Good Morning All :)



Sounds like a good weekend for you Simon :) It was lovely and sunny here at least, and quite warm, even if it was otherwise a bit of a damp squib!



We will have to make the most of you this week then, before you go off gallivanting on your holidays. I must admit that I'm not a big fan of the school Summer holidays, but then I suspect, they're not as much fun for us as everyone else :/



Anyway, the oldie theme is slow??? *Thinks* My brain is slow this morning!

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



SLOW by Rumer



FEELIN' GROOVY (Slow down, you move too fast) by Simon and Garfunkel



SLOW HAND by the Pointer Sisters



WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD by Louis Armstrong



GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME by Chairman of the Board



Deebee ~X~

I think I've thunked up some slow oldies...



TAKE IT EASY - THE EAGLES



RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD



SLOW THIS RIDE DOWN - RUMOUR



EASY (LIKE A SUNDAY MORNING) THE COMMODORES

One more



HUNG UP by Madonna (Time goes by so slowly...)



Apologoes - I do try to put all my suggestions in one post, but that one just popped into my head.



Back later when I have time to 'chat'



~X~

Morning Lord Ammo, team, NYM and Celsius-enhancing bloggers,



Slow... Feels like everything is in slowing down mode too, at the moment. Especially the traffic on the A303.



Tragic weekend news about Amy W. And another talented performer to join the "27 Club".



On to matters more trivial....



59th STREET BRIDGE SONG - Simon and Garfunkel ("slow down, you move too fast"



(haven't we had this theme before???)

Morning from a not quite sure how the weather will pan out Shire, it's dry and that is about all I can say :-) Vert quiet here in the PSL household Sir and GD both on holiday now so lots of Zzzzzzz

GIVE ME TIME DUSTY SPRINGFIELD



WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Morning all



SLOW HAND- POINTER SISTERS



I NEED A LITTLE TIME - THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH



Wharfedale Andy

Hi Simon and everyone.



The 25th birthday.....yours was it?



Strangely I feel raring to go on a Monday....too much sleep the weekend...left arm aching and in a tubagrip at moment ( excessive blocking in KB!) and slight chest infection that is making me hack like an old man!!! ( and I dont and never have smoked!!) but its on the mend.



Here is my slow portfolio:



1. SLOW HAND - Pointer Sisters

2. EASY - The Commodores

3. TAKE IT EASY - The Eagles



Back later for some more inspiration.



Mandy ;)

Morning all,



SLOW DANCE - The Carpenters

Also



SLOW SONG - JOE JACKSON

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME - The Smiths



A LITTLE TIME - The Housemartins



TAKE FIVE - Dave Brubeck

A couple more oldie suggestions...



TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME - SUPERTRAMP



EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - MICHAEL JACKSON

1. SLOW - Kylie Minogue

2. NICE AND SLOW - Usher

3. SLOW BURN -David Bowie

Morning everyone.



A nice long blog today Simon!



SLOW HAND ~ Pointer Sisters



NICE AND SLOW ~ Usher



SLOW BOAT TO CHINA ~ Emile Ford



xx

SLOW MOTION - Nickelback



SNAIL - Smashing Pumpkins



TORTOISE AND THE HARE - Moody Blues



SLOTH - Fairport Convention



LAZY - Deep Purple

Morning all again



If it is to be TAKE IT EASY , can we have the JACKSON BROWNE version

Good Morning all



My suggestions for todays music choice :-



59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG - HARPERS BIZARRE



NICE & EASY - FRANK SINATRA



TAKE FIVE - DAVE BRUBECK



CREEPIN IN - NORA JONES



Enjoy your day

SUNNY AFTERNOON THE KINKS

FEELING GROOVY ~ Simon and Garfunkel (slow down, you move too fast)



SLIM SLOW SLIDER ~ Van Morrison



x

LAZY SUNDAY - Small Faces



COMING UP EASY - Paulo Nutini



EASY LOVER - Phil Collins



BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY - Emmylou Harris

AMERICAN PIE ~ Don McLean (can you teach me how to dance real slow?)

WATCHING THE WHEELS - John Lennon

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets! Welcome back Part-Time Pauline!



Slow sums me up perfectly this morning. Too many nights of broken sleep. Expect to do better while I'm away. It's going to be a loooooong day!



SLOW - Rumer



SLOW MOTION - Ultravox



SLOW HAND - Pointer Sisters



NICE N EASY - Frank Sinatra



SLOW TRAIN - Bob Dylan



SLOW MOTION - Supertramp



SLOW MOTION - David Gray



X



Do we know who is sitting in Lord Ammo's chair while he is off? I know who we'd all like to be standing in!

Morning everyone



Truly sad news about Amy - she really was unique.



Slow tunes? The only thing that comes to mind is:



Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett



Will see if more tea speeds up my Monday morning brain.

Good Morning All







Lovely & Sunny again here -



Tempted to join in with just one suggestion ...........









PATIENCE - TT









(Wah!)

Also



MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF - THE WALKER BROTHERS

Does Your Mother Know by Abba



Slow Motion by Ultravox



Slowhand by The Pointer Sisters



Take It Easy by Eagles



Easy Like Sunday Morning by Lionel Richie



Creep by Radioheaad

Morning all



#24 Mo - just looked at the Radio Times website - it's Lisa Tarbuck sitting in for Sir Ammo!

Hi all,



Tardy Williams here - just don;t seem to have time to login and blog anymore. Anyhoo, I tweeted my thoughts just now. They are;



59th BRIDGE ST. SONG (FEELING GROOVY) - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (sLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST)



SLOW - RUMER



I thank you.



Have a great day, one and all.



Kev

Slow Down by The Beatles (or Larry Williams)

Slow Down by India Ariie

Creep by TLC

Creeping by Stevie Wonder

Let Me Down Easy by Betty Lavette

#26 have I missed the reason why you no longer suggest songs?

#24 Mo... I hope it isn't Richard Madeley standing in for Simon!!!!



I wouldn't mind Tony Blackburn, but the other Richard would also be good!

#29 Thanks Tortie. She wouldn't be my first choice :-(



Billie, it had to be :-)



X

VIENNA - Billy Joel

Just read Tortie's #29 and see it's Liza Tarbuck!!!



Ah well... at least it isn't Richard Madeley! ;o)

#32 PSL - I made it to 100 menshes so I thought I'd take a break -



but it's addictive!

CRAWL - Kings of Leon



CRAWLING UP A HILL - Katie Melua



DILLY DALLY - Toots and the Maytals

Good Morning Simon, team and bloggers. This is my first attempt at this although I've been enjoying reading all your comments for some time now. You all seem like a really nice bunch of bloggers and hope you are welcoming to new people in your community.



My suggestion "The Push Bike Song" who sang that?



The sun just managing to creep through the clouds in central Scotland.

A couple more oldie suggestions before I go...



ALL STOOD STILL - ULTRAVOX



DAYS LIKE THIS - VAN MORRISON (For the lyrics 'When no-one's in a hurry')

Hello and welcome Shona_W :) Always nice to 'see' new people joining in the chatter.

Morning all from an overcast South Yorkshire.



Hope you are all well.



If you are taking thing nice and slow, maybes you are al taking time out to:-



Enjoy the silence - Depche Mode.



Cracking toon. I haven't heard it for yonks.



Maybes laters



Ta Ra



A.

wow you kept count! I think Deebee was at one point too



psl x

I'M STILL WAITING DIANA ROSS

Good morning Each!



'Crawling King Snake' by The Doors



'Slow Train' by Deep Purple



'Slow Train' by Status Quo



'Creepin' Up On You' by Status Quo



'Softer Ride' by Status Quo



'Inch Worm' by The Sandpipers



'Walk, Don't Run' by The Ventures

Hello and welcome Shona_W! New bloggers are always most welcome. I hope you can join in the chat as well as offering up suggestions for song themes.



X

YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE THE SUPREMES

'Slow Down' by Alicia Keys



'Stop' by Sam Brown

Time for a quick coffee break.



Welcome Shona! Lovely to have you 'on board'. I think it was Mungo Jerry who did 'The push bike song' - haven't heard that in a while.



#43 PSL, I do indeed keep a list of songs I've suggested that get played, whether or not I get a mensh for them. But in my case it's more to do with a geeky interest in what's been played, what the theme was and how often I'm thinking along the right lines. I'm not yet up to Billie's mensh total though.



Glad to see Lord Ammo has decided to take his holiday at the same time as me.



;o)

Hi and thanks for making me feel welcome to your chats! Day off today - whoopee! Glad Lisa Tarbuck is at the helm while Simon is off for a well earned break. She is lovely. I spoke to her last year on ARFO.

Just had one of those "ooh ooh ooh" moments



LITTLE BY LITTLE - Dusty Springfield



Nice to see you making auggestions again, Billie. Don't stay away too much longer.

Dear Simon,



Could you please very kindly do something so that we are not left unable to comment (chat) 2 weeks into your holiday. That would never do. I see Chris' blog closed for comment on Friday. You know how we like to chat :-)



Thanking you in advance....



X

Afternoon Everyone and, of course, the Uber Polite Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



Just pooping by to explain my absinthe. No internet access at home - PC died and the boys have taken their laptop / netbook with them to Sconnie Botland. Gee I miss you guys. V busy at work but hope to poop by at some point before I head north into oblivion - what I mean is no internet access for me north of the border. My dear old Mum is very firmly (or rather infirmly these days) lodged in the 20th Century.



My suggestion for today would be:-



Slow Hand by the Pointer Sisters (not the one by Conway T(w)itty).



Hope all is well in blogpoppetland and I'll poop by when I can. In the event of an emergency, a couple of the gals have my mobile number :)



Toodle-oo for noo



~ xx

Hi all.



A quick poop in and a mad scroll down to see if its there and am glad to say it is.



Can I second ANDYS #11.



SLOW SONG - JOE JACKSON. A very special song, would be great to hear it played.



Lovely day.



MTF.xx

Happy holidays, Toots! When do you come Oop North?



X

Afternoon peeps

Unable to comment over the fence on CLPs blog as per #52 so thought I would make a 'slow' suggestion.

Nice n Slow by Jesse Green (not sure if it's the same song as the Usher suggestion)

ttfn, Crumpy

#52 Have tweeted Simon and commented on DT page on fb so fingets crossed we don't get a nasty surprise after 14 days.



X

Creep - Radiohead

Afternoon all



Back to work today after two weeks off mostly spent watching the TdF on the box, and magnificent (and seemingly largely drug free) it was too. And we're already nearly one month into the quarter and I haven't got my mensh sorted yet.



So "I'm Gonna Crawl" by Led Zep springs to mind.



Is an original Quo line-up reunion afoot? I saw the current incarnation on a Friday night after racing at Newmarket a few years back and enjoyed it (it doesn't hurt anyone to see them once, even if you don't really like them), but the best bits were definitely the oldies and I would love to see John Coughlan playing with them again. Saw his Diesel Band in a pub in Reading during my student days, which beings home just how long ago it was that he left the band.

#54 MTF



Thanks for the vote of confidence on the Joe Jackson track.



SLOW SONG is off the very under rated and very wonderful "Night and Day" album . Certainly worth a listen to anyone who has not heard it yet !

Hi Simon,



How about...



LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN - Oasis



Also I'll vote for SLOW - Kylie Minogue



Thanks,

Aha, Andy. I have got it on my Stepping Out album. It was blasting out at full volume last night as I was cooking the roast.



MTF.xx

Afternoon all



Had a very busy few days so not even been lurking! Don't think I'll have chance to catch up either.



Can I add my vote to WA's and MTF's for Slow Song by Joe Jackson - it is a cracking song.



#49 - So Deebee - you just 'happen' to be on holiday at the same time as Noisy - ah ha. In the words of the song 'Is there something we shouuld know' ;)



For those interested there are two very good articles in the Grauniad on Amy W. One by Alex Petridis and one by Russell Brand, very sad loss of such a young talent.



A

Back to cloudy West Yorkshire after a fabulous weekend at the Windermere Air Show with the sun shining on pre-1974 Lancashire (South Lakeland).



Simon, you can step off the bow of the boat - just don't fall in.... I hope you were all wearing life-jackets



Anyway I'd like to recommend



WONDERFUL TONIGHT - ERIC 'SLOWHAND' CLAPTON

#62 - Mobile Tooth Fairy - Cooking, good music and a glass of red wonderful combination



#63 thanks Andy_Toverson thanks for the endorsement

Has anyone else had an email from 'BBC H2G2move' that starts: "Dear H2G2 User, We wrote to you recently asking if you were willing for your email address to be passed to the new owners of H2G2. You were invited to opt out of this process if you did not want this to happen."? Normally I would assume anything like this was spam and not touch it with a bargepole, but I'm a bit worried that if it is genuine, I won't be able to access my BBC login in the future. How can I find out if it's kosher or not?



#63 I refer my learned co-blogger to the penultimate paragraph of said blog above. Lots of people are going on holiday next week...



#64 Life-jackets? On a canal boat? Pah! - that's for wusses... And children, of course.



~X~

Almost perfick Andy.... mines a Scrumpy Jack, ta.



MTF.xx

Hmph, nothing chilled and laid back about my Monday - full steam ahead. Covering for peeps on hols plus my boss managed to get a pile of work out for me to do. the time is flying by which is always good.



Anyhoo, quick lunch and a quick catch up.



Warmest welcomes Shona - lovely part of the world Central Scotland - I'm from near there originally but living in Lincolnshire nowadays. Hope you can hang around and join the chat - it's good fun here.



The weather is a bit undecided still but at least it's dry.

Mo - I'm heading norff on Friday to my Mum's then we have 5 days in the Highlands from Tuesday, back to my Mum's til the following Saturday. The boys are with their pa this week but I haven't had time to miss 'em - it's been party party chez moi this weekend too. Had a meal out with two girlfriends and their hubbys on Friday evening followed by a girls' night in with a crowd of mums who's hubbys had taken their offspring to "Dads' Camp" for the weekend and rounded off with an evening with chums last night.



Liza Tarbuck? I don't mind her at all.



rightio, must go and sit in for the missing secretary now. oooooh it's all go...



~ xx

#67 -



just off to sainsburys ( other supermarkets are available) to get some Scrumpy Jack ( other apple based products are available ) then.

LOL Andy, have tried them all, but the SJ is far superior in my very humble opinion.



Cheers me dears.



MTF.xx

Toots, sounds like a fabby weekend.



Gotta fly.....



MTF.xx

Oooh, quickly.....



Deebee #66..... no.



Yikes!



MTF.xx

#66 Deebee I've got the same email. It looks as though if we do nothing our details will be passed to H2G2 so we should be able to get back into the BBC sites OK once the transfer has been completed.



BTW - what/who is H2G2?



T x

Thinking that 'slow' can also mean ungifted, or wanting in grey-matter department; what about THE FOOL ON THE HILL, by The Beatles...

#66 + #74 something that is puzzling is that they say that they wrote to us recently, but I've looked back and have not had another email from them : (

I have had the h2g2 email and it isn't spam you need to see here https://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/



#66 - Just wondering Deebee that's all! :)



#65 - AW you're welcome.



A

I've not had an email? I've done surveys for BBC?



#75 with a moniker like yours a surprising avenue of thought re song tunes.....

#77 Thanks Andy. It's reassuring to know it's a genuine BBC site. Although I'm still a bit confused, as I wasn't aware that I was a member.



#78 LOL!



~X~

#74 #77 Yup, I got it as well a week or so ago. It's not do do with access to all BBC sites, only to do with access to the Hitchhikers Guide portal thingy (h2g2) which is being transferred out of BBC ownership.



The puzzling thing is that I don't ever recall going to that site until getting that email, which I guess means they might have promised the new owners they'll provide contact details for the h2g2 users but may not be able to give them a discrete list?



If so, does that mean the Beeb are going to pass the details of all people with BBC identities across to the new owners unless we opt out? If so I think that's a bit naughty. I'm sure the new owners of the site are genuine, but that's not really the point.



I opted out, but I don't think the BBC should even be contemplating giving a list of contacts to the new owners.

#77 thanks Andy.



#79 I'm confused too as I'd never heard of it/them before today!

Thanks for your welcome Toots. You are all so very nice. Toots, you sound like you have been having a lot of fun lately. Haven't got an e-mail from H2G2 and not sure what that is.



Looks like Scotland has got the best of the weather today :) (for a change!)

#80 Ken, I assume, as you are here, that if we opt out, it diesn't stop us getting onto the blogs?

#81 Q.E.D. If you've never heard of it TC, then the BBC are treading on dangerous ground with this exercise. If they can't give a discrete list then they shouldn't be giving any list. Under this exercise if you forget to reply to opt out they're going to give your details to a third party aren't they? Not really acceptable - it puts them on a footing with DVLC and all the other sharks who give our information away for monetary gain.

#83 Yup, I'm pretty sure this is simply about whether or not you want the BBC to give your details to the people who are going to own h2h2 so that they can contact you to make you aware of new arrangements once the transfer has happened e.g. so you know where they are, how to reach them, how to register on the new version of the site etc.



If you use h2g2 I'm sure it's safe to allow it, if you don't then it's safe to opt out.

#85 thanks Ken.



*off to opt out*

Thanks Ken! And thanks for clarifying what H2G2 actually stands for - even after I went to the site the penny didn't drop... maybe I'm a candidate for Ethics_Man's definition of slow...



~X~

#75 Now, I might be being a tad over-sensitive here, as I have two children with severe learning difficulties, but do you think we could steer away from *that* particular definition of slow? Thank you.



Speaking of learning disabilities, I thought Henry Winkler was very inspirational on Johnnie Walker's Sounds Of The Seventies yesterday. He overcame Dyslexia, and is now helping others to do the same https://www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/977-henry-winklers-dyslexic-hero.gs



It warms my heart when celebrities use their power for good :)

V late today. Nice to see so many people about. Shona_W, welcome -I'm relatively new and everyone's been lovely. I haven't had an oldie played yet (never mind a mention) .... I'm not bitter though ;)



A bit late for oldies I guess, and my a lot of my choices are already there, but just in case:

The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

Little by Little - Oasis

Lazy Days - Robbie Williams

#89 Aww Autumn_Gale your time will come :)



Those are great oldie choices too, might be a bit late for selection now, but you never know!

#78 - all down to lateral thinking; nothing wrong at all with being slow, dim-witted or foolish - just a state-of mind, so-to-speak ;-)

#87 I think this is simply a lesson in the need for organisations to be a lot clearer when they send out communications like this rather than any relection on the recipients :-)

Wonder what Sally Traffic will have to sY about the choice of theme and the reason behind it. Think Simon may well be being shouted at again come 5.15 ;-)



X

#89 Thank you Autumn_Gale. Perhaps NYM will pass your oldie suggestion to Simon today!



I've had a coupe of menshies from Simon but never an oldie Going to try harder with 3 word texts as well.



I've also had the ultimate humiliation with another presenter - but that's another story!

for any bloggers from over the wall, big chief is back!



Tiggs xxx

#94 Go on, Shona-W - do tell! You're amoung friends here...



~X~

Okay Deebee - here goes. I put in request for a song on Aan Carr's show. They phoned me up and asked if I would sing it with Alan at the end of the show! I could not believe it!



Whatg could I do? It's not everyday you get a call like that! So I "sang" Sugar Baby Love by the Rubettes with Alan Carr. It was very funny!

LOL! Yes, I can imagine that would have been very funny and humiliating! Well done you for having the guts to do it. I've never had the courage to speak to any presenter on the radio - even Simon.



~X~

Good on you, Shona, for doing it. I'd have ducked out ;-)



X

I invariably just miss out on speaking to media presenter persons. Just missed being spoken to by Brough Scott on Channel 4 when the owners group I was in won the New Years' Day Hurdle at Windsor years ago (was just too far to the left in the group when the interview happened). On another occasion I thought Derek Thompson was saying good luck to me as I walked across the paddock at Kempton. I turned round to say "thankyou", and did, only to realise that he was actually talking to James Bolam and Susan Jameson who owned King Credo in the same race (Christmas Hurdle). Tomo likes his celebs!



But it worked out well, we won it :-).