Aha, so thats where the sun is!



MTF.xx

Morning....it's not here in the Shire...well not as yet, trying to be ever the optimist :-D

Just looking back to the show from this day last year Simon. You were just about to go on holiday, but not before a trip to the dentist.



Isn't it always the case that before pleasure comes pain?



Anyway, lets get in nice and early with my ARF.



Sensitive, quiet and meditative it is not........



Lets open the show for the first time with some ELO.



*** Twilight *** please.



After all, twas good enough for R6, so I am reliably informed. My radio stays permanently tuned to R2 :)



MTF.xx

Morning everyone... it's nice and sunny here again today, the birds have been twittering away happily since the sun woke them up and the doves are cooing in the tree at my back door... got to think of an ARF tune, so will have a ponder and pop back in a bit!



x

Hello Simon and blogsters.

I missed whole of show yesterday cuz finished work

At 7 pm!!!..., but fin today at 4.... So will get at least am hour!!

ARF tune....

I DONT CARE - Transvision Vamp!



Big and Bold enough for ya Simon?!!!



Have a crackin weekend.



Mandy ;)

Good Morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogtastic bloggers,



It is glorious sunshine here, too, but have just been told by the ELH delivery man that it wont last all day! :-(



Anyhow, I enjoyed yesterdays show, too. Such fun!



Now please would you kindly consider my ARF offering, it really is a belter, honest!



Light My Fire by The Doors



Can I put in a cheeky request for our recently acquired four legged friend, who is really turning out to be a fabulous little pony?



Crazy Horses by The Osmonds



I am now going to enjoy my three day weekend, and I hope everyone else has a good weekend whatever the weather throws at us!



madchick x

Stair rods in Somerset MCW.



MTF.xx

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets!



Happy Holidays Matt (and thank you for the tweet). We will miss you!



The sun hasn't found it's way back here yet but this is typical summer weekend weather :-(



ARFO



DEACON BLUE - WAGES DAY



X

#7 :-(



Hiya MTF, I hope that you had a wonderful 'oleeday en France. My sunflowers look like dwarves compared to that in your fb snap!



x

Thanks MCW, beautiful area 37c everyday, ok a degree behind Gazzas 38c. LOL!



The sunflowers were indeed magnificent, mile upon mile of huge yellow heads, still couldn't bring myself to pick one though.



Oop, rain has stopped. There's a good sign.



MTF.xx

Had a bit of an ARF think and can't decide between these two!



BORN TO BE WILD ~ Steppenwolf



ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD ~ Neil Young



Off to walk my dogs along the beach while it's still sunny!



x

Have a nice walk LM.



Hopefully, what you have got, is heading this way and what we have got is exiting in a SW direction, sorry Devon and Cornwall.



MTF.xx

Good Morning Simon, Team, NYM and Blogpoppets



Sunny here, as MCW has already reported - the roof was down this morning on my trip to work.



Well, I was going to suggest Art Garfunkel's 'I only have eyes for you'... but it seems my chances of that getting played as the ARFO are slightly less than winning the next Euromillions lottery. So instead, can I respectfully request:



DEVIL GATE DRIVE by Suzi Quatro



It would also be lovely to hear



SOMETHING ABOUT YOU by Level 42. Which I happen to think ticks all the ARFO boxes. So there.



Deebee ~X~

Good Morning All - We have a bit of sunshine here too.





Please Simon & Team - my ARFO is - as usual -







THE BEAT by The Look







Big, Bold and Brash - rhythmical too - it won't disappoint!





Love



BP

Morning all



Sunnyish here at the moment, but I heard the weather man say this morning that the East coast would be cooler and wetter than the rest of the UK this weekend - oh great! : (



Can't think of much for an ARFO yet.



Will be back later ...



Tortie x

#13 Think I tried that Suzi Q song last week Deebee. So I think it's only fair to "share" if you are successful ;-)



x

Hi Billie.



When will 'normal' service be resumed?



Bet Ynys Mon is getting busy.



I heard Sally Traffic talking about how hectic its going to be today on the roads. I will be one of those 'poor souls' stuck in it, but not with a holiday at the end of it.



Country roads, take me home, would be appropriate, but far too sensitive, in Simons words.



MTF.xx

Friday good wishes to one and all. We finally got here and what a lovely feeling it is.



My ARF suggestion this week is:



BITS AND PIECES - DAVE CLARK FIVE



But Mr Dougal would like to hear:



GET IT ON - T-REX



Let the battle of the Dougals commence!!



Ta Ta for now



Dougal (Mrs) x

Hi All. Was going to suggest Adele Someone like you, But you wanted bold and brash, so:



Radio Stars- Nervous Wreck (I know, I know )

Sweet- Hell Raiser

Dexys- Celtic soul Brothers

BRats- She's so Modern/Looking after no 1

Ramones- Rockaway beach/Blitzkrieg Bop

Motorhead- Bomber

Pulp- Common People

Who- My Generation

Adam Ant- Prince Charming



Covers every angle I think. play one, or more, or ALL .



D x

Buongiorno a tutti,



Hope everyone is fine and dandy and sparkling on this clear and sunny morn. Yes, really, 2 days in a row. And, with more sun on the horizon for the next few days here, and for those of you still a bit soggy, in the fine words of D:Ream, things can only get better.



(No idea why I started speaking Italian there, just seemed like a good thing to do on a Friday. Wednesdays would be much more German. Mittwoch, and all that)



For today's wheel-thumping start-with-a-bang-end-with-a-bang ne'er-been-played-before ARFO, I'd like to suggest:



SINCE YOU BEEN GONE - RAINBOW. I can think of no finer way to conclude, nay celebrate, the Midsummer Moshfest.



And if that doesn't do it..then my back-up options, as always, are:



SHE'S NOT THERE - Santana



JOHNNY BE GOOD - Chuck Berry





Good day all.

Can't get much bigger and bolder than a bit of Led Zeppelin - our campers one year awoke to a surprise live performace in the middle of the campsite at 10am!! Starting with these two songs - fantastically surreal to see people rocking out in pyjamas with coffee!!



LED ZEPPELIN - COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

LED ZEPPELIN - IMMIGRANT SONG



Take your pick and get that head going!!!

Hello again



My suggestions for tonight's ARFO are:



BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU - Robert Palmer



SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE - Robert Palmer (again!)



Please NYM!



Tortie x

A bit of sun here so am heading off to Cambridge to do some shopping while the going's good - it's due to rain later :(



ARFO - well I'm sticking with a choice from yesterday which comes with a bit of a story for the NYM and Simon to consider ...



(Hey You) Get Off My Cloud - The Rolling Stones



This song reminds me of the-love-of-my-life and university days. Coming up 20 years ago I toddled off to a concrete institution on the outskirts of London and on my first night there met a gorgeous boy (awwww). This track somehow became "our song." Anyway, long story short, I haven't seen him in 15 years - gone but not forgetten. So if this gets on Simon, and without turning the show into Sunday Love Songs, please can you play it for Andrew.

Awww AG lets hope he plays your tune and Andrew hears it too :-)

Thats lovely Autumn Gale.



Wouldn't it be nice to think that someone was playing a tune, just for you.



Thats it now, got my soppy head on.



MTF.xx

#16 Did you Mo? Great minds and all that - of course we can share! I'll mention you in my acceptance speech. ;o)



#23 Aww - you should have said, Autumn_Gale. I work in Cambridge - we could have had a mini blog meet. Lovely story about Andrew.



Can I put in a sneaky extra ARFO request? How about



WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE by Steve Winwood



Worth a try...



~X~

Good morning everyone. Long time, no see!



Well, it's sunny at the moment here in Cumbria but we're not expecting it to last long; some very heavy showers are forecast.



Have to say I thought last weeks ARFO was a little wide-of-the-mark - Beatles' Revolution (once the opening riff is out the way) always strikes me as a bit of a dirge and hardly met the criteria set out in Lord Ammo's blog. Certainly no steering-wheel drumming going on in my car.



Anyway, although I'm sure my open criticism of ARFO selections will hardly endear me to the one who does the choosing, may I request:



I WANT YOUR LOVE by TRANSVISION VAMP



which certainly does fit last week's description of the ideal opener :-)



Work continues and I won't be contributing fulltime for a wee while yet but I will drop by when I can and I'll try to pop back later. But, if I don't ................. have a great weekend everyone!

Decided to wait and take the risk of hanging out the washing!



#25 soppy head on - me too :)

#26 Deebee - as I live in an unpreposessing town about 25 miles west along the A14 I come over quite a lot (and I'm over for school now and then too) - so next time ....



OK - really going now! (Please don't rain til I get back....)

Morning all and a bright if not altogether sunny one it is too in Pudsey!



I'll suggest Vertigo by U2 or 68 Guns by The Alarm in the hope that one day it will get played.



Last post for 2 weeks anyway as off on holiday and the laptop stays well and truly in its case on these occassions.



GB

Have a great holiday Simon. Would love to hear Vertigo. One of my favourite U2 songs.



A_G hope your risky strategy doesn't backfire ;-). Black clouds here. Although I am some 400 miles north of you so you're probably safe enough.



Harry! Good to see you buddy.



Deebee, you know I will be whooping away if you get ARFO, only teasing.



Only 6 sleeps (1 ARF and 3 DTs) until I go away!



X

Still no sun here this morning in Brittany, but lots of rain still.



Suggestion to start the show would be :-



RICHIE VALENS - LA BAMBA

My husband and I would really like to hear 'River Deep Mountain High' by Ike and Tina Turner. Many thanks Simon

Good Morning Simon, Driveteam, Constructors and Fellow Blogpopsters.



A little on the tardy side today - but still in time, I hope, to choose an ARFO.

Will stand by my latest head nodder:



RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS







:^)

On reading back - 'tis good to see everyone, well nearly everyone, [AlexGirl - we misssssss yooooo] and a special Hi to Harry the Snapper!



:^)

One or two fellas missing too Katymaty.



MTF.xx

Good ARFternoon Each! Still a bit grey here in Sheffield, but warm. Muggy, actually.



Arf request...



I have made a careful and thoughtful study of all neccessary criteria, and concluded thus:



'BABY JUMP' by MUNGO JERRY



I hope I'm correct.

Hmmmmm, only 34 requests so far and one blogger had nine of those, is it going to go to a muggle?



Come out, come out, wherever you are.



MTF.xx

Doh, 35.



Hi Paul.



MTF.xx

hello

#23 Autumn Gale and the follow-up comments -



- aaaah yes - that special song, the tune that someone, somewhere, from days gone by, might request for you ...

If ever I hear Peter Gabriel's 'Secret World' I inevitably assume that it's being played just for me ...



*nostalgic sigh*

It occurs to me that I may have misunderstood the criteria, and what is actually required is 'ROCKIN MY LIFE AWAY' by JERRY LEE LEWIS.

I loved the jumping bunny talk y'day.



I dont think there's much chance of either of my two reaching any great heights.



Skippy, the little wild bunny is heading towards 8 years old and arthritic, although can give off a sinister growl when in one of her better moods!



Dylan, well anything above raising his head from the ground is just like too much hard work.



Must google the site that they mentioned though, sounds intriguing.



MTF.xx

Afternoon,



My daughter does not finish school until Wednesday, the delay is due to the extra Bank Holidays, so we shall not be bothered by the surge in traffic which Sal warns us about. Smug moi? I did make my home-schooled son's day, I told him 4 pages of Maths and 2 of English and he can put his books away for the summer.



ARF Show me your teeth Lady Ga Ga



Must be the dental chat.

But also my dentist is jaw droppingly gorgeous, in his mid to late 40's ooooh time for a sore tooth I think.

hello Simon, Team & fellow bloggers.,

Am new to this, but not new to listening to the show.... But just thought I would join in....

As the weather is Bristol is dismal, I think a very summery tune to make you all smile;



THE MORE I SEE YOU - Chris Montez



However Deebee has suggested a song and an artist I completely adore....



WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE by Steve Winwood



Hurrah for Friday!

Squiffless x

MTF. Nice to hear of my Godson rabbit (Godrabbitson? Grabbit??) Dylan. It must be nigh on a year since he had his flystrike 'episode'. Glad he seems to be OK.

#37 MTF - interesting that two separate requests are for Transvision Vamp tracks - interesting enough for me to wander orf in direction of UToob ..



I was post-sprog the mid 80s which meant that I lost my music 'ear' for a while - apart from singing nursery rhymes and The Wheels On The Bus ...



However, I do remember the way Wendy James sang " I want your Aaaaah ...." which attracted quite a lot of male interest.



:^D

Oh dear, some poor soul must be stuck in the lift here. We are getting increasingly tetchy tannoy announcements looking for the lift engineer and telling us not to use them. Causing much hilarity amongst those of us safely sat at our desks ;-)



X

LOL Paul, I must go back and have a look. He's a lazy so and so. Lots of close monitoring is called for, but yes seems ok.



I'll tell him you were asking after him.



MTF.xx

Good Afternoon All :)



It's been a mix of sunshine and cloud here, neither one thing or the other really!



Feeling tired after a rather restless night, and off out for a doctor's appointment soon, but afore I go, my ARFO suggestion is...



I GET AROUND - BEACH BOYS



Hope everyone is having a decent Friday, and best wishes for a good weekend to all, if I don't make it back on here later.



BFN xxx

#27 Harry - get those heavy showers out of the way now - I'm off home on the bike then it's load up the Landy to Windermere for the Air Show.



My 1st fiance memory tune reminder?



DAVE EDMUNDS - GIRLS TALK



However for a 'wow factor' ARFO I would recommend



BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND



Happy weekend one and all!

Additional request for the very powerful ....





THE ONE I LOVE - REM

Some top tune suggestions above. The NYM is really going to have his work cut out today.



#32 Hi Della_Thrust. Your husband's name isn't Dirk, by any chance?



#43 My dentist looks like the actor Anthony Edwards, in his ER days.



It's greyed over here in Cambridge. Fingets crossed for a dry weekend, as we're sailing.



~X~

#52 Deebeedeebs

Well spotted LOL at #32 - heh heh heh heh.



So where exactly are you sailing this weekend? Weather forecasts on land are usually a bit different to shipping forecasts, aren't they? Or is that a naive understatement?



:^)

Afternoon Simon and bloggers



Late to the party ago mainly due to the fact I have spent the last four hours driving to Stranraer. So now I am sat on the dock of the bay just like the late great Otis



My request for the ARFO as usually is the very wonderful



COMMON PEOPLE --- PULP



Wharfedale Andy

#53 KatyMatey - this is where we're going https://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SealandOne/ThisIsSealand.html



Well, we're not actually going to go there - just sail round it and back into Walton Backwaters for the night (one of our favourite mooring spots). It should take us about 6 hours from Ipswich all told - and give our crew a chance to put into practice their new-found navigation skills ;o)

Hello campers,



Just a flying visit. For this week's arfo I'd like to suggest:



Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival



Especially for anyone venturing into the great outdoors.



Have an exciting weekend everyone :-)



N x

Must fly.....



Just having a quick negotiation with the DT fb team. Hee hee.



Have a good afternoon all.



Roll on 5.05.



MTF.xx

BOW WOW WOW - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY.



Have a good weekend everyone.



Gail

B-side of Metal Guru - Thunderwing by T.Rex.

Afternoon,





Fields of fire - Big Country



Twist and shout - Deacon Blue



Crazy crazy nights - Kiss



Australia - Manic Street Preachers

#44 Squiffless - welcome! You're first 5 posts will take a while to appear, after that you're 'in'! Thanks for seconding my Steve Winwood choice - I've suggested it a few times before, but so far without success. Maybe this time...



~X~

Hi



Spaceman - The Killers

#61 please replace the first "you're" with "your". Grrr...



~X~

BABYLONS BURNING by the Ruts. Why not?

Deebs

That's it, I'm moving to Cambridge - dentist what looks like Anthony Edwards, phwoarr!!!



ARFO request - howsabout Special Brew - Bad Manners



Tiggs xxx

Deebee. Yes! How do you know?

DeeBee - you are amazingly brave to moor up to that behemoth! As a bellow boaty I salute you as I just plough a furrow up & down Windermere on our Westerly 'Floozie'. Regards to all boaties

*wants to be a 'bellow boaty'*



#67

;^)

Started raining just as I got off the A14, both the (dry) washing and I (top down at that point) got a little damp!



Deebee - sailing out to Sealand sounds like fun; I hope it stays fine and breezy for you. I love sailing but haven't been out for ages.

afternoon...13c here this morning! car lights and wipers on to visit my parents :-( warmed up and dried up since but still not blistering.



#46 Katy same with me



just had a quick read nice to see Harry back again

Poppet? Muggle? Well...

Sounds like muggles today as I don't recognise any of the names he mentioned!! :o)

Bit behind the time with that song Simon... schools have been 'out for summer' up here for several weeks! ;o)

...best get my request in now for Christmas AFRO 'santa claus is coming to town' Stringbean.... ;-D

Well that was a foregone conclusion!!



And now Radar Love.........are we having an extended Matt's Middle-Aged end of week

Mosh??

Greetings from the dark side pop-pickers. Missed you all, hope you're all well? Even miss Simon - got a new car with a disabled radio (no code) so listening to the engine instead of Drivetime! For my ARFO suggestion I would like to suggest I started about ten hours ago, but it would have been



Angie - The Rolling Stones



"All those dreams we held so close seem to all go up in smoke..."



Sigh.

Robert Palmer - what a stonkingly good tune selection tonight!!!



Just checked the Windermere Ferry Web Cam - looking good already - I don't need a chipping forecast!

Ah, I did wonder about suggesting School's Out this morning. Scottish schools will be back soon ;-)



Hello and welcome all new bloggers! Come back soon!



BandB and Harry putting in an appearance? Woo Hoo!



X

sorry - shipping forecast.



Oh - and the football season has started in Scotland!

Hey Mo (where you going with that gun in your hand?) - hope you're well? Nice to see some new names too. Harry been AWOL as well eh? I am holed up in Malaysia for a few days, off to Hong Kong tomorrow!

#77 You cant beat a bit of Robert Palmer, Lady_S. Great song to switch on to. This one takes me back to my 18th birthday.



X

Very well ta BandB. Can think of many worse places to be holed up in.



X

I've just checked out his Biog - he's a Batley lad - like my other half. Takes me back to my Polytechnic days that track. It's eight years since he was taken from us - far too soon.

Yes LadyS, SPL starts again tomorrow. Much ad I love my football it doesn't feel right.



Terrible things happening in Norway! I think it hits harder because it's not a nation known for violence. Thinking of my Norwegian friends. Have worked with quite a few over the years.



X

Afternoon Bloggers All



I've read back already. Nice to see Harry & B&B today. Nice to see new names.



#32 Della - Thought you were KatyMaty in disguise!



#52/66 Deebee - you didn't explain how you knew!



Heard the ARFO. All muggles? Is that poss.?



Sounds dreadful on the roads. Glad to be home.

Afternoon all



Didn't hear the ARFO tonight - was on the beach.... (shhhh). Sounds like it was "Schools out"? I thought about that earlier in the week, but as my own little (and large) monsters have been off now for THREE WHOLE WEEKS, it seemed a little tardy.



*Steps up onto soapbox* That George Alagiah ad for the "digital switchover" is THE MOST PATRONISING MESSAGE I HAVE HEARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME. C'mon R2, do you think we're all morons?



*Steps down again, takes deep breath*



It's the weekend, hurrah. Have a good one, everybody, whether you're in Malaysia, Maidstone or Minchinhampton.

Sounds like Lord Ammo agrees with you, JBG. As do I.



X

Screaming hen parties = off button. More music, less screaming please Simon



X

What a lovely way to spend a tired Friday evening. Mum gave me some old photos a few weeks ago and a story jotter from maybe P2 when my diary for each day was remarkably similar. Oh how simple life was. What memories.



Hope all having just as nice an evening.



X

Well, gotta say it, that took all the magic out of choosing an ARF and I am one well used to disappointment.



Hmph!



MTF.xx

Sorry for my absinthe - I had a 3 o'clock meeting this afternoon (whatever happened to winding down for the weekend?) and I seem to have been cooking ever since I got home. I hope the Brainy family are big eaters - we've ended up with twice the amount of food required for the number of people coming this weekend.



I missed the ARFO, but I gather it was something predictable. Ho hum... This is the first time we haven't been affected by the schools breaking up - except for the fact the traffic is a bit quieter in the mornings. Feels a bit weird.



#67 Lady_stormrider, me bellow boaty, me old hearty! We won't actually be mooring up to Sealand - I'm not sure that's allowed. We'll just be circumnavigating the tower, waving at the natives as we go round and hoping they're in a friendly mood and not inclined to shoot at random yachties! Love the name of your boat - do you know 'Floozie' has a special significance for our very own Lord Ammo...?



#66 #85 Della Thrust/Dirk Thrust... just an educated guess ;o)



We're off at oh-gawd-double-oh in the morning - that's the trouble with sailing, it always seems to start so blimmin early. So I probably won't 'see' any of you blogpoppets until Sunday night. Wishing one and all a lovely weekend, whatever you're doing.



~x~

Hi All - 2 posts from me - the first more sombre -



NORWAY - Are they saying it's the first major violence since WW2 ?



In the 1980s, I was a member of the Greater Manchester Radio Chorale and we had an exchange student, Peter, from Oslo who joined us for a year. He arranged for us to visit Norway the following year and to stay with Norwegian families. We had a fabulous time. They were so hospitable. The wine flowed freely - even though they had some - ridiculous to us rules - about selling Alcohol - it wasn't on show - when you went in to the shop it looked empty - you almost had to whisper - and it was expensive. Nevertheless - at all the meals - in all the homes - we were sated. That was the first time I had ever eaten Couscous - on some family's back yard porch in the shade of an awning.



I did a spoof arrangement of The Beatles' "Nowhere Man" - Norway Man - for us to sing. We sang in Tivoli Gardens - Tues. 26th. Aug. 1986. I still have the Tivoli Garden Advertising Poster with the "funambulist".



Such lovely memories of Peter and of Oslo makes tonight's news even more shocking.

2nd. post - much more blogfriendly -



Wasn't telly good tonight? MIRANDA - something else! Then Rob Brydon - if anyone hasn't tried him - yet give him a go. Saw him live at Galeri Caernarfon last year. We were up in the Gallery - no pun - looking down on his bald patch and - despite his much publicised hair transplant - he is no taller!





NNGB PGSYAITM



Love



BP

Something else :)



MTF.xx

Billie, I have been to Stavanger many times with work. Yes, expensive but beautiful and exceptionally friendly.



Another dull day here. Budapest prep, Dad, beautician and late lunch with pal on the cards for me today. Who needs the sun ;-). Will be taking more than a passing interest in the GP since I'll be there live next weekend.

Argh, didn't mean to post just yet...



Billie, keyboard will feature in my weekend too



X

Wall to wall blue, hope its coming 'your' way.



To the garden.......



MTF.xx

I hope so MTF ;-)



X

#97 wall to wall blue sky here too MTF - had to come inside to cool down!



x

Not had the #100 for ages!!! :o))