Am I first?

Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



A wet and blustery day here in Cambridgeshire. Doesn't bode well for the weekend.



Simon, can I ask you to please consider playing for the ARF opener:



SOMETHING ABOUT YOU by Level 42.



Thank you.



Deebee X

Oh, hi Alex - didn't see you there. You were indeed first. Has your kitty got an ARF suggestion today?

Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



Yes, Alex you're the first.



Wet and windy here today, but at least I got the car to the garage before the rain came.



Back later



Tortie x

Good morning Simon, Team and fellow blog poppets!



Happy 1st October everyone! I see Paul has already done the pinch & punch on previous blog.



So, Simon did not take up my suggestion that he choose the song and we request it. I don't think it was really a go-er so I am not put out.



I have a new philosophy on ARF. If I am not going to be able to hear the first part of the show, I am not going to make a serious choice. On such occasions, I will be selected the full version of Led Zep's "Kashmir". However, today I am outta here at 3pm and off to the bolthole so I WILL hear the show! Hurrah!



Therefore, please play, for MTF on the 1 year anniversary of her first requesting this tune:



TWILIGHT - ELO



Thank you!



Alex-Girl

Morning all.



Just spotted the new blog, as I was heading off out to pick up two ladies that need new teeth!!



So, a quick plea for my ARF.



I am a great believer, that patience is a virtue.



It is a year today, that I posted on CLPs blog for this particular song, and have been trying (yes I know!) ever since.



Simon. Please could you play.....



*** Twilight ***





By ELO.





Must dash, have fun everyone.



MTF.xx

Hi Deebee & Tortie



The kittens didn't notify me of their tune selection this morning so I had to go with my own! Then, listening to RM on breakfast, he managed to play every song I was thinking of suggesting (I thought Nik Kershaw would be a brill one on such a grey day but, obviously, so did Richard). Therefore, I had to go with MTF's choice as I couldn't think for myself today!!



A-G

Ooh, Alex, you pooped in just before me then.



Thank you, that is so lovely of you.x

Morning all :-)

a dark, wet and windy start to the day here in the Shire too...

#8 You are welcome! Mind, I would feel dreadful if Simon played it and said that I had requested it after all your months of trying!!

Hi guys, my morning salutations are on the previous blog.



Simon, Fingets crossed the quiz goes smoothly. Child 3 will do a fab job and will shine like the little star I'm sure he is.



Alex-G - you are just sooooo lovely and considerate.



I'd be thrilled to little mint balls if you played MTF's suggestion but may I also put forward for consideration:-



Eye to Eye Contact, Edwin Starr



Btw, run with the big boys update - I bottled it at the last minute and regretted it instantly. However, one of the girls from the fast group who is just back from injury, Tuesday was her first night back, ran with me in the slower group and we had a fantastic and rather fast 4.5 miler. Will definitely give the big boys' group a go next week. I'd liken the step up to the very first time you venture into the deep end of the swiming pool.



Rightio, off to do some domestic engineering.



Gaily~B *doing a rubbish impersonation of Nigella*

Thanks for the welcomes yesterday. Won't be posting often (work gets in the way you know), but seeing as the weather is so lovely at the moment, how about Get Off My Cloud by the Rolling Stones? Slightly tenuous link with Ronnie Wood, but hey, it's a decent tune...

I thought Simon's show was in the afternoon.

Morning Simon, team and all you lovely blogpoppets,



Looks like October has roared in like a lion! Such a contrast to yesterday!



Thank you for playing my suggestion yesterday, Simon. I wont be putting in a request for ARF today, as I feel that you must read post #6 from our very own MTF. I can't think of any better way to start todays programme.



Good luck with the quiz, and enjoy the weekend one and all, whatever the weather.



Mcw x

..a new ARF from me this week..

'out on the floor' Dobie Gray...a top Northern Soul track

Morning all, heard a lot of mentions for all the blog poppets on yesterdays show. Well done Simon and hopefully yesterday was the only day that the Ryder Cup (yawn) gets mentioned on Drivetime. A belting tune is what is needed on this miserable day so I give you U2 and "Sunday Bloody Sunday".



GB

G~B pop your kitten heels on...*instantly become Nigella*



;-D

#11 Gaily, you always manage to think of lovely comments to make about what Simon's posted at the top of the blog.

#18 - aw thank you Deebee.



#17 - PSL - that's where I'm going wrong!?! Btw, thank you for the lovely poetic contribution yesterday - lovely little (?)couplet.



Gaily~B - *off to find her kitten heels, theyll be in the back of the cupboard where the fishing rod was kept*

Hello All,



Still wet and windy here,



Suggestion for ARF 'Dignity' Deacon Blue



Would also be delighted if MTF's Twilight was chosen

Hi Telectual and welcome! Simon's show is in the afternoon but today is All Request Friday and the first song comes from the blog (allegedly) which is why you find us all suggesting tunes quite early in the day.



PSL - can't believe you have abandoned Jackie Wilson!

Hello one and all..



Coldplay "Fix you" for my arf please



Ta

Domestic engineering update for those who are interested (not many I know)... I've just had to quite literally domestic engineer! Vacuum cleaner wasn't working properly and upon further investigation involving a large dump of plasterboard dust, screws, etc all over the hall floor, I discovered an HB pencil lodged in one of the pipes! The fantastic heating engineers vacuumed when they finished last Saturday but evidently didn't notice they'd left their writing implement behind! Ah well, to quote The Bard, all's well that ends well.:) Just wanted to share.



Okay I'm stopping now.



Gaily~B *off to conclude some domestic engineering business*

#23 Well done on the engineering Gaily!

#24 - I thang yoooooo!!! x Hope you have a wonderful time at the BH this weekend. x

Hello Simon's Team



One of the bestest beginnings to a tune ever wroted - what a wonderful opener this would be.

For our friend MTF. Please ♥





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnDW97nEXc







♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♫♪

#26 - thank you Katy - that has been on my to do list for blimmin' ages now. Fab tune and I just can't understand why the lovely SM hasn't played it yet.



Go on Simon, you know it makes sense, please??? Just for our gorgeous MTF, please???



MTF, I hope we haven't scuppered your chances by being 'persistent'. X



Gaily~B x

Looking out of the window and it is getting gloomier and gloomier out there. Not sure if it is daytime or TWILIGHT.



Really looking forward to leaving work at 3 o'clock today, dashing home, cuddling cats, flinging stuff in the car and heading off to the Bolt Hole. We should arrive there around the TWILIGHT hour when the Weald is at its most beautiful.



A-G

Good Morning (only just) Everyone.



We're late here today.



It seems to me that the general concensus of this blog is for



TWILIGHT FOR MTF



so here goes



TWILIGHT FOR MTF



please.



Love



BP

Afternoon all



In the event of you not playing Twilight by ELO (you know you want to) how about You Really Got me by The Kinks?



Please think of me on Sunday at 12.15 when I am due to start the Clarendon Way half marathon. I have to say that if the weather carries on like this (and the forecast is just as foul for Sunday) I will gracefully retire. That would be a great shame though, as it is a beautiful cross-country route starting half way between Salisbury (Katy Mac's neck of the woods) and Winchester. Should be finished by 2.30-2.45, then a lovely friend has offered to cook Sunday lunch.



Have fun whatever you're doing this weekend xx

Good luck with the run Alison - at least the thought of a nice lunch at the end should keep you going!



We're going to London tomorrow; seeing a matinee of Sweet Charity and then somewhere nice for dinner - it's our 6th anniversary (not married, just together)



If you don't play Twighlight, Simon, could we please have

SEVEN SEAS OF RYE by Queen



We were channel hopping last night and caught part of a 1992 Queen concert, the first one without Freddie, I think, and I remembered how much I used to (and still do) like them!



Tortie x

Good luck with the run, Alison! Hope it doesn't rain, but if it does, it will at least spur you on to getting to the finish line in super fast time!



Have fun in London, Tortie and happy anniversary! I really want to see Sweet Charity as it is one of my favourite films. Let us know what you think of it.



By the way, Simon, have we mentioned that we would REALLY like you to play Twilight for our lovely Tooth Fairy?



A-G

It's one of my favourites too Alex - I'm really looking forward to seeing it.

Hi Troops



Just a quickie today from me (huzzah! I hear you all cry!) as I was out of the office for 2 hours this morning for a dental/hospital experience so playing catch up with da work!



Now, you can forget Strictly and all those sequins ..... tonight is the night Nic and I embark on our ballroom dancing classes. So, for me (and him, I guess!) my ARF choices are:-







Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet



or



Blitzkreig Bop - The Ramones



or



Just Dance - Lady GaGa







Back later if I can. You know I WANT to .......



;-)



Deevs



x

Deevs - enjoy! You can give us a quick demo of your Cha Cha Cha and Foxtrot at CiN!!!!

LOL!! We'll see. For now, I only he remembers to pack his shin pads tonight!



x

ahem ..... feel free to insert the word "hope" in the above sentence



x

Good ARFternoon Each!Request to follow...

You tease, Paul............

Afternoon all



Still v busy, but can I add my vote to Twilight for MTF.



Had the afternoon off, despite the busyness, to take GD to the ballet to see Northern Ballet do Swan Lake, excellent and worth the time off!



A

Back for lunch. No improvement in the weather, I see.



Tortie - I hope you have a fantastic anniversary weekend. I must admit I haven't seen Sweet Charity



Alison - good luck with the half marathon. I hope it stays dry for you.



Deevs (and Nic) - have fun at your ballroom dancing class. I'd love to learn to jive - it looks amazing when they do it on 'Strictly'. So fast though - don't know how they manage to keep up with the beat.



Feeling a bit fed up at the moment. I applied for some tickets for something I'd really have loved to have gone to, but as it's next Friday and I've heard nothing yet I'm guessing I haven't got them :(,

Sounds lovely Andy!



Seems to be a weekend for dance!

I would like to start out by mentioning a birthday. I sometimes feel that it is a bit below the belt to bring a birthday into an ARF, but I am guilty of such a crime myself. Indeed this very action, mentioning a birthday, which resulted in my successfully getting a tweeted request for the ARF opener (It was Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy, on Phil Lynott's birthday, if you are keeping track). So, I have no qualms in trying the tactic again.



Simon, today, as I am sure you are aware, is the very first birthday of the very famous 'MTF Twilight request'. It is also one year to the day since The Guardian Online carried a story about babies being born on that same day, having a life expectancy of over 100 years.



Now, it seems to me that Simon Mayo (that is you, Sir) has displayed something of a reluctance to play ELO's Twilight, but if you wish to avoid this toddler of a request becoming a blight upon your good name, my advice would be to mark this anniversary with an outing for the said tune, or risk the request becoming an unruly teenager, running amok upon the blog.



It may be that you dislike the song, but I am sure that there are other, much worse ditties that you have given the oxygen of publicity to over your career. Be honest, what harm could it do. At worse, you may have to turn the studio sound down for a few minutes. But the obverse side of that coin would have a certain Mobile Tooth Fairy melting with love for you and your magnanimity. It would also offer a little protection to the keys G,H,I,L,T and W on that good lady's computer keyboard.



Simon, I beseech you, in the name of all that is good about All Request Friday, to finally do the decent thing, and grant the wishes of your most persistent bloggpoppet and play



'TWILIGHT', by THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA.



And dedicate it to the delightfully patient Mobile Tooth Fairy, who amongst all of the ARFers, is surely the most deserving.

#43 Wow Paul, that's more like "War & "Peace" than an ARF request! Beautifully put though : )

Well said PO'SH surely only the hardest hearted of DJ's could fail to be moved by such a finely worded appel from the heart of this blog. :).



Hope it works, but what do we do next Friday if it does?



A

Appeal even!

Afternoon Everyone



Reading back it seems this weekend everyone is doing happicitement (a word invented by a 7yr.old, years ago) and having nicetimes (a word invented by me this week).



I plan on going to the Co-op (other supermarkets etc).



PoS - that must have swung it, musn't it?



TWILIGHT for MTF! TWILIGHT for MTF! TWILIGHT for MTF!



Love



BP

Back from ELH - bit wind blown and soggy.



Alsion - good luck with the run. Hope the weather behaves so you don't have to droop out.



Tortie - happy anniversary and hope you have a fabby time in the big smoke.



Deevski - happy ballroom dancing lessons - Nic, remember the shinnies ;)



PO'Sh - beautifully put, together with the backing of BP (aka Blogger of the Week), here's hoping Simon does the decent thing.



Deebs - aw my lovely, that's rotten. It's maybe not too late tho'. Is there a chance they could arrive tomorrow?



Looking forward to 5.05.



Gaily~B x

BP - my weekend is even less happiciting than yours - I've done the supermarche run already. I do have to take the youngerGB to a footie match but I'm hoping it will be rained off as I quite fancy a quiet weekend.



THREE WORD FRIDAY:-



QUIET WEEKEND, HOPEFULLY!



forgot to do my THREE WORD THURSDAY yesterday - it would have been HAD SUGAR RUSH. :s



Gaily~B

...and poops in for the 50?

#41 Deebee - Sorry I missed the bit about your tickets. Wasn't being insensitive.



If it's next Friday - there's plenty of time. Everything crossed.



Love



BP

Well done Gaily on the 50! Where is KatyMac today?



#51 #41 me too Deebee, sorry not to have commented on your tickets, but as BP says, there could still be time if it's not until next Friday.

Greetings all. Hope all is well. Need some cheering up people - de-motivated in the extreme. I daren't submit a 3-word Friday for fear of it being unbroadcastable!!



Weasant Pleekend



MP

Sorry for my absence too - been trying to focus on things. I'm afraid the blog acts as a big distraction to me, in the nicest possible way.

my 3 worder....

perfect purple pedicure :-D

#53/54



If I knew how to do a smiley face - I would do it for you Malcolm.



Love



BP

Hey Malcolm, where did you spring from? ;) Here have some hugs. {{{HUGS}}}



Gaily~B

#56 thanks muchly BP! GB I poop up all over the place, but sometimes have to be prompted...



I know the feeling Simon with the quiz-night politics - some experience in quiz-mastering myself. Can be a pain - just keep your cool, count to 3, and it'll be fiiiiiiine.

Afternoon from a wet and windy Liverpool.



I dont usually do a request for ARF, but on this special one year anniversary I would like



TWILIGHT by ELO for MTF.



Simon, you know how easy it is to make a tooth fairy happy and just think how good it will make you and all of us blogpoppets feel.



My 3 word Friday is



TWILIGHT BY ELO.



Hope everyone has a great weekend.



Nick.

just two rules as quizmaster..

1. QM always right

2. refer to 1.



;-)

would like to add to block blog vote and endorse MTF's choice too



revised 3 worder..Twilight by ELO

#50 for GailyB.

the 50th post in this blog

:^)





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and ....

... a cheery wave for Malcolm Powder





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x

#60 PSL's got it right - this needs either re-iterating, or better still sticking up on the wall.



I GOT A WAVE FROM KM!!! I'm so privileged! Thanks KM sooo much! How are you by the way?

Aww, thanks guys for your concern - you are all lovely! Sadly, I think it is too late. It's one of those things where the BBC hands out tickets on a first come first served basis, and I think I would have heard by now.



Sorry to be a party pooper, and I applaud the efforts re ELO, but can I remind you of the time we ALL asked for the same song. Simon is not one to be bullied, cajoled or pleaded with. Of course, I will be as delighted as everyone else if he DOES play it.

Isn't this just the cosiest most welcoming place to be on a horrid day such as this.



I've got to collect the youngerGB from school today partly 'cos it's raining but partly 'cos he's grounded - long story so I won't bore you with the details - just psyching myself up to don the waterproofs and head out.



#58 - Malcolm, I'm sure I don't know what you mean. ;)



Aw Big Nick - that's so lovely of you to add your weight behind our push to have MTF's tune played.



MTF - we love you. Fingets crossed for you XXX



Rightio, off to dig out the waterproofs - yuk, yuk and yuk!!!



Gaily~B

#65 - Deebs - Just refreshed before actually going out, did I mention it's the muckiest of weather out there today. Anyhoo, fingets crossed on all counts my lovely. X



Gaily~B x

#64 Malcolm - awww thanks and I'm sorry you're feeling demotivated. Stay for a while - there is very special alchemy in this blog which has a way of making everything seem just that bit more possible ...





#65 Deebeedeebeedeebs - how I agree re. the block vote for one track. I'm sure Simon will understand though. It has got to the stage where it would seem disloyal to request anything else!





♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

Simon and blogpoppets



Happy Friday and Happy ARF - not much time to read all the posts, but think a theme is running through it, so if twilight is not played.....



Please can I have



Patti Smith - Into the Night



But I think Simon will play your ARF MTF - so enjoy! We all will! :)



Simon, hope you made it through the rain and enjoy the quiz night mr QM! And also enjoy winding up the serious quizzers.....easily done! And much fun.



Have a great weekend one and all.....



dreamer x

Eldest son on the way back from uni after 2 weeks, slightly dreading what he will look like and how much washing he will have brought back for his Mum. Any happy tunes will be gladly received as the weather here in Bradford is appalling. My U2 tune still stands but will defer to all the greater blog poppets on their choice of the first song. Good that there is no golf and I can listen to Simon and Mark on R5 via the computer before re-tuning to R2 of course.

Sounds like the first tune could be "It's raining again" by Supertramp as requested by John Inverdale.

Sorry Simon and all



That is of course



Patti Smith and Because the Night!!!!

Please may I change the subject for a moment -hopefully not in any rude way. But Alison last seen at #30 today gave me a fish recipe and I wonder if she'd like this one.



!Of course anyone is welcome to it!



For each person 1 cod fillet (or any white fish) no skin.

Spread the fish with green pesto - about 2 teaspoons for each and roll up. Stretch streaky bacon & wrap around the rolled fish. Cocktail stick to secure. 200c uncovered - about 20 mins.



Delic! We have this with mash or couscous.



Let me know what you think.



Love



BP

#73 did not even mention MTF ELO or TWILIGHT!



Love



BP

#73 - that indeed sounds delish. I just need to find a good fishmonger in the area. Shouldn't be too hard given we're in Lincolnshire but you know how these large supermarches have gobbled up all the little independent shops. I don't buy fish if it smells too fishy.



That could be wisdom of the day:-



Don't buy fish if it smells fishy.



Blimmin' 'eck the weather is wild.



Gaily~B

#74 - BP, me either at #75 :)

#75 HOW WISE!

#72 Dreamurdream - love that song - sizzlingly hot lyric! Think Springsteen wrote, then Patti Smith reworked

:^)

#73 that sound good Billy, will give it a try next week.



I went to M&S (other shops, etc.) at lunchtime to get one of their meals for £10 deals, so that we have something nice to come home to on Sunday evening.

Hey Dreamer, that's one of my faves too. Good call. Maybe try again next week tho' as I think there's a chance a certain gorgeous Tooth Fairy may sneak in today ;) Fingers crossed X



#79 Hey Tortie - that's very organised. How lovely. X

#74 give that man a cocunut, and GB too!

#80 - Most unlike me, Gail!

#70 Hi SimonU2Ward - thanks for the 5Live nudge - I invariably forget and miss most of the broadcast. Do students really bring their washing home for Mum during semester time? Mine hated carrying too much 'stuff' when visiting for the weekend. Especially in the rain!

;^)

#81 = Malcolm, I don't think you've met Billy Pepper, she's one of our newer members. Billy this is Malcolm, he occasionally has problems identifying people's gender. ;)



Gaily~B x

#65 Deebeedeebee - I've just seen this on the 5Live page:



"On Friday 8 October 2010 Simon and Mark present Wittertainment at its most Wittertaining at the Phoenix Cinema East Finchley.

All tickets have gone for this event, but you'll be able to watch the action live on this website, from 2pm on the day."





Is this what you were hoping to get tickets for? If so I'm sorry you missed out. I used to live near there in my formative years.

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

Hi BP - sorry, no offence is meant at all. How do you do



MP

#84 GB #81 Malcolm No probs.



#79 Tortie. Feeling envious. Our nearest M&S is on the Mainland. Or as some on Anglesey say - the other island.



BP

#87 Billy they've just opened one of their Simply Food outlets about 10 minutes away, the only problem being that it encourages the spending of money! : )

Out with a few girlfriends tonight for some Thai food so I'm off to feed the hungry hordes before I get myself all glammed up. I think I'll go for the glamorous bedraggled look so it won't matter if it's still chucking it down when I go out.



Laters Pataters.



Will be tuned in at 5.05 with bated breath. Aarrgghh!! I'm soooo excited. I wonder who it will be??? I hope we're not disappointed.



Byeeeeeeeeee



Gaily~Beeeeeeeee

#85 Got it in one, KatyMac :(

#90 Shucks. Hard Luck Deebee.

Sorry Deebee!

Thanks KatyMac and GailyB - as I said we will all enjoy that Electric (twi)Lighty type song is Simon does as is requested! But may try that one again next week!



And GailyB I believe glamorous bedgraggled is the 'in' look....well it certainly is in most parts of the UK today!

Deebee - do you want us on this ere blog to do a similar MTF ARF thingy for you for 8th October and see if our Simon would do the dutiful thing to one of his faithful followers and get you the tickets...??

#94 Thanks for offering Dreamer, but that's okay. I wouldn't want to be shown any favouritism after all. I'm sure there'll be other opportunities (although they seem to be mostly in places like Newcastle!)



And thanks to Billy and Malcolm too. I'll just sit here in the corner and quietly sob....

Good Luck Everyone.

And today's winner is...........[drum roll please]................



WELL DONE BRENDAN CLARK



Sorry MTF.



Remember - Enjooooooooooy Yourself!



MP

Who's Brendan Clark?



In fact - who's John Inverdale compared to MTF?



Shucks...



BP

I could enjoy myself while no-ones looking

And miss the #100?