Hurrah.



MTF.XX

**** TICKET TO THE MOON ****



By 'ELO' please Simon.



MTF.xx

Just when my refresh button was screaming at me that it couldn't take anymore!!



MTF.xx

Right then - let's see if I can remember...



MOON SHADOW by Cat Stevens, please

ROCKET MAN by Elton John

SPACE ODDITY by David Bowie

I refer you to my previous blog entries.

CAN'T BEAT THE MOONLIGHT by Leann Rimes

DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT by Toploader

MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT by Starbuck

Did I miss any out? Who was paying attention?

#7 You might want to reiterate those, Paul

[cont from yesterday's blogchat] Nine holes completed - am feeling quite proud of myself - even managed a couple of Par 4s ... hence the quiet 'yip'







HELLOOOO SIMON & TEAM!!

Jolly decent of you to drop by ...



... please can you play BRAIN DAMAGE from DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - which happens to be the only bit of the whole album that actually says the words 'dark side of the moon' ... the thing is, I visited the dark side of the moon on Feb 2nd 2009 - fortunately I returned and now every day is infinitely precious - thank you. xx

From the previous blog BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE, MICHAEL JACKSON - Don't blame it on the moonlight...



Also, I SECOND the lovely Mr Cundy's suggestion of THE WHOLE OF THE MOON, THE WATERBOYS.



Off to trough - back in a bit.



Gaily

Afternoon,



Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon - please.



Aggers - shall listen if I don't get to gym on time - splendid chap, great SOH, loves cricket - sounds like me!



Nic

#12. All right then:



Good Morning Each!



#173.With that in mind, rather than wait for something that might not happen, I might as well start here. I'm sure the Wombles will look back here in the circumstances. Am I right Petawomble?



A few obvious songs to go for here, I guess, but as for me, I'd go for...



'Pink Moon' by Nick Drake



'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young



'The Moon And The Sky' by Sade



'The Killing Moon' by Echo And The Bunnymen





If KatyMac is looking in, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. (Scrabb)

184. At 11:58am on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



For some unfathomable reason, I have an urge to wear various food items as clothing, and use a ladle for something other than its original purpose.



189. At 12:02pm on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



#185. Who are you, and what have you done with Tortie-Cat.



198. At 12:17pm on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



#194. I consider myself to be in illustrious company.



#195. Sharesies?



#144. Thanks, Katy. I reckon we will take your advice, and watch it in Sheffield. Perhaps next week, now, as we have a lot on, all of a sudden.



201. At 12:20pm on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



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205. At 12:23pm on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



#199, re #184. T'were what I wor hintin' at!



There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon,

There was a man lived in the moon,

And his name was Aiken Drum.



Chorus

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,

And he played upon a ladle,

and his name was Aiken Drum.



And his hat was made of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese,

And his hat was made of good cream cheese,

And his name was Aiken Drum.



And his coat was made of good roast beef, of good roast beef, of good roast beef,

And his coat was made of good roast beef,

And his name was Aiken Drum.



Etc, etc.



217. At 12:44pm on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



GailyB. I saw the 200 was imminent and just kept refreshing until someone got it, then I posted the wave. Well done you.



As an aside, I have tried (and failed) to doctor Katies octopus. Here is a challenge for anyone that feels up to it. I'm plainly not.



Within Katies Octopus, I am sure, are all of the ingredients needed to create a visual image of 'The Hat Of Inappropriate Blogginess'. This could then be cut and pasted, and awarded as neccessary. Anyone fancy a try?



226. At 1:17pm on 21 Jul 2010, you wrote:



#219.Yes! Unless Katy's Octopus has the name Katies Octopus. In that case, though, I failed in one instance to capitalise the surname. I will now wander about, for a short while, and see if I can spot a birch twig.



It hurts slightly to think that the octopus is actually named Paul.



OK?

*is cutting and pasting and generally faffing around with Paul the Octopus in an attempt to morph it into a Hat of Inappropriate Blogginess - she may be some time ...*

Go, Katy!!!

#16 - way too flouncy, Paul



;^)

Hey Katy, well done on the 9 rounds - sounds like a lovely way to aid recuperation. I'm sure you won't mind, Deebee mentioned, when we were chatting about something else (on t'other side), about your trip to the dark side of the moon. I'm so glad you made it back again my lovely.



Gaily

#16 Now who's being a pedant...

I've had a small thought. (Shut up at the back)



MTF, for post#1.



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#21. If there are going to be ACTUAL hats to be had...

I just need to make amends from the previous blog - I'm so sorry Paul I didn't say a big thank you for my wave on getting the 200 - so thank you and thank you to Deebs for her congrats.



Gaily

Hello to everyone!



Hope a good day is being enjoyed by all.



Song for today just has to be:



MAN ON THE MOON - REM



You know it makes sense!



MTF - saw your post on previous blog. I agree and you are a wise lady.



Miss P

I don't think anyone said on the last blog - well done to Mark for getting a tweet reply from the main man! He's generous like that.

#25 Hi MissP - glad you decided to come back! MTF is indeed a wise lady - many's the time when I've not been able to sleep that I've looked to her words of wisdom to settle my overactive brain (well okay, it's happened once or twice!)

#27 - being a Tooth Fairy, wouldn't she have pearls of wisdom, rather than words??







I'll get my coat...............

#28 where's that hat of pedantry..? ;o)

Hi Miss P - truth be told I'm a bit giddy today. Don't know if it's the prospect of making a new car purchase or if it's a bit of a sugar rush from the half bag of Jelly Babies (other sugary, jelly type snacks...) I consumed this morning. Felt slightly queasy 'til I started my lunch and my work colleagues are wondering what the heck is up with me. I hope you're well. I agree, MTF is a very wise (and very lovely) lady.



Gaily

Thanks Dee



My choices from earlier



DURAN DURAN - NEW MOON ON MONDAY



(or should that be new blog on wednesday)



ERUPTION - ONE WAY TICKET TO THE MOON

'Fly me to the moon' Frank Sinatra

Lets take 9a.m. as the start of todays blogging time, that being when the first mention of the moon was. (Well done Katy). Ther wera earlier posts, but I start with the moonrise. That was post #150 on yesterdays blog There were a total of 226 entries yesterday, so may I congratulate GailyB on todays post 24.

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I've gone, I'm late!

#26 - Hey Mark - congratulations, that sounds like quite an achievement -as you may have gathered, I'm not exactly sure what it means - I tried Twitter but didn't quite understand the concept so gave up - time, energy and inclination deserted me. :(

'I'm an urban spaceman' Bonzo Dog Band

Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy. Musical Strawberries & Cream!

'Space walker' Depeche Mode

#33 - Aw Paul - thank you, you are just so kind. Hope you get there on time. :)



Hi PSL, you're a bit later than usual in getting to the party. Hope you're well.



Gaily

'space cowboy' Steve Miller Band

'starman' Bowie

Hi Tubaldo and the warmest welcome to the blog. Your first few posts may take a while to show as they'll be checked over first to ensure all's well. Hope you can stick around. Gaily

#39 thanks :-) I gave up all hope of a blog today and just popped on to see...I think mine will be too late but it's fun anyway!

Gaily Bevs - Thanks for the Welcome. I have been entertained by you all for some time, so opted to join in.

and any chance to hear 'Silver machine' Hawkwind has to be a good one...

'space man' Babylon Zoo

I expect this is a given 'walking on the moon' The Police

Thanks Gaily that was my first ever tweet.



I only bookmarked Simons page as he normally posts the subject of the day



on twitter first

#35 It means Mark sent a tweet message to Simon and he replied to him. A splednid achievement indeed - an exclusive club of which I am proud to be a member! Remind me when we're next chatting on t'other side Gaily and I'll give you a "Twitter for dummies" guide!

Moondance - Van Morrison.

#48 Your first ever tweet?! An even greater achievement than I realised then!

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

The Space Race is Over - Billy Bragg.

'Man on the moon' REM

#48 A real achievement as Deebs says.

#49 Thank you Deebs - I'll look forward to it. Will probs droop by Friday evening. boys off with their dad Friday for a week :( will be in desperate need of cheering up.

#50 Persephone - Woo hoo on the second 50 of the day. I'm sure Paul will do the honours when he gets back. :)



Rightio, I'm offski to check out a new motor on my way home.



Have a lovely rest of the afternoon.



Toodle-oo for noo chaps and chapesses.



Gaily

Hello everyone



Blue Moon by Rod Stewart.



csn. xx

Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai

'harvest moon' Neil Young

OK, I'm just going to copy all the ones I made earlier.



BAD MOON RISING - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (One of my favourite tracks)





CHILDREN OF THE MOON - ALAN PARSON'S PROJECT

BLUE MOON - PRESLEY (AND VARIOUS OTHERS)

FLY ME TO THE MOON - UMPTEEN DIFFERENT ARTISTS (TOM JONES, FRANK SINATRA, DIANA KRALL ETC.)

DARK MOON - PRESLEY AGAIN

MOON RIVER - IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HASN'T DONE THIS?

HARVEST MOON - NEIL YOUNG

SISTER MOON - STING

WALKING ON THE MOON - THE POLICE

MOON SHADOW - CAT STEVENS



Another angle -



SEA OF TRANQUILITY - BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST



AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - PRELUDE (This is probably my favourite song of all time)



SPACE ODDITY - DAVID BOWIE

I know some of those above have almost certainly already been posed in today's blog, but I only just got back from my lunchtime swim, so I just copied them from yesterday's before reading the rest.

A late suggestion, "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" - Genesis. The Selection Chance Predictor software says 0.29% chance of an airing ;-)



So I will stick with Moonage Daydream and Moonlight Shadow as per previous tweets and blog posts.

The Big Show needs to be reduced by an hour or half an hour I think - there simply aren't enough hours in Drive to get everything in.

#62 Or why not let Drivetime start at 2pm and go right on till 8? Most of the rest of us have to work at least a 6 hour day... I mean, after all we're choosing all the tracks for Simon, all he has to do is sit there and chat a bit. How hard can it be...?

THE EAGLE WILL RISE AGAIN - ALAN PARSON'S Project (Eagle being the moon lander module)

oooh eck - some startlingly good tracks choices today - and what fun and jolly japes to have Persephone and tubaldo here - please stay and play for ever ..



.. and the wonderful cleverSupernanny who I 'know' from CLP blog - yip yippee!





As for progress on Hat Of Inappropriate Blogginess - It's taking shape but only in preview - tricky little beggar ..

#63 - I like your thinking DeeBee!!

#20 Thanks Gaily x

Afternoon Simon,



How about "Clouds across the moon" by the Rah Band

Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield/Maggie Rilley

APOLLO XI - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

How about Space Girl by The Imagined Village? Played a little by Radio 2, but deserves more airtime! Plus The Imagined Village are a folkie supergroup, and Mike Harding is on after you, so a perfect choice!



PS Okay - it's more about space and robots and martians than the moon, but it's in the general vicinity...!



PPS Please not the Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon. My all time worst song ever!!!!

Afternoon all, I see that we have finally achieved blog off!



Now then, where were we ... ah yes, here we go again (cheese and all)



THE WHOLE OF THE MOON - THE WATERBOYS (Thanks for the support lovely GB!)



CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON - THE RAH BAND



I would also like to second # 46 SPACEMAN - BABYLON ZOO nice choice PSL and all those who have suggested ROCKET MAN - ELTON JOHN



And finally, my token Elton tune ...



BAD SIDE OF THE MOON



G_C

Baby Driver has just been on and all is well with the world ...

#71 Hi Skeeve - good to see you in here. A few of us in here are well familiar with the Imagined Village - agree with your sentiments, they should be played more on mainstream radio.

well done PSL - a mensh for Urban Spaceman!

Woo hoo PSL, still at work at the mo' so not hearing anything, so taking KatyMac's word for it!



8-]

Well done Poshsoullady.



csn. xx

How about:

Star Man by David Bowie (I use this as the ringtone for my boyfriend who is an astronomer)

Life on Mars - "

Moon River - Andy Williams



:-)

Well done PSL - heard it just as I arrived home.

lol - Aggers is already tweeting about lack of preferred choice of Supertramp song, mid-interview!

thanks bloggers...would rather have a mensh for this one by Neil Young!

Matt's MM .." Paul Keys of Sheffield - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! ..."





fantabadabadooly!

Darn it, the record company bod who decided that the short version of

"Sweet Child of Mine" was a good idea really should have been strung up by the painful bits and made to suffer.

Who is this Paul Keys? Why, it's me! Whoopy-doo, thanks Matt.

Although, #83 has a point, not that I wish to seem ungrateful. And well done to PSL,too. The only blog mensh, thus far.

Oh! Well done MC.

Well done Mark! I didn't vote for Joan Armatrading, but I do love this song.

Ooh, did you get a mensh for the MM Paul? Missed that - nice one!

#84 well done!

Well done Paul and Mark.

#78 Hi Julia King - welcome to the blog! We *think* that the tracks for the show are chosen by around 4.30 - so please come back and post your suggestions - only a bit earlier if you can manage it.



#89 cleverSupernanny - good show today, eh? I've left the radio on for a spot of Mike Harding [as there's no Corrie on TV] butbutbut ... the new Celebrity Masterchef begins at 8pm - whoopee

Hi Katy, yes great show and I have enjoyed joining in here with you all today. I listen to Simon every night.



csn. xx

Morning all



Welcome to the blog Julia King.



Well done Mr PoS on your Mid-Week Mosh mensh!



Back later



Tortie x