Morning Simon and fellow Blogpoppets,



Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, fab theme today



Hows about AVALON by ROXY MUSIC?



Mcw x

Good Morning Everyone



KNIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - Moody Blues



Love



BP

#2 Maybe doesn't have a K !

Or either Joan of Arc or Maid of Orleans both by OMD

Hi Simon & The DriveTeam and HelloFello Blogpops



#2 haha Billy - when I was younger I just assumed it was spelled like that.

Oh my we could really go for the puns with this theme

:^)





*putting sensible thinking cap on*

Robin (The Hooded Man) by Clannad

SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN - Tenpole Tudor

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - Pat Benatar

Morning Simon et al



East Anglian winter mornings. Hmmmmm. Moved away from Suffolk in February this year Simon, but I know what you mean. I used to love getting up at silly o'clock on a Sunday and going for a welly walk over the fields, and stopping for a Sunday paper on the way home. However .... I now have the best reason on the planet NOT to get up at silly o'clock, fellow blogger MrRolastic!



:-)



So, how's about blasting the week off with a bit of



Swords Of A Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor



Oh yeh!!



Back later, hopefully!



Deevs

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ps: off to see Carl Barat tonight and REALLY looking forward to it!



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There's lots of medieval imagery in



VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY







:^)

Good Morning Each! Hows about...



'You're History' by Shakespears Sister

Hows about some Adam & The Ants



PRINCE CHARMING



STAND AND DELIVER



KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER ?

Morning all



Sunny, cold morning here. I spent the weekend in Suffolk too Simon, and got very wet and muddy on Saturday (visit to Jimmy's Farm)



The only thing I can think of at the moment is



KNOCKED IT OFF - B A Robertson



I think the lyrics mention armour and Henry VIII



Off to find the thinking cap!



Tortie x

Zeppy Zep Zep Zep ...







short one ...IMMIGRANT SONG

long one .....STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN





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Princes of the Universe - Queen



My Lady D'arbanville - Cat Stevens



Hearts of oak [trad]



White Horses



[The opening of]King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table by Rick Wakeman

Morning All,



'Wild Horses' Rolling Stones



Have a good day everybody

Last one as I am not around much today,unfortunately :-(



ARTHUR'S THEME (THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) by CHRISTOPHER CROSS



Mind you I would be surprised if Paul or Ken don't suggest some Rick Wakeman today!



Mcw x

More Zep ..



RAMBLE ON





♫ ...How years ago in days of old when magic filled the air

Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair

But Gollum that evil one crept up and slipped away with her. her, her ...♫

'Warrior' by Wishbone Ash

'Elizabethan Reggae' by Boris Gardiner (Not only a good tune, but also excellent as a 'bed')

'The Castle' by Love

'Medieval' by James

'Living In The Past' by Jethro Tull

#18 D'oh meant wouldn't!

Robin (The Hooded Man) or 'Lady Marian' Clannad

morning all, lovely and sunny here in the Shire :-)



'Olivers army' Elvis Costello

OOH - it's early PROG ROCK time ...





COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - KING CRIMSON





♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

"Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armour coming

Saying something about a queen......."



AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - Neil Young

Got to sign out now. Back later.



Have Nicetimes.



Love



BP

could this be the day Simon makes us girlies of a certain age very happy....



'white horses' Jackie Lee

DANCE WITH THE MOONLIT KNIGHT - GENESIS







♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

#28 correction:



DANCING WITH THE MOONLIT KNIGHT - GENESIS

Would love to hear



LADY ELEANOR - LINDISFARNE







Im a bit blog hoggy this morning - this theme y'see.

My roots are showing. LOL.

♪♫•.¸¸♥

'Two knights and Maidens' Crash Test Dummies

Morning all



Definitely a theme for those early 70's prog rock groupies!



Can I suggest Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull



A

Morning all!



From yesterday's blog:



Deebee - I chuckled over the coronation chicken in a dustbin tale!



MTF - I laughed out loud at your "sitting in a tree" post!



Back to today's blog:



Mind is a blank. Definitely seems to be a prog rock fiesta and I need to borrow the thinking cap. In the meantime, I have 12 pages of Minutes to type up - thank goodness my project support person starts next week!



Alex-Girl

really hard to come up with much today...may have to resort to puns!

This is a bit tenuous but:



WE WILL ROCK YOU - Queen



It was used in the fillum "A Knights Tale" starring the great Heath Ledger and was sung by the crowd at a joust.



Well, I did say it was tenuous!!

'The (k)Night' Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Anything by the Barron Knights?

Good Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



It's a chilly one here this morning just down the road from Simon in Cambridgeshire. I must admit I'm a bit stumped by today's theme - my first thought was Avalon by Roxy Music, but Madchickster's beaten me to it - good call, hope you get a mensh!



So I'm going to go for



WHEN I RULED THE WORLD by Coldplay. The lyrics seem vaguely historical drama-ish.



Deebee X

Bellowhead - The Outlandish Knight

As we're going for outlandish, can I also suggest



Brave Sir Robin - Monty Python (or cast of Spamalot)



A

Containing all the words in all the right places and written by Greg Lake when he was 12 years old!



LUCKY MAN - EMERSON LAKE & PALMER

♪♫•.¸¸♥

Off out now,



Have fun everybody

#37 or by Gladys Knight...about the only way a soul tune is goining to sneak in today!

In days of old,

When knights were bold,

and toilets weren't invented.....



Can't remember the rest.

Morning all



I'll second the request for Ramble On, although it will kill my chances of getting it as an ARF opener. But this week has got to be good for plenty of Percy on Radio 2.



Talking of E Proms, how do sold out gigs suddenly generate the chance to go into a ballot for tickets for a fiver? Does this mean the licence fee is subsidising tickets that could have been sold at a higher price a few weeks ago? It's an interesting approach in the light of reduced licence fee income in real terms over the next few years ;-)

#44 Probably just as well - you don't want to get modded...;o)

'John Barleycorn' by Traffic

Other excellenty beds for this theme...



Pretty much anything from the John Renbourn album ...

'Sir John Alot of Merry Englandes Musyk Thynge and ye Grene Knyghte'



Crikey, that takes me back!

#44 I thought it was ' before LADIES were invented'

Here's a clean one:



In days of old

When knights were bold

And suits were made of tin

No mortal cry

Escaped the guy

Who sat upon a pin

A sneaky 50?

Yippee!!

Not too many places where you would find references to John Renbourn and Judge Dread sitting amicably alongside each other. Dont'cha just love this blog!

IN MY COMMAND - CROWDED HOUSE

ARCHER'S ARROW - CROWDED HOUSE



WELL DONE NEIL FINN - Q AWARD WINNER CLASSIC SONGWRITER 2010

Risk of earning the HOIB:



LITTLE ARROWS - Leapy Lee

#54 was played once can't remember the theme

'Theme To Knight Rider' by, erm, well I dunno!



(Just fancied a new hat, really. It's cold.)

'poison arrow' ABC

Got a goodie here:



ARMOR & SWORD - RUSH (from the Snakes & Arrows album)

*whispers to Simon*



psst - how's about a Monday MOSH for Matt with the Mighty MUSE - KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA?



:^)

#59 I'm pretty sure there's a radio edit somewhere

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Good Afternoon from a sunny but freezing North East!

Sorry for my absence over the weekend. Do I need a note? Haven't caught up from Friday yet. Will post this then go back & read & respond as appropriate but hope all is well with everyone.

Mo x

#54 For AlexG



Not only shameful but ..



TONY BLACKBURN inspired HAT OF COMPLETE & UTTER SHAME or WHEN WORDS FAIL



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#54 #55 It was Robin Hood. And it was me that suggested it. One occasion when I was quite pleased NOT to get a mensh!



Thanks for the hat KatyMac. I will wear it with pride.



Hi Mo - glad you decided to come back!



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#63 Thank you Katy (I think!).

Give me The KNIGHT - George Benson



or



If I Said You Had a Beautiful BODICE (Would You Hold It Against Me) - Bellamy Brothers

Morning all,



A week away and catching up on 1000s of useless emails...



ARTHUR - THE KINKS

LADY GODIVA - Peter and Gordon

THE JOUST - MAD CADDIES



and finally..



J(O)UST LIKE HEAVEN - THE CURE



lopho

morning all



swords of thousand men=tenpole tuder

horse with no name-america





gazzax

Welcome back Lopho! Hope you had a good holibobs.



A-G

You couldn't do better than Bellowhead's Outlandish Knight.

PLEASE...



'On The Battlefield' by The Blind Boys Of Alabama.

love is a battle field-pat benetar

Speaking of Monday mosh....anything by Iron MAIDEN?

Back briefly. Tis certainly cold and sunny in East Anglia. Spent a lovely weekend catching up with the young 'uns. Yesterday went on a long dog walk and picked quite a lot of sloes, made some sloe gin and will make some more this evening. Mr Mcw isn't usually found in the kitchen, but yesterday he was more than a willing helper, especially as we found a lone jar of sloe gin in the garage that was made last year. He just had to test it, to make sure it was all right to bottle up for a C******** pressie for his Dad. I don't usually drink spirits, but did have a sip or two!



Welcome back lophoman, hope you had a good holiday.



Alex_G, if you weren't going to get a hat for Leapy Lee, you would have got one for suggesting the Barron Knights, I am sure. Still, I expect it is just the thing to keep you snug on this chilly day!



Mcw x

Trust me, Mcw - I am very glad of the hat at the moment! It is a chilly one today! Maybe my subconscious was searching for inappropriate tunes, just to get some warming headwear!



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Pretty well anything off

STEELEYE SPAN'S - BELOW THE SALT





:^)





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrsGpPA5TBA

I can't suggest anything from Lord Wakeman's "Myths and Legends of Arthur...." as I confess I've never owned it or heard it as far as I can recall. May have heard an excerpt at a gig in 1980 at the Southampton Geaumont as he said he was going to play something off every album, but I don't remember anything specific or whether it would be radio-friendly.

The theme from 'White Horses' Go on, even if it's just a few seconds - we love it!



Also, 'A horse with no name' by America.



Cheers!

see #27 :-D

Thanks Alex and madchickster. Tough to come back from palm trees to autumn leaves...



A bit more inspiration:



Pinball WIZARD - The Who (Or Elton John if he takes your fancy)

Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans - OMD



L

Simon,



A lovely, if frosty, morning in Cheznicia today. A great day for a great long walk with a pub in the middle. Sadly, work takes priority though!



My suggestion;



JAMES - Medieval



Ah go on, you know you want to..go on go on go on go on go on..



P.S. Ah go on!



Nic

#68 & #72 - Gazza, BP had already suggested those tunes. Are you the same person??!! LOL!

#82 LOL at AlexGirl. Like a really HUGE LOL



:^D



;^)

Sorry - was being silly.

#84 AlexG





Reminds me of my mantra - shared with Spikadoodle one deep dark night in August when we were left in charge of the blog whilst Simon was away ...





"As we journey through life, discarding baggage along the way, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from desiccation."

- the late great Humphrey Lyttelton.







♪♫•.¸¸♥

This made me smile, and fits in with today's theme:



Knights of Camelot: [singing] We're knights of the Round Table, we dance whene'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impec-cable, We dine well here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and Spam a lot. / We're knights of the Round Table, our shows are for-mi-dable. But many times we're given rhymes that are quite un-sing-able, We're opera mad in Camelot, we sing from the diaphragm a lot. / In war we're tough and able, Quite in-de-fa-ti-gable. Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable / It's a busy life in Camelot

[solo]

Knights of Camelot: I have to push the pram a lot.

#86 LOL!



#84 That Humph was a wise man - and a much missed wise man at that.

#86 Meant to add that the very imaginative lyrics were from Monty Python and The Holy Grail, but I guess you lot know that already!



#85 #87 Yes a very talented and very witty man. I loved him on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, one of the few programmes that often made me weep with laughter!

Loved MP & The Holy Grail. Tea, Biscuits, Killing or Killing, Tea, Biscuits?



I miss Humph's jazz show on R2 - Jamie is doing okay but doesn't play the range of music or have the same level of knowledge as Humphrey did.

Anyone seen Gaily?

#77 Southampton Gaumont ... I saw Showaddywaddy there in 1977 and The Police in 1980 ...

I love Monty Python too - I bought the boxed set of films for Mr B for Christmas a couple of years ago. I think my favourite is 'Life of Brian', but they're all great!



Alex, Gaily was busy at work last week, and she was on a course on Thursday so she had to work on Friday. Maybe she's still catching up. I've seen her around FB, so I know she's still in the land of the living.



Just been told a really funny joke. I'm not sure if I can repeat it on here though, as it's slighty risque... I might try a bit later, see if I can get away with it.

The Gaumont was a fine venue - I think it may have become the Mayflower a few years' later but no idea if it still exists. A shame if not.



I saw 3 of my first half dozen or so concerts there. Genesis on the Duke tour (a re-arranged gig at the end of the tour after the Bournemouth Winter Gardens show was cancelled owing to Phil Collin's laryngitis earlier in the tour), Yes on the Drama tour (the night after John Lennon died)and Rick Wakeman on "1984" tour (album of that name, not year). All in around 1980/81 I think.

Urgh, misplaced apostophe of the worst kind. Apologies to all.

#92 So long as she is okay!



If you can't tell the joke here, post it on FB. Love a good joke! Annoyingly, I can't get to the blogpoppets page via my phone and that is my main method of contact (cos I am too lazy to walk upstairs and turn on the laptop. Well, its cold up there!).



Only 25 sleeps till CiN!

Not that you're counting eh AG?!?!



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#93 You're right Ken, it is now The Mayfower ... lots of musical theatre but no live gigs ... there's still Southampton Guildhall, The Joiners and The Brook though

#95 For some reason I read that as '25 sleeps till Christmas' Urrggghhhh!!



I'll have a go at telling the joke when I get home. I think it will be okay.

Deevs - I've replied to your email :o)

Thanks Deebee. Seen it, and ticked my list!!



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