Mornin all



Hah! Which Loose Woman or Women weren't lovely then? :-)



How's about some Hendrix for the 60s ARFO.



Little Wing would be my favourote, but probably not an ARFO selection.



So, ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER please

Morning one and all………………..as it’s Friday……………it must be an ‘A’ for ARFO!.......................................................................................................







SHE LOVES YOU – BEATLES



SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE – CREAM



ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – JIMI HENDRIX



MY GENERATION – THE WHO



JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH – ROLLING STONES







Have a good one…………………………………………………………



Dougal x………………………………………………………………………

Well, that caught us on the hop! Sixties, not noughties.



My SIXTIES ARFO suggestion is...



JUMPIN' JACK FLASH - THE ROLLING STONES



Back to the can of worms (posted earlier today, on yesterdays blog)



Might manage to poop by later on. I'll wish you all a great weekend right now, in case I don't get back on later...



--

cBzz

Good morning everyone.



Now then, who can I upset today?



A 60's opener? Hmmmm, am I the only one needing to re-think their suggestion?



Be back later.

Good Morning again -



ARFO



Suggestion for a Beatles Track -



CAN'T BY ME LOVE



BACK IN THE USSR



HELP



A HARD DAYS NIGHT



MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR



HELTER SKELTER





All rather splendid!

*poops back briefly...*

#2 Dougal. Crossed in the post! ARFO crown's all yours if JJF is played



--

cBzz

Morning all.



Sixties you say?



What a fab decade. We saw these odd looking fellas at a mway service station back in the 60s, and being from a small village in Wales, had never seen the like before!!!



All that hair!!!!



Flowers in the rain - The Move.

Hellooooo!



How are you all today? Looking forward to the weekend? Not long now....



If it's a 60's opener, please can I ask for:



REELIN' AND ROCKIN - DAVE CLARK FIVE



A jolly tune, even I say so myself.



One sleep til London......



See you later x

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Well done DT Team on the 200K additional listeners!



Sixties songs? Bit tricky for me, as I was very young... ;o) Had to check some of these, but I think they were all around in the 60s:



HONKY TONK WOMAN by the Rolling Stones



GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY by the Swinging Blue Jeans



I GET AROUND by the Beach Boys



GET BACK by the Beatles



SHAKIN ALL OVER by Johnny Kidd



LET'S TWIST AGAIN by Chubby Checker



~X~

Something tells me I'm into something good. - Hermans Hermits.

Hi Simon and everyone



Mmmmmmm intriguing as to which loose wench you did not warm to?!!!



60's opener...I will do my best as I was only 2 at the end of the 60's!!



Blockbusters still to watch over the last two days...not enough hours in the day.



Welcome to the new names on the blog.



Had an email yesterday from my previous contract encouraging me to apply for an internal audit role either perm or fixed 3 year contract!



Now for that 60's opener:



1. HELP! - The Beatles

2. Bits and Pieces - Dave Clarke 5.



Have a lovely weekend one and all.



Laters



Mandy ;)

Delilah - Tom Jones.

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and well-behaved bloggers,



"No media tartery today"? I agree, some of those Loose Women are a bit too fond of the leopard skin prints....



Not much time for bloggery chattage this week, but here are a few ARFO ideas...



GIMME SOME LOVIN' - Spencer Davis Group



ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT - The Kinks



DANCE TO THE MUSIC - Sly & The Family Stone



Good day all!



JBG

Morning All,



60's ARFO



'Twist and Shout' The Beatles



Have a good day everybody

Morning all



A couple from around the early 60s:



WOODEN HEART - Elvis



RUNAWAY - Del Shannon

Good morning all.



How about



LETS DANCE - CHRIS MONTEZ (think I've got the name right!)



See you later.



JW

I forgot earlier..........................................







PINBALL WIZARD - THE WHO..................platforms are optional................







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

Morning all :-)



JAMES BROWN....I FEEL GOOD



THE SUPREMES....BABY LOVE



OTIS REDDING.....LOVE MAN



PSL xxx



#4 in the words of Dorothy Parker "if you don't have anything nice to say, come and sit by me...."

Hello again Simon and everyone



Glad you escaped relatively unscathed from the clutches of those Loose Women!



Thought I'd better check before posting mine and they have already been listed! :o(



Back later after another think!

'A Little Less Conversation' Elvis Presley

#9 I should maybe clarify my comment - I'm not claiming to be younger than I am, obviously! But my parents were never into 'pop' music (Dad said it would never last), so I didn't really get to hear much of it until my early teens and the 70s is therefore much more my era...



#11 Yes, I was wondering which Loose Woman wasn't 'lovely'. We'll probably never know though...



;o)



CoffeeBuzz, hope you've managed to put the lid back on your can of worms.



~X~

Good Morning All :)



#1 Ken - I was also wondering which of the Loose Women weren't lovely...



#3 Coffeebuzz - Hope you get the lid back on that can of worms soon.



#4 Harry (((Hugs))) I'm sure you won't upset anyone. It's been a funny old week, well it has for me anyway, and necessarily funny ha ha, either.



It's been a tough time for quite a few bloggers of late, and my own mini-meltdown earlier in the week gave me a touch of the Jimmy Durantes! By which I refer to this song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-zmJ1VCQI It was a combination of an unfortunate misunderstanding, high emotion and a head full of stress. I'm feeling much better now though, and hope that all troubled bloggers are also sailing for calmer waters.



A 60s ARFO, you say?



YOU REALLY GOT ME - THE KINKS



or (because oddly, I woke up with this song in my head this morning)



TICKET TO RIDE - THE BEATLES

#22 Zoe - your comment to Coffeebuzz: snap! We posted at the same time. Lovely to see you, btw, and very pleased to hear you're feeling better.



~X~

Happy Together - The Turtles :)

#23 Deebee- Great minds, and all that ;-) & Thank you.

#4 Harry - yes me too (I'm reading back all in a random order). In fact it's probably my fault as I think I might have mentioned it as a possibility yesterday. I had a list of noughties songs ready - took me quite a while to find any good ones, I can tell you. Oh well, they will keep...



~X~

I was once told by a very old and wise lady.....



Someone elses problems may be worse than yours, but it doesn't make yours any better.



I 'think' she was right?

LET'S WORK TOGETHER - Canned Heat

GLAD ALL OVER ~ Dave Clark Five



BORN TO BE WILD ~ Steppenwolf



FUN FUN FUN ~ The Beach Boys



THE TWIST ~ Chubby Checker



WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM ~ The Searchers



HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE ~ Swinging Blue Jeans

Build me up buttercup - The Foundations.

Ooh ooh ooh, as the Olympic flame is arriving on our shores tonight...howzabout:



LIGHT MY FIRE - The Doors



Full seven minute version please, in all its psychedelic glory. Thankyouverymuch.

Tie me kangaroo down - Rolf Harris.



Loved his radio interview yday,

#27 Sal - Good piece of wisdom there :-) I know that there are many people who are worse off than me, millions in fact, but that doesn't make me feel any better. It actually makes me even more depressed, because I think of how bad I feel, and the despair I've known, and to imagine that other people are in a more desperate state, is soul destroying.



Oh dear, I was supposed to be looking on the bright side today... The sun must have just gone behind a cloud, for a second there ;-)



I've got some music recommendations, but I'll post them a bit later, after the ARFO stuff has calmed down.

THE BEATLES - Got To Get You Into My Life



DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - I Only Want To Be With You



THE WHO - Pinball Wizard

Zoe, I'm sorry, that wasn't aimed at you, I often wonder if she was right, hence my question mark at the end.



Did you mention sunshine there??



Gloomy morning here in Somerset.

#27 Wise words indeed, Sal!



~X~

Morning all!



OH PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON

#35 Sal - No need to apologise, I think she was right :)



It isn't sunny here either, I was talking metaphorically, not meteorology! ;D

Dizzy - Tommy Roe.

Still worm wrangling! Lidded the can, only to find it was part of a six-pack!



--

cBzz

Oh I really ought to be elsewhere......................................................





LOUIE LOUIE - THE KINGSMEN



SOUL MAN - SAM & DAVE







Dougal x........................... avoiding stuff ............................................

Good morning Simon, team and jaunty-hatted poppets,



Of course I am far too young to know any sixties choons (ahem) but I think this is from that era and it is a little stonker .... but since writing this I have refreshed and see that Zoe thinks so too as I was going to say...



You really got me - The Kinks .... so back to the drawing board and maybe a little soul would be a good option ...



YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME - JACKIE WILSON



I WANT YOU BACK - JACKSON 5



THINK - ARETHA FRANKLIN



Hope a good Friday is had by all.

Jillyx

Georgy Girl - The Seekers.

Speedy Gonzales - Pat Boone.



(I'm really trying today!)

Get away - Georgie Fame.

#34 Another 60s ARFO, another opportunity for a song by The Who!





IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG - The Four Tops

Little arrows - Leapy Lee.

Hello Pop Pickers!



I have a list - a proper typed one - of all the No 1 Hits from the 60s. A list I have had for about 30 years!





So here are a few favourites:



1960 SHAKIN ALL OVER - JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES



1961 RUNAWAY - DEL SHANNON



1962 NUT ROCKER - B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS



1963 FROM ME TO YOU - THE BEATLES



1964 YOU REALLY GOT ME - THE KINKS



1965 I'M ALIVE - THE HOLLIES



1966 PAINT IT BLACK - ROLLING STONES



1968 FIRE - CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN



1969 BAD MOON RISING - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

Suddenly feeling very soulful...



REACH OUT, I'LL BE THERE - Four Tops



TEARS OF A CLOWN - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Big Sixties Opener? My suggestions are:



ITCHYKOO PARK - Small Faces



SAN FRANCISCO - Scott McKenzie



BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU - The Foundations



EVERLASTING LOVE - Love Affair

Good morning all



Dull and overcast here with a hint of rain in the air.

For todays ARF opener I feel that I am spoilt for choice and already a number to great options available for Simon to choose from. My offerings:-



I SAW HER STANDING THERE - THE BEATLES

LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA - BEACH BOYS

RESPECT - ARETHA FRANKLIN

GLORIA - THEM

WOOLY BULLY - SAM THE SHAM AND THE PHAROES

Good Morning Each! I hope I'm not too late to suggest an ARFO. In the hopeful supposition that I'm not...



the rather fine, and not often heard these days,



'BURLESQUE' by FAMILY



might do.

I pretend - Des o Connor.

... but as some of the best songs of the 60s didn't make it to No 1 ...





SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM



WHOLE LOTTA LOVE - LED ZEPPELIN



SOMEBODY TO LOVE - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE



BORN TO BE WILD - STEPPENWOLF



HEART FULL OF SOUL - YARDBIRDS



SHE'S NOT THERE - ZOMBIES



PINBALL WIZARD - THE WHO







:^)

Hello everyone



I shall echo the earlier suggestion of TWIST AND SHOUT - BEATLES.



'bye!

Can we just pretend that summer is here?? (And also in honour of your recent "media tartery")



I GET AROUND - The Beach Boys

Ah, what a numpty. Turns out 'Burlesque' is from the early seventies. Try again, Paul....





'JOLLITY FARM' by THE BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND'



Not better, just different.

Or



LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE - The Monkees

Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett.

And my personal favourite - THE sound of the 60s for me .. a bit of psychedelia ..



SEE EMILY PLAY - PINK FLOYD







:^)

hi all



60s tune i wasnt born then im only a young pup



THAT'S AMOR'E-DEAN MARTIN

Afternoon all,

A Friday off means I am blogging this from my sunny-ish patio, so any minute now the battery might fail. Time is of the essence.

I had thought to offer bat out of hell as an opener, having been bombarded by the critters last night up at the park, as we were a MAIN attraction to bloomin midges and the bats were divebombing overhead to snap them up..

However, wrong era.



So sixties then?

Only one that springs to mind is



I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND by the Beatles.

My mother burst into song with this one as we walked along a street in about 1966 - because as a small child I was trying always to be the one holding her hand (sibling rivalry.....)

Also can happily hear Jimi H, (Watchtower) or The Move.





Sad news about LaDonna Adrian Gaines - & spooky that the DT ARFO crown was won just recently with a Donna Summer track.

She was the same age as my boss/mentor/friend that died this week.

My fave of hers is State of Independance.



A sudden death of a friend/loved one often has an effect on a person's future plans - and having met with a bessie mate last night, I've decided to not delay my plans to visit India (mr e has been for work and didn't like it) - she and I are going to 'Carpe Diem' and taking a trip together next March. I must go while I am hale, hearty and have no family illnesses, or worries - you never know when these things will strike.

A lovely event-free weekend beckons here, the last for a while, so making the most of a chance to unwind.

Good luck all with your ARFO choices,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am returning with a personal big 60's fave that you never hear on the radio by a quintessential 60's band:



LISTEN TO THE BAND - The Monkees

Once again my mind is a bucket of blankness even though I was born in the 60's, the only ARF choice I can come up but guaranteed for a good singalong on the way home. (I think it just makes the sixties?)



THE FOUNDATIONS - BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP



I'm sure my fellow bloggers will correct me if I'm incorrect; afterall, they are much better at choosing good tunes than me. . . .

Hit the return button too early;



My school report always said, "Good attempt, must try harder", I've been doing that ever since.



Good weekend to all, want & need to do some serious gardening. The Triffids are taking over.



Sharon. X

Afternoon ladies & gents.



AFRO:

Do Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann



Off to read back.......

Going back to Johns #31....



The Olympic torch, claims to be passing within ten miles of 95% of people in the Uk, Isle of Man and Guernsey and Jersey.



Its coming within a mile of me. So a quick skip across the fields to the main road on Monday it is :)



Whens YOUR day??



Which blogger will be before me and who will be the last blogger to report on its whereabouts?

I swear that field is getting bigger.



TWIST AND SHOUT - THE BEATLES



No time to read back at the moment - but happy Friday to you all

This might help with #67.



https://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/route/

#67 Sal - the torch is coming to Northampton (where I work) and one of the girls from the school is in the relay, so we're all going along to cheer her on.



#62 Suzieee - I wholeheartedly agree. Whilst one can't 'carpe' every 'diem' - I think it's absolutely the right thing to take opportunities when they present themselves. It's the things you don't get to do which you regret ..... Oddly, not going to India at a very particular point in time for a very particular reason, is one of mine. Well done you for going for it.

#67 It's coming within a mile of my home too Sal; only problem is, I'll be on a Greek island at the time!!

Doh, thems the blows Tortie ;)

Sal - Re the Olympic flame - it travels through Wrexham on 30th May and our community choir has been invited to sing at the welcome event that is being staged by the local council. Trouble is, it is at the Guildhall between 7.40am and 8.10am! so my vocal warmup will have to be in the shower!

Still, it's the nearest I am ever going to get to te actual games, so day off work booked and red, white and blue outfit decided on (blue jeans, white t-shirt, red cardi)

Better still, if you know someone taking part Autumn Gale.



I have googled the two in our location and they arent local, but both are doing it for worhwhile causes, so good on them :)



I thought Harry said he was coming back later. Harry, its later than you think!!

To make it a happy tripple for a Friday



DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER

MAMMA & THE PAPA'S - CALIFORNIA DREAMING.



The weather has got to be better there than here.



#62 Suziee, I agree with #70 Autumn_Gale Start planning your trip now and go for it.

Aha Iechyd da Crumpy.



Blimey, that IS early! Good Luck :)

The torch is in my local town on the 30th too, it will be very difficult to collect cherub from after school club on time, so like lots of other's I'm booking half a day off work to collect daughter straight from school to join the cheering crowds, its very unlikely I'll every get near anything to do with the olympics again; unless you count my Mum being a volunteer that is.

Two bloggers in near location to one another. Guessing that you might be on the other side of the Welsh border though Sharon, judging by the time you are attending.



Have fun :)

#73 Crumpy #77 Sharon - you must be near me then, just perched on the right side of the border of course! I can honestly say I live in Hope... (P'nawn da bawb!)

Looks like Madchickster, Dougal and I will be getting the torch on the 7th/8th July - a weekend so I imagine the city will be packed out.



~X~

Live in Hope, die in Caergwrle strikes a chord with me Carolynao :O



Sorry, not a cheery thing to say, but its one I heard when I used to frequent the two villages on the train from Bwcle.

#81 Yes, that's the local saying! Nobody's ever quite sure where it came from though... Other than an association between the two villages (i.e. they're right next to each other) there's not much to it as far as I know.

Tada.....



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caergwrle

Sal -



In for a penny, in for a pound - I get 3 bites at the Olympic torch



May 22 - it goes within spitting distance of the bolthole. But as it's a weekday, we won't be around. (Bl**dy weekenders, not contributing to community life, blah blah blah)



July 24 - right past the end of the road of Be Good Towers



July 27 - we might also get another peak at it on its final journey from Hampton Court to the Olympic Stadium



**Might be nice if bloggers changed their names to "Flaming ______" on the day the torch is passing through their neck the woods, to give us a sense of it moving round the country????



Oh, and just to be mega greedy, we get four road cycling races coming through during the Games too.



*starting to feel just a tiny bit excited*

Good one John.



So, am I to be the first 'flamer?'



It is exciting isn't it :)

Sal you are correct, between Stoke on Trent & Newport give you a clue. One of the senior schools is saving a bit of pathway for members to attend. Will try my best to enjoy, should be a laugh if nothing else, do you think I should wear my steel toe cap shoes and elbow pads?

#84 peak = peek



Phew, lucky I caught that before the Chairman of the Pendant's Club returns with his 60s ARFO suggestion. Seems to be taking a while. Is he going back through all his old Beatles and Stones LP's?

**Late ARFO entry



Lots of people on here and on FB suggesting BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf.



So, just to be contrary, I suggest



MAGIC CARPET RIDE - STEPPENWOLF (full album version please)



#yousayyingisayyang

Lets play him a little ditty....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3vCJphv1WI

#89 I hope he hasn't tripped on his cardigan!



Must be off now, it's later than you think.

How lovely of Simon, to give the hats a well deserved mensh.



Katymaty, can you knit cardis too? :O

84 - JBG - Don't worry, 22 May is my local too so I'll wave at the flame like a mad thing for both of us - do you want me to cut the grass and put out the recycling whilst I'm there?

Met someone this morning who is off to do the New York Marathon later this year. Also met someone else who iis about to do a 10k run in London. On my travels today, I have counted nearly 20 joggers. Wondering whether I need to take up running, its obviously a healthy part of the world. Had to have 3 red bananas whilst I pondered....

#92 Hoffs - now you're talking! Can you be there when the ELH man arrives too?

94 - JBG- sure thing, but it will cost you - just add a packet of doughnuts or red bananas to the order and I'll be there....

Just discovered my mensh drought ended yesterday, although not exactly with the song I suggested, but hey, I is reet chuffed anyroad.

The Olympic torch will be making its closest pass to where I live on 26th June. I can't say that I'm all that bothered about the event, so I probably won't trouble myself to go and see it. It will be nice for all those who are excited about it though, as I suppose it gives them a small taste of being a part of it all.



#FMR - I've been listening to quite a lot of new (to me) music this week, I haven't had time to track down the individual albums, other than The Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now, and I am loving them right now. I'm just going to post links to one of their songs and a small selection of the other fine folk, and songs that I have been listening to this week...



The Punch Brothers - Patchwork Girlfriend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MtujO99Czw



A song I first heard on The Walking Dead, and have finally got around to locating, and I will be listening to more from this artist...



Wye Oak - Civilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mssm8Ml5sOo&feature=youtube_gdata_player



A singer I first heard on The Hunger Games soundtrack, with a cover of a Cherry Ghost song...



Birdy - People Help The People: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmLNs6zQIHo&ob=av3e



A recommendation from one of my Twitter followers, and a cover of a Crowded House song, and oldie favourite...



Boy And Bear - Fall At Your Feet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwjKL2dxXo





I may not get back on-line today, or indeed over the weekend, plus the twins' respite service is closing down for refurbishment as of now, so I will have to pop in when/if I get the chance.



Good luck for ARFO everyone, and have a great weekend :)

97 - Zoe - thanks for the recommendations. Take care, see you soon x

BLACKBERRY WAY - The Move

Zoe, I heard The Punch Brothers on Whispering Bob t'other night. Excellent, they were.