Morning Simon, morning all



How about "Pressure" by Billy Joel.



Deebee X

Morning Simon / all,



How about;



DAZED AND CONFUSED by LED ZEP



THE WALL by PINK FLOYD (we don't need no education)



BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS by GREEN DAY (what you'll be on if you don't revise!)



19th NERVOUS BREAKDOWN by THE ROLLING STONES.

I guess the 42 minute "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" by Dream theater won;t get played? If not, perhaps one of the movements of the piece - some of them are particularly apt to exams / tests, etc.!



2.1 I. Overture

2.2 II. About to Crash

2.3 III. War Inside My Head

2.4 IV. The Test That Stumped Them All

2.5 V. Goodnight Kiss

2.6 VI. Solitary Shell

2.7 VII. About to Crash (Reprise)

2.8 VIII. Losing Time

"Under Pressure" has great memories for me. My wife gave birth to our daughter whilst this played on the radio - how apt!

Hi Everyone,



Yep, it is definitely warming up out there!



Simon, how about CRUEL SUMMER by BANANARAMA?



Although the exams are over by the end of June, there is that long anxious wait for the results right through til the end of August!



Mcw x



Tonight I have promised to 'help' my daughter with some Biology A2 revision - Oh deep joy!!!

#5 MCW I can empathise, but that's about it. As father of two kids aged 10 and 7, exams are still a way away, but I remember (vaguely) my own exams. I didn't really stress about them too much. perhaps that's why I didn't do too well! Even I could figure out that 4% in my mock maths A level wasn't up to scratch! it was then I decided to leave college and do some proper work instead!

Morning all, Morning Simon



Lovely morning here in East Yorks.



What about "Pressure" by Spandau Ballet, or

to take their minds off it "Don't Worry" by Bob Marley



Tortie x

Re: Dream Theater - I must dig their CDs out. I didn't realise that their guitarist, John Petrucci, was part of the great G3 tour with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, and was naed as no.2 (behind Dave Mustaine in a book entitled "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists".



I'm also reading Slash's autobiography at the moment. makes for interesting (and funnny!) reading. It also makes me want to get moved in to the new house so I can unpack my Epiphone Korina axe and get shredding, dude!

Hello Blogpoppets - nice to see y'all :)



Tsk. Kids nowadays. Pressure? What with t'internet plus ubiquitous communication technologies ... pah! Back in my day we just got our heads down and revised. Woe betide if we moaned about it and heaven forfend if we 'dominated' the household 'morning noon and night' ...





Did I mention we lived in a cardboard box on the side of the motorway?





Grumpy Old Katy getting severe withdrawal from Not Being Allowed to Drive

:^/

Morning Katy!



I was the first person in my family to take any exams whatsoever, so there was no pressure on me at all, which is, I suppose, why I didn't put any pressure on myself...if only I could go back in time and do it all again, I;m sure I would have worked harder, knowing then what I know now...

Morning Simon,



maybe WONDERFUL WORLD by Sam Cooke (don't know much about geography...etc)



just tell the kids that exams aren't everything in life! (nothing like being positive, is there)



Cheers,

Hampshire Dave

#11 - Hi Dave. This song still reminds me of the week long "school subjects" canter..time flies, doesn't it?

#6 Yes I can remember vividly worrying about the formation of slopes (tedious to say the least) for my geography A level. And how useful that knowledge has been to me in later life!!! Infact I sat that exam on my 18th birthday- how cruel is that??



My daughter knew the answer for last nights Homework Sucks (What are chromosomes made up of) but was too shy to ring in!

#10 yo Kev :)



My brother did his the year before me - we were both at local grammar schools - -



It was kinda noisy at our gaff [the cardboard box] being as there were two other very inconvenient younger brothers, so it was easier to meet chums and go into school during 'revision periods' or to the local library.



I remember those days with much fondness. Camaraderie p'haps? My diaries from the time bear this out

#9 Morning Grumpy Katy. Do you know when you will be able to drive? Hopefully the weather's good where you are and you can do some 'pottering' in the garden (if you enjoy doing that)



I don't remember much exam pressure when I was at school, but I certainly had a lot when I was doing OU exams!



Tortie x

Simon, another song which you might consider:



DON'T GIVE UP by KATE BUSH and PETER GABRIEL

Morning



what about Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm (or whatever it was called) by Crash TEST Dummies



Off to work now - see y'all later.



Deevs



x

#15 - me too! Just managed to finish my degree last October, and went to my graduation ceremony in April. My wife (who has a masters in Information Science - swot!) kept on telling me she never went to her graduation and couldnt see the point, but to someone who had never ever experienced Uni life and took 10 years to complete a degree whilst working at the same time, it meant a lot!

#16 - great choice MCW!

All day & all of the Night by the Kinks

#2 see youve got it right this time Kev

#15 Torters



Consultation in 2 weeks - followed by further surgery maybe a month after - recovery time who knows? - could be out of action for another six months.



*looks longingly at shiny new car*



Pottering in garden - can do :)

When the exam is over:



LEAVE IN SILENCE by DEPECHE MODE

#18



Well done Kev - does the graduation photo have pride of place on the mantlepiece?

#21 - hope it all goes well for you Katy. You know we'll be with you every step of the way! :-)



#22 - You're on fire today, MCW!



#23 - Just got the photos through this week, apparently - haven't seen them yet as i am in Bournemouth and they are in Worthing. I hate having my photo taken so they will probably never see the light of day again!

*feels as though she should be choosing a track ...*

.. which is a back-handed compliment to the awesome MadChickenWoman ...



:)

#24



Cheers Kev :)

How about



RUNNING TO STAND STILL - U2?

#21 Looking on the bright side - at least the 6 months you won't be driving will be the 'summer' months, so you should have nice weather for your recuperation. And as Kev says, you'll get lots of support on here.



#18 It took me 6 years (working full time too), and I thoroughly enjoyed my graduation, never having had one before. I found putting the gown on quite emotional, and although I'm not remotely photogenic, had the photos taken too, although I think they're in the loft now!

THE TEST - CHEMICAL BROTHERS

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, DruidessDeevs, cleverSupernanny, dawhandle, DameEllenMacDeebee, DBB59, dreamurdream, Emily, Flourishing, Helen May, Jason Issacs, Jeff, John Merrick, KatyMac, Ken Jude, Kev TrickyTree Williams, Kidteeth, Luey Luey, MadChickenWoman, Mark Cannon, MissToeDipper, MobileToothFairy, Music_Geek, NicRolastic, Over Here Paul of Sheffield, Paul?, Payre, PoshSoulLady, PurpleDragon, SparkleSparklyTinsel, Susan_upon_Tyne, SylviaB88, Ticketyboo, Tortie-cat, untalentedmrripley, ,... and somebody who rarely makes a post, SpikeagainsttheBryanAdamssong!







Chant No.1 by Spandau Ballet



Or



The futures so bright I gotta wear shades by Timbuk 3



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)

Good Morning Each! Can I first of all thank Simon for the mensh, and Matt for the affirmation of my choice within his own world of moshiness. Ta very much, chaps. And well done to Tortie. Yorkshire, yay!



Songs for the kids...



'I'm So Worried' by Monty Python



'Do You Best, And Don't Worry' by Morrissey. (It's being so cheery...)



'Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing' by Stevie Wonder



'Stressed Out' by A Tribe Called Quest



'You Learn' by Alanis Morissette.

#29



Too true Tortie [try saying that quickly] and at least I can go for a wander, as long as I have mobile in hand. Luckily we live close to city centre so light shopping duties can be undertaken ...



I have huge respect for those who do the OU thing and achieve their chosen degree - I've never had that sort of ambition or application

#29 My 10 years was elapsed time rather than consecutive years. I took two years out when our first born came along, and a year out due to house / job moves, etc. Still felt a flippin' long time though!



#32 - Well done Paul. I didn;t hear last night's show but I am guessing us blogpoppets did well then?

Well done on your degrees, Kev and Tortie. I know how hard that must have been, my husband did his MA and MBA the hard way too. He studied for the MBA when we had builders literally knocking the walls down of our house and our children were very young too, infact our daughter had just been born. Talk about doing everything at once!!





#26 No, I think you deserve that title Katy. Enjoy recouperating in the sunshine. You talking about cars has reminded me to get my car tax sorted- did it online between posts, it's very quick!(as long as the disc doesn't get lost in the post!).



Mcw x

Dont Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin

I usually like to try and squeeze a Jethro Tull request in, but aside from it being an entire album, in essence, I suppose 'Thick As A Brick' is a bit, erm, cruel. I shall think a bit more about it, although I suppose I could repeat yesterdays 'Quiz Kid'.

Never miss a beat by The Kaiser Chiefs





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)

Whew - busy day on the blog today! Loving all this blogpoppetness.



#11 I second "Wonderful world" - tweeted it a few minutes ago



#15 and #18 I am also an OU graduate - got my BSc in psychology about 5 years ago. Blimmin hard work, but well worth it.





#21 you continue to be in my thoughts KatyMac - just hang in there and make the most of your enforced inactivity. Life is generally far more hectic than it should be!



Deebee X

Everybody loves a loser by Morcheeba





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)

Tull songs......for those adults trying to help with revision (MCW)





'We Used To Know'



'With You There To Help Me'



'Nothing Is Easy'



'Memory Bank'

#39 DeeBee! There you are :)



Psychology degree - wow. I struggled with the 'A' Level.

Do you now work in this area? Like our friend Mr Fewins whose dubious sense of humour is amply demonstrated in Post #40. :-D

What's tha chances of BBC2 playing:



PRETTY VACANT by THE SEX PISTOLS?



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)

#41 good stuff Mr Tull of Sheffield

See what happens when I spend time in here? Grumpiness gone - whoosh

#42 Dubious?



I have a well developed and fully understandable sense of humour, ask P of S!!!



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)

#39 Mine was 9 years ago in English Lit and I was so enthused that I decided to do an MA straight afterwards, but then realised that after 6 years I had had enough of academia, but maybe one day ... : )

#41 You just can't resist, can you? No Tull please Simon! : )

#41 Thank you Paul, but I think that the last song should read 'Memory Blank' - too many senior moments these days!

Hello Everybody,



#16 Great Choice

Also consider ' Always look on th Bright side of life' Monty Python and 'Why Worry' Dire Straits



Hope everybody has a good day

David

Hi David - and hope your day is all that you hope ...





Me. I'm joining the DarrenFewins School of Tell It Like It Is' -





STOP YOUR SOBBING - PRETENDERS





:-D

Seeing as you asked me, I would have to say that the second line of your post #46 is the joke. AND, that one actually made me smile ;o)

#42 Sadly no, although I do work with psychologists and neuroscientists. And I work in HR, so psychology is very useful there... If I'd done it earlier I really would have loved to go into clinical psychology, but it's very competitive and I'm afraid I'm a bit too long in the tooth to start now.



I haven't ruled out doing a PhD one day though - I even have some thoughts about possible subject areas.... just a small matter of getting someone to fund me.

'I Wanna Learn' by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe.

Lots of wistful comments today by us blogpoppets - I should really aim to stop looking back and start looking forward. Trouble is, the past was so much more interesting than the future might be....



Does that make sense? I'm not sure!

Oh no, just got wind (oo-er) of the next big thing in social networking - Diaspora. Could it be the next Faceache??? Do i have enough time to join? Probably not!

#56



Diaspora? Sounds like s tropical disease that could get smelly

#56 - must be fairly old news, the internet police here have already blocked it.......



#55 - I'm a bit scared to look forward at the moment, I have an interview this afternoon for the job that is replacing mine in the restructure...... Having been with the same company for 19 years, being interviewed is a bit alien to me.



For today's choice of record, I will second the Kate Bush/Peter Gabriel - Don't give up (because it doesn't just relate to exams but to my situation as well)



a bit shaky mtd ffb xxx

Wasn't the Diaspora the dispersion of the Jewish populace? What on earth has that got to do with social networking? Is it me? Or does that just seem a particularly inappropriate name?

#58 Good luck MTD - just be yourself. If you're already doing the job you must be the ideal candidate. X

#58 - good luck mtd -we'll be with you!



#59 It is supposed to mean the dispersal of seeds, so I guess it could have been worse! Reading up on Diaspora, it seems to be a way of having your own personal web server (sort of), which ensures you only put online whatever information you are comfortabel about sharing - now of this Faceache mullarkey whereby they share everyone's personal information unless you intentionally opt out, etc... sounds interesting but i just wonder whether the world needs another social network. Ooh, i sound almost Luddite-ish!

#58 Nice deep breaths mtd. Hope that this afternoon goes well and I shall keep everything crossed for you (maybe not my eyes though!) x



#59 Yes, I agree Paul. A very unfortunate choice of name.

#61 Talking of seed dispersal (!!!) it looks as is it is snowing here, inspite of the warm weather. We have lots of willow trees in the village that have catkins, and it seems that they have all decided to release their dandelion-like spores at the same time! That wont please Mr Mcw who has prepared the window frames for painting!

#58



Another good luck shout for MisterDipper :)

#64 Another one here too!

DITTO!

#51 thanks Katymac

#58 Good luck mtd



David

Hi All



I'm back - shellshocked but still alive...... Seriously, I think I did OK but I am being judged against some strict criteria. Now comes the wait until next Friday lunchtime, when I will find out whether I've got the job or not............. (apologies for copying and pasting this from CLP blog).



Thank you all for your good wishes - I went in smiling, knowing I had so many people wishing me luck.



mtd ffb xxx

# 41 Brilliant choice, Paul - I'll second that.....



WE USED TO KNOW by the incredible JETHRO TULL

#69 Rev, humph! : )

it's Pimms o'clock

Well done Kev!!

# Now, now Tortie, what is wrong with a good track by a brilliant band?

Well done Kev! Excellent choice!

DARN!!! Missed it again! What was it?

#75 Pink Floyd

#75 and he said thank you as well. You'll have to start charging for your services....;-)

Ah, the ole hammer heads?

Tee Hee! A thank you?!? Blimey, my stock IS going up, isn't it? ;-)

#79 Are you sure you're not really Si.... oh okay, never mind.

Nice to hear Micheal Holding chatting with Matt. I met him a couple nof times when he played for Derbyshire, a really nice guy. Although, despite his obvious greatness as a cricketer, my favourite story about him was the famous Johnners 'Colemanballs'.



In the test match between West Indies and England at The Oval in 1976, when Holding was bowling to Englands Peter Willey, Brian Johnston was reputed to have utterred the immortal commentary...

'The bowlers Holding, the batsmans Willey' This may be apocryphal, but classic nontheless.

#81 Best Michael Holding story ( think it was him )I heard was a charity/celeb match. To keep it brief somebody bowled him out, MH pretended to be very upset and team mates told bowler he was going to get him when his turn to bat, he is a bit worried, chap goes in to bat, all the fielders move back to boundary so chap getting more worried MH takes a massive long run up comes pounding down at very fast pace, batsman just closes his eyes and hopes, next thing he knows keeper throwing ball in air shouting howzat. Batsman thinks he hasn't even seen ball let alone hit it but relieved to be in one piece...... What MH had done was give the ball to keeper and not bowled whole thing was a wind up

David

Good morning blogpoppets.



I know its not Friday, but it soon will be and it sounds like we have a lovely weekend to look forward to.



MTF.xx

Morning all,



Songs for summer and warmth today, peeps. I have tweeted



(Feelin') HOT HOT HOT by ARROW



LONG HOT SUMMER by STYLE COUNCIL



Laters, pataters!

Summer love - Neil Diamond, from the Jazz Singer album.



MTF.xx

Oh, and also;



SUN IS SHINING by BOB MARLEY



HOT IN THE CITY by BILLY IDOL



THE WARMTH OF THE SUN by THE BEACH BOYS



TEH HEAT IS ON by GLEN FREY



Sorry for the list but loads came to mind at once!

Morning!



I would love to hear



HOT HOT HOT by THE CURE



but I doubt I will, unless I play it myself.



:-(



Hope you're all dandy!



Deevs

x

and I know it should be THE and not TEH! :-)

Morning Blogfriends!



I have already tweeted:



HERE COMES THE SUN by STEVE HARLEY AND COCKNEY REBEL



One of my favourite songs, always reminds me of the holiday programme and school summer holidays!



Mcw x

#89 I love that song too...just hunted it out to put on my i-player :-)

Morning Blogpoppets



What a great photo on the Drivetime page!



GOLDEN BROWN by THE STRANGLERS please Simon



Always makes me think of summer time.



Or failing that, I'll second MCW's #89 choice.



Tortie x

looking at the playlist for last night's show - not many songs were Not many songs played last night, judging by the playlist - 2 in all! I think maybe something has gone awry in playlist-land!

..and something very definitely went wrong with my last post! I think you can get the gist!

lol Kev - late night hon?

Summer Fun by the Barracudas



Summer in the City by The Loving Spoonfull



Lovely Day BIll Withers



Mr Blue Sky E.L.O

& DARE I MENTION IT FOR FEAR OF GETTING THE HAT BUT HERE GOES Summer Lovin by Olivia Neutron Bomb & John Travolta

#94 funnily enough, yes Deevs! I was tinkering with my laptop (oo-er) until 12:30, then up again at 6am for some reason - don't know why as my alarm doesnt go off until 7!

We had a late one too as it was pub quiz night. Got home about midnight and I just couldn't get to sleep - probably as I was driving so drank orange juice/bitter lemon all evening - soooooooooo much sugar I was hyper! Then alarm at 6.50 this morning for The Fantastic Rolastic to go to work. Luckily I don't start til noon so having a chillaxing morn!



x

Deevs -was it Nic who sent a 3 word summary last night to Simon about a new job?

Tortie - I doubt it - he never said anything and didn't leave work til gone half five, then went straight to the gym.



Deevs

x

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