Morning Simon the DT team NYM etc...



The way lifes meant to be? - ELO



MTF.xx

Morning your Lordship, team, NYM and 7 billion bloggers,



My pumpkin was nicked too on Sun night (see Monday's blog). Not even carved yet. An emergency replacement was obtained at great expense (£10 from the local fancy florist) as ELH was all sold out. As Billie would say, Bechod!



7 billion people, eh? First one that springs to mind is



THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US - Sparks

MTF... there must be an ELO song for every situation!!!! x



If the earth is too crowded, how about one of these tunes....





TOO MANY PEOPLE ~ Paul McCartney



PLANET EARTH ~ Duran Duran



JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE ~ Melissa Manchester



EVERY KINDA PEOPLE ~ Robert Palmer



xx

Morning :-)



MELTING POT BLUE MINK

A couple of Abba suggestions..



One man, one woman.



If it wasn't for the nights ;)



MTF.xx

Good Morning again -



It seems that JBG is in esteemed company in also having his pumpkins stolen!



Difficult subject methinks?



LIVING ON THE CEILING (no more room down there) - Blancmange



NINE MILLION BICYCLES IN BEIJING - Katie Melua

Many Too Many by Genesis

JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU THE COMMODORES



CLOSE TO YOU THE CARPENTERS



BORN TO BE TOGETHER THE RONETTES

MORE, MORE, MORE - Andrea True Connection

Good morning all



NOWHERE TO RUN - MARTHA REEVES



PEOPLE - BARBARA STREISLAND

Off to work now.... but one more tune I'm thinking might fit today's theme....





ROOM FOR THE LIFE ~ Kate Bush

HOW DO I GET YOU ALONE? - Heart



MANY TOO MANY - Genesis

Hello all



My name is bagpuss, I blog on the Chris Evans board and I hope you don't mind me popping in here.



On the 18th Nov a group of us will be on the phones for the CiN juckebox day, if you call in and say blog poppet, I will donate to CiN, as easy as that.



And now back to your normal blog .........



Baggy

FILL MY LITTLE WORLD THE FEELING

Morning all,

DT team, bloggers poppets and the saintly forgiving (is he or isn't he) Lord Ammo



The day of the BIG royal visit has arrived here and I am hiding in the office for a breather...

Only song that sprang to mind was

MOVE OVER DARLIN' by Doris Day

or anything by

CROWDED HOUSE

One of my work colleagues' wives (he only has the one, it's not how it sounds) had a baby boy yesterday, as yet un-named - We voted for 'Seven' (as in billion) but he didn't get it....

Looking forward to seeing your choon choices later - post-visit!

Hi Simon and everyone.



Maybe the pumpkin came to life...stranger things have happened on All Hallows Eve!



Very tough oldies theme today but here goes:



1. HIGHER AND HIGHER - Jackie Wilson

2. MULTIPLICATION - Bobby Darin

3. YOU TAKE ME UP - Thompson Twins

4. MORE MORE MORE - Andrea True Connection

5. ITS ONLY NATURAL - CROWDED HOUSE

6. LOVE TIMES LOVE - George Benson

7. WORLD IN MOTION - New Order and Team

8. ALL TOGETHER NOW - The Farm

9. LIFE - DESREE

10 THIS IS THE LIFE - Amy Macdonald



Catch ya later and have a nice day.



Mandy ;)

Wonderful world - Hermans Hermits.



MTF.xx

A Double?



WORLD WHERE YOU LIVE - Crowded House

THE IN CROWD DOBIE GRAY/ ROXY MUSIC

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Can I suggest:



THE IN CROWD by Bryan Ferry



TOO MANY PEOPLE by Paul McCartney



EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE by Robert Palmer



THREE'S A CROWD by Trademark



A MILLION TO ONE by Jimmy Chalk



NINE MILLION BICYCLES IN BEIJING by Katie Melua



Deebee ~X~

LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE - Manics



TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - Specials

A bit of uncertainty, surrounding if they know exactly, the amount of the population....



You may be right and you may be wrong - Billy Joel.



MTF.xx

Morning All,



#13 - Super bagpuss, what a lovely idea. I hopes you have big pockets cos I believe there are a lot of us blogpoppets, hehehe!



World where you live - Corwded House.



About covers all requirements.



Maybes Laters



A.

As my grandma used to say, it takes two to tango....



MAKIN' WHOOPEE - Norah Jones & Willie Nelson (or there's also a version by Rod Stewart and Elton John but best left alone)

Morning Everybody,



'Song For Whoever' Beautiful South



Have a good day one and all

morning all



No trick or treaters last night, thankfully - I agree with Matt!



ALL AROUND THE WORLD - The Jam

GOING UNDERGROUND - The Jam (again) - because we may have to, if over-land gets too crowded!



Back later



Tortie x

FRAGILE - Sting

Pretty Baby - Blondie.



MTF.xx

Morning Simon, team and poppets,



How about ...



YOU ARE NOT ALONE - MICHAEL JACKSON



FILL MY LITTLE WORLD - THE FEELING



MANY TOO MANY - GENESIS



THE CROWD - ROY ORBISON



I'M NOT ALONE - CALVIN HARRIS



OUT OF SPACE - THE PRODIGY



IN THE CROWD - THE JAM





Happy Tuesday!

Jillyx

You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book' The Drifters

EVERYONE'S AT IT - Lily Allen



PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - Paolo Nutini





#onetrackmind

DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - Police

Call me? - Blondie.



MTF.xx

Good morning everyone.



A great time was had in Scotland and not least because the lovely Viking Mo met up with me for coffee. Only downside of the whole weekend was that Mo has the ability to speed up time and the mini-blogmeet was over too soon. I'm hoping we can have longer next time.



Way too much to do first thing to mensh chase but hopefully I'll be able to catch up on the previous blogs and be back later.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE - John Lennon

SEX MACHINE - James Brown (is there a R2 approved version?!)



*goes off to have a lie down and a cold shower*

Ebony and Ivory - Macca and Stevie Wonder.



MTF.xx

Morning,



Song for whoever - The Beautiful South



The in crowd - Dobie Gray



One in a million - Big Country



Tired of being alone - Al Green



I don't want to be alone - Billy Joel



You're not alone - Embrace



The earth dies screaming - UB40



Trampled under foot - Led Zeppelin



Where do the children play - Cat Stevens

Hi Again



Lovely sunny day here in Northern France where it is a public holiday for All Saints Day.

Cant remember having such good weather for a bank holiday in November. Known far worse back in UK for the August one,



Further thoughts



OBVIOUS CHILD - PAUL SIMON



THE FAMILY OF MAN - THE SPINNERS



TIME FOR LIVING - THE ASSOCIATION



Enjoy the day

Morning all!



Well chuffed to get Let 'Em In played yesterday. :o) Thanks for those who offered congrats on the mensh.



As for This Crowded Earth, I thought of a few but I see they've already been mentioned, Except for..



THE CURE - Close To Me



I'll have to wrack my brains to see if I can think of any others..

Picking up JBG's thread -



MULTIPLICATION - Bobby Darin !









CRUSH - Jennifer Paige

Simon, team and NYM



It's not an oldie, but I beseech you to play the rather fine:





WE ARE THE BATTERY HUMAN - Stornoway





(I also urge other blogpoppets to listen to Beachcomber's Windowsill if they haven't already)

STOP STOP STOP -The Hollies.



MTF.xx

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER - High School Musical Cast (Sorry!)



ALL TOGETHER NOW - Beatles

A World of our own - The Seekers.



MTF.xx

Ha!





I'M GONNA GET ME A GUN - Cat Stevens

Morning all



I HEAR YOU KNOCKING (BUT YOU CAN'T COME IN) - DAVE EDMUNDS



Pen x

THE WHO - Who Are You? :o)

OOoh, oooh oooh....



One more, then must get on.



YOU BABY - Mamas and Papas.



MTF.xx

4 BILLION SOULS - The Doors





Let's not quibble about the maths. Maybe you could play it twice, and cut it a little short the second time..?

JBG - What's happened to your favourite?







BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TT





(Wah!)

Hmmm how about ...



(No more tears) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - STREISAND AND SUMMER



Jx

Terrible teens struck round our way last evening and marred a nice night. I tricked and treated as the responsible adult with 5 children (only one of which was mine) and all was sweetness and light. However, as often occurs once 8pm had passed things took a downward turn. First cherubs pumpkin which shed spent most of sunday carving was stolen (it was tied to the tree, so they were clearly determined)

and then next doors cat had a firework thrown at it :-(



Anywho, the sun doth shine on a new morning and here are some suggestions.



GET OUTTA MY WAY - KYLIE

DONT STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - THE POLICE

LIVING IN A BOX - LVING IN A BOX



Gonna keep the pumpkins inside the house next year I think.

Feel free to insert ' in the word shed :-)



This first chap on popmaster is bobbins, I got 30 on his questions.

Morning all! The U2 tune suggestion is on its way! Busy morning here what with clients interrupting my web browsing!



Anyhow U2 with "I'm Not Your Baby" or "Is That All?" or "Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around the World" or "Until The End of the World".



Catch you all later.



GB

Bit late, but how about



DON'T PANIC (BEAUTIFUL WORLD) by Coldplay



~X~

Got 21 second round on popmaster, tough questions.

Aha, Coldplay. Just found out last night, thanks to B&B, that the guitarist Jonny Buckland, went to the same school as me, ok maybe 15 years later, but a claim to fame nevertheless.



MTF.xx

A quickie and then back to work:



IT STARTED WITH A KISS by HOT CHOCOLATE

Morning Niceness Ter The Mayo & ALL Bloggies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Man - Am most sorry ter 'ear yer pumpkin got stolen!!!!!!!



Am not for a moment saying that it is ok to steal a pumpkin... A for one would NEVER steal a pumpkin!!!!!!



But there is a slight exception in which for sure a would need a pumpkin!!!!

And that exception is is if it was a pumpkin that belonged ter a famous DJ.... A DJ that a admired.... A DJ that all other DJ's FEARED..... A DJ that 'is playlist was so good that even the security at BBC radio/ Western 'ouse were/ are at times jealous of the above mentioned playlist.... A DJ who daily works in the studio opposite ter Steve Wright AND can even see Steve Wright through the dividing glass.... A DJ that actually isn't a DJ but a 'Broadcaster' as the DJ 'as reached the 'ights of national radio ('ence title changes from Dj ter Broadcaster).... Then slightly ashamidatidally admit a VERY much would be tempted ter take such a DJ, sorry 'Broadcaster's' pumpkin.... In such a circumstance then yes... I admit I would need, not steal, but permenantly 'borrow' the famous 'Broadcaster's' pumpkin!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ter be 'onest Mayo mate about the theft.... Being a man of your stature a think leaving a pumpkin ooutdoors by yer door yerv only got yersen ter blame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Tatty bye!

Bingo, you put it back right now!



MTF.xx

Hi everyone,



We're a little late today due to pressure at work. Many great suggestions already, but we'd like to add:



THE FROG SONG - PAUL MCCARTNEY (we all stand together)



MAD WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS



THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH - GARBAGE



EARTH SONG - MICHAEL JACKSON



UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE



AN IDEAL WORLD - THE CHRISTIANS



HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - ISLEY BROTHERS



and our final offering, with no hope of ever hearing it:



EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOON - JONATHAN KING

Quick further thought:



"All Around The World" - Lisa Stansfield.



GB

Could we request an interpreter for Bingo's postings please?

Cutbush crew... Think along the lines of adding a scouse accent ;)



MTF.xx

Gill *57, Were you once a contestant on popmaster? I may have been dreaming, but a bell is ringing somewhere!

We'd also like to second the suggestion for:



FILL MY LITTLE WORLD - THE FEELING



:o)

PS For billionth birth tunes where nobody knows exactly where or INDEED who is the billionth dude ter drop.......





'ow about 'GENESIS & LAND OF CONFUSION!!!!!!!!!!!'





PPS Mayo Man - Despite the above a do feel anger that yer pumpkin was stolen & just in case yer wondering.... It wasn't me that took it!!!!!!!

MTF - A didn't wanter write this as am worried a could cause offence ter one of me favourite DJ's/ Broadcasters aka The Mayo.... It wasn't me who took the orange round thing.... If a was gonna go ter the length of stealing a Dj's/ Broadcaster's pumpkin.... It would only be Steve Wright's and it would 'ave ter be signed also!!!!!!!!

I think it was one of his foxes that took it Bingo ;)



Funny old world we live in, where folk feel the need to spoil fun for others. Gill, hope your little girl is ok?



Right, off to the docs for some wonder pills. Hope he hasn't run out!



MTF.xx

Good morning,



Hiya Baggy, Will do.



#15 Suzie, How exciting! I have lost track of who and where but hope all goes well. Is there a strong smell of fresh paint in the vicinity? Oh, and isn't Seven a girl's name? Didn't the Beckham's give it to their little girl as a middle name? Wouldn't want the little lad to grow up with a complex.



#16 Mandy, Stranger things have happened on this blog - neighbours being reunited yesterday - spooky but lovely.



#31 JBG, LOL.



#34 Welcome back Harry. You were missed. How lovely that you really really really met a fellow blogger. I would love to do that.



#39 Bonjour Vildeen, Thanks for the explanation on your name yesterday. I was wondering.



#53 Gill, Sorry to hear you had such a rotten time. Around here there is an unwritten rule that if you decorate your house you will welcome trick or treaters. There were some absolutely fantastic displays and lots of happy little people wandering around all dressed up with their very full goodie bags. All the kids who knocked on our door were very polite and our pumpkin lasted the course. It was a fun evening.



#54 &57 Gill again, They were rather tough today.



#60 Bingo, You are a VERY naughty blogger. Harry is back today and JBG is being a little spirited and there simply isn't room on the naughty step for all three of you. Run along and put the nice man's pumpkin back RIGHT NOW.



As for choons, going to second, third one of my favourite artists:



EVERY KINDA PEOPLE by Robert Palmer



Have a good day.x

#66 Penny, I was on there about three and a half years ago but couldn't possibly reveal my score.



#70 MTF, good luck at the docs.



Jilly, Meant to say I heard your three worder. Heard the name and immediately thought "I wonder if that's Our Jilly?" Well done my lovely.



I know Zoe UU is busy this morning but meant to mention to her that Steve Wright loves that Video Game song too. Very haunting.



#69 Bingo, Don't steal Steve Wright's pumpkin. It would be very easy to trace back to him because no doubt someone will have carved "loved the show" on it. ;-)



Has anyone heard from Katy?

Can I draw everyone's attention to Super Bagpuss' post #13 in case it got lost amoungst all the mensh chasing. Will also remind people nearer the time.



#60 So Bingo - are you saying it was Steve Wright that stole Simon's pumpkin...?



Julia40 - from yesterday's blog, re James May's tea drinking habits (I think it was you). I am on the case.



;o)

SHORT PEOPLE by Randy Newman

#73 Deebee, You are very kind ;-)

MTF - Fox? Do you mean Foxy aka Rebecca Pike??? No wonder 'er 'air was sticking up yesterdee!!!!



Julia40 - Am innocent!!!!!!! It might 'ave been Rebecca Pike!!!!!



Deebee - No.... Yes.... am mean a don't now, sorry know!!!! It's all getting too much for me mind!!!!!!!



Am off ter work know.... sorry now!!!!!!



'ave a most 'appy dee ter ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello again



Been out, come back, had another thunk, and would like to make another auggestion:



IT TAKES TWO - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston



#51 Billie - not sure that would be appropriate for today!



I caught a little snippet of a TV programme last night (the one about mankind, Neanderthals etc. No not Top Gear). Somebody was saying that accelerated population growth in the last couple of centuries is the reason for our accelerated development on a technical level - more and more people in the world share bright ideas and encourage each other to develop them. Also, with more people on the the plant, there are likely to be more bright ideas.



In a glass-half-full moment, I like to believe that's a positive thing.

morning,



apologies for my tardiness in posting on here, but a few things going on at the moment which are causing me problems.



#64 and #65. As a scouser born and bred I have to read Bingo's posts at least 3 times to understand what is being said.



on the subject of trick or treat I got home at 6 last night and got inundated with trick or treeters and some only took one sweet where others spoilt it by taking 2 big handfuls of sweets and walking away without even a thank you and more fustrating was they left the gate open. in my opinion its gone too american for my liking. Rant over.



hope everyone is well and wish me well for a meeting I am having tomorrow.



Nick.

I'd like Simon & The Driveteam Team to sing the hymn "All People That On Earth Do Dwell", please.

GETTING MIGHTY CROWDED by BETTY EVERETT

Good morning folks. My second day at home... time to drop in and out of here again. Firstly, for me the population thing is a really bad thing.... by the year 2054 my village of about 1500 people will have approximately 300 million in it. And we can't go on. So I am going to gloomily recommend:



WE ARE THE DEAD - David Bowie

("we're dancing where the dogs decay...")



On another front, thank you to those who wished me well with the exhibition at Theatre Clwyd yesterday. Having paid for a new central heating boiler, Mrs B&Bs birthday (no boiler jokes there) and a new clutch for the car in the last week it is all going to be rather important that a few paintings get sold! But unlikely - tough times etc etc. And thanks for the new friends on Facebook - happy to confirm with any of you!



So today is more plumbing, with me locked in the lounge with the dogs and an ironing board. Back to work tomorrow (joy). We have a new Facebook page for our little children;s book publishers - if you have kids, grandchildren or are just puerile like me, then happy to receive your company on Facebook at Award Children's Books! Hope that's not advertising - we won't try and flog you anything!



Yo Harry - where did you end up in Scotland?

If any of you would like to help yourselves to some of the exclamation marks in my above post, please do. I fear there are probably too many!!!!!!



Damn - done it again!!

#66 Penny, your not wrong iv'e been on it twice scoring 24 both times. Im usually rubish at the 3 in 10, but sailed through it on the air both times. Not sure they would let me on a third time though.



#70 Thanks MTB, as yet she doesent know about the pumpkin. She's made me promise to go next door and check on there cat though.



#71 Julia, thats it im moveing to your street. We did decorate our window (cherub insisted) but when the fireworks started flying I took them down so as not to encorage them.



Sunny skies, better days, my leg aches and frankly so does my arm after yesterdays jab. Hey ho.

Oh oh oh ..am very excited!!! (yes it merits THREE exclamation marks) just read this morning's early posts on the previous blog and am chuffed to see one of my limericks in the final five. I don't think I have had the pleasure of 'meeting' Spike (even in type) but I can see he is a man of abundant intelligence and good taste ;-))) lol.





#13 What a lovely thing to do, I'm sure you'll have lots of poppets calling in.



#15 Hope it all goes to plan Suzie and there isn't a Royal 'confession' moment!



#72 Thanks Julia :-D



#64 Second that!



#78 Good luck with the meeting tomorrow Nick.





For my fellow Richard Allinson fans, he is sitting in for Steve Wright today if you get a chance to listen :-)



Jillyx

#73 Hi Julia! Yes - I posted lots this morning - but it's all in the other blog.



Shall I C&P? OK :^)



[From early this morning}

_____________________________________________________________



I tried SO hard to post in here last night - but nothing I did made a difference and the blog police consistently refused to take my posts.



It quite upset me. I couldn't wish Alison and Micky Happy Anniversary. I couldn't hand out scarves and a hat. I couldn't give you news of Limericks ...

... if this works - I'll come back and do all those things

_____________________________________________________________

I couldn't say how good it was to see old friends [yes you B&B] and new.



I wasn't allowed to tell you what a great blog it was. I didn't hear the show so it was also great to get the lowdown on choons played.



I was unable to post my huge paragraph about the Serendipitous Re-aquaintance of Jennie and Mrs Boris [Tracey]. Gob-smacking.

_____________________________________________________________



LIMERICKS:



Spike, father of the blog and originator of the culture of 'blogpoppetry', has not passed this way for a little while. Quite a few of us are, however, in contact with him, via other means.



Last Friday I asked him if he'd be kind enough to peruse a cluster of Limericks [anonymous] and create a shortlist of 5.



He was delighted to do so over the weekend. All I said was that they should, broadly, be about Music. He commented that many were full of fun and wit bit didn't necessary follow the limerick 'form and rhythm' - so he was strict about all 3 elements [subject matter, limerick form, wit] before he decided:



The 5 he chose - in no particular order - begin thus:



The 80s just wasn't for me ...

There once was a singer called Elvis ...

Gary started a band called Take That ...

Us and Them On the Run - Speak to Me ...

Funk/Rock band Level 42 ...

Now to find an impartial judge!

_____________________________________________________________



Mum safely ensconced in the Guest Wing ...

Daughter seeing printers later which means I have a DEADLINE for their artwork - I shouldn't be here





Byeeeee!

#71 'tis Princess Anne (or Royal as she is now known..)

Arrival minus 45 mins...

#80 B&B, good to see you back here.



I went to Aberdeen for a long weekend. I had to sell a few books to pay for the trip but the main objective was to get a break.



The weather was unusually kind.



Any red stickers on the paintings yet?

Good Morning Each!



A newie, not an oldie, but...



"L'Enfer C'Est Les Autres" by Half Man Half Biscuit



Oldies...



'Crush' by Jennifer Paige



'Plenty' by Sarah McLachlan



'All Together Now' by The farm



'Who Are You?' by The Who

Katy, so glad you mums on the mend, good luck with the artwork :-)

One final suggestion from me today (unless more come to me later),



THE NEARNES OF YOU - NORA JONES



Gotta love it

Ooh time for a quick poop by and will read back later.



Let's Stick Together - Roxy Music



What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong



Solitude - Black Sabbath



If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - Belamy Bros



Bad Company - Bad Company (except this blog of course)



World Of Our Own - The Seekers



Must dash



Shona x

#83 just call me Cinderella, am banished to the basement to allow students entry and exit...no chance of a glimpse for me

new kid in town-the eagles

86 - hi Harry. No red stickers yet I fear. I can't blame people not buying, but hopefully a wealthy dentist looking to decorate his brand new five room surgery will pop by. He'd get the lot for under three grand. Not been to Aberdeen for years. BTW - going to back to the divine lesley Dncan appearance on Singer Songwriters at the Beeb the other week (currently up to having watched this about 3546 times in a two weeks!!) - did you see Kevin Ayers on the same show? I thought he was fabulous too. If I was going to release my inner woman, I'd say he was gorgeous and beautiful too, and why wasn't he a big star? Very like John Cale/Velvets. Anyway - I had better go and release that inner woman somewhere else. She's probably hungry...

Spike? Pah! #SoreLoser ;0)



More seriously, good luck final 5.

living by numbers-new musik

100. At 12:55 1st Nov 2011, Paul of Sheffield wrote:



100. At 12:54 1st Nov 2011, Paul of Sheffield wrote:



100. At 12:53 1st Nov 2011, Paul of Sheffield wrote:



3WT... TIME MACHINE INVENTED

3WT... TIME MACHINE INVENTED







ABACUS STILL NEEDS WORK

Okey dokey, time for PoS to disappear for a while. Seemingly. I'll be back, in cunning disguises, for a bit.

#84 thanks for the clarifiaction .. I read the paragraph about the limericks as if that was Spike's entry .. I thought it was 'modern verse' :0)

How times have changed ................ 100 post been begging for 5minutes?