Morning all,



First?



8-)

Morning



I'm thinking:



A WINTER'S TALE by DAVID ESSEX



Not entirely sure if it has any overt Christmas references or not but it's a great tune.

Baby its cold outside - Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews ( I think)



MTF.xx

Good Morning again –



Simon – It must be 12 months ago that we had WINTER as the theme and you played my suggestion of



BUTTON UP YOUR OVERCOAT – The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band



So surely it must be time to hear that again?

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



My suggestions:



IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE by Love Unlimited



DECEMBER 1963 by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons



CALIFORNIA DREAMIN by the Mamas and Papas



A WINTER'S TALE by David Essex



A WINTER'S TALE by Queen



HAZY SHADE OF WINTER by Simon and Garfunkel



Deebee ~X~

Hi again Simon and blogging friends!



Not quite so wintry today, but here's some wintry type songs!



THE COLDEST WINTER IN MEMORY ~ Al Stewart



SNOWFLAKE ~ Kate Bush



A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER ~ Simon and Garfunkel



A WINTER'S TALE ~ David Essex



WINTER WINDS ~ Mumford and Sons



COLD AS ICE ~ Foreigner



xx

HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

And...



WALK OUT TO WINTER by AZTEC CAMERA

Blue hat for a blue day - Nick Heyward.



MTF.xx

WHITE WINTER HYMNAL by Fleet Foxes please (beautiful song)

SKIING IN THE SNOW - Wigan’s Ovation



WALK OUT TO WINTER – Aztec Camera



WHITE WINTER HYMNAL – Fleet Foxes



SNOWBIRD – Anne Murray



HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - Simon & Garfunkel

Morning Simon, team, NYM and advent-calendar peaking bloggers



I'm not really ready for winter yet, let alone Christmas. The trees still have leaves, the geraniums are still blooming, and the heating is firmly off for most of the day.



So please let's avoid snow and sleighbells...



_GET READY - The Temptations



_SHIVER - Natalie Imbruglia



_WINTER COAT - The Martin Harley Band



_WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE - The Searchers or Joan Baez

Morning all,

THE HOUNDS OF WINTER - Sting

A LONG DECEMBER - Counting Crows

THE COLDEST WINTER IN MEMORY - Al Stewart

Morning Simon, team and black and blue with pinches and punches poppets!



I knew if I wrote on yesterday's blog a new one would miraculously appear here ;-)



Some winter choons...



A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - SIMON AND GARFUKEL



DECEMBER SONG - GEORGE MICHAEL



I SMELL WINTER - THE HOUSEMARTINS



WINTER WINDS - MUMFORD AND SONS



GET ME THROUGH DECEMBER - ALISON KRAUSS



WINTER BIRDS - RAY LAMONTAGNE





Have good days all



Jilly xx

Dont go out into the rain - Hermans Hermits.



MTF :)

WINTER SONG - LINDISFARNE



COLD AS CHRISTMAS - ELTON JOHN



Back with a few more once the grey cells have got going ... !

Morning everyone.



Must be quick as work looming. YECH!!





Song Suggestions:

HAZY DAYS OF WINTER-Simon and Garfunkel/The Bangles

WALK OUT INTO WINTER-Aztec Camera

ALWAYS WINTER NEVER CHRISTMAS-XTC

BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE-Dean Martin

WINTER WONDERLAND-Perry Como



Hope everyone has a good day.



-JBG-Glad you’re OK after yesterday

-BINGO-Hope you are soon feeling better (The church you went to is where I go Bellringing!)

-DRIVER-Hope your eye feels better soon

-KATY-Good luck with you test.



Must run,

Love Mrs B x

Or...



YOU LIGHT THE FIRE by BERNARD BUTLER

RIVER - Joni Mitchell

Good morning all,



How about: Your as cold as ice by Foreigner.

Mornin all,



we've tweeted a few suggestions already but would like to add the following:



WINTER MELODY - DONNA SUMMER



IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE - LOVE UNLIMITED



COLD - ANNIE LENNOX



Cheers from the Crew at Cutbush Park :o)

I AM A ROCK - Simon & Garfunkel (slightly less obvious than the common choice :)



OUT IN THE COLD - Tom Pett7y & The Heartbreakers

Always a sure sign that winter's here, when you have to rummage under the stairs to find a pair that match...





_HAND IN GLOVE - The Smiths

I can still recall our last summer - Abba.



Or along the lines of not Christmas...



Happy New Year - Abba ;)

Hi Simon and everyone



Many thanks Billie for the congrats for my double mensh...totally unexpected...I am so glad Ray Stevens was played as I love that song and it reminds me of being a carefree 4 year old just about to start school!



Anyway here I gggggggggoo:



1. DECEMBER 1963 OH WHAT A NIGHT - Frankie and his four seasons

2. COLD AS ICE - Foreigner

3. IOU - FREEZE

4. FREEZE FRAME - J Geils Band

5. BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE - Tom and Cerys

6. WINTERS TALE - David Essex

7. ICE ICE BABY - Vanilla Ice

8. WINDS OF CHANGE - Scorpions

9. HAZY SHADY OF WINTER - Bangles

10. THE HEAT IS ON - Glen Fry ( in homes an full blast now!)



Have a lovely day folks.



Laters



Mandy ;)

7.

Alternatively...



DISTANT SUN by CROWDED HOUSE

WALKING ON THIN ICE - Yoko Ono



From your own title -



WHITE RABBIT - Jefferson Airplane

LIGHT MY FIRE - THE DOORS



SNOWBIRD - ANNE MURRAY



SOMETIMES IN WINTER - BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS



I AM A ROCK (A winters day in deep and dark December)- SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



FALL BREAKS AND BACK TO WINTER - BEACH BOYS



SNOW - HARPERS BIZARRE

_THE HEAT IS ON - Glenn Frey



_TURN IT UP - Simply Red



_THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANY MORE - Walker Brothers

GOODBYE ENGLAND (COVERED IN SNOW) - Laura Marling

Or...



DOWN TO ZERO by JOAN ARMATRADING

As it seems we're on a bit of a Marley roll ...



COMING IN FROM THE COLD - BOB MARLEY



also



BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - TOM JONE AND CERYS MATTHEWS



or the lovely ...



WARM DECEMBER - JULIE LONDON

Slip sliding away - Simon and Garfunkel



MTF :)

Morning all



Bit late this morning - lots to do, as I'm taking tomorrow off to go Christmas shopping with Mum.



Can I therefore second/third/whatever:



WINTER'S TALE - David Essex

WHITE WINTER HYMNAL - Fleet Foxes



And if there is a recording, BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Jamie Cullum & Eliza Doolitle (from Jamie's show on Tuesday)



Back later (hopefully)



Tortie x

Good Morning All :)



White Rabbits indeed!



It's a grey day here... Not the same as the Larry Grayson catchphrase...



Anyway, already tweeted the following...



HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



A WINTERS TALE - DAVID ESSEX



I'VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM - FRANK SINATRA



LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - DREAM ACADEMY



SHIVER - GEORGE BENSON



SNOW - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS

Last couple from me...



BUILD A FIRE by THE KLF



ELEANOR PUT YOUR BOOTS ON by FRANZ FERDINAND

oops #32 here's Tom's missing 'S' - need more caffeine methinks :)

Don't know if Simon Ward is around today, so I will resist suggesting "GET ON YOUR BOOTS - U2"

SNOWBOUND - Genesis



SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT - Gordon Lightfoot



WINTER LADY - Leonard Cohen

Winter Lady - Leonard Cohen.



MTF :)

Darn the 3 minute wait. Lovely song eh Alex :)

Going on a bit of a tangent but once December is here it means a lot of ...



SHOPPING - PET SHOP BOYS

COLD SHOULDER - Garth Brooks



UNDERTOW - Genesis

Good morning everyone.



Apologies for not being around yesterday; I had lots to do.



I've said before that I like a little bit of Lenny in the evening so can I 2nd & 3rd the AlexH and MTF choice of Winter Lady please? It's a nice short one too so perfect for DT.



Be back later

Tried hard to resist but couldn't





RELIGHT MY FIRE - TT





(Wah!)

Final countdown - Europe.



MTF :)

My wintery contributions are weather and end-of year related as follows



December - All about Eve

Winters Tale - David Essex

It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra/Robbie Williams (I/e December is month 12)

Leave a Light on - Belinda Carlisle (December is the darkest month)

Light my Fire - Will Young (and others)

Set Fire to the rain - Adele

Dont rain on my parade -Duffy

I cant stand the rain - Tina Turner

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

Riders of the Storm -The Doors

Yay Harry, bring on the Lenny.



MTF :)

A song that won't get played, but I love the song/artist...



EVERY DECEMBER SKY - BETH NIELSON CHAPMAN

Okay, I may be one eye down but I still have a few suggestions...



GENESIS - A Winters Tale



EURYTHMICS - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart



RAY CHARLES - Baby It's COld Outside (as an alternative to the Tom

Jones/Cerys Matthews version)



FOREIGNER - Cold As Ice



GARY MOORE - Cold Day In Hell



THE POGUES - Misty Morning, Albert Bridge



FOUR SEASONS - December 63



FREEZ - Southern Freez



BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10th Avenue Freeze Out



NICK LOWE - Freezing



VANILLA ICE - Ice Ice Baby

Good morning,



It's probably already been suggested but it would be good to hear:



SHIVER by George Benson



Very exciting day in the 40 household. Mr 40 (38 actually but not for much longer) has been asked to play bass at a gig our friends Southgate and Leigh are doing this evening. Should any bloggers be in the London area they are on at the 12 Bar in Denmark Street at 10pm.



When should Christmas songs be played? Was slightly taken aback to hear Chris playing some this morning. Around about 10th December would do me fine.



Have a good day.x

Given Lord Ammo's love of "When the Thames Froze", what about another from the same album? Not really an oldie but the song is vintage:



IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER by SMITH & BURROWS



It's rather gorgeous, too

Morning again Simon, Team and Poppeteeers



Only managed a quick scan back and all I can think of is



Four Strong Winds - Neil Young



Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice



p.s. Simon, I can listen to Christmas songs all December.



Back to work



Shona X

Morning all



Crikey, is it thursday already?



First off the bat one of my fave funky oldies:



'Southern Freeze' - Freeez



Back after more caffeine.



N x

I feel the earth move under my feet - Carole King.



MTF :)

_STEP INSIDE - The Hollies





"We'll have tea and crumpets toasted by the fireside.

You don't need an invitation, step inside."

Ooh How about



Evergreen - Barbara Streisand

Also:



December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush

Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol (love this song)

#41 - It's amazing how often a relatively obscure track is thought of by two people at pretty well the same time :)

#51 Julia - Chris seems to have much the same attitude to Christmas that Matt does. They both get way over-exited and for most of us, much too early.

How is anyone going to whittle all these fab songs down to about five? Simon's programme should be on for three hours to fit more of them in!!! An hour of Steve Wright's show added to Simon's every day would be good!!!



xx

My take on Christmas songs on the radio - I don't mind listening to some of the less overtly tinselly tracks from now onwards, for example it was quite nice to hear 'Fairytale of New York' played this morning. But please can we not have the likes of Slade or Wizzard until at least half way through the month!



As the one who gets to do most of the pre-Christmas preparations in our family (shopping, cards, food prep, etc...), I tend to get a bit stressed and bah humbug about the whole thing in the weeks leading up to the Big Day, and don't really relax until the lunch is served on Christmas Day. Which is not at all what it should be about, really.



~X~

Simon



If you should be kind enough to play my suggestion at #12 (Where have all the Flowers gone?), given your comments earlier this week about Caro Emerald singing in Dutch (which sounded beautiful), you might be interested to know there's a version of Joan Baez singing in German...



SAGT MIR WO DIE BLUMEN SIND.



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



You can count on Joan to make German sound less guttural!

Morning all. Sitting here itching due to excessive amounts of tinsel around my head, neck and arms. "Merry Mufti" is our Sixth Form charity day and we're all dressed in Christmas themed attire. Having said that - I'm a bit of a grinch and don't like too much Christmas until the week before. We never put up our tree until 18/19th which caused much consternation as a child - but I now agree with.



Oldies have already yielded some great suggestions so I'll jump on the bandwagon with:

Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel

Winter's Tale - David Essex

Baby It's Cold Outside - Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews is a great version

Cold as Ice - Foreigner



I don't think I've seen these so will add:

Colder Weather - The Zac Brown Band (please NYM - this is such a lovely song that we don't hear in the the UK - could double-up as a country showstopper)

Shiver - Coldplay

Stormy Weather - Ella Fitzgerald

(Let me stand next to your...) Fire - Jimi Hendrix

California Dreamin - The Mamas & The Pappas

Alex, it was on one of my 'usual' scroll down lists (yes, I too have resorted to that method Lol!) and I was trying for three minutes from my last post to put it on.



MTF :)

Reading back, I see that a suggestion of Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice had already been mentioned 2 or 3 times.



Perhaps then, I could offer an alternative?



Ice Ice Baby - JEDWARD



Time for a sharp exit. *sniggers behind hands*

#67 Jedward on Drivetime? That would be a first...



;o)

Shona!!!!!



Shame on you ;)

Having only just caught up with the Jeff Wayne interview, I suppose it's now too late for...



FOREVER AUTUMN from WAR OF THE WORLDS?

For wintry conditions....



Hold on tight - ELO



Dont bring me down, also - ELO.

Hello Everybody,



'Wild Is The Wind' David Bowie or Nina Simone



'Wind Cried Mary' Jimi Hendrix Experience



'Blowing In The Wind' Bob Dylan



Have a good day one and all

WINTER by FAMILY (from Music In A Doll's House)

JOHNNY B GOODE by JOHNNY WINTER (or any other track featuring him)

FRANKENSTEIN by EDGAR WINTER

SMOTHER ME WITH MOONDUST & ELUSIVE STRAWBERRIES by MIKE & BERNIE WINTERS

I AM ROCK by SIMON & GARFUNKEL (A winter's day in a deep & dark December)

IT'S NOW WINTER'S DAY by TOMMY ROE

Has anyone suggested Misty Blue - Gladys Knight (or whoever sang it last night on R2 at 9.15pm). "Misty Blue" gives me an image of winter.



Back to report writing



:((

'Daddy Cool' Boney M



Bye

Not staying around after that suggestion Brandon?



MTF :)

Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy



'He said "In winter 1963 it felt like the world would freeze..."'

I've thought on another:



SKATEAWAY by DIRE STRAITS

Morning all,

DT team, bloggers new and old, and of course the still slightly bah-humbug about Ch**istmas DT Dude...

Andy on TWITTER reminded me of this lovely winter song:

SET THE FIRE TO THE THIRD BAR by Snow Patrol and Martha Wainwright, which I really hope gets played for this theme.



Meanwhile, the lovely TORI AMOS did a song called WINTER as did the STONES and THE CURE - take your pick from that eclectic bunch.



Absinthe yesterday, on a ladies only 'career advancement course - waffle waffle - but did meet a lady who arranged a lecture and met, Prof Brian Cox...and last night I had the strangest dream about him (yes, I had had a cheese roll at darts, at 10.30pm) that he was an ALIEN!!

I put my hand inside his tank-top at the back - (you don't need to know what led up to that movement there maybe children reading) and lo and behold, there was crinkly white plastic ontop of his skin - inside of which was a grey, shape-shifting alien! Arg. Another heart throb dream ruined.



Now really need to get on....laters,

# 186 Paul - just read back last bit of blog from yesterday and see that it was Etta James. Thanks for letting me know. I thought it was really lovely listening to it as I made the cheese on toast.

Misty Blue- Etta James



Thanks to PoS



:)

Morining Greetings Ter Mr Mayo Mate & ALL Bloggies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Mate - A agree terdee is the first dee of the last month..... Only a year until the end of the world and am getting more excited as the end gets nearer!!!!!!!!!

As yer write December of course a time for celebrating the birth of Christ.... even though 'e was born in March!!!!!!!!!!

Either me two favourite star signs of the zodiac are capricorn & pisces.... So either way Jesus was one of the above - WHATTA COINCIDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Pushing aside religious 'appenings.... Am feeling a sense of panick as a ave not done any Christmas shopping yet.... Partly due to me recent illnessessess!!!!!!!



Better try and get mesen sorted ASAP.... And not only get back ter work but also start me crimbo shopping!!!!!!



As for me illness.... a quick update all.... firstly.....

Thanks for yer kind words about me serious illness ave been suffering with lately!!!!!!!

Been back ter the doc for a blood test this morning - 100% TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me doc 'as said 'e thinks a could 'ave a problem with me colon!!!!!!!!!

A said a don't think so.... A rarely use colons.... a asked 'im ter take a closer look at me blogging.... And 'e agreed a do 'ave more of an explimination mark problem than a colon problem!!!!!!!!



Bye!

# 67 Shona! It's very early in the day for that sort of talk ;-)



Last few from me for now ...



LOVE IS A WONDERFUL COLOUR - THE ICICLE WORKS

NORTHERN LIGHTS - RENAISSANCE

COLD - ELTON JOHN



Back to the grind 8-P



GoD

Morning everyone. I seem to be late again - lots of excellent suggestions already. I'd like to throw my weight behind Hazy Shade of Winter by S & G (What do you mean, that's a lot of weight?!!!)



Can't think of much that hasn't already been said - maybe



Winterlong by Neil Young

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Northern Sky - Nick Drake

Here's a selection of three worders for this, the First day of December.



Still picking strawberries.







Bunnies in garden.



Purple irises flowering.



Daffs poking through.



Photographic evidence now being transported onto fb.



MTF :)

Hi



Just a couple of late suggestions

Out of season - the icicle works or anything else recorded by them

Frosty the Snowman - the ronnettes



And a funny reflection of teenage excess. My first thought, when I think of winter and snow is of a snowy bus journey from Geneva to Leysin (for skiing) (aaahhhh!!!!), accompanied by the c90 tape (yes it's a few years ago now) exclusively of nutbush city limits that one of our group had recorded and put in the tape player - bus driver must have liked it too!!!

You know who you are and if you are reading this I hope you are now feeling guilty!!

G

It's fatal me having a sneaky peek on here, when it's not lunchtime yet. Can't resist posting...



#79 Suzieee, what a bizarre dream! Although with the Prof's interest in plants and stars and the like, maybe there is something in it... ;o)



#82 LOL! Bingo you are clearly feeling better - glad to hear it. Not sure Jesus would actually believe in the zodiac, btw...



#84 Can I second the Nick Drake NORTHERN SKY track, Alan? I was going to suggest it myself, seeing all the other 'northern' suggestions. You've got a good chance of it getting played - didn't Simon once say it was his all time favourite song?



~X~

Afternoon allready ? my oh my. Had a busy morning taking cherub to the doctors over her persistant cough. Thankfully tis not on the chest and all should be well following course of anti-biotics.



Fairly nippy today, by the end of this mornings stint outside school my toes were devoid of feeling. I expect more of the same for the forseable.



Winter tunes eh ? How about ...



COLD - ANNIE LENNOX

HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - BANGLES (yeah I know it's not the orriginal, but I REALLY like this version)

#87 As far as I am aware, Brian Cox is not in the slightest interested in horticulture - so here is the missing e



~X~

Can I ask, what is the supposed connection between 'northern' and winter?



Am I missing something?

Last few from me:



I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles

Shiver - Coldplay

Frozen - Madonna



N x

Deebee, I have just sent you an email.....



xx

#87 Deebee I didn't hear him saying that but let's hope so. Great track and it would be great to hear it played. x

Good Afternoon Each!



'Freezing' by Nick Lowe



'Stormy Weather' by Etta James (Shona, did you see my message on yesterdays blog)





Well, it's taken me so long to compose this one small blog entry, I've had to change the word 'morning' to 'afternoon' in my first line. I started at about 10.30, but then had a large beer delivery, and more than a few customers. Whoo'hooo!!



Off again, for a bit. That beer won't book itself in.

Three word Thursday...



Synchronised soup slurping.



Nice creamy chicken, with a chunk of soft doughy bread and a smidging of rich creamy West Country butter. Sometimes you just have to dont you?



Dont you?



MTF :)

# 95 Right with you there MTF, although I'd probably change your smidging to a slathering!!!



GoD

Twas a generous smidging Glenn :)

#90 Well, it's grim Oop North! ;) (I am a Yorkshire lass btw) The 'Northern' songs that have been suggested today have lyrics which mention winter, so I guess that's why they've been suggested :)



Florence - I'm surprised that you haven't found a photo of Simon in his best party frock (as he was choosing one for his children's authors Christmas Party) ;)



On the playing of Christmas songs on Drivetime - I think Simon could forgo them altogether for me, leave that sort of thing to the Chris Evan's and Steve Wright's of the radio world. But if they must be played on Drivetime, could we not just have the classier Christmas songs? I don't need Noddy Holder bellowing at me again, I've got the bloomin' message... "IT'S CHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRISTMASSSSS"



I spoke to my Dutch friend, about what Caro Emerald said r.e Dutch not being a very melodious language. She said that she though that Dutch songs could be very nice and melodious. But she said that when English songs are translated into Dutch, the translation often doesn't work, or isn't very good, and more words are needed for clarity, or to make things rhyme.

Three word Thursday....



'Homemade Minestrone Soup'



'twas yummy!

~96 - Thanks for that. I'm not too knowledgeable on the lyrics (I was going to come back with the idea that the south pole is pretty chilly, too).