Hi Simon,



In praise of Cap't Slow himselfr, how about;



FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK - AC/DC



OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL - BOB SEGER



MAY-BE I'M AMAZED - WINGS



(CAP'T) SLOW AND EASY - WHITESNAKE



DON'T DRIVE MY CAR - STATUS QUO



Cheers,



Kev

Coo-eee...Peta? Can you do your thang please? Thanks ever so... :-)

For James - more than just something on a keyboard... how about any song on a stylophone?

Wiki suggests, amongst others: "Flight of the Conchords on the song "Demon Woman" off their 2nd album I Told You I Was Freaky"... and "In the Doctor Who audio drama Horror of Glam Rock, a glam rocker in 1974 is contacted by aliens through his Stylophone" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylophone

James - you're loved - not freaky! All the very best with the guest appearance Humph

Morning Simon and Blogpoppets,



Will definitely listen in tonight, as James May has that certain 'something' in my opinion!!



My choice would be SMOKE ON THE WATER by DEEP PURPLE, takes me right back to my sixth form days.



I don't like skate much either, Simon, too many bones!



Mcw x

Or my suggestion from yesterday might fit the bill for today:



THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN by THIN LIZZY

Rock music a little out of my comfort zone...will dig deep!

Moring Simon, PetaWomble and blogpeeps



As Nic doesn't seem to be posting at the moment, what about playing something by James - it might entice him back!



Tortie x



PS well done to all bloggers who got mentions last night!

Morning all! Much better today, thanks for all good wishes you Blesspoppets.



MAY YOU NEVER by JOHN MARTYN please Simon.



I'll leave Nic to suggest songs by JAMES.

"born to be wild" Steppenwolf



"20th century boy" T Rex



"born to run" Bruce Springsteen

#60 yesterday... HOORAY!!! (Better late than never)

Morning all



Got to be 'Last Days of May' by Blue Oyster Cult



Cheers



A

Morning. Sorted again. :)

Thanks Peta much appreciated.



Any news on a long term solution?

Many thanks Peta!

Morning Peta, morning Simon, morning all!



My choices for today are:



"Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol



"She drives me crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals



As mentioned on the previous blog, I've met James May a few times. A nicer bloke you couldn't wish to meet - very unpretentious and un-celeb like. One occasion was at a recording of Top Gear - during the break he was actually serving the tea! Can't imagine how he's going to get on with a rock show though - good luck to him.



Deebee X

#15 Deebee, you lucky thing! Don't know what it is about him, but he seems to come across as a lovely guy.

Think your FYC choice is brilliant, would be more than happy if Simon plays that one.

Good Morning Each, and what a gorgeous morning it is, too.(Possibly spoiled slightly by the following weak joke.)



Mr May? Oh, Mr Mayo! (This joke delivered without the slightest tinge of regret.)



Anyway, a few James May inspired selections for your perusal:



James spent his formative years attending school in Rotherham, so...



"Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape" by Be Bop Deluxe. This song has the added bonus of actually containing the word 'May' within its lyric.



"Cock Rock" by Deiselboy. (Suggesting one of James' favourite sayings.



"The Hairy Years" by The Trash Can Sinatras



"Slow and Easy" by Whitesnake.



"The May Song" by The Gathering



That will cover the usual blogfillers that I post, that really only have a snowball in hells chance of being played, so I will add...



"Little James" by Oasis

... in the hope of finally breaking my duck. (I have yet to have a song played and get a mensh, despite having posted every day since the programme started. I did once get a mensh for a song that wasn't played, so I will continue to cling to that)

#17 (final para) If there's any justice in this world.....

Or...

"Driving Music" by Olivia Newton John.



"Driving With The Brakes On" by Del Amitri.



"Mint Car" by The Cure



And, I'm sorry, I cant resist...



"Driving Song" by Jethro Tull

#17. Oops, sorry. I accept that I've been a very naughty boy, and will stand quietly in the corner with my hands on my head.

#17 #20 Missed it - who's sensibilities have you been inflaming now Paul?

#20 What was it Paul, too many Tull requests? : )

I thought that there was nowt wrong with your comment #17 Paul, infact I think that you can come out from the corner and put your hands down by your sides! I hope that you get a request played very soon.



Glad you're on the mend, Spike!

Can I say hi to my mate Becks, who might read this *waves*. James May's No 1 fan and a staunch supporter of 6 music to boot. In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if she had something to do with getting him a slot...

#22. There was a Tull request in there, actually, but unless you have managed to enlist a friendly womble, I dont think that was the reason.



#23The reason you thought that the post was OK is that the offending word, one used by James May frequently after the word 'Oh', and used by me in a song title, has a different meaning to you, MCW. I suspect that if YOU used the same word in a different context,one that may be associated with you and your chickens, it would be fine.



I wonder, however, if the deletion of my post has precluded any of the other songs suggested from consideration. I think it would be quite cool to have a mensh and a song chosen from a modded post.(Not tht I'm suggesting an outbreak of rule breaking. Heaven forfend!)

#25 .....just heard the sound of the penny dropping!



We had this debate on the CLP blog about that word as it is also used as a term of endearment, especially in the northern counties.



But I have an elderly one called Monty! ;0)

Warm Thursday Afternoon 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!





JESSICA by THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, (Top Gear theme)





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)

#26 and your name would look very strange if you substituted the offending word for "chicken"!



Is it me or have we gone off topic rather quickly today? This subject is difficult!

Reading CDF's greeting list above, I noticed we haven't heard from Ticketyboo recently. Perhaps she is stuck in some far off place?

Maggie MAY - Rod Stewart



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)

MAYbe It's Because I'm A Londoner - Bud Flanagan







#29 Once you are on the list, you are on the list.



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)

Stormy MAY Day - AC/DC



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)

#29 I think she was psychologically scarred by the moustache incident.

Fast Car / SLOW Traffic - Paul Weller



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)

Always Crashing In The Same Car - David Bowie



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)

Drive by The Cars



Paul thought the modding was a bit harsh, imo.



A

The Car - Jeff Carson



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)

Magic Bus - The Who



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)

#28 Tee hee hee

Afternoon all



Spike got to the May You Never before me, so no other suggestions.

Lovely day - sat in the car for lunch: Reacher, windows down, Black Crowes on , perfect.

"Plasticine" by Placebo, in honour of James' wierd garden.



"Fake Plastic Trees" by Alanis Morissette/Radiohead/Marillion (Lego, y'see?)



"Toys" by XTC

And of course, there's always;



STUTTER RAP by MORRIS MINOR AND THE MAJORS (aka Tony Hawks - not the skateboarder!)

Queen - I'm In Love With My Car

Hiya gang!



Ken #44: did that one on Twitter this morning, together with Bohemian Rhapsody as Mr May has the locks to give it some Wayne's World justice.



But howsabout .....



The First Of MAY - Bee Gees



Muchos amore!



Deevs

x

"Radar love" Golden Earring

Crikey - do you lot all Google to search for lyrics, or do you have an encyclopeadic knowledge of music? I feel very inadequate re. music choices made - no wonder I never get a mention, I've never heard of half of the ones suggested today!



Tortie-must-try-harder x

#47 Tortie, my success yesterday was down to having an idea of a song in my mind, but not really knowing what it was called and who it was by. And yes, I did google it. Sometimes songs just come to me - other times it's harder.



Deebee X

#45 Ah OK, multiple Tweets for it then, it may be in with a chance :-)

Tortie - I don't care what anybody else thinks - I'm with you on #4 - actually most Deep Purple would float my boat.... My favourite is Child in Time (on DP in Rock and the Purple album).



Actually if anybody played DP I would be amazed...



Regards from the Shanghai correspondent.



mtd ffb xxx

#49 Please bear in mind that there are some of us that cannot tweet or FB given our current geographical location......



mtd ffb xxx

#47 Can't speak for others, but huge chunks of my teens and early twenties was spent listening to music while reading lyrics printed inside gatefold sleeves. Lots of it tends to stick in the memory.

Yahooo! Smeee! And a mensh! And I only requested it via this 'ere blog.

Thanks Simon x

Hi All, The tune for James May that popped in to my head was "Dude looks like a lady " by Aerosmith.

*Spike alert*



Prefab Sprout!

Hiya!



I missed the start of the show - well done - which song did you get a mensh for mcw?

MCW what did you get???



mtd ffb xxx (from afar......)

#51 - funny some people can tweet fron China and some can't Jake Humphrey tweeted all the way through the GP weekend, and some of my old F1 friends tweeted too.

It was Thin Lizzy, Kev and mtd.



I agree mtd, would be great to hear Deep Purple on Radio 2, but I am not complaining and am chuffed to bits with my favourite Thin Lizzy track being played. Hope things are ok with your extended stay in the Far East.

Well done MCW. I wonder if the extended issue with the blog has prompted Simon and the team to take a closer look at the posts this week? We do seem to be getting an inrodinately large amount of songs played this week - coincidence?

Thanks MCW - The only prob at the moment is that I can't tweet or FB - the china blog police allow the beeb but anything else is blocked.



Ooh just realised that OH is out of the room so can listen to R2 for a while.....



Actually this is the first confession I have heard - this time anyway. I didn't realise that the same music was being used.......



mtd ffb xxx

Well done MCW!! - heard it just as I was arriving home.



Hi MTD - any news on a flight home yet?

Hi DB - Still star wars day at the moment (may 4th). Some others have got earlier dates but not us.......



mtd ffb xxx

Mr Fewins, eh?



I decided not to go for the obvious choice!

Well done CDF!

Another mensh for Darren - nice on Mr Fewins!

Skate cheeks??? I daren't put the other name on here!

It's your choice Deebs!

Ooh - I suggested this one!

I wonder if Simon will mention your story at #15 about making tea?



Also, well done Paul, justice has prevailed - #17 has returned!!

Deebee choice if I'm not mistaken



Snow Patrol



well done!

wonde if he'll call you Debbie again

Woohoo!!!! A mensh!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you X

Well done for the mensh Deebee - and it must have come from the blog!

very definitely DEEbee - that's 2 on the nod for you Deebster

#72 Deebee's fine Katy - he can call me anything he likes....

Oh WOW DeeBeeeeee a mensh ..........



Congrats from the far east...



mtd ffb xxx

#77 Thank you mtd - we are truely world wide today!



The OH is on his way home at the mo - probably stuck on the M25 somewhere. I wonder if he'll realise that was me.

Excellent, Deebee gets a mensh too!



I really thought that it would be more of a lads theme tonight, but that just shows you how wrong I was.



#17 is back- so you've been forgiven by Peta Womble, Paul!

This is putting me right off my tea - ammonia, sulphur, 'gamey' smells - but then I don't really like fish

#79 There are plenty of girls who like cars mcw. And about 50% of the Top Gear audience is female.

...and as for skate knobs....

...don't they hang around parks at dusk?

#78 Thanks DB - it is totally surreal that I am here and listening to the same thing as you are..... Great fun though.....



mtd ffb xxx

#84



Wow - I keep forgetting that you've been shanghai'd Ann - what time is it there?

#85 1.30 am KM...



seems so strange listening to SM at this time of day...



mtd ffb xxx

Oiii I can so see Francis Rossi doing a prom - what a brilliant idea.....



mtd ffb xxx

so THAT'S why he had his hair cut!

OK I'm getting the first one in here...



Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue - a country classic.... which I will probably miss because of the time but again I am relying on the blogpoppets to let me know if it actually gets played.



mtd ffb xxx

Ken and Deevs asked for this one - fingers crossed..

Now it's Ken's turn with his Queen request!

#44 - Nice one Ken! No mensh though, sadly....

#89 MTD - have you voted by going to "Home" then clicking on "Showstopper"?

surely the easiest thing to cook with fungus is sauteed mushrooms!

Deevs was there first with it.



It's good that an album track that fades into another track can still get a play - means we don't have to necessarily ignore awkward selections :-)

#95Oh yuk. Humble apologies for a split-infinive crime.

whoops - sorry Deevs - well done to you too - missed your post.

#96 ...and for a typo crime. Sigh.

#96 don't unduly worry Ken - you're forgiven!

Well done blogpoppets, menshes proliferating over the last two days. And I got unmodded. I don't know why that excites me, but it does.