- HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON -



Hope you have a lovely day xx



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Wise men say, only fools rush in...



I cant help, falling in love with you - Andy Williams.



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LOL Lucies Mum. Who is that standing in the cake?



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How about....



OLD AND WISE ~ Alan Parsons Project



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MTF.... it's supposed to be Kate Bush!!! :o))

Morning all again



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON!



Off to put my creative, aged 50 brain to work!



Back later



T-C x

Just thought of one:



FATHER & SON - Cat Stevens (please not Westlife!)

"..Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy"

Good Morning again -



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON







Song suggestions -



OLD AND WISE - Alan Parsons



FATHER AND SON - Cat Stevens



2 from Harry Chapin -



W.O.L.D.



CAT'S IN THE CRADLE

Good morning Birthday Boy, Team, NYM and blogpoppets!



Old Friends - Simon & Garfunkel

Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds

Holding Back the Years - Simply Red

This is the Time - Billy Joel

Confusion - ELO.



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Morning all



The passing of years.....one of my favourite guitarists, Snowy White, announced at a couple of gigs in Europe at the weekend that he will be picking up the resumption of Roger Waters' Wall tour next year but plans no more gigs of his own thereafter.



Sad days - such a lovely tone on his Les Paul Gold Top :-(

Lost from #9



While My Heart is Still Beating - Roxy Music



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The way lifes meant to be - ELO.



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IN MY LIFE - Beatles



IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR - Frank Sinatra



SEPTEMBER SONG - Walter Houston (Sob!)



I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE YEARS ON YOU BABY - Dr. Hook

Morning All,



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON



'Dignity' Deacon Blue



Have a good day everybody

YEARS FROM NOW - Dr. Hook



WHEN I'M 64 - Beatles



TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce

Del Amitri - When You Were Young (substitute "You" for "We")



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Words of wisdom....



GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL, LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!

THIS IS US - Mark Knophler & Emmylou Harris

I believe - Frankie Laine.



Robson and Jerome?



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WHEN YOU ARE OLD - Gretchen Peters

Adult Education - Hall & Oates



Liking this theme today, Simon.



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A few more....



YOU WEAR IT WELL ~ Rod Stewart



OLD MAN ~ Neil Young



HANDS OF TIME ~ Ron Sexsmith



HELP THE AGED ~ Pulp



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Candle in the wind - Elton John



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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON!



Age is just a number! At least that's what I'm telling myself as I hurtle towards 40!! :O



Good Morning One and All :)



#1 Love that cake Lucies Mum :D I knew it was Kate Bush leaping out of it! LOL



Oldie suggestions...



HEY NINETEEN - STEELY DAN



EVERY GRAIN OF SAND - BOB DYLAN

ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? - Jimi Hendrix

Happy birthday, Lord Ammo ..................... another one bites the dust!



Goord morning everyone.



Not sure I've ever hard this on the wireless but an old favourtie of mine:



WORDS OF WISDOM by CHRISTOPHER CROSS



E-word of the day (and one of monst favourtest words in whole world)



Egregious Not that is applies to this blog (except in its archaic sense) :-)



Hopefully be back later with something to contribute and I promise to keep my "pendantry" in check, Suzie -I can tell that you don't find it appealing.

A couple from Queen



These Are the Days of Our Lives



Who Wants to Live Forever



Enough already! Don't normally go this mad. Must leave some for the latecomers.



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Something is happening to me - Hermans Hermits.



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Could be one for the HOIB:



Don't laugh at me 'cos I''m a fool - Norman WISDOM



*gets coat and leaves quietly*

"Women of a certain age ..................."



I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU - Tina Turner

good morning all and happy birthday Simon



Suggestion for todays tunes:-



OOH LA LA - - THE FACES - with the refrain 'I wish I knew what I know now'!!



Enjoy the day

#28 Please feel free to amend/emend all my spelling/typo errors when you have the time :-)

THE SHAPES OF THINGS TO COME - YARDBIRDS



TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL: TOO YOUNG TO DIE - JETHRO TULL



;^)

For today's oldies, hasn't it got to be...



GLORY DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



Simon does love a bit of Bruce! :D

My E-word of the day



effervescent - a word that describes the blog perfectly!



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OLD MAN - Neil Young



WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - Who

BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY THE TAMS



THIS OLD HEART OF MINE THE ISLEY BROTHERS

EFFICACIOUS

A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL



ALL THINGS MUST PASS - GEORGE HARRISON

Anyway, Good Morning Each! Some songs, some with tongue in cheek, some otherwise...



'Old Man' by Neil Young



'Help The Aged' by Pulp



'When You Are Old And Grey' by Tom Lehrer



'September Song' by Willie Nelson



My favourite song about getting older....



'Start Wearing Purple' by Gogol Bordello



'Young At Heart' by Jimmy Durante



'Desperado' by The eagles

Happy Birthday Simon!



Sounds funny typing that!



Anyway wisdom abounds as you reach that certain age so I'm told!



I'll go with a U2 song as I believe it is appropriate. "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" as whatever age you are there is still more to come.



GB

Joe Jackson....



Still alive.



Nineteen forever.



Awkward age.



The old songs.



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NEVER FORGET - TT (WAH!)

ALFIE CILLA BLACK



...what's it all about?....

GROW OLD WITH ME - JOHN LENNON



KINGDOM OF DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



MY GENERATION - THE WHO

Zoe, don't worry about aging, chuck, your words still bely your comparative youth. You speak of hurtling towards 40. Time will eventually show you that in reality what happens is that you "hurtle" away from 40



;0)

ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS - BOB SEGER



TIME - PINK FLOYD

Hi Simon and bloggers



Happy birthday to ya and hope you have a youthful day! As an ex work colleague said once to another fellow ..."you are only as old as the woman you are feeling!" Very Monty Pythonesque.



Anyway down to business:



1.YOUNG AT HEART - The Bluebells

2. OLDER - George Michael

3. HOLDING BACK THE YEARS - Simply Red

4. ALIVE AND KICKING - Simple Minds

5. MY LIFE - Billy Joel

6. WHEN I'M 64 - Beatles

7. 18 TIL I DIE - Bryan Adams

8. HAPPY BIRHTHDAY SWEET 16 - Neil Sedaka

9. OLD BEFORE I DIE - Robbie Williams

10. GOLDEN YEARS - David Bowie



Catch ya later.



just beentold I finish this contract this Friday and paid for whole of September and 6 days holiday pay, therefore hitting the agencies next week for new contract! ;(

60 Years On - Elton John

Old Friends - Simon & Garfunkel

Old Man - Neil Young

Life Begins At 40 - Sophie Tucker

Not Foolish, Not Wise - Keef Hartley Band

When I Grow Up To Be A Man - Beach Boys

My Back Pages - The Byrds (I was so much younger then ... older than that now ...)

It's My Party - Lesley Gore

Don't Laugh At Me ('Cause I'm A Fool) - Norman Wisdom

September Song - Jimmy Durante or other versions (" ... when the days dwindle down to a precious few ...")

Happy birthday, Simon. Are you now able to go on Saga holidays and get a free pen from those insurance companies Parky & Annette Crosbie advertise? XX

Flying along today.



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Famous last words..



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THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT - Billy Preston

I'M STILL STANDING - Elton John



I'M ALIVE - Hollies

Today's theme seems to be far more inspiring for tune choosing than yesterday's and there are loads of really good songs! I wonder how so many good suggestions can be whittled down to just five, or however many get played... a hard job today for the NYM!



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Morning all,

DT team, Birthday Dude, Bloggers and poppets

From a dreitch day in Oxford

For the b'day boy howsabout this one,

ALRIGHT BY SUPERGRASS

if only for the following lyrics:



We are young, we run green,

Keep our teeth, nice and clean,

See our friends, see the sights, feel alright,

We wake up, we go out, smoke a fag,

Put it out, see our friends,

See the sights, feel alright,



I always think that boys get stuck at the age of 19 - Mr e certainly is. He thinks the Old man he sees in the mirror is a stalker. Oh and of course having poor eyesight helps with seeing a 'softer' appearance. Me? Knew I was old when I was no longer able to read a book in bath (as glasses steam up, don't they?) so just had to lie there and slurp my G&T....

Here's a pressie for the B'day boy:

0 - 0

/ o o \

\ V /

_ _

0 '&' 0

_ _

/ \

()/ ^ \ ()



supposed to be a bear, btw - apols to KatyMac our Blog creative director!

Hopefully will drop in later for the chat RE ageing pros/cons!

One or two more...



'End Of The Line' by The Travelling Wilbury's



'Teach Your Children Well' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young



Two, actually!

#28 #34

tut tut Harold.

(aka Founder of 'Pendant's' Club)

Happy Birthday Simon!



Age is something I frequently contemplate. I'm pushing 40 but as a teacher I spend the larger part of each day with teenagers and this certainly keeps me young - in outlook at least. Most of the time if you asked me, I'd have to think about my age as my first reaction would be to say, like Simon, something considerably younger!



Oldies:

Perfect BON JOVI song for this occassion: JUST OLDER

("Like a faded pair of worn blue jeans, the skin I'm in's alright with me. I'm not old, just older")



And JBJ - not looking so bad either as he approaches 50 ;)

E- Word - Ectoplasm



No idea what it is or if it's even real. Just seem to remember it when I used to read Dennis Wheatley books and remembe thinking it was a great word.



And then there's Enhanced Adj. Tactic used by companies to make more money out of you by encouraging you to rebuy that which you already previously bought and which should have had al the goodies included the first time round :-)

#59 Suzie, Harold?

Ecclefechan.



Not much of a cake eater, but those little Ecclefechan tarts that are only available at a certain time of the year in Sburys ( other supermarkets and all that..) are simply scrumptious.



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#62 is your full, proper name simply Harry?

I presumed you were a shortened version of Harold?

And did your mum only ever use your full name to admonish you?



MINE has never ever used the name they called me EVER! Just the short form...

#63 saw a recipie for those on the BBC food website...

they call them just 'butter tarts' in Canada, where I first tasted one. Hugely calorific but scrumptious.

Thanks Suzie, yes can imagine they must be calorific.



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Ectoplasm

Is what they use in mock/horror films for the nasty little aliens or ghosts to spew or leave behind (see Ghostbusters I)

Why do they make 2nd films after a sucessful 1st one and invariably screw it up?

See GBusters, Bridget Jones, etc

ERUDITE



applies to most of us on this 'ere blog, methinks

'Bright Side Of The Road' Van Morrison

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON !!



How about OLDEST SWINGER IN TOWN not that im saying you are of course, but failing that... SEPTEMBER - EARTH WIND AND FIRE



Do you remember the 21 night of September ??

Hi Simon, and a happy B.Day to you. I - like you - I am now ready for Dr Mösh even though it is only 10.45. Given today's theme. you must get him to play Deutschland's finest....please play 'Blackout' by The Scorpions. Put the umlaut where you like..... Roy_the_librarian

#48 Very true Paul (of Sheffield - i.e not the man from Milton!) I try not to dwell on age, I mean there's no point really is there? Time only moves in one direction (possibly!)



Katy - Time - Pink Floyd, is one of my all time favourite songs, great and poignant lyrics. I watched the Pink Floyd documentary on iplayer on Monday, made me dig out all the CDs!



My E word is Experience it comes with age!

Can i join in with the words thing?



ENTOMOLOGY the study of insects and the like (God bless you Grissom, CSI is not the same without you)

#69 Ooo Van Morrison! Has anyone suggested...



PRECIOUS TIME (IS SLIPPING AWAY) - VAN MORRISON



That is a good song for today's theme too :)

Happy Birthday to you..............Happy Birthday to you..............Happy Birthday dear Simon.............Happy Birthday to you....................for he's a jolly good fellow ..........for he's a jolly good fellow..........for he's a jolly good fellow and so say all of us.............*BUMPS!!!!*



My E words today are ENERGISED and maybe even EFFULGENT



Well..............getting older/wiser/mature...........................................



STEELY DAN - HEY NINETEEN

FRANK SINATRA - THE SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS

JAY Z - 30 SOMETHING (lots of the something ;0)

ELVIS COSTELLO - VERONICA

JOHNNY NASH - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (Spectacles compulsory!)

NIRVANA - OLD AGE



Or perhaps



PROCOL HAREM - A WHITER SHADE OF HAIR

MARVIN GAYE - SURGICAL HEALING



*giggles and quietly shuffles away!*



Enjoy everyone..................afterall you can't stop the numbers increasing!!



Dougal x



P.S 3 Word Wednesday.....................More cake please

#70 love the lyrics to TOSIT song!!



"rub on vic where you used to splash on Brut" lol

( other vapor rubs and aftershaves are available etc)

#64 Suzie, I am not a Harold; or even a Harry, or, indeed the Snapper.



I think I've told only Zoe the full story but I'll share some of it here now. My blogging name was the nickname of a very close friend who used to run a pub I frequented, many years ago. He is no longer with us. He was a giant of a man, in both body and spirit; capable of both incredible bravery and ruthlessness in tackling drunks, and yet one of the gentlest human beings I've yet met; his acts of kindness to complete strangers were legendary. I chose the name because, whenever I hear Simon announce a tune I've chosen, it brings the broadest of smiles to my face to remember him. Mrs Snapper likes it, too :-)



And, while I'm putting records straight, can I say that my "pendantry" is only ever done in humour which is why I continue to highlight the fact that the use of "pendant" for "pedant" (although it is one of the few words I do know the meaning of) was originally my pratfall. I hope it hasn't gone unnoticed with bloggers who've known me since I started here, that I am fully aware of my own faults: my English is far from perfect, my spelling on slightly better than my typing, but being here most days is helping me to improve.

The Windmills of your mind - Noel Harrison.



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#70 & #76 Ah, The Oldest Swinger In Town... Great stuff!



This is a lovely version of the song, recorded at a live show in 1998...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ3YrV-k4lw&feature=youtube_gdata_player



I believe Fred Wedlock is no longer with us :(

I'LL KEEP HOLDING ON THE MARVELLETTES

A Harvey Smith salute to growing old.....



STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF FRANTIQUE

#72 Zoe - yes - Time is my favourite Floyd track - and quite possibly my desert island disc of all time - pick of the lyrics:

".. hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way ..."

:`#

#72 As well as Pink Floyd's Time being a great song, it always make smile to think about the first time I heard it.



I'd borrowed it from a school friend. It must have been either a Friday or Saturday because I got home and everyone was in bed (I wouldn't have been out that late on a school night!) I put it on the radiogram, which Mom and Dad thought was at the cutting-edge of hi-fi, and played it as quietly as I dared so as not to disturb the sleeping family. As you know, just before Time starts it goes very quiet, just the gentle ticking of a clock, so I turned up the volume, only to be deafened by the alarms going off ....................... I was on the naughty step the following day :-)

#77 You do 'Harry The Snapper' great credit :) I'm sure that everyone knows you are just jesting with the 'pendantry' :D Everyone slips up on spelling and grammar from time to time, I would blame my iPod, but that would be a poor workman blaming his tools! Never mind the gender confusion!! ;)



A last oldies push...



CHANGES - DAVID BOWIE



HANDS OF TIME - RON SEXSMITH (I think Simon would appreciate a bit of RS!)

Morning,



Don't Panic - Coldplay



Panic - The Smiths



When I'm Sixty Four - The Beatles



Old - Dexys Midnight Runners



Holding back the years - Simply Red



Only the good die young - Billy Joel



Too young to die - The Divine Comedy



Young at heart - The Bluebells



Too much too young - The Specials



Help me make it through the night - John Holt

#72

Zoe - yes - Time is my favourite Floyd track - and quite possibly my desert island disc of all time - from the alatm clock and opening percussion sequence through the soaring yet restrained Gilmour guitar solo and then, of course, the pick of the lyrics:

".. hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way ..."

:`#





I'm now going to play it really loud - actually I think I'll play the whole album. We have no neighbours in the 'house next door that's been gutted and refurbished'.

BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY THE VERVE

#82 Yes, that is a great lyric, I just love the whole song, it sums up the way I've been feeling lately: I once felt like I had all the time in the world, now I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day.



#83 Oops! :D Incidentally, that alarm clock segment, was recoreded as a quadrophonic test by Alan Parsons, it wasn't specifically done for that song.

#77 we love you, Harry, pendantry and all ;-)



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#86 Katy, I saw Pink Floyd perform 'Dark Side' at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 3 Dec 1974. As an encore, they performed 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' and introduced it with an apology that Syd Barrett couldn't be with them that night. Some woman in the audience shouted out that she preferred Davd Gilmour and I'll swear you could see him blushing.



IMO (which is pretty worthless, I admit) Dave Gilmour is one of the best guitarists alive - he may not be as fast as some but his tone, his expressiveness, is second to none.

EMBROCATION as my E word

#89 That's appreciated muchly, Mo. And I'm sure you all know, the feeling is reciprocated :-)

Further suggestions



GROW OLD WITH ME - GLEN CAMPBELL



THESE DAYS - GLENN CAMPBELL or JACKSON BROWN



LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID - PAUL McCARTNEY



STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS - PAUL SIMON

#77 how interesting - and now, you are a man of mystery, as we know not your real name...I wonder why the pub landlord had the handle of 'H the snapper'? Photography? Biscuit tin lids (my favourite) or a snappy dresser?

Or maybe it's like 'trigger' in only fools and horses - no-one knows why he had that name!

Carry on with the gentle pedantry, a little teasing now and then keeps us on our tows (sic)

#88 we watched the Pink Floyd BBC4 programme, suprised not to hear Alan Parson's name mentioned (tho we did miss the last 10 mins..) the Dark side of the moon was my most often played record as I whiled away my time at the top of a student accommodation block - watching car headlights in the dark heading towards London (pre-M40!)

RE the theme,



WINGS : TREAT HER GENTLY/LONELY OLD PEOPLE

not that SM is either old, or lonely...and I am sure he always treats ladies like a true gent!

Morning (just) everyone,



First of all, joyous felicitations Mr Mayo on your birthday!



I'd like to second 'Ooh La La' by The Faces. A couple more for the pot:



'Life's What You Make It' - Talk Talk

'Step On My Old Size Nines' - The Stereophonics



'E' word has to be ebullient.



Have an excellent day everyone!



N x

RE Theme:



BONNIE RAITT: WOMEN BE WISE

(just to redress the gender balance!)

E word: Exhilarating

Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

I've just had a knock on the front door, Madam, you have moss on your roof!



Does he think I dont know?



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