Woohoo. New blog.



I was wrong!



MTF.xx

Morning Simon, Team & Blogpoppets



Many congratulations to you all Simon - a very well deserved award. Hope today goes OK and look forward to hearing you again tomorrow.



Tortie x

For He's A Jolly Good Fellow ♪♫

....and so say all of us.



MTF.xx

*takes a bow*



Good Morning All!



Well we all knew Drivetime was the best show on the radio, but it's lovely to have it acknowledged! And thank you so much Simon for taking time on your day off to write us a blog - I think I speak for us all on here when I say how much we appreciate the way you include us and interact with us here on the blog. In fact, we were saying as much at the Cambridge meet over the weekend. Will be thinking of you and your family today.



Deebee ~X~

Sorry - morning MTF & mcw - hope you're feeling better, MTF.



X

Morning all,



Just pooping over the fence to say congratulations on the award Simon .



Hope that those who went to Cambridge got back home safe and sound,Lovely pics on tother side ,it looks like you all had a good time and I see that your planning more Yeh!!!!.



Have a good day all and I hope that the sun is shing for you .



Rightio off I go Back under the fence this time ,that fence seems a bit high this morning ,not as fit as I was .LOL.



Take care ...Bids.xxx.

I've just been reading through last night's blog - I didn't realise I had had a mention - thanks Simon! Anyone know roughly what time it was? Mr T was listening to local radio and I was in an exercise class!



Tortie x

Morning all,



Huge congratulations Simon & team.

Thanks Tortie and Good Morning to everyone else.



First day back behind the wheel today. Noticeably quieter on the roads, so will pace myself.



MTF.xx

I have a wee tear in my eye. Thank you for thinking of us this morning, Simon. Do you really know what a nice man you are?! Thinking of you and your family today and look forward to you returning tomorrow. We will be nice to Richard. I think he is the preferred stand in on this blog.



Am 1 choon away from hearing MCWs text on Friday's show but keep being interrupted. How very dare they!



Take care MTF and everyone else have a great day!



X

Hi Simon and everyone....



MANY CONGRATULATIONS Simon.... not forgetting Matt (always LOVE his laugh) Rebecca, Sal and Nige, on your well deserved award, for the best show on the radio! :o)



Thank you Simon for letting us bloggers and tweeters feel a part of your show too, with our song choices, texts and tweets! :o))



xx

Good morning award-winning Lord Ammo, award-winning team, award-winning NYM and award-winning bloggers!



How good does that sound! Many much-deserved congratulations. Have you been promoted to Duke of Ammo now? Do we need to call you sir? And do you get a little trophy to proudly display on the window sill of the downstairs loo? We need a photo.



Would also like to endorse the award for Ronnie Wood. Am not a Stones fun, and he usually irritates me - but I'm typically picking up Good Child #2 around 10.30pm on a Sat night, and it's become a routine to listen to Ronnie's show in the car - and you know what, he's very good, and the music he plays is excellent (apart from the irritating ads on those commercial stations).



Good day all.

Good morning all!



Congratulations, jubilations and celebrations to Simon and the whole team! Well deserved.



And well done us for our small part!



Hope today goes okay, Simon.



Laters



A-G

Well done on the award, most deserving (if that's not too ostentatious). We just make the suggestions for some of the music, it's the DT Team that actually plays it, so pats on the back all round - hoorah!

Hurrah - we're back again!

Drivetime Dude and Team Cool - massive congratulations! Utterly completely deserved.



Also - it's grand to have the names of the Constructors - Gary, Andy, Carmella, Ben & Johnny.



So that's all OK then. Year 1 - Gold Sony. What a contract! You're there, we're here - lines of communication well and truly open ... let's do it again, eh?



There's a lot of love flowing around this place, so I'm rather pleased the Beeb's Routine Maintenance has been routinely maintained and we are allowed back in to express it.

:^)

That's good we're back up and running - I was getting paranoid that everything went quiet each time after I posted....

(quietly) perhaps they were fixing the bounce?

Some good results in the Sonys last night I though. And one that leaves me thinking that the BBC is going to be dominated by Robbie Savage for the next 30 years. Forgive the public, they know not what they have done!

Hi everyone,



Just popping over the CLP Blog to congratulate Simon and the team on their well deserved award, the show is great.



X



Gail.

Hurrah, I can post!



Morning All and well done The Drive Time Team. Well deserved and I hope that you are not feeling too groggy this fine (if blustery) day!



How's everyone doing?



A.

Morning everyone



Congratulations Simon and the team.



csn. xx

Coffee time!



#17 I agree KatyMatey - it's good to give a shout out to the background team. We tend to forget about them beavering away, making the show the well-oiled machine that it is (most of the time!). Actually, I've heard of Carmella before - I think Graham Norton mentioned her in one of his shows recently. I remembered because it's an unusual name. I wonder which one is the NYM...



I definitely think this calls for a Drivetime convention! The TOGs have them, and Sir Terry usually puts in an appearance. I'm sure Lord Ammo and the gang would be happy to do likewise. Simon, if you're looking for someone to organise it, you know where I am...



~X~

Good Morning Each! May I make so bold as to suggest a theme, anyway? I was thinking that we might pick tunes related to, or reflective of, SUCCESS. Whaddya fink?

#24 - I fink...Aye!



A.

Might I suggest:-



Champagne Supernova



Appropriate methinks



A.

Thank you (us?) for the music - Abba.



MTF.xx

Ahhhhhh, we're back!



Simon, can I add my congrats to all the other congrats on this page? Well done, everyone on the team!



And a theme? Success??



SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS by THE STRANGLERS

https://youtu.be/dTfw6rNQOvA



Just to add to KatyMatys #17 Hilarious!!



MTF.xx

Ah - there you are! No internet for two days and then the Beeb wouldn't let me in! Had to re-register.



Well done Viscount Ammo and the team - without doubt the best show, and very much in the spirit of informed, intelligent, entertaining, witty radio... with great music. My listening in this slot goes back to John Dunn (maybe before, but my memory doesn't go back that far!), and the one thing our show has that JD didn't have is this lovely blog!



Sorry to hear you have to attend a funeral Simon... in as much as these thing can never "go well", I hope it goes well (if that makes sense).



Responding to PoS's theme....



WIN - David Bowie

("When your smile is spreading thin / All you've got to do...... is win")



Anyone heard (suspect Harry may not be impressed) Andrea Corr's version of The Blue Nile's Tinseltown in the Rain? Oh dear. Dreadful!!! Complete and utter misunderstanding of what the song is about...



Have a lovely day everybody... see you later

As Lord Ammo's occupation of the Drivetime seat is only just over a year old, does he qualify as an



OVERNIGHT SENSATION by TINA TURNER

#30 - BandB, What have you said now?



A.

What about CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - Beautiful South

#30 B&B on the naughty step? What did you say?? :-)

#33 & #34 - Alice and Harry - all I said was I didn't like the Andrea Corr single!!



no - I had to re-register. For some reason the beeb didn't recognise me any more. Must have been the shave...

Must be a new sign in B&B?



MTF.xx

#19 can only agree Ken. I was heartily disappointed when I heard of that award. I do listen to 5live but not when Robbie S is on.



X

Huzzah! to Team Drivetime on the Golden Gong! Well deserved.



Admittedly, it took me a while to warm to the new format but warm I did and love it now.



Sorry about the funeral Simon, hope all goes well and look forward to having you back on air tomorrow in time for a Midweek Middle-Aged Mosh!



Back laters.



Deevs

x

Celebrate -Kool & the Gang is a nice uplifting choon



X

Morning!



Another (sporadic) blogger from next door, but I couldn’t miss the opportunity to say, many congratulations Simon and the team. The show has gone from strength to strength and is unmissable in my book. Your award is well deserved. Thoughts are with you today, you will be missed, but Richard Allinson will do a sterling job in your absence.



MTF, so pleased you're feeling betterer! X



Pen xx

Thanks Pen. Great to see you too.xx

Or since this is not Lord Ammo's first Sony



You Win Again - The Beegees



Phew! Glad to see you back BandB. You had us worried there.



X

Apprentice themed tunes according to fb!!



MTF.xx

Oh, blimey! No sooner have I suggested a theme, and planned a bit of blogging, life suddenly gets in the way. I'll catch up later, peeps.

#37 I agree Mo - we usually listen to our local sports programme (who won a Sony Bronze award last night) instead of him!

Someone better wake Billie up ;)



Richard Allinson is looking for apprentice themed tunes for tonight....



MTF.xx

#42 and #36 - I was a bit worried...I've never been 'moderated' before. It was only moderately discomforting though.



Somebody just tweeted the following, which made me smirk in a "rubbish pun" kind of way:



Did you hear Edith Piaf's disastrous cover of 'Umbrella'? She was unrepentant, of course. "Je Ne Regrette Rhianna."

Good Morning Simon and everyone,



Great big congratulations to Simon, The Team and all bloggers. A well deserved award for the BEST show on the radio...ever.



Simon - hope today is the best it can be.



Lots of love,



Softy

xx

Morning All,



Congratulations to all the award winning team

Apprentice theme, eh!



You're the one that I want - Olivia Newton John and John Travolta



A.

Thanks MTF, we need someone to keep us right ;-)



X

Apprentice theme?



SUGAR - The Archies



OH LORD, PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - The Animals

Can you tell I'm feeling a bit better Mo? :)



MTF.xx

I can't cope with being moderated!! So I'm wasting a post, because by the time this is up, the others currently being moderated will be up too. Blimey - then there's the 3-minute rule. It just gets worse.....

That must be your last one before clearance now B&B?



MTF.xx

Congrats to Simon and the team.

Have to admit I was one of the moaners who really didn't like it when Simon sat in for Chris when he was our Drivetime guru. Thought Simon was boring and he just didn't do it for me - but I realise now that was because it wasn't his show and a couple of weeks covering isn't enough time to stamp your mark on something.



I now really enjoy Drivetime and think the elements that make it Simon's show are great, Homework Sucks, Confessions etc and love it when Matt gets the giggles when Sally says " ...that reminds me of a time when ...."



Radio 2 really is a fantastic station with great music and brilliant presenters - although I still have a problem with Steve 'Smarmy' Wright!



Song suggestion - Gold by Spandau Ballet.



ttfn, Crumpy x

#30 & #35 B&B,



As you know, I am agreat admirer of the little Irish, pretty-as-a-picture songstress but if she were to cover a Blue Nile's Tinseltown in the Rain, I'd say "OI, CORRR, NAWH!!!"

#30, #35 & #57



I heard Ms Corr this morning on CE's show while trying to make myself get out of bed. I do remember thinking that it sounded familiar...and now I know why!



A.

Good Afternoon All :)



How lovely to pop in and find a new blog (when we weren't expecting one) from our award winning Lord Ammo. Huge congratulations to both the on-air and off-air teams, it's a fantastic show and the award was very much deserved. A big thank you too, as others have said, for letting us be a small part of the show with our oldie suggestions, texts/tweets etc.



It is wonderful to be a part of this fantastic blog, with top people all around, from Simon and the team, to all the lovely blogpoppets. It's a thing of beauty indeed :D



Apprentice tunes eh? How about...



FIRE - THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN ;)



And on songs for success for Simon & Co - Dressed For Success - Roxette.

~57 Morning Mr Snapper (or - as it is now - Good Afternoon)...



Are you indeed a fan of the impish little one? I do like some of the early Corrs songs, but I think they got so manicured that they forgot how to make great records, and I think Andrea on her own is a bit precious really. But she is mightily pretty when she forgets to look so serious. Sat behind all four of them on a flight from London to Manchester once - they all looked really grumpy! She's covered Tinseltown in the Rain with big rocky drums, and strident, earnest singing... it's just wrong! It must be very tempting when you are in the music biz to cover your favourite songs, but I think the Blue Nile are difficult to cover.

#30 & #35 B&B, fool that I am, I just had to have a listen. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!



I could forgive her (with her sisters and brother) for ruining Fleetwood Mac's Dreams as she at least had the good sense to perform it on TOTP in front of a spotlight so we could see right through her dress and so be distracted from the carnage that was being enacted before our ears. But this? Does it have any redeeming features?

#61 no! X

Forgot to say earlier....



Simon, as you're now wearing your sparkly Sony crown and clutching your award as you grace the halls of Radio-2-land land, your colleagues doffing their caps and tugging their forelocks as you sweep past, and still glowing from the massive pay rise which I'm sure has been bestowed upon you, perhaps you could apply some gentle pressure to the IT operatives to fix some of the niggles on this blog??



Who knows, next you could be in line for the Sony award for "Best use of interactive technology in radio"?

I know someone who used to go out with Andrea when they were young 'uns



A.

#61 #64 - I didn't think the "Dreams" cover was TOO bad - might if I heard it now - but do agree that presentation is eight tenths of the job done! I do love the Dixie Chicks cover of "Landslide" though... but they are in a different league. A friend of mine went on a cheap Ryanair weekend to Dublin a few years back with a friend, although they were really going independently of one another to visit different friends. The friend of the friend went off to a party on the Saturday night, and later in the evening called her to say it was a really good party and that she should come along. Gave her the address etc. My friend went along, found it to be in a posh house in a posh part of Dublin, rang the doorbell, and found that when it was opened she was face to face on the doorstep with Bono. He let her in to find her friend, and found that apart from a dozen or so unknown party guests, the rest of the party consisted of all four boys from U2, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, and all four of the Corrs. A good night was, I gather, had by all!

Aha - hello - briefly - a theme? - saw that in FB Drivetime - suggested MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL - XTC.



FIRE - KASABIAN

SUGARTOWN - NANCY SINATRA





Great to 'see' returnees [that's you B&B!] and lovely friends from next door on Evansblog - can't stop ... so will leave some cake and fluttery congratulatory banner ---



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oo-er, B&B is posting dodgey stuff again ;-)

#65 - Surely that must be the end of being moderated!



A.

I see Peter Frampton's playing live towards the end of the year. Anyone seen him before? I'm mildly curious and wondering whether to go.

#66 - thank you KatyMac, et al (you can call me 'et al', as Paul Simon wrote).



I am getting fed up of being moderated now.... moderately fed up. Jeremy Vine just played David Bowie's "Five Years". Bless him! (JV and DB)

Good afternoon at last! (Probs logging in)



Simon, how very kind of you to take the time to post a blog on a day like today. My thoughts are with you and all who knew the deceased.



Congratulations to all involved on the very well deserved award. Your show really is tops!



Richard, Hello, good afternoon and welcome! Lovely to have you here. Probably already been suggested but if not:



BROWN SUGAR by The Rolling Stones



Have a good day.x

#69 - Pater Frampton played on my mate Keith's back garden a couple of summers ago! I think he'd be worth seeing in the right venue - the smaller the better.



So fed up with the moderation now I am going to post my ARFO request early in the hope that it gets in under the wire:



BABY I LOVE YOU - The Ramones.

Love the cake and banner, Katy!



Hello to all visitors from 'over the fence'.



Must dash...



~X~

#18 - I was wrong.... Or they failed again!

Just a quickie to say well done Simon and the team!! Richly deserved



T xxxx

RICHARD !!!! Apprentice tunes?



'You're Gonna Go Far, Kid' by The Offspring



'For Wanting You' by Marianne Faithful



'Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime' I like the version by Beck



'Learning The Game' by Buddy Holly

The ultimate apprentice tune (knowing that it will be Thursday before my moderated post appear) is, as KatyMac declares above...



MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL - XTC



I bet Nigel's mum and dad wish they had foreseen the future he actually had in British Steel...



Alternatively



THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT I GOTTA WEAR SHADES - Timbuk3



MAGGIE'S FARM - Bob Dylan

"It’s a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor

I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more. ..."



16 TONS - Ernie Ford

"Another day older and deeper in debt..."

Back again!



Ooh, a bouncing blog - now there's a novelty!!



If it's not too late, Richard.



GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR - David Essex



Please. If it's already been suggested - share?



Tortie x

I note we are being rather more polite about the 'theme' than we were this time last year when asked to suggest tunes to promote AS's recruitment policy by using the licence payers' dosh ..



As we are constantly being told that we should be very excited about the new series which will be broadcast this week, I would like to say that I have more worthwhile matters to get excited about. LOL.



:^)

#79 - I have to say Katymac, I have never 'got' Apprentice. My sister seems to think that it is the best thing since sliced bread but I just cannot be bothered with it!



A.

#79,#80 - I caught the end of one episode of the last series and that was enough for me! I think I may have mentioned on here at the time about self-important twerps (or words to that effect), and having heard a trailer for the new programme on R2 yesterday, my opinion hasn't changed!

#79 & #80 I can't be doing with The Apprentice, and Siralan gets right on my bits! Each to their own though, I suppose.



It's all about parading a bunch of numpties around for the public's entertainment, rather than finding the next rising star in business, in my humble opinion of course! But then people wouldn't watch otherwise, just as they wouldn't watch X Factor and BGT if they weren't essentially freak shows.

#80 JustPlainAlice, I love The Apprentice and I'm warming to Karren Brady, but still miss Margaret and her facial expressions and I love Nick! I hope there will be another Stuart Baggs this time! :o))

#79 thru #83

Totally agree - but I'm afraid I love it; if only for their sheer nincompoopness in some of the screaming errors they make. Along with all the back-stabbing and numptiness-bravado that only modern-age yuppies seem to be able to manage.



Brilliant TV! The only comedy show I like on the box at the moment ;-)

Best I steer clear of the AS subject :-)

I think The Apprentice is like any of these 'reality' shows (Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity, even the more quality ones such as Masterchef) - once you start watching, you somehow get drawn in almost against your better judgement, until you feel compelled to watch week after week. Luckily for me I'm out on Tuesday evenings, so I won't be tempted to even start watching.



Tortie - did anyone answer your question about your mensh? It was right in the middle of the interview with the Book Club author - about 6.20, I think.



On which subject, I'm definitely going to give yesterday's book choice a go. I have a psychology degree, and some of the people I work with have a professional interest in the area of memory and what happens when it doesn't work properly. It sounds like a fascinating book - and I'm also curious to find out how well a male author tackles writing in the first person as a woman!



~X~

#86 Deebee, I found it, thanks!



I'm not sure about yesterday's book choice; I read the first chapter yesterday, and it reminded me a bit of The Time Traveller's Wife - which I hated! I think I'll wait and see what other people think?

My work is done here folks.... have lovely evenings, and see you tomorrow!

Afternoon all



Very busy at mo, so just pooping in to add hearty congrats for the win last night, very well deserved.



B&B I see you're still on premodding, wonder if it might be worth contacting them, as if you've re-registered your account may not be set correctly.



Cheers



A

#88 Tortie, I LOVED The Time Traveller's Wife! LOL!



Wouldn't life be boring if we all agreed about everything all of the time...



~X~

#90 - it would indeed, Deebee! Did you see the film as well? Needless to say, I didn't!

A Wahey and woo hoo hoo!!! Many congratulations to Simon, the Drivetime Dude, The Dudey Team and the Dudey NYM. Mind you, I could've told you with the need for a Sony Gold Award that your show is the best on the radio ;) I know, I know, it wouldn't carry quite the same clout.



Anyhoo, *smooths hair, straightens skirt, a wee throat clearing cough and...* Hi Everyone.



Sad to hear you're at a funeral today, Simon. I hope it went as well as these things can go.



I had a note to apologose for my absinthe earlier but it got lost under the landslide of papers on my desk.



I was desperate to get on yesterday to hear all about the Cambridge weekend. Looking at the fotos on FB, it would appear a good time was had by all.



Off to get tea ready for the hungry hordes (is that right type of horde?) Anyhoo, really hoping to get back later for a mahoosive catch up.



Cheerio for now.



~ xx

#92 there's an 'out' that needs inserting on the second line directly after 'with' ;)



~ xx

#92. I think that yoo've claimed the top spot in the prevoiusly unknown competition for the most double o words in a single post. Something to do with the name, I reckon. ;0)

What started out as a rain soaked, thundery day has finished off with bright sunshine and, all-in-all, a very pleasant evening.



Tie for me to wrap up for the day.



Wonder how the menshes will work tonight? I think they may all come from Facebook but, wherever they come from, I hope all that want them, get them.



Have a nice evening and see you all tomorrow.

#94 - Woo hoo hoo!!! Woot doo yoo knoow - I'm a wooner!!! Thoonk yoo Pool oof Shoofoold!



:D



~ xx

I really think we ought to be able to get past 100 posts before Simon's return tomorrow.



I'd just like to say how much I'm enjoying listening to Richard Allinson this evening - a worthy stand in for our esteemed leader.



~X~

#97 our esteemed AWARD WINNING leader, I meant to say.



~X~

Hello Everyone



This is the first chance I've had to post because the blog wouldn't let me in this morning and I've been out all day.



I would like to add my congratulations to Simon & Team on the Award. It really is a super show and it's lovely for us bloggers to play a little part in it.



Simon - I would also like to say that it was kind and thoughtful of you to take time to post a blog this morning on what must be a difficult day. I hope the funeral went as well as could be hoped.



Love



BP

I love John Allen's version of 'Angie' too.