Morning Simon, team and lovely poppets,



My desert island discs ...



ALL BY MYSELF - ERIC CARMEN



MUSIC (was my first love) - JOHN MILES



ISLAND GIRL - ELTON JOHN



Hope everyone has a good day.

Jillyx

All by myself - Eric Carmen.



MTF :)

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



I have just tweeted:



ISLAND GIRL by Elton John



SOME DAY I'LL FLY AWAY by Randy Crawford



ISLANDS IN THE STREAM by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton



ALONE by Heart



ALL BY MYSELF by Eric Carmen



~X~

Morning again everyone



CONEY ISLAND ~ Van Morrison



ONLY THE LONELY ~ Roy Orbison



ISLAND GIRL ~ Elton John



LADY OF THE ISLAND ~ Crosby, Stills and Nash



xx

Good Morning again –



Suggest –



ISLAND OF DREAMS – The Springfields



LIVING ON AN ISLAND – Status Quo



CUBA – Gibson Brothers



BARBADOS – Typically Tropical



ALL BY MYSELF – Eric Carmen



ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY – Gilbert O’Sullivan



ON THE BEACH – Cliff



ECHO BEACH – Martha & The Muffins

Good Morning All;



I'm in bed now, and intend to stay here for as long as I can get away with (not long, I fear :()



Oldie suggestions...



KOKOMO - THE BEACH BOYS



STRANDED - VAN MORRISON



LIVING ON AN ISLAND - STATUS QUO

For having all the time in the world......



Slow song - Joe Jackson.



There's a kind of hush - Hermans Hermits.

Morning Simon, team, NYM and castaway bloggers,



*says in a quiet voice - I've never ever listened to desert island discs*



But that won't stop me...



WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE - The Animals



SITTING WAITING WISHING - Jack Johnson

Are you all alone, could there be someone else there?



FRIDAY ON MY MIND - EASYBEATS

Good Morning Simon and the Driveteam



Hope I look as good as Kirsty Young aged 70

;^)



Desert Island Oldies:



ISLANDS IN THE STREAM – KENNY ROGERS AND DOLLY PARTON



ISLAND GIRL – ELTON JOHN



ISLAND IN THE SUN – HARRY BELAFONTE



DESERT SONG - STING

Here's a few to start the ball rolling:



FANTASY ISLAND - Tight Fit



SAND IN MY SHOES - Dido



MY BOOK - The Beautiful South (almost worth playing just for the one line: 'Mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese').

SANDY - John Travolta





Ha!



PUT YOUR RECORDS ON - Corinne Bailey Rae







Hi John!

#1 Hi Jilly, hope you're feeling a bit more perky today.



#9 Inspired choice, Vildeen!



~X~

A few more suggestions...



I AM A ROCK - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



OLD CAPE COD - PATTI PAGE



ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY - GILBERT O'SULLIVAN

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and sandy blogpoppets!



How about:



FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE - The Cure



For Man Friday..........

ALL BY MYSELF ERIC CARMEN



COME AWAY WITH ME NORAH JONES



DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC TRAVARES



ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE PHIL COLLINS



PSL xx



THE SWEETEST FEELING JACKIE WILSON

HELP! - The Beatles



RESCUE ME - Fontella Bass





From one of the first albums I owned, Tonic for the Troops:



LIVING IN AN ISLAND - Boomtown Rats

Drat and darn - missed this off my list ...



MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - POLICE

Mornin all,



Most of our choices have already gone, but never mind:



ON THE BEACH - CHRIS REA



DON'T TAKE MY COCONUTS - KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS



APEMAN - KINKS



LIVING ON AN ISLAND - STATUS QUO



ME MYSELF AND I - JOAN ARMATRADING

Morning all,



Quick poop in to see what's what. Some thinking time required, but obviously I have to second (third and fourth) ...



ISLAND GIRL - ELTON JOHN



Later ... GoD

Banana republic - BOOMtown Rats.



MTF :)

Good Morning Each!



'Living On An Island' by Status Quo



'Is Vic There?' by Department S. (After the first castaway, Vic Oliver)



'Brush Up Your Shakespeare' by James Whitmore



'Big Eight' by Judge Dread (I'm only suggesting this as standards seem to have slipped at the BBC, and seeing as Aled can play songs with the 'f' word in on Good Morning Sunday, and the current Radio Times contains a picture of a man ably demonstrating why commandos are called commandos, then perhaps J.D.'s time has finally come)

RESCUE ME - Fontella Bass



MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - Police

A few more.....



DOWN TO THE WATERLINE ~ Dire Straits



ON THE BEACH ~ Chris Rea



LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND ~ Pat Boone



ON THE BEACH ~ Neil Young

ASK THE LONELY THE FOUR TOPS

Me and my monkey - Robbie Williams.

TIRED OF BEING ALONE - AL GREEN



I FEEL FREE - CREAM

#15 LOL!



Thought of another which I don't think has bee suggested yet:



ONLY THE LONELY by Roy Orbison



Must get on.



~X~

Morning All,



Hope all are well.



Island in the Sun - Harry Belafonte



If you stranded on your own then the days could possibly feel:-



Everlong - Foo Fighters



or



Eternity - Robbie Williams



Maybes Laters



A.

PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE THE ELGINS

MUSIC - JOHN MILES



I LIKE IT - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS

Oh, I have a few ...



LONELY BOY - ANDREW GOLD



COCONUT - HARRY NILSSON



TIRED OF WAITING - THE KINKS



8-)

Wont you please play a song, a sentimental song - Hermans Hermits.



Searching for the Southern sun - Hermans Hermits.

I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS - Danny Kaye



*coat, hat, grass skirt*

Bee suggested??



Definitely time for me to buzz off and do some work...



;o)

Hi Simon and everyone.



Thank you Simon for Poetry in Motion mention last night and congratulations to you too Florence for yours. I too thought the oldies theme maybe Australia day ...however Desert Island discs is much better. Thumbs up!!



Oh well here goes:



1. ON MY OWN - Michael Mcdonald and some Patty woman.

2. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - Dolly and Kenny

3. LIVING ON AN ISLAND - Status Quo

4. ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY - Gilbert O'Sullivan

5. SOLITAIRE - The Carpenters

6. ONLY THE LONELY - Roy Orbison

7. I AM THE ONE AND ONLY - Chesney Hawkes

8. PARADISE CITY - Guns N Roses

9. BEACH BABY - 1st Class

10. PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - Wild Cherry



Oh well must slope back to it.



Have a nice day and happy Oz day.



Mandy ;)

And maybe....



PURE SHORES - All Saints

I just dont know what to do with myself - Dusty Springfield.

Morning All,



'Alone Again Naturally' Gilbert O'Sullivan



Have a good day everybody

ALONE AGAIN OR by LOVE

Morning Simon and Poppeteers



I am a Rock Simon and Garfunkel Zoe, please can I share with you. X

Good morning everyone.........................gosh today we can see blue sky...........makes a change from grey!!!!!

oldies today.....................................................................................



Message In A Bottle - The Police



my Favourite Things - Julie Andrews.............................HOIB?



So Lonely - The Police



I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor



Have a good day..........wish I was still in my pyjamas.......................................



Dougal x................................................................................................

How about a bit of...



STRANGER ON THE SHORE - ACKER BILK



I do like that one, old but gold! :D

LA ISLA BONITA - Madonna



I AIN'T GOT NOBODY (JUST A GIGOLO) - David Lee Roth





#38 MTF - great suggestion, great song



#12 Hello to you too, Billie. I just managed to squeeze onto the last blog. Back later for an update. AND I HAVE NEWS!

The Theme Tune itself?





BY A SLEEPY LAGOON - Eric Coates

Solitude - Black Sabbath (Haven't heard that in years!)

'Another Day In Paradise' Phil Collins

Thanks John.



Looking forward to hearing the news :)

#42 Dougal - Just wanted to say, they are all FABULOUS suggestions. Except for one. Which is OK at the right time in the right place. But not on DT!

#41 Shona - Help yourself lass, it's a free for all here! :)



You had an early start this morning :O Hope it's not too busy a day for you?



I need more sleep...

Hmmm, looking down below, looks like Tuesdays blog has snook in above Wednesdays?

THE ONLY MAN ON THE ISLAND (TO 150 NATIVE GIRLS I'M THE KING OF THE CORAL SEA) -



Vic Damone or Tommy Steele - both from 1958

WAKE UP ALONE AMY WINEHOUSE

HEY THERE LONELY GIRL - EDDIE HOLMAN



THE LONELIEST MAN IN THE WORLD - TOURISTS

There is a blue plaque on the beach just along from here to mark where Eric Coates wrote Blue Lagoon, looking across the bay to Bognor

I'm in ...



I TOUCH MYSELF - THE DIVINYLS



I'm out ...



8-x

#28 Deebee... Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison in #4



Happy to share with you! :o)

#50 Zoe, I think the early start was due to all the eating last night. Too much haggis, neeps and tatties, pudding and biscuits and cheese.



Can someone chuck over a couple of matchsticks please or else I'll be asleep by 11am! X

An alternative to our earlier suggestion:



ME MYSELF AND I - DE LA SOUL

#55 Thanks for that Brandon! That's "Quite Interesting" as Stephen Fry would say!

ooh ooh ooh



ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - Elvis



(not the laughing version please)



#51 MTF - That's because some buffooon came hurtling in, all guns blazing, without a by-your-leave (whatever that means), 24 hours late. Or early. Is Sheffield in a different time zone?



Now I must be orf.



Good day all.

ESCAPE (the pina Colada song) RUPERT HOLMES

Good morning fellow bloggers - favourite desert island song - La Isla Bonita by Madonna - or Take It Easy, Tequila Sunrise both by the Eagles or what about Stormy Weather by Ella Fitzgerald and Rain by Madonna - because you'll get the bad days too!!



Peace and kisses to all Nectar and Light xx

STATE OF INDEPENDENCE - DONNA SUMMERS



IN MY OWN TIME - FAMILY



THIS IS HOW IT FEELS TO BE LONELY - INSPIRAL CARPETS

CIRCLE IN THE SAND - BELINDA CARLISLE



LONE RANGER - QUANTUM LEAP

A couple more then I must get some work done!





I'M THE ONLY MAN ON THE ISLAND ~ Tommy Steels



CONEY ISLAND BABY ~ Lou Reed

Haven't read back:



The Tide Is High - Blondie

'Rock and A Hard Place' Rolling Stones

ALONE - BEEGEES



STRANDED - HEART

Song of Sand - Suzanne Vega



Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie



Footprints In The Sand - Leona Lewis



On My Own - From Les Miserables



Dougal x ...............................................................................................

Has anyone mentioned



Alone Again, Naturally - Gilbert O''Sullivan

SOS - Abba.

Morning,



Tired of being alone - Al Green



I'll sail this ship alone - The Beautiful South



I don't want to be alone - Billy Joel



You're not alone - Embrace



Sleep alone - The Wonder stuff



On your own - Blur



Island of lost souls - Blondie



Me Myself and I - De La Soul



I just don't know what to do with myself - Dusty Springfield



Good times Bad times - Led Zeppelin



Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello



Beyond the sea - Bobby Darin

Bob Harris played a tune a few weeks ago on his early Sunday show which (sort of) fits the bill (and its a corker!):



STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE - The Skyhawks

Rescue me - Fontella Bass

The desert island home page on the BBC site is really worth a visit...but only if you have time to spare...you can look up castaways, songs, book, luxury items....



I looked up Marvin Gaye as I love his music and 22 very diverse castaways had chosen a Marvin track (Julian Fellows being the most surprising!)



PSL xx

WISH YOU WERE HERE - PINK FLOYD

Morning all





Songs about the programme

All about You - Mcfly

Holding back the years - Simply Red

Its my Life - Talk Talk

Memorabilia - Soft Cell

The final countdown - Europe



Desert Island songs



Days are forgotten - Kasabian

Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

Enjoy the silence _ Depeche mode

Island of Lost Souls - Blondie

Left to my own devises - Pet shop boys

Message in a bottle - Police

Survivor - Destiny's Child

The Importance of being idle - Oasis





A couple of Bible/Shakespeare tunes

Life Goes on - Noah and the Whale (Not sure why it isn't Jonah)

Samson and Delilah - Bad Manners

Jericho - Simple Red

Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits

anything by Genesis

THE CHOSEN FEW - THE DOOLEYS



YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND [LIKE RECORD] - DEAD OR ALIVE

Can't get on without throwing these into the pot..



HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH MYSELF - Ray Stevens



SO FAR AWAY - Dire Straits



and maybe



NO WOMAN NO CRY - Bob Marley (!)





Tough job for the NYM today.

#79 Katy, Spin Me Right Round - very clever. X

A little tenuous perhaps ...



DO THE STRAND - ROXY MUSIC

Really really really really last one:



MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE - The Tremeloes , or Harry Belafonte, or Bobby Darin

#83 or Pete Seeger or the Platters or Peter Paul and Mary or or..



Which reminds me, was Puff the Magic Dragon played t'other day?



*goes off to poke around in blog archives, in last ditch attempt to avoid getting on with work*



#gettingcarriedawaywithit



#easilydistracted

#57 Thanks Flo! This is a caring, sharing blog...



:o))



I thought I was done with choon choosing for today, but another one just popped into my head:



SOLITAIRE by the Carpenters



~X~

Are we at the bottom of the barrel then?

Morning everyone,



My castaway collection:



'Broken Stones' - Paul Weller

'Breakaway' - Gallagher & Lyle

'Don't Leave Me This Way' - Thelma Houston (or indeed The Communards)

'Pure Shores' - All Saints

'Gimme Shelter' - The Rolling Stones



N xx

Also:



'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' - Dusty Springfield

#86 I doubt it Shona :)



SHIP TO SHORE - CHRIS DE BURGH

DRIFT AWAY DOBIE GREY

#86 Shona - are you kidding?!





AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS - Louis Jordan or BB King

SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY OTIS REDDING

As no one has been forthcoming with the matchsticks to keep my eyes open, I'll just have to munch into this banana muffin with my latte for a sugar boost :))

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

NOWHERE MAN - The Beatles

*waiting patiently to hear JBG's news*



;o)

#93 The muffin and latte sounds like a much better option than matchsticks Shona!

#97 Mmm You're right Glenn

Ha!



Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol



John, do share your news!

Yeah, come on John!