Morning Simon,



You must be immensely proud of your son, messy bedroom and all. You never stop worrying about your children, even when they are adults. My son is due back to Nottingham at the weekend and will sit his second year exams- but I shall also grit my teeth, remind myself how proud of him I am when it comes to tackiling his bedroom!



If it is East today, then please would you play :



TURNING JAPANESE by THE VAPORS



Many thanks, Mcw x

#tackiling??? that as well!

Morning Simon (or is it lunchtime for you?) - it's a great thing your son is doing, so congratulations on the manly hugs!



For the East themed show, how about a choice of;



EAST JESUS NOWHERE - GREEN DAY



EAST SIDE STORY - BRYAN ADAMS



IF YOU EVER - EAST 17 FEATURING GABRIELLE



LOOKING EAST - JACKSON BROWNE



EAST WEST - MORRISSEY



and one of the strangest songs I have heard in a while;



EAST - BILLY PAUL



Now go for a power nap!



Cheers,



Kev

#3 and if it has to be just one of those, I'd plump for



LOOKING EAST - JACKSON BROWNE. You don't tend to hear much of Mr. Browne on the radio, apart from his "Doctor, My Eyes"...

Oooo! How about:



CHINA IN YOU HAND by T'PAU ?

CHINA TOWN by THIN LIZZY



CHINA TOWN by THE MOVE

Morning Simon, morning all



Simon, that is such a fantastic experience for your son to go and work in Africa, and you must indeed be immensely proud of him.



My song choice for today:



THE CHINESE WAY by Level 42



Deebee X

"born to run" Bruce Springsteen and the EAST street band

"China girl" Dave Bowie

"China groove" Doobie Brothers

...still looking for something soulful..

#8 Pedant warning! It's actually E Street band, rather than East Street band, but the E could well stand for "East"! :-)

#10 have you a red pen to do your marking!

on the same theme perhaps Ben E King will surfice for a soulful offering.."stand by me"

Morning all



Up The Chasetown!!! They won 3-2 against Sheffield in last night's Unibond Play Off Semi Final. Anyone fancy coming to the final with me at Chasetown on Saturday as my lovely Nic is otherwise engaged. Something to do with flannels and willow ........



East you say?





The Gap - The Thompson Twins



(East is East, West is West, 2 different rhythms to the rap ....)



Happy Days!



Deevs

x

#11 - shouldn't that be a question mark rather than an exclamation mark at the end? ;-)

My mind is running low on East songs. Got loads for tomorrow though - and it's the day I have my spinal appointment at the hospital. Perhaps I can get a sneaky tweet in whilst I'm waiting around!

Last one before I go:



HONG KONG GARDEN - SIOUXIE and the BANSHEES

#15 Hope all goes well tomorrow, Kev.

Expect the 'Lord on High, Chief Piskey of Cornwall' will have lots of ideas for tomorrow too!

Morning all



Hope you're still awake Simon



My offering for today - "Stay another day" - East 17.



Tortie x

Good morning Sleepy Simon and Blessed Blogpooets!

"LOVERS IN JAPAN" please by COLDPLAY....and it is long enough for you to have a little power nap whilst it plays!

#19 - Freudian slip there Rev? Blogpooets???

"one night in Bangkok" from Chess OST



#11 still think you need a red pen for your moderating roll of fellow bloggers....hee hee ;-)

Or what about



Canonese Boy - Japan



(or anything by Japan as they were amazing!!)



Deevs

x

#21 - sorry psl / rev / everyone - been proof reading project doumentation for the past two days and I think I must have carried on in my pedantic ways today on here! Mind you, I am the worst when it comes to typing on here - my spelling gets awful when I try to type quickly/ Oh for a spellcheck before the post gets sent!



#22 - Shouldn't that be CanTonese Boy? STOP ME, SOMEONE!!!

In addition to my twitter recommends you could recreate Anne Nightingale’s Sunday afternoon request program by playing Steely Dan’s cover of Duke Ellington’s East St Louis Toodle-Oo.

Or really stretching it Nick Lowe’s The Beast in Me, by Nick or Johnny Cash. nickmalago

#21 and roll should be role! :-)

Hey, let's hear it for PetaWomble and the rest of the clan. Looks like the problem has been solved.



Well done, you lot!

#25 well done you have passed your assessment ;-) 10/10 gold *

Oh, just though of;



BIG IN JAPAN - ALPHAVILLE



Ooh, Eastern sea so blue....

#23 yes, CanTonese Boy, banging his Tin Drum if you please! x

What a great album that was / is, Deevs. Fair takes me back!

Of course...



LIFE IN TOKYO - JAPAN



A double whammy!

Good Morning Each! Now I actually suggested this as a song for the south yuesterday (South of me, for sure), but as this place is on the east coast,



'Down To Margate' by Chas and Dave.



Also, perhaps Simon could use this as a 'bed' as it is an instrumental. It worked yesterday with Portsmouth.



'Jig a Jig' by East of Eden.

And seeing as I can't see Spike around yet, I will throw in...



'Eastern Rain' by Fairport Convention.

#33 and tomorrow I'm going for "Western Wind" by the aforementioned Conventioneers..

And...



'East of Eden' by Big Country



'All Quiet On The Eastern Front' by The Ramones



'East Of The Sun - West Of The Moon' Frank Sinatra did this, but there is a wonderfully soft jazzy version by Diana Krall.

"East of Eden" Big Country

#35 Funnily enough I heard that Diana Krall version on Spotty Fie yesterday

Kev, Japan were quite simply awesome! Gentlemen take Polaroids y'know!



x

Indeed they do Deevs...and what do blood donors take???

#37. Beautiful woman, delicious rendition of the song, in as sensual a voice as you will ever hear. What more could you want.



Actually, I want a cold shower, now. :-)

Warm Wednesday Morning greetings to, (takes a big breath) – 634Salan, Adam_McReynolds, Alison from Eastleigh, Andy_Toverson, Anthony in Rugby, BabyDriver, St David Marshall, Brenda, CherylTheDiva, cleverSupernanny, dawhandle, Deebee9, dreamurdream, Emily, Flourishing, Helen May, Jason Issacs, Jeff, John Merrick, KatyMac, Ken Jude, Kev TrickyTree Williams, Kidteeth, MadChickenWoman, MissToeDipper, MobileToothFairy, Music_Geek, NicRolastic, Paul of Sheffield, Paul?, Payre, PoshSoulLady, PurpleDragon, SparkleSparklyTinsel, SylviaB88, Ticketyboo, Tortie-cat, untalentedmrripley, ,... and somebody who rarely makes a post, Spike!





Wasn't Timothy Spall's character "Barry Taylor" heading EAST to Dussledorf in Auf wiedersehen pet? How about somthing by Joe Fagin like "Breakin' away" or "Living alright"?







Love the show, the host, myself, the staff, the other blogpoppets, the mods, the tweeters, the browsers, the callers, the emailers, the face bookers, the ones that don't even know the show exists (shame on you)

How about LIFE ON MARS by David Bowie - it has a reference to the Norfolk Broads which are in East Anglia...

Alternative to the cold shower, I might just listen again to Elvis singing 'Go East Young Man'. Dreadful, what was he thinking.

#39 Kev - tea and a biccie? x

Nope - if gentlemen take polaroids, blood donors take...(joke from y school days!)

#45 Well. I know I can be a bit slow on the uptake, but I don't get it. Would the explanation attract a womble?

you might get PILES of complaints if I put the word in...

I never said it was a good joke!

Aha -



YELLOW RIVER - CHRISTIE

Even in the phrase 'bad joke', you'd be using the word joke in its loosest connotation

Morning All,



My suggestion is JAMES - China Girl - Infinitely better than the David Bowie one.



Come on you Scholars!!

Nic

Nikita by Elton John, (but only if Simon whistles during the instrumental bridge).





Love the show, the host, myself, the staff, the other blogpoppets, the mods, the tweeters, the browsers, the callers, the emailers, the face bookers, the ones that don't even know the show exists (shame on you)

'Down Down' by Status Quo. (County Down being the Easternmost part of Northern Ireland)



'Give Me An Inch' by Robert Palmer (Keith Inch - the most eastern point of mainland Scotland)



I must confess to being a bit stumped when it comes to finding songs for Lowestoft and Chepstow.

*creeps in*...



RASPUTIN - BONEY M - Oh, those Russians!



*creeps out*

#54 Blimmin' well stay out, with that sort of carry on. ;-)

Sorry, it's musical Tourette's with me - I know I shouldn't, but I can't help it...



Perhap's that should be Russian Tourette's ?

These jokes are making me queasy.

#54 The Russian connection opens up a whole new theme......

"from Russia with love" Matt Munro

"Sheena is a punk rocker" The Ramones from Rocket to Russia album

"Red " Daniel Merriweather

or anything by Simply Red



....ok ok ok....I'm going to Yoga now ;-)

See Paul, it WAS worth adding



RASPUTIN by BONEY M



to the list! :-)

#59

You silly twisted boy.



©The Goons

#53 Chepstow's beyond west. It's in Wales, off the end of the planet!

TOKYO JOE by BRYAN FERRY



(am sure Spike would have something to say about that one!)

#61 Yes, at the very EAST of Wales. I really cannot understand how it hasn't inspired someone to write a song about it. ;-)



(perhaps it's a problem to find a rhyme)

Although a lack of a rhyme aint stopped this bloke...











Inscription 04 - For The Apartment In Chepstow-Castle



For thirty years secluded from mankind,

Here Marten linger'd. Often have these walls

Echoed his footsteps, as with even tread

He paced around his prison: not to him

Did Nature's fair varieties exist;

He never saw the Sun's delightful beams,

Save when thro' yon high bars it pour'd a sad

And broken splendor. Dost thou ask his crime?

He had rebell'd against the King, and sat

In judgment on him; for his ardent mind

Shaped goodliest plans of happiness on earth,

And peace and liberty. Wild dreams! But such

As PLATO lov'd; such as with holy zeal

Our MILTON worshipp'd. Blessed hopes! awhile

From man withheld, even to the latter days,

When CHRIST shall come and all things be fulfill'd.



Robert Southey



All it needs to qualify is a bit of a tune.

WISHFUL THINKING by CHINA CRISIS

Hello All,



Can I suggest "Accross 110th Street" by Bobby Womack, being situated in Manhatten which is on the East side?

Have decided that I am not so mad after all!

#67 You don't have to be mad to contribute to this blog, Mme Poulet - but it sure helps ;-)

#67. Have you set up a completely new profile to do change your name? Your previous posts are still MCW

#69 Yes. I thought that was the only way it could be done, Paul. Now you are going to tell me that there is a way to edit the existing profile!

Red House - Hendrix / Kashmir - Led Zepp / Tiger Feet - Mud / Turning Japanese - Vapours / Siberian Khatru - Yes

CALIFORNIA GIRLS ~ BEACH BOYS... please Simon



Since the first line mentions 'east'!



"East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear..."



Thanks

SylviaB x

Oh and anything of Deep Purple's Made In Japan

Paul, have sorted it out!!! Silly me! ;0)

Hows about 'Sun Arise' by Rolf Harris. Now, I wouldn't really want this plated, but it would perfectly tee up Fyfe Dangerfield for tomorrow.(Faster Than The Setting Sun)

Plated? PLAYED! Actually NOT PLAYED!

Well that was interesting. We had a fire drill earlier. I had just got a glass of water and didn't have anywhere to put it down. I'm a fire warden so I was doing my checks, water in hand, when I collided with another fire warden who was rushing off to check his own area. We both got soaked....I guess it was a good thing it was only water. Put the fire out, anyway...

#77 I am quite tickled by the idea of a firewarden rushing about, looking for a fire, armed with a glass of water. lol

One last idea before I sling my hook.



'Heat Of The Moment' by Asia. (Inspired by Deebee #77)

How about Japanese Boy by Aneka

I tweeted for a bit of Vangelis from the Chine album. Not at home so couldn't remember the track, tried to explain it with Da Da Da Dah's, probably not very successfully. It was the nice bit of the album that sometimes gets trotted out as incidental music on the box. Sounds a bit Chinese, so I guess it hit the composer's intended spot :-)

Doh, that would be the "China" album.

Apparently if you have one of those clever phones like the one I've just bought, there's a thingumy you can get for it where if you sing or play it some music it will tell you what it is. Strikes me that could be very useful round here! Of course, it rather depends on how well you can sing...



Actually I could do with that right now. There's a song that's been going round my head since last night with a vaguely Japanese tune and I just can't think what it is.

Oh dear, dear. I think Gordon Brown has lost the plot!

#83 It would be like the old game show -'Name that Tune'! or at least it would if I was singing into it!

Mensh for our Paul of Sheffield!

Excellent start- played my choice and Pauls suggestion too- and Paul got a mensh! Well done, Paul, that's two for you this week!

Paul, On a roll now then...

Rev - He lost that a long time ago imo...



Nic

#84 Thought Jeremy Vine was brilliant in that interview and he stuck to his guns. I could not believe how rude his interviewee was! Not long now 'til 6th May!

#89 You can tell he's lying 'cos his lips are moving...

Well done Paul!

Dear All



I've just emailed Phil @ The Beeb re Children In Need.So far, there's 21 of us (from CLP's blog and one or two from Mayo's lovely blogpoppets).



If you still want to do this, please add your name to the list on Faceache (CLP bloggers page).



Lotsa luv



Cheryl x



nb: if you're name's already on the list, you've been counted! If you're name's not on the list, you won't be counted ........ x

#92 just out of interest Deevs, how many telephones do they actually have? 21 sounds like quite a party!

Deebee, the phone room was big and manic - I'd say about 100 or so incoming phones. Very loud and chaotic, but fantastic fun.



x

Decimal odds - correct answer in my opinion was "none of the above".

thank you Mr M for playing a bit of un-requested soul :-)

#90 He does have a fascinating wierd jaw action when he speaks!



Paul, another mention re Matt's moshe (sp?) A veritable hat trick as Spike would say! Well done old bean!



PS Missed Spike's contributions today. ):

yes, well done again Paul. You're sure you aren't really Si...oh okay, no.



Just back from mum's taxi duty. I thought the interview with Timothy Spall was brilliant. As a some-time sail-girl I can relate to a lot of what he was saying - in particular the fear! Those three masts he was talking about at the entrance to the Medway is a ship called the Sir Richard Montgomery, an amunition ship which sank in the 2nd world war. We've sailed past it a couple of times. Apparently it still has all the ammunition on board.

#98 I've really no idea how to spell ammmunition...

one hundred....?