Good Morning again -



Too Obvious?



TAKE ME TO THE MARDI GRAS - Paul Simon

Morning everyone...



I suppose the first shot across the bows has to be



COME AND TAKE ME TO THE MARDI GRAS - Paul Simon



And although it pains me to say it...



GIVE IT UP - KC & The Sunshine band



(it did pain me to say it, and I promise never to say it again!)

Good morning everyone.



Aprt from the obvious Paul Simon I can't think of many so, sticking with just the 'Tuesday' bit, what about:



RUBY TUESDAY by MELANIE (I prefer it to the Stones' version) but ROLIONG STONES if you must.



Have a great everyone

Hi Billie - you know when you bought all those records all that time ago? Did you realise that the guy stood behind you buying exactly the same records, was me!!?? We meet again in the Great Minds clinic!!

#3 Please feel free to ignore my laissez-faire attitude to punctuation and spelling!

#3 - Morning Harry! On the "Tuesday" theme, anyone remember the lovely, whimsical, never-played-on-the-radio, pre Space Oddity Bowie song....



LOVE ME TIL TUESDAY - David Bowie



??

#6 - I correct myself....



LOVE YOU TIL TUESDAY - David Bowie (I thought it didn't look right)

#6 Morning B&B, I don't think I've heard that one ...... nipping off to the y-tube to find it.

I suppose the hardest thing to give up for Lent is "the other person", so I'm going to go with



WITHOUT YOU - Nilsson (but hope someone might play the Badfinger original)

#8 - Hi Harry - it's a cracker of whimiscal post-Anthony Newley sixties charm..."but I might make it till Wednesday!"

#7 There is indeed a video of Bowie singing LOVE YOU TIL TUESDAY; he looks about 12 - not sure it will become one of my favourites!

On the theme of Lent and "doing without" still, how about



GIVING IT ALL AWAY - Leo Sayer (or was it Roger Daltrey? Or both?)

Morning Simon, team, NNYM and shroving bloggers (whatever that means..)



Can I suggest:



USE IT UP (WEAR IT OUT) - ODYSSEY

Morning all!



Simon, thank you for the 'get well soon' message. Cheered me up no end! Glad the recording went well - looking forward to hearing all about it from Deebee and Mo.



What I like on my pancakes is plenty of:



SUGAR SUGAR - The Archies



Laters



Alex-Girl

Doesn't 'Shrove' have something to do with confessing your sins before Lent? Must be some great 'confessing' songs out there!

Good Morning All



Simon, it was great to meet you last night. Thanks for an entertaining evening.



Thinking of pancakes and what you put on them, how about:



SUGAR SUGAR by the Archies



HONEY HONEY by Abba



Off to work - and I'm late!



Deebee X

#8 - Harry - if you are looking up ancient archaeological Bowie songs, if you don't know "London Boys", "When I Live My Dream" and particularly "Let Me Sleep Beside You" - fantastic, with some old sixties videos shot at the time too for historical effect. Particularly that last one though - brilliant. All done roughly around the time of Laughing Gnome!

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER - THE SEEKERS



and since we're talking Mardi Gras, there must be time for some Bazza



COPACABANA - BARRY MANILOW

#17 B&B - I'll check them out at some time today.



Right now, though, must do some work. Catch you all later

#14 and #16 - Glad you had a great time last night, and sorry to hear about Alex's troubles. Is it called "shouldering the burden"?

Good Morning Each! What IS that over there? Oh, it appears to be Deebs and Mo, gone into meltdown.;0)



Songs...



'If I Had Dominion Over Pancake Day' by Half Man Half Biscuit. (I know, I know, not radio friendly, but hey, HMHB!)

I'm finding this tough!



Good suggestions John.

TOSSING & TURNING - Ivy League

How about, for lent and for Lemons



GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YA NOW - The Lemonheads (double whammy there!)

THIS IS THE LAST TIME

(that you can eat all those rich things like eggs and flour and milk before Lent kicks in) - KEANE





THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME

(that you can eat all those rich things like eggs and flour and milk before Lent kicks in) = ROLLING STONES

A rather nice bed might be...



'Fat Tuesday' by The late, and very missed Humphrey Littleton. Good old Hump.

#18 - John... why are The Seekers not more recognised? I know they were kind of cheesy and had a bit of the Methodist Sunday School group air about them, but the records - and harmonies thereon - were fantastic! Even Morningtown Ride!

Morning all!



Quick poop in and out from me...



POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME - DEF LEPPARD



Cheers,



Kev

THE FRYING PAN SONG - The Fureys

and here's me all ready with a list of songs celebrating International Women's Day! Oh well, they'll have to be used in MY radio show tonight!

#22 Thanks Billie. Maybe all those GT&T's will also be tucking into pancakes tonight?!



#27 B&B - Agree. I always think they're like the English Mamas and Papas, who are still played a lot. Same with Peter Paul and Mary. They need a comeback.



That's it I'm off now for most of the day. Enjoy the warm glow from the special mensh above Deebee and Mo and Alex, and, for the rest of us, enjoy the sunshine.



(PS I have a confesion from years ago about my mother's pancake batter which caused a disaster, but didn't get my act together in time to submit it.)



PPS Does anybody still do "Pancake Races"?

And It' Batter Now' by Status Quo

Ahem...



OUT OF THE FRYING PAN - Meatloaf

Morning All,



Nothing springs to mind at the mo'.



Errrm, Simon...shouldn't that be LIAM and Gem Archer from Beady Eye? Only saying!



Shall go for a rootle in the Inspirtation Cupboard and maybes pop back later.





A.

#30 - So was I Kev.



#31 - GT&T's indeed!

Inspirtation!?!?!?! You know what I mean, lol!



A.

The Drifters - Sweets for my Sweet



The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday





Three-word Tuesday: Speedometer Not Working

Anything by The Bee Gees. (According to Clive Anderson, they'll always be....)

And #33, definitely seconded.

#36 Alice, inspirtation can be handy when your inspiratino is missing.

On the subject of pancakes...



I WANT YOU - Bob Dylan



On the subject of pancakes stuck in the pan...



WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING GOING ON - Jerry Lee Lewis

'Evertthings Tuesday' Chairman of the Board

re pancake day in our house....



BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN - The Smiths

and also ...



I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH - The Smiths



PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT - The Smiths

Okay, I have rootled and have got:-



Dancing in the street - David Bowie and Mick Jagger



Laters



A.

Morning all



Apologoes again for my absinthe - I have a note from by boss (again!)



No chance of making any choon choices today, I'm sure these themes are getting more difficult!



Still, at least the sun is shining here!



Lots of blog menshes last night, and a nice one today from the main man for Debbie & Mo!



Back later



Tortie x

#40 John, my inspiratino is ALWAYS missing, hehehe! A along with a few other things that keep being mislaid as the years go by!





A.

How's about a bit of



Johnny's Mambo from Dirty Dancing



for a bit of atmospheric muzak.





A.

RUBY TUESDAY ~ Melanie



TOSSING AND TURNING ~ The Ivy League



SUGAR AND SPICE ~ The Searchers



Thanks

LuciesMum x

I wonder if the ball will be goaled in Ashbourne, this year. Having once played in the Royal Shrovetide Football match,an occasion which befits getting wet outside and in, I'm hoping that the Sturston Mill end gets a knock or three. COME ON YOU UP'ARDS!!!

re. the uncertainty of the pancake toss...



SOMETHING IN THE AIR - Thunderclap Newman



re. the uncertainty of me or mrs B&B getting home early enough to make some pancakes for the bairns:



YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT - The Rolling Stones



I have to get some work done - will try and pop back for some appalling pancake puns around lunchtime, but will leave you with...



YOU BATTER YOU BET - The Who



FLOUR IN THE RAIN - The Move

Morning all twas me that got a three worder mention yesterday as I was "Stuck in Office" whilst the sun shone over Pudsey as it is doing again. By the weekend the weather will have deteriorated of course. PoS I think we all know HMHB have only a slim chance of being played but worth a try.



I'll offer U2 "Lemon" for a pancake tune and "Party Girl" for the Mardi Gras thing. Enjoy!



GB

And, in honour of that fine institution that takes place in Ashbourne, why not...



'Football Fight' by Queen.

Just had another moment of inspirtation:



CITY OF NEW ORLEANS - WILLIE NELSON



NEW ORLEANS - WILSON PICKETT



OK, really must go now.

'dancing in the street' Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

'Ruby Tuesday' Melanie

#51 B&B Too early! In the words of the great Prof Brian Cox /D-Ream, "Things can only get batter"

Morning all and well-done to the clever poppets who got name checks and photos ..



Thanking of giving things up, how about



IT'S OVER by Roy Orbison



NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP by Rick Astley



x

GIVE IT UP by KC and The Sunshine Band

Or DON'T GIVE UP by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets! And Ashley, if you're lurking.



Made it back home, well, to the office actually. Shattered but still high after a fab weekend. As you can see from Simon's post, Deebee did a wonderful job of arranging for us to say hello to the main man. And what a lovely main man he is too. And I hope the show sounds as good as it was live. Don't think they'll have too much difficulty finding bits to cut out and make suitable for 6.30pm listening.



I'm not going to go mensh chasing today but will bask in my happy memories. Which is another way of saying I'm too tired to think even though Simon did give us sneaky advance warning of what today's theme might be ;-)



Haven't read anything above. Will catch up later but feel free to drop any highlights in below.



:-) X

UPSIDE DOWN by Diana Ross

or UPSIDE DOWN by Paloma Faith

Morning all,



I haven't really got the time today to be thinking of choons, so I'll leave it to you lovely people :)



My last morning of normal work (with training this afternoon) before a week's holiday in the Carribbean :)

STIR IT UP by Bob Marley

Flippin' heck .. time to go to work .. laters pataters x

Waaaaaaaaaaah! Simon @52 you beat me to it, so I shall just second your



LEMON - U2



a vastly underplayed U2 track, IMO!



Morning all



Deevs

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Hello Deevs - there's a very obvious track which you might be rather fond of, about a Brazilian city where the carnival takes place.... I resisted it, it's all yours!

In readiness of the puntasticness that is gonna happen:-



Batter down the hatch - Snow Patrol





A.

Hehehehe ....... Muchos Gracias John @68











RIO - DURAN DURAN









Gwon Simon .... make my day!



Deevs, smiling everso ....

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Morning all



How about:



"Walking To New Orleans" - Fats Domino



Does anyone remember a documentary programme Jools Holland did of that name? Seem to remember him walking into a tunnel and coming out at the other end in New Orleans? And that it was a rather splendid programme. Can't remember what channel it was on, but no doubt those featured artists that are still alive will show up in Treme on Sky Atlantic at some point :-)

#68 Sao Paulo???



#71 - Morning Ken - yes, i remember that... very good indeed. It was the moment that I realised Jools could play, when he duetted with Fats.

#68 & #70 - In the early 80s,a friend of mine in Exeter was a contestant on a quiz with the local independent TV station Westward. He was doing really well until one of the questions was, “Former Monkee, Mike Nesmith, had a hit with which song named after a South American city?”.



He answered, “Rio”.



“Sorry, that’s wrong I’m afraid, the answer is R Ten “, said the quizmaster.



Of course he was gutted and after many complaints to the station he was given a second chance. He went out in the first round.

#73 - fantastic Harry!

#74 - He was a bus driver and for years after people would stop and ask him if his bus went to "R Ten". :-)

Her name is Sao Paolo and she's dancing on the sand ....



Naaaaaaaaaaaaah!



x

Coffee break time - and it's got to be strong this morning!



So this is how it happened. After the last time I went to 'Act Your Age' I started following the producer on Twitter, a lovely guy called Ashley Blaker. Last week I tweeted him (actually it took 3 tweets - blast the pesky 140 character limit!) to say we were coming and pointing out that Mo was travelling all the way from Aberdeen, and was there any chance of a few words with the main man. He replied leave it with him. I sent a similar, shorter tweet to Simon over the weekend. Then yesterday I tweeted Ashley to say there would now only be two of us, but not to worry if he couldn't arrange anything, and he replied that we should go to the front of the stage at the end of the recording. Which we did!



I left most of the talking to Mo - I unaccountably came over all shy... Thought of lots of things to say after the event, of course! I had kind of decided in advance that it was to be her time, anyway, as she hadn't met Simon before. Except, when Ashley was taking a picture of Mo with Simon on her phone, I nearly forgot to get out of the shot!



The show was very good, too. There was quite a funny joke at Simon's expense, which will be cut. And unfortunately I can't repeat it on here, as it would get modded. Quite happy to share with people privately though...



;o)



Deebee X

#77 Deebee, have been feeling a tad guilty since I left you last night that I perhaps "hogged" the conversation. Sorry, but I was so excited and I do tend to take over a bit.



Pleased to report that his back is on the mend though. I did remember to be polite and ask.



X

#30 Kev - Lucy Mangan penned a great article, in the Guardian Magazine on Saturday, on why we still need an International Women's Day. If anyone missed it:



https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/05/mangan-feminist-international-womens-day?INTCMP=SRCH

On the lent theme....



Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley...



M x.

#76 Works for me Deevs.... Along with "girls on card, three minutes earlier" etc etc

Morning all



Not sure if this has been said??



House of the rising sun by The Animals

How about "Tuesday's Dead" by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens?

Almost midday and I'm wondering how the punsters will fair with this theme? Seems like a difficult one to me (but then it usually does!).

Flip, Flop, Fly by the Blues Brothers

#84 Harry - that's an offer I can't refuse, so, seeing as it's after noon, I'll kick things off with...





I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TOSSING = New Seekers

Having trouble thinking today, must be the shock of seeing a photo of our illustrious leader with Debbee n Mo :-)



Anywho, how about CARIBBEAN QUEEN by BILLY OCEAN

Well I've been scratching my head and the only one I can come up with (and it ain't very good) is:



MARDI MARDI by TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLES or BILLY IDOL

#84 - not so much the theme Harry, as the time available today!! But as well as #51 I'll offer



WHISK YOU WERE HERE - Pink Floyd

GETTING BATTER - The Beatles

After yesterdays wonderful U2 closing song, can we have LEMON as already suggested by a couple of people. It is also a BEAUTIFUL DAY here in the north east so we could have that as its just true today at least!



Enjoy your pancakes

Annie

LITTLE CREPE SUZETTE - PRINCE

THE LEMON'S ON - Human League

#92 John - I'm ready for retirement now. That is truly inspired!

#89 Also not much time today. Liked your 51 - and was rather proud of my 57.



Only other one I can think of is (if you like that sort of thing)...



NUTELLA YOU WANT - STATUS QUO

(Should have stopped while the going was good...)

#95 - in modest retort to which I offer



GET UP, SY-RUP - Bob Marley and the Wailers

There must be a hundred knocking about here somewhere?

Surely?

Anything by Flip n Fill

BATTER the devil you know by Kylie

Waiting for a train by FLASH IN THE PAN