HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY SIMON AND DRIVETIME



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Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Happy birthday Drivetime! And by association, happy birthday us!



My already tweeted suggestions are:



QUEEN OF HEARTS by Dave Edmunds



QUEEN OF CLUBS by KC and the Sunshine Band



KILLER QUEEN by Queen



YOUR LOVE IS KING by Sade



KING OF THE ROAD by Roger Miller



CASTLES IN THE AIR by Don Maclean



Deebee ~X~

Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Happy Birthday and thanks Simon and your team for two brilliant years of Drivetime



KING OF THE MOUNTAIN ~ Kate Bush



CASTLES IN THE AIR ~ Don McLean



ROCK AND ROLL QUEEN ~ Mott The Hoople



QUEEN OF HEARTS ~ Dave Edmunds



xx

from previous blog



QUEEN OF THE NEW YEAR - DEACON BLUE

THE CROWN - GARY BYRD

one more...



THE KING HAS LOST HIS CROWN by Abba



To work...



~X~

Good Morning again and Happy Birthday DriveTime



Suggestions –



FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN – ELP



A KING FOR TONIGHT – Billy Fury



WHEN YOU ARE A KING - White Plains



LAVENDER – Marillion



KING CREOLE – Elvis



CASTLES IN THE AIR – Don McLean



DUCHESS – The Stranglers



DUKE OF EARL – Duke



SIR DUKE – Stevie Wonder



GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – Sex Pistols

Morning All,



Congratulations to Simon and everybody for the 2 year anniversary



'Queen Of The New Year' Deacon Blue



Hava a good day one and all

Good Morning All :)



Happy 2nd Birthday Drivetime! :))



Sorry to hear about the continuing insomnia, Simon :( I didn't sleep too well myself last night, but that was down to a) a broken bed & b) me and the mister giggling like a pair of silly kids into the early hours :D



I can't remember the careers advice I got at school, but I think they told me to consider joining the police... I never did!



Oldie suggestions...



WHEN YOU ARE A KING - WHITE PLAINS



DUCHESS - THE STRANGLERS



DANCING QUEEN - ABBA



THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL - PREFAB SPROUT



TOWER OF STRENGTH - FRANKIE VAUGHN



YOUR LOVE IS KING - SADE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRIVETIME !!!!

Good morning again!!



Happy Birthday Drivetime!!!



Suggestion:



KING & QUEEN OF AMERICA - Eurythmics



Theme a bit too broad?



Alex_Girl

Morning all again



Happy Drivetime Birthday!



SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder

KILLER QUEEN - Queen



Must have been something in the air last night Simon - I, too was awake in the early hours and heard lots of birds, and a colleague was telling me about a horrible nightmare that she had last night too!



Tortie x

HEROES DAVID BOWIE



IT TAKES TWO MARVIN GAYE & KIM WESTERN



QUEEN OF CLUBS KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND



PSL x

THE COURT OF KING CARACTACUS – Rolf Harris



THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES – Danny Kaye

Suggestion from hubbs...



GRACE KELLY - MIKA

MY NAME IS PRINCE AND I AM FUNKY - PRINCE



Can I second WHEN YOU ARE A KING - WHITE PLAINS, which always makes me think of Prince William

KING MIDAS IN REVERSE ~ The Hollies

Good morning everyone.



I guess this is another chance for Radio2 to play its favourite beat-combo but I’m going to go for a different kind of queen to start with:



QUEEN OF THE SLIPSTREAM by VAN MORRISON



Or for us republicans:



OLIVER’S ARMY by ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS

'Your Love Is King' Sade

Happy Birthday indeed!



Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars.



A stonking tune, if I do say so myself!



Maybes laters



A.

Happy Birthday DT crew,



A few choon choices ...



THE KING MUST DIE - ELTON JOHN

CHASING THE CROWN - ELTON JOHN

THE KING IS HALF UNDRESSED - JELLYFISH

CASTLES IN THE AIR - THE COLOURFIELD



Right, thinking cap on for some more ...

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER JIMI HENDRIX

'King Of Pain' The Police

Morning all and a very Happy Birthday to all at Drivetime. I know it's been said before, but it really is a joy to listen to in the evenings a (in fact it's such a part of my daily routine now that weekends are slightly disappointing!)



Royalty oldies .... so many to choose from For the moment then:



King of Wishful Thinking - Go West

King of the Road - Roger Miller (or various other versions)

Witch Queen of New Orleans -Redbone / Tom Jones

King in a Catholic Style - China Crisis



More shortly....

A few more oldie suggestions...



KING OF PAIN - THE POLICE



I'M HENRY THE EIGHTH, I AM - HERMANS HERMITS or JOE BROWN



FROM A JACK TO A KING - NED MILLER



KING OF WISHFUL THINKING - GO WEST



PRINCE CHARMING - ADAM AND THE ANTS

DANCING QUEEN = ABBA

GET UP STAND UP - BOB MARLEY

THE PRINCE - MADNESS

PRINCE CHARMING - ADAM AND THE ANTS

'King for a Day ' Green Day

Happy Birthday Drive Time.

Anyway time to get Royal:



1. QUEEN OF CLUBS - K C and the Sunshine Band

2. QUEEN OF MY HEART - Westlife

3. KING OF WISHFUL THINKING - Go West

4. LOVE AND PRIDE - KING

5. KING OF MY CASTLE - Wamdue Project

6. SAY IM YOUR NUMBER ONE - PRINCESS

7. PURPLE RAIN (Reign) - PRINCE

8. RULE THE WORLD - Take That

9. YOUR LOVE IS KING - Sade

10. LADY D'ARBANVILLE - Cat Stevens

11. THE CROWN - Gary ????



Oh well must dash.



Have a nice birthday all.



Mandy ;)

Pssst I am not really here. If anyone asks, you haven't seen me!



Couldn't resist sneaking in with:



QUEEN OF HEARTS by DAVE EDMUNDS



PRINCE CHARMING by ADAM & THE ANTS



DUKE OF EARL by DARTS



SIR DUKE by STEVIE WONDER



HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRIVETIME!



madchick x

Morning everyone



Feeling rather chuffed having been awarded both a hat and a mensh yesterday! Many thanks for both :-)



My royal flush:



'Two Princes' - Spin Doctors

'King Of The Kerb' - Echobelly

'Louie Louie' - The Kingsmen (or should that be Louis?)

'King' - UB40

'William, It Was Really Nothing' - The Smiths



N x

Happy Birthday Drive Time!



Morning Simon and Poppeteers again.



Just snatching a quick pop by and will read back later.



From a Jack to a King - Slim Whitman



Deck of Cards - Max Bygraves



I know I'll get a menshe with these 2 *titters*

'STAND BY ME' BEN E KING

CORONATION STREET THEME - ERIC SPEAR



8-)

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Simon you are the King of Broadcasters so you should play It's good to be the King by Mel Brooks!

SPIN DOCTORS - Two Princes



DIVINE COMEDY - Frog Princess (brilliant song!)



MADNESS - The Prince



ELO - Rock'n'Roll is King (for MTF!)



QUEEN - Killer Queen



ELVIS COSTELLO - King of America

Liking the Van Morrison suggestion, Harry. My fave Van track.



COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - King Crimson

GUINEVERE - CROSBY STILLS NASH



VICTORIA - THE KINKS

Has anyone mentioned the Dukes of Hazard Theme Tune?



I know not who sings it

CAKES FOR ALL!





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Sunshine streaming through the window here in South Bucks. Working from home today as Lady Driver is a little poorly and needs someone to hold her hand from time to time. :)

I can't read back at the moment so apologies if already suggested:



Candle in the Wind - Elton John

GARY BYRD & THE G.B. EXPERIENCE - The Crown



Nice to see this already suggested - great record

YOU'RE A LADY - Peter Skellern

Just thought of another... one of my mum's well loved oldies



FROM A JACK TO A KING ~ Ned Miller

Hello fellow blogpopsters

:^)



As AlexG said - a huge theme with lots of possible choons - there are literally hundreds of kings, queens, princes, princess blah de blah de blah tunes so I think I may just sit this one out.





Or maybe not. lol ...





Dr Mösh - it's Midweek!



CELEBRATION DAY - LED ZEPPELIN



:^D

Happy Birthday to the Simon Mayo show



My contributions as follows



1999 - Prince

Dancing Queen - Abba

Dont rain on my parade - Duffy

Duchess - Stranglers

Empire - Kasabian

King for a day - Thompson Twins

King in a catholic style - China Crisis

King of the wild frontier - Adman and the Ants

King of wishful thinking - Go West

Monarchy of Roses - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth

Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants

Queen of my heart - Westlife

Killer Queen - Queen

Rasputin - Boney M

This is our land - Simple Minds

Two Princes - Spin Doctors

Family Affair - Sly and the family Stone

Hi Simon and everyone.



HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY TO SIMON AND DRIVETIME AND INDEED TO THE BLOG.



Maybe Katey could do a massive cake for us all!



Congrats to all who got menshes yesterday and I was chuffed to nuts to get my 1st 2012 mention!



Careers advice? initially at age 5 i wanted to be a teacher...at 14 i wanted to work in a bank.....once i started to watch Brookside, Amanda Burton as an Accountant made Accountancy sound sexy because she was dealing with sexy handsome men..( life does not imitate art!) and therefore Accountancy was the route I took and now a qualified FCCA since 1996. I was not allowed to choose subjects for my options which were creative because the teachers wanted me to do more academic subjects. ( Geography instead of Drama!)

How about some prog-rock.....(might take a while though)

The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Sorry, manners - Happy Birthday Drivetime!!



Re careers advice - I went to see an adviser just before leaving school. We discussed my interests, abilities and 'O' level (remember those?) expectations after which he asked if I'd considered joining the police. I was slightly surprised at this suggestions as I'd indicated I was interested in something along the lines of graphic design. When I asked if something in my profile indicated I would be particularly suited to this sort of work he turned to me and said, "Well, you're quite tall, aren't you?"

Good Morning Each! Where are all of the pedants? Just me? Well, anyway, Happy Birthday Drivetime. Happy Birthday, plus one week, Drivetime Blog, it being one week older than the show. There, that's out of my system.



Choons? Back later with some, I hope.

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and professional bloggers,



Happy Birthday indeed, and many happy returns to the DT team.



Thanks for the thoughts Billie and Jilly on the previous blog. This too shall pass, as they say. Need to keep a stiff upper lip and work through a sticky situation, which is my own stupid fault.



Anyway, on to regal affairs... I agree with Alex, this theme is as broad as a very wide thing.



ALL RISE - Blue



SHEILA TAKE A BOW - The Smiths



TAKE A BOW - Rihanna or Leona Lewis



And thinking of Queen Victoria's reign at the height of the empire...



RULE THE WORLD - Take That (Wah!)



EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears for Fears





and finally





NEW COAT OF PAINT - Tom Waits, because that's what the Royal Family think the world smells like, wherever they go!!



Good day all!



JBG

Oh, and how about one for Matt's Midweek Mösh, your Majesty?





RAISE THE FLAG - Airbourne

Careers advice .... a thorny issue if ever there was one.... as well as being a teacher of Economics and Politics A-levels my offical job title is actually Head of Sixth Form and Careers. I make no bones about the fact that I do a lot in relation to the 1st part and very little in relation to the "careers" bit. I do get students coming to talk to me and wanting advice but my tack is generally to think about skills and then send them off to read some books and look at a few software packages.... there are so many 'careers' these days that you can't just pick out 'civil servant' or 'police' and hope for the best!



For myself, I wanted to be a teacher (assuming of course that I wasn't going to get anywhere with "rock-goddess / oscar-winning actress") from the time I was 7, it took me a while as I got distracted by other things but finally did a PGCE in 2000/01 and haven't looked back since. It can be frustrating and difficult at times, but it really is the best job in the world!

Still avoiding the toffs ...





ROYAL MILE - GERRY RAFFERTY



ROYAL EVENT - RUSS CONWAY



DIAMOND LIGHTS - GLENN & CHRIS

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:^)

My career's advice at school had the following options:



nursing, teaching, bank - or the biggie - "pen pushing" as the teacher described. I took none of them at the time.



Enjoy the rest of your day everyone and I'll catch you later.



Shona x

Happy Birthday Drivetime, love the programme always makes me laugh so much while preparing the tea....x

And one for the republicans...





GET UP OFF OUR KNEES - The Housemartins

I'm an hour ahead of myself. I thought it was 11.40 and I was packing up my things to go out the office. Silly me!



Autumn_Gale, I agree, it is the best job in the world!

FOCUS - House of the King

#53 I was about to post the very fine ROYAL MILE - GERRY RAFFERTY myself Katy but noticed you'd just beaten me to it. Might we share?



Yummy cake by the way. I still have a little christmas clotted cream (other creams are available, but quite frankly not worth the effort!) to dollop on the top 8-p



Busy now, will try and pop back later.



GoD

I wanted to be a air hostess during the day and a ballet dancer at night (the dream plan also included marrying an American as there were all millionaires....I was about 6 at he time!)



I can't really remember any career advice as such, we had various people come in and talk about their proffession...being a solicitor appealed for a while, well wearing a sharp suit and red nails did...



PSL x

Good morning,



Happy Birthday Drivetime. 2 years? Time flies when you are having fun.



Already suggested but:



KING OF WISHFUL THINKING by Go West



First choon that popped into my head. It was used in the film Pretty Woman so I am now picturing Julia Roberts sauntering down Rodeo Drive.



#8 Zoe, Broken bed in the middle of the night? ***snigger***



#46 Mandy, Let me get this right - you are an accountant because of Brookside?



#48 Nadine, Yes I remember O levels. Your post also rang a bell with me because I went into my careers teacher's office and told him I wanted to join the police but he told me I wasn't tall enough. He clearly felt bad about bursting my bubble because he made a mark on his door frame where the required height of 5 foot 8 inches (I think) was then instructed me to come back each month to be measured. I never made it past 5 foot 3 inches but as it happens I did apply some years later when the height restriction had been removed and I did get in - but then changed my mind.



#39 Get well soon Lady Driver.x



Off to do some business for the charity I am involved with.....



Have a good day.x



Julia

The Breakfast Show gets a song from the Military Wives. We get KatyMatey's cakes. I know which I prefer...



;o))



Re careers advice: I went to a grammar school and according to the careers adviser there were basically 2 choices - go to University or go into the Civil Service. By the time I'd done my A levels I'd had enough of education so I did the latter. Spent a mixed 6 years (sometimes very happy, sometimes dreadful) at the Home Office before moving to Cambridgeshire and getting a personnel job in the private sector, where I discovered HR is where I really wanted to be as I love dealing with people and I'm apparently not bad at it! I think these days it's very hard for youngsters as there are almost too many career choices. And not many people have a lifelong career either - most people starting out in the world of work these days will probably have two or three in their lifetime.



~X~

Good morning all.



How about THE FROG'S CHORUS - Paul McCartney ?



Well they say you have to kiss a frog to find a prince?!



Back to catch up.



JJ

Welcome to AmsterdamKenny and cooking_wizard! Hope you'll stick around and play.



John - I hope things improve for you



Driver - hope Mrs D feels better soon



Billie - I'll second your Peter Skellern suggestion



Better get on with it then - back later!



~X~

#62 I agree Deebee and young children in school will most likely go into jobs and face challenges that we don't know exit yet.

So...



'Queen Of Hearts' by Dave Edmunds



'Witch Queen Of New Orleans' by Redbone



'King Of The Wild Frontier' by Adam and the Ants



'King Of The Road' by Roger Miller



'The Prince' by Madness



'Princess In Rags' by Gene Pitney



'Victoria' by The Kinks

Good morning one and all on this special anniversary day............................



Oldie suggestions today are.................................................................



You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart



Two Princes - Spin Doctors



Royal Scam - Steely Dan



It's Good To Be King - Tom Petty



Little Queenie - Chuck Berry



Have a good one.........................................................................................



Dougal x



P.S Doesn't time fly when you are having fun!

JESTERDAY - THE BEATLES



I'll get my coat ...

What a wide choice today as people have already said. Think I'll stick to my one suggestion earlier unless I can think of anything else that no-one else has - very doubtful!



I wanted to be an air hostess when I was about 14. By 15 I'd given up on that idea and was pushed in the direction of university or teacher training college, neither of which I wanted to do. I wanted money!!

So went to technical collegeand did a nursery nursing course where I worked one week and went to college the next - and got paid £11 a week! Wow!

I think I was seen as a failure at the girls grammar school I attended.

After qualifying and working for 5 years I then decided I was ready for teacher training and went to college again.

And absolutely loved teaching reception class children for 20 odd years.

Great job - a shame it was spoilt by endless and pointless paper work - heigh ho.



JJ

On the careers thing, I always wanted to be a teacher - Primary school. I was 2 years into my B.Ed when I discovered I hated it.... with a passion. I tried to change courses and do History of Design, with a view to working in museums but the Uni careers advisor counselled me to stick with teaching. I did, still loathed it and went into Financial Services when I graduated. Never looked back. I love what I do.



Mind you, the teaching did come in handy. Three days after marrying the first Mr P, we moved to Brunei for his work. I couldn't get a work permit so started providing tuition to children. It really took off and I ended up running a mini school for expat kids who arrived in the country mid-term and couldn't start at the main school. So, it did come in handy in the end.



Nice cakes, Katy! Thank you!

Out and about this afternoon troops.



Enjoy the day and catch you later



Shona x

Good morning Simon, team and poppeteers,



Survived a visit to the hospital this morning (just for some routine tests) but waiting about with a lot of decidedly sick looking people has made me come over all peeky, lol.



A nice cup of tea and some cake - thank you Katy - is just what I need now :)



So, Happy Birthday Drivetime! As I said earlier on the previous page, time really does fly when you're having fun. I love having the show as part of my daily routine and find myself feeling put out when my listening pleasure is interrupted, especially during a 'good bit'.... the middle of a mensh, the confession or one of Simon's fab interviews. Maybe I could get a bolt fitted on my new kitchen door and just lock myself away between 5 and 7 every day, lol ;)



Like others have commented, 'tis a very broad theme today and as such don't think I will add my two penneth to the great tuneage already suggested. Especially after I was lucky enough to get a mensh last night.



Our 'careers advisor', a misnomer if ever there was one, was quite frankly a waste of space. My sage advice, because I was one of the brighter pupils in a run down, under-achieving, inner city school, was to try and get a job in an office or if I set my sights really high, a bank. His advice to the less academic was to try for shop assistant and to the rest.. to stay out of prison, if at all possible.

I had dreams of being a Lawyer but Further Education was just not an option at the time. The closest I came to my dream was getting an office junior post at The Law Society (a step in the right direction I thought) at the princely salary of £3,000 a year! Oh but it came with perks too... 15p a day in Luncheon Vouchers, lol. Alas, my time there was very short lived as I was bored beyond belief and the people I worked with seemed to shrivel my spirit with each passing day. So, I went out and found another 'office job' and how thankful I am of that because it really changed my life in so many good ways :)



Anyhoo, I waffle! Out now for a long walk with the hound to make the most of a really lovely day here.



Jillyx

LADY JANE - ROLLING STONES



LADY ELEANOR = LINDISFARNE



WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE

Nice to hear Sammy Davis Jr and "Mr Bo Jangles" - such a sad song. I was given a Best of Sammy D for Christmas. What a huge talent he was. Over-shadowed by the Rat Pack, I actually think he was the best of the bunch in terms of breadth of talent.



All is not well in Paradise. Just had my grocery delivery and my bottle of Famous Grouse was smashed. Dis-AR-ster. Village shop shuts in 15 mins and it is a 20 minute walk so I am whisky-less for this evening. :(

ooh ooh controversial one...



OUT OF TOUCH - Daryl Hall & John Oates



Play it if you dare (and wave goodbye to the knighthood, Simon.)



Which leads me to another one...



SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE - Soft Cell



(As Jennie Bond will confirm they're the key ingredients for any royal walkabout). Am sure Marc Almond was thinking this way when he penned the song.



*wanders off and spots Prince Edward standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo, crying in the rain*

Oh, and here's another one which was cruelly overlooked for the FIELDER theme on Monday, but is also strangely appropriate for Her Royal Highness...



HAND IN GLOVE - The Smiths

76 - I think that should have said "Her Majesty" instead of "Her Royal Highness". What's the difference? And who cares! Where are all the pendants when you need them?



*leans against wall and waits for three to come along in a row*

that he's getting his mojo back.

Careers advice? I didn't get any advice about careers as such. I was advised to get 'O' Levels and then select 'A' Level subjects according to the results before applying to one University (in case I got my expected grades) and one Teacher Training College (in case I didn't). Most of the students in my class who went on to teach did it because they didn't get the grades to attend their first choice university.



There was no advice on what to do if a young girl from the Comp around the corner came along and distracted me from studying until it was much too late.



Oh, and I don't regret a single second of the time I spent missing revision :-)

Proof, if ever it were needed, that DT refreshes the parts other blogs cannot reach.



And with that, I'm orf.



(5 posts in a row, first sign of madness)

#69 #70 One thing I knew I didn't want to do was teach... Partly due to the fact that my Mum was a primary school teacher and although she loved it, it was incredibly hard work at times - she mainly taught in small village schools, often with quite a mixed age range. And 'special needs' hadn't been heard of in those days - some children were just labelled 'difficult', there were no extra facilities for them and Mum had to cope with any challenging behaviour the best she could without any assistance.



I briefly toyed with the idea of becoming a lawyer - until I realised that I'd need all A grades to even stand a chance of studying law at university.



#72 Jilly, I love the idea of a bolt on the kitchen door. Mr B works from home at the moment - he does like to come and chat to me around 6 o'clock, which is when he tends to stop for the day. He asks me which songs I've suggested, and then talks over Simon giving out the menshes... Hmm...



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Hi folks,



We're late today due to IT issues and therefore some of these may have already been suggested, but hey-ho:



TOWER OF STRENGTH - THE MISSION



EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS



KING OF ROCK N ROLL - PREFAB SPROUT



YOUR LOVE IS KING - SADE



QUEEN OF CLUBS - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND



and our fave:



THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIP SHOP SWEARS HE'S ELVIS - KIRSTY MCCALL

Afternoon all - I have to agree that careers advice in my girl's Grammar School was patchy to non-existant. They just seemed to encourage us all to stay 'on the tramlines' and get more and more qualifications. Hindsight being a wonderful thing I should have got out after I peaked with my O-levels. It was only after I left school did I discover I liked computers but due to chronic underfunding my school was the last in the county to be given one.



I enjoyed cooking and gardening but was told they would never be serious careers.. *adopts accent* I coulda beena Nigella - I coulda beena contender.



Erm - I think I'd better have some more fruit and a lie down.

Thanks for the get well wishes for Lady Driver - they've been passed on and generated a smile.

Happy birthday all! I remember those first shows - I also remember the Mayo-less early evenings of yesteryear - how grateful I am that DRIVE is as good as it is.



Regal tunes it is then:



Jubilee - Blur

King of Rock n Roll - Prefab Sprout

My name is Prince - Prince

Queen of the New Year - Deacon Blue (ACE TUNE!!!!! AND VERY APT)

I too went to a Grammar and stayed on into the sixth form, but shock horror didn't go to uni but chose to go into nurse training....double shock not even to train as a 'proper one'.

For no obvious reason, it feels like a good day to resurrect some punnery on the theme of royal residences:



THE WINDSOR TAKES IT ALL – Abba



CIRCLE IN THE SANDRINGHAM – Belinda Carlisle



I WANT YOU BACKINGHAM PALACE – Jackson 5



RING MY BELLMORAL - Anita Ward



ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHGROVE – John Denver



or anything by CLARENCE HOUSE WATER REVIVAL

Happy 2nd birthday to Drivetime: looking forward to many more years of the finest show on radio.



How about playing 'Say I'm Your Number One' by Princess? Not just royal but a darned fine voice in my humble opinion...

Another mouse........................

#89 AlexG, where? There on the stair?

90# A little mouse with clogs on?

#91 Well I declare!

#92 Going clip clippity clop on the stair?

#89 I think this mild weather is tricking the mice out into the open, Charley Farley has just brought one in and is now crunching his way through it...YUK!

God Save the Queen : Queen



Queen of the New Year : Deacon Blue



Princes of the Universe : Queen



White Queen : Queen



March of the Black Queen : Queen



Can you guess my favourite band ??????????, yes its Pink Floyd.. ;-)

KING OF FUH by BRUTE FORCE - didn't GEORGE HARRISON (ex-Beatle) play on this track?



KING OF NEW YORK by FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS



ROYALTY by GANG STARR

#95 ............... where's artfoundryman when you need him? ;-)

Ah, well, enough playing with myself!



Yucky drizzle here at the moment so am confined to a wet weather play time :(



I don't recall ever really having any careers advice at school. I'm sure I must have had it (doesn't everybody?) but it obviously didn't leave a lasting impression. Never really had any fixed idea of what I wanted to do career wise either.



I fell in to the world of publishing (the production side) at 16 and I'm still at it now.



A few last choons ...



ARTHUR'S THEME - CHRISTOPHER CROSS

SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN - TENPOLE TUDOR



Good luck with that mouse Alex.

Harry & Glenn, you had me laughing out loud then!!



Glad to hear it's not just my cats, PSL. Brilliant name for your mogpoppet, by the way.



The sunshine is gorgeous - really should get out there and get stuck into the garden. Reading about vegetable gardening can wait.

Katy, you have lovely buns!



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