Morning All.



Autobigraohty eh?



That should cause some thinking.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE - Neil Diamond

Or (comlpetely different song)

THE STORY OF MY LIFE - Bon Jovi

And yet another different one

THE STORY OF MY LIFE - Lee Ann Womack

Morning All



First one that springs to mind:



I WRITE THE BOOK by Elvis Costello.



Katy, from yesterday's blog - diplomatic as ever. Well said!



Work beckons....



Deebee X



PS I'm so pleased to see Simon uses the word 'esteemed' too.

Or how about:



MY LIFE by Billy Joel.



I'm going, already....

Morning all



How 'bout Up The Junction by Squeeze - what a life story in that one

Or LIFE IN THE FAST LANE by the Eagles.



Going to be late - I'm gone...

ALL OF MY LIFE - The Carpenters

Morning all! Hope everything goes well. More work on my trip-diary for me today, and the hunt for employment. And catching up with an old friend. Don't know if I'll be around much today.



Having trouble getting an appropriate song choice, so will just exit stage left.



Deasant Play



MP

The story of my love - Wizzard



Colo[u]ring book - Streisand

[or Dusty's/Sandie Stewart's version]



Book of Love - Peter Gabriel



Going by the book - Johnny Cash



Autobiography - Nicki Minaj



Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson



A boy named Sue - Johnny Cash

[of course!]

HAUL AWAY BY SPLIT ENZ - THIS IS ALL ABOUT TIM FINN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aZ54yEZOTI



YOUR ARE THE ONE TO MAKE ME CRY BY CROWDED HOUSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwKQY0jE2-s

This is a song based on the true story of Robert Hewitt, a NZ diver who was lost at sea in his diver's suit for 3 days. https://www.throng.co.nz/inside-new-zealand/inside-new-zealand-the-rob-hewitt-story.



BTW I've just seen this posted on the BBC music messageboard:

CROWDED HOUSE REJECTED BY BBC - check it out https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio2/F4387184?thread=7732785.

MY BOOK - The Beautiful South

'this is my life' Shirley Bassey my Dad would be chuffed to bits if it get played!

THE MAN'S TOO STRONG - Dire Straits

Ooops manners...morning all :-)

MY DIARY - The Kinks

'where do you go to my lovely' Peter Sarstedt tells someones story!

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon and The Team,



Aw Simon, going to give us something a let less vague as a feem, please? My musical knowledge is just so rubbish I can never think of anything to suggest.



I hope all is well in blogland - I was on fine form 'til I took a call a few mins ago and the caller slammed the phone down on me!?! What was all that about? I'm sure I was being helpful...



Rightio, off for a think now.



Gaily

oooh, oooh, what about HOTEL CALIFORNIA, THE EAGLES - I think that kind of tells a story? See what I mean - musical knowledge = 0!



Gaily

IN MY LIFE - Johnny Cash

Morning All,



#18 snap PSL 2 days running, had just gone with that before refreshing.



'Day Before You Came' Abba, autobiographical if only for one day



'Story of the Blues'Gary Moore



Have a good day everybody

THE BOOK OF MY LIFE - Sting

'all of my life' Diana Ross

Morning Everyone.



SON OF HICKORY HOLLER'S TRAMP - OC Smith



PATCHES - (get the tissues ready) - Clarence Carter



Cheers.......



BP

'In the Ghetto' by Elvis has a biographical theme

Hi Simon & Team





Please would you play



CAT'S IN THE CRADLE - HARRY CHAPIN



- the original version co-written by Mrs Chapin in 1974.





Would be great to hear it



Cheers



xx

Morning all



Could I second Alsion's Up the Junction by Squeeze, one of my favourite tracks.



Also Neil Diamond - I am I Said or Brookyn Roads, both classic biographical songs.



or even Don't you want me - The Human League



Cheers



A



PS - Still no news on car :(

#27 second KM's suggestion!!! That's a blinding choice.

Am I missing it completely or am I nearly there with



A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES, ELVIS COSTELLO? Probably not actually, thinking about it. :(



GailyB

THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Mary Hopkin

GB - I think that's exactly the type of song to match the theme.



I will also second it as one of my fave EC songs.



A

Good Morning Each! I'd like to start by thanking Simon for my two menshes yesterday. Cripes! I can't believe he played The Strawbs, though. I only popped it in there 'cos the title kinda fitted. I'd have to agree with the comments that the song itself wasn't all that. At least the members of The Strawbs will have a bit of a surprise when they get their PRS cheques. I bet even they didn't expect primetime airplay for that one any more.



Anyroad up. Autobiography...



'Tell Me All About Yourself' by Nat King Cole



'All About You' by McFly



'Me Myself And I' by Beyonce. (Mmmm, lovely beyonkey)



'Me Myself I' by Joan Armatrading



'That's The Story Of My Life' by The Velvet Underground



Or, maybe songs with an autobiographical content...



'The Story Of Bo Diddley' by, well, hazard a guess





Thassit for a bit.



'

Morning all, I trust I find you all well. Apologies for the absence, note is in the post!



My contribution ...



YOU'RE SO VAIN - CARLY SIMON



WORDS - THE BEE GEE'S



STORY OF THE BLUES - THE MIGHTY WAH



RICHARD CORY - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY - ELTON JOHN



CANDLE IN THE WIND - ELTON JOHN

SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks

#34 - GC, those are all biography, but I'm not sure they fit "auto"biography.



Still, you never know :)

#33 - Yes, well done for your two menshes PoS.



I was subsumed into the "and many others" on the opening track Back on the Chaingang.

DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - Could be any of Elaine Paige, Jule Covington or Madonna

ANCHORAGE - Michelle Shocked - Sort of fits, and I love the song.

Whoops-a-doodle, PoS - two menshes? Well done and heartiest congrats. Btw, hope you and L had a lovely time at the Lyceum - One Man Lord of the Rings, got to be better than the filum I think - well a bit more lighthearted peut etre?



Deebee - any update on your Mum's progress yet - I hope she's still on track to get home tomorrow. Got your text but didn't get a chance to reply - I was a bit stressed yesterday - school uniform purchasing, taxiing children to footie practice and then getting ready for an outing with one of my lovely friends.



Malcolm - good luck with the jub hunting - I meant job hunting and almost corrected the typo but thought it'd be a good entry for the blogpoppets' dictionary?



GailyB

AH. A lot of subsumation occurs. Look on it as a melding of like minded friends.

Hey up G-C - we missed you and glad to see you pooping by again. Hope you'll be able to hang around a while.



GailyB

Btw, AT - thank you for your positive remark - I found it reassuring. :)



GailyB

Thanks GailyB. One Man Lord of the Rings. I did like the films, and the books. Last night was very entertaining, but there were people in the audience that had neither seen the films, or read Tolkien. I cannot imagine what they got from their evening. Aside from slightly lighter pockets.

And befuddlement as to what everyone else was laughing at!

#44 & 45 - so not something for the uninitiated then? I think the elderGB would like it but the whole LotR and Tolkien thing passed me by - give me a good Maeve Binchy any day of the week ;)



GailyB

# 42 Thanks Gaily, it's nice to be missed. I've been busy relocating with work, but that's all done now so I hope to be a bit more regular again. Hurray!



8-]

Busy day here on the HR coalface. At the moment I don't know if my Mum is coming out of hospital tomorrow or Saturday, so I have to make sure I leave things here at work in such a state that my colleague can take over tomorrow if necessary. So if I do come into work tomorrow, I probably won't have anything to do!



Gaily, I hope your evening with your friend made up for the stressful day. I used to loathe school uniform shopping - especially once Child 2 started secondary school and refused to wear anything other than a particular style of black trousers. Which we could never find in her size, of course. I am so glad we're past that stage now.



Paul, I'm wondering if you should get a HOIB for the McFly suggestion.

paperback writer the beatles

Me???

Whoop, whoop and wahey!!!



Warmest welcomes to Gary Dunsford - hope you'll hang around. You may find your pre-modded the first few times (possibly 5) after that, providing all's well, you're comments will poop up immediately.



GailyB



Btw, anyone know why the lovely Deevski was modded this morning? I'm just off to check and see if she has been let through yet.

Deebee - fingets crossed your Mum is allowed home tomorrow. :-)



GailyB

If Katy's around I definitely think the hat should go to paul for McFly.



GB - I assume it was for publicising CiN for November as she was modded on CLP's blog for it as well. For some strange reason as it is the BBC's own charity.



A

AT - oh right, that's interesting - could it be that it'd be unfair to publicise their own charity when they're not in a position to publicise other worthwhile causes? I'm not sure of the politics / legality of it all.



GailyB

Back for lunch and thought of The Diary of Horace Wimp by ELO - not quite Twilight but worth a spin

GB - Could well be the reason as they modded some links to just giving sites the other day and a similar reason was suggested.



Alsion - MTF would be proud!



A

Afternoon to everyone. As a relative newbie can I offer "Story of the Blues" by The Mighty Wah and my U2 offering for the day is "Sometimes you can't make it on your own" (deeply autobiographical).

Hey Simon - I saw you pooped by earlier in the week but didn't realise you're relatively new so nice to see you, warmest welcomes and hope you can hang around to enjoy the banter.



GailyB

A song...



'The Weavers Answer' by Family. PLEASE!!!





This from Wiki...



"The Weaver's Answer" is one of Family's more straightforward songs; it's about an old man asking for the "weaver of life" to show him "the patterns of my life gone by upon your tapestry". As the song gets underway, the old man recounts his childhood, his first love, and the day he took a wife; he wonders aloud how it looks on the fabric from the weaver's loom. He goes on to ruminate about his sons and how they grew into adulthood to take wives of their own.





Seems to fit the bill.

Eric Clapton - Layla

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

Fleetwood Mac - Sara

Toto - Rosanna

Simon,



The One and Only - Chesney Hawkes.



It may seem strange that I am requesting this, as he kept JAMES' Sit Down from getting to number 1 for about 5 weeks, but hey, why not!



Nic

Rightio you gorgeous blogpoppets, I'm outta here for the afternoon. It will be spent getting the ELH shopping sorted and ironing, name tag sewing on and packing for the youngerGB's trip to PGL tomorrow - YIKES!!! Did I just say tomorrow??? Oh no - no further ramblings from me today, I fear. Hope to be able to poop by tomorrow with a suitable ARF opener.



Toodle-oo for noo.



GailyB *off to get a 'wiggle' on*

#61 Who are you, and what have you done with Nic?

Well done to Gaily for the 50. I tried to find Paul's wave, but it doesn't seem to have been awarded for the past few days for me to cut and paste, and I'm not clever enough to produce it from scratch.



Re the Stig thing, as you know I'm a bit of a Top Gear nut. I've known about his identity for some time, in fact a few of my friends met him about 2 years ago without his helmet on. He's very nice apparently - and quite pleasing on the eye too ;o) Also, when I was at MPH in Birmingham last year (going again this year - wayhey!) I was chatting to one of the crew in the bar about the Stig and he said "*** is very good at getting the celebrities round the track". So it's been a bit of an open secret for a while. But I think it's a shame all this has come out now. Why can't he be like Father Christmas* - we all know the truth, but it's fun to keep up the pretense. Just my tuppence worth.











*I was going to put the Tooth Fairy, but we all know who she is - one of our very own lovely blogpoppets!

#60 TheManFromUncle - Nice tunes, but I'm not sure any of them really meet the idea of today's theme (Autobiography)

Afternoon all



Not a chance of catching up, so I'll suggest BIll Medley & Jennifer Warnes (I've Had) The Time Of My Life from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.



Apologies if that's already been put forward.



Muchos amore.



Deevs

x

THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Queen

MEMOIRS OF A HOUSEWIFE - Jewel

For GailyB ..





50th post today







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MY WAY - Frank Sinatra

AH



If we're doing Francis Albert songs could I suggest 'One for my Baby' rather than My Way!



A

How about Ode To Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry?



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#71 At, it's a possibility, but I think mine was closer to the autobiog theme.



But you never know

THIS IS ME - Faith Hill

#36 #65 #74



Alex H - you never know indeed - just occasionally Simon will press his anti-pedant button and play something with a *very* tenuous link to his chosen theme - -



;^)

As Tortie's not around can I suggest



Too old to rock and roll but too young to die - Jethro Tull



as Ian Anderson always denied it was autobiographical!



A

78 ... ?

Well I never -

yet another ELO opener!





Like them and all that but just feel a bit sad that it puts paid to MTF's dearest wish tomorrow







:^{

Call it sour grapes, but I really think my Billy Joel song would have been a better choice for todays theme. :(



Can I join you in the disgruntled corner, Katy?

#80 You certainly can Deebs m'dear!









Never mind - being a cup half full sort of gal - we can cheer ourselves with the thought of November CiN - we are going to have SO MUCH FUN!!! LOL

#77 AndyT - the cap certainly fits - saw them in 1974 and have seen them on tour fairly recently - loved the acoustic-y classical stuff. The Rock 'n' Roll was fine enough - a little weak, shall we say? - on the vocals.





Shouldn't cast nasturtiums really - the Tull remain very much part of my personal musical heritage.



:^)



Avert your eyes Tortie! Just you carry on and enjoy your holiday in Greece thingummy stuff and ignore me

No sight .... No smell .... No touch ..... No TASTE!!!







Why oh why should cookery work on the radio?





Answers on a postcard please - on second thoughts ...

Go for the PIRI PIRI!





Tomato soup?







No contest

#83 Seems to work, studio looks fairly chaotic on the web cam, bottles bags etc.....

#81 We are indeed going to have a BLAST!! ;O)

~86 Teehee xx





Right - have applied some eye make-up - time for the new season of our local Pub Quiz!







May pop in later - depends on the imbibement



xx

Been busy today so not been on and just saw Billy's post from last night. If you're reading Billy, then no venom was intended last night - apologies if it came across that way. It was meant as a jokey response to Ted Nugent being in the Grateful Dead, nothing more. Sorry if it caused any offence - one of those posts that seem like a good idea at the time I guess.



Gonna suggest some Roxy Music for an opener tomorrow. I'm spotifying the back catalogue. Really don't know why I didn't like them more in my teens.

#87 I'm curious Katy - does eye makeup improve your chances in the pub quiz?



#88 Roxy Music sounds like an excellent choice, Ken.



An update on my Mum - I spoke to her earlier. She's doing well, but it looks like she won't be out till Saturday or Sunday. Thanks for your continuing good wishes. I love you all!



Deebee X

Long weekend for me, with holiday booked tomorrow and Monday. Three days watching European Seniors golf action at Woburn from tomorrow with my Dad - no finer place to be on a fine late summer day (he says with fingers crossed).

Deebee



Glad your mum is doing well.



csn. xx

Deebee,



Glad to hear your mum is doing well

Gigs at big venues are stuipidly expensive these days aren't they?



I was just investigating whether to buy a ticket for Roxy Music at the O2. £70 in round numbers (and that's only because all the top price tickets are gone!)



I can go and see Lissie at the Cambridge Junction for £12.50, leaving change for three more gigs in similarly sized venues. Four times the enjoyment for the same money.



I guess that's why I haven't been to a "big" gig venue for a few years now.



BTW, you should all feel very lucky that you aren't having to listening to me whistling along to Cinema Show on Radio In Concert at the moment :-)

Simon....



There is no shame to be had for playing ELO 2 days running as an opener to the show. I will be back!!!



Hi all blog poppets.



Hope you all had a good nights sleep, as I expect that you are all tucked up right now, quite rightly so.



I just work odd hours!



MTF.xx

I hardly ever go to bed before about 1:00AM :)

#80 Deebee I totally agree with you.



I had thought of Piano Man, then decided it didn't fit well enough, and you beat me to My Life.



I thought that had a very good chance.

Night Alex and everyone.



Sleep well.



csn. xx

Good morning!



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