Morning Blogpoppets.



A couple of initial suggestions:



APACHE - The Shadows



LAYLA - Eric Clapton



SUMMERTIME BLUES - Eddie Cochran

Have barely seen child2 since yesterday but who wants to celebrate with parents for more than 30 minutes anyway? We aren't due another day like that for 6 years which is fine by me. [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]

Good Morning Simon and everyone.



Suggest MAD WORLD - Tears for Fears



Cheers...........

Those are my favourites taken from the album "The Best Air Guitar Album in the World...Ever Vol 1" which I currently have sitting in my car.



Probably a slightly odd place to play it :)

Now a few songs to comment on the subject :)



WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS - George Harrison.



GUITAR TOWN - Steve Earle



MONEY FOR NOTHING - Dire Straits

Morning All



#2 ??? Any Wombles about?



Will really have to get my thinking cap on for this one - in fact I might sit it out. Will be back later with/without some suggestions.



Deebee X

Just dashing out the door, and inspiration struck:



GUITAR MAN by Bread.



Laters...

Morning All,



Guitar Songs



Gary Moore 'Parisienne Walkway'

Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Freebird' (mind full length version would play havoc with timings!)

Have a good day everybody

Jimi Hendrix 'all along the watchtower' hope it gets a play... :-)

SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK & Roll STAR - The Byrds



ANYONE CAN PLAY GUITAR - Radiohesd

Jimi Hendrix 'all along the watchtower'...please :-)

A few more which I feel are good air guitar songs themselves



ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH - Meatloaf



ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - ELO



CAROLINE - Status Quo



THE CHAIN - Fleetwood Mac.



BOHEMIOAN RHAPSODY - Queen



LET THE RIVERS RUN - Carly Simon

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon and The Team



My suggestion is:-



SMOKE ON THE WATER - DEEP PURPLE



Simon, I hardly saw the elder GB after he collected his results yesterday either - I think it's fab that they have friends to celebrate with. We have to wait another six years too, but if they go as quickly as the past 6 years have, we'll be having a similar conversation before you know it (remember it's later than you think). The younger GB is just about to start in Year 6 at primary school and is off to PGL (other activity centres...) with school at the beginning of September for a weekend of adventure, activity and midnight feasts, it doesn't seem 5 minutes since the elder GB had his PGL trip.



Off to do some grinding at the grindstone.



Cheery Bye for now,



Gaily *with a celebratory curry induced gurggling tummy*

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon and The Team



My suggestion is:-



SMOKE ON THE WATER - DEEP PURPLE



Simon, I hardly saw the elder GB after he collected his results yesterday either - I think it's fab that they have friends to celebrate with. We have to wait another six years too, but if they go as quickly as the past 6 years have, we'll be having a similar conversation before you know it (remember it's later than you think). The younger GB is just about to start in Year 6 at primary school and is off to PGL (other activity centres...) with school at the beginning of September for a weekend of adventure, activity and midnight feasts, it doesn't seem 5 minutes since the elder GB had his PGL trip.



Off to do some grinding at the grindstone.



Cheery Bye for now,



Gaily

It was such a fab comment, I had to say it twice...



What happened there then? I think we need to call on Great Uncle Bulgaria to do a bit of tidying up, please?



Gaily

'20th Century boy' T-rex

anyone else having trouble posting?

you and me both GB? it tells me I have already made that comment in line 1 and I cant post comment, then when I refresh it is there???

#17 PSL, postings are a bit odd today.



Each time I post, it shows up initially with the first post I made to today's blog, but when I refresh it shows the new post I just made.

Another Air guitar tune -



BORN IN THE USA - Bruce Springsteen

PSL - I'm having the exact same problem as you my lovely. I think the Wombles need to tackle the Gremlins.



It won't stop us tho' - at this rate, we'll be at the 100 before we know it.



Just a wee hangover from yesterday, I forgot to mention above, the elder GB and his two mates appeared on the front page of the local rag today in that classic results celebrating pose - one sitting on the others' shoulders.



Gaily - fingets crossed for a trouble-free post :)

not an obvious choice but the guitar sound is amazing on 'Papa was a rollin' stone' The Temptations...thanks to Wah Wah Watson

hi every one



Whole Lot Of Rose - AC/DC



Let's rock



P Ayre

#21 The Echo?

Hello there - air guitar hits - poptastic!





I love all those power ballad/soft rock singles that peppered the charts in the 70s and 80s - uSually by a band name Dafter a country or a city or even a continent ... first off:





MORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON







:^)

Morning All,



Looking forward to this evening- love Beautiful South, have quite a few of their albums.



My suggestion for todays theme: BABA O'REILLY by THE WHO (actually my son asked for this)



But I will also second Gailys choice, Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple (have been tempted to ask for this on ARF before.. have a few of their albums too!)



Mcw x

#24 - echo, echo, echo-o-o-o-o-o-o???



Gaily

#25 Gremlins indeed - made a mockery of my second sentence. LOL!

# 24



Is That A request for



Ecoes - Pink Floyd.



Maybe to long



P Ayre



and yes having same trouble.

some rather nice guitar sounds on 'suzanne' Leonard Cohen but not very likely to get a play!

Posted my suggestion and then Alex's post #1 appeared. Houston we have a problem!

Woss going on?

#27 #29 no the Lincoln rag

then you refresh, alex post #1 disappears and yours appears in its place

Tom Petty- FREE FALLIN'

SOLUTION:



POST then REFRESH







or am I preaching to the converted??

:^)

#34 Thanks Katy, have just found that out!

Morning poppets one and all!



I second PSL's Jimi Hendrix suggestion - one of my favourites.



Looks like you guys have experienced some problems this morning. Feeling nervous about hitting "Post Comment"!



Here goes............

So where are our BOYS???





This blog used to be mainly blokey - given today's theme I woulda thought they'd be crawling out the woodwork -

-



- which may be too literal in the case of Mr Keys of Sheffield who is potentially buried underneath a pile of builders rubble



:^)

'guitar man' Elvis

Morning poppets one and all!



I second PSL's Jimi Hendrix suggestion - one of my favourites.



Looks like you guys have experienced some problems this morning. Feeling nervous about hitting "Post Comment"!



Here goes............









Nothing. Apparently I already said this in comment 1.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN by THIN LIZZY- never get tired of hearing that!

Yikes!

'johnny B Goode' Chuck Berry

Please Simon



From Zep II - 2.40 mins of pure indulgence ...







LIVIN LOVIN MAID [SHE'S JUST A WOMAN] - LED ZEPPELIN







:^)

'how soon is now' The Smiths

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - Led Zeppelin - Maybe not quite the right sort of guitar solo for "Air guitar", but beautiful.

Payre - I second your Tom Petty choice - fabby tune.



Gaily

'Albatross' Fleetwood Mac

WILD THING - The Troggs - definitely suitable for Air guitar.

'Layla' Derek and the Dominoes

'Silver Machine' Hawkwind...awesome

#41 Hi Alex GIRL - not you in Post#1 - but Alex BOY who made the first post today and it keeps re-appearing when we add to the blog ..



:^)

# Thankyou Gaily



The Great Wide Open could be another of Tom's good tracks



Payre

Congrats Wae for AlexBOY for 50th post ...







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Not only is the Blog broken but my keyboard keeps typing the wrong stuff ..





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#53 Yes I know, but the pop up box said "You" - I took a screen dump to paste into my message to show the Wombles but it wouldn't let me.



Another great Tom Petty track - Refugee



Well done Alex-boy for the 50!



Alex-Girl

Poorly blog today. Am going to make a comment and then complain about it to alert the Wombles. Do not panic if you see me awaiting moderation!

Morning all



This theme rather negates the need for Matt's middle-aged mid-week mosh as there are so many fine air guitar tunes to choose from.



Can I second 'While my guitar gently weeps' but the Jeff Healey Band version, far better to air guitar to.



Also Rainbow - Since you've been gone.



Back later with more.



Cheers



A

Morning all



This theme rather negates the need for Matt's middle-aged mid-week mosh as there are so many fine air guitar tunes to choose from.



Can I second 'While my guitar gently weeps' but the Jeff Healey Band version, far better to air guitar to.



Also Rainbow - Since you've been gone.



Back later with more.



Cheers



A

This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.

Has anyone been over t'other side this morning? Are the same problems happening there?

Haven't been to t'other side in ages AlexG. I struggle to keep up with this blog.



GailyB

Three word Wednesday:



PLEASE FIX BLOG

Yep, happening there too........

Hi all



Just pooping by in my coffee break. Some great choices as ever, although personally my instrument of choice is air piano - apart from anything it's easier to play in the car.



Anyway who's broken the blog then? Come on, own up!



Deebee (waiting anxiously to see if this appears once, twice or not at all)

Lets have a go then. I think its just quiet over there.



Morning all.



MTF.xx

Morning Deebee and MTF.



Not much to add at the mo - quite busy at the grindstone today. Will poop by later to see if the blog is feeling any better.



Might even think of an appropriate three word Wednesday.



Gaily

Morning poppets



Hotel California by The Eagles please (bit like this blog - you can check in but you can never leave)

Morning all!



Phew, what a week - busy, busy, busy!



Anyway, just flying in to drop my suggestions on ya!



SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE - RAINBOW



Anything by the GIBSON Brothers (geddit?!?)

Cheers,



Kev

Morning all!



Phew, what a week - busy, busy, busy!



Anyway, just flying in to drop my suggestions on ya!



SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE - RAINBOW



Anything by the GIBSON Brothers (geddit?!?)

Cheers,



Kev

#69 Brilliant choice Alison - hope you get a mensh for that.

Good Morning Each! Sorry for my tardiness this morning, \I've been fighting my way over builders rubble. So for todays quest, here was my initial thought...



https://artcar.blogspot.com/2008/08/hairy-art-cars-by-olaf-mooij.html



Then I realised that none of the other postings had anything to do with a hairy car.



So, air guitar it is then.



'Air Guitar' by The Towers Of London



'Air Guitar Hell' by Steve Vai (Let's see 'em try to keep up with that one in Finland)



'Pretending' by Eric Clapton.



'The Glorious Om Riff' by Steve Hillage. A bit long, but, hey, Steve Hillage!



'We Don't Play Guitars' by Chicks On Speed



'

'Brothers in Arms' Dire Straits

Or, perhaps something more radio friendly...

Every decent air guitarist likes a bit of air drumming accompaniment...



"D'Yer Mak'er' by Led Zeppelin



Or just the guitarist, then...



'All Right Now' by Free

Aw Kev, you fell foul of the double entry too. Nice to see you, however briefly. Hope all goes well on the househunting / moving in front.



Yeah Deebee I agree - good choice Alison.



Gaily

#76 - so many jokes on so many levels, GB!



Had to pull ut of the nice house in Southbourne, after the survey found £40K of work to be done, including underpinning - Walk away, Renee!

Morning Simon and drivetime bloggers



Can I please mix and match from yesterdays and todays theme and request

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag



This is on the basis that my 16 year old (who got her results a few weeks ago as we live north of the divide) and I used to dance around our living room, jumping off the sofa and doing a very cool air guitar to this song......oh how times have changed, although I think I could still get her to do the same thing, only all curtains would need to be closed!!! Incidentally, just to have my proud parent moment, she was sitting highers and got 3 A's, 1 B and 1 C....and she is gutted about her C, as she got 8 straight A's in her Standard Grade/Int2s, but her art teacher is going to appeal it for her....so fingers crossed, she wants a certificate with only As and Bs on it!!!! Who knew....



dreamer

x

#73 Love Steve Vai! One of the best gigs I ever went to was his Sex & religion tour.



Have sent message to the Mods to pass on to the techie guys.

Sneaks quitly back in with the following message...



Peta womble, are you lurking? It seems that we might have a tiny job we want you to look at.

I was thinking that #72 had so many jokes - on only one level!!!



But loving the Hotel California suggestion, and also Since You've Been Gone.

#81 - 72? Try as I might, I can;t see any jokes in Deebs' post! :-)

Kev!!! Enough now!!! Shame about the property - thank goodness for building surveys tho' eh? (That's one element of my job, the typing thereof.) I hope you don't manage to see any jokes in what I've just said - I really am not on that level at the mo.



Hey Dreamur - well done to your GD on her results - fingers crossed she gets the appeal for her art. Is she staying on for 6th year? Good luck for a mensh, anyhoo.



Gaily

It feels really f r a g m e n t e d in here today ...

... hope they mend it soon

#78 Hi Dreamur, long time no 'see'! Well done to your daughter, and let's hope that her certificate ends up showing A's and B's.



Mcw x

Thanks Gaily and mcw - yeah been living a hectic life and not much time for browsing and bloggin....



Gaily - yes she's doing a 6th year, Adv Higher Maths and Adv Higher geography and Higher Spanish....so can't really say she is just sitting back resting on her laurels (what does that mean exactly?? I thought a laurel was a plant!)



Come on Simon - give us a mensh, missed yesterday, work got in the way!



dreamer

x

Just found this on the world wide information seeking web......



In the ancient Pythian games held at Delphi in Greece and regarded as second in importance only to the Olympics, the winner was crowned with a wreath of laurels, which has remained a symbol of victory or distinction to the present day. The adjective laureate means 'as if crowned with a laurel-wreath as a sign of special honour'. To rest on one's laurels is (ill-advisedly) to live off one's reputation or refrain from further effort because of satisfaction with what one has already achieved.

#87 - which ties in nicely with me just remembering, Tortie will be on hols now - hope a fun time is had by all :)



Wow that's a heavy 6th year the GD has Dreamur - does she know what she wants to do yet?



Gaily

Gaily - she want to do Social Anthropology with Spanish......and yes I had to have it exlained to me!!!!!

#87. So, I guess our equivalent would be resting on our hats, cakes or waves.

#87 That's one of the great things about this blog - it's such an education! Well done to your daughter Dreamur.



Anyone seen MTD recently? She's been Scrabbling, but I've not seen her on here for a while.

I haven't seen MTD for a while - I wonder what she's up to? I know she was on gardening leave but was looking for a job hoping to start September, if my memory serves me right. If you're lurking MTD, poop by for a catch up.



Gaily

I'll tell you what I've just found tho' and I think PoS will find this interesting - a pimple on my chin - most notable thing about it is - it was cultivated without the aid of marmite (other yucky yeasty bleh bleh products...). PoS I think it would look much better on the end of your nose - would you be interested in a cutting, if I can get one.



Gaily

Afternoon...



Saw Paul Heaton at V and good he was too - at least there weren't people throwing bottles or cardboard pint containers filled with goodness knows what in the tent he played in.

Seasick Steve - Diddly Bo please - he was V good at V too!



Nic

#94 - sounds like you had a good time at 'V' then Nic - I hope Deevs enjoyed herself too.



Gaily

GailyB, MTD was on hols, but is now back, and is at work.She may not have access to this site during the day, but she is still scrabbling in the evenings, so she is all right. As for the pimple, well i thank you for the offer, but it just wouldn't be Phillip. Anyway, it was bovril. Marmite? Yeuch!

Having said that, during the B.S.E. episode, they had to reformulate the way in which bovril was made. Beef extract couldn't be used. They seemed to do this without altering the flavour, but if you read the ingredients, they were pretty much identical to Marmite.



Now, THAT was a quiet day in the shop, when I noticed that fact.

And yet another slow, slow saunter towards the century.

Doo, doo, doobiedoo. Doo doo dooo ooooh!

100?