same title that is not the one by Darts - now that lowers the tone completely imho.



I think that we may have a problem with this family theme later in the week, after Dads and Mums - do we go on to grandparents? There is a whole lot of tone lowering material there, as we found out last time.....



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Good morning everyone.

It looks like most of the Daddy songs have been mentioned

Here's a few more you might like to play Simon!



MY FATHER'S EYES ~ Eric Clapton



DADDY COOL ~ Boney M



MY FATHER'S SHOES ~ Level 42



Thanks Simon!

SylviaB x

I know that he didn't actually write this about his Dad, but the song can stand up as being one about Fathers, so "Old Man" by Neil Young. What a cracker.

#28 - "What you have to understand is..." NO I DON'T!



#32 - apparently after Mums tomorrow is sons, then daughters...

#32 MisterDipper

Quoting Simon's tweet "So dads today, mums tomorrow then sisters/brothers and kids ... " thus avoiding grandparenty lowtones.



Am chuckling at juxtaposition of your remark re BM followed by SylviaB's post directly after ...

#33 Did you have to mention it again?? ;-) It will get played you know... mind you if I keep moaning about it, it will get played as well!!!



mtd ffb xxx

Thanks mtd. As you offer sweet words of encouragement, there is also



DON'T YOU ROCK ME DADDY-O by Lonnie



daw

*hasn't set off for London yet, slothful scamp that she is...*

Morning Simon - are you dressed yet? Morning all. Difficult theme for me to get into not being a Dad.....and having lost my Dad 2 years ago this month...but I'm going with PoshSoulLady's suggestion "THE LIVING YEARS" by Mike and the Mechanics..just because it is a riveting good tune...even a splednid tune....

How's about guys and gals ....





OH MEIN PAPA - EDDIE CALVERT



POP MUSIK - M



POPCORN - HOT BUTTER



:)

I know I said no more but..after the Boney M and Cliff how about "Hello Mudda, hella Fadda ( a letter from camp)" ;-)

#42 - Ah, the great Allan Sherman - it must get played this week!

#43 "Here I am at Camp Granada..."......oh no! Now its on the brain!!!

Oooops sorry #44

Hi Rev

You may be in empathetic company here if the BlogpoppetFacebook lists are anything to go by - losing dads.

Don't think many of us here are Dads - me for one!

#46



Sorry - every time I read back what I typed there [#46] it sounds facetious - don't mean to offend ..

#46

Me neither KatyMac (not a mum either!)

If we can suggest songs about Fathers, can we suggest a song about St DM?





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# 47 No offence taken. Sometimes I wish I had been a parent but given my lifestyle it would have been hard to devote the proper time to children...

# 49 That's very kind Darren!

Would:





"Daddy, What Did You Do In The Strike?" by Ewan MacColl





be relevant?



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SUMMERTIME by .... well everybody but PETER GABRIEL did a good version on the GLORIOUS GERSHWIN CD by LARRY ADLER.





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JCB SONG by NIZLOPI



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#42, #45 don't apologise, there is a difference between classic cheese and c**p, your suggestion of 'Hello mudder hello fadder' falls into the former definition along with My Old man's a Dustman. I must say that this is imo only.



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#55 - Yep, quite agree - they were songs from a time when singers didn't always take themselves too seriously....

FATHER FIGURE by GEORGE MICHAEL?

Squeeze - "TO BE A DAD"



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#57 St DM is our Blog Father Figure.



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MY DAD WAS A NUN by BALDRICK



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SON OF MY FATHER By CHICORY TIP- or has that already been suggested.



#40 Rev, I also lost my Dad nearly two years ago, one of his favourites was Lonnie Donegan, he was in a Skiffle group too, so if Simon does play My Old Man's a Dustman, I'll be thinking of my wonderful Dad.

#61 - Why didn't I think of that - I asked for that a few weeks ago!



I lost my Dad in 1992 so the pain has healed somewhat by now. I just feel sad that he didn't live to see me do what I have done over the past 18 years...mind you, he lived to the ripe old age of 67, which may not seem old, but it is the oldest that any male member of my ancestors has lived - for at least 5 generations they have been miners / farm labourers, i.e. out in all weathers and susceptible to TB, etc. - that's it from "Who Do you Think You Are" for this week!....

# 62 My Dad was a coal miner - had a terrible life and suffered all the usual diseases like emphysema but somehow managed to survive until 86

#62

I lost my Dad in 1993 - he was a youthful 63 but, little did we know, had contracted a form of asbestosis when working at ICI in his youth. Knackered lungs - they just gave up on him. A shocker at the time but have learned to live with it. Mind you, can't hear a Beethoven sonata without a few years - my Dad was a fabulously talented classical pianist ..

#61



MadChick - your choice may be better for the sons/daughters day which by my reckoning and Simon's tweet, should be Wednesday

:)

#27 Thanks Paul! But I had another Emerson song in mind.....



DADDY, WHERE DID I COME FROM? by THE NICE

Afternoon all!



This is my first visit to the blog today - if you thought you'd seen me already it must have been someone pretending to be me...;-)

No comments about pyjamas, thank you very much!



Anyway, my song choices (as already tweeted) are:



"My father's eyes" Eric Clapton

"The living years" Mike and the Mechanics

"Fun, fun, fun (till our daddy took the T-bird away)" Beach Boys



Deebee X



PS #33 Loving the Level 42 suggestion!

On the subject of lost dads, I too have been thinking about mine this weekend - it will be 5 years on 18th April (the day after my wedding anniversary, so I'm not likely to forget the date). Every time I go to my mum's I go and visit the place where his ashes are buried in the village churchyard, and sit on the bench that's dedicated to him.

# 69 Prayers all round today methinks.....Simon, what have you started? I have 3 brothers and a sister but have lost both my parents as has my wife who was an only child...it is so strange not having anyone 'ahead' or 'behind' if you understand what I'm saying. Help, please Darren...what is this called?

One more, although probably too late in the day

Da Da Da by Trio :0)

#69 Rev, I am also an orphan, if you can call me that at the grand old age of 47!! My mum was only 57 when she died and my Dad 69. I am the eldest of 3 girls and am very aware of being at the top of our particular family tree- found it quite daunting at first. Having read all the blogs today, I know I am not alone and can relate to how you are all feeling. Simon has got us all feeling 'maudling'! Luckily, Mr Mcw has both his parents, going strong at 80 and 77, both wonderful grandparents.

I think I remember reading that Simon's father died a few years ago, so he may also feel a little maudlin with today's suggestion - even though he made it!

# 72 That's right Tortie-cat

#70 Paul, love that suggestion you snuck in there!

Just remembered another Daddy song! The other night I saw

Dennis Lecorriere who used to be with Dr Hook and he sang

a really nice song from his new Post Cool album called



"DANCE ON DADDY'S FEET" ~ Dennis Locorriere



I think he's going to be on Simon's show in a day ot two!!!!



Thanks Simon

SylviaB x

Predictable opening

# 76 Ah oui

and I chose it, but no mensh...humph! Still earely days though!

It's your song Tortie-cat!

Ooh, Deevs got a mensh - you're not going to stand for that are you Tortie-cat? ;-)

Love this Clout song - reminds me of school luntimes in physics club, where it was played on th portable radio all the time back then...

Woohoo!! Well done Deevs - better luck next time Tortie.

I chose the Beach Boys *crosses fingers*

Ooh, could be DeeBee's song next

come on everyone - "Mensh, Mensh, Mensh"

Poohsticks - no mensh!

hard luck Deebs...

#87 well I can't expect a mensh EVERY time he plays one of my songs. People might start to talk..... ;-)

Darren......!

crumbs this "quiz" is a bit insular, isn't it? It's like listening on someone private conversation!

I agree Kev - didn't quite see the point of that.

ooh, ooh, mine!

any requests for Neil Reid tomorrow? ;-)

Hi everybodypeepsters!



What have I missed?



;-)

#94 Er - 67 to 93

righto, a date with Lemsip and the Forest match beckons. Cheerio for now!

#93 Or Lena Zavaroni!!

bye Kev - hope you feel better soon.

#97 don't you dare, mcw!

As a long-term Paul Rodgers fan from his Free and Bad Company days and having seen him twice with Queen, I thought he was an excellent guest tonight and had plenty of interesting chat and a bit of singing going on.



Thanks Simon for having him on your show!