Morning all



SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND by Pink Floyd

Good morning all



DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - SHIRLEY BASSEY



LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - BEATLES

Good Morning again -





Song Suggestions –





CELEBRATION – Kool & Gang





CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES – Chic





DANCING IN THE STREET – Martha Reeves & Vandelas or Bowie & Richards





LET’S HAVE A PARTY – Elvis





GET THIS PARTY STARTED – Pink or Dame Shirley





DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER – Dame Shirley





DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES – Paul Simon





SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND - Pink Floyd





GREATEST DAY - ╪ (Wah!)





HAVE A NICE DAY – Stereophonics





DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE – Barbra Streisand or Glee

Dancing Queen _ Abba

Diamond Smiles - Boomtown Rats

Diamonds are forever - Wings

Empire - Kasabian

Monarchy of Roses - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads

Queen of my heart - Westlife

Jubilee - Blur

Morning all. Grey and muggy in Berkshire this morning, quite a contrast to yesterday's glorious morning (once the mist had gone, anyway).



Jubilee oldies?



KOOL & THE GANG - Celebration



ELVIS COSTELLO - Party Party



DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER - Dancing in the Streets



BREAK MACHINE - Street Dance



SHIRLEY BASSEY - Diamonds Are Forever



and the perpetual



THE WHO - Who are you? (for when you meet people at a street party who you've never seen before)



I've already sent a tweet on the subject elsewhere this morning where I referenced



CHER - Believe



for the line 'Jubilee in life after love...' but I guess that's stretching the rules a little too far... :o)

Morning...missed you all



MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS.....DANCING IN THE STREET



KOOL & THE GANG....CELEBRATION



PSL xx

SAILING by Rod Stewart

Good morning Simon, Team and fellow Blogsters,



No bunting here, yet. Our child 1 has one more University exam to go before he dips his toes in the big world of employment and hopefully off the Payroll of Mum and Dad (although I don't think that ever really happens!)



Jubilee oldie suggestions from me:



Manic Monday by The Bangles



Banner Man by Blue Mink



All Around My Hat by Steeleye Span



Streets Of London by Ralph McTell



Street Life by Roxy Music



Street Life by The Crusaders



Ribbon In The Sky by Stevie Wonder



Fantastic Day by Haircut 100



Holiday by Madonna



and for the pessimists (and probably realists!!)



Here Comes The Rain Again by The Eurythmics



Have a great Bank Holiday all. I have Child 2 coming home from University for the w/end. The washing machine has been warned! ;-)



madchick x

CHEERS (I'LL DRINK TO THAT) - Rihanna





HAVE A DRINK ON ME (ONE!) – Lonnie Donegan

Happy Thursdays All Round and Hello to Simon, the Driveteam and Constructors ..







STREETS OF LONDON - RALPH MACTELL



ROYAL MILE - GERRY RAFFERTY



DANCING IN THE STREETS - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS



And as a nod to the original meaning of the word 'Jubilee' ..

[every 50 years there should be liberty throughout the land when property, land and slaves should be returned to their original home or owner] I shall suggest:



PART OF THE UNION - STRAWBS



:^)

Good morning, everybody!



Here goes...



SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE - REM

JUBILEE - BLUR

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - SHIRLEY BASSEY

GET THE PARTY STARTED - PINK



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

Morning all...............................hope everyone is hanging on in there.............





REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL (PART 3) - IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS



DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - SHIRLEY BASSEY



TAKE YOUR MAMA - SCISSOR SISTERS



DOWNTOWN - PETULA CLARK





Be back later........................................................................................



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

COME TOGETHER - Beatles

Morning all.



A bit grey here too. Seems to be a busy week for blogpoppets - and Simon.



As Simon notes, exam season is in full swing, so it's an odd time of year for me; "practically" it's pretty quiet (hence time to watch Murray match) but "psychologically" it's tough and there's a lot of TLC needed! My subjects are coming up and as a teacher that's also pretty horrible....



Jubilee oldies......I'm finding this a toughie actually:

Forever and Ever - Slik (well, 60 years at least)

Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

She Loved Like Diamond - Spandau Ballet

Diamonds are Forever - Shirley Bassey

Diamond Ring - Bon Jovi

Get Happy - Judy Garland

Time Passes - Paul Weller

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Aww, go on Simon - not even a teensy mensh for Level 42? You could whisper it... ;o) 'The Voice of God' - sounds like you will be stuck in a studio somewhere when everyone else is out watching the celebrations.



No mensh chasing for me today. I'm still basking in the success of my unexpected Jubilee Mosh mensh.



#1 *waves at Alison* Lovely to 'see' you poop in!



Back later...



~X~

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND....QUEEN OF CLUBS



PSL

Good morning Simon, team and the ever calm poppets,



Much cooler today but quite nice. I hope the weather holds for the weekend, fingets crossed.



As I've been blessed, thank you Lord Ammo, with two menshes already this week, I'll keep my contribution small today... plus I can't really think of anything that hasn't been suggested already! Unless there is a song in the dark recesses of my mind that mentions bunting and trestle tables ....hmmm no, I can't recall one... I think I'll stick with ...



DANCING QUEEN - ABBA



Have a lovely Thursday all.

Jx

#4 YES - what she said - DANCING QUEEN by Abba



Now if I see Her Maj clipping her heels together in any way (and I don't count Prince Charles he is always doing it) - that would be a special day.

We have bunting I bought for the Royal wedding which went back up for the Euro party and is still in place. Across the fireplace and over the dining room window (thought the kitchen too fire-hazard)

I did see bunting down a side street in Oxford yesterday and against the blue sky and sun it was glorious and uplifting, royalist or no.



Good luck to all the mensh chasers, already plenty of good 'uns, see you all later

Hi Simon -first time caller - What about that 80s classic



Precious Little Diamond -Fox The Fox

For the Flotilla:



FLOAT ON by the Floaters...

How about............................................





YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES - JONA LEWIE





DANCING QUEEN - ABBA





THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - HUMAN LEAGUE





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

COMMON PEOPLE - Pulp



LIVING IN THE LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE - Nicky Thomas or Paul Young



RED LETTER DAY - Pet Shop Boys

Morning Simon, team, NYM and patriotic bloggers,



It’s Sod’s Law that while the regal flotilla floats along within spitting of Be Good Towers, we’ll be away for the weekend attending a compulsory sporting event for GoodChild#1. Who organises these things?



Did I mention that the royal barge is moored here? It’s having its final titivations to make the gold parts even blingier, and I’ve seen them doing practice emergency stops and rapid U-turns to prepare for all eventualities. Let’s hope Her Maj is holding onto the sides, and that the corgis aren’t seasick.



JUBILEE oldies, you say?



WAVIN’ FLAG – K’Naan



THE CROWN – Gary Byrd and the GB Experience



DANCING IN THE STREET – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas



THE RIVER – Bruce Springsteen



GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – Sex Pistols



RED WHITE AND BLUE – Robert Plant

Morning All,



'Diamonds and Pearls' Prince



Have a good day everybody

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY - LEVELLERS







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

FUNKY WEEKEND by THE STYLISTICS



PSL

Hi Simon and everyone



Good luck to your exam takers Simon, i'm sure they will be fine!



One observation, I seem to recall the Golden Jubilee seem to pass by without any fuss, I suppose the effort was being saved for this biggie!!!



Congrats Deebee on the Jubilee mosh mention.



Oh well here we gowith some Jube songs:



1. DIAMONDS ON THE SOLE OF HER SHOES - Paul Simon

2. DIAMONDS AND PEARLS - Prince

3. GRANDMAS PARTY - Paul Nicholas

4. STREET LIFE - Randy Crawford

5. WHITE FLAG - Dido

6. DANCING IN THE STREET - Martha and her V's or Mick and Dave

7. UNION OF THE SNAKE - Duran Duran

8. FLYING THE FLAG - Schooch ( sorry a bit of a HIOB there!!)

9. PART OF THE UNION - Strawbs

10. BANNER MAN - Blue Mink



Bet God Save the Queen does not get played tomorrow!!!



Catch ya later



Have an inciteful day



Mandy ;)

Good morning all! It's a wet one here :-(. Had a much busier week than I had planned. Hope to have an "at home" day today but time will tell.



This feels like quite an open ended theme so for what it's worth here's my tuppenceworth



Queen of Hearts - Dave Edmunds



Dancing Queen - ABBA



Dancing In The Streets - Jagger & Bowie



Celebration - Kool & the Gang



Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey



No Bank Holiday for me unsurprisingly. Do people have street parties nowadays? Will be interested to hear fom any bloggers who are joining in.



x

#15 *waves back at Deebee* - not much chance to play on here now I have a 'proper' job, but always read anyway

Morning all



DANCING IN THE STREET - VAN HALEN please!!!!!! With extra excalamtion marks :-)

ONE DAY LIKE THIS - Elbow



DON'T ROCK MY BOAT - Bob Marley & The Wailers



or



ROCK THE BOAT - Hues Corporation





DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE - Barbra Streisand

#23 Rapid U turns? On a barge - really? I hope they have bow/stern thrusters*...



#28 Mo, our village is having a street party but we won't be taking part. We are hoping to be on board our boat, although nowhere near the flotilla unfortunately (it is an ambition of mine to one day sail up the Thames on our boat). Wondering if Mr B will notice if I stick up a bit of bunting in the halyards...



~X~



* not a euphemism



;o)

Don't think she's quite there yet but how about



The Longest Time - Billy Joel



Or



The Patriot Game - The Bluebells



x

End Of The Month Greetings Ter The Mayo Man & ALL Blog Operatatvies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Sorry ter butt in on the blog..... But ave goot a problem..... And the fact a know alotta people who read/ write this blog are of a VERY prominininant IQ level.... Ave decided ter write 'ere for 'elp/ advice >>>>>



Am presently renovating me whole 'ouse (as many regular readers will know).... Am just about ter start me loft conversion and ave bought a book ter 'elp me!!!!!!!

It's called '10 Easy DIY Steps To A Loft Conversion'.......



Only problem ave goot me tape measure out....... A need 12 steps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#28 we are visiting a relative whose street is having a party - but it's a cul de sac, so easier on the whole than closing our street.



#34 Boom-tish!!

Get that Nick Knowles fella inter elp you?!

Or failing that, in light of what 'appened to Will Self's mansion at the weekend, think before you sledgehammer...

https://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16234187



ps speaking of bunting and the like, Harry the Snapper did promise us a pic of his jubilee-themed shop window!!

#27 would like to second GRANDMA'S PARTY by the twinkly-eyed Paul Nicholas - he knew how to work the camera on TOTPs...*Brill* suggestion Mandy and given the Dude's recent predilection for back to backing comedy choons with thrash/rock/punk, howsabout backing that with the Pistols and God Save the Queen -

No? Thought not..

#34 Bingo, you need this to make up the difference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpeyOQYHvt4



--

cBzz

If the Dude is feeling mellow and a little bit 'Bob Harris' -esque he could do no worse than play, specially for the Duke of Edinburgh:

'I'll be your lover too' by Van the grumpy Old Man - for the line "You'll be my Queen and I'll be your King'

or Heroes by David Bowie (or Queen who did a version) for 'And you, you will be Queen'



Or another flotilla song: SAIL ON by Lionel Richie (is that a HOIB? - he's a bit on the cusp, methinks) or the Commodores

Her Majesty - The Beatles



Willy the Shake

x

#34 #37 you guys, you two could be a double-act

PS Bingo if you attempt that dance while wielding your sledghammer you're only asking for trouble with a capital T

Morning all from a very soggy East Yorks!



I've already Tw**ted



VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - Kate Rusby



Because it always makes me think of trestle tables, village parties, etc.!



T x

For all of the beacons being lit around the country.......................................



FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



or



FIRE - U2







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

#28 Mo



Do people have street parties nowadays? Is the Pope Catholic? Do bears slip in the woods?!



In our verdant corner of the city - top right - near the Arts Centre - we have:



Today - a Jubilee Fete in the council grounds across the road.

Over the weekend - Jubilee Park Life in the park round the corner.

Adjacent road - a proper trestle-table down the middle of the road Street Party

Next road down - a proper trestle-table down the middle of the road Street Party.



The whole area is festooned, I tell you - completely FESTOONED [I like that word] with bunting and assorted red white 'n blue paraphernalia



The downside? Notices everywhere asking people to park their cars elsewhere. Rumblings from the natives are already being heard. It'll end in tears. lol



:^D

Raining here too, good job the grass got cut yesterday. Our village isn't doing anything for the weekend I don't think anyone wanted the task of organising it.



#35 he did promise...must tweet him and remind him, and if he goes for the deckchair theme I'll be wanted my design fee!



PSL

43 can we have piccie of the festooning?

Get us in the mood!!

We have an estate 'party' on the grounds of the church hall, rather than a street party - but it just so happens to be alongside the busy A40 into Oxford, not very condusive to chatting *Eh? what did you say?*

#43 good show for your little bit of England Katy, I've got bunting was going to put it up today but it's raining :-(

I've also bought Union Jack glasses from Wi*lko for 50p each for our Jubilee P*MMS (bargain and real dishwash safe glass too, the paper ones 25p each!)



PSL

#43 sounds marvellous Katy :)



I have to admit that I'm not sure what's going on in my locale - although I think one of the local villages has something going on. I must have a look and see - rather than be solitary and enjoy it from the quiet oasis of my living room!

Hello one and all :)



I'm late to the (street) party today, another pesky meeting to tell us that support for disabled children and their families has been cut to the bone. Rule Brittania, indeed!



No bunting here, nor will there be, I'm not anti-royal as such (the lesser of two evils to a President Cameron IMO) But I don't feel like flag waving, because whilst I'm still glad to live in the U.K, over many other countries, I don't feel any particular national pride at the moment. I've no problem with other people joining in the merriment though, if they feel so inclined.



Oldie suggestions? Hmm, maybe I shouldn't bother, as I'm not bothered about the celebrations. But then, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! ;-)



68 GUNS - THE ALARM (I assume there will be a gunned salute at some point, if not 68!)



MADE IN ENGLAND - ELTON JOHN (I know she's Queen of more than England, but still...)



ONE - U2 (Well if the BBC can use She's the One by Robbie, then why not this?)



PRAISE YOU - FAT BOY SLIM (We've come a long long way together, through the hard times, and the good...)



Maybe I should leave off 'Take Down The Union Jack' by Billy Bragg...

#44 'praps he's putting the finishing touches to it now...........

Interesting. The only sign of celebration I have seen in my neck of the woods is in the shops.



x

the queens jubilee



CONGRATULATIONS(and celebrations)-CLIFF RICHARD

PARTY-ELVIS PRESLEY

Well that was a match and a half....

Hello all.

Very surprised at the number of local residents over here who are aware of the festivities going on in the UK this weekend. Not able to arrange a Rue party but instead a number of expats have got together for a weekend BBQ and have imported the appropriate Union Jack bunting to decorate the garden.



Late tune thought:-

THE HAPPENING - THE SUPREMES

#jubileepunnery



BUNTING HIGH AND LOW - A-Ha



TRESTLE DOWN THE WIND - Nick Heyward



THE BITTEREST PIMMS I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW - The Jam

Cousin (union) Jack - Show of Hands



x

#54 #jubileepunnery



THE (CORONATION) CHICKEN SONG - SPITTING IMAGE



There's also Dr Mösh's contribution, from last night's DT:

"WHOLE LOTTA LIZZIE - AC/DC"



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

JBG & cBzz, I am trying to get the punnery moving but I seem to have left my brain somewhere. If anyone finds it can they please return it?



x

#jubileepunnery



IT'S ONLY SAUSAGE ROLL BUT I LIKE IT - Rolling Stones



BOYS QUICHE SWINGING - David Bowie



TELL ME PIES, TELL ME SWEET CHILLI PIES - Fleetwood Mac

Feeble but it's a start...



All Revved Up & No Palace To Go - Meatloaf



x

Mo - it comes free with every packet of bunting you buy.



Yes, we are having a street party - road closed, trestle tables down the middle, bunting, stage for xSGT performers, the works. (xSGT = x Street's Got Talent) We're in one of the 2 London boroughs competing for most party applications - 208 at last count. But the council is already sending jobsworths round to stop people putting up bunting up which stretches across the road as it upsets the Elves and their Safe Tea.

#jubileepunnery



#5 The Driver gets the prize!

FLOTILLA THE PINK - The Scaffold



or



WITH FLOTILLA HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - The Beatles



I'll be off now. Later m'dears.

#Jubipunnery





WIN PLACE OR SHOW - SHE'S A WINDSOR



RICH QUEEN OF FEW POOR MEANS - REDBONE [ooh...biting satire]



MAJESTY HISTORY TOUR - BEATLES





:^D

#jubileepunnery



PALACE RELEASE ME by ENGLEBURT POMPERDINCK



;O)

#55 Love that song, Mo. Are they at Cambridge Festival this year?

:^)

(THE ROYAL) WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE



--

cBzz

#64 POMPerdick! LOL

:^D







#morejubipunnery



WINDSOR TAKES IT ALL - ABBA [more biting satire]



QUEEN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD - ELVIS PRESLEY



LIZZIE DOING NOTHING- DAVE STEWART



:^D

*foodie post* for Billie mainly - but also for other culinary gods/goddesses ...





Ambient kitchen smells - proper lamb shepherd's pie, banana muffins, rhubarb crumble - all in the oven at the mo.

M'ungry now



:^)

#wholeweekendofjubileepunnery



Katy - on fire! (The punnery, not the banana muffins)



LILLIBET CORVETTE - Prince (!) See what I did there?

Hi All,



England Swings by Roger Miller



I'm Union Jacked out.



LB, x

#68 mmmmm *tummy rumbles*

#68 Mmmm.... *drools*



STAND BY YOUR MA'AM by DOLLY PATRIOT



~X~

#badgrammarjubileepunnery



CORONATED - Avril Lavigne

Ooh Flo- we haven't requested this yet!



SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY - CHRISTY MOORE





:^)

ATMOSPHERE by RUSS ABBOT

THE WEDDING OF MICKEY MOUSE by THE BONZO DOG BAND for the lyric "Hooray hooray it's a public holiday!"

PARTY AT A RICH DUDE'S HOUSE by KESHA

Good afternoon all - apologies for absence - note's in the post.......



Had a busy couple of days with appointments, visitors etc.



It sounds as if there will be fair few parties out in blogland this weekend - hope you all enjoy yourselves and the weather stays kind to all the outdoor parties which have been organized.



Good luck to all the mensch chasers today.



JW

*Pedant Alert*



#75. That would be 'Mickey's Son And Daughter' by The Bonzo's. (A million, million people are happy, bright and gay, Bells are ringing in the steeple It's a public holiday...Hooray, hooray, it's a public holiday....) Anyway, I second that proposal.

I'm having one of those days. Started badly and got slowly worse. Anyway, I finally get a few minutes to myself, and take refuge in the blog. A nice draught of a well known cola product, nicely chilled would make a nice accompaniment, methinks. You know those things that we used to call ring pulls, when they became detatched from the can on opening, but now stay affixed atop the tin? Those things? They are probably still called ring pulls, but my goodness, the do you no favours if you have a moustache/beard. Up until about five minutes ago, I had a moustache, a significant proportion of which is now attatched to my cola can. #eyeswatering

#78 I feel your pain. Or rather, as a facially fuzzy person, I have felt your pain. I stick to bottled beverages these days.



Candy floss is another one to avoid. Not painful, but bits get stuck everywhere.

You gentlemen need straws. I keep them on hand for just such occassions ;)

#80. Threading each individual moustache hair through a straw would indeed make a satisfactory suit of armour for such occasions, but might prove somewhat time consuming.

:P

ABBA opener -

That puts 'Dancing Queen' out of the running for a JoobyChoon



:^)

#65 Don't recall seeing them on the list, which is a shame.



Pleased to report Dad's care home is awash with bunting. Thrilled to have found a party. Shame I won't be there.



Just home. What have I missed?



#78 ouch! Can't feel your pain (no facial hair to report yet) but I can sympathise ;-)



Loving the puns. Much more on the ball than I am today.



x

Billie, back to being a bloke again, I see.

Is it Friday yet?



What a busy week! And so missed so much bantering on the blog.



No street bunting or partying here as far as I know but the good Local Authority has given us Tuesday off. So, bless their cotton socks for that.



Anyone got matchsticks? My eyes are banging together...........zzzzzzzzzzz

Just a quick poop back to say that I early threw up in the car listening to the foodie part of the programme tonight.



Please Simon, no more of dead animal parts in graphic detail of the butcher's knife.



*shudders*



Sorry, but I can't even walk down "the dead animal isle" in the supermarket.

#87 nearly threw up ................at the butcher's knife



Too tired. See you in the morning when my lovely little dog poppet has a day outing to the vet to get all day tests but we'll get him home in the evening.......... just in time for the in-laws coming to stay for the weekend ~~~)

#87#88 Sorry you feel that way Shona.

You do know, I'm sure, that you're in a minority, though?



*sweet smile*

:^)

Morning lovely bloggerfolk!



Just pooped by to say that I hope that you all - and the Drivetime Crew of course - have a wonderful Jubilee weekend, whatever you may be doing.



See you soon xx



Ps. Hope Mr Mayo enjoys the Hay Festival too.

Good Morning Troops



So glad it's Friday. What a week and still so much to do.



Have a great day everyone and fingets crossed that Jimmy's blood sugar level is where it should be.

Fingets crossed ;)



It sounds as though you've had a busy old week Shona. Enjoy the Bank Holiday break.