Morning Simon, team, NYM and wuthering bloggers,



Easy ones first....



A NEW FLAME - Simply Red



ETERNAL FLAME - Bangles

Good Morning again -



ETERNAL FLAME - The Bangles



HOLD UP A LIGHT - Take That (WAH!)



RELIGHT MY FIRE - Take That (WAH!)



THE CHAIN - Fleetwood Mac

LIGHT MY FIRE - The Doors, would sound nice after the 6 o'clock news, dontcha think?

Morning folks - Simon and team included! Oh Simon - I too had that poster on my cell wall (sorry - hall of residence room wall)... happy days. There was a receptionist at my dentist at the time who was about five years older than me, who was the spitting image of Kate Bush, a girl by the name of Rashida. And I gathered from other sources that she rather liked me. And, as Kajagoogoo would encapsulate it a few years later, I was too shy....



Anyway....



TORCH - Soft Cell



ought to get us started?

MY OLD FLAME - Charlie Parker/Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman



- or best of all - Spike Jones?





HIS LATEST FLAME - Elvis

TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS - Dooby Brothers

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE - Talking Heads



Given that it will be May, and therefore inclement weather...



FIRE AND RAIN - James Taylor



WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE - Billy Joel

(it'll be started in Greece, lit by the sun's rays!)

Now you see how it is? Yet another bloke with a musical pulse to be respected - has positive things to say about the fragrant Kate. :^)



LOVE the symbiotic nature of this blog





New Flames, Flaming Lips, Old Flames, Latest Flames, Eternal Flames - Torches don't figure much in song titles - so I shall plump for THE RUNNING with :



RUNAWAY - DEL SHANNON



RUN FOR HOME - LINDISFARNE



RUN TO YOU - BRYAN ADAMS



RUN TI THE HILLS - IRON MAIDEN

Good Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



How about:



ETERNAL FLAME by the Bangles



CARRYING A TORCH by Van Morrison



WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE by Billy Joel



FIRE by Bruce Springsteen



A NEW FLAME by Simply Red



No time to check back, so hope I can share any duplications above. Must dash - off to work...



Deebee ~X~

#8 - Morning KT! - See #4 - a top five hit called "Torch"!



On the assumption that somewhere around Cleethorpes it will probably go out...



RELIGHT MY FIRE - Take That

Morning all,



TORCH - Alanis Morisette



CARRYING A TORCH - Van Morrison

CARRYING A TORCH - TOM JONES



KEEP ON RUNNIN - SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

TRAVELLING LIGHT - Cliff

Just pooped back, as I've thought of another one:



RUN FOR HOME by Lindisfarne.



Out the door - laters...



~X~

RELAY - The Who



BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - Manfred Mann



ETERNAL FLAME - Atomic Kitten

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM & blogpoppets!



The Proclaimers - 500 miles (I know it's more than 500 miles but it's a darn good tune)



Off to meetings. Back later



X

#10



B&B - Of course - how could I forget. Really like that track as well.



:^)

What did he mean by "SPORTY CELEBS"? Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Chris Hoy??

BALLAD OF THE BEACON - Wishbone Ash



OIL IN MY LAMP - The Byrds



LADY OF THE LAMP - Donovan

#18 John - Maybe we should suggest "There is nothing like a Dame" from South Pacific?



Or maybe GT&T ?

PASS THE DUTCHIE - Musical Youth



Well, ok, they're actually passing a torch. But they are starting in Cornwall, so once they get to Devon the runners can say "We've passed the Duchy".

#20 Too risky, Billie, to give the GT&Ts the torch - they'll sell it for scrap metal. Or set fire to all those thatched roofs in Devon and Cornwall.

PASS IT ON - THE CORAL



IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY





Coe, Hoy, Cram, Holmes, Redgrave, Pincent ...

'LIGHT MY FIRE' JOSE FELICIANO

#18, I would think that is the sort of thing he meant.



So how about



HOY - Gloria Estefan



BELLE SEBASTIAN - Belle & Sebastian



GROOVE HOLMES - Beastie Boys



JESSICA - Rick Springfield (as in Jessica Ennis)

or JESSE - Carly Simon

Morning Simon and everyone... a few 'fire' songs.....





THIS FIRE ~ Franz Ferdinand



FIREWORKS ~ Blue Oyster Cult



RING OF FIRE ~ Johnny Cash



FIREWORK ~ Katy Perry



LIGHT MY FIRE ~ Doors



SEX ON FIRE ~ Kings of Leon







xx

#20 #22

Too right! If we let them loose - they'll be chipping chunks off Stonehenge. At least our Druids have some respect.





SHOOT THE RUNNER - KASABIAN



[with a CAMERA - what else are you suggestin?]

#25 AlexH - VERY CLEVER!

'RE LIGHT MY FIRE' DAN HARTMAN

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - BEATLES



FIRE - KASABIAN



BURN BABY BURN - ASH

'THERES ALIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT' THE SMITHS

FIRE - THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN

REBECCA - Bee Gees (Rebecca Adlington)



JACKSON - Johnny Cash (Colin Jackson)



DUNCAN - Paul Simon (Duncan Goodhew)



SONG FOR SHARON - Joni Mitchell (Sharron Davies)

Morning all



The only thing I can think of at the moment is



JESSICA - Allman Brothers



or, for some cheese,



LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL - from Starlight Express



*gets coat and closes door quietly behind her*

BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD - Van Morrison



(The side they're running along with the torch will definitely be brighter than t'other)

#31 - PSL - well spotted!



#33 - Alex - "I went to Staten Island, Sharon, to buy myself a mandolin / And I saw the long white dress of love on a store-front mannekin. Big boats chugging past with a belly-full of cars / armed for something lacey. Some girl's gonna see that dress and crave that day like crazy......." Song for Sharon - possibly my favourite all time song?

Simon, like me, you're clearly a fan of Kate Bush... so how about........





RUNNING UP THAT HILL ~ Kate Bush





... a lot of running will be done by the Olympic athletes!!



LuciesMum xx

'ROAD RUNNER' JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS

Good morning everyone!



We seem to be off the mark a bit sharpish this morning?



Will have a read through.

#35 JbG - presumably thereby rendering it



THE DARK END OF THE STREET - The Commitments



??



#37 - la mere du Lucy - jigsaw piece neatly fitted into day!

'PASS IT ON' THE CORAL

Morning all



First thoughts:



Shining Light - Ash

(I'm a) Roadrunner - Jr. Walker and the all Stars (snap #38 posh soul lady!)

Break my Stride - Matthew Wilder

Been Around the world - Lisa Stansfield

Good Morning All :)



Lovely Kate Bush memories from Simon ;) KB was an aquired taste for me, I didn't really start to appreciate her music until I was in my teens, but many of her songs are now favourites of mine. I particularly like Running Up That Hill, and I also like the Placebo version of that song too.



On the oldies, I'll just choose a couple for now (unless further inspiration strikes!)



SHINING LIGHT - ASH or ANNIE LENNOX



LOVE SHINE A LIGHT - KATRINA AND THE WAVES

Morning all



Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush



Reet off to catch up on yesterday and today.



Laters



A.

Some good choices above!



How about another little mosh to get the blood pumping on a Thursday? My favourite post-Gillan track:



BURN by DEEP PURPLE

once I'd read Wuthering Heights the Kate Bush song made perfect sense :-)

Ooh just thought of another:



Kelly's Heroes - Black Grape



Although maybe not the right sentiment!

'KEEP THE FIRE BURNING' GWEN McRAE



https://youtu.be/XURndIIZHy8

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - JOSS STONE & Buick Audra, a lovely bluesy version.

Or the LOUVIN BROTHERS - fantastic 1950's country!

#48 Oooops typo error



GWEN Mc CRAE

#43 - Zoe - I too recommend to the house the Placebo version of Running Up That Hill (which I shall now call RUTH!)... very hard to cover Kate Bush songs, and this is a gem.

Good morning,



Wow! There are some really bright sparks on the blog today with terrific choon suggestions.



How's about:



FIRESTARTER by Prodigy

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE by Jerry Lee Lewis

CHARIOTS OF FIRE by Vangelis



Apologies if these have already been chosen.



Have a good day.x

...and another



The Long and Winding Road - Paul McCartney



That's it for now - must get some work done!!

Earlier in the week we were reminiscing about childhood favourites so, what about:



TORCHY THE BATTERY BOY by BARRY GRAY



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aILPw9VFB2M

JIMMY JIMMY - The Undertones



For Jimmy Saville, who ran a million marathons for charity before anybody else in the celebrity sphere ever thought it was cool. He just did it because it was a good thing to do!

Gotta go with Eternal Flame and Relight My Fire.



H

#45 I prefer post-Gillan Purple - Stormbringer's my favourite



Only Elvis has sprung to mind so far and I've been pipped to that one.

#51 Glad to hear you like the Placebo version of Kate's song too, Baxter and Bertie :)



#52 I'd like to hear CHARIOTS OF FIRE - VANGELIS too :) I have it on my iPod and it came on when I was doing some housework the other day, so I went into slo-mo mode at the beginning in time to the music! :D



I would also like...



I'M ON FIRE or FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Good morning all from a bright and sunny London!



We had an apology for a rain shower yesterday evening - didn't even dampen the dust and not a whiff of petrichore. The watering can went into service and my drooping pansies are looking happier. Talking of pansies, young Captain Jack was walking around this morning with a pansy petal stuck to his nose. Think he is trying to be incognito in case the nasty black cat turns up.



Mr P managed an injury free evening and is looking forward to the removal of the tooth this morning. (MTF - what is the going rate these days?). He didn't listen to Kate last night but has promised himself an afternoon of Kate-ness to aid recovery. I will report back.



We continued the discussion of male/female new talent over dinner and Mr P made a really good point. Unfortunately, I have forgotten it. It will come back, I am sure.



No suggestions from me for today's theme - the early birds can happily have the worm.



I will be back.



A-G

Hi All.



Given the various topics, the track "Burning Bridge" from Kate's album "Hounds of Love" seems appropriate. Looking forward to sampling her "Directors Cut" album shortly.

Saw this on Twitter and thought of the Punsters amongst us https://www.punpunpun.com/



Off to mow the lawn, but as a certain philandering actor/politician said "I'll be back!"

I undertand that they are looking for 8000 local heroes/inspirational people to carry the torch ---



so ..



I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO - BONNIE TYLER

#37 Sharesy LuciesMum?



Toots going back to yesterday's blog...I am flattered that you have bunched me in with such an esteemed group, but really, like Zoe UU says, not merited. This blog has opened my eyes to a plethora of music that I wouldn't otherwise know about and thanks to Spotify (I am sure that other services exist) I am able to sample said music. I have next to no musical knowledge, I only know what I like, which thanks to this 'ere blog is ever expanding.



A.

hi simon,



am a new contributor....



how about



RUN TO THE HILLS - IRON MAIDEN

RUN RUN RUN - JO JO GUNNE

RUN - ERIC CLAPTON



best wishes...am looking forward to the show whilst i am at work



paul

Alex-Girl (59) and Zoe (61) - you'll both be back. Looks like Arnie has been busier than ever. Wonder if he said that to Mrs S as he popped downstairs to fix the boiler....

#58 Zoe, Dermot O'Leary played Bat for Lashes doing an 'in-session' cover of I'm on Fire last Saturday. It's still available on the listen again thingy (at about 2hrs 21mins) I was quite taken with it but it may not be to everyone's taste.



I'd be interested to hear what other people think of it.

#65 Unfortunately, the boiler was in a small, inaccessible cupboard and what Arnie ACTUALLY said was "ooh, my back".



I have remembered Mr P's good point about the seeming lack of new male solo artists. I won't put it as eruditely as he did but he comment was along the lines of men preferring to play instruments and therefore being in a band situation was more appealing. He is finding this at the college he teaches at where the singers course is primarily female and, for their performance pieces, tend to choose solo material. The chaps on the course opt for a band performance. Please forgive if this sounds like gender stereo-typing - not meant to be. Just an opinion, for your debate!



Btw, one of Mr P's students, a 19 year old bass player, has just discovered Scott Henderson. Well done that boy.

#66 It's here too.........



I'M ON FIRE by BAT FOR LASHES



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx6MGHp8S70

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon The Kate Bush Dude, The Dudey Team and the Nice Young Dude,



Just rushing in with my suggestions then will go back and catch up.



LIGHT MY FIRE - THE DOORS - mmmm yummmmy Jim Morrison



RING OF FIRE - JOHNNY CASH (or JOAQUIN PHOENIX - mmm yum!)



Laters sweet pataters,



~ xx

#65 = AlexG and Zoe - you are both somewhat older than I'd imagined







From the birth of the Olympics:





MYKONOS - FLEET FOXES

Morning all,

Sorry I missed yesterday's blogparty; sounds like fun.

I was hiding behind the fan at work (figuaratively) while an awful lot of #2's hit it!!

Anyway, back to Kate whose warblings were also to be heard from my top floor (7th floor ) student room back in the day...it was a special sound, for a special time I like to think. Although I absolutely LOVE Arial - her album (can one still say that) before this current one.

Back to the job in hand..



Takin it to the streets DOOBIE BROTHERS



Sorry it it's already been said, had no time for catch-ups.

Have a nice day y'all.

#70 LOL Katy!



The floors below my office are occupied by the Mirror Group and it can be quite interesting hearing the folk chatting in the lift. This mornings snippet was "I bumped into Jason Orange in High St Ken yesterday - nice chap". I am sure Jason was delighted to be bumped into by a Mirror hound.

Morning,



Road Runner - Junior Walker and the Allstars



The long and winding road - The Beatles



Keep this fire burning - Beverley Knight



Eternal Flame - The Bangles



A new flame - Simply Red



The Runner - Kings of Leon



Candle in the wind - Elton John

Born to run by Bruce Springstean



I saw the Light by- todd Rungren



Young Hearts run free -by Candy Staton



Shining Light by Annie Lennox



carry you Home by James Blunt



Dont stop by Fleetwood Mac

Oh and, thanks to the IT people who have now put Lord Ammo's blog on the front page of R2shire. No more digging about, ta!

Another thought:

'As fast as you can' by Minnie Driver - YES, that Minnie Driver.

We saw her supporting Crowded House, GOOD, so saw her again on her small solo tour, she's brill! Simon you may be able to make room for another poster...

#74 ElaineMAry - I love that Todd Rundgren song!



Harry - will try and listen to that Bat for Lashes track, but should say I have liked everything I've heard from her/them, so am looking forward.



I tell you one thing I don't like about Kate Bush............Tori Amos!!

#72

AlexG [who isn't aged 59] - are you in that very tall building?



#71

We missed you Suzie - not sure that hiding 'behind' a fan would stop any of the stuff hitting you.lol.





Some great song choices at #73 and #74

I considered going to Warwick. Went on the visit (the impression was of lots of white/grey buildings). The Arts centre looked fantastic and had a national reputation (used to appear on tour itineraries for bands) but I decided it was too far out of Coventry so went to Reading.



Reading, it transpired, was so close to London that nothing of any interest ever happened in Reading and everyone spent the weekend getting out of the place. Dr George Norman in the Economics Dept actually listed the north, south, east and west-bound travel capability from Reading station as being the town's best feature :-)



I believe Reading has improved significantly in the 30 years since then.

I have stopped rushing around now - for a few minutes at least. Time for a coffee break and a catch up.



It's lovely when our esteemed leader joins in our discussions. Simon, feel free to post here day - you don't have to wait till the following morning to comment on what's being said.





#65 and #70 I have met Alex G and seen photos of Zoe, and I can vouch that they are both nowhere near as old as that!



~X~

#79 that should have read 'feel free to post here DURING THE day...'



Note to self - must preview before posting.



~X~

#75



Thanks Suzie - I meant to say because I saw it earlier.

My twitterings worked, Always good to see a result.

That Jem Stone. SUCH a nice chap.







♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

#77 I am indeed in that very tall building, Katy. 24th floor. A long walk when the fire alarm goes off. Many moons ago, I was on the 49th floor. I am going down in the world.

#76 B&B, the Bat for Lashes cover is really quite haunting; sounds like it could have produced by Brian Eno.



#78 Too far out of Coventry? Can you get TOO far out of Coventry???

#75 #81 Good result! I have the blog set up on my favourites (on both work and home computers) but it's good to know it's even more accessible now.



~X~

'76 Tori's a bit of an acquired taste. I saw her at the RFH around the time of Choirgirl Hotel album. It was a solo gig, just her, piano and harpsichord and I was rather mesmerised by the performance. I didn't believe one person on stage would be able to grab my attention for the whole length of the show like that, but she did.



She's not someone I can listen to very often though, need to be really in the mood for it. I have the first half dozen or so albums but haven't bought anything recently.

#83 Out of Coventry

Am wondering who or what was originally 'Sent To Coventry'.





When I was a student [Goldsmiths, London] there were quite a crowd of students from Coventry - they were 'far out' most of the time. Man.

So who ARE the best male singers around at the moment? Discuss...



I'll leave that one with you. Back at lunchtime!



~X~

#65 / 70. Sorry Ladies. Was not intended to be your ages. Maybe your best one-word score in Scrabble?



#72 Alex - had a meeting at MGN in that building a few weeks ago... if only I'd known. Very wizzy elevators. (sounds like a 3 word Thursday)

#82 - Alex were you ever on the 50th floor? Or is that another storey???!!!



#83 Harry - listened to Eno's "Here Come the Warm Jets" album on the way to work this morning.....fantastic! Well, I say "listened"..... more "endured". Highly recommended to those wishing to be both challenged and entertained today - especially his Bryan Ferry impression in "Dead Finks Don't Talk".

#86 KTMac, according to Brewer, the people of Coventry so hated soldiers that if a woman was spotted speaking to one, she was outlawed. Consequently, for a soldier to be "sent to Coventry" he was effectively being shut off from all social intercourse.

Gazza - I smiled to myself when I heard you were first out the trap again yesterday m' Lovely. ElaineMary, I thought to myself, 'don't remember 'seeing' EM on the blog today but good choon nonetheless.' I also heard menshes for Mediterranean Mo, Wharfdale Gas (i liked SM's comment). I'm afraid the old memory isn't making the appropriate connections (although there are plenty to choose from allegedly) for me to remember all the other menshes I heard. Good show last night. I think I would have forgiven the confessor. It's not the first time I've been shadowed by our techie guys. In fact I had to remind the chap yesterday what he'd done previously to fix an IT prob I had.



Harry - hope your car gets well soon. I knew there was something else I wanted to comment on yesterday morning but didn't remember 'til I saw your au revoir at the end of the day.



Will post in tranches again as this could be a lengthy ramble.



~ xx

#91 Thanks, Toots. It's going into the garage on Saturday for a thoroughly good talking to. Fingers crossed it lasts until then.

#82 - Alex, I imagine it is (or seems) an even longer walk *up* if the lifts break down :)

Morning,



Keep this fire burning - Beverly Knight



Eternal flame - The Bangles



Light my fire - The Doors



(I'm a) Roadrunner - Junior Walker and the all stars



Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group



Long and winding road - The Beatles



Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen



Hold on tight - E.L.O



Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac

I saw Kate Bush perform at the Royal Albert Hall at a concert featuring other guest appearances by Cliff Richard and Labi Siffre, but mainly it was Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra. I didn't realise the guests would sing only one or two songs and then disappear for the rest of the show.



I suggest: LIGHT MY FIRE by Minnie Riperton (with a guest appearance by Jose Feliciano towards the end of the song). Other versions of this song are often and this one deserves more R2 airplay.

FLAMES by Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera.

Songs from the TORCH album by Carly Simon.



(I'm pleased that Simon did not choose currently-in-the-news Ken Clarke or rape as today's theme. Although Old Brown Shoe by The Beatles might be appropriate for Ken Clarke)

I have to share this! In the Guardian today, Marina Hyde refers to Geoff Thompson (former Chairman of the Football Association) as an "alleged vertebrate" LOL

Well a wee update on my listening for pleasure last night.



I didn't manage to get too much listening done as I had a rather lengthy phone conversation with my big sis - discussing residential care for our wee mummy - not as awful as anticipated actually. Sis is doing a grand job of convincing Mum it's the best thing for her. Fingers crossed we can get her in to our first choice (a bit like trying to get children into school - v strange). Then I was engaged in a pool tournie with the youngerGB - he trounced me apu. However, once I got some time to myself, I listened to The Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man - very mellow for an evening and thoroughly enjoyed it. I also had a listen to the first few tracks of a Peter Gabriel CD which is in fact a greatest hits compilation (Shaking the Tree) with a new track included. There are contributions from Stewart Copeland, Youssou N'Dour and the very lovely Kate Bush. Must try listening to more of KB's stuff and see if I can be swayed one way or the other.



~ xx

#94 PhilMewis



Are you aware you've just repeated your list of tunes #73 plus a few from #74 and others that have gone before?







:^D

JPA and ZoeUU - from before - I popped you in with the esteemed musos as you have a quality I really admire - your knowledge may not be as great as some on here(definitely better than mine) but you make time to listen to new stuff suggested on here, as does Mo. I'm trying to be better at listening to 'new to me' stuff. I gave John Martin a listen recently and enjoyed it.



Btw, forgot to say earlier a huge well done to all menshees yesterday, there seemed to be a fair few for the blog.



#65 - JbG - It must be the exam stress getting to you m' Lovely.



#89 - B&B - liked your wee joke - made me chuckle.



Ooooh not sure if I'm all caught up or not but scrolling up and down is making my eyes go funny.



~ xx

#90 Harry. Coventry.

I also had a goo*le -

Strong civil war connections with the phrase.

Also the Covin Tree was the gallows.

No one really knows the true origins - which makes it all the more interesting.