Good Morning Each! Can I start off by saying thank you to Simon for removing the need for us to only find radio friendly songs, this is so liberating. (Chuckle)



Actually, I do not think any of these are ...erm...rude, shall we say.



'You Left Me(Just When I Needed You Most0 by Randy Vanwarmer



or



'Somethings Gone Wrong Again' by The Buzzcocks



or



'Advert' by Blur



or



'TV Crimes' by Black Sabbath



or



'I Can't Watch This' by Wierd Al Yankovitch



or



'Somethings Missing' by Lemonheads or John Meyer (Same title, different songs)



or



'Missed Opportunity' by Hall And Oates



or



'Where Did It All Go Wrong' by U2 or Oasis

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I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW by JIMMY CLIFF





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If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words, Telly Savalas, (geddit TELLY).



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Hui Simon / all,



How about any from the following;



TV DINNERS - ZZ TOP

57 CHANNELS AND NOTHIN' ON by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT (I GOTTA WEAR SHADES) by TIMBUK 3

TURN IT ON AGAIN - GENESIS



Cheers,



Kev

Aha - now we're in business ...











HIGH DEFINITION TV - 3 COLOURS RED

Now, I may have missed a trick, here, but I guessed that todays subject was probably inspired by the ITV hd channels failure to show Englands goal on Saturday, and cut away to an ad instead. If I'm wrong, then my song choices (above) are not as inspired as I had hoped.

OK - another idea ...









SEE EMILE PLAY - PINK FLOYD









teehee

#6 now you've said it, Paul ....







I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - AEROSMITH

#7 Brilliant, Katy.



Hows about the theme from THe Muppet Show.

Morning Simon and fellow peeps,



#2 CDF you beat me to it!!



So I'll have to go with my second choice MOVE CLOSER by PHYLLIS NELSON



Mcw x

Morning All



Well that's cleared something up. I had no idea who or what the Wiggles were. Although I guessed from Simon's tweets yesterday that they were Australian.



Anyway, here's some I tweeted earlier:



"I can see clearly now" by Johnny Nash (although Darren's suggestion of the Jimmy Cliff version would be equally acceptable)



"True Colours" by Cyndi Lauper



Deebee X



PS It's kids' songs, Simon. Not kid's songs. Tut, tut...

Or YOUR SO VAIN by CARLY SIMON

CLOSER THAN MOST by THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH



and I know Simons team like a bit of A-Ha so I expect they might play The Sun Always Shines On TV.



I do like your Cyndi Lauper suggestion Deebee!



Mcw x

Morning all



Joe Brown - A (High Definition) Picture of You



Blondie - Picture This

EEK - HAVE PRESSED SOMETHING AND NOW MY KEYPAD WILL ONLY TYPE IN CHINESE UNLESS I USE CAPS LOCK - ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO SOLVE IT!!!!

Sorry about the shoutiness - think I've sorted it :)

MY CAMERA NEVER LIES by BUCKS FIZZ???

'The Great British Mistake' by The Adverts (Double Whammy)

We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. (D.H Lawrence, 1885-1930).

Seemed a fitting quote, especially as it seems that his name was Definition High.

Am I right?

#19 yes









"Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have..."



H D WELLS [1866 - 1946]

#20. Ah, yes, The Three Bears.

good morning all would like to say what a great weekend apart from monsoon type weather but did manage to avoid all football.

How about REM whats the frequency kenneth.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Morning all



On the bais of Paul's interpretation, how about 'The Spirit of Radio' by Rush.



A

Morning all! Hope everybody had a good weekend. I travelled up to London (was a 3 day horse ride in my day...) to see a certain Lord Wogan of Larn do what he (sometimes) gets piad for. Also watched part of Le Mans - poor Nigel Mansell.



'True Colours' by Phil Collins?



3 word Monday: ''Defenestration related injuries'' (lesson quickly learnt)

Morning all



In honour of ITV, which is a national disgrace of Wembley proportions,.........



"Same Old Song And Dance" Aerosmith

"The Song Remains the Same" Led Zep



Is there a "Resignation Song" by anyone? If not there should be!



In respect of the investigation:



"Sweet Little Mystery" John Martyn



And for HD TV generally (golf looks blooming marvellous on it, especially when Brits are winning on the Yanks' home soil):



"Pictures of You" The Cure



ITV are a shambles, but the Beeb need to be careful not to make too much fun at ITV's expense though. The Beeb after all still only has one experimental HD channel (how long do they need to complete the experiment?) and managed to end their transmission of HD coverage of the PGA at Wentworth on the Saturday with players still on the course. And have been telling HD viewers all last week to return to SD pictures on the red button mid-match at Queens so that they can show kids' shows in HD. You really couldn't make it up.

#11 - Liking the cut of your chapeau of pedantry there, Deebee, and an inspired song choice, to boot!

Why don't you swith off your television set go out and do something less boring instead?



(Like listening to the radio)







ANDY WILLIAMS - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU









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#27 - memories of kids' TV in the school holidays again. What a great show was Why Don't You, and scarily, CDF, you almost got the lyrics to the theme tune perfectly correct!

Btw, I've just won tickets to see Bon Jovi at the O2 Arena next week.



Can the blogpoppets help me out about this predicament by letting me know their thoughts in regards:



1) Should I be excited about this?

2) What sort of audience will be attending?

3) What is the perfect book to read at a Bon Jovi concert while the wife is dribbling over Mr Jovi?



Your views are much appreciated.





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#28 Here is something for you to remember next time you are playing Trivial Pursuits, previous 'young presenters' of the show included Ben Slade, Gideon Coe, Alexandra Fletcher, Anthony McPartlin, Pauline Quirke, Osama bin Laden, Andy Crane and Scott McGill.



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SOUND & VISION by DAVID BOWIE



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#28 Thanks Kev - let's hope the main man agrees



#29 I'm not a Bon Jovi fan myself - never seen the attraction. But I imagine the majority of the audience will be people who've followed him since he's been successful. There are unlikely to be any youngsters in the audience. Of course I could be wrong. As regards reading matter, anything will do, although probably not a newspaper - bit obvious!

Thanks DB, I suppose I should just keep the faith that it will be alright on the night. You never know, they might go down in a blaze of glory!







ONE VISION by QUEEN





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#29 Nice one Darren



Did you 'win' the journey into England and back including overnight accommodation plus all the trimmings as well?





Also, you may not need a book - just a decent mobile device - there's plenty to see at the O2 if you wish to avoid dribbling JBJ fans

#1 I had to go and look up what the word was - I didn't even realise there was a profanity in the song :-).



In these days of hard-disk based playout systems I would have assumed that only radio-friendly versions of the songs would be on the system. I'm actually quite pleased that's not the case - I don't want my radio completely sanitised and would prefer the artist's original intention to be honoured if it's not too extreme.



I wonder if "Pigeons" by Genesis, containing the same word in relation to pigeon excrement, would be playable on daytime radio?



On today's theme and from the same EP:



"Match of the Day" by Genesis please Simon, my preferred choice for HD pictures of World Cup matches in the absence of Andy Gray and chums.

#35 I'm with you Ken. I still await with baited breath the original version of "Don't marry Her, Have Me" by The Beautiful South to be played on the radio...

Kev



If that did happen I think the next sound you heard would be the P45 hitting the desk of the poor DJ and producer who let it happen. :)

#36 similarly, wonder if anyone has been "brave" enough to play the Stranglers' "Bring On The Nubiles"?!

This blog seems to have taken on a decidedly un-Wiggles-like tone. Today of all days. Tut!

Darren,



Re your ticket(s) win - you could give it to any number of air-headed females with virtually zero taste in baig-hair orientated "rock" music...

And don't even start me on itv's blunder - I was trying hard enough not to shout and swear at the tv on saturday as my 7-year old was in the room and that and Mr Green didn't help - I think "muppet" was as strong as I managed!

Song choice - The Primitives - Crash.



Nic

Oh and Simon, say hello to Dorothy the Dinosaur for me....

#36 I requested that once - I was almost relieved when it didn't get played...

Just Googled the Wiggles. Interesting stuff. Apparently, they use the theories of early child development in their songs and shows. Thankfully, Freud doesn't appear to feature...

CneDF. Can I draw your attention to #24. Perhaps you'd like to gently mock Malcolm with regards to windows, for a day or two? ;0)

#44. Malcolm, please don't take this as a slight against you. Darren teased me for a good while about windows. All good natured stuff, but no-one other than Darren knew what he was on about. Funny, though.

I think.

Hope you are OK, and it wasn't a high fall.

#44 ahem - it wasn't my fault... Well, it might slightly have been my fault... Alright! I didn't see it was closed.

Actually the defenestration itself was unsuccessful at the first attempt (see #46). It did prove, however, that the window cleaners are doing a good job and thoroughly deserve their tips.



#45 I don't mind a bit of good-natured mockery - at least people have a sense of humour (not like one bloke I met on Saturday night - I could happily have assisted him with some defenestration!) It was just a matter of crashing into a patio door really.

Afternoon all



Sorry no time to make any song choices today, first day back at work after 2 weeks off :(



Hope everyone's OK



Back tomorrow (hopefully have more time then)



Tortie x

Hi Tortie - welcome back! X

#48 - welcome back Tortie. It's my first day back too - hasn;t stopped me! ;-) only because I logged in from home last night to catch up on my emails!

#50 So did I Kev, it's not the volume of emails,it's all the other work I have to catch up with!



#49 Thanks Deebee - did you have a good holiday?

Hi Tortie, Kev. What's occurring. Extraordinary amounts of e-mails usually await me upon my return from being away. Takes aaaaages to sort out.

#49 Yes it was great thanks - seems a long time ago now though as I've been back a week, and the tan's already fading. How about you?

Hello Everybody,



Second Darren's 'Sound and Vision' by David Bowie and also suggest

'Accidents Will Happen' by Elvis Costello.



Hope the day is good for everybody



David

#52 - Well in my current role i only get emails when absolutely necessary. People tend to want to speak face to face if at all possible. Email culture hasnt pervaded Univeristy life just yet - well, not here, anyway! 2 and a half weeks away, 29 emails - sorted!

Hiya



Nic - you have it in one - cornishnot english darren fewis - if you dont want to go I will take your wife, look after her etc - would love to see bon jovi but can only spend so much on music each year! As for audience - well my sister and her fella have been (early twenties), my friend and her mum - (middle twenties and early fiftes) so expect a mixed bunch.



Loving the song choies



Video killed the radio star - the buggles



bagpuss

Hello again blogpopsters what I haven't yet said hello to



Busy day today:

Holland v Denmark all done and dusted



Now it's Cameroon v Japan

West v East

Tall chaps v Little people

Fascinating



I won't say what the scores are - that would spoil it.



Oh yes - I've made a pork casserole.



Sometimes being 'off sick' has its benefits

#57 David Cameron is playing Japan??? Well I never...

#55 Kev, is it Bournemouth Uni you work at? That's one of the places my daughter is considering.

...And then there was silence...

#60 Plastic horns banned?

Sorry - had my ear plugs in.

Pardon?

I think this is the Nash version rather than the Cliff version. Well, good to hear it anyway.



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#62 & #63 half past 5



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#64 I heard it, but no mensh.

So then, The Wiggles. What did everyone think? What were the stats, more nights at Madison Square Garden than Coldplay? More CD sales than AC/DC? Obviously very popular then. However, I suspect that would be with a demographic other than the one which generally listens to R2 after 6 p.m.

Surely The BBC could have found a better spot for them.

I know, I'm such a curmudgeon.

#67 Three word Monday. Grumpy Old Man..... ;7)

#68 I'm guilty of that on most Mondays :-)

#67. Can't argue. But I think that their audience are elsewhere, and the Beeb might have pitched them better, having got hold of them. Maybe even on Steve Wright.

I LOVE THIS SONG

So, it gets faded out early.

Can I just point out that I as a Cornishman i generate a lot of my own self-produced energy in the form of hot air!



How come Malcolm P doesn't need to eat strawberries anymore?





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#70 The Beeb would have done far better to have swapped the Wiggles to tomorrow's Big Show and had Richard Hammond on Drivetime tonight.



Well, it would have made me happy, anyway...

Loved the Wiggles, kids still smiling but where was Captain Feathersword? If you like the Wiggles then check out this lady who sings and writes just like them - kids love this too - www.myspace.com/andrealamballe.

#74 Richard Hammond? Wiggles? Same thing!



Clunk Click.

Thrust, Thrust.

Drive, Drive.

Toot, Toot.

Wiggle, Wiggle.

Crash, Crash.

Bang, Wallop.

Air Ambulance, Air Ambulance.

Coma, Coma.

National Sympathy, National Sympathy.

Forehead scar, Forehead scar.

Long Haircut, Long Haircut.

Career up, Career up.

Total Wipeout, Total Wipeout.

Credibility?, Credibility?







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Morning All



#76 I'm not going to rise to that, Darren. Except to say if you had two kids to bring up, wouldn't you?



Sun's shining here in Cambridgeshire, so I get to go to work with the roof of my car down.



Hope you all have a good one.



Deebee X

Twitter seems to be having a bit of a moment. I'm getting the same tweets over and over again. Darren, please resist tweeting your usual 10 song suggestions to Simon until it's fixed - my computer will explode!

Morning all



Nothing to do with Wiggles at all - but has anyone found Nigel's Chillie con Carne recipe from last Thursday? It sounded great, but I can't find it anywhere!



Tortie x

Actually, if Twitter stays broken all day maybe more bloggers will get a mensh.



Well I'm clearly talking to myself here, so time to go to work.



Deebee X

#79 sorry, Tortie - didn't see you sneak in there. I have it on my phone. I'll send you the link later.

#81 Thanks Deebee. Hopefully I will be around a bit more today : )

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