TOM JONES GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

ONE U2

WHAT MORE COULD ABOY ASK FOR DETROIT SPINNERS

Good Monring Simon, team and Blogpoppets



How about:



18 WITH A BULLET by Pete Wingfield



BABY DRIVER by Simon and Garfunkel (Rory McIlroy is quite young)



GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME by Tom Jones



THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL by Abba



YOU WIN AGAIN by the Bee Gees



Deebee ~X~

Morning Simon and everyone!



DRIVE ON ~ Johnny Cash



WINNER TAKES IT ALL ~ Abba



IRISH HEARTBEAT ~ Van Morrison



xx

YOU CAN DO MAGIC LIMMIE AND THE FAMILY COOKING

Happy Mondays all round.



Please - for RoryBoy - the majestic:



EAGLE - ABBA







Thank you

:^)

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets! With a special good morning to Julia was 39 now 40!



My first offering today...



Under Pressure - Queen



A Kind of Magic - Queen



Glittering Prize - Simple Minds



Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds



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Morning All,



SIMPLY THE BEST - Tina Turner



IRISH HEARTBEAT -Van Morrison



IRISH SON - Brian Mcfadden

Good Morning



Suggest -



WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - Carpenters



DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME - Delfonics

A couple more for Rory....



THE IRISH ROVER ~ Pogues and Dubliners



DRIVE ~ The Cars



SIMPLY THE BEST ~ Tina Turner

Oh and of course...



When Irish Eyes Are Smiling ;-)



Not sure who sang it!



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GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME - Beatles



IT'S GETTING BETTER - Mamas & Papas

'the whole of the moon' the Waterboys

Good morning everyone. Glorious, sunny one here in Cumbria.



The theme needs more thought so I'll be back later with a few of my usual recondite, unplayable suggestions.



Catch you later

Since much driving was done by Rory.....





DRIVING WITH THE BRAKES ON ~ Del Amitri

and



No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate or



Na Na Na Na Naa - Kaiser Chiefs



To all doubters who thought he'd blow it again



More meetings :-( See y'all later!



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IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING - Duke Ellington



HOW DO YOU DO IT? - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Morning all,



BELFAST TO BOSTON: JAMES TAYLOR



(Northern Ireland, to The US of A..)



Sorry to hear your couch ate you on Saturday night, Lord Ammo - sometimes you just have to give in to your urges (that's to lie on the couch, not necessarily to watch the state of undress of the gals in Camelot..)

Hmmm - I wonder - - - worth a crack, I'd say





UNTOUCHABLE - GIRLS ALOUD







;^)

NEW SENSATION - INXS

Morning all



Wow Simon, that's a blog and a half!



Father's day in our house was a tad hectic, what with the children and the grandchildren visiting, but enjoyable nonetheless.



I make no apology about knowing nothing about golf, but well done to Rory. No tune from me, but will don the thinking cap.



Me, I'm looking forward to watching some tennis later, so best I get a wiggle on!



Pen xx

IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT -



Bananarama & Fun Boy Three



YOU'RE THE BEST THING - Style Council

Back again and still sans caffeine:



Van the Man,



ONE IRISH ROVER



On the subject of CAMELOT, Mr e also decided we should 'give it one more chance' to improve - no idea why he would think the script could get any better - but I am sure he's hoping like me that Morgan will start wearing warmer clothes, or she'll be carried off by a simple cold.....

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - Carly Simon





(Hi Katy!)

Morning Lord Ammo, team, NYM and rested blogger



Trying very hard to avooid the usual wearethechampions/winnertakesitall/simplythebest combo!



So...



LOCAL HERO - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



GOD PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE - COLDPLAY



SULTANS OF SWING - DIRE STRAITS (Another airing for the original single?)



ACE IN THE HOLE - PAUL SIMON

THE WONDER OF YOU ELVIS

Morning all,



First thoughts:



Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band

International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones

Just What I Always Wanted - Mari Wilson

Reward - Teardrop Explodes

# 26 Sultans of Swing: superb! Nicely left-field (see what I did there?)

If we are going down that route, what better than



DRIVING by EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL....



Have a nice day y'all

SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD - Billy Joel



HOLLYWOOD - Michael Buble



I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen - Robbie Williams



I believe his home club is called Hollywood. If I have got this wrong then apologoes to NYM for wasting your time ;-)



X

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent

#30 Ok, so it's Holywood but I'm sure the commentators were pronouncing it Hollywood ;-)



X

BEAT IT - Michael Jackson

Er, howsabout



I'M THE MAN by Joe Jackson



Am still sans caffeine but maybe after I get some in my system, I'll be able to string more than one thought together..

Couple more:



I get the sweetest feeling - Jackie Wilson

Feeling Good - Nina Simone

Last one..



TOP OF THE WORLD - Carpenters

#35 I hope the Jackie Wilson gets a play....love that song

Also:



Hands off she's mine - The Beat

Good morning (again)



Oooh HOW exciting! Got reactively moderated for the very first time on last Friday's blog! What an achievement!



How's about:



GREAT BALLS OF FIRE by Jerry Lee Lewis

19 by Paul Hardcastle (as in the "hole" cos that's where Rory must still be right now)

ONE by U2 (as in hole)

KNOCK ON WOOD by Ami Stewart (as in the club)

SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY by Fine Young Cannibals

ALBATROSS by Fleetwood Mac

EAGLE by ABBA

THE BIRDIE SONG by The Tweets! (if that gets played I will eat in inappropriate hat!)



Have a good day.x

IRISH BOY - Mark Knopfler



HOLLYWOOD SWINGING - Kool & The Gang



CELTIC SWING - Van Morrison

Morning all



Some great suggestions already



Can I add



THE EAGLES - TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT



Cheers



A

IMPOSSIBLE DREAM ANDY WILLIAMS

YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT JIMMY CLIFF

HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS - BOB SEGER

#40 I'd just like to thank Alex H for reminding me of Van Morrison's Inarticulate Speech of the Heart ............... it's playing now :-)

THE BACK NINE - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

In honour of B&B, who is sorely missed, can I suggest something a little less obscure than normal:



BOYS KEEP SWINGING by DAVID BOWIE

... and last but not least -



LEADER OF THE PACK - SHANGRI-LAS

Morning,



International bright young thing - Jesus Jones



Young guns (go for it) - Wham



Superman - Stereophonics



The Heroes - Shed seven



Baby Driver - Simon & Garfunkel



Fantastic Day - Haircut 100



Swing Swing Swing - Cab Calloway



Golden Green - Wonderstuff



That's entertainment - The Jam

Morning all!



How about;



GREEN GREEN - NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS



Hope everyone is chipper (see what I did there?)



Cheers,



Kev

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon The Couch Potato Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



Just rushing in with STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE by BING CROSBY.



Rightio, off for a catch up.



KM - thank you so much for the lovely messagio - will reply at a time more convenient (we don't have FB access in these parts).



~ xx

Morning all



Great blog Simon. I had Camelot on series link, but decided, after the comments on here about it, to delete it, perhaps I was wrong, if it's good enough to keep you from live music!



Late arrival from me today; we're on holiday now, so had a lie in and pottered about in the garden before firing up the 'puter.



No suggestions from me today, will try to get back later.



Have a good Monday everyone!



Tortie x

Hmmm, just thought of another, possibly more tenuous choon -



CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD



(I'm assuming RMcI shot some birdies over the weekend?)



~ xx

Anyone For Tennis by Cream. Oh, it's not tennis, it's golf.

Golf Girl by Caravan.

Straight Down The Middle by Bing Crosby.

Rory Rides Me Raw by The Vaselines.

The Wood Song by Indigo Girls.

We're On The Ball by Ant & Dec (about soccer rather than golf)



Eagle by Abba.

The Birdie Song by Tweets.

Crazy (Golf??) by Seal.

Queen Of Clubs by KC & The Sunshine Band.

Swing by Souljaboy.

Any Old Iron by Tsai Chin. I remember her performing this on a children's TV show long, long ago. Does the BBC Record Library have a copy?

Iron Man by Black Sabbath.

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden.



I see BBC4 is using the Enjoy Yourself song to promote something called Luxury.

MTF - From previous blog - he was hot but a bit too smooth for my liking, I like them a little craggier ;)



Julia 40 - happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you-ooooo, happy birthday to you. Busy weekend chez vous. Hope you have a wonderful birthday.



Tortie - lovely weather for being on hols - hope you have a wonderful day. It's great just pottering sometimes.



~xx

Good Morning Each!



'Sweet Little 16' by Jerry Lee Lewis



'Postcards From A Young Man' by The Manic Street Preachers.



'The Congressional March' by Steve Rapson. What more perfect a bed could you wish for? From the album 'Patriotic Guitar'

Hi All



A very happy birthday to Julia40 (was 39)!



Thought of another couple of toons:



SWING YOUR DADDY by Jim Gilstrap



RIGHT DOWN THE LINE by Gerry Rafferty



My brother's concert on Saturday was absolutely brilliant! He really does have some talent as a composer - shame there's not more call for his style of music these days. I sometimes watch the Proms, and most contemporary 'classical' music sounds like an 'orrible din to me!



And on the subject of Camelot and girls who need to wear more, we stayed in Crawley on Saturday night, and Mr B and I went for a walk round the block before bedtime. Blimey - the young ladies of Crawley must certainly suffer from premature hot flushes... not only that, I'm sure they're really only about 4 ft tall, judging by the height of the shoes they felt the need to wear...;o) I have rarely felt more like a fish out of water.



~X~

Star of the County Down , Van Morrison & the Chieftans

Hi everyone and to you Simon doing sloth like impressions on the couch....go for it you work hard!!



And my 3 worder for Monday is fought absolute rubbish!!! I obviously did not have the Rory touch!!



1. DROVE ALL NIGHT - Cyndi Lauper

2. ALBATROSS - Fleetwood Mac

3. Skinny Love - BIRDY

4. The way it is - BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE

5. YOUNG GUNS - Wham

6. HOLE IN YOUR HEAD - Sugarbabes

7. YOU WIN AGAIN - Hot Chocolate

8. SWING WHEN YOUR'RE WINNING - Robbie Williams

9. DRIVE The Cars

10. TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - The EAGLES



Have a great day.



Mandy :)

Following my weekend of relative inertia, I got up at 6 and went for a 3.5 mile run. Feeling all happy and healthy now - sun and blue skies could be contributing to that too.



BP - I too have been watching PopStar to OperaStar on the +1 and then catching the results show straight after. It has inspired me to listen to more opera. Despite not understanding what's being sung, I think, sung well, it would be very moving. The popstars, to my untrained ear, cope really well with the change of style although perhaps their voices aren't as strong as opera stars who have spent years training. Simon Callow's knowledge is amazing.



~ xx

DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac

Morning all. I have to say I'm enjoying Camelot. Easy on the eye and not too much concentration needed. Perfect for an hour vegging out in front of the TV after a hard week.



Missed concerts - I can claim two, both of which were unintentional. I missed Cara Dillon at The Stables three years ago when I had in in my mind that the gig was the following week. Cost me another ticket and an epedition south of the river to the Blackheath Halls on a Sunday the following month to rectify.



And I once accepted a plea from my sister one Sunday to go and help her buy a new TV, completely forgetting that I was supposed to be driving to Portsmouth that day to see Jewel :-(

Morning all



Had a great weekend here, despite the weather trying to ruin everything and give me a permanently bad hair day.



Went to see Derren Brown (mind control bloke off the telly) on Saturday. I don't usually like 'magic' type of stuff but must admit the show was excellent with many exclamations of 'how does he do that?'.



Loved watching young Rory triumph yesterday but can't get my head in gear for any original suggestions.. lots of good ones so far though. The only one that springs to mind is very tongue in cheek..



LITTLE WHITE BULL - Tommy Steele !!!



Have a good day folks.

Jx

#43 I'll second Jimmy Cliff.



This really is the last one from me:



I Feel Good - James Brown



(Love the idea of Rory doing a little James Brown shimmy to this hugging his shiny new trophy - whoaaaow!!) :-D

# 62 I see another Camelot fan - of the male persuasion (or is Ken a surname?).....



We used 'watch again' to see the last 'Shadowline' episode, in which you can appreciate that Christopher Ecclestone and Rafe Spall have more acting ability in their little fingernails than pretty much the whole Camelot cast...Eva Green (Morgan in Camelot) did a good impression of a woman in the throes of - well, just in the throes - but if you get to watch the last part of Shadowline - (and Luther, also excellent acting) go for it!





Re Rory McIlroy theme:

His namesake & fellow Irishman Rory Gallagher can offer one:



'Can't Believe It's True'

#65 Sorry Suzie, another male fan of Camelot here. I don't watch it just see Eva Green getting her kit off. Well into my fifties, I've seen enough naked women not to swoon at the sight of a naked breast or a glimpse of pubic hair. Some of the acting may not be up to RSC standard but are you really suggesting that Joe Fiennes can't act? I'll continue to enjoy it for the hour of escapist nonsense it is :-)



Is anyone watching Game of Thrones? Who'd have thought they could turn the novels into something as equally gripping. The last episode of the current series tomorrow although I understand a second series is in production so something to look forward to this Winter.

afternoon from a sunny afternoon,



Just thought I would give you a quick update on the north swim yesterday as didnt have time after I got home. I managed to complete the course in a time of 38 minutes, the water was a lovely 16 degrees warm and the atmosphere was amazing.



Looking forward to next years, might even go in for the 2 mile event !!



Nick.

# 65, yes you are right, Joseph finnes does an excellent job. Pretty much à seul though and as the Indie says, like a cross between an East End enforcer and Alastair Campbell.

Best paper review is here:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-weekends-tv-camelot-sat-channel-4-brjames-mays-toy-stories-the-great-train-race-sun-bbc2-2296704.html

Suppose I should watch it in the spirit it is meant, like Kevin Costners 'British' accent in Robin Hood, with a big pinch of salt.

'Praps it should be re-named 'Romp-a-lot' for the purposes of this blog?

#53 What a terrific choice Toots! I believe CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP was in the charts 40 years ago today. Thank you for the birthday wishes btw.x



#57 Deebee, Thank you to you too.x Glad your bro's concert went well.



#34 Suzie, Careful there - I believe it was a mention of caffeine wot got me modded on the last blog.



#66 Harry, How did you sneak that one by the mods?



Camelot? The Lottery company? What's all this then? As lovely as his voice is I can't say Deadly gets me hot under the collar ;-)

morning all



eagle-abba

albertross-fleetwood mac

birdy song-tweets

HOLE in my shoe-traffic

everyones a winner-hot chocolate

#68 I know it is trying to be a little too worthy with its classical pretensions (why Leontes instead Lancelot?) but, as you say, a pinch of salt certainly makes it more palatable ................ perhaps a dollop of mustard would help too? :-)

#69 Julia, did I say something moddable? If I said anything which might offend, I'll happily add it to the list of proscribed words I keep, ever-ready, by my side :-)

#66 - Harry, I'm watching Game of Thrones and I am really enjoying it. When I first saw from the trailers that it was adapted from a book went to A**zon to see if I could buy it. I love reading but despaired a little when I found out that it was a whole series of books that hasn't finished yet. I am impatient by nature and I literally cannot put a good book down (much to the chargrin on of my hubby) as I cannot wait to find out how things all end. Currently re reading Wheel of Time books but I have timed it all wrong as I am already on Book 13 with the last book not out 'til 2012.



Is Game of Thrones on tomorrow? I thought it was on Mondays?



Maybes Laters



A.

#67 - Big Nick, well done on the big swim. I know someone else who did the swim at the weekend, LCFC fan I think he is ;)



69 - Julia 40 - aw shucks, that was just pure coincidence. I used to sing along heartily with the chorus when I was little. The lyric of the song is quite sad, I think, if I've understood it correctly, but the choon is jolly.



#72 - Harry m' Lovely - do you keep your list on a battery then? ;)



~ xx

#65 Yup, guilty as charged. Male and enjoying Camelot. And Luther, Shadow Line, The Wire, Sopranos, Wallander, Game of Thrones and Season 1 of Spiral (off DVD).



I won't pretend it's BAFTA-winning fare, but I'll take Camelot over the relentless misery of something like Eastenders every day of the week. A bit of light sword and/or sorcery has its place.

#73 - JPA, if you're looking for a fantastic read and a relatively quick one too, you could do worse than try Room by Emma Donohue - it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize last year and is an amazing book. I think I may have mentioned it previously on this 'ere blog but it really is a fantastic read. At one point it had me on the edge of my seat and in a couple of places, tears rolling down my face. (Just had a text from a friend to say she's just finished Room - I only lent it to her Saturday evening). I'm reading In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut at the mo, another book on the Man Booker shortlist last year.



~ xx

#73 Game of Thrones is tonight, twice and then at least one more showing through the week as well. Only the first showing on Monday has just the one ad break though. Got a bit of a shock when I switched to recording the early hours repeat while there were two other shows on at the same time on Monday night a couple of weeks ago and it had three ad breaks.

#76 - Thanks for the recommendation Toots. I generally get my ideas for what to read next off this 'ere blog and the list is getting ever longer, hehehe.

I know I have tweeted this but, in case it gets missed and as no-one else has suggested it, how about:

GOLF GIRL by Caravan

#73 JPA, you may well be right that it is shown on Mondays but I'm out every Monday so I've been watching it on Tuesdays. I almost gave up on it after the first episode. Not because it was bad but because I found I was caring too much!



#74 :-) No batteries required, just a blue pencil.



If I can recommend a book worth reading (and I have emailed DT to suggest it as Book Club choice), try Chris Adrian's The Great Night. It's hard to do it justice in a brief summary, and saying that it's about Oberon and Titania setting up their court-in-exile in Buena Vista Park, San Francisco just makes it sound fey, but, I have thoroughly enjoyed it and I think Adrian is going to be feted before long.

Well done Bignick! Quite an achievement - and I bet you were relieved at the mild temperature of the water!



Harry, your post #66 actually made me feel a bit sad. You know, there's something you can get from your doctor... ;o)



I hadn't come across Game of Thrones, so I've Googled it - fantasy is not usually my sort of thing, but I might give it a go on ithingy. And I see Seeen Beeen is in it - he's always worth a watch. Haven't seen the last episode of Shadow Line yet, but I've been really enjoying it. And also Case Histories - the last one is tonight, sadly. Kate Atkinson better hurry up and write some more Jackson Brodie stories so we can see more of the lovely Jason Isaacs on TV!



~X~

#78 - JPA - you're v welcome.



#80 - I like it that you use a blue pencil :)



Mandy, meant to say earlier, disappointed you weren't happy with the way you fought. I hope you enjoyed yourself nonetheless.



~ xx

#80 - Harry, looked it up, sounds promising, added Chris Adrian to my list!



Ta



A.

#81 Ahh Deebee, you see, this is where men just can't win ........ if I watch Camelot for the nudity, I'm a dirty old man; if I can watch it without becoming breathless, I'm past it.

#84 LOL!

#84 - can't believe you've managed to get to your ripe old age Harry and not realised that you men just can't win, ever! ;)



~ xx

#86 Toots, I've been aware of this truism for quite a while now. I grew up with two sisters and I've been resigned to it for a long, long time.

Words of Wisdom... Womens faults are manyfold, mens faults, only two. Everything they say, and evrything they do.



I. too, have learned this to my cost.

#87 and #88 - oh no! What have we started, Deebs.



You're all lovely in your own way :s



~ xx

#76 & #80

Thanks for the read recommendations, I'm doing jury service in July and have heard that there's a lot of sitting about waiting - an excellent time to catch up on reading (when else do we get to do it?!)

I think that mobile has to be switched off all day - so no mensh chasing for me!

Re: Game of Thrones, I will give it a whirl, not for the Seeen Beeen chappie, but I do like Aidan Gillen (of 'The Wire' amongst other things) he's a superb actor - can be a baddie (usually) would like to see him in a lead goodie role.



#75: YES to Spiral..it seems to me that the lead lady in 'The Killing' took a lot of her character ideas from Laure Berthaud; btw the best small screen kiss in AGES took place in the last episode of Spiral between Pierre Clément and the usually nasty bit of stuff that is Joséphine Karlsson...classic moment STILL not on YouT*be.

#89 Absolutely Toots - we wouldn't have them any other way. Well, maybe just one or two modifications... ;o)



#90 Suzie, Mr B did jury service last year - and yes, there is a lot of sitting around. So depending on how big a case you get, you might end up catching up on quite a lot of reading!



~X~

I love Spiral but if it's any where near bring real then the powers that the prosecutors seem to have are extraordinary!

#74. Toots, its a small world, maybe I bumped into him yesterday :-)



#81. Deebee, the months of practicing in the albert dock on a Sunday certainly paid off and the water was warm compared to some water I have swam in. Plus it was nice to be able to see peoples legs in front of me when i put my head under water instead of murk.

Afternoon all, late but sorry no note! Golf does not float my boat however how will endorse U2 "One" as suggested by posh #2 or Sinatra "Straight Down the Middle". Miss most of the show on a Monday though as I take the youngest son to his swimming lesson!



GB

Good Afternoon All :)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA (was 39) You are a mere slip of a girl! Hope you are having a nice day xx



Golf? I know nowt about it, so just as well I slept through the oldie selections today! :D



Not watching Camelot or Game of Thrones, not bothered about the former but I hope to catch the latter at some point (heard good stuff about it)



Well done on you swim efforts BigNick :)



Deebee - Did you see this interview with Jason Issacs in The Guardian? https://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/19/jason-isaacs-i-like-being-anonymous



Glad you managed to catch the film score concert on the red button too :)



Been having a lazy day today, and will continue so as the twins are at respite tonight. Much needed it is too, and I really treasure this bit of time that I get to myself :)

Since both rory and U2 are from the same island how about MAGNIFICENT, as let's face it they all are!

Just loving the sun in North Yorks, bring on the tennis

#96 Thanks Zoe - what a great article about Jason Isaacs. I hope people read past the first couple of fangirly-style paragraphs! It's good to know that there is likely to be another series.



~X~

The century beckons....over to you!

I've had enough for today so I'm off home early. It's be very slow here and hardly a living soul in sight at the moment.



Best of luck with the menshes ................ see you tomorrow