Good morning Simon, Team and fellow blogpoppets!



Hope everyone had a good weekend. Ours was somewhat eventful - will tell all later.



Can't think of a single song for today's theme.



Back later



A-G

Good Morning Again All –



Suggest –



ANYONE FOR TENNIS? - Cream



THE POWER OF LOVE – Huey Lewis



THE POWER OF LOVE - Frankie goes to Hollywood



LOVE X LOVE – George Benson



LOVE PLUS ONE – Haircut 100

Hi Simon and everyone.



Just to let you know, my best mate won the veterans category at the German Open kickboxing competition on Saturday....bizarre that veterans is over 35!!! Incidently he is just 35! Oh well onwards to the dread that is Saturday and the 2nd Dan black belt grading!!



Here are my Wimbledon toons:



1. ACE - How Long

2. LOVE TIMES LOVE - George Benson

3. MRS ROBINSON - Simon and Garfunkel

4. SUPERGRASS - Alright

5. RUBBER BALL - Bobby Vee

IT’S ONLY LOVE - Beatles



LOVE - John Lennon



MIND GAMES – John Lennon

GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU – George Harrison



RUBBER BALL – Bobby Vee

Morning all,



Probably not much from me today, and I'm not sure how much of the show I'll hear - my wife is having a knee replacement operation today (and will be having the second done as soon as the first is healed).



But for me, one of the most obvious choons for the feem, particularly with Stevie Nicks on the show is:



DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac

morning all from a sunny Shire :-)



THE MATCH GAME OTIS REDDING

Goodness - where is everyone?

Good morning Simon and everyone



WICKED GAME ~ Chris Isaak



THE CIRCLE GAME ~ Joni Mitchell (or Tom Rush)



PLAY THE GAME ~ Queen



RUBBER BALL ~ Marty Wilde



xx

#6 love to Mrs. H.

Good Morning All :)



Going out soon for birthday shenanigans, but afore I go...



Great blog today Simon :) We have one of those sonic devices to deter cats from our garden, I have to say though that thus far it hasn't done much deterring! Indeed I had the savoury task of picking up mouse parts from the back of the garden yesterday *Yuk*



Oldie suggestions...



I WON'T LET YOU DOWN - PHD (For Andy Murray)



LOVE PLUS ONE - HAIRCUT 100



IT'S RAINING AGAIN - SUPERTRAMP (it isn't, but it does!)

LOVE IS A LOSING GAME AMY WINEHOUSE



IT'S ALL IN THE GAME THE FOUR TOPS



LOVE LOVE LOVE BOBBY HEBB

Good Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



A very Happy Birthday to the lovely Zoe!



Songs for today:



RUBBER BALL by Bobby Vee



ONE LOVE by Blue



ONE LOVE by Bob Marley



ONE LOVE by U2



PLAY THE GAME by Queen



Deebee ~X~

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets!



Intriguing, Alex.



So glad it's not Heatwave oldies, Simon. Have to admit to a wee giggle at your tweets at the weekend. Grumpy old man syndrome?



Who Let in the Rain - Cyndi Lauper



Why Does it Always Rain - Travis



Win Some, Lose Some - Robbie W



Not feeling by best today. Realised I wasn't feeling so good when I went downstairs this morning to find I had left back door wide open last night. Did something similar the other week during the day. Oops!



X

THE LOVE I LOST HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES

Good Morning All



How about 'Strawberry Fields Forever'



Enjoy the sunshine

Happy Birthday Zoe

Happy Mondays all round :^)



Back later for a chat.



MY FAVOURITE GAME - THE CARDIGANS

A couple more.....



MIND GAMES ~ John Lennon



THE GAME OF LOVE ~ Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders



LOVE LOVES TO LOVE LOVE ~ Lulu



WHAT IS LOVE? ~ Haddaway



xx

HAWKEYE – Frankie Laine

ALL CRIED OUT ALISON MOYET

Just a couple more oldie suggestions before I go...



HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - PAT BENATAR



RIGHT DOWN THE LINE - GERRY RAFFERTY

REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE THE FOUR TOPS

LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL THE FEELING

Thanks Billie the Blogger and Debbie from the blog :)



May be back later, hope everyone has a lovely Monday



Much love



One Year Older ZW xxxx

Games without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel



Games People Play by Joe South



We are the Champions by Queen



The Wombling Song by The Wombles



The Final Countdown by Europe

Happy birthday Zoe!



Mo, hope your day gets better.



Deebee, glad the concert went well!



Alex H, hope Mrs H recovers quickly.

UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF THE SUPREMES





to celebrate the new roof :-D

Morning all



Phew, hot one here!



It Might As Well Rain Until September - Carole King



Pen xx

Morning all,



Wimbledon smashers:



Borderline - Madonna

Jump (for your love) - The Pointer Sisters

Fool if you think it's over - Elkie Brooks

Heavy People - Kate Bush ("rollin' the ball...")



Happy birthday Zoe!

I WALK THE LINE JOHNNY CASH

Good morning everyone.



Beautiful and sunny when I set out but I drove through thick mist on the A595 and it's dull and overcast here now. Fingers crossed for some sun.



Only one suggestion from me (cos this is the only one I can think of):



TENNIS ELBOW by SKY SAILING



It's on the "An Airplane Carried Me To Bed" album if anyone is interested but as it only came out in 2010 not sure it qualifies as an 'oldie'.

BALL OF CONFUSION THE TEMPTATIONS

BALL OF CONFUSION THE TEMPTATIONS

Happy birthday Zoe!



Love Games - Level 42



X

Morning All,



Why is it that on the rare occasion that I am actually online in a morning an can post to the blog (I normally catch up via an RSS feed many hours after the event!) The only song I can think of that is tennis related, other than the fine choices already mentioned, is:



THE BRATT, CHALKDUST - THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK.



Was about 9 when it was released and I thought it was brilliant. I haven't heard it for about 25 years. I suspect it has not aged well!



Hope the weather is being kind to you all...



DFC

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Two birthdays in two days - this calls for cake:



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LA DI DAH – Jake Thackery

happy birthdat Zoe x

Hope Mrs H's op goes well, AlexH



X

Fine Line - Will Young



Wish I had taken today off. The tennis looks faiths afternoon.



X

#6 AlexH - hope all goes well for Mrs H's knees.

Morning all! How is everyone coping with the heat?



Confession time, I like U2 and Coldplay.



A song for today then how about U2 "40" as in 40 love?



GB

Morning,



Welcome to the cheap seats - The Wonder stuff



Game of Love - Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders



Whole lotta love - Led Zepplin



All you need is love - The Beatles



Love - Rosey



Love is better than a warm trombone - Gomez



Little Deuce coupe - The Beach boys



Love Reign O'er Me - The Who



Deuce - Kiss



Call it love - Deuce



Walking on the sun - Smash Mouth



Drying of the lawns - The tallest man on earth

Favourite Game - The Cardigans

Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams

Morning All,



No suggestions for me...can't think of owt.



Happy Birhtday Zoe UU, Hope you have a good 'un.



Hope the op goes well for you wife AlexH.



I'm not confessing as I don't see the need but I like U2 and Coldplay. Altho' I have to say that there seemed to be something lacking from Bono on Friday. Maybes it was the rain putting a dampener on things. Coldplay were great. Full of energy. I also caught The Noisettes yesterday as I searched for summat to watch while doing my pile of ironing (in this weather! Tell me about it) and I have to say, that girl can sing. Only knew a couple of the songs but it didn't matter, the rest was sang with great gusto. Caught the back of of the Biffy Clyro set. They are loud but I like them.Gonna try and find them ont' website. I was disappointed with the red button. Not much to choose from considering how many people are playing at Glasto.



Hope you all have a good day and survive the heat, if you have it or get the sun, if you don't.



Maybes laters



A.

Morning all, hope everyone is well and keeping cool.



Just a quickie..



HOLD THE LINE - TOTO





Have a good one

J x

Notes from a muso household . . .



Ken - your Porcupine Tree link led me down some poignant paths, but no less enjoyable for that. Thanks. Later in the weekend whilst with friends, the shared listening of album Fear of A Blank Planet seemed much less melancholic.



Glasto - on balance I don't think I saw/heard as much as I would normally - it was *that* sort of weekend. I guess there's lots to catch up on in Red Button/Catch Up land. More my sort of thing than the tennis.

BTW - top coverage from the Beeb.

Moment of the weekend - Lauren Laverne waxing lyrical over Beyonce's performance to an indifferent Zane Lowe, leaving him about 10 seconds to respond before announcing Kool & The Gang. He laughed.

Loved the stuff I thought I might: Fleet Foxes, Mumfords, Stornoway, Paolo, Elbow, Paul Simon, Noisettes.

U2 and Coldplay don't really need my love but agree with Simon - if it don't float your boat, don't watch and then comment and spoil it for others ..

Fell in love with Pendulum for their catchy choons, rhythms and instant likeability - I fear 'tis but a crush and won't last long. Also was good to see that Kaiser Chiefs are as cuddly as ever. Can't comment on anything else that I haven't seen yet.



Live Music has never been more popular - I am so glad it's happening during my lifetime ..



In our own small way - Making Music round the Dining Room Table was beautiful on Saturday night - the boys are working on covers 'BusStop' 'It's Only Natural' and 'Eye In The Sky' amongst others .. tonight they're jammin' with the blues boys down our local music venue.

Borderline - Madonna



Chant No 1 (I don't need this pressure on) - Spandau Ballet



Enough from me. Taking a half day so I can watch the tennis all cosier up on the sofa.



Back later.



X

Mo - a fine remedy m'dear. Enjoy. Hope you can drop by for the occasional bon mot.

x

It sounds like it's going to be hot at Wimbledon today so I hope it won't be too hot for our Brit... who won't be very used to those sort of temperatures like his opponents!!!

Postponed Biffy for Pendulum, Really need to play this louder but I am sure that the boss wouldn't like it. Already getting looks for head nodding while typing, hehehe.



Thanks Katy for the recommendation.



Laters - work beckons



A.

Thought of another couple that I don't think have been suggested yet:



WICHITA LINEMAN by Glen Campbell. So sad to hear he's not well.



And I keep thinking of BLINDED BY THE LIGHT by Manfred Mann's Earth Band - second line 'revved up like a deuce...'. And sometimes the players are facing into the sun, today particularly I would think.



#35 Seconded! Why didn't I think of that one?



Alex H - best wishes to Mrs H.



I like Coldplay - in fact X&Y is one of my all-time favourite albums. But, as has been said many times before, it would be boring if we all liked exactly the same things. I agree with Simon though - if you don't like it, don't watch it!



Mo - enjoy your afternoon watching the tennis. Hope you feel better soon.



~X~

Last one from me:



Step It up - Stereo MCs



Have a fab day all,



N x

Good Morning Each!



Many Happy Returns to Mrs Moog!



Wimbledon...



'Stir It Up And Serve it' by Tommy Roe



'It's My Fault, Darling' by Professor Longhair (Why not? You know you want to)

Morning all,

Only thing I can think of, not already suggested by the early-bird bloggers is



THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS By JONI MITCHELL...



#14 folks leaving doors/windows open at this time of year is a burglars delight!

We once got in the car, drove away for a weekend and came back SUNDAY night to find the FRONT door wide open, as my son-in-a-rush had left it.

Nothing taken, (we had nothing worth flogging!) but you can imagine the horror of it!



Stinking hot here in Oxford, but we are told rain is on the way - so maybe I'll get wet on the cycle home....it was 34 degrees in the shade on our patio yesterday...

Morning all.



Happy belated Birthday to Nadine and a Happy Birthday to Zoe.



What did you put in that cake next door Katymaty, the mods have spat it out!!



MTF.xx

Morning team,



ONE LOVE - U2 ( efficiently covers Wimbers and Glasto in one song)



STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER - THE BEATLES (seeing as lots of strawberries are being consumed in SW19 at the mo)



BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON



Cloudy and overcast here in Edinburgh today, hope we see some sunshine soon!



Rx

Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Dury and the blockheads.



MTF.xx

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON



Pen xx

VENUS - Bananarama





Rx

EVERYONE'S A WINNER - HOT CHOCOLATE



xx

For all the unnecessary 'grunting'......



Shut uppa ya face - Joe Dolce.



I mean, really!!



MTF.xx

I know it's already been mentioned and do agree that it has probably not ages well; but would love to hear ...



THE BRATT, CHALKDUST - THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon The Fox Hunting Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



Simon, I hope the horses and hounds didn't make an impromptu stop off at your gaff searching out sly Mr Fox, don't want you spilling your early morning cuppa. I have had a couple of unexplained marks on my grass, near the rabbit hutch - please don't say it's a F O X - waaaah!!! Bernie may have to be brought back into the loving bosooom of his owners.



Posting in chunks as blog isn't accepting my rambling prose ;)



~ xx

The name of the game - Abba.



MTF.xx

From the previous blog, Billie - you are so kind a bottle of white would go down well if it's all the same to you ;). Thank you kind lady. Glad you found the +1 - I find there's not the same urgency to get all my chores done so I can be ready to watch Corrie as I know I can catch up an hour later. Popstar to Operastar - I agree last night's result was fair although I would prefer it if Joseph was kept out of the bottom two, bless him, I think he's kinda cute and for that reason would like him to stay in the competition ;). All the songs seemed v difficult last night but I felt poor old Andy could've been given something a little less taxing on his memory.



Rightio, off to catch up on this morning's blog.



~ xx

No need to confess to liking U2 and Coldplay. I happily queued at the Reading Hexagon at stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning for my ticket to the Joshua Tree show at Wembley stadium, and went there again on the Zooropa tour. I thought Bono was in pretty good voice for an oldie, he can still sing. Given what a "best of" set list it was I was a bit surprised that they didn't finish with "40".



Enjoyed Coldplay too, but wish Chris Martin would just let the final notes of a song ring out a bit longer before speaking, so the moment can be enjoyed a bit more.



Beyonce goes straight over my head - generally I just don't get all that r'n'b stuff.



Also need to say a well done to the Eavis family and/or the BBC and/or the legal bods. At long last we got the whole headline sets uninterrupted (bar the channel swapping). Long may that continue. If they could just move Glasto or Wimbledon in the diary the two main stages could be live and uninterrupted on the red button all day :-)

afternoon all



wimbledon always rains so how about



its raining again-supertramp

enjoyed Noah and the Whale as much as anyone else I saw, Kaiser Chiefs were good too

Just pooping as a little bird has said that there are a couple of Birthdays here today .



So Happy birthday to Nadine and Zoe.hope that you both have a lovely day .



Hope that you're all well here next door and enjoying this lovely weather that we're having at the mo.



Take care and bye for now.



Bids.xxx.



Ps ,thankyou for the cakes Katy ,they were delish.

Happy birthday Zoe!



More.....



1. GOOD MORNING JUDGE - 10cc

2. THE HEAT IS ON - Glenn Frey

3. WHATS THE COLOUR OF MONEY? MURRAY HEAD

4. CENTREFOLD - J Geils Band

5. INSIDE OUT - Odyssey

6. Anything by STRAWBERRY Switchblade

7. DOUBLE - Captain of your Heart

8. BAT OUT OF HELL - Meatloaf

9. SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council

10. SET ME FREE - Jaki Graham



Enjoy the sunshine...stay cool and hydrated.



Mandy :)

Does anyone know what the title of today's blog refers to? Am I being Mrs Thick of Thickville...?



On the recommendation of Lord Ammo I downloaded some Show of Hands at the weekend. Very good indeed. I see what he means about 'knackered music' - it's lyrical, easy listening. They do a fine version of Billy Joel's 'Downeaster Alexa'.



~X~

ooh!!! that didn't sound right did it!!. Ithink that there should be an (in) in there somewhere ..



Oh well !!! better get back next door when they know me a liitle better .lol.



Bids.xxx.

Still not caught up but suddenly realised it's the lovely Zoe UU's birthday today. Happiest of happy birthdays, Zoe UU, hope you are having wonderful day.



~ xx

Afternoon all



Still busy so not really here just pooping by!



#74 - You need to read Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl and all will become apparent!



V tired today as we hosted the niece's 21st birthday do in our garden yesterday - all went very well for her, but its a shame you don't get your money back on empty bottles anymore - would have paid for itself!



Cheers



A

Hmph! Got to go. the younger boy is the jester in his class's potrayal of Romeo and Juliet this afternoon. Didn't get caught up but will do later.



~ xx

#75 Had to re-read your earlier post Bids - LOL!



#77 Ah, thanks Andy. In fact now you've explained, I don't ACTUALLY need to read it - that fact that I know it's something to do with a fox makes the whole thing so much clearer.



~X~

Some things are just too good to keep to yourself:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KmfjWBulic

Yeah, thanks for sharing that with us Bids :O



MTF.xx

That was great Harry and the most impressive set of wings.



MTF.xx

Afternoon all!



Pedant Alert! Pedant Alert! Pedant Alert!



Can I just say it is "One" by U2 and not one love although that is a phrase from the chorus. Sorry must be the heat making me all irritable, I know heat in Yorkshire who would have thought it.



Anyway off to listen to the tennis now as my boss is out of the office.



GB

Hello again!



Now that the mensh chasing has died down, I have returned to share the events that made our weekend eventful (see post #1). This will be in 2 parts, as there are 2 events.

#84 *waits in eager anticipation...



~X~

I'll have to read when I get back Alex, hope they were good events.



Off to work now...



Toodle pip.



MTF.xx

#84 - it must be an epic A-G...;-)



A.

Just had a read through the blog and with all these "love" songs I'm surprised that no one has asked for "Love Minus Zero" by Bob Dylan.

Aaaarrrgghhh - not letting me post!!

Yesterday afternoon, young Jack kitten found a chaffinch nest - with chicks. He killed 2 of the chicks but I managed to get the 3rd one off him. It was still alive, although we held out little hope. We put a tea towel into a basket and put the chick in, tucked the "nest" onto a high shelf and crossed our fingers.



Half an hour later, there was tweeting in the kitchen. I called Wildlife Rescue. No rescue centre near us so they gave us instructions. Mash up cat food (?) with a little water and use a cotton bud to give the chick 3 mouthfuls every half an hour. Little chick would only open his beak when his "nest" was jiggled, so he became Mr Jiggle.



Every 30 minutes, we duly played at being Mummy Chaffinch. He went to bed at 10pm and then I was up at 5.30 this morning. Mr P took him to our vet this morning and they are going to send Mr Jiggle to a bird sanctuary. Will miss the little fellow but it was hard work!

#89 sometimes, I am not even signed in, but have been allowed to write a lengthy tome before it says 'not able to post right now' but what it does not say to me, which it should is 'because you are a numpty and you have to sign in first'!

Watching the tennis online & as usual Murray is making it look like hard work!!

Event No. 2:



We have put an offer in on a house and it has been accepted! Lovely cottage in mid-Kent, paddock, stables, studio for Mr P.... just perfect. Also, very very scary!

#90 Aww - what a lovely story Alex! Naughty Jack for killing Mr Jiggle's siblings, but I guess he was only doing what comes naturally.



#91 LOL! Yes, that's happened to me too Suzie. Now I usually stay signed in all the time - saves the poor old brain from having to remember.



~X~

#92 That's fantastic news!!!!



I'll tell Mr B he doesn't have to worry about keeping the shed tidy now...



~X~

#90 - Lovely story A-G



#92 - Fingets crossed for cottage. When I win the lottery...*goes off into day dream about dream home*



'Ere, words are starting to move on mi screen!?!?! Oh, not the ol' eyes getting worse...just a few corn flies blown in thro' window, hehehe!



Laters.



A.

#94 Yes, bad Jack. Doesn't bode well for our move to the country - he has turned into a killer!



#95 Thanks Alice!

Ok, ok I take it back. Murray rocks!



#92 - exciting times, but yes scary especially when you start to think about all the packing/unpacking.....feel exhausted for you!



#90 I wonder if the bird sanctuary are interested in common-or-garden pigeon babies? As I left for work, a quite sizeable baby pigeon was on our doormat, looking bereft - and he had done LOTS of what pigeon's do naturally; then another was on the back patio, much smaller but still a pigeon baby - as dead as a dodo. I think the wind blew the nest off the tree (remains of a nest in our small beech tree) or off the roof.

#97, I did wonder if we were watching the same match ;-)

#97 I expect they would take in any baby bird Suzie. If you have an RSPCA vet nearby, take it in. Mr Jiggle did lots of poo-ing as well - we were amazed that something so tiny could generate so much!!

*Spoiler alert*



















By the sounds emanating from the TV, I think Murray has just blown a Gasquet - off the court







:^)