Good Morning Simon, team and blogpoppets



How about:



BURN BABY BURN by the Trammps



LIGHT MY FIRE by the Doors



ETERNAL FLAME by the Bangles



Deebee ~X~

Morning Simon, Drivetime team and fellow bloggers,



How about:



ROCK LOBSTER by the B52's



BURN BABY BURN by HUDSON FORD



FOOD FOR THOUGHT by UB40



madchick x

Or:



MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER by Carole King.



Because it generally rains when you've planned a barbecue.



~X~

Morning All,



SUNSET GRILL - Don Henley

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES by THE PLATTERS

BARBIE GIRL - Aqua

Yay first! Does anyone know if any of my choices have been played this week? Oh well always I player... After watchin last nights Apprentice as my hard drive froze again during the day!!! Grrrrrrrt!

1. BARBIE GIRL - Aqua

2. DISCO INFERO - Trammps ( burn baby burn£

3. LIGHT MY FIRE - Will young or whoeva

4. BURNING HEART - Survivor

5. HOT HOT HOT - ?????????

6. Keeping the dream alive - FRY HEIGHT

Good Morning again All



Suggest -



SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES - Platters



BURN BABY BURN - Tramps



BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE - Talking Heads



FIRE - Crazy World of Arthur Brown



CALL THE FIRE BRIGADE - The Move

Morning all



RELIGHT MY FIRE - Take That & Lulu



After the rain mentioned by Deebee that's what usually has to be done!



Tortie x

WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE - Billy Joel



RELIGHT MY FIRE - Take That (WAH!)

BACKWOODS BARBIE - Dolly Parton



BARBIE - KT Tunstall



BURGER DANCE -DJ Otzi (No chance of course, but I still thought I'd suggest it)



BURGER MAN - ZZ Top



BURN IT TO THE GROUND - Nickelback

DOWN CAME THE RAIN - Mister Murray

I forgot to say, thank you for the mention last night, Simon; splashed spag bol on the hob in my excitement! And well done to the other menshees too!

TOAST - Streetband

BARBEQUE - Reboert Earl Keen

#5 and #8 My choir is going to be singing 'Smoke gets in your eyes' at our concert in June!



~X~

HAVING A PARTY by THE OSMONDS



EVERYBODY SALSA by MODERN ROMANCE

NOWHERE TO GO, NOWHERE TO BE - Kenney Chesney



HOTDOGS AND HAMBUGERS - John Mellencamp

COME ON OVER TO MY PLACE - Drifters



FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD - Soundtrack from "Oliver"

CANNED HEAT by JAMIROQUAI

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and punctual bloggers,



HOT DOG - Elvis

Morning everyone



BURN BABY BURN ~ Hudson Ford



LIGHT MY FIRE ~ Labi Siffre



BLACK EYED BOY ~ Texas



BURNING LOVE ~ Elvis Presley



xx

Sometimes the meat doesn't get cooked all the way through, so hows about a bit of



RAWHIDE by FRANKIE LAINE !

BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse



HOT DOG - Buck Owens

I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY SO I'LL GO - Beatles



MEAN MR. MUSTARD - Beatles



GREEN ONIONS - Booker T & The MGs



HOT DOG - Shakin' Stevens



HOT DOG JUMPIN' FROG - Albuquerque

BLACK IS BLACK - Los Bravos

'BACK TO BLACK' AMY WINEHOUSE

BLACK IS BLACK - Los Bravos

IT"S A MAN'S MAN'S WORLD - James Brown

#26 #28 sorry John - 3 minute thing



EAT IT - Wierd Al Yankovic

'BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE' TOM JONES

Good Morning Simon, Driveteam and Constructors, Fellow Blogpopsters and anyone else who knows me .....





*Pedant's Corner*

Is it marinade or marinate? To marinate or marinade? Marinated or marinaded?

Clue: one is a noun, t'other a verb.





FIRE - KASABIAN



BLACK IS BLACK - LOS BRAVOS



THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS - JONI MITCHELL

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE ~ Bill Withers



RED RED WINE ~ UB40



CLOUDBUSTING ~ Kate Bush ;o)

No problemo Billie. Suspect PSL will want to hear that too.

'TRACKS OF MY TEARS'SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES

#32 Katy - always happy to join you in that corner...



You marinaTe meat with a marinaDe. The meat is then marinaTed



In the same way that you practiSe football at after-school practiCe

#32 Katy,



*even more pedantic*

Actually, one is a verb, while the other is both a verb and a noun, according to most dictionary definitions. (with the verb option often being specified as a variant of the other)

Just for a laugh -



PATIENCE - Take That (WAH!)

Burning Down One Side by Robert Plant



Burning Love by Elvis



Black id Black by- Los Bravos



Light my Fire by The Doors



Relight my Fire by Take That + Lulu

#32 #36 #37 Agreed!

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets.



Thanking you most kindly for my mensh yesterday.



Todays request is



Both Ends Burning - Roxy Music



X



PS hope peace has been restored in the Mayo household

'KETCHUP SONG'.....

Morning all



BURN - Deep Purple

BOTH ENDS BURNING - Roxy Music

Or should disaster strike



Fields of Fire - Big Country



X



Some good choices above. Look forward to Nigel's duck tonight.

Simon,



As you are clearly not a fan of eating char-blackened salmonella-infested ash-strewn rain-dampened chicken drumsticks while huddling under a half-collapsed gazebo from B & Q (other DIY stores also available) tethered to the patio by the rabbit's hutch to prevent it blowing into the neighbour's garden, this thought may be crossing your mind....



TELL MY WHY - Neil Young



WHY? - Bronksi Beat

'HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS' JOHN MELLENCHAMP

So if your Nashville shirt was rejected, Simon - did they make you wear a R2 t-shirt from stock?



Reminds me of forgetting PE kit at school and being made to wear other kids' left-overs. No wonder you were grumpy.



Clearly - with the missed exam fiasco, it wasn't one of your better days.



Now all you need is some bozo dropping by and getting all nerdy about marinade/marinate ..

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME? - Travis

Diaco Inferno - The Trammps?



Really shouldnt be here ;-)



Back as soon as I can.



X

HOME COOKIN' JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS

Morning all early-birds, & thanks for explaining your time machine Lord Ammo, I was going to ask your secret, as I lost a necklace the other night and if I could go back in time, to perhaps before the 3rd glass, I could take it off to keep it safe...hey ho....

Re BBQ songs:

#5: yesyesyes perfect song choice - as our BBQ set up is right outside the kitchen door - so all of the house gets infected with the smell of burning meat - and eyes are set to water at the smell of the firelighters.



RE the song LIGHT MY FIRE

please can we have the JOSÉ FELICIANO version, (preferably a live one as it knocks spots off all the other versions), OR the Will Young version



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Px_03JHyA



Has anyone suggsted FIRE by KASABIAN yet?

If not, there it is thrown into the mix..



Have a nice day y'all - the sun came out here for Michelle Obama yesterday, but has now resolutely decided to take a day off, it seems.

Morning all



In the same vein as Mo's disaster striking what about



FM - BLOOD & GASOLINE



Cheers



A

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE by JERRY LEE LEWIS

Morning all



Struggling a bit after yesterday's success but how about:



Outside- George Micheal

You're ready now - Frankie Vaughan

Firestarter- the Prodigy

Hot Sauce - Thomas Dolby

#50 PSL - I've been trying to remember that one! Well choosed.





SON OF HICKORY HOLLER'S TRAMP - O C SMITH



COME OUTSIDE - MIKE SARNE



THE WAYWARD WIND - FRANK IFIELD



WEATHER WITH YOU - CROWDED HOUSE

Morning folks - o Simon, the perils of the exams. If you want to swap families... ah, though, but....it would probably be worse for both of us!



Brilliant suggestions above folks, to which I can nothing much - though of course HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS should be played twice at least, and BOTH ENDS BURNING is inspired! But my experience of barbecues is the same as Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart's.... which I don't think anyone has picked (?):



HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - The Eurythmics

... Oh and also:



Start me up - the Rolling Stones

Good Morning All :)



I'm tired this morning and my brain isn't working (no change there then) My oldie suggestions (such as they are under the circumstances) are:-



SOME LIKE IT HOT - POWER STATION



FIRE - THE STRANGE WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN



FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (or even I'M ON FIRE also by BS if things go awry!)

#47 Katy, and Simon. Re borrowed clothing...



Oh, the horror of the "spare" PE shorts, or worse, gym vest. Always smelt like nobody else's clothes ever smelt in the history of the world.



Years ago the Good family were returning from a driving holiday in Europe. We'd booked a hotel in Calais to catch the early morning (cheap!) ferry the next day, and had specially selected one with an indoor pool. Having gone through the rigmarole of getting 2 small boys into swimwear with goggles and inflated armbands, we arrived at the pool for the attendant to take one look at my M&S (other clothing stores available..) Hawaiian trunks halfway down to my knee, shake his head, and declare "Non".



At which point he produced a pair of black slinky speedos , smiled, and said "But monsieur can have zees".



"It's alright" I said "I'll just sit on the side and watch". But the squeals of disappointment from my boys and imploring look from my wife meant I had no alternative.



I have never felt more uncomfortable than parading around in those black lycra budgie smugglers. Thankfully, there was no camera to record those happy holiday memories.



Looking forward to seeing the "salmon pink" T shirt in the R2 photo.

#56 - That is usually the case for the GD's birthday when we have a BBQ, cue huddling inside from the wind and rain howling round the side of the house, after all it's only July!



Although a good BBQ will often lead to either



DANCING INTHE DARK - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



or



DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT - THIN LIZZY.



A

#54 oops that should be Valli not Vaughan - got my Frankies in a twist!!

HOT DIGGITY [DOG ZIGGITY BOOM] - PERRY COMO



HOT DOG - SHAKIN STEVENS



HOT HOT HOT - ARROW



HOT STUFF - DONNA SUMMER

#59 JohnB



As per when reading your posts - laughing out loud - budgie smugglers!!!



:^D

1. THE HEAT IS ON -Glen Frey

2. YOU CANT TOUCH THIS - M C hammer ( mans dominance over the BBQ!)

3. NEW FLAME - Simply Red

4. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - Bryan Adams

5. CRACKLING ROSE - Neil Diamond???

6. That song that the swop shop did and called themselves - BROWN SAUCE

7. THE KETCHUP SONG - Las Ketchup

8. BANG BANG - B A Robertson

9. ROCKS - Primal Scream ( ..Briquettes are like rocks!)

10. ROCK WITH YOU - Michael Jackson

Lord Ammo, sorry to hear of your exam heartache...I recommend the placing of A3 sized exam timetables on the door of the 'fridge in the kitchen (thereby viewable and scrutinised by all who visit the 'fridge) - rather than on the wall of a teenager's bedroom, but that's probably closing the gate after the horse has bolted. Hope it's not too serious for the junior Ammo.



Oh I have just remembered that there is a cool piece of music (no actual words - tho) called 'COOKING WITH GAS' by DOWN TO THE BONE - if you can imagine the Mike Sammes Singers on speed...that's what it sounds like, and you've ALL heard it.



https://www.uppercutmusic.com/artist_d/down_to_the_bone_lyrics/cooking_with_gas_lyrics.html



What is the idea anyway of having a gas BBQ - it's the struggle to make, keep alive and only slightly burn the food that is what chaps surely have a BBQ for, isn't it?



Back to the grindstone,

Enjoy the rest of the morning/day

Morning All,



'Inside Out' Odyssey



'Hungry Like The Wolf' Duran Duran



Have a good day

SUMMER IN THE CITY - LOVIN SPOONFUL



HOT IN THE CITY - BILLY IDOL







... enough from me, I think





♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

#59/63 Katy - I thought I had erased that memory, but the pain came flooding back...



*goes off to phone therapist to book extra session*

#59 RE your 'budgie smuggler' speedo exprience in France - when Mr e had a job over in Paris, I took a 6 month sabbatical to live over there and spent the spring/summer of 2008 working my way through the swimming pools in Paris (there are LOTS and LOTS) & the Parisians all either go there at lunctime, or to the local café to push a green salad around a plate - and yes, the rules are Very Strict.



1) NO shorts - and they sell via vending machines teeny weeny black speedos for the hapless man who turns up unaware of said rules. I've seen some sizeable chaps sqeezed mercilessly into a French version of 'grande' which would be 'petite' to us in the UK. Arrests could have been made in the name of public decency.



2) Everyone also had to wear a bathing cap (also sold in vending machines..)take the hair away from a woman's face - and they feel naked (well I did anyway and hated it).

The French are very into keeping the pool clean (I was yelled at for wearing outdoor shoes into the changing room, Zut alors!) but on return to the UK, saw how dirty a pool was without those rules.

Still thinking of BBQ songs...but no caffeine yet so it's not easy peasy

I'd like to wish The Chickster a Happy Anniversary.



Remembered from last year when I noted it was same day as my parents who would have been celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today had my father been here with us.



Also remembering Jane, BeezMum, from the CE Blog. Cheers m'dear.

*raises glass*



xx

shame about missing the exam...I've helped out at Mr psl's school in the exam dept and can't see how it happened? If a student isn't registerd in 20 mins prior to exam starting they are rang and in some cases transported into school or an invigilator sent to the home to supervise the exam....small market town Grammar School service for you I guess

AISLE OF PLENTY - Genesis



To stock up on the ingredients before the BBQ can start.

Good morning everyone. A little late for me but I do have a couple of suggestions for the theme.



POISON AND WINE by THE CIVIL WARS ........... isn't BBQ food one of the major causes of food poisoning? And the The Civil Wars' "Barton Hollow" is still one of my favourite albums of the moment.



And:



SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY by LOUIS JORDAN AND HIS TYMPANY FIVE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QfXQakX2w

How about the very pretty but slightly eerie:



SUMMER WINE - LEE HAZLEWOOD AND NANCY SINATRA [or Bono/Andrea]



:^)

Simon,



Don't worry about the exam. Honestly. I'm assuming you're talking about the AS exams. It's really not a major disaster, in the grand scheme of things. There's always the (re)sits in January - and if my daughter and her friends are anything to go by they like to do a few of those anyway, to improve on their grades. Don't give your daughter too hard a time about it.



Although I must admit to a tiny morsel of hypocrisy - if my GD had forgotten about an exam, I'd have murdered her...



~X~

Howdy all.



How about an old classic from the 80's from the Terminator, 1984.



The Tryanglz - Burning In The Third Degree



Laters.

Morning,



Smoke gets in your eyes - The Platters/Vic Damone



Spit in the rain - Del Amitri



Why does it always rain on me - Travis



Have you ever seen the rain - Creedence clearwater revival



I think it's gonna rain today - Nina Simone



Here comes the sun - The Beatles



Sunny afternoon - The Kinks



Waiting for the sun - The Doors



Mr blue sky - ELO



Rythm of the rain - The Cascades

My borrowed clothes story - years ago Mr B and I went on holiday to Greece with another couple, and the airline lost my suitcase. Permanently - I was gutted, especially as I'd bought a few nice items of clothing for the holiday (as you do), and all I now had was what I stood up in, which was not exactly suitable beach/sailing attire. The other girl we were with offered to let me borrow some of her clothes. Well, it was very kind of her, but those of you who have met me will know that I'm NOT exactly what you'd call generously proportioned, but she was still about 2 sizes smaller than me so there was no way I was going to get into her T shirts and bikinis!



~X~

Oops... seeing a post mentioning Jose Feliciano made me realise I stupidly put Labi Siffre's name alongside Light my Fire, so to put that right...........





LIGHT MY FIRE ~ Jose Feliciano



please Simon

I also plump for BARBIE GIRL by AQUA.

PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY by THE MONKEES ("charcoal burning everywhere ...")

FLAMES by ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA

LIGHT MY FIRE by MINNIE RIPERTON (with JOSE FELICIANCO at the end for some bi-lingual flirting)

SUNDAY BARBECUE by TENNESEE ERNIE FORD

SHINE by THE NEWSBOYS contains the lyric "That would make a vegetarian barbecue hamster" - but, if Simon played that, he might "have to go on a course".



SUMMERTIME by WILL SMITH or FRESH PRINCE and JAZZY JEFF, that's about a barbecue (and other stuff)

Morning Everyone and of course, Simon the Very Smug Advice of the Day Expert Dude, The Funky Team and the Gawjus NYM,



Just been catching up with yesterday's blog. Stopped off to complete the survey which I still have to do as I read this and thought I'd post it first as it may help us work out whether your comments are actually taken on board or not.



"The survey is anonymous and is being conducted by eDigitalResearch on behalf of the BBC. The information you provide will be held by eDigitalResearch, but will only be used for BBC research. Anonymised data may be passed to the BBC's commercial subsidiaries, BBC World Limited and BBC Worldwide Limited, to assist them with their research." Taken from the Radio 2 survey site.



Laters sweet pataters



~ xx

Cheeseburger in paradise by Jimmy Buffet



Hot Dog by Led Zeppelin



Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters



Reggae Reggae Sause by- Levi Roots

In "Josephine Baker", Al Sewart sang:



"I'm sometimes trapped by the close confines

Of the age I'm born into"



When I see stuff like this, I know exactly what he meant:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWW6QeeVzDc

Oooh and if I'm not too late, I'd like to suggest:-



SUMMERTIME and the living is easy - too many artists to choose from but will go with SAM COOKE if that's okay?



IN THE SUMMERTIME - MUNGO JERRY



Possibly a little tenuous but can't think of any suitable songs unless the NYM would consider



SAM THE SINGING SEAGULL (SINGS A SILLY SAUSAGE SONG) - THE SINGING KETTLE



~ xx

Here's one that Sally Traffic Lady will like!!!!



FIRE AND RAIN ~ James Taylor



and one more....



SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES ~ Bryan Ferry



xx

You do something to me - Paul Weller



The less said about that the better, I think....

or - how's about



ATMOSPHERE, RUSS ABBOT - well I have said previously that my musical tastes are a bit dodgy and I do kinda like this choon



KatyMaty - got as far as your little brain teaser - the noun is marinade and the verb is marinate. I regularly marinate chicken in my very own special marinade :) xx



~ xx

OK - because they haven't appeared yet [if they have I missed them] I am going to suggest two of my favourite songs:





LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOON - SMALL FACES



♫ A-wouldn't it be nice to get on wiv me neighbours ...?





DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK



Blokey Aussie Barbies

Good morning Simon, Team and fellow blogpoppets!



Late to the party today due to an earlier breakfast meeting which turned out to be somewhat pointless.



Simon, sounds as if yesterday was somewhat frazzled for you. Hope today is a better one.



JBG - your story made me laugh out loud!



Mr P is a rather fine barbequer - the food is cooked to perfection with a distinct lack of charcoal. Last year, we discovered the joy of the Ozpig and that is now our outdoor cooking method of choice. It comes out in April and is used right through to October. Google it (or use other search engines).



Probably too late for song suggestions but how about:



ASHES TO ASHES - David Bowie



or



DIAMONDS & GRILLS - Prince (sorry)





Someone has brought a small child into the office. It is running around and screeching. It is horrible.



A-G

Rightio, my posts are a bit all over the place at the mo.



From yesterday - cheers for the link at #102 Zoe, will check it out in a bit.



#140 - PoS - I found Fife lads were always hopeful...



Warmest welcome to theStoreman - hope you can hang out with us and enjoy the fun and frivolity to be found on this 'ere blog.



Suzie - I saw a bit of MO's visit to Oxford on the news this morning and was scouring the crowds looking for you dropping your curtsey. Obviously you managed to get back up safely.



Heard your mensh yesterday - Nadine "the regular blogger". Well done m' Lovely, it's great to get a mensh and the first is always special.



Just roaring with laughter at John's borrowed budgie smugglers - getting funny looks from the colleagues.



Btw, boss is out today and I'm nearly up to date so I should be around a lot today :s



Back later once I've caught up again.



~ xx

Snappers, old bean..... I just had a quick whisk through that part of yesterday's blog posted after I had to pack up, and saw you were listening to Hoagy Sings Carmichael (was that the right title?). My dad had that album, if it was the same one - and was my introduction to Hoagy. Absolutely beautiful and witty and stylish and smart... I loved his songs. Especially Memphis in June ("...and cousin Amanda is baking a rhubarb pie"). Note to Lord Ammo - dig out some Hoagy! I know Georgie Fame has championed his songs over the years, but I bet if you asked 100 under 30-year olds you'd be lucky to find two who had heard of him.

#70 Thank you KatyMatey, although as I said on the 'other side', I'd get less for murder!



I remember that my sister overslept when she should have been sitting her art 'o' level. Her art teacher frantically rang her at home, and she eventually got to school an hour into a three hour exam!



#59 JBG Thank you for the chuckle muscle exercise!!! You paint a wonderful picture!

Apologies - the word "somewhat" was somewhat over-used.

#89 - Alex Girl - the small child... trip it up and then start quoting health and safety. Someone will soon get rid of it! Better still, spill hot-but-not-hot-enough-to-burn coffee over its parent....

Still time to suggest...



T-BONE SHUFFLE - T-Bone Walker



Lyrics are very much in the spirit of "Enjoy Yourself".



Let your hair down baby,

Let's have a natural ball.

Let your hair down baby,

Let's have a natural ball.

Cause when you're not happy,

It ain't no fun at all.



You can't take it with you,

That's one thing for sure.

You can't take it with you baby,

That's one thing for sure.

There's nothing wrong with ya baby,

That a good T-Bone shuffle can't cure.



Have fun while ya can,

Fate's an awful thing.

Have fun while ya can,

Fate's an awful thing.

You can't tell what might happen,

That's why I love to sing.

#88 Katy - I think the whole BBQ craze started when we all watched Neighbours in the 80s. We could all pretend we weren't on a cramped patio in soggy Swindon, but under the blue skies of Ramsay St in Melbourne!



Pulling a few threads together, never operate a BBQ in your budgie smugglers. Another sausage, dear? Tongs? Thongs?



I'm off.

Simon, my heart sank when I heard your wisdom of the day yesterday - your poor AS level student child. I'm sure you remained calm and didn't go mental; no point really it's in the past. As Deebs says there's always the resits with which the elderGB is kinda familiar, it's not ideal but all options not yet lost.



I'm trying to think of an adequate excuse to not allow the elderGB an unsupervised skiing trip to Bulgaria next Easter with 9 of his mates. Am I being over-protective, should I trust this usually sensible and relatively mature 17 year old (he'll be 17 by the time he goes) to have fun on a ski trip abroad with no adult supervision? Kids!!! They're great when they're asleep, aren't they?



Alex~G - on that observation, try singing a lullaby to the screeching child.



~ xx

#94 Good thinking, Mr Rabbit! Mother of child is on maternity leave and has come in for a "keep in touch day". She is currently having a 1-1 with her Manager and has left baby and toddler in the main office. Good thinking, that woman.



It's not that I don't like children, I just couldn't eat a whole one.

#91 B&B, yep, that's the one. I've been watching him sing "My Resistance Is Low" with Jane Rusell on youtube this morning ............ wonderful stuff!

#90 Thanks Toots, must admit I was slightly abashed at my title being a relative newbie an' all! It was great to get a mention though - thanks to all and good luck everyone with today's suggestions.



N x