Morning all, Morning Simon



I remember Roachford from the 80s - it will be interesting to hear him with M&tM.



First offering from me today:



SENSES WORKING OVERTIME - XTC



Off to find something better!



Tortie x

Good morning,



Not first again?



How's about:



SOUND OF SILENCE by Simon and Garfunkel

WIRED FOR SOUND by Cliff Richard



Have a good WEDNESDAY.x

Good Morning again



Good Morning Simon - thank you for the mensh.



Suggest -



I HEAR YOU KNOCKING - Dave Edmunds



LISTEN, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? - Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas



LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID - Paul McCartney



STOP, LOOK, LISTEN TO YOUR HEART - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

Back again



DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET - The Beatles or Billy J Kramer



"Listen, do you wnat to know a secret ..."

A Sluttery? A lovely Dutch lady I used to know had a "Rumpus Room" where all her stuff got piled up so it didn't mess up her otherwise immaculate house.



Your talk of camping brings back happy childhood memories. My parents moved up in the world into a touring caravan and now have a static caravan with all mod cons - central heating, two bathrooms, cupboard to store all the board games etc . I can recommend it.

TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME? - The Who

Good Morning All :)



You're so happy Simon, you've forgotten what day it is! Tuesday? Nooo I don't want to go back in time!!



I don't think David Cameron would want to listen to what I have to say, because it might not be all that flattering of himself, his party and his policies, but hey ho...



Looking at the chaos that surrounds me at present, I think I too am sat in the sluttery, although it has to be said that the word conjures up quite a different sort of chaos!!!



Will have to ponder on the oldies...

I CAN HEAR MUSIC - Beach Boys



I CAN HEAR YOUR HEART BEAT - Chris Rea



I CAN HEAR YOUR HEART BEAT - Enrique Iglesias & Nicole Scherzinger

Another from Enrique -



CAN YOU HEAR ME?

Given that Mike and the Mechanics are on surely the obvious one is:



SILENT RUNNING by MIKE AND THE MECHANICS

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC - Doobie Brothers



LISTEN TO MY HEART - Ramones

ALL YOU GOOD PEOPLE - EMBRACE



THE VOICE - JOHN FARNHAM



I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - MARVIN GAYE



Not sure I can come up with any more suggestions :/

Morning Simon, team, NYM and bouncing bloggers



I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - Marvin Gaye



AND A BANG ON THE EAR - The Waterboys

Mornin All



Lets Hear It For The Boy - Deneice Williams

Beyoncé - Listen

Charice-Listen

Roxette - Listen To Your Heart

The Doobie Brothers Listen to the Music

Tears For Fears - Listen

D.H.T. - Listen To Your Heart

Waterboys - Bang on the Ear

Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage

Sinéad o Connor - Thank you for hearing me

Beatles - Listen [do you want to know a secret]

Morning all



How about

(LISTEN TO THE) FLOWER PEOPLE - Spinal Tap



Well it is spring/summer and I think there might be some irony in their listening too, but lets not get too political.

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART - ROXETTE



As their current song is getting lots of play :)

Come on guys, wouldn't PINBALL WIZARD - The Who, be a good start?



or as Billie said in #6 TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME.



Let's face it, pretty much any track from Tommy would be appropriate.

LISTEN TO THE BAND - The Monkees

Hi gang / Simon (actually, I see Simon as part of the gang!)



Hope everyone's well this fine...err...dull morning.



My choices;



LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID - PAUL McARTNEY



LISTEN TO THE MUSIC - DOOBIE BROTHERS



Cheers!



Kev

I HEAR A SYMPHONY - THE SUPREMES

One last oldie suggestion...



I HEAR YOU NOW - JON & VANGELIS

BABY BABY CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT - HERMANS HERMITS

#23 Katy, please see my apology at the end of yesterday's blog :-)

Last ones from me, which add a bit of political commentary if those in power aren't listening....



SHOUT - Lulu



SHOUT - Tears for Fears



That's all from me, nice day all, and be good.

LISTEN TO ME - THE HOLLIES

'STOP LOOK AND LISTEN' MARVIN GAYE & DIANA ROSS

Oh dear - blog jumping again. I'm not going to do my head in watching this all over again; so one song suggestion for today then I'm off (well, alright, I might pop back later!)

NO ONE'S LISTENING - GOO GOO DOLLS

Have to go now.



Hope everyone enjoys their Wednesdays - nuisance blog permitting -



Love



BP

Morning All!



How about:



I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS by NICK LOWE



I HEAR YOU KNOCKING by DAVE EDMUNDS



LISTEN TO ME by THE HOLLIES



madchickster x

Or WHEN SMOKEY SINGS (I hear violins) by ABC .....great song!



Busy day again, try and catch up with you all later.........x

Morning All,



'Whispering Your Name' Alison Moyet



Hope everybody has a good day

'Sound and Vision' David Bowie

#24



Yes Harry I saw that. It's taken a while for me to get back in here .. no need for apologies.

Words on screen can make even gentle thoughts appear stark and harsh. It's easily done.

By the way, I like the elegance of the word 'senescence'.



And speaking of learning something new, I've been teaching my 78 year old Mum how to use a PC [she's never even typed in her life!] including photo downloading, emailing, music playing and all things interwebby.



As for Action for Happiness - mmm .. I don't think they're on a 'hiding to nothing'.

Setting a paradigm for happiness and packaging it thus - will be of huge benefit to those who have not been fortunate enough to know the state of happiness or may have just forgotten how to be happy.

Conversely, simply to wake up with a pulse is enough to make ME happy, but that's the way my life experiences have shaped my consciousness. Perhaps I'm the lucky one?



:^)

SOUND OF DRUMS - KULA SHAKER



SOUND OF THE SUBURBS - MEMBERS



SOUND OF THE CROWD - HUMAN LEAGUE



SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND - GIRLS ALOUD

Good Morning Each!



'The Sound Of Silence' by Simon & Garfunkel



'Sound Of The Suburbs' by The Members



'Stop Me If You Think You've This One Before' by The Smiths



'I Heard a Rumour' by Bananarama



'Pay Attention To Me' by Grand Funk Railroad



'I Hear You Knocking' by Dave Edmunds



'Thank You For Hearing Me' by Sinead O'Connor



'Ears Of Tin' by JETHRO TULL

WORD OF MOUTH - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS



WORD UP - GUN

'back stabbers' O'Jay's

Altered Images - Dont Talk To Me About Love

TELL HIM - BILLIE DAVIES



TELL IT TO MY HEART - TAYLOR DAYNE

'he was really saying something' The Velvelettes

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I second the second the choice for "I Hear You Now" by Jon and Vangelis please.



Didn't realise that Paul Carrack wasn't in M&TM any more. So it's kinda like Mike and the Apprentices now then!

#42 well where are we supposed to complain then Katy! Alex complained yesterday, we've done it through the Facebook site, but it still keeps jumping!

and don't get me started on the 3 minute delay !



Grrr



*and breathe*



Better now, and definitely not having a go at you, Katy! : )

Just had an 80s flashback....



PUMP UP THE VOLUME - MARRS



PUMP UP THE JAM - Techtronics



TURN IT UP - Simply Red



None of which should probably be played...but then again Limahl managed to creep in a few days ago.

Km how about The Exciters 'tell him'?

#42, #44. At the very bottom of the page,there are two buttons, contact radio 2 and contact us. Either one will give you access to a way of reporting web based problems. If enough of us were to do this...

Say what?



INXS - Listen Like Thieves

R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

Blue October - Calling You

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - Say, Say, Say

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence



Tottenham 4-0 Real Madrid, 33-1. I got £20 on it for full time. Spurs win on penalties.

I wonder if Tom Flemming's image appeared in BBC trailers for the last royal wedding.

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ' ain't no mountain high enough'...."listen baby..."

#47 Thanks Paul. Let's all do it.





#46 PSL - classic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71MxSJl1OQ. EVERYONE should see this.



:^D

#47 I've done it too, then come back to the blog to find myself signed out .. grrrr ..

#49

Which was the 'last royal wedding'?

Only one suggestion from me today .. a choon I've sung with my community choir recently



SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG by Labi Siffre ..



Not a political statement from me, but because it contains the line 'the more you refuse to hear my voice, the louder I will sing'

#47 I've done it Paul - thanks.

stop look listern-stylistics or marvin gaye/diana ross



pinball wizzard-the who or elton john or the new seekers



sensus working overtime-xtc



rabbit- chas and dave(as women talk and nag all the time you start going deaf lol)

#53 Wasn't it Charlie and Diana for the last televised one? This one appears to be a three way union between Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth and Fiona Bruce judging by the trailers. Wonder how the Archbishop will handle 3 way vows? :-)

#51. Subtitled for the hard of hearing? Try watching that without any sound. Somewhat disturbing. What were they thinking?

Simon, what a wonderful word for your room, the 'sluttery'! We have a similar room which is affectionately known as 'The Glory Hole', everything in it is arranged in an organised muddle and may be useful and needed 'one day'!

#59. Very innocent, I'm sure, but you may want to rename that room. Sluttery sounds a bit rude, but I wouldn't go googling the name you give it MCW. Ooerr!!!

Better late than never!





LISTEN TO ME ~ The Hollies



I HEAR YOU KNOCKING ~ Dave Edmunds



LISTEN TO THE MUSIC ~ Doobie Brothers



Thanks Simon x

I have a 'buggerment' draw which sounds like mcw's room but on a much smaller scale! In Lincolnshire dialect 'kelter' is the word for assorted bits n bobs that don't really belong in anyone place... :-)

#61 Hey, LuciesMum, how was Christy Moore?

We've got an 'anything goes' room!



MTF.xx

#62 Our 'buggerment' drawer has been re-named the Michael Macintyre drawer, after seeing him a while ago do a joke about such drawers!

#60 & #62 I had no idea about the 'alternative' meaning behind the term! I picked up the phrase from my dear, church-going grandmother. I do find it quite sad that perfectly innocent words and sayings have darker slang interpretations. But I expect that has been going on since the birth of language.

#62 & #65 Loving the idea of a 'buggerment' drawer! :) We have a kitchen drawer full of plant seeds, string, batteries, etc.....could that be a 'buggerment' drawer!!



Feel like a naughty child saying that twice in one post! ;-)

Given all these descriptions of 'buggerment' drawers, I think ALL our drawers are buggerments, and quite a few of our cupboards too. In fact, I have the dawning suspicion I might live in a 'buggerment' house!

I think you're right cmc, languages develop and previously innocent expressions come to have new meanings which overtake the original meaning.



I guess it's not so different from the encroachment of text-speak into other written forms of communication. If forum postings are anything to go by my suspicion is that schools must be allowing it in some areas as some youngsters seem incapable of writing any other way.

Is anyone else slightly bemused by Dave Pearce's arrival on Radio 2 doing a dance music show at 11pm on a Thursday. It always seemed to me that dance music really works best in a dance environment, or at least in an environment where people are getting ready to go out dancing, which is presumably why Pearce used to be on Frinday evening on Radio 1 if I recall correctly.



I wonder how many Radio 2 listeners are preparing to head out to a club to go dancing at 11pm on a Thursday night :-)

I am amazed that the word buggerment has slipped through the profanity filter ...

#71 Perhaps the profanity filter is full of 'glory holes'?

#71 So am I, Katy - I thought the Wombles would be onto us immediately!

Having gone away and come back again I can see that I have missed a most interesting session of blogs.... and what looks like the resolution of the infernal jumping - but let's see what 2pm brings.... Fingers crossed.

#70



Ken, it's a history of dance, and its origins, not a Pete Tong type banging introduction to the weekend. I'd of preferred Danny Rampling, but Dave has been around for a long time and had a similar show back in the late 80's/early 90's called The Funk Fantasy on Radio London.

Let's HEAR It For The Boy - Deniece Williams ( do I get a mensh for spelling her name right?)

Anything by HEARSAY

Tom HARK - The Piranhas

PS Could anyone please let me know if I get a mensh or indeed have ever received a mensh because I cannot listen ( pardon the pun) all show as I am helping to teach KICKBOXING!!!



Cheers



Clubster ( for obvious reasons!!) lol

#76 Mandy, while the show is being broadcast someone usually posts the menshes, if you read the blog after the show sometime you should be able to see if you were namechecked.

Good day everyone,



Alan Jackson - Listen to your senses please.



G

or The Human League - Being Boiled.

#72 :-) :-) :-)

On Royal Weddings - Surely the last televised one was Charles and Camilla, o.k so it wasn't exactly traditional for the heir to the throne, what with the registry office ceremony etc, but still...



Plus Prince Andrew's wedding to Sarah Ferguson was televised, that was after Charles and Di.



On the subject of messy rooms and oddment drawers, didn't Chris Evans do a feature on kitchen drawers that people use for storing all kinds of junk? I'm sure I remember him having a running feature on that when he did Drivetime.



On Dave Pearce's move to Radio 2, there have been some very odd comings and goings in the schedules lately. I'm not impressed with the direction Radio 2 seems to be going in overall. But then I don't imagine I'll be tuning in to any station at 11pm on a Thursday, so each to their own, I suppose.



I'm trying to write my weekly blog at the moment, so I really should knuckle down, and get on with it!

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? by SUSAN BOYLE

LISTEN by CHICAGO

CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT? by GOLDIE & THE GINGERBREADS

SOUND OF THE CROWD by HUMAN LEAGUE

LISTEN TO THE LION by VAN MORRISON

DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME sung by PHIL COLLINS (ret'd) on QUINCY JONES' JUKE JOINT album

Talking of the slow corruption / evolution of the English language, I notice Themanfromuncle using the word 'of' instead of 'have'. Grrr!



Ken. Surely Dave Pearce, 11p.m. Thursday, is Radio 2's buggerment drawer?

#83



I'm sorry, I didn't realise contributors on this blog were being critiqued for their punctuation, spelling, general grammar and for their style of posting, certainly not being named and shamed into the bargain by username. I was writing in slang terms, in historical word-garb, as many used to back in the day; it's called relaxing into the theme. I'm a writer by trade, so I tend to relax when passing the time on a blog. Apologies if my approach to the English language, and the free-form approach to sentence construction on my down-time is against your rules of engagement, Paul.



Dear oh dear.

I can understand where the of/have confusion arises. From the abbreviation 'would've'. Not a mistake Illya Nickovetch Kuryakin would have made.;0)

Afternoon all, back after a few days away and battling gamely with a new laptop!



I thought "Unknown Caller" U2 might be appropriate! What do you think?



Will read through the blogs I missed later.



GB

I'm in no way confused. This is a blog, not a scientific method of judging how one respects, or does not respect, our wonderful English language in all it's grammatical glory.



Were we living in Critiqueville, I would pull you up on two grammatical errors you yourself have made above in this very blog, but, I'm not going to sink to the depths of blog proprietorialism to do so.



Let's drop the air of self-importance shall we.



(I made up a word there. How daring of me).

Hi Simon, this is going to be a bit left of field but you are possibly the only DJ in radio 2 that would play these songs, please!



Queensryche - Anybody Listening? or Queensryche - Speak!

I seem to have upset the agent from the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. This was not my intention, and I can only apologise. I merely wished to agree with comment made earlier (it's not so different from the encroachment of text-speak into other written forms of communication.) I should not have taken an example from this blog, nor named anyone. Once again, I apologise for upsetting a fellow blogger.

Ladies and gentleman, I offer my latest blog for your delectation, apropos the little matter of happiness...



https://mrsmoogsmadworld.blogspot.com/2011/04/are-you-happy.html



There may, or may not be grammatical errors within, so I hope that doesn't spoil anyone's happiness too much ;)

#90



Good read that Zoe Double-Ewe. Interesting observations.



#89



Paul, there is no need to apologise, but maybe if you were to stop throwing your over-inflated intellect at other users here, using big words and references to grammatical accomplishment to intimidate folks, then they wouldn't react so coldly.



Giving me a flippant nod under the guise of 'the agent from the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement' just comes across as patronising my friend. You are clearly intelligent, but don't abuse it, and we can maybe all just get along.



'Nuff said.



Soon be 5.05pm.

#90 Zoe, enjoyed reading your blog. Some interesting points as always. I will try to leave a comment later.



Tidying up and packing away time for me.



Best of luck with the menshes and hope those that want a namecheck get one.



Enjoy the show and I'll see you all tomorrow.

#91. Maybe not

Afternoon All



Phew! Just made it!

HtS. Does your bookshop have a website?

Thank you #91 Themanfromuncle and #92 Harry :) xx



It makes me happy when people read my blog, and get something out of it.



Many thanks to everyone who takes the time to read it xxxx



A nice optimistic song to begin with 'Dancing On The Ceiling'...

Hello everyone.



Hope you are all ok.



Zoe, enjoyed reading your blog.



csn. xx

A woman brings eight-year-old Johnny home and tells his mother that he was

caught playing doctors and nurses with Mary, her eight-year-old

daughter. Johnny's mother says, "Let's not be too harsh on them.... they

are bound to be curious about sex at that age." "Curious about sex?"

replies Mary's mother. "He's taken her appendix out!"

Don't worry......I won't be giving up my day job! ;-)

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xx