Doh! I post for the first time in ageeeeeees and a new blog appears, so in case you missed it .....



Morning peoples!



Can I just say a massive THANK YOU to the lovely Mayo Blogpoppets for volunteering your time last Friday. It was really fantastic to meet some of you for the first time, and to see some of you again for the 2nd year of phone duty at CiN.



It was a frantic day all round, but it wouldn't have been possible without your contribution.



My highlights, in no particular order .....



1. Mo's face when I informed her I'd put her forward for a live on-air interview (sorry Mo!)



2. Sir Cliff Richard agreeing to have his photo taken with Marlon the monkey (yes, really!)



3. Feeling the buzz from all of you lovely volunteers



4. The touer of the studios on the 6th floor - thanks Phil x



5. The Sweet Child Of Mine phone room finale when the lines closed jsut before 7pm



and finally ......



6. The absolute 110% relief that on my part, everything went as planned. Phew indeed!



I was absolutely shattered all weekend, and after a day at a business networking event yesterday, my head is still everso slightly spinny! Now that I'm working from home (for myself - yay!!) I will endeavour to blog more, as time permits.



Thanks again everyone - Bloggers United!



Deevs

x

Good morning Simon, team and lovely poppets all,



Hope everyone is well on this decidely damp Tuesday morn.



I really enjoyed the Russel Watson interview, a job well done Simon :-)



Am going to listen to the new Kate Bush album today, see if I can't help to keep the standards up!



Choons for the Martians...



IS THERE LIFE ON MARS - DAVID BOWIE



LOVING THE ALIEN - DAVID BOWIE



MAN ON MARS - THE KAISER CHIEFS



ALIEN - JAPAN



RED DUST - ZERO 7



Back after caffeine, have nice days all.



Jillyx

Of course there is no 'IS THERE' in the Bowie title.. but you get what I mean! Now where is that caffeine?

Morning fellow bloggers! Thankfully we appear to have escaped the threatened fog here, but only just - it's like living with a cloud a hunred feet above you. Very grey and bits of it are trying to nestle between the trees.



Car in to have the air conditioning seen to. I shall remain seated until I've heard the damage...



Nice to get a mensh yesterday (along with Paul). I consider myself very fortunate as every time I've had a mensh it's been the first theme record, so I've heard them on the way home from work!



gonna be a couple of obvious ones today, but I'll say them anyway..



JEFF WAYNE - Eve of the War

DAVID BOWIE - Life on Mars

GENESIS - Illegal Alien

TEH ONLY ONES - Another Girl, Another Planet

ASH - Girl From Mars

T-REX - Ballrooms of Mars



and on a lighter note

SNOW PATROL - Chocolate

SHANKS & BIGFOOT - Sweet Like Chocolate :o)

Oooooh, I know what I've not heard for an age:



SPACEMAN - BABYLON ZOO



That'll do nicely. For now!



Deevs

x

I guess a spot of HOLST is probably out of the question...

Hi everyone,



UUUUUUUUULLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!



LIFE ON MARS - DAVID BOWIE



EVE OF THE WAR - JEFF WAYNE (please - can't think of anything better)



DON'T STOP ME NOW - QUEEN (Mars is in the lyric)



RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER - BILLY OCEAN



RED RED WINE - UB40



PUMP UP THE VOLUME - M.A.R.R.S.



Some pretty tenuous links there, but hey-ho :o)

Good morning everyone.



Difficult to think of something unusual for the theme so dragging this one up from my yoof:



MARTIAN LANDSCAPE by UFO



Although, I doubt the DT production team is willing to risk 70's Prog Rock :-)



I'll be back later.

Hi Simon and blogpoppets



A wet and windy start here! Thanks for the double mensh yesterday, Simon!



LIFE ON MARS ~ David Bowie



RED LIGHT ~ U2



VENUS AND MARS ~ Paul McCartney/Wings



PLANETS OF THE UNIVERSE ~ Stevie Nicks



MOVING TO MARS ~ Coldplay



xx

Morning all.



Here are my suggestions for Martians:



Bad Moon Rising - CCR

Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai

The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd

I Can See For Miles - The Who

It's A Hard World - Supertramp (slightly obscure!)

Living Thing - ELO (does that count?)

So Far Away - Dire Straits

Vertigo - U2



My turn for some caffeine too...

Hello Simon and fellow Blogpopsters



A Mars Selection:



LIFE ON MARS - BOWIE



BALLROOMS OF MARS - T REX



MARS BAR - THE UNDERTONES



MARTIAN HOP - ROCKY SHARPE & THE REPLAYS



:^)

❤♪♪

Good morning Simon, team, NYM and freshly-brewed bloggers,



Very nice of you to acknowledge our Official Bloggers' Top 5 - and another round of praise please for our very own PoS and KM.



On to business..





_WAR - Edwin Starr



_STARS - Simply RED (See what I did there?)

Morning all.



ELO eh Simon?



Howzabout......



Twilight?



From the end of the World?



Secret lives?



MTF.xx

Just thought of a couple of tenuously linked songs for Simon!!!



THE RED SHOES ~ Kate Bush



THE BIG SKY ~ Kate Bush



xx

Morning all how about a bit of U2 with "Red Light"?



Have to admit not hearing much of the first hour of DT these days as I am addicted to that "Pointless" quiz on BBC1. There I've said it!



Laters.



GB

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Well, there's the obvious:



LIFE ON MARS by David Bowie



CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT by the Carpenters



and how about:



MAN FROM MARS by Joni Mitchell



MAN ON MARS by the Kaiser Chiefs



RED by Daniel Merriweather



WAR by Bob Marley



WAR BABY by Tom Robinson



Laters...



Deebee ~X~

Mars has two moons... Phobos and Deimos, according to g**gle.



So..



Moonshine man - Hermans Hermits.



MTF.xx

ROCKET MAN - ELTON JOHN



RED SKY - STATUS QUO



I WANNA GO TO MARZ - JOHN GRANT & MIDLAKE







❤♪♪

Morning all .. late start today due to 6.30pm meeting, so a chance to come out and play .. even when I don't comment I still read (the majority) of posts .. sorry I didn't get to submit any top fives, but my choices appeared in the toppish slots anyway (apart from The Beatles)



EXPRESS YOURSELF by Madonna (Mars Express is currently orbiting the red planet



S-EXPRESS by S-Express



SPIRIT OF THE RADIO by Rush (Spirit is an exploration vehicle on the surface)



SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT by Nirvana



SPIRIT IN THE SKY by Norman Greenbaum



Will try and poop by later, chores permitting

OR "Bullet The Blue Sky" by U2? What do you think are the chances?



GB

#15 - Me too but I'm never home until after Pointless so I record it.



Perhaps I ought to get my addiction seen to...

Supping on some java brought to mind a few more ...



SPACEMAN - THE KILLERS



SPACE COWBOY - JAMIROQUAI



A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELLING - CHRIS DE BURGH

Morning all



Grey, dark and drizzly here.



I always miss Monday's shows after the Confession, and as I really like Russell Watson, will have a listen on the ithingy later.



Did anyone else hear Sally Traffic mentioned on Corrie last night? (Mr T watches it). I was reading but heard Sally mentioned by one of the characters!



Off to find the thinking cap now ...



Back later



Tortie x



PS #1 Deevs, the whole day was an absolute pleasure!

#2 Jilly. I've been listening to it this morning. Enjoying it more the second time - I think it's a grower but it's already starting from a good place.



Thinking about the heat ray in WOTW, how about:

MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - Heatwave

MADONNA - Ray of Light



and another more general reference to the album:

ABBA - Under Attack

SPACE ODDITY - DAVID BOWIE



ASTRONOMY DOMINE - PINK FLOYD



TELSTAR - THE TORNADOS



2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME - ROLLING STONES



❤♪♪

As it's the next planet along from our own dear earth...



_NEIGHBOUR NEIGHBOUR - The Spectres



_NEIGHBOURS - Rolling Stones



_NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR - Ray Davies

#8 One can live in hope but perhaps we received our annual allowance of Space Rock with Hawkwind last week ....





Unusual for Billie not to be here. Hope she's OK.

Very briefly, as busy this morning:



COSMIC WHEELS by DONOVAN



SATELLITES OF LOVE by LOU REED



ROCKET MAN by ELTON JOHN



and I know it has been suggested already, the wonderful:



LIFE ON MARS by DAVID BOWIE



oh and my request from yesterday still applies today:



CALLING OCCUPANTS by THE CARPENTERS



madchick x



(#1 Deevs you were an absolute star on Friday- you made alot of bloggers very happy- thank you xx)

Hello all,



WE COME IN PEACE BY ONE SAD HORSE

Deevs - this one's for you. (Nice to see you back here, by the way!)





_ANYONE OUT THERE? - Duran Duran

Morning,



Girl from Mars - Ash



Life on Mars - David Bowie



Mars is no fun - Camille



Under Pressure - Queen



Spaceman - Babylon Zoo



The space race is over - Billy Bragg



Out of space - The Prodigy



Atmosphere - Joy Division



Try not to breathe - R.E.M



Crushed - Wedding Present



Man on the Moon - R.E.M

Morning All,



' Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft' The Carpenters



Have a good day everybody

I have brain freeze this morning.



Off to have a thunk!



MTF.xx

#15 "Pointless" is the best gameshow on the box, bar none. Even when it's repeats!

Morning All



Although it's already been said, Congrats Simon on the Russell Watson Interview-It's hard to drive with tears in your eyes.



My thoughts for today:



Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft-The Carpenters

An Englishman in New York-Sting

Hey Mr Spaceman-The Byrds

OR

Star Trekking-The Firm (HOIB anyone)



Perhaps Harry knows somthing by the Wombles....*runs away fast before he catches her*....



Love & Kisses,



Mrs B x

Good morning one and all..................weather in East Anglia is the same old same old.........grey..........damp.........cold!......................really busy morning so no time to read back....................so I'll just fire away with my oldie suggestions for consideration..........................................................................................



Death Of A Martian - Red Hot Chili Peppers



We Came From Outer Space - Pet Shop Boys



Purple People Eater - Sheb Whooley



Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead



Redder Than Red - Bob Marley



Martian Cowboy - Toyah



Illegal Alien -Genesis (or Alien Afternoon)



Martian Four - Judas Priest (Just for Dr Mosh)



Planets Of The Universe - Stevie Nicks



Just Like Nothing On Earth - The Stranglers



Back to the coffee and grindstone for me..................................................have a good day................................................................................................



The Magic Roundabout Lady x

Just thought of another few:



WHO WANTS THE WORLD - THE STRANGLERS



FLYING SAUCER ATTACK - THE REZILLOS



VENUS AND MARS - SIR PAUL & WINGS



There you go, that's enough to be getting on with :o)

Good morning,



Hoffs, The ball was fab. Thank you very much for asking yesterday.x



3 worder: Where's Billie gone?



Erasure performing live on KN this morning. Happy memories of being a teenager.



Sadly I yet again won't have time to blog much today :-(



With this in mind I have decided to go all out for the HOIB with:



STARTREKKIN by The Firm



My coat is already on, I have my car keys in my hand, my scarf is wrapped around my face to hide my shame as I skulk out...



Have a good day.x

DAMN MY GRAMMER IS GETTING WORSER FOLKS



- Paul TMFM.

Morning all



Busy this morning so no inspiration beyond what's already been suggested.



#1 Thank you Deev's and as others have said - it was a great day.



The Driver asked on the last blog about volunteering for next year. I wouldn't like to speak on Deev's behalf about next year as I don't know whether she will want to do it.



However for this year, everyone who did it in 2010 was offered the chance to volunteer again first and then it was open for anyone else to put their name forward. These were then picked at random, which is how I got in. This was also the first year the bloggers manned a whole shift so things may well change for next year!



Cheers



A

Hi All



This subject is totally monopolised by David Bowie of course - Have to have Life on Mars, and Space Oddity



Also



Sad Old Red and Stars by Simply Red

Fire - Kasabian

Starlight - Muse

Alien - Japan

Girl from Mars - Ash

Spirit in the Sky - Dr and the Medics

Champagne Supernova - Oasis



As Mars in the bringer of War (Per Holst's Planets) Possibly War Pigs by Black Sabbath.



Thats all from me.







Thats it from me.

A couple more:



For the cylinders arriving on Earth

THE PRIMITIVES - Crash



and the ensuing chaos:

REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It



With reference to #1, I know that it's another year away, but how does one go about volunteering for the next CiN?

♪♪♫ Dun Dunnah Dah, Dun Dunnah Dah ... ♫



What a splendid idea for one of those intermittent blog pastimes ... GUESS THE CHOON!

Thank you Lord Mayo of Dudetime



:^D

Didn't want to tread on Simonward's toes, but seems like he's been and gone, and is settling down to a boxed set of Pointless, so I'll go for the wonderfully obtuse...





_I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR - U2





PS I was in Chris Evans' "club" this morning!

I've been giving some thought to my nomination for the worst rhyme/lyric. IMO BA Robertson's "To Be or Not To Be" is going to be hard to beat:



Some like the sun

They'd be a Barbadian

We think it's fun

Here in Stratford-on-Avion

Coffee time hasn't come quickly enough for me today. I've dropped the 'righteously knackered' bit from my moniker but I could have kept the second word for a bit longer. Zzzzzzzzz....



#1 Deevs - can I second, third, whatever others comments about Friday. You were an absolute star - I don't know how you managed to stay sane! And apart from, er, slightly embarrassing me (which I didn't really mind!) I feel so privileged in being able to take part. Fingets crossed we get the chance to do it all again next year!



#43 Isn't it the beginning of 'Mars' from Holsts's Planet Suite?



~X~

#43 & #46 I thought it was supposed to be the opening to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

#46 Deebee, I think it's The Eve of the War from the War of the Worlds album...

#43 46 47 - That would be more Dum-Dum-Dah

#49 hmmmmm..... not so sure. If you listen closely there's just a smidgeon of an extra note in there (out at least there is in my memory)....

#49 JBG, I didn't say Lord Ammo had it right :-) But I think that's what it's supposed to be.

#50 Driver, listening to it now (and don't think I don't know I should get myself a life!); you're correct, there is "a smidgeon of an extra note" in the middle bit.

I'd say it's closer to a semi-smidgeon (!). But that would really be splitting hairs.

#53 JBG, what-the-hell, let's split some hairs; I'm going for a demi-semi-smidgeon (with maybe a dot)!.

One poorly blogger reporting in! Too much excitement at the weekend methinks.



#1 Deevs, my lovely, never apologise. Once i'd got over the shock and surprise I rather thrived on it. And Sally T made it so easy for me. A gawjus blogpoppet saw that I couldn't listen again away from the uk and has emailed the clip to me. THANK YOU, you know who you are! And I can't thank Deevs enough for the huge amount of work she put into making Friday work. Here's to next year, whoever is lucky enough to man the phones. I will be doing some vocal warm up exercises if asked back ;-)



Am I the only blogpoppet who hasn't the foggiest about War of the Worlds?



X

#52 Harry, I listened to this album so many times as a kid that I think it's imprinted in my DNA! Nice to know the grey cells aren't letting me down.



I often used to listen through headphones, not least because my little brother would get terrified whenever it got to the bit with the cylinder unscrewing. Of course, knowing this meant that if my Mum wasn't around, I'd pull the headphone jack out at precisely the right moment to send him running screaming from the room!



Oh, and if it's any consolation, I went a far s checking my ipod to see if I had the album on there to check my theory....

#56 Driver, I played it a lot, too.



Given your theory of the "semi-smidgeon", and transcribed into Mayo-notation, it should be more:



Dun Duna Dah, Dun Dunah Dah

Large And Warm 'ello's Ter The Mayo & ALL Blog Dudes...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Soz a couldn't blog yesterdee.... Crayzee busy at work from 7am ter 11pm... Couldn't get near a PC – Notta good idea ter blog whilst driving up the M62!!!!!!



Mr Mayo Pal - A agree the news is so depressing, often a can't listen!!!!!

Don't wanter listen!!!!!

Why do we make such a mess of this beautiful paradise, called the world, that's been given to us???????

The thing that gets me is TOP DJ's, soz broadcasters, such as yersen spend a whole 'our en'ancing our lives.... Presenting a radio prograame full of fun, good music & interesting content.... Then every 'our bang on the 'our, without fail 24 'ours a DAMN IT a day.... It's all done away with by THE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A won't go inter details.... But there's everything from war ter the death of children.... And the nasty thing: None of the news is fiction!!!!!!!!!!



Time ter move onter something good in this very messed up world:



So am coming to you with an little account of me most nice visit ter BBC Radio 2 on Fridee ter do a small part in 'elping the mighty Children In Need appeal raise much needed money ter 'elp kids who need a 'elping 'and!!!!!!

Just of late ave been feeling very tired what with doing me 'ouse up, working long 'ours and me recent back injury adding insult ter injury, but this wasn't gonna stop me coming ter 'elp out with CIN!!!!!!

But 'ence why a thought best not ter join fellow bloggers for breakfast and get as much sleep/ rest as possible, THUS arriving direct at R2 as close ter the bone as the instructed 09.30.

True ter the punctual machine that is mesen a arrived at 09.27... But sadly missed the gang already gone up inter R2 aych Q and thus spent 30 minutes waiting at reception thus missing the reception that CLP gave the blog dudes!!!!!!!!

Oh well never mind, maybe next year i'll getta chance ter see CLP again... But soon a was upstairs and getting ready ter start manning one of the phone lines!!!!!

Soon a was in and wired and ready ter answer the calls of the generous callers calling!!!!!!!!!

This year a decided ter keep a count of the calls a took just out of curiosity and as a good incentive ter keep working 'ard taking calls!!!!!!

A admire those who work in call centres for a living as it's not east trying ter get info off a caller in a noisy call centre and ter bang it all in a PC all as fast and efficiently as possible!!!!!!

But we all kept plugging on.... The counting, in blocks of 5, a found great as even when a felt a need a quick break i'd just get another block ticked off... A good incentive!!!!!

A took 65 calls during the day which must add upter about 2k raised towards CIN!!!!!!!!

And great ter see a few celebs pop in and 'ave me photer taken with a few of them – a nice souvenir of the day ter remember the day by!!!!!!!

Very nice ter be able ter pop up in between calls, say a quick 'ello ter yersen Mr Mayo, then dive back inte rme phoneline 'otseat!!!!!!

The only thing it was frustriating not ter be able ter meet all the celebs popping in... A saw Sir Cliff, Twiggy, The Bruce.... Jezza Vine.... All come in butta wasn't able ter say 'ello or getta 'graph ter any of these!!!!!

A mean a couldn't exactly jump up mid call and say ter the kind caller “soz can't take yer money a NEED ter say 'ello ter The Bruce!!!!!!”

At the edn of the day the reason a was there was ter man a phoneline for CIN!!!!!!

Although a think if Wrightie, aka god of broadcasting came in, a think a could lose me mind and 'ave ter jump up and getta photer!!!!!! Only joking!!!!

Actutlaly maybe am not????

Although maybe this is why 'e takes CIN week off... The mobbing is too much!!!!!!!



A must admit though a find 65 not as good a total as a 'oped a might do... Maybe 200 'undred would ave been a better number!!!!!! Butta did work 'ard so maybe 200 not possible in 9 'ours???!!!

A don't know all.... A don't know!!!!!!

Me only complaint is the volume on the phone lines was poor making for some time consuming calls. If the volume on the 'eadphones where better then a could whizz through the calls faster!!!!!

It was great ter getta clear call then a could do the business in 'alf the time!!!!!



But all in all a fab-dabby-dozy of a dee & great ter 'elp out for the good cause!!!!!



Nice ter see so many bloggers again, even if as always a struggle ter know who's who as there's so many bloggers from both blogs!!!!!!

And of course BIG thanks ter Cheryl for organising us all!!!!!!!

And it was nice ter go for a much needed refuelling aka the bloggers meal afterwards ;-))))

A was watching CIN on tv later, when a got 'ome and some of the sad stories makes you realise just 'ow much the money is needed and what good this part of the BBC does for our country!!!!!

One very sad story was about Clare House Hospice that 'elps terminally ill children through the last few months or weeks of their lives when they are so gravely ill!!!!!!!!

They try to give these very difficult cases the best end to their lives and make it easier for their families!!!!!

Not that 'easier' is a word that exists for the terrible pain that families and these children must go through!!!!!!

One thing that shocked me & made me feel VERY, VERY angry is the story of 'ow the Clare House Hospice, that was shown in a film during the CIN TV programme, is that only 8 of the 10 rooms at the centre are presently able to be used as they can not afford to run the other 2 rooms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rooms cost £270 a day to run!!!!!



THIS IS SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A country where the government can afford to throw billions around in the city, where these billions vanish, where the government can recently sell Northern Rock at a £400 million pound loss.... Yet they can't find the extra £270 a day to look after very, very ill and suffering children who are terminally ill!!!!!!!!!!!!



David Cameron and the idiots in power before 'im should be ashamed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Sorry to end on a negative note but I feel so ashamed and angry at the greed that we live amongst in this country, caused by a greedy few in the city & government.... They 'ave all their priorities completely wrong!!!!!!!!



It's great for one night Children In Need does so muc good in such a 'igh profile way!!!!!!



Brings, not just the bloggers together, but the whole country for one day ;-))))

Good Morning (just!) All :)



Put a late mark next to my name in the register again, I used to get a lot of those during my school days! I've just enjoyed a mammoth lie-in, because the twins were at respite last night. Also I was topping up my sleep quota for the rest of the week, because with it being a school inset day on Friday, it's gonna be a looooong weekend.



Looking forward to Jeff Wayne, and a bit of War of the Worlds on tonights show, I love a bit of Sci-Fi :)



Oldies... It's got to be...



LIFE ON MARS - DAVID BOWIE (A contender for my favourite ever song)



Also...



ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS - DAVID BOWIE



I'm also going to throw in...



SATELLITE OF LOVE - LOU REED

Has Bingo killed the blog?

Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

#59 Well done for your hard work for CiN, Bingo :) I share your anger over the lack of government funding for these vital services, I said as much on here the other day. I am glad that such services are available due to the generosity of people donating to charities like CiN. But I am also bitterly angry that the government wastes so much money, and can't afford to give children (and adults) a bit of dignity and comfort in their final days on this Earth. Also the many disabled children and adults struggling to live their everyday lives, and unable to afford essential equipment and home adaptations etc, not to forget the army of unpaid carers we have in the UK, again both children and adults, who work practically 24/7 with very little, and sometimes with no support. Things are getting worse under this coalition government, as not only are these people being starved of benefits and services, the disabled are actively being labelled as scroungers, and non-contributors to society. I'm so very angry and upset about it all.



That's enough ranting from me, I'll take a leaf out of Simon's book I think, and put some good music on.

hi all



life on mars-david bowie



rocket man-elton john



spaceman-babylon zoo



calling occupants-the carpanters



space oddity-david bowie



star trekin-the firm

Me again!



I go off to do a bit of housework and the posts go into Orbit ..... see what I dud there!?!?



I'm suspecting that volunteers for CiN 2012 will see us vastly over-subscribed, so yes, it will be names in a hat I'm afraid. I'll be contacting The Lovely Man At R2 around May next year but he's already said he's happy for me to organise the phone cover for the 2012 campaign.



I'm happy to take names of volunteeers (via email or FB - not on here as it moves too quickly and I might miss someone!) BUT ..... please bear in mind it's a long day and if you live a fair way from London, staying over the night before would be the easiest option - so things like commitments/children/travel/finances have to be taken into account when volunteering.



Right, best get back to the cleaning .... ugh!!! (but worth it when it's done!)



Muchos amore.



Deevs

x





peeeeeeeeeeeees: Has anyone suggested Sleeping Satelite by Tasmin Archer?

PS Mayo Man - Being a keen guitarist mesen (although a don't get the time a want to practise enough) and considering going on the X-Factor (although a feel a can sing butta don't feel ave got enough talent, and a suffer with BIG stage fright.... And a couldn't bear 'aving ter return ter work after being on X-Factor with evetyone staring at me like am some kin d of freak and saying there's that bloke who can't sing properley)..... But ignoring the above problems:



On the "Dun Dunnah Dah, Dun Dunnah Dah!!!!!!'.... A personall,y if na was making a reeecordding of a reeecord..... a think.....



Dun, dah, dah, dah.... derrr... derrr..... derrrrrr, dah, dah, dah, do, deeee, do, dop..... deeeee, deeeee, deeeee, DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! da!



Sounds better mesen!!!!!!!!! Better rythmical qualities!!!!!



Glad ter 'elp!!!!!!

Morning all - still misty and murky in Cleckhuddersfax. I think the Sopwith Camel's come down in a hayrick somewhere as I cannot hear anything from Leeds-Bradford. If Lord A was going to play LIFE ON MARS, could I make a little request & ask that we squeeze out the last with the ole piano playing at the end? I love that bit most.



Just a quick 'hear hear' to the above sentiments. I'd like to bang a tub for the whole Hospice movement in this country, as well as their army of volunteers working all year round.

How's about:



The Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne



I know it's been suggested already, but it is a great choon!

Bit late to the party today, will catch up on the earlier blogs later



THE MARTIAN HOP - THE RAN DALLS

HELLO!



I really shouldn't be here but I had t'internet probs. this morning! How frustrating!





Please, Simon & Team - Am I too late to suggest choons?



ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - Beatles



I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER - Sarah Brightman



SPACER - Sheila B Devotion















Have to go again now. Will catch up this evening.

RED RIVER ROCK - JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES

(are there reported dry rivers or canals on Mars)?

Hello Bloggers,



Hope you are all having a great day. I am on my lunch break having done a clinic in Ascot. The drive back to base is through Windsor Great Park and is it lovely and foggy/mysterious today.



Can't really think of a contribution for the song theme. I will give it some thought...........



See you later



C x

One more (personal) suggestion:



LIFE ON MARS - DEXTER WANSEL



A hip-shaking, head-nodding, foot stomping slab of FUNK for us all to move to Mr Mayo Sir!



- Paul (the Man From Milton)



Feel the grooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove :o)

Mars - Chocolate Girl from Deacon Blue

afternoon all....so it'll be Zoe and I outside the heads office for lateness ;-)



I tweeted a few tunes earlier...the only one worthy of a PSL mench



WAR EDWIN STARR



PSL X

Hi Simon and everyone.



1. LIFE ON MARS - David Bowie

2. ILLEGAL ALIEN - Genesis

3. PLANET EARTH - Duran Duran

4. CALLING OCCUPANTS - The Carpenters

5. SPACER - Sheila B

6. RED - Daniel Merryweather

7. OUT OF SPACE - Prodigy

8. FEMALE OF THE SPECIES - Space

9. TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden

10. WALKING ON THE MOON - Police



Have a lovely afternoon.



Mandy

Afternoon everyone



I was ill yesterday and couldn't even bear the light from the laptop screen, so I didn't get the chance to say well-done to the CiN bloggers. It must have been an exhausting day.



Probably too late for oldies but if I can add my vote for Life on Mars



Back later

My wife Elaine would like to hear:



URBAN SPACEMAN - BONZO DOG DOODAH BAND



please...



- Paul (the man from Milton).

Good Afternoon Each!

Has anyone suggested...



'Here Come The Martian Martians' by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers'?



No? Why not?

#75 LOL, I welcome the company PSL :)



I actually have a Simon Mayo related confession, as to the reason why my mum was called to my secondary school, to account for my persistent tardiness...



When I was a small child (up to the age of twelve) my mum and I lived with my maternal grandparents. It was my granddad's job to get me up and out of bed in time for school, which he did with great diligence (and perseverance, as I have always been a reluctant riser!)



However, at the age of twelve, when my mum and I moved in with my soon-to-be-step-dad. I was given a beeping alarm clock, in place of my reliable granddad, as both my mum and step-dad were up and out of the house before 6am for work. It proved to be sadly inadequate, as the beep wasn't very loud and would stop before I was fully awake, thus allowing me to drop off to sleep again. After a letter home from school, and concerns expressed by my form tutor at parents evening, my mum and step-dad decided that drastic action was needed...So they bought me a new-fangled radio alarm clock! My mum told me to tune it in to a good music radio station, and turn the volume up loud. She was convinced that would do the trick, and wake me up at 7am so I could get to school on time.



There was however, a fatal flaw to this plan...The radio station I tuned in to was Radio One, and the breakfast DJ at the time, one Simon Mayo. The alarm did wake me up, and I would have got to school on time, had I not been so engrossed in the show that I didn't want to leave the house until the very last minute (no iPlayer in them days you see) So the late marks continued, and my mum was promptly called in to school for an urgent meeting to discuss my chronic tardiness.



I never confessed to the real reason for my tardiness, blaming it instead on poor hearing (for which I got an ear syringing for my trouble!) and bad sleep. I did manage to improve my record for arriving on time, but this was due mainly to a radio/cassette Walkman I got for Christmas, rather than any real effort on my part.



Oops sorry for rattling on :-[

Any chance of this being played?



WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARTIAN IN - Louis Armstrong

Did anyone suggest 'I Married A Martian' Sparks? Ah well, too late now, if not :-/

Dun Dunna etc.

Surely Jeff Waynes WOTW is Dun Dun Dunnn, Dun Dun Dunnn, Dun Dun Dunnn, Dun Do Daahhh. And anyway, a better extract surely would've been Wee Ooh, Wee Ooh, Woo ooh!

Mars, The Bringer of War? I'd say that'd be Dumbleydum, dum dumdumdum.



So, Dun Dunna Dun? Dunno! ♂

(((Hugs))) to Viking Mo and Autumn_Gale, and any other poorly blogpoppets



#47 #48 and others - I stand (actually sit) corrected. Must have been the way Simon was singing it that confused me ... ;o)



#79 I pride myself on my extensive musical knowledge - sometimes I think you are making these up...



#80 LOL!!



~X~

Great show Simon and the team. Gotta be :

Life on Mars - David Bowie

Rocket Man - Elton John and

From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars - Landscape (although I doubt you'll play this one).



T

"Life On Mars" by David Bowie MUST be included!



"Well, Did You Evah?" by Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra, or Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop

("Have you heard? It's in the stars. Next July we collide with Mars...")

#80 Great story Zoe!



Get well soon Mo and Autumn Gale!



The boss is calling ....



T x

Just popping in on this gloriously sunny afternoon for a quick blog catch-up and to wish Viking Mo and Autumn Gale get well wishes... and this is probably far too late....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMXqlCbgzkQ



DEATH OF A MARTIAN ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers

get well soon Mo and AG xx

Afternoon all,



I just thought of a song with a rhyme/lyrics that I hate, well I really don't like the whole of it but in particular this verse from the Toto's Africa ...



The wild dogs cry out in the night

As they grow restless longing for some solitary company

I know that I must do what's right

Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti



Company and Serengeti? Gawd help us .. especially the way he has to cram the syllables of Serengeti in.



Anyhoo ..



Feel better soon Mo and AG.



Zoe your tardy rising story made me laugh :-)



Jx

Greetings one, and indeed, all. Hope all are well.



May I say sorry, once again, for having been gone a long while. There was a queue don't ya know...



3-worder as follows: JOB APPLICATION MISERY



I have noooooooooooo idea for topic-related oldies, apart from a few already mentioned, so will just go with the flow. Thinking beret has not been successful much recently.



Deasant Play



MP

Ooo - tenuous oldie link: ''War [What Is It Good For]'' by Edwin Starr...



...Please?

Re-reading, seems I'm not the first. As usual. Oops. Sorry all.



Zoe - what a story. I need sleep too. Always need sleep.

#88 "Gloriously sunny"?! Can we have some please - it's nearly dark here already; barely been light all day!



T x

Laughing out loud at demi-semi-smidgeon and the tardy one

:^D



Get better sooon - Mo and AutumnGale. I'm self-medicating a semi-smidgeon of a temperature with hydration and paracetamol.







GUESS THE CHOON .....



♪♪♫ DOOOH-DOODOO-DOOH- - -DOODOO-DOODOO-DOODOO-HITLER... ♫

#94 not much better a bit further down from you Tortie and cold too Brrr

#95 I was going to say the theme from Dad's Army, but I suspect if this was QI that klaxon would be sounding...



;o)

#97 Spot on Deebeedeebs! Your turn



:^D

#95/97 surely if you put words in that defeats the object of the exercise?

Please forgive if I am repeating myself, but I once read in a pop mag (Record Mirror or Melody Maker) around the time that Jeff Wayne was having success with WOTW that, in the 60's, he had been one of the Ron-Dells who recorded Martian Hop.

Years later, on Iain Lee's LBC phone-in-show, I actually got to ask Mr Wayne himself if this story was true. He told me that he knew some members of the band but was not on the record. He seemed embarrassed, perhaps because this 60's Martian connection detracted from his promotion of WOTW.

I would love to hear Martian Hop by the Ron Dells (or possibly Ran Dells) as it's a fun tune. But not if it makes a Drivetime guest uncomfy.