Morning Simon and the DT team.



I want it all - Queen.

Gimme gimme gimme - Abba.



Now to look for something less obvious....

Morning all



Well done Driver - a mention in despatches!



Off for a think



T x

Good Morning Simon and Poppeteers



I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES

Good morning again!



So we're looking at *tries his hand at alliteration*

Fat Foodies *ok, I suppose*

Greedy Guts *that's better*

Hungry Hippos *spotting the trend, yet?*

*run out of ideas*



More coffee, then...



--

cBzz

Good morning Simon, team and fellow soggy blogpoppets,



How about:



JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH by DEPECHE MODE



TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG by THE SPECIALS



madchick x

Thought of one:



MERCEDES BENZ - Janis Joplin

Morning everyone



Brrr it's cold and windy here today, but thankfully no wellies needed as it's still dry! I do feel sorry for people who live where it seems to be constantly raining and seemingly some areas have had a month's worth of rain in 24 hours!





I WANT IT ALL ~ Queen



MORE, MORE, MORE ~ Andrea True Connection



GIMME, GIMME, GIMME ~ Abba



MONEY (That's What I Want) ~ The Beatles



YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT ~ Rolling Stones



I WANT CANDY ~ The Tremeloes

Morning Simon, team, NYM, Matt of the BAIU, and Aga-loving bloggers,



Glad to hear the trip to Cardiff was a success, despite the ongoing torrential drought. It all helps keep the Green Green Grass of Home, well, green.



Greed you say?





I WANT YOU – Bob Dylan



WHATEVER YOU WANT – Status Quo



MORE THAN THIS – Roxy Music





EVERYTHING SHE WANTS – Wham



MORE MORE MORE - Andrea True Connection

Good Morning again –





Ooh! Driver!





Song Suggestions –





NEVER TOO MUCH – Luther Vandross



NEVER STOP – Echo & The Bunnymen



I WANT IT ALL, I WANT IT NOW – Queen



SNACK ATTACK – 10cc



LIFE IS A MINSTRONE – 10cc



MORE MORE MORE – Andrea True Connection



EAT IT – Weird Al Yankovic



SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT – Billy Joel



might have to fade that one!

Good Luck folks 1-2-1 beckons.......................................

Morning all!



Beautifully sunny here. At the moment. However, there are ominous dark grey clouds to both the east and west, so I doubt it'll hold out for long. The wet drought continues, though at least my mensh drought came to an end yesterday. And confirmation that Simon's job perks are far better than mine.



So, for Greed:



ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme



ZZ TOP - Gimme All Your Lovin'



ROACHFORD - Give It Up



KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND - Give It Up



DURAN DURAN - Hungry Like The Wolf



FRANK SINATRA - They Can't Take That Away From Me

Gimme dat ding - The Pipkins.

A few more have sprung to mind:



MORE THAN THIS by ROXY MUSIC



HELP YOURSELF by TOM JONES



I CAN'T LEAVE YOU ALONE by GEORGE McCRAE

Hi Simon and everyone



Hope you have dried out from yesterday. Well touch wood its dry in Kings Heath at the moment!



Congrats on all the BLOG menshes last night, bet the bench was empty.. and thank you Simon for mine which I caught on I Thingy while watching the plus 1 version of that docu soap based in Essex!



Now for greed:



1. ALL THAT SHE WANTS - Ace of Base

2. MORE MORE MORE - Andrea True Connection

3. TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - The Specials

4. MORE THAN THIS - Roxy Music

5. I WANT IT ALL - Queen

6. TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - Little Angels

7. TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

8. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - Donna Summer

9. GIMME GIMME GIMME - Abba

10. HIGHER AND HIGHER - Jackie Wilson



Oh well work beckons and pennies to earn.



Laters



Have a dry day hopefully



Mandy ;)

A few more....



MORE THAN THIS ~ Roxy Music



I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE ~ Bad Company



WANT ~ Natalie Umbruglia



JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH ~ Black Eyed Peas



GIVE IT TO ME ~ J Geils Band

Morning all :-)



MORE MORE MORE ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION



PSL xxx

TOO MUCH - Elvis Presley



FILL MY LITTLE WORLD - The Feeling

Here goes, then,



MONEY - PINK FLOYD

AMERICAN PIE - DON MACLEAN

MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS

THEME FROM MAGPIE - MURGATROYD BAND (actually the Spencer Davis Group, I think)



I must love the rain: off to the coffee machine again...



--

cBzz

Hold on tight - ELO.

AMERICAN PIE by DON McLEAN



ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE by MIKE & THE MECHANICS



MANY TOO MANY by GENESIS



...and if you eat too much you'll



BE FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS by MARMALADE !



Now I must go and do something else!



madchick x

Good morning everyone.



Nothing original springs to mind for the theme but I will have long hard think about esurience and see what tunes suggest themselves.*



Be back in a jiffy!





*I am sure I wouldn't be forgiven if I were to pass-up the opportunity to use one of my favourite words. :0D

Oh, a few more...



There was a great, great song from the 80's which I haven't heard in yonks. Same title as the Andrea True Connection song but (in my opinion) a far better song.



CARMEL - More More More



THE SPICE GIRLS - Too Much



JONI MITCHELL - Big Yellow Taxi (corporate greed)



BLUR - COUNTRY HOUSE



TOPOL - If I Were A Rich Man



THE BEATLES - Baby, You're A Rich Man

To ALL the girls I've loved before - Willie Nelson.

SAVOY TRUFFLE - Beatles



TEMPTATION - Everly Brothers



TOO MUCH - Elvis



ALL OR NOTHING - Small Faces

DESIRE - U2



YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW - The Smiths (This weather brings out my inner Morrissey)



Right, orf out now. Be good.

Greed is good? Not according to my battle against the bulge.



HUNGRY EYES: Eric Carmen

EAT MY GOAL - Collapsed Lung

FAST FOOD SONG - Fast Food Rockers

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - UB40

SICK & TIRED - Pink

ALL I WANT ~ Natalie Merchant



NEVER ENOUGH ~ The Cure

Good Morning All :)



We don't seem to have run out of rain yet, it's coming down in bucketloads this morning. I haven't got time to dwell, a meeting on twin 2's medication and more school discussions, await us. Nice mensh for the Driver in despatches, seems Simon was quite diverted by our ramblings too! ;D



Oldie suggestions...



MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA



I WANT THAT MAN - DEBORAH HARRY



BIG TIME - PETER GABRIEL



GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN' - ZZ TOP



GIMME DAT DING - THE PIPKINS

You cant get what you want - Joe Jackson.

OK, I've had a thunk. My suggestion is:



OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) by THE PET SHOP BOYS

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT - Rolling Stones

Beg, steal or borrow - The New Seekers.

I WANT YOU - Beatles

Or, George Harrison's brilliant accusation of state greed:



TAXMAN by THE BEATLES

Oh, just one more..



TAKE FIVE - Dave Brubeck



*I told you to just take one*

Ooh, ooh, thought of one that I'd absolutely love to hear:



TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - The Specials

Five different Beatles' songs already? Anyone would think the Fab Four were materialistic? ;0)

I cant let go - The Hollies.

Morning All,



My but you lot were busy yesterday. 200 posts before the show even started! Is that a record?



Missed all the show yesterday due to operator error on mi DAB radio. Not sure what I did but it righted itself this morning. Thank goodness. So, missed my mensh for the mosh, WAH! Thank goodness for listen again.



Now then some GREED suggestions:-



Take it all - Adele

Overload - Zappacosta

Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

Sin Sin Sin - Robbie Williams

Come Undone - Robbie Williams

Always in the Kitchen at Parties - Jona Lewie

Maneater - Hall & Oates

(I can't get no) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones



Reet, must get on.



Maybes Laters



A.

Three more:



MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) - The Flying Lizards version (I remember watching TOTP thinking that this song was impossibly sexy and chic. Happy Days)

TEMPTATION - Heaven 17

TOO MUCH - The Spice Girls

GIVE IT TO ME ~ The Troggs

Always room for just one more, nom, nom, nom





BRIMFUL OF ASHA - Cornershop/Fatboy Slim





Whatever *that* means.

TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - Eagles



INSATIABLE - Darren Heyes

The Smiths - Please please let me get what I want.



Rory Gallagher - I take what I want.

Morning all!



DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH - MICHAEL JACKSON

Thats my desire - The Hollies.

So my kids were right to mock me for singing 'broom full of ashes!'

NO SELF CONTROL - Peter Gabriel



I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF - Troggs

Is anyone on this 'ere blog watching Dominic Sandbrook's history of the 1970s on BBC, and was a teenager at the time?



I watched the second installment last night and, although I remember there were problems, I don't recall it being quite as bleak as it's being portrayed. Any comments?

Thats all from me.



Nice early blog, means I can get on with chores that are calling out to me.



Starting with bringing in the washing thats been out for 3 days, before it starts to rot!



Then off to splash in some more puddles. Gotta make the best of the weather, moaning aint gonna change it.



Happy days one and all :)

Happy Thursdays all round and Hello Simon, Drive Team and Constructors:





Greedy - not a word I like. Think I'll transfer my allegiance to one from Harry's rather splendid list of alternatives. Esurience will do fine.

:^)



HUNGRY HEART - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN



MORE THAN THIS - ROXY MUSIC



GIVE IT TO ME - TROGGS



MORE MORE MORE - BANANARAMA



YUM YUM [GIMME SOME] - FATBACK BAND







YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY - OHIO EXPRESS ... HOIB contender?



:^D

All that she wants - Ace of Base

All about You - Mcfly

Dont stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson

Please Please Please let me get what I want - The Smiths

Them heavy people - Kate Bush

Lip up Fatty - Bad Manners

... the aforementioned sunshine has gone and the ominous black clouds have taken its place....

#50 Harry - I'm watching it and remember it exactly as it is being portrayed - but I wasn't a teenager!



Mr. was a teenager and he would agree with you.



Interesting?

Morning All,



'I'm The Man' Joe Jackson



Have a good day everybody

After the mad mensh chasing here, I've just dipped back into yesterdays blog. Thank you, JBG re #260, it's rather good to be back. :-)



#50 I've been watching it too, Harry. I was 11 and carefree in 1973, so I don't remember it being quite so gloomy. I think the adults then would have said different.

I do remember all the bag searches on trips to London - and being quite anxious about bombs. My life, as with most children then, was mainly based outside playing, so the electricity black outs didn't disrupt too much tv viewing. I do remember having our dinner cooked on a camping stove when the supplies went off.

#43, #48

I seem to recall the Cornershop Guys explaining that "Asha" is a Bollywood actress.



--

cBzz

#50



Harry re. 70s Doc Part II



We watched that last night and I echo your sentiments. It really wasn't *that* bleak.



The 70s saw me into adulthood, student life and London. I became very employable and gainfully took full advantage of that. There was also some great music around. I can truly say that I had a ball!



My Other Half, however, was nobbut a lad. He says he can't remember things being that grim because he was protected from it - but as a child of 5 in 1970, he would be, wouldn't he?



;^)

Re. the 70s - I haven't been watching the programme, but I was 12 in 1973 and remember having to do homework by candlelight and the neighbours bringing their meals round to put in Mum's oven - as we were the only ones with a gas oven!

morning all,

Quick poop in from me, now I don't work Fridays, Thursday has become my new last day at work - and busy busy bee I am.

Also an interview later, but the sort of thing I am going for, just for the experience, as unless they bring me at the very very top of the grade, I'll lose 2K! (it's Uni term only) *images of me in pj's until noon for most of the vacations springs to mind*



#50 yes, a 10-20 year old during the 70's and not as bleak in my eyes either, but the power cuts meant I could get out of homework..and we had a gas cooker, so ended up eating in the kitchen by candlelight which I though was romantic!

I went to Uni in the late 70's and students were as usual protesting against something, we had a sit-in in the VC's office! Very exciting...not sure what we were protesting agin tho, fees were paid by the local education authority (and you tell the kids these days and they don't BELIEVE you)

I already tweeted:



MORE MORE MORE by A.T.C

I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE Bad Co

MONEY Flying Lizards



and would like to 2nd Katy-Mac's:



HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - By Duran duran - great 80's choon.



Maybe back laters, see how it goes - if not, good luck all with your menshes

#50 et seq.

*feels young all of a sudden*



--

cBzz

More on 70s ...



I remember things being rather more like that BBC2 Drama serial 'White Heat' which has just finished it's 6 week run.

OK - it wasn't critically hailed as the masterwork 'Our Friends In The North' was - but I've always enjoyed Paula Milne's writing. Music was great on that too!



:^)

#50 ah yes, the bombs - forgot that one - not watched the 70's show yet..

In 74 when the tavern in the town (and another pub, forgottten the name) in Brum was bombed, I was home alone and knew that my dad and sister were not in town, but my mum was at the Old Repertory Theatre - and I saw it on the news and felt a shiver go down my spine.

She was OK, being t'other side of the city centre, but she was amazed when she came out and had to detour miles to get out of the city by car..

I took Mr e to the new tavern in it's newly named incarnation - and have to say I had to sit at the table nearest the stairs up and out....

'One Way Or Another' Blondie

With a little judicious punctuation, maybe this one will make it onto the YTS NYM's list...





SHOUT, "TO THE TOP" - Style Council





Not here really.

Me neither JohnB.



;^)

Morning all



First thoughts on greed related choons:



'Never Too Much' - Luther Vandross

'Everything Counts' - Depeche Mode ("The grabbing hands, grab all they can, all for themselves, after all....")





N xx

VAN HALEN: Big fat money:

"Now gimme, gimme, gimme

Some of that big money

That’s what I want

That’s all I need

Gimme big, fat money

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme

Gimme some of that big fat money"



No? So how's about



Britney Spears and GIMME MORE

*runs for cover*



Come on, if you can have the Foo Fighters back to back with Fisherman's Friends..

I CANT HELP MYSELF - 4 TOPS



EAT TO THE BEAT - BLONDIE

Noting the references above to corporate greed - just to say, I tweeted this as soon as I saw Simon's tweet about the theme today...

.. more of a finger-rather-than-knee-jerk reaction. A window into my mind perhaps? Won't get played.





ARROGANCE IGNORANCE & GREED [AIG] - SHOW OF HANDS





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u2ill7yOZo

Morning one and all...............this is becoming a little repetitive..........I'm late and it's still raining here!...................................................................OK let's go......................................................................oldies today......with my dictionary at my elbow...........................................................................





MAXIMUM CONSUMPTION - THE KINKS



WASTE NOT WANT NOT - THE PRETENDERS



PIGGIES - THE BEATLES



JUNK FOOD JUNKIE - X-RAY SPEX............don't think this will make the final cut!!



ROLY POLY - HANK WILLIAMS



REBEL YELL - BILLY IDOL...........for his 'more, more, more'...........................



MORE - VIC DANA



A LITTLE BIT MORE - DR HOOK



I WANT IT ALL - QUEEN



or for the over-indulgent ladies............................................................



FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS - QUEEN





Catch up and coffee time ........................................................................



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

Lots of people have already suggested I Want It All, but howzabout making it a royal trio from DT's most favourite band...



DON'T STOP ME NOW - Queen



FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS - Queen

Or maybe:



'Just Can't Get Enough Of Your Love' - Bazza White

How does my halo look? What a lovely boss I have.



#50 Harry, yes I watched the 70's programme the other night and like Tortie, I was 12 in 1973. I remember power cuts and sitting round the gas oven in the kitchen with my parents amking our own entertainment (that's when I took up interest in learning to play the guitar).



I don't remember the rising food prices or food being scarce on the table and I don't remember my parents talking about rising food costs either. Like others, I was probably too busy running about playing outside.

KB just played The Flying Lizards' Money so whilst I'm delighted to be transported back to the early 80s TOTP it rather suggests it's not going to be played tonight.

#50 etc ......... I remember the bombing campaign quite vividly. My older sister lived and worked in Birmingham and could have been in "The Tavern in the Town" any night of the week. A good friend of the family, a really nice Irish bloke, was beaten up just for being Irish even though he'd lived in the Midlands for 30+ years.



I can remember the sudden increase in the number of Asian kids at school when Idi Amin expelled all those people.



Although we were an all-electric household we could have an open fire but the power cuts didn't seem to deprive us of much and it did prepare me future life: we were without power for five days when Carlisle was flooded in 2005.



Despite all the strife, there was still a lot of joy to be had. I suppose it's never a bad time to be young.

#72/73 Dougal - Snap! I was busy typing while you were posting. That'll teach me for getting distracted.



Re the 70s discussion - I remember powercuts, cooking on camping gas cookers which seemed very wobbly with a pan of boiling potatoes on top, and my father being proud that he'd kept his mother's paraffin lamp for such occasions. And also a mad and obsessive scramble by my mother to get her hands on bags of sugars (not a euphemism).



*goes back to getting on with what he's supposed to be getting on with*

#77 Yes, I remember the grains of suspicion appearing around that time when hearing an Irish accent - and I remember vaguely that the Birmingham Eve mail made a thing about the fact that the other pub (now goggled to find out it was the Mulberry bush) was a favourite drinking haunt for local Irish of either side politically.



We just watched Harry's Game on watch again via Virg*n Moody - and mr e was amazed - he was the other side of the world till ten years ago and had no idea N Ireland went through (some would say are still going through) such a major conflict.



Strange that they chose Brum to plant bombs (apart from the fact that it was Britain's 2nd largest city) - as most people had no links to the landed gentry that had caused Ireland's strife...

#50 I'm watching it and really enjoying it...I was still at primary school in the years shown so far.



PSL

#8 where do you live?

Coming to your town for my next hollimidays...yesterday was the wettest April day here since 2000 apparently.

We had non-stop rain of the 'wrong sort' all day...



2000 was a bad April for me, so I don't remember the weather to be honest..

Up North, we didn't have the bomb scares you must have had at the time.

#81 Suziee, some blue sky here which I'm sure Flo can see too. X

CHRIS MONTEZ...THE MORE I SEE YOU



FAITHLESS....I WANT MORE



dentst again lets hope I'm seen today!



PSL

#81 Suzieee... I live on the south east coast of Scotland and it is still dry here but looking at the BBC weather forecast, it looks like we may have some rain this afternoon at around 4pm! https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/eh39

Ooh ooh ooh, the sun has just peeped out here.

#83... yes Shona, we also have patches of blue sky and it's bright but not sunny, but thankfully it's dry! :o))



Three word Thursday.... NO RAIN HERE! ;o)



Sorry to rub it in for the welly-wearers amongst us!

#86 I don't think I'll reach for the factor 60 just yet :P

I think it's calming down a little here - maybe I'll get some fresh air at lunchtime?



--

cBzz

Three new words..... SUNSHINE PEEPING THROUGH! :o)

#82 Shona, I don't remember the bomb scares having that much impact on our lives although it might have been different living with them on a daily basis. We still had our weekly trip to Birmingham on a Saturday. Of course, we were constantly being told to look out for suspicious packages; there was no longer any 'left luggage' at the station; and, we were often evacuated from the likes of Lewis's because someone had left a carrier bag unattended. But, I don't recall the scares stopping us doing much.

Good morning all - sun is shining and rain is raining in intermittent bursts - typical April showers I suppose.



What a lot of blogging has occurred since I looked in early yesterday morning! And as Simon said - on many different subjects, 24 hours a day!



Off to catch up on todays offerings.



JW

#90 Harry, I do remember practically every night the headline news was something about Northern Ireland.



Please can I take back #86. Seeing the wave of clouds coming over the Ochil Hills, we are about to get DRENCHED - just in time for me to run home for lunch ;(

Just thought of a choon, but bet it has been thought of before (once or twice)



I CANT GET NO SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES



Back to catching up..........

Afternoon all! (just)



Affraid I dont remember the power cuts in the 70's as I was only little, apparently my Dad rigged up a car headlight and battery from the local scrapyard so we could have still have light during them.



Tis a little warmer than of late here in Wigan, but very wet. Got drenched at work this morning, I dont mind warm rain though. At something of a loose end today as we were suppost to be having our old bath taken out and shot. Its had a repreive of 4 days though as my fitter of choice is having a couple of days off.



Has anyone come up with these for todays offering?

JUST CANT GET ENOUGH - DEPECHE MODE

TEMPTED - SQUEEZE

IF I CANT HAVE YOU - YYVONNE ELLIMAN



~gill~

hi all



the ketchup song-las ketchup



your so vain-carly simon



money-flying lizards

I haven't been watching this 70's thing, though it sounds as if I should. Is it on iThingy?



It appears I'm roughly the same age as Katy's other half so I was only a nipper when it started. I recall the decade as a generally happy one, though not all aspects of family life were ideal. I do remember, though, playing outside a hell of a lot, climbing trees, crawling through large concrete pipes in the park (through which the stream ran), and cycling miles away from home with my friends on days out, things it seems kids of a similar age no longer do.



I also remember school having a fair number of different groups - West Indian, Mixed Race, Asian - but no recollection of any racist attitudes towards anyone in them.

BOW WOW WOW - I Want Candy

Only one thought hit my brain, must be all that rain ;-



Don't stop til you get enough - Michael Jackson



Also, didn't LibertyX make a track called Greed?



Meanwhile, its not raining so I'm going for a walk to make the most of it.



Regards to all

Sharon

I think I might start watching the 70's prog- sounds interesting. I don't recall much of the power cuts etc. - must have been busy doing other things!!



JW

A stupid idea but a good sing along song:



The cast of 'Oliver' Food Glorious Food



Enough said.