Good morning Simon, team and blogpoppets,



It's a lovely day here is Surrey, let's hope that Spring is in the air for us all at last.

Good luck Simon, I'm sure you'll do a grand job - you manage to charm us every day for two hours so it'll be a piece of cake with just one hall full! ;)



So to Midwifery oldies -



BABY LOVE - THE SUPREMES



ROCK YOUR BABY - GEORGE McCRAE



CRY BABY - CEE LO GREEN



BE MY BABY - THE RONETTES



PUSH IT - SALT N PEPPA



I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE - QUEEN



THE PUSHBIKE SONG - THE MIXTURES / MUNGO JERRY



Jx

Nice to know you're inspiring 13 year olds Simon. There's a latent teacher in all of us. Say hello to Jenny Agutter on my behalf, I walk past Ty Rock most days; loved her work in Call the Midwife.

Morning all



I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. I'm wondering if everyone is else having the green box problem like I have just had. I don't like being first on the blog so I'm hoping that by the time I'm able to post my message, there will be others before me!



Simon, I can't believe that after talking to six or seven million people, five days a week, that you're terrified of talking to 240 youngsters... they'll love you and their mums will be envious!



A good excuse to start with one of my favourite Hollies' songs!!



THE BABY ~ The Hollies



RIDE ON BABY ~ Chris Farlowe



BEACH BABY ~ First Class



SWEET BABY JAMES ~ James Taylor



DON'T WORRY BABY ~ Beach Boys



SOMEONE'S BABY ~ Jackson Browne

BABY LOVE...DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES





PSL xx

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED.....STEVIE WONDER



TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY...MARVIN GAYE



LOVE CHILD....DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES



CALL ME ...ARETHE FRANKLIN



PSL xx

A couple more....



PUSH ~ Avril Lavigne



HEAD FIRST ~ Goldfrapp

SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES....ARETHA FRANKLIN AND THE EIRYTHMICS



ALL WOMAN...LISA STANSFIELD

Good Morning Simon and Poppeteers



Good luck today Simon. 240 youngsters (with attitude, ain't easy).



SUGAR BABY LOVE - RUBETTES (yeh!)



BYE BYE BABY - BAY CITY ROLLERS



ROCK ME BABY - GEORGE MCRAE (spelling?)



THE WONDER OF YOU - ELVIS



HOLD ME CLOSE - DAVID ESSEX



THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - ROBERTA FLACK



YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL - JAMES BLUNT



PLEASE BE WITH ME - ERIC CLAPTON



FOR BABY - JOHN DENVER



LAY BACK IN THE ARMS OF SOMEONE - SMOKEY



PERFECT - FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION



BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY - PETER FRAMPTON



LULLABY - SHAWN MULLINS



Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Catch up for a chat in a while.



Shona X

ISN'T SHE LOVELY...STEVIE WONDER, great intro with a baby crying



PSL xx

Good morning, everybody.



THE DRUGS DON'T WORK - THE VERVE

PUSH IT - SALT N' PEPPA

WANDRIN' STAR - LEE MARVIN

Hi Simon and everyone



Hope all had good weekends. Mine consisted of amending my CV on the advice of a very good recruiter, I should delay the very good until she is successful in securing me a new contract or permanent employment.



Yes agreed there is a teacher in all of us. I wanted to be a teacher when I was 6 or 7 but ended up as an Accountant/Auditor!



Good luck with your schools tour Simon, i'm sure you will have them 100% engaged like you do with us on drive time.



Now where are those towels:



1. BORN TO LATE - The Ponytails

2. PUSH IT - Salt N Pepa

3. BORN THIS WAY - Lady Gaga

4. BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY - Peter Frampton or Big Mountain

5. BABY LOVE - The Supremes

6. SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED IM YOURS - Stevie Wonder

7. TIRED OF WAITING - The Kinks

8. WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - BOY MEETS GIRL

9. JOY TO THE WORLD - 3 Dog Night

10. GIRL TALK - Dave Edmonds



Oh well, nice theme, must jump to it.



Have a nice day.



Mandy ;)

Hello to everyone from beautiful sunny North Cornwall.

Alive and Kicking-Simple Minds

Baba O Riley - The Who

Baby Cakes - 3 of a kind

Baby Jane - Rod Stewart

Cherry o baby - UB40

Doctor Doctor - THompson TWins

For your babies - Simply Red

Jesus to a child - George Michael

Manchild - Nenah Cherry

I got u babe - UB40

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY - DEAN MARTIN



THE MIRACLE - QUEEN



STAND AND DELIVER - ADAM AND THE ANTS Ha!

Flo, just looked back at previous blog and your photos. They are great! You make me feel very jealous being by the sea. I do miss that :(

Morning Simon, team, NYM, Matt of the BAIU, and hitchhiking bloggers



Apologies for absence, I have a note, will explain a little later after the stampede...



HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - Sammi Smith (or Tammy Wynette)



HELP! - The Beatles



I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - Beatles



ALIVE AND KICKING - Simple Minds



LIFE'S A GAS - T Rex

B-A-B-Y.....CARLA THOMAS

RELAX! - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Haven't got much time - hitting the ground running at work (and I've already been interrupted twice while composing this post). I have tweeted my suggestions though, they are:



SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED by Stevie Wonder



STAND AND DELIVER by Adam and the Ants



BE MY BABY by the Ronettes



FOR YOUR BABIES by Simply Red



GEE BABY by Peter Shelley



~X~

I'M COMING OUT - Diana Ross



SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council

HUSH - Kula Shaker



Must be orf now, back later



Good day all - was blue and sunny here, now foggy and murky :(( Maybe it's the smoke from his Lordship's science experiments



JBG

Morning all!

Had a lovely weekend the highlight of which was a family get-together on Sunday afternoon to celebrate cherubs Confirmation. Was really touched by my Mums gift, which was a pendant and chain given to her 75 years ago when she make her own Confirmation. An item to be treasured indeed.



Much food was prepared and consumed, and I now have a fridge full of assorted left-overs which are sure to be cleaned up by the minded childred who are round for tea today.



Trying to think of something orriginal for todays subject and having trouble, so im going to suggest the song that was playing on the radio when cherub was born.



THANK YOU -DIDO



Have always felt it was somewhat appropriate :-)

A happy Monday to one and all

~gill~

Last few from me ...



BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ



YOU'RE HAVING MY BABY - PAUL ANKA



LABOUR OF LOVE - HUE AND CRY



BORN SLIPPY - UNDERWORLD - No chance of being played but an appropriate title all the same!



Off to get busy now.

Happy Monday!

Jx

Thought of a couple of others:



CLASSICAL GAS - Mason Williams ( Love to be able to play this on the guitar)

GASOLINE ALLEY BRED - The Hollies



Mandy ;)

Good morning,



IT'S ALL OVER NOW by The Rolling Stones (for that moment of relief when the little poppet lets out their first cry - but little do we know it's actually just the start)



TWIST AND SHOUT by The Beatles



(YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN by Carole King (for all those natural childbirths)

#8 Belated Happy Birthday Shona. Sorry but I missed POTP - did you get a birthday mensh? Oh, and I see Roberta Flack is on your list. Best I get the tissues out again then.



#21 Gill, What a great suggestion.

# 14 Shona, I understand your envy! A two-minute drive in the car, or a ten-minute walk with the dogs and I can be on this beach... and it is this clean in the summer, as a tractor goes along first thing every morning gathering up the seaweed.



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/6829514078_16e19305e0_b.jpg

#24 Many thanks Julia. Don't think I got a menshe on POTPs but I did get a nice birthday reply to a tweet from Uncle Tony on Saturday night :))

#25 That's fantastic Flo XX

Good morning everyone.



I woke up with Vanessa Feltz this morning, telling me how she'd spent her weekend. Apparently, she attended a party and one of the activities organised was a old-fashioned sing-a-long around the piano. She commented that two of her colleagues from Radio2 were also in attendance, Anneka Rice and Simon Mayo, and that Anneka had a lovely singing voice. I wondered if this meant that Simon's singing voice leaves something to desired? I think we need to be told ;-)



Have a great day.

Morning one and all......................bit misty here...............oldies today............



STAND AND DELIVER - ADAM AND THE ANTS



LABOUR OF LOVE - HUE AND CRY



WITH THESE HANDS - TOM JONES



BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME - PAUL SIMON



BABY LOVE - THE SUPREMES



ISN'T SHE LOVELY - STEVIE WONDER



I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES



PUSH IT - SALT N PEPA



BREATHE - PINK FLOYD



BOUNCING BABY - TEARDROP EXPLODES





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



P.S Hope everyone is fine and dandy today...................................................

A very belated Good Morning!



Green Boxes!



While I've been trying to post - most of my suggestions have been covered -

but there's always -



HERE COMES MY BABY - Tremeloes



CALL ME - Blondie



STOP YOUR SOBBIN' - Pretenders

A couple more.....



BABY BABY CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT ~ Goldie and The Gingerbreads



HERE COMES MY BABY ~ The Tremeloes



CLASSICAL GAS ~ Mason Williams



THE AIR THAT I BREATHE ~ The Hollies

BILLY SWAN - I Can Help



PATRICK HERNANDEZ - Born to Be Alive



SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - Somebody Help Me



BEGGAR & CO - Somebody Help Me Out



STATUS QUO - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like



TONI BRAXTON - Breathe Again



And finally from me, it's all very well having towels, but haven't you forgotten something?

LEVEL 42 - Hot Water



A belated Happy Birthday, Shona. Hope you had a great day.

STAND & DELIVER by ADAM & THE ANTS

Hi all



Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson



Thanks

#32 Thank you Driver. X



My banana this morning came in the form of a little pot of grapes. Feeling very pleased with myself *grins smugly*

Morning everyone. Still a bit overcast here and I think it is due to remain so unfortunately. Good luck Simon - always a joy to see smiling faces enthralled by your every word first thing in the morning - I'm sure you'll be fabulously entertaining but I want to know why my school isn't on your visit list (off to see the librarian!).



Midwife suggestions:

Baby I Love You - The Ramones

Born to be My Baby - Bon Jovi

Something for the Pain - Bon Jovi

Born This Way - Lady Gaga

God Bless the Child - Bille Holliday

Pray - Take That

Morning all. Good choice for the theme tonight - just catching up with the prog and think it's great!



Here's my selection of oldies:

Against All Odds - Phil Collins

Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton

Baggy Trousers - Madness

Circle of Life - Elton John

Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac

For Your Babies - Simply Red

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies

I'm Free - The Who

Living Thing - ELO

Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini

Rock Your Baby - George McCrea

Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

PAIN by BETTY WRIGHT

SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME by SLADE

A few more for the melting pot..................................



DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS



HERE COMES MY BABY - THE TREMOLOES



RIP IT UP - ORANGE JUICE..........lots of sheets required!



SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS



NEW BORN - MUSE



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

Have to admit that the Call the Midwife series has not attracted me, although Mrs Vildeen has thoroughly enjoyed it, but have in passing noticed it was set in a convent so suggest



SISTERS OF MERCY - LEONARD COHEN

SISTER JOSEPHINE - JAKE THAKERY

Mmmmm, iconic Jenny Agutter films? Can I add Logan's Run to the list, with *that* little dress?

Morning



Hopefully not already mentioned, i'll try



Baby can i hold you-Nei Diamond



Sweet child of mine-Guns N' Roses.

Just thought of another, from Easy Rider....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMy3AbpkYvw



THE WEIGHT ~ The Band

Or



Could be risky



Kidz - Take That!



And



Baby(you got what it takes) - Michael Buble.

With reference to Simon's blog I'm rather envious of his being at the Douglas Adams event. The HHGTTG 'trilogy' (in five parts) is a huge favourite of mine, and to know that the HeeBeeGeeBees reformed for the occasion made me smile. Musical parodies at their absolute finest. I still have both their albums!

hi all



YOUR HAVING MY BABY-PAUL ANKA

A little late for suggestions but how about:



ANNIE, I'M NOT YOUR DADDY by KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS



if only for the line:



"See, if I was in your blood then you wouldn't be so ugly"

GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIME - ELECTRIC PRUNES



GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE - CLIFF BENNET & REBEL ROUSERS

Morning all from a beautiful sunny Horsforth. Jenny Agutter - wasn't she in 'An American Werewolf in London'? Ah yes, Mr Aquaplane's got that glazed look in his eyes again.....



Well - here's one that the Togmeister used to play a lot:



BABY, NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU - ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION.



For the episode involving the little Irish lass. Really moving.

Hi all again!



Wasn't Jenny Agutter lusted after by teenage boys?



More choons:



BREATHE AGAIN - Toni Braxton

SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER - Geri Halliwell

HEAL THE PAIN - Elton John

NEEDLES AND PINS - The Searchers

NIGHT NURSE - Simply Red

THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING - UB40

MAMA - The Spice Girls

DADDY COOL - Boney M

MA HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME - Lena Zavaroni

MY EYES ADORED YOU - Frankie Valli

BABY BABY - Amy Grant

DADDYS HOME - Cliff Richard

HOLD ME NOW - Thompson Twins



Oh well, times up.



Laters



Mandy ;)

#50, Yes she was and I wouldn't say the past tense is entirely necessary. It continued right up to, well, er... what time is it now? :o)

Never had kids but am told 'The Drugs Don't Work' by the Verve!! Was foggy then sunny then foggy again on this part of the coast PCmum!

Simon, I wish you were speaking at my boy's school today and btw, we love the Itch!



Carly Simon - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider



Have a decent Monday everyone,

LB, x

Gone a bit quiet in here this afternoon ....



I'm a bit ashamed to say I've never read HGTTG and feel as though I really should remedy that. I've got 4 books by my bed at the moment and haven't managed to crack the spine on any of them in the last 3 weeks. It's a bit of a case of bed...sleep..alarm..work..bed..sleep at the moment. However Easter hols are coming up and that's usually a good time for a literary catch-up (mind you 2 of the books are for book clubs which meet before the end of the month hmmmm).



Anyone else got books they've never read but really feel they should/want to read but just haven't got round to?

#54



A book I tried really hard to read was 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' by

Louis de Bernieres.



Thought it would be easy after seeing the film.



Not so....coudn't get past the first 30 pages.



Then found out they changed the ending in the film!



Probably should try again...



:(

Never read it, and didn't "get" the TV show either.



I have a print copy of Ivanhoe, and en electric copy on my tablet, and keep promising myself that I'll get round to reading it, but never have. I still have a book about the Sky road cycling team project to read, and a couple of thrillers to read too. By which time no doubt the next Jack Reacher will be out and I'll be wanting to read that. Assuming Tom Cruise hasn't destroyed the Reacher "thing" and put me off them by then :-)



So Ivanhoe might get back in the diary some time in 2013. I've read the first few pages a number of times, but they don't really grab me the way a decent thriller does. Hence it works it's way back to the bottom of the pile.

Its way too late but I've only just logged on and I would have plumped for:



HERE IT COMES AGAIN: Dolly Parton

Good Afternoon Each! I find myself in a state of envy for Simons night out yesterday. I love HGTTG, it contains my favourite line ever written in English. It is the description of the Vogon Constructor Fleet, as they prepare to destroy the earth,thus...



"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't" Pure genius.



Incidentally, weren't the HeeBeeGeeBees actually Angus Deayton and some of his buddies?

I've been out this afternoon and thought I would come back to page 2 of the blog but maybe everyone's been busy this afternoon. I can't believe it's almost 5pm.



3-word Monday.... "Judie Tzuke Tonight"



I think Simon has a bit of a soft spot for her!



xx

I've never read HGTTG either. I did watch some of the TV series ages and ages ago and remember laughing and thinking it was very clever humour.



#54 There are lots of books I have been meaning to read for ages and a few I've started and just couldn't stick with #55 - judith - CCM was one of them for me too!

I'm still being plagued by the boxes, is that why is it so quiet today? Or maybe people are just making the most of a nice day.



Nice to hear Dirk Thrust get a mensh for Depeche Mode.

I wonder where my baby is tonight? Kinks

Good to hear Dirk Thrust mentioned!!!



Just listening to the hamster confession, like Sal, I'm not so sure a 7-year old boy would know the difference between a male and female hamster... a friend of mine has a Hamster and doesn't know if it's a boy or girl and the same with her previous one so they both had unisex names!

I just haven't met you yet - Michael Buble!



Kept going through my head whilst pregnant, especially the 11 days past the due date!

#54 #60 ditto on both counts!

I gave up on Ian McEwan's Enduring love....I really didn't care about the main character or their fate! I almost gave in on Madame Bovary but went back to be sure she got her comeuppance!



PSL x

. . . o o O O o o . . . . o o o O O O o o o . . . o o o O O o o . .

Is this the oldest song we've had on the blog......?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr_DTozbH8E

John was that you blowing bubbles? ;)

hi all not many post today in fact its been quite 4 the last few days,my prepaid card still hasnt arrived its been more than 10 days now.



florence from the last blog,i have noticed a pattern on dancing on ice, soap stars and reality tv people always seem to get through and that louie whats he doing on there what does he know about ice skateing

Good Morning Poppeteers



A busy afternoon and evening prevented me from a chat with you ;(



HGTTG . I seem to remember watching the TV series but have never read the book. Was that the programme where the meaning of life was 6x7 (42)?



Someone sent a copy of One Day to me which I have never got round to reading and I think it may have been made into a film now. Unless anyone here tells me it's a good read, I'm sure it will remain on the book shelf.



Hope to see you over the page.



Shona x

Good Morning All



Another busy day for me today - I'll be interviewing for most of it. Will try and poop by if I can. I feel that I'm neglecting the blog at the moment, so apologies for that. I'm sure normal service will be resumed in due course.



Really enjoyed the Jenny Agutter interview last night. And well done to Florence and Driver for the menshes.



Books I own but not read - 'Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold. I heard it was really sad, and couldn't bring myself to start it. I will one day though...



~X~

Good morning everyone.



#70 Shona, it's a good read :-)



See you on the new blog.

Morning everyone



Like you Deebee, I also enjoyed hearing Jenny Agutter last night, especially as I was listening in the car and always enjoy Simon's show on car journeys as the drive never seems as long.



It surprised me hearing my Tremeloes 'Baby' tune mensh and well done to The Driver for his song choice, on a show of few names mentioned for any song. Last week the songs seemed to be shared by several people!



xx