Morning your Lordship, team, NYM and donkey-lovin’ bloggers



Have to say I’m not at all familiar with TTSS – but maybe it will fill a gap when Spooks disappears from the small screen!



BACK IN THE USSR – The Beatles

Morning all



DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY_ - AEROSMITH

SPIES LIKE US -PAUL MACARTNEY

Morning all



Can I suggest



LOOKING BACK OVER MY SHOULDER - MIKE & THE MECHANICS



Cheers



A

Private Eyes - Hall & Oates

Spies - Coldplay

I'm An Agent - Gary Numan

Good Morning again -





SPIES LIKE US - Paul Mc.



SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME - Rockwell



BACK IN THE USSR - Beatles



SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE - (Was not was)

Good mornig everyone.



Gorgeous sunny one here but, oh my, it was cold last night! Drove to work with "Risk of Ice" flashing on my dashboard and the temperature guage hit -1 on the A595. Surely it's not winter already????



As for the theme, may I steal JBG's thunder and request (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man ......................)



GYPSIES TRAMPS AND THIEVES by CHER

or



AGENT DOUBLE O SOUL - EDWIN STARR



I SPY ( FOR THE FBI ) - THE UNTOUCHABLES



DIE ANOTHER DAY - DURAN DURAN

AGENT DOUBLE O SOUL EDWIN STARR

PEACOCK SUIT PAUL WELLER

Any of these James Bond themes -



VIEW TO A KILL - Duran Duran



NOBODY DOES IT BETTER (The spy who loved me) - Carly Simon



FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - Matt Monro



LIVE AND LET DIE - Paul Mc



YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - Nancy Sinatra -



THE JAMES BOND THEME

Good Morning All :)



Watch out, watch out, there's a traffic warden about! Safe journey there Simon!!



The mister is a devotee of all things Spy related, we've got the original Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy & Smiley's People, plus the James Bond collection, and Spooks, and Reilly: Ace of Spies etc etc You get the picture... Anyway he is dragging me to see it whilst the twis are at respite, on Monday night. I might actually enjoy it though, there are some good actors in it, and I do like an intelligent script etc It was also directed by the Swedish director (who's name escapes me right now) who did that brilliant Swedish film version of 'Let The Right One In', so it could be a winner!



Oldie suggestions (I already tweeted)...



SPIES LIKE US - PAUL McCARTNEY



NOBODY DOES IT BETTER (THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) - CARLY SIMON



SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME - ROCKWELL



Hope everyone's having a trouble-free Thursday so far xx

Good Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon the Forgetful Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



Well, just had a bit of a scare, probs logging in this morning - waaah!!! for a few mins it looked like it was going to be an early bath but unfortunately the grindstone is now up and running and whirring away. These blimmin' IT bods.



Anyhoo, a choon, how's about a tenuous link with



OLIVER'S ARMY, ELVIS COSTELLO - I reckon Oliver must have had some lookouts at the very least.



Off to find the thinking cap and as soon as I've thunked up a brammer I'll be back. Well I'll be back anyway, as the probability of me thinking up a good suggestion is nil.



Laters sweet p'taters.



~ xx

SEWN THE FEELING

or even more sinister



EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE POLICE



Why do people play this song at weddings - just weird

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? - Beatles

or



WATCHING THE DETECTIVES - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS

IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD JAMES BROWN

SHARP DRESSED MAN - ZZ Top



IF I WAS - Midge Ure



SOLDIER BLUE - Buffy Sainte-Marie

Morning all,

I was marked absent yesterday on the blog register,I had to go on a 'Women's workshop' course to help me 'break through the glass ceiling at work' - it was like a 'Halle Berry Oscars's speech convention' or, if you like, picture the 'Sobbin' women' from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...

Yes, it was somewhat more lacrymose than I expected; and as my son a little unkindly put it, 'so now do you know why woman aren't expected to cope with high pressure jobs' he can say that, as he's my son, and I can print it as I am a woman. The feedback to the course I am looking forward to filling in, but will need a hanky to hand ;-)

Anywho, back to the matter in hand and all I can think of is



FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE by the superb MATT MONROE



oh and can i nominate #6 as an HOIB? thought not...

getting coat and hat and scarf and gloves and slinking off...

Morning all



Harry -1? Brrr!



LICENCE TO KILL - Gladys Knight



Tortie x







MEN IN BLACK - Will Smith

Oooh, ooh, what about



I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING, AEROSMITH (Steve T(a)yler)



off to catch up on yesterday's happenings.



Peace and love man (weirdly feeling a bit fab and groovy today)



~ xx

OR



I SPY - PULP

WHATS GOING ON MARVIN GAYE

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? - Matt Bianco





#6 Harry - no thunder stolen, you're most welcome. Was going to suggest it the other day for the Bankers theme!

Morning all (again)



From Russia With Love - Matt Munro

The Games People Play - Bob Andy

The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret - Queens of the Stone Age

Secret - Maroon 5

Traitor - Motorhead

I Spy - Pulp





Jx

Morning all!



How about



PRIVATE EYES - HALL & OATES



WE ARE DETECTIVE - THOMPSON TWINS



Cheers,



Kev

#6 Ooh Harry!



BACK STABBERS - O'Jays

READ MY MIND THE KILLERS

#20 Got a bit over-excited and carried away with line spaces there - NYM there were 2 suggestions from me!

A couple more oldie suggestions...



PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - DIRE STRAITS



FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - SHEENA EASTON



ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - JOHN BARRY

Thanks to simon for the meench yesterday , and thanks to all the bloggers who menched it on the blog last night including a couple of newbies.



Sorry I did not respond yesterday , but just busy at work at present !!!



Good luck to everyone today

Morning All,



'You Keep It All In' Beautiful South



Have a good day everybody

#14 Wharfedale, this is much discussed song in our household. I've heard Sting speak of it many times and I'm convinced that, although he does now acknowledge that it could be an anthem for stalkers, he didn't realise its sinister aspects when he wrote it.

CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OF YOU ANDY WILLIAMS

'I'm The Man' Joe Jackson

#16 - Good call, Andy. I think you've beaten my EC suggestion into a cocked hat. Bit of an airhead moment there I think.



Harry, -1? that's blimmin' cold for this time of year.



Btw, is it just spy tunes we're choosing or can we cast our net a bit wider and suggest tunes (if there are any) for tinkers and tailors too?



~ xx

#14 #33 I tweeted it, it is rather menacing!

#27 Billie, is that "Back Stabbers" aimed at me or the theme? ;-)

Goodmorning all, a good challenge Mr Mayo. Well done first of all for not getting caught! How about:

The Circus by Erasure

I Spy by the untouchables

Sail on Sailor by The beach boys.

Morning again everyone



ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE ~ John Barry



NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ~ Carly Simon



THE SPY ~ The Doors



LICENCE TO KILL ~ Gladys Knight (I'm sure she sang 'kilt')!



THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER ~ Donovan



xx

Spooky - Dusty Springfield

#38/27 - Not you, Harry! Ha!

Morning all, hope all DTT and Blogpoppets are well



How about



SPIES-Coldplay

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY-Sheena Easton

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE-Marvin Gaye

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET-Beatles

SILENCE IS GOLDEN-Four Seasons



Love



Mrs B

Good morning,



Hows about:



YOU WEAR IT WELL by Rod Stewart

TOYS SOLDIERS by Martika

TRAVELLIN' SOLDIER by The Dixie Chicks

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER by Carly Simon

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE by The Police



That covers all but one base - struggling with a tinker song.



Have a good day.x

'Would I Lie To You?' The Eurythmics

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE TOM JONES

#42 Billie, I did think it was a little naughty pinching JBG's tune and would have understood if it was a comment on my choice :-)

AN OLD RAINCOAT WON'T EVER LET YOU DOWN - Rod Stewart





Over and out, blogpeeps. People, places, things, yada yada yada.

Good Thursdays All Round

:^)

Looking forward to Witterview of this film - from what I've read on t'internet the director plays it safe. Plus I hope the re-write means that we don't know Who Dunnit. Or should that be Who Is It?

And then there's Tom Hardy.

Oh yes.

MIND GAMES - John Lennon

BEHIND THE MASK - ERIC CLAPTON

Busy here already!



Can I also add, if we're talking double agents



KID CREOLE - STOOL PIGEON



Cheers



A

I may have missed it, but don't think this ones been mentioned yet ...



TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR - The Yardbirds (Well 3 out of 4 ain't bad)



Also, how about:



SECRET AGENT MAN - Johnny Rivers/Bruce Willis

COCKNEY TRANSLATION - Smiley Culture

SMILEY FACE - Bowling for Soup

HEROES AND VILLAINS - Beach Boys

MOTHER RUSSIA - Iron Maiden

Morning all and a beautiful one it is to in Pudsey.



Fertile mind this morning but very little time so I'll go with few U2 tunes today:

"Satellite of Love"

"Twilight"

"Shadows and Tall Trees"



All have some element of espionage and intrigue in them.



Can't wait for Sunday though when Spooks returns btw.



GB

NOWHERE TO RUN MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS

Hi Simon and u lovely bloggers.

I too am tapping away on my iphone on this here blog in car park of Environment Agency on Streetsbrook Rd, Solihull....do u know it?



Thanks for my 3rd mensh of week yesterday ... Totally unexpected to be honest!



Congrats to Autumn Gale on your 1st!!



Thanks for good wishes for interview today. Its for a ten month contract and i think it went well!



So time to get spied up!



1 BEG, STEAL OR BORROW - Seekers ( deja vu as it fits here quite well)

2. TOY SOLDIERS - Martika

3. LOOKIN THRU THE WINDOWS - Jackson 5

4. SOMEBODYS WATCHING YOU - Rockwell

5. GYPSY WOMAN - Crystal Waters

6. Ghost in my house - R Dean TAILOR

7. IN THE ARMY NOW - Status Quo

8. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? - Billy J Kramer

9. SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Girls Aloud

10. OLIVERS ARMY - Elvis Costello

11. GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES - Cher



Oh well must face drive back to work.



Have a lovely day!



Mandy ;)

COME IN FROM THE COLD

Joni Mitchell



HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY

radiohead



I quite like that these two, and Matt Monroe are on my ithingy!

Laters, y'all, play nicely

THIS CHARMING MAN THE SMITHS

I HEARD IT ON THE GRAPEVINE MARVIN GAYE

FAKE - Alexander O' Neal

Hi to The Team and Drivetimers everywhere,



I've given it some thought and suggest the following:



OH WHAT A CIRCUS - DAVID ESSEX

CARRIE - CLIFF RICHARD (ok so a bit corny - John Le Carre....)

KEEP ON RUNNING - SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

TREASON - TEARDROP EXPLODES



Will chat more later peeps,



Paul.

UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - Stones

Morning bloggers all



I LOVE early John le Carre and TTSP is a real favourite; I'm very much looking forward to the new film version. I also think Gary Oldman is great (with a few notable exceptions where he's dreadful).



#19 Suzie - oh wow - I didn't think we still did workshops like that. I'm never sure that its very helpful to women in the workplace ....



Oldies:

2nd/3rd ing for Back in the USSR - The Beatles (or the Paul Mc solo version)

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher (even if I say so myself, I do a mean karaoke version!)

My favourite Bond Theme is possibly Diamonds are Forever - Shirley Bassey



Adding:

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals ("my mother was a tailor....")

Smile Like You Mean it - The Killers

Inner Smile - Texas

Secret Smile - Semisonic



.... or any other sond with Smile in the title!

...... or even song with smile in the title :0

#33 & #37 As with a lot of songwriters their initial concepts are misconstrued , this song is recognised as having a dark side . so weird for a wedding song !



Who I'm too about wedding songs I had Freda Panye - Band of Gold played at my wedding !



#36 - It was your EC selection that got me thinking !!

The Spy by The Doors

I Spy (For The FBI) by Jamo Thomas

Clues by Robert Palmer

Tinker & The Crab by Donovan

Secret, Love by Doris Day

Secrets by N-Dubz

Someone To Watch Over Me by Linda Ronstadt

Catch Us If You Can - Dave Clarke Five

STANDING IN THE SHADOWS THE FOUR TOPS

Morning chaps - hiding from the metal stamp & paper by suggesting



WE ARE DETECTIVE - THOMPSON TWINS

PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - DIRE STRAITS



Oh what a beautiful morning! I'm off this afternoon



XXX

Watching Me Watching You - David Grant

#65 but that is agood song not so the Police song...

#63 Autumn-Gale. TTSP? Tinker Tailor Soldier Pie?!

Good morning all



A beautiful day here today. Just got time to poop in with:



House of the Rising Sun - The Animals (my mother, she was a tailor - she sowed my new blue jeans....)



Back to work



p.s. Luciesmum we "nursed" the bees by giving them a little tickle if they looked a bit disorientated or uprighted them if they were on their backs. We had to keep 2 inquisitive doggie noses away from them all though.



The bees were absolutely facinating to watch using the step as a runway and even posted a couple of guards outside the hole in the step.



Now I really must get back to work.



Catch you later



Shona x

BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE THE ISLEY BROTHERS

#72 *giggle*

That'll be detention for me with the spelling mistake then!

Shona... I think I'll stick to nursing pigeons because I was once stung by a bee and I'd be a bit scared of trying to tickle one... sounds fascinating though!!! :o)

#71 PSL - Band of Gold is a great song , but it starts :-



Now that you're gone,

All that's left is a band of gold

All that's left of the dreams I hold

Is a band of gold

And the memories of what love could be

If you were still here with me



Not exactly a wedding day song LOL

#63 / 72 / 75 - Forget Gary Oldman - it must be the new version where Smiley is played by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

A couple more.... how about.....



SOLDIER SONG by The Hollies



SOLDIER BLUE ~ Buffy St Marie



x

#79 lol ;-D

#78 but at least you could dance to it rather than shuffle about like a sado to Police!

Morning one and all.....late again! Hope all is well with everyone and avoiding those pesky ticket givers!!



Before I mensh chase I have to add to Donkeygate by saying I was quite surprised with Sally's flippant attitude yesterday..............as a veggie you would think that there would be a little more compassion to other beings?



*she removes herself from the soap box and clears her throat*



Back to business.................................here goes........



TINKER = Mr Tinkertrain - Ozzy Osbourne

TAILOR = Taylor - Jack Johnson

SOLDIER = Soldier - Destiny's Child

SPY = Spy - Shakira



I think I should at least get points for trying to cover all bases!! ;0)



Dougal x



3 word Thursday - Flowerpots look sad

#73 & #76 maybe it was a JEANetically modified crop? ;-)

#65 Wharfedale, I know that lyrics are often miscontrued but, as I said, I'm not convinced that Sting wrote this with the darker side in mind; I think he wrote it as a love song, only realising after its release that it could be a hymn to stalking and there are ambiguities in its sentiments. I can fully understand that some, without paying too much attention to the exact words, could hear it as a valedictory expression of undying love.



As you know, there is an ongoing discussion on here about the hidden menace in some lyrics. This is just one of many.

By the way after yesterday's computer lessons (thank you by the way) I am now an avid user of bold type face!!



In other words......just showing off ;0)



Dougal x

#86 Dougal, Katy can 'show off' in blue, too ;-)

#87 There is no end of talent on this 'ere blog! ;-)

#72 & 79 - oops :)) I think it has a definite ring to it .....



On the subject of 'dark' lyrics, I happened across an article where a mother was expressing concern about the number of songs whose lyrics seemed to encourage those who had been spurned in love to kill themselves, or using the threat of death as a way to prove how much in love you were "I'd die for you" etc. Although I can't recall where I read it, there was no doubt it was written by a ... "conservative" American lady. There were some interesting points but she did seem to be suggesting that this was a new phenomena, which I would heartily disagree with and had completely ignored all reference to literature ..... such as Romeo and Juliet.



Anyhoo.....

#1 There's going to be mass withdrawal symptoms in my neck of the woods when Spooks is gone. Only six more episodes of Harry saving us from the bad guys in and out of government :-(



I hope he survives the six episodes to enjoy his retirement in the new peaceful world that doesn't need him any more :-)

#87 Harry the Snapper.......I was thinking that after we all had fun with the wordy thread yesterday it might be fun to continue? We could work our way through the alphabet by quoting a favourite word for the day using that particular letter.



It would also be good if we could encourage the DT Dude to use one of our suggestions during the show.........no credits required.....just fun to see if he actually picks up on an usual/fun or maybe just daft word!



If we did then my fave for A would be ablutions..........something satisfying when uttered and performed!!



Dougal x

#89 Autumn (may I use your first name?), as an antidote, Rainer Ptacek wrote a song called "Life is Fine" which expresses just the opposite sentiment :-)



I went down to the river, and I sat down on the bank

Thought about my baby so I jumped in and I sank

Yeah, but I came once and hollered,

Came up twice and cried,

"I'll be doggone, if you're ever gonna see me die for love"

#91 Autumn, I like the idea of a "word of the day".



Vanessa Feltz does one at about 5.35 each morning on her R2 show so it may be seen as duplication but then Richard Allinson does themes on his weekend shows so, why not?

My #93 ......... apologies, getting obsessed with the seasons ............ Dougal, I like the idea of a "word of the day" :-D

#91 not sure how to do bold?



Alacrity is my A word

Well said, #83 Dougal! Re Donkeygate and just out of interest, I wonder why Sally is a vegetarian... maybe she had got thrown from one as a child... or maybe as an adult!! :o)

#96.... thrown from a donkey... not a vegetarian!!!!

R.E The discussion about 'Every Breath You Take' by The Police



This is what Sting actually said about the song (courtesy of Wikipedia) I think he wrote it whilst divorcing his first wife too, which adds another dimension to it...



The lyrics are the words of a sinister, controlling character, who is watching "every breath you take; every move you make".



I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realize at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control.

—Sting

Sting later said he was disconcerted by how many people think the song is more positive than it is. He insists it's about the obsession with a lost lover, the jealousy and surveillance that follows. "One couple told me 'Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!' I thought, 'Well, good luck.' When asked why he appears angry in the music video Sting told BBC Radio 2, "I think the song is very, very sinister and ugly and people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle, little love song."

#65 #71 my wedding song was 'you make me feel so young' sung by my hubbie & his jazz combo - COMPLETE surprise to me, and sadly (luckily?) the video camera ran out of battery, so the moment is left to the memories of all of us present, rather than Yout*be!! The joke was, there is only 30 days between our birthdates, so I get to call him Old Man!



COLD WAR (ish) songs:

YOU'RE AS COLD AS ICE

FOREIGNER



GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS

PETER GABRIEL



By the way, proof that not only other R2 progs nick ideas from the blog - I heard Pink Floyd's comfortably numb on R6 the other day, gotta be more than coincidence!

Forgot to add... I feel a picture coming on!!!! :o))