Hi Simon and everyone...



You're right, it is a rubbish day... so far! It's rainy here and not ideal for mid-summer's day! Here's a few summery sounding songs!



SUMMER BREEZE ~ Isley Brothers



SUMMER WINE ~ Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood



BOYS OF SUMMER ~ Don Henley



please Simon...



x

Morning All,



MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMIN - Travis



MIDSUMMER NIGHT - Bee Gees



MIDSUMMER MORNING - Joni Mitchell

Good Morning All :)



No lie in for my this morning (after twins at respite last night) due to the hammer head we have living next door! Grrrrr I agree Simon, Tuesdays ARE rubbish!



Anyway on to more pleasant things...



FOR THE LONGEST TIME - BILLY JOEL



To get the oldie ball rolling. I shall jump start my brain to ponder on some more...

Good morning again -



Suggest -



LONG LONG DAY - Paul Simon



FOR THE LONGEST TIME - Billy Joel

Good Morning Simon, team and sparkling Blogpoppets



Really looking forward to 2Day tomorrow. I will be reorganising my morning routine slightly so I can listen to the radio between 7 and 8.



My suggestions for today are:



THE LONGEST TIME by Billy Joel



IN THE SUMMERTIME by Mungo Jerry



SUMMER DAY by Sheryl Crow



LONG LONG DAY by Paul Simon



ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT by The Kinks



Deebee ~X~

May as well choose another tune as it's quiet around here just now!



HERE COMES SUMMER ~ Jerry Keller

#4 Billie - snap! We posted at the same time, and two of the same songs. Aren't we supposed to link little fingers and make a wish now?



~X~

RING OUT, SOLSTICE BELLS - Jethro Tull



LONGEST DAYS - John Mellencamp



ONE SHORT NIGHT - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - Elton John



SOLSTICE BELLS - Jethro Tull

Hi Simon, I could catch you and Jamie tomorrow as I get into work now for 8 so me too will be gone by then!!!

And Toots, thanks for your comment, I was disappointed that I lost 9 -2...the girl I fought has far more epxerience on the competition scene than me ...and she is only 17!! I did quite fancy having a bout with another girl in the category .... the current World Champion!!!! oh well now it focus on my 2nd Dan grading on 2nd July!!



And for Summer Solstice toonage....depresssing thought ...nights draw in after today!!!!



1. WHOLE OF THE MOON - The Waterboys

2. BAD MOON RISING - Creedance Clearwater Revival

3. HERE COMES THE SUN - George Harrison

4. STUCK IN THE MIDDLE - Stealers Wheel

4. NEW MOON ON MONDAY - Duran Duran

5. MOONDANCE - Van Morrison

6. MOONLIGHT SHADOW - Mike Oldfield and that Maggie someone

7. SUMMER SON - Texas

8. LONGEST TIME - Billy Joel

9. TIME AFTER TIME - Cyndi Lauper

10. DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT - Toploader



Have a good one.



Mandy :)

Good morning everyone.



Did I say something about the sun yesterday? Well it's gone again today!



Only song I can think of with solstice in the title is Jethro Tull's "Ring Out Those Solstice Bells" but I suspect he meant t'other 'solstice'.



Off to think.



Be back later.

#8 & 9 - Billie, isn't it amazing just how often two of us post the same suggestion pretty well simultaneously :)



A LONG DAY IN THE FIELD - Beautiful South



THE LONG DAY IS OVER - Norah Jones



A DAY IS FAR TOO LONG - Blur

LONG LONG LONG - Beatles





#7 Deebee HA!

Morning Lord Ammo, team, NYM, and druid-dancing bloggers,





DAYLIGHT - COLDPLAY

Afore I go, what about



MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TOAST by STEVE FORBERT

MIDNIGHT SUMMER DREAM - THE STRANGLERS



SUMMER NIGHT CITY - ABBA



AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN - 5th DIMENSION



SUN IS SHINING - BOB MARLEY

HOLD BACK THE NIGHT - Trammps

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets. Midsummer? I had to put the lights on this morning. And I am pretty far North and get even longer days than you lot down south (allegedly)



Simon, I am going to need a prompt tomorrow morning to get me out of bed 5 minutes earlier to ensure I am at work for 7 to listen in. And of course to remember! Can you help?



The Longest Time - Billy Joel



Don't Let the Sun Go Down on You - Elton John



The Sun Goes Down - Level 42 (for Deebee)



Can't Fight the Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes



C Moon - Wings



That'll do for starters.



X

A couple more.....



HOW LONG ~ Paul Carrack



ALL DAY LONG ~ New Order



Back in a bit! x

#12 Hi Alex - see Deebee @#7!





ON AND ON - Stephen Bishop

oh and Simon, a new blog after the show will be perfectly fine. Wasn't expecting one tomorrow so thanking you kindly on behalf of all sparkling (or otherwise) blopoppets.



X

ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT - Kinks



TIME DRAGS BY - Cliff & Shadows

Just a couple more before I through the towel in...



LONG HOT SUMMER NIGHT - JIMI HENDRIX



HERE COMES SUMMER - JERRY KELLER

Oh Go on Then ...........................



GREATEST DAY -TT



PATIENCE - TT WAH!

Morning, morning morning to you all.



Simon and NYM please consider playing











INDIAN SUMMER SKY - U2











"you give yourself to this, the longest day"



Poetry!



Back inabit.



Deevs

x

HOT IN THE CITY TONIGHT - Billy Idol

Morning all,



Here's my solstice selection:



Memories of a Free Festival - David Bowie

Sun Hits The Sky - Supergrass

Hold Back the Night - The Trammps (#17 snap Billie!)

Morning every one from a london bound train

How about

HERE COMES THE SUN - THE BEATLES

SUN ARISE - ROLF HARRIS

MOON DANCE - VAN THE MAN

MORNING DANCE -- SALLY OLDFIELD ( is that correct or have I just made that up)

IN THE SUMMER TIME - MUNGO JERRY

CHELSEA MORNING - JODI

I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING JACKIE WILSON

My #15 ........ when was the last time Steve Frobert was played on the wireless? I'm not sure I've ever heard him except for maybe "Romeo's Tune". There was a time in the early 80s when Jackrabbit Slim was my favourite album. Anyone who doen't know him might want to have a listen. Is "Sadly, Kinda Like a Soap Opera" one of the earliest songs about domestic violence?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR6GMxhLqvE

Right .....



Quick U2 song suggestion done, let's get blogging!



Simon, today's blog is a really good read. I'm a bit miffed that Two Day is a Wednesday as I'll miss most of it due to that darned inconvenience called work. But I look forward to hearing you and Mr Jazz Pixie Cullum as I get ready for Hump Day tomorrow morn.



I actually woke up singing U2's Indian Summer Sky to myself this morning. Then I "sang" it to Nic and he was completely perplexed as to what it was I was warbling. Note to self: practice singing a bit more when my reduced hours kick in on 1st July.



Talking of which, I am taking the punge. Going solo. Starting my own bizziness. Thank you to the bloggers I confided in on FB - your feedback is invaluable. Notes have been taken.



Right, shall I see if I can be bovvered to do any work, or shall I just hang about on here with you lovely dudes all day .....



Muchos Amore!



Deevs

x

LONG AFTER TONIGHT IS ALL OVER JIMMY RADCLIFFE

Sunshine of your love - Cream

#18 Thank you Mo! Two Level 42 songs in two days would be fab. For that you can share Billy Joel with Billie and me. ;o)



#21 I missed the bit about tomorrow's blog when I first read today's. Must admit I hadn't expected one, as there will be no mensh chasing. So thank you Simon - you are very good to us!



#31 Deevs, I'm sure you will make a success of your business - you have the drive and the energy to follow it through. And you know where I am, if there's anything I can do to help.



I officially started work 2 minutes ago - better get on with it then. Roll on coffee time...



~X~

Howzabout:



SOLSBURY HILL - Peter Gabriel.



Which is actually near Bath in Somerset, but is often confused with Salisbury Hill, which could be mistaken for the hill outside Salisbury where Stonehenge sits, which is where all the druids will be gathering tonight/tomorrow morning to celebrate the summer solstice.

SUNRISE - Norah Jones



THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals



TEQUILA SUNRISE - The Eagles (now that's a good way to start the longest day!)

All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie



Good luck with the new venture Deevs!



Anyone seen AlexG this week?



X

SUMMERTIME - Janis Joplin

Alice Cooper's advice to young musicians: "Take all your energy and vehemence and listen to Burt Bacharach".



https://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jun/20/alice-cooper-musician?INTCMP=SRCH

Morning all!



How about



FIRST PICTURE OF YOU (First Picture Of Summer) - THE LOTUS EATERS?



Cheers,



Kev

Here's a possible contender for the HOIB, which I've been trying to think of all morning:



HELLO SUMMERTIME by Bobby Goldsboro



~X~

Good Morning Each! I'm going to nick Nic's pedant hat for a bit. A few songs have been chosen for Midsummers day, but today is the Summer solstice, the longest day of the year, as Simon says, and is the FIRST day of Summer. So, much to my chagrin at lending my support to a F*rest fan, I second Kev's choice at #40. ;0)

How about



THE DRUIDS - Toyah

#42 - Thanks PoS! Looking forward to the new season? I am still undecided about a certain Mr. McLaren - ask me this time next year!



Oh, enjoy Nathan whilst you can - can;t be too long before he gets injured!

'The Longest Time' by Billy Joel



And therefore...



'The Shortest Night' by Tucker Zimmerman



'Summer Breeze' by Seals And Crofts



'Little In The Way Of Sunshine' by Half Man Half Biscuit

A couple more from me.....





CRUEL SUMMER ~ Bananarama



SUMMER THE FIRST TIME ~ Bobby Goldsboro'

#42 PoS, wikiwotsit would disagree with you:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer



But, following my "pendantry" last week, I'm keeping my head down ;-)

#44. I HONESTLY believe that your lot have employed one of the greatest coaches of his generation. Yet to prove himself fully as a manager, but I was gutted when Man U. pinched him from us.



Tyson? Not so very happy about that.

Good morning Simon, Driveteam, Constructors and Fello Blogpopsters



[have just noticed the missing 'w' from a word above, but decided the word looks distinctly jaunty, even comical, without that letter so will leave it be]





Yay! Splendid choon choices for midsummer's day, longest day, first day of summer, solstice schmolstice, whatever you choose to call it -

am happy to admit to having many friends and acquaintances of all ages and from all walks of life, who will have been celebrating or 'calling in the dawn' about 8 miles up the road, led by the incantations of Chief druid Arthur Pendragon ..



Beardy heaven.





And as it's really all about the sun:



EYE IN THE SKY - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT







♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤

#47. I'll get me coat! And discard me 'at!

#50 PoS, don't do that, just arrange another p***-up for the middle of summer.

Summery stuff from across the pond ...







SUMMER IN THE CITY - LOVIN SPOONFUL



THAT SUMMER - GARTH BROOKS



SUMMER WINE - LEE HAZLEWOOD AND NANCY SINATRA



SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - JOHN DENVER

The lyrics of "Ring Out Soltice Bells" by the Grammy award-winning heavy metal band, Jethro Tull, refer to winter rather than summer.

"The Longest Day" movie theme, written by Paul Anka, recorded by I-don't-know-who.

"June Is Bustin' Out All Over" from the musical Carousel soundtrack.



"Long Long Long" by The Beatles

"Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" by Pink Floyd

"Summer Soltice" by Clifford T Ward

"Long Day, Short Night" by The Shirelles or Dionne Warwick.

"Long Hot Summers Night" by Jimi Hendrix.

Morning all, I like deevs suggestion of U2 "Indian Summer Sky" can I also suggest U2 "Twilight" the live version as a good alternative.



GB

Twilight by who? ;)



MTF.xx

One summer dream - ELO



MTF.xx

HOW LONG - ACE



DAYLIGHT KATY - GORDON LIGHTFOOT

THE SUN RISING - The Beloved

This one just popped into my head:



Here Comes the Summer - The Undertones



#45 haven't heard HMHB for donkey's, Paul!!

I can still recall (Just about!) Our last Summer - Abba.



MTF.xx

Simon @54



I thunked you'd like that one!



Deevs

x

afternoon all



long hot summer-style council

Dont let the sun catch you crying - Gerry and the pacemakers.



MTF.xx

Hello All,



Quick pop in



'Long Hot Summer' Style Council

'Summer Nights' Grease Soundtrack

'Cruel Summer' Bananarama



Have a good day everybody

To set the Glasto mood.....https://youtu.be/xtp6BLqeZkQ



Summertime city - Mike Batt, or at least it should be!!



MTF.xx

Good afternoon,



Sorry I'm late. I have a note from my mum.



Bit late for a suggestion but here goes anyway:



SUNCHYME by Dario G



Brings back happy memories of dancing round reception at that entertainment law firm I occasionally bang on about.



#31 Deevs, Go girl! Sending you my very best wishes for your very exciting new venture.x



Have a good day.x

#63 MTF



Aww - such a sad song. I'm rummaging in the 60s myself, as it happens.



I've been reminding myself of youthful appreciation for Vanity Fare - in fact two of their songs could just about dangle - albeit loosely - onto today's theme: Early In The Morning and I Live For The Sun

Sunshine Girl - Hermans Hermits.



MTF.xx

Morning all - howabout

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Long Hot Summer - The Style Council



Ta. Jill (typing slowly on her new computer)

Thank you all for your good wishes and kind words. I am determined to make it work and hopefully it won't be "too long" before I can say ttfn to this job and be my own boss (9-5 naturally, as Nic is THE boss at ChezNic).



I'm very excited - I've got a new notepad and everyfink!!



;-)



Deevs

x

x

x

Evening all,

How about

SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - DONOVAN



Just a thought. Ta.



Jill xx

Yo Katymaty.



Sad songs say so much eh?



MTF.xx

How about The Trammps 'Hold Back the Night'



Just a thought



Bye

Hi Simon,



Surely it's got to be...



STAYING OUT FOR THE SUMMER - DODGY

SUMMERTIME - DJ JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE



and Double whammy -



SUMMER'S MAGIC - MARK SUMMERS



Thanks,

Afternoon all



'pologies for absence - I've got a note (w*rk v busy).



Some great tunes - liking your 'pendanty' again HTS!



Can I suggest



SUMMERLOVE - NEIL DIAMOND

(I believe that is meant to be part of the solstice malarky)



cheers

#67 DaylightKaty... I agree with you about the Vanity Fare songs... and having known their drummer, Mark Ellen, for quite a while, I know he'd be fair (or maybe Fare) ;o) chuffed if one of their songs was played on Simon's show! :o))

Good afternoon all!



Many apologies for my absence. Been busy, busy busy.



Catching up:



Belated happy birthday to Julia40 (39 previously). Hope you had a lovely day.



BigNick - well done on the swim! Personally, I wouldn't dip my big toe into the Royal Albert Dock so am impressed with you persevering with your training!



Deevs, got your FB message and will reply. Well done on taking the plunge!



Hello to everyone else!



My news. Have stuck to my principles and haven't gazumped. Feel much better for it. The house search continues whilst the sale of ours proceeds. Yesterday, I managed to get a mortgage agreement in principle which means that we know we have funding - not bad for a contractor without a contract! Also yesterday, I was offered a contract in Glasgow - 3 months, major project, superb money. Turned it down and feel better for that as well.



So, onward and upward!



A-G

#70 I'm sure Nic's only the boss because you let him... ;o)



#77 Alex, I was just about to send out a search party! Shame about the house, but I'm sure there will be an even nicer one just round the corner (well not literally, obviously!)



~X~

Deeeeeeeeebs!!!



;-)





Deeeeeeeeevs

x x x x

#77 Alex! Glad you have returned safe and sound. Disappointed you turned down the Glasgow job. Purely for selfish reasons of course ;-)



Wonder what we shall chat about tomorrow since we won't be mensh chasing. I guess we will take the lead from Lord Ammo's blog.



x

#80. I suspect that tomorrows blog might be a continuation of this one. But we will see. Either way, I'm sure that we will play nicely.

#80 #81 Paul, Simon has promised us a new blog tomorrow - but AFTER the show.



~X~

#82 good thing I remembered the comma there - otherwise you'd all be wondering why the famous American singer/songwriter would be writing us a blog...



;o)



Three minutes is a long time when you're waiting to post again.



~X~

#78, #80 Thank you both! Mo, I really couldn't face the thought of 3 months away from home and leaving Mr P in charge of the house move. Chaos would ensue!



#83 LOL!

Billy Joel's "The Longest Time" would be good

Ooh, and "Summer Night City" by ABBA

I remember what I meant to tell you!



I had a meeting in the City this morning and was walking down Leadenhall Street, lost in my thoughts, when I heard my name being called. I looked round and there, leaning out of his van window, was none other than the lovely Rips!



As he was in traffic, there was just time to wave, say hello and ask how the stalking was going (to which the response was "Well, I found you!"). Good to see his smiling face.



It's a small world!

#80 -#83



I forgot to say earlier, that it is lovely that Simon will be taking the time to write a blog for us tomorrow, after he has done his 2Day stint with Jamie Cullum :)



If I am able I will definitely tune in at 7am to hear them. I'm not a big jazz fan, but I do sometimes leave the radio on after Simon has finished on a Tuesday, because I think Jamie Cullum is a lovely chirpy chappie!

LOL Alex - being stalked by Rips!?!? Now that is something to be proud of. You can add yourself to the long list of Rips' Celeb Stalking Victims ....



.... I jest! He knows I love him really



(and he's never stalked me)



Apart from ringing me one Friday saying let's meet for lunch as he was in the area!



Deevs

x

#89 I know - I felt most honoured!!!!

Alex, how lovely! And great reply from Rips!



~X~

Leddra Chapman - Summer Song



Vanessa Carlton - White Houses



Turin Brakes - Painkiller (particularly apt)



The Thorns - Long Sweet Summer Night

Rips took my pledge on CiN day...he said I had no chance of getting a song but took my money anyway!!

Hot, Hot, Hot by Buster Poindexter.

Afternoon All



My! Is it windy!

Beans for lunch Billls?!?



x

"What a difference a day makes".



Amazing how a little rain keeps people off the fells and makes my day so much more profitable. But, time to go wrap up and go home now.



Best of luck with the menshes.



See you all tomorrow.

Oooooooooo! Blog seems to be working properly again ........ posts comments without the need to refresh! But I still have to wait 3 minutes to shout "Hallelujah!!!!" :-)

Harry, you're lucky! I still have to refresh and wait for three minutes and if I refresh too soon, my message disappears into the ether!!!!

#96 Deevs! I didn't mean it like that!