Good Morning Each! A chance for a bit of...



'The Referee's Alphabet' by Half Man Half Biscuit, from the album 'Cammel Laird Social Club'



or...



'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' by The Animals



'Rules And Regulations' by Rufus Wainwright



'Confusion' by ELO



'Break The Rules' by Status Quo



'Defenders On The Flag' by Bruce Hornsby And The Range

Morning Simon, team, NYM and bloggerchums,



Hmmm, bit of a tricky one to start the week...



THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE – THE PRETENDERS or THE PERSUADERS



HOLD THE LINE – TOTO



BEHIND THE LINES – PHIL COLLINS



KNEW YOU WERE WAITING – ARETHA FRANKLIN AND GEORGE MICHAEL



BREAK THE RULES – STATUS QUO



COMPLICATED – AVRIL LAVIGNE



That’s all from me



Good day and farewell



JBG

'RESPECT' ARETHA FRANKLIN

'HAVE YOU SEEN HER' THE CHI-LITES

Ooops sorry I'm shouting got the caps lock on!!



'a change is gonna come' Sam Cooke

'back stabbers' The O-jays

'ball of confusion' The Temptations

Good morning Simon, Team, Nice Young Man and Fellow Blogpoppets!



Apologoes for the absinthe over the weekend - like Simon, it was mainly spent in plate-spinning. Hope everyone had a good one!



The Offside Rule - may need to abstain on this one. I will put my hand up and admit that, despite it having been explained to me on numerous occasions and demonstrated with the use of kittens, fag packets or whatever else is to hand, I still don't get it. I will hang my head in shame.



Laters



Alex-Girl

'both sides now' Joni Mitchell

but do we care A-G!! nah ;-)

"One step beyond" - Madness

Morning all. Having a "blue Monday" today so going off to hide until it passes. I'm quite sure this blog will have me back to my usual cheery self by the end of the day x

JBG, I did have a smile on my fabce when Chris played your choon this morning :-)

I'm stumped!

Because it would make a great show opener as well:



WATCH THAT MAN! - David Bowie.

hope you buck up soon Mo :-)

#14. Wrong sport, Billie.

#14 - That's a Cricket term, isn't it?

Mo, hope you feel more chipper as the day goes on! Monday's at this time of year are no fun!



Oooh, did John get a tune played by CLP? Good one. If he get's one played on Drivetime this evening, he has topped and tailed the day!

I didn't catch what "that man in the layby" said on Friday's show - can anyone help (politely of course)?

'stop look and listen' Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross

#14 Isn't that a different sport altogether Billie? ;-)

#19 CLP played Johnny Be Good as the filum choon at 6.45. No mensh for our JBG but I did think of him

Good Morning,



STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU by Steelers Wheel



WALK THE LINE by Johnny Cash



Have a good day.x

#12 Mo, I am sending you a hugxxx

Borderline - Madonna



x



See, the blog is having a positive effect already x

#13 Mo - you mean Chuck B? Didn't hear that - when was it?



Won't say "hope you feel better" cos that never works. Suggest you listen to your favourite music instead = loud and proud!

#25 Thanks Julia x

'run baby run' The Newbeats

'Gone Too Soon' by Micheal Jackson



'Much To Soon' by Micheal Jackson

'keep on running' The Spencer Davis Group

Morning all especially all those who find the offside rule confusing, which I think is 99% of the population. Seen the incident on TV over the weekend and have to say the I think the decision was spot on. Already tweeted my selection "No Line On The Horizon" by U2, back of the net!



GB

Morning all,



Tricky one this, and the best ones have already gone.



I will certainly second I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash.



or how about A FINE LINE - Hootie and the Blowfish

ALL DOWN THE LINE - The Rolling Stones

'Caught In A Trap' by ELO

'misunderstood' Robbie Williams

WHITE LINE - Emmylou Harris or Neil Young

WOMAN WALK THE LINE - Trisha Yearwood

Morning All,



For all those players who are not sure if they are offside



'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' The Clash



Hope everybody has a good day

'shame' Evelyne Champagne King...for the two guys who made the on air gaff!

I know I said I wouldn't make any more auggestions today, but I'm sensing some of the blogettes may not, er, well, how can I say this politely, be up to the mark for today's theme. Am sure Gazza will get his teeth into this one later!



So, hows about



CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - BOYS TOWN GANG

(also available by other fine artists incl Frank Valli, Andy Williams, Gloria Gaynor, Barry Manilow, The Temptation and - yikes! - John Barrowman, but on a grey January Monday everybody needs a bit of camp disco in their lives. Polish up the glitter ball!)



Mo, hoping this will bring a smile to your Monday. Listen, watch, and wonder just how bad the early 80s were:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqUCutugP0E

A hearty Hello to All the Driveteam and Simon .. anyone else who's watching ..



.. and my wonderful Blogchumsters



What an excellent theme!





RULES OF THE GAME - BUCKS FIZZ



THE KICK INSIDE - KATE BUSH







:^)

'do right woman, do right man' Aretha Franklin...



"They say that it's a man's world,



Well you can improve that by me"

Can't believe this isn't on yet...



WICHITA LINEMAN - Glenn Campbell



I am a linesman for the county you know?

How's about:





WITCHITA LINESMAN - GLEN CAMPBELL



♫*♫*♫/ ..I am a lineman for the county ..."

NATURE OF THE GAME - Christopher Cross

#8 Alex-girl



There's a rather good allegory of the off-side rule in terms of two girls in a shoe shop, but to repeat it would probably put me on the same footing as Messrs Keys and Gray :-).

'Come Back and Stay' Paul Young

'Come Back and Finish What You Started' Gladys Knight and the Pips

Time for a hat? I think so.





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#47 I don't "do" shoes either so it probably wouldn't help!!!!



I will be content to know what I do know, admit what I know I don't know and not worry about things I don't know!

Nice hat Katy!

Morning all, and what a splednid weekend it was too, football-wise (sorry Paul!) - I took my daughter to her firtst football match, the vital South Coast derby (whoops, there's that word again Paul!) pitting Bournemouth against Brighton. Bournemouth won 1-0 in a very tight match. Well done, the Cherries! 1-0 seems to be my favourite scoreline this weekend, not sure why...



Anyway, back to thematter in hand, I'mm happy to concur with Paul and JBG in their choices;



CONFUSION - ELO



HOLD THE LINE - TOTO



Cheers,



Kev

Reggae? On Drivetime? Shurely not!







LONG SHOT KICKY BUCKET - THE PIONEERS





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeG5Vp5j00



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Good morning Everyone and, of course, Simon, The Team and The Nice Young Man :)



Just pooping in with my suggestion - thinking outside the box, and probably more along the lines of the sexist dinosaur only because I can't bear to think of the offside rule - the youngerGB plays footie in an under-11s team and I still can't see offside unless it's blatantly obvious.



It's Different for Girls - Joe Jackson - cracking choon.



Billie - I'm feeling a bit down today too and I think it's the tail end of the cold I had last week - feeling v sorry for myself which is most unlike me. anyhoo, that's no help to you but I hope you're feeling better soon. I went for a run at 6.00 am to try and jolly myself up a bit - felt awful when I got back but have perked up considerably since.



Mo - I heard the JbG choon this morning and thought of our very own JbG too.



Aw I love this blog.



T~D x

#41 I remember it well JBG!



Your choon was played at 6.45ish



x

Football Crazy by Robin Hall & Jimmie McGregor?

Do The Football by Isis (ah, but that's about American football)?

Living In A Box by Living In A Box?

Vinnie Jones singing Wooly Bully?

#51 - A~G - Shoe shopping? Fills me with as much dread as trying to spot offside standing on the sidelines of the aforementioned under 11s footie match on a Sunday lunchtime. I totally concur with your philosophy too :) x



PoS - the elderGB mentioned the Derby scoreline last night - I winced on your behalf.



Kev - do you think explaining the offside rule to your GD whilst her brain is still absorbing information freely will help in her understanding of the offside rule?



T~D xx

Quick thought;



Has anyone chosen WAVIN' FLAG by K'NAAN?



Thought not! It reminds me too much of our performance in the World Cup!



Cheers,



Kev

'the match game' Ottis Redding

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



As usual I have already tweeted my suggestions, so hope to share any that are also mentioned above.



RIGHT DOWN THE LINE by Gerry Rafferty



WITCHITA LINEMAN by Glen Campbell



BORDERLINE by Madonna



#12 Mo, sorry you're feeling a bit blue. I had a touch of that last week - don't worry, it passes.



Deebee X

#61 would be an honour to share, Deebee. How's your bump?



x

Lovely blogpoppets. I have a not-to-be-missed, once in a lifetime offer (well, maybe that's a slight exaggeration). Sadly the lovely Mcw is poorly, and won't be able to come to the recording of 'Act Your Age' tomorrow. So I have a spare ticket. Let me know if you're interested.



And Chickster, if you're lurking - get well soon.



XXX

#62 The bump's much better thanks. No lasting damage, as far as I'm aware...

#56 Thanks Mo. Will tune in to the iThingy a bit later



#55 T-duB (Ooh, you sound like a NYC rapper). Am also feeling a bit blah. Just this endless grey sky and January nothingness. Mrs BG and I started talking about holidays yesterday. Decided to plan ahead for October which is very different from the usual 3 weeks ahead "quick get online and see what's available". Just to give us something to look forward.



Happy to report that the house of lurg has been disinfected from top to toe, and school exams all over, so no more nagging about revision.

'It's All In The Game' Four Tops

d'oh!!! Sorry Billie - I thought it was you who was having a blue Monday and now I see it's Mo. I hope you're both well and Mo, chin up Honey - it'll soon be the weekend, oh yeah, and the lighter nights :) x



JbG - ha ha - NYC rapper - that's tickled me and made me giggle :) glad your place is lurg free - hope the exam went well on Saturday.



~ x

I've got tonsilitis.



boooooo.



:-(



Deevs

x

#68 - oh no - get well soon Deevs xxx {{{restorative hugs}}}



~ x

#68 Get well soon Deevs - lots of honey and lemon to be prescribed, methinks!

Oh Deevs, poor old you! Rest up, keep warm and no singing in the shower for a few days.



Chickster, if you are lurking, sorry to hear you are poorly. Will miss you tomorrow night.



Toots, shoe shopping is one of the most dreaded things in the world - and shoe shops with sales are my idea of hell. My mother, the proud owner of over 100 pairs of shoes (not including boots or sandals), thinks I am a changeling.



Glad bump is better, Deebee. I am really sorry, but I did laugh - just a little bit though.



Ax

Sorry to hear we have poorly people in our midst. Get well soon x

Thanks peeps. Is it time to resurrect the Sofa Of Poorly Blogpoppets!?!?



And for the record, I think Andy Gray and Richard Keys ought to be sacked.



Deevs

x

#73 - I like the sound of that Deevs.



And on the Sofa of Poorly Blogpoppets, today, we have...



The One and Only Deevs and Madchick Moments (hope you get well soon MCW) - anyone else feel the need of a day on the Sofa - bring your own duvet and pillow - tissues, hot drinks, throat lozenges and hugs will be administered by the Keeper of the Sofa. Deebee - do you feel the need of a day on the Sofa to recover from bashing your noggin?



T~D x

#71 - A~G - Blimmin' 'eck! That is an impressive stock of shoes. I think your Mum more than makes up for our lack of interest in the shoe department.



~ x

#74 - I am now officially no longer in need of the SoPB - yesterday was the first day I didn't cough since New Year's Eve!

Ay CARAMBA! Just seen the photo of David Essex on the BBC homepage - he looks justlike Peter Gabriel!

#77



That'll make Eastenders more watchable. Just.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173



Let's hope this blog avoids the axe...

CALLING ALL POORLY BLOGPOPPETS

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There there there.

I am wafting virtual TLC in your general direction.



We, too, have a penicillin-dependent house - more for chesticles than tonsicles, mind. Not me. I'm OK.

:^)

#77 and 79 - Oh no! and oh no! Fingets crossed the blog survives - Hopefully the increased number of posts will help secure our future - just hope they don't look too closely at the content of some - they may think we're insane and close us down anyway ;)



#80 - Do any of your poorly peeps wish to camp out on the Sofa, perchance?



~ x

#79 They can't close us down! We are incredible value for money ;-)



x

Just remembering how much I enjoyed TG last night. Sunday nights have returned! x

#79



Kevin - I'm far more likely to access BBC online than on TV.



As for the blogs, Mike Harding's blog closed down in December. Might that have been because nobody commented?

#85



Mo - what is TG?

Top Gear x

#84 I think you're right KM - 23 posts for a year's worth of blogs isn't really economically viable, is it? I think it may be because Mike Harding seems to be very "old school" in terms of technology and doesn't encourage blogging on his show that much.

Well if SM's blog is given the chop, we can always hang out on Deevski's blog or even consider taking it in turns to host our own?



~

#86



Thanks Mo.



Out of interest, why the acronym? Are we not allowed to type the name in full in here?

#82 #88





See what you've started Kev!



Toots, Mo - there is NO WAY this blog or CHris Evans's will be closed down. LOL>

If it did close, Simon could simply use one of the public, comment-enabled blog sites to do it and resume from there. Although I'm not sure what volume implications there are for several humdred replies per day.

#90 - Yeah Kev, begone you scaremongerer you! ;)



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MMM yum - chicken and avocado salad today :)



~ x

Now then, calm down, calm down!



It's not me scaremongering - the venerable Beeb started it!

#94 - You're right Kev, it's just me being a bit previous :)



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Just catching up.



They'd better jolly well not cut this blog. They wouldn't dare!



#85 #86 #89 KatyMaty - we TG fans don't feel the need to say it in full. It's like you would never say 'Simon Mayo' on here when referring to our esteemed leader - it's always 'Simon' or 'Mr M'. It was indeed a very good show last night.



#74 Much as I would love to spend the day lounging on the Sofa, TD - my head is much betterer thanks.



X

#96 - Deebee - glad to hear it but there's room for a little one if you feel the need.



~ x

#96 Deebeedeebeedeeebs





Top Gear fans - yeah - automatically assume everyone knows what they're on about. LOL.



I wouldn't say SM name in full because it's HIS blog.



Equally in a Top Gear blog/forum I wouldn't say the programme name in full.



I hope you realise I'm only joshing. I really enjoy TG.



;^)

Who's waiting to pounce???



~ x

Katy?