Morning all, Morning Simon



Sorry your feeling uunwell, Simon. I've left Mr Tortie at home under the duvet today - he's a poorly boy too - hope it's not catching!



I'll go for the obvious one to start:



Money, Money, Money - by Abba



Back later



Tortie x

Good Morning Everyone



Obviously -



MONEY - Beatles or Flying Lizards



Love



BP

MONEY FOR NOTHING - Dire Straits

MONEY HONEY - Bay City Rollers



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Morning Simon



It was good to meet you too. See you on Wednesday.



The obvious choice is Money - Pink Floyd.



mtd ffb xxx

Morning Simon and team (especially the nice young man who picks the tunes from this here blog)



It was a pleasure meeting you all too, and a what an enjoyable day it was too. How about:



MONEY FOR NOTHING by DIRE STRAITS or



EVERY DAY HURTS by SAD CAFE (as we are all feeling the pinch in this recession- not sure where the UK is getting the money from to help the Irish!)



Hope you feel a bit better soon, Simon,



Mcw x

Morning Simon, morning all



Get well soon, Simon!



How about a nice happy friendly start with



BEG STEAL OR BORROW = THE NEW SEEKERS



JbG

DIRTY CASH (MONEY TALKS) Dizzy Rascal/Stevie V

Or



RESCUE ME by FONTELLA BASS

Morning all,



MONEY TALK - The Pretenders

EASY MONEY - Billy Joel

TAKE THAT TO THE BANK - Shalamar

IF I WERE A RICH MAN - from Fiddler on The Roof

AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW - Fleetwood Mac

THE LIFE OF RILEY - Lightning Seeds

Morning Simon



Let's not talk about your "mighty" Spurs beating my beloved Arsenal, shall we!?!? Although your comment scribed on the postcard you signed for me does make me smile, and hells teeth - you're taller in real life than I imagined. And somewhat sexier, which was a bit of a surprise ....!



I too am feeling decidedly under the weather this morning. Sore throat, achey, coughing - not a good sign for the week ahead really is it? I could quite easily go home and curl up under the duvet with a book and some hot chocolate, but I'll battle it out here and see how the day progresses.



As for money songs, I will don my cap or thinkage and return in a bit ....



Deevs, the Gooner Blogger!



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HARD LUCK STORY - Men at Work

"I'd much rather have a trampoline in my front room

than an isolation tank,

I wish I was a million miles away from the manager's door

there's trouble at the bank,

you laugh at yourself as you go deep into debt

you laugh at yourself while he's breathing down your neck

Who can stop me?

with money in my pocket

sometimes I get it free

the best of both worlds..."



FROM MANSION IN THE SLUMS BY CROWDED HOUSE WRITTEN CIRCA 1988

WITH A LTTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER OR THE BEATLES

Money Go Round - The Style Council



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LICENCE TO STEAL - Al Stewart

BANKROBBER - The Clash

morning all :-)



'ain't too proud to beg' The Temptations

Morning Simon, Team and fellow blogpoppets!



Sorry you are feeling unwell, Simon. Hope you make a speedy recovery, especially in time for the quiz on Wednesday! It was a pleasure meeting you on Friday - I second Deevs' comment!



I was going to plump for the New Seekers track but see it has been taken. Thinking cap is donned.



Alex-Girl

DID YOU STEAL MY MONEY - The Who

Morning All,



'National Ransom' Elvis Costello



'The Bitterest Pill' The Jam







Hope everybody has a good day

BAIL ME OUT - Pete Murray

BIG MONEY - Garth Brooks

FREE MONEY - Patti Smith

Or



YOU LITTLE THIEF by FERGAL SHARKEY



Or MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION by SIMPLY RED





Mcw x

Good Suggestions from Everyone.



Like #9chickster #19JbG #23psl



No-one's gone for



MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION - Simply Red



That's the last from me.



Have Gooddays Everyone



Love



BP

Morning All



Sorry you're not feeling well Simon. Go back to bed, and don't worry about the show - I'm sure someone else can cover if you're not up to it. Hope you feel better soon. It was lovely to meet you on Friday, it was a fantastic day and great to know that we raised a ton of money for Children in Need too!



No song suggestions from me - as I said on previous blog I'm out on a course all day, so no time to think.



Have a good day everyone.



Deebee X

'One in Ten' UB40

LOVE OR MONEY - Joni Mitchell

'Brass in Pocket' Pretenders

MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) - Flying Lizards, Beatles or Sheryl Crow

Billie, how's that! Same song suggestion at exactly the same time! #30 & #31!



I'm off to the dentist now and not sure when I'll be back, so take care and see you all later.



Mcw x

'reach out and I'll be there' The Four Tops

MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING - Cyndi Lauper

HELP! - THE BEATLES



When I was younger, so much younger than today,

I never needed anybody's help in any way.

But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,

Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.



Help me if you can, I'm feeling down

And I do appreciate you being round.

Help me, get my feet back on the ground,

Won't you please, please help me?



And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,

My independence seems to vanish in the haze.

But every now and then I feel so insecure,

I know that I just need you like I've never done before.

LEND YOUR LOVE TO ME TONIGHT - Emerson Lake & Palmer - stretching a bit, since not actually about money, but a gorgeous song.

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN - Steve Miller Band

Just thought of an absolute corker:



BUSTED - RAY CHARLES

Morning all won't be around much the next few weeks due to work. Congrats to all bloggers who helped with CiN I heard Mr Mayo describe you all as "gorgeous", I think we need photographic proof! Best wishes to Mr Mayo hope you feel better soon.



Now to music, has to be a tune from an Irish band surely? I'll go for "Bullet the Blue Sky" or "Bad" by U2 of course.



GB

'stand by me' Ben E King

Good morning and well done to all the bloggers who (wo)manned the phones on Friday. I'm not the least bit envious that you met the delish Mr M. Would love to be there next year.



Get better soon Simon. Hope it wasn't the poorly bloggers who made you ill.



Off to put thinking cap on. Got the office to myself today.....



3 word Monday - ALARM NOT SET (OOPS) - still catching up on myself. Not good for a Monday morning.



Hope everyone well on this cold, wet morning x

Oh, and thanks for the excellent reports and pics from Friday x

'lean on me' Bill Withers

Morning all



"Beg, Steal or Borrow" - The New Seekers (not sure how I can possibly remember that)



Or, more preferably:



"Beg, Steal or Borrow" - Ray LaMontagne



Did the record get broken on Friday night?

The Man Who Sold the World - BOWIE

'money, that's what i want ' Barrett Strong

Oh dear, if it's Irish bail-out day today, does that mean we're heading for unhealthily high doses* of Peston all day?

Oh What a Circus - DAVID ESSEX

I know ABBA has been mentioned above but how about



SOS - ABBA

#44 He described us as gorgeous? Quite right too - we were and are!!

WAGES DAY - DEACON BLUE

# 55 of course you are A-AG x

Impressed Mr M remembered your ARF considering all the toons he plays. Did MTF ask him about Twilight?



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Morning Everyone and, of course Simon and The Team,



Sorry to hear you're poorly Mr M - get well wishes winging their way to you :) Hope you're well enough for 5.05 today.



As it's a bit of a mystery as to where Britain are getting the money from to help the Irish, my suggestion to them is TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, STEVE MILLER BAND ;) x



Back in a bit - now I'm all caught up on the blog, I've got some proper work to do.



Laters sweet pataters xxx



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#42 - A_G - doh!!! I didn't see it first time round. Should have searched before I suggested - share? ~ x

From the Irish perspective, after many years of plenty -



IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - REM



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Popping in briefly to say that I am going into a meeting now until 5pm. Ugh.



Good luck with the menshes - will poop back in this evening!



Have a good day one and all!



A-G



PS Of course we can share, ~!!

#62 - Thank you - I knew we could. Will listen out for our joint mensh ;)



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Good Morning,



How about I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU by The Rembrandts?



Get well soon Simon. Tea time with the 4 year old and a half and 2 year old is never the same without you.



#16 DizzyDuckDeevs - Hope you are also feeling better soon. Based on your comments and something Richard Allinson said just before 5pm on Friday I reckon the lurgy was passed around the phone room. Richard said Simon Mayo needed to get into the studio but he was too busy hugging the people answering the phones.....



Have a good day.x

#62 I don't recall ever going into a meeting from 11 til 5pm that achieved enough to justify lasting as long as that.

I chuckled when I heard the gorgeous Mr Allinson say Simon was busy in the phone room hugging all the girlies - chuckled yeah but deep down the green eyed monster was stirring ;) x



Don't want to point the finger or anything but does anyone recall a certain Deebee from the Blog regaling us with her lurgy tales last week? I'm sure the phone room was the perfect breeding ground for said germs ;) xx Hmph, v disappointed - I thought the green eyed monster had returned whence he came. Off to sort out the monster - I don't suit green :(



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LOL AFKA, I'm not jealous either - but I do seem to have grown a Pinnochio style nose x

#67 - Hi Mo - Lol! Is that a bluebird I see on the end of your nose? Sounds like they all had a fab time. I'm hoping to be able to join in next year; domestic arrangements permitting :) x

Hi Simon, just popped in to say hello...



Sorry you're feeling poorly today - as others may already have said:



* Crikey, you're TALL! But as I'm 5 foot 2 I get to say that to a lot of people - especially when I nearly bump into them as they rush into the CiN phone room at R2 to hug everyone!



* Friday was such fun, and blimmin' hard work - thanks to everyone who called in.



* And thank you SO MUCH for reading out the message from the golf club lady just before 7 - I was shaking so much when she told me how much money was potentially on offer, I had to write the message out twice!



Will be listening out for you at 5.05 - right better pop back out again and get on with the day job, for some reason it's not that appealing today.



Money songs, hmmm I will borrow the thinking cap and see what comes to mind.



Ann (the gorgeous little one in the big denim shirt!) x

Me too AFKA (or may I call you ~?). Will need pre-planning since I'd have to book a flight and a hotel but I'm sure all obstacles can be overcome x

#70 - Mo, you can call me anything you like my lovely, so long as it's not late for my dinner ;). Mmm a flight and a hotel - sounds like a bit of an adventure. I think it'll be so worthwhile tho' just even to know you're helping make a difference to children's lives.



~ (licking taramasalata off my keyboard and fingers - oooh messy) xx

A request from my lovely, gorgeous man, whose network IT peeps won't let him sign in to the blog in his lunch break ......







GO TO THE BANK - JAMES



From NicRolastic









Thanks Simon!

Yikes! Am I coming down with a Mayo Maladie?!? Now THAT will take some explaining .....!



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#73 - Oh no Deevs, The Mayo Maladie may have been started by Deebee from the Blog - even more explaining ;)



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#73, #74 - Is it possible to catch a Mayo Maladie via the airwaves? I've got a decidedly scratchy throat and headache - care for a Lemsip, Deevs?



Tortie

Surely only one contender 'A-Begging I will go' by Bellowhead - performed particularly well on Saturday night :-D

#75 - Tortie my lovely, only if you get up really close to the speakers or if you have lots and lots of radios in the one room all on at the same time ;) xxx

#77 That explains it AFKA! I did actually have a radio on in every room on Friday night, just in case my pledge/request was mentioned : )

Afternoon all



Have signed in wearing protective mask to request Beggin' by The Four Seasons ... off to swab myself down with anti-bacterial gel now xx

I'd love a lemsip thanks Tortie. And a duvet under which to snuggle down. I am really struggling this afternoon ....



x

Yay! At home with a Beechams and my pillow .... x

#81 That's better Deevs - although as Mr Tortie is at home with 'man flu' at the moment, I think I'll probably get more rest here!

I'm late to the party again, ah well.

I think I'd go for:

KINKS - SUNNY AFTERNOON

"Taxman's taken all my dough......."

how about the Undertones - Fairly in the money now?

or Kool and the gang - money and power

Glad you've recovered enough to do the show, Simon x

Great start to the week MCW x

Hi All



I've been learning all about how to spot the signs of depression and suicidal tendancies to day. Good thing I'm in such a buoyant mood!



First and foremost, well done Mcw for a well deserved mensh!



And to tidy up:



#16 Get well soon Deevs. And then it's pistols at dawn...



#44 I didn't hear that he'd said that, but the man clearly has taste. And he WAS wearing his glasses. Are you on FB, Simon W? There are some photos over there.



#66 The rumours are completely UNTRUE. It's a totally different type of lurgy. Really.



;o)



Deebee X

Well Done chickster ! Told you it was a good one this morning!

WoooHooo! Thank you Simon and thank you nice man who picks out the blog tunes!



Well done Ken!! (How come John B Good didn't get a mensch?)

#90 Have you suddenly gone German, Mcw?



Well done Ken.



X

Well done Mcw - and Ken (grudingly) too!!! Boo hoo - I have been overlooked, usurped, and generally ignored.



Oh well, there's always another time.



JbG

Madchickster = ubermensch!

Well done Chickster and



Well done Ken (I think..)

And let this be the first and last time I do something "grudingly" (#92).



(Sounds like a lost suburb of Leeds)

#90 Took a little while for the penny to drop there, Deebs! Come to think of it, did you know that Boris Becker is 43 today?



I'll put the 'c' back in the scrabble bag! ;-)



#92 John that is very magnanimous of you. Next time eh?

Tough luck JBG but well done Ken x

#92 You win some, you lose some. Better luck next time JBG.

Well done Ken!



Hard Luck JbG! How was Paris? You could sing it!

Me?