Good Morning again -



Suggest -



RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN - Orange Juice



START - Jam



JUST LIKE STARTING OVER - John Lennon



YOU'RE MOVING OUT TODAY - Carole Bayer Sager



Love



BP

Hi Simon



How about "Sad Song" by Oasis since "we're throwing it all away at the end of the day"



jillygoat

Morning Simon



Loving the cricket, and yes, waking to see what he overnight "damage" has been!



Can I suggest ......



MOVING OUT TODAY - CAROL BAYER SAYER (I think!)



as it just always makes me laugh!



Muchos amore to you and yours.



Deevs

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Bums! Beaten to it by Top Blogger Billie!



;-)



x

ps: Simon - are you following Swanny on Twitter? He's a jolly good jape!!



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Billie, you beat me to it so will have to second Orange Juice, RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN.



Had decided while lying on the beach last week that we didn't hear OJ often enough.



Oh, and good morning all x

BRAND NEW DAY - Sting



IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - R Kelly



NEW SONG - Howard Jones

Morning All,



'It's All Over Now' Rolling Stones



Hope everybody has a good day

#3 Deevs #6 Mo Great Minds.............

Morning Simon, morning all - trust your Epiphany Party goes as well as the Bishop's did, Simon. Excellent food - curry was on offer, I seem to remember you like curries....plenty of good wine, convivial company but no Wise Men alas!



May not fit your theme perfectly but I'm going for it anyway - WE USED TO KNOW by the magnificent and splednid JETHRO TULL....it is a sort of looking back song but with one of the greatest lead guitar bits on record...so it would be a Wise Man indeed who plays it...

'Fading Away' Temptations

FRESH - Kool & The Gang

Morning all



USE IT UP, WEAR IT OUT - can't remember who by, will check and poop back!

Hello Simon & Team



Once again - thank you.





Is this track epiphanaceous enough?

♪♫ Its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life for me -

- and I'M FEELING GOOD - NINA SIMONE

Morning All,



Blimey Billie, you are on fire today! Some excellent suggestions!



SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE by THE STRANGLERS



THROWING IT ALL AWAY by GENESIS



Mcw x

Tortie - it was those 80s Disco magnets ..... Odessey!



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GO NOW by THE MOODY BLUES

YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - Stylistics

OK, so from 5 til 5.35 I shall be en route to yoga. A calming oasis, to ease my mind at the end of the working day. So, in the car on the way to aforementioned yoga class I would love to hear



THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER - TENPOLE TUDOR!



Hell yeh!!!



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#13 got it



It's by Odyssey!



I must admit I didn't know much about Gerry Rafferty, so I found yesterday's blog very interesting and I loved the last song of his that you played last night, Simon. I sometimes think it's a piy that such lovely things can't be said about people whilst they are still alive...



Back later



Tortie x

#16 Thanks Deevs!

Morning all



"Start Me Up" by the Stones springs to mind.



Not their finest work, although "Long Black Limousine" off the same long player is a fine song.

'When Tomorrow Comes' The Eurythmics

'Everything Must Change' Paul Young

Simon, as regards your poor Christmas tree, how about



CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD by ELVIS PRESLEY!



Only joking!

Last one from me -



WE’RE GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD - Matt Monro



Busy day - hope to catch the show.



Have Nicetimes Everyone



Love



BP

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



BRAND NEW START by Paul Weller



A NEW FLAME by Simply Red



YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW by the Stylistics (or Simply Red)



And can I second KatyMac's suggestion of FEELING GOOD by Nina Simone - you beat me to it!



Must dash - humans to resource...



Deebee X

One more, for the HOIB:



STARTING AGAIN by Barry Manilow



Go on Simon - you know you want to...



;o)

#28 Deebee - can we share the hat? I hadn't thought of that one, but Mr Manilow is still my guilty pleasure - so if you could just play a bit of it. please Simon - for Deebee ....

;-)

#18 whoops - didn't see your post there Billie. Share?

#29 LOL!

Can I be in the Manilow "guilty pleasure" camp too please ......!



LolaDeevs



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#32 Definitely Deevs, "camp" being the operative word!

# 32 You poor sad people - can I offer you some prayer ministry?

Hi All



Rip it up and start again by Orange Juice and Use it up and Wear it out by Odyssey



Thanks

Oooh Rev, that's fighting talk!



Bazza versus Prog.



My money's on The Manilow!



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To appease my nerding instincts I've been rummaging.

Was not entirely sure of exact meanings, definitions, etc. although I'm sure most of you all are ..





Epiphanic Randomness

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥



Epiphany -

1. A Christian feast usually observed on Jan 6th celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.

2. A revelatory manifestation of a divine being.

3. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

4. A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realisation





Epiphany Quotes -

"An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany." - Nick Cave



"The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience." - Pamela Stephenson



"Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band." - Bob Geldof

I'm in the Manilow camp, as it were



;^)

My Mum used to swoon at the very mention of Manilow's name....

#39 - So Revster, do you need some counselling?!

No, I've been delivered already!!

Good Morning Each! What's all of this Manilow nonsense. I don't think we will have enough HOIB's to go around. We will have to resort to blog cheddar awards. Katy? Although, you seem to favour the dark side, too. Me and the Rev will stick with a bit of Tull, I think. Suggestions to follow...

OK. The Revs epiphany party with the Bish was yesterday, was it not? So...



'A New Day Yesterday' by Jethro Tull. (From the same album as Revsters fine suggestion, Stand Up)



And all of those christmas decorations have come...



'Down, Down' by Status Quo

# 42 Thanks Paul, mate, buddy, fellow conspirator.

Do you think there is any hope for us Tull fans?? Incidentally over Christmas found their Christmas album on Spotify and there are some glorious tunes on it and reworkings of carols....

When's Rick Wakeman next on Countdown .....



Wizzardy hats and capes all round!



Deevs

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My goodness, checked back in to find Manilow/Tull debate, not sure I could contribute anything.... without dropping myself in it!

'Life Is Anew' by Santana



'One Cool Remove' by Shawn Colvin



'Take Me Out' by Franz Ferdinand. (Says the xmas tree? Tenuous!)



'Brave New World' by Iron Maiden





No Manilow in sight!

#47. I think that Harry Hill might have a solution to this debate.

#48 No Tull either, thankfully, Paul! (couldn't resist!)

Half a century?

Ooh and I've got the 50 without even trying!

Tortie, you stole my attempt to grab a celebratory wave with a musical rebuke. I have to go now, and sort out builder related issues, before getting back to work. It's a good job I'm so busy, otherwise I may have had to resort to sulking! ;0)

Please don't sulk Paul, it's not an attractive look!

Howver, no hard feeling really. For the Tortie 50....





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Afternoon all



As my Facebook friends will now I've been having a clear-out of sorts with a hired carpet cleaner .. oh my word .. what a shock to see what comes out the other end ..



So my suggestion for today is One Day Like This by Elbow .. throw those curtains wide ..

just like staring over-john lennon



rip it up -orange juice(edwin collins)

#55 Thank you Paul - very magnanimous, and a very fine wave!

# 58 That's what i like about this blog - so good natured....the fact that Manilow and Tull fans can actually get on and be nice to each other...is there some wisdom there?

#38 forgot to mention -

I'm in the Tull camp. Also. As well as. Along with.



Just listening to 'The Very Best Of ..."

Late again! Working too hard would you believe!



How about U2 "The Unforgettable Fire" as folks try and burn their old trees to try and recycle them and save money on heating etc.



Happy Epiphany and Happy Birthday to Joyce my mother-in-law.



GB

Good afternoon,



Late again. Busy planning a 5th birthday party. Lashings of jelly and ice cream!



Going to jump straight in on the Manilow debate. Didn't appreciate him in his heyday but, looking back, he has done some terrific tunes. Couldn't name a single Tull record though.



Revster, you mentioned Badger ales the other day. Mr39 (38 actually) appreciates them too. Have you tried Golden Glory?



As to songs, how about THE PERFECT YEAR by Dina Carroll? Yes, I know new year has been and gone but the lyrics include "ring in the new".

Rev. Congratulations on your recent success. Katy, congratulations on your impending success. (Still 100? Cripes!)

I'd love to hear -



THE MOVING ON SONG - [Ewan Maccoll & Peggy Seeger] - the CHRISTY MOORE version is my favourite, although there are many covers out there.



JANUARY MAN - CHRISTY MOORE

#63 Paul O'Sheff



Took me a while - have now worked out what you mean. LOL.

I fear Spike may scupper my 100% record - any day now. Keep your eye on the statsbox.

How about the brilliant ALMOST HOME by MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER:



I saw my life this morning

Lying at the bottom of a drawer

All this stuff I'm saving

God knows what this junk is for



Indeed!



Or CLEAN UP TIME by JOHN LENNON



Thanks -- Sian in Cardiff

Then there is the rather excellent(if somewhat longish)...



'Cleaning Out The Rooms' by British Sea Power

Afternoon all!



Still fighting the lurgy - it's been around so long that I am thinking of giving it a name and laying a place at the table.



No suggestions from me but then I believe I am too late anyway.



Could I put a foot in the Tull camp and a toe in the Manilow one? I like Bazza when in the mood for cheese but cannot really take seriously anyone who wrote "Bermuda Triangle, look at it from my angle".



Retreats to await the brick bats.....x

Oops - I broke it......

Hello Simon, Hello Everyone,



The show was just great yesterday Simon, thank you - a very fitting tribute.



Tricky one today. How about Changes - David Bowie?



Have a good day all,



Softy

xx

# 62 Yes, indeed Julia, along with Poacher, Tangled Foot, Champion and......Bloated Fly....but Fursty Ferret is my Favourite

#71 For a minute there I thought you were talking about Tull tracks...



;o)

Good greetings one and all! Hope all goes well. Sorry for my continued absence. I have been on the jobhunt, and imposed a ban on using computer for blogging until the situation is resolved, as it is far too easy to get distracted. Alas, no firmly positive news on that subject, but I thought I'd poop by and say hi to all - remember me?!



3 word Thursday: CHRISTMAS FLOAT DISMANTLED



Hope all are well. Some great choices on the chosen oldies topic, so fear I can't contribute much to this.



Deasant Play (and Year)



MP

# 73 Welcome back into the fold Malcolm - may your job hunting be rewarded!

#46 Didn't the Noble Lord Wakeman tell Countdown producers to (insert expletive of choice here) in the wake of their treatment of Carol Vorderman?

#74 Cheers Revster. Hope all's well your end.

Merci bucket Malcolm...fine here...except for the weather....better press on with sermon...now, where was I?

#77 Jethro Tull? Fursty Ferret? Is that where you were Rev?

Absolutely Mo

Right, my working day is almost done. Time to log off, go home and have a chilled evening to try to shake off this darned jet lag. Listening to Simon and then catching up on Top Gear from Boxing Day should do the trick.



Good luck with the menshes x

Can i 'steal' everyone elces sugessions ? there all so damn good !



3 word thursday... TOOTH EXTRACTION OUCH !!



Boxing day evening i was afflicted by toothache, 3 days later when the dentist re-opened it turned out i had an abcess. Antibiotics were prescribed and today i returned to have the offending tooth removed. No fun WHATSOEVER.



With love from she who can't talk, Gill xx

Mo ! it was while watching Top Gear my agony set in ! (beware)

Gill

# 82 Had half a tooth taken out Gill, when we were living in France. I'm sure the dentist was called Dr Finklestein. He was having trouble and he couldn't freeze the tooth properly. A waiting room full of patients waiting to see the doctor must have heard me screaming the place down. Halfway through, next patient rings Dentist's bell....but it is still another half an hour before I emerge with a mouth full of gauze to soak up the blood, muttering "Bon courage" (Good luck) to his next victim!! You have my sympathy

Hello again,



Another one for Revster - Exmoor Beast. It's Mr Softy's favourite.



Softy

xx

Oww Gill, I can sympathise, too. Just before Christmas I had root canal work on one of my molars. Infact, I was surprised at how pain free the whole thing was, I had to go to the dentist 3 times (as their were four pesky roots), on one occasion having 3 pain relief injections. It was only after the anaesthetic wore off that it hurt! And the dribbling wasn't a good look either! ;-)

#81 ouch Gill. Abcesses, apesectomies, root canal treatment - had 'em all. And thanks for reminding me, next check up on Sat x

Good start for blog. Shame NYM left me off the list ;-) x

Well done Billie!

Where is everybody this evening?

I'm here, Deebee. Did you just get a very informal mensh? Had to go and heat up in the bath. My heating is on and the house is probably cosy but I can't get warm tonight x

Whoop whoop!! A mensh for me for Paul Weller. And well done to fairlyoddmother too!



I also heard Billie, Deevs and Mcw earlier - and I think a 3 worder from PSL.



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Heard Billie at the start and thought I heard Mcw under her pseudonym. Radio crackled at the wrong time so just heard her first name. Sorry I missed t'others. Well done all!

Good Evening Everybody.



Managed to hear all the show and managed to read back.



Poor Mo - you missed out on a #6 post for Rip It Up and Daniel got a mensh for a #35. Don't understand how it works. Well done Daniel!



Deevs - Simon called you Dizzy! Well done!



Chickster - GO NOW - are you Jackie Stubbs? Well done!



Well done Deebee!

Apologies Daniel, I heard your name too. Well done x

No 3 worders tonight, Rev?

Billie. Mcw will no doubt let you know her true identity should she so wish, and I am sure that she wont mind you having a guess at her identity. You should know however, that it is poor blog etiquette to 'out' someone using a 'blogname', by revealing their real name. Some people use a blogname to maintain anonymity, and revealing someones real name has already caused quite some difficulty for another regular on this site. I know I sound a bit huffy, I don't mean to. Just a word to the wise, is all. Oh, and hearty congrats to you, and thge other menshees on your success today.

Oooh, am I in a 1 woman race to the 100?

Closing on the ton. Any takers?

Mo. No!

Two menshes tonight - so VERY happy. And first of the New Year.



Someone said the other day - was it Chickster? - what a lovely feeling it is to feel you're in tune with the show.



Tired tonight but we've had 3 busy days and it's hard to get back in the old routine after all the eating, drinking and merry making. The old routine is fine though - warm & comfy.



We've eaten out at lunch so just cheese & bix tonight. Mastermind (penultimate) later on iThingy.



Playing next - Beatles prob.



Will pop back later to say NN.