Moprning all,



GOOD LIFE - Kylie Minogue

GOOD LIFE - Tony Bennet (feat. Billy Joel)

Good Morning again



Suggest -



THE GOOD LIFE - Tony Bennett



GREEN ONIONS - Booker T & The Mgs



THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE - Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross



LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES - Edison Lighthouse



Love



BP

MOVIN' OUT (ANTHONY'S SONG) - Billy Joel

Morning Simon and morning to all you lovely blogpoppets!



Simon....I thought it was going to be a ghost story theme today, and I had a belter of a choice!!



However, seeing as I have chickens of my own and a veritable mountain of glorious free range eggs...how about...



CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE by BILL WYMAN and THE RHYTHM KINGS ?



Many thanks, MCW x

Morning all



GOOD LIFE - INNER CITY



Bit obvious..



John

and



THE GARDEN - Take That (WAH!)

Good Morning Each! Songs for the return (sort of) of The Good Life...



'Looking After Number One' by The Boomtown Rats



'Crow Black Chicken' by Ry Cooder



'In The Land Of The Pig, The Butcher Is King' by Meatloaf



'Your Own Backyard' by Mott The Hoople



'A Good Life' by Joe Grushecky (featuring Bruce Springsteen)



'Vegetables' by The Beach Boys



'Vegetable' by Radiohead



'Grow Your Own' by The Small Faces



'Homegrown Tomatoes' by John Denver



'Home Grown' by Booker T. And The M.G's

Or SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE by TEARS FOR FEARS

SUBURBIA - Pet Shop boys

Good morning all. Hope all blog poppets are well and ready to face the week ahead. No, me neither!



I've already tweeted my selection, I went for U2 "Get On Your Boots". See what I did there.



I'll get my coat.



GB

'Woodstock' Mathews Southern Comfort

THE COUNTRY LIFE - Crash Test Dummies

#8 Good One! MCW



THE SIZE OF A COW - Wonder Stuff

For everyone trapped in suburbia...



COUNTRY HOUSE - BLUR

ATTITUDE CHICKEN - Bob Geldof

And what all those goodlifers are trying to escape from....



RAT RACE - THE SPECIALS

Morning TipTopBloggers



Weekend was fab, packed loads in which included aeroplanes, fireworks, beer, swimming, housework and ballroom dancing. Yep, life's never dull in ChezNic!



This morning, I have successfully managed to book the restaurant for after CiN (mcw - please can you check your FB mails). Only 11 sleeps to go ..... how excited!?!?



Will think of some songs as the day unfolds, no doubt.



Toodles.



Deevs

x

Going For Gold - SHED Seven



x

CHICKEN WINGS - Beautiful South - a bit tenuous, but you never know.

EARTH SONG by MICHAEL JACKSON



IN THE COUNTRY by CLIFF RICHARD

TAKE ME BACK TO THE COUNTRY - Dolly Parton

COUNTRY HOME - Neil Young

What about something by MUD? TIGERFEET?





And maybe one for Felicity Kendal -



YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN - ARETHA FRANKLIN

DOWN BY THE SEASIDE - Led Zeppelin (not the title, but the lyrics fit today's theme)

Last one from me - with apologies -



OUT OF TOWN - Max Bygraves !



See you later



BP

What about



Diiiiiiiiiirty - Christina whatsername



x

'Self Sufficient Guy' by The Spongetones. (The American Beatles? I think not)



'Bounty Full Crops' by Ravi Shankar



'Say, Can You Plant Cabbages' by Alan Mills. (From the album 'French Folk Songs For Children In English) (spotify, ssh!)

WILD MONTANA SKIES - John Denver

DIGGING IN THE DIRT by PETER GABRIEL

How about BRAND NEW COMBINED HARVESTER?



Do we really need an excuse to play THE WURZELS?

DIGGIN' MY POTATOES by HEINZ

#25 Billy - was about to second your good-taste award for #8 mcw's Sowing the Seeds suggestion, but you just totally lost it.



Max Bygraves???



Puhhh-lease.

#31 Actually I would prefer DIGGING MY POTATOES by LONNIE DONEGAN

MOTHER EARTH - Neil Young

'Suburbia' by The Pet Shop Boys



'In The Garden' by Van Morrison



'Saints Of The Soil' by Runrig

DIGGING FOR GOLD - GARTH BROOKS

BACK TO THE GARDEN - Joni Mitchell

Hi all,



How about;



LET IT GROW - ERIC CLAPTON



SEMI DETACHED SUBURBAN MR JAMES - MANFRED MANN



Cheers,



Kev

CHICKEN PAYBACK - THE BEES

EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR YOU - CROWDED HOUSE

VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - THE KINKS or KATE RUSBY

GOOD LIFE - ONE REPUBLIC

LOVE THIS LIFE - CROWDED HOUSE

I know this won't stand a snowball in hell's chance of being played, but it seems to fit the overall mood of The Good Life, and is one of the most optimistic song of hope ever written



Take 3 mins over at Spotify and listen (normal version, not the live version)



WEAVE ME THE SUNSHINE - PETER, PAUL AND MARY

Morning bloggers.



I was going to suggest Size of a Cow but I see that's been mentioned already.



Being a Bon Jovi obsessive I could claim Bed of Roses is sort of gardening/good life connected....



How about Flowers in the Rain by the Move?

Mornin' all...good start to the week. Flat front left tyre that had to be changed in the pouring rain. Naturally, lots of sympathy from my work colleagues when I finally got in. I did beat John Sargeant's time from James May's ManLab though - 20 minutes from opening the boot to shutting it again. It might have been quicker, but I still got far wetter. NEver mind. Coffee being made for me now...



My suggestion?



The Housemartins - Me And The Farmer



TTFN.

Good call Skeeve - reminds me of seeing Mr Heaton in a tent at V back in August - he did Me And The Farmer as the final song of his excellent set!



x

#42 Skeeve - sorry about your bad start to the week. Not sure what's worst - your flat tyre on a Monday or my toilet leaking upstairs on a Sunday....



Meanwhile, back in the Good Life. Whatever happened to...



DOWN TO EARTH - CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

Morning Simon, team and bloggers



Can you please play:



DIXIE CHICKEN - LITTLE FEET



A perfect groove for a Monday teatime I would have thought, and will set me up nicely before listening to yesterday's birthday arrivals (Avett Brothers and Courtyard Hounds) before Lucas gets (or not) what's coming to him at 9pm.

#42, #44- which conjures up the horrible thought of it raining down on both of you.

Anyone mentioned any songs by The Hothouse Flowers?

All right then, I don't mind nudging us a bit closer to the half century. is someone goingb to take the baton? ┌--∩∩∩∩--┐

How about;



CEE-LO GREEN - FORK YOU? No?

Baton taken on...

#49 Kev, That is WAY beyond a mere "No". That so called "song" is the most awful thing on the current playlist by quite some way, IMO.

#47 I don't think so Simon, but "Sweet Marie" (if that's the right title, haven't listened to it in years) is a cracking song. Wouldn't mind hearing that.

How's about



CAN YOU DIG IT - THE MOCK TURTLES



Muchos amore!



Deevs

x

Afternoon All



Apologoes for my lateness - I have a note.



I had to come into work a bit earlier today to attend a course. Like Mcw, I was convinced it was going to be a ghost themed day. Ho hum - one thing you can't accuse Simon of is predictability...



So no suggestions from me - all the best ones have already been taken. Some cracking choices as always from the blogpoppet community!



Deebee X

Afternoon all



How 'bout Can You Dig It by The Mock Turtles?

#53 Fell for the old 'forgot to refresh' trick! x

Afternoon all



One of two by the mighty Neil Young:



Harvest



or



Harvest Moon



All good wishes.

I am a bit surprised that no-one seems to have come up with...



'Digging Your Scene' by The Blow Monkeys. Perfect Monday Drivetime fodder.

OK, let's try again



TOM's Diner by Suzanne Vega and BARBARA Ann by The Beachboys (can you see what I've done there?)

An observation - this might be more for 'next door', but I'd just like to say what a thoroughly nice guy Chris Evans seems to be. I've noticed on Twitter that he quite often replys to his followers' tweets - even today, when he's supposed to be on holiday. It's great when people like that take the trouble. Just saying.



Deebee X

Deebee - CLP made my day today with his reply to my Tweet! If (when?) you get to meet hin at CiN, you will feel his niceness. He just ooooozes loveliness and is very warm and genuine. And tall!



x

He has more holidays than the royal family!

That's because he works a darned lot harder than they do!!



x

Afternoon all,



FRANK SINATRA

"The Good Life"



John Denver

"The Garden Song"

Hello All,



Late today computer having a sickie, grrrr



Probably far too late, but suggest



Sound of the Suburbs, The Members (I think)

In a Big Country, Big Country



Hope day is going well for everyone

Deebee you norty gal. You're proper making me chuckle with your messgaes on Twitter today!!



;-)



va va voom.



Deevs

x

#68 *looks innocent*



;o)

#67 that should have been #66.



Bit quiet on here today.

...oo000oo..... ...oo000oo..... ...oo000oo..... ...oo000oo.....

"An hour and a half later, the town was engulfed by tumbleweed rolling down the street. But there was nobody to hear the cries of the turkey vultures, except the howling coyotes, prowling in packs on the edge of town."

I'm going to listen to the interview with a bit more interest this week, because I have actually read the book.

Woohoo Alex H and psl for their menshes!! By the way, I have missed psl and Glenn of Devon/Cheshire on the blog.... come back soon!



Also I got a 3 word Monday mensh...yippee!



#69 Like the tumbleweed, John....oo00oo....

Well done Mcw, Alex H and psl. And a special well done to Simon W, for getting a U2 song played at last!



#72 I miss them too - And Gaily.



Deebee X

Well done Alex H, psl and Simon W!! And well done MCW!!



Apologoes for my absinthe - work seems to be expecting me to, well, work!!



Alex-G

Hi Alex - welcome back!



Well done Deevs, and bad luck to Alison.

Did Phil Collins do the drum fills on that Mock Turtles record? :-) Love that song, magic jangly guitar in a similar vein to Doves' "Caught By The River".

Has it really been 4 days since I was here? so much to catch up on. Life not going to plan at the mo so difficult to keep up but, although I haven't been here long, I do miss you all. Always guaranteed to put a smile on my face. Well done to menshees, 3 word Mondays and Twitters x

Hi Mo! Yes, you have been missed hope you are ok. I think a few of our regulars are finding life a bit hectic at the moment.



Well done Deevs and Simon. It is proving to be a good night for the blog.

What a day to have to change a tyre Skeeve! Hope you've dried out.



Can't complain Mcw. My troubles are very minor in the scheme of things.



Reading CLP's book at the mo. Looking forward to hearing about your CiN day next week x

Hi Mo, nice to see you! Hope you get whatever it is sorted.



You know, sometimes it's quite nice to listen to the show without having suggested any songs. More relaxing somehow. Don't worry though, I'm not going to give up entirely on the 'mensh seeking' as Katy calls it.



Deebee X

Goodness! 2 menshes for the same song!

Hi DeeBee. I need Simon to post his theme for the day earlier, before I get stuck into work. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it LOL x

A good night for bloggers. Well done everyone.



And another lovely mensh for the 24 hour bloggers.



Fearful of missing someone out. Resolve to make a list as the show is on.



Mcw - I missed your 3 worder completely. Was it an alias?

That must qualify for an extra woop woop B-tb-P x

I know what you mean Mo. Usually I can have a sneaky look on Twitter, providing the theme is posted before 9.30 when I officially start work. But because I had to be in work early today I didn't get a chance to check until lunchtime. Which is waaay too late, with this clever lot of blogpoppets!



Well done Billy the Blogger.

I stalk, em follow, Simon on Twitter but tend not to use it, especially at work.



Right, off to batten down the hatches. Sounds like it's going to be another wild one tonight. And then I'll go do what I'm told for once. It's for my own good, I know LOL.



Take care all x

Tidying up -



#30 Hi to dannytheblue showing his true colours.



#32 John - re#25 Don't pretend you don't listen to Max every night! I bet you do even when your toilet IS leaking!



#42 Skeve - sorry to hear about your "Monday Monday"



#64 Hi to Maverick



#77 Mo Chin up!



Love sent to everyone else esp. anyone who's feeling a bit low.



BP

#86 Mo, I have Twitter on my phone. I don't access it from my computer at work, except maybe at lunchtimes.



Off to get dinner ready.



'See' you all tomorrow.



Deebee X

#87 Billy. I'm not sure what's worse - listening to Max Byrgraves, or clearing up after the leaking toilet. Comparable with each other on the yuk scale.



Ok, off to be the homework supervisor/nag/dictator before collapsing with a glass in front of Spooks.



J

Did I get a mensh? I don't believe it - listened from 5-6, then turned off as I had a mountain of ironing to do and needed visual as opposed to aural stimulation.



Will llisten again .....



Can you dig it!?!



Deevs

x

Two menshes Billy, fandabbydozy! And Simon said "Check out the bloggers, 24 hours a day!"

Is it

too

musch

I like "musch"

to

try

for

the

#100?