Morning Simon, team, NYM, and nicely-spiced bloggers,



Eager to get in first and suggest one I've been trying for an ARFO for ages:



SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council



oh, and this would be nice too



TWIST AND SHOUT - Beatles





DID YOU HEAR ME????

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



I'm kicking (and screaming?) off with:



SHOUT by Lulu



SHOUT by Tears for Fears



TWIST AND SHOUT by the Beatles



BEAUTIFUL NOISE by Neil Diamond



May think of a few others



~X~

Early blog and a rare window of opportunity!



Good morning Simon, Team and blogpoppets!



TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT



LULU - SHOUT



STYLE COUNCIL - SHOUT TO THE TOP



GERI HALLIWELL - SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER (sorry)



Hope to be back later for the chat.



x

Good Morning Everyone!



It's good to be able to join in.



Suggestions -



THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING - UB40



SHOUT - Tears 4 Fears



SHOUT - Lulu



SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council



TWIST & SHOUT - Beatles



SCREAM - Michael & Janet Jackson

Morning Simon and blogpoppets.



The Nashville 2Day slot sounds wonderful (although at that time of day I'll have to iplayer it later). It's a shame Alex and you couldn't be transported across the pond though.....



Scream oldies:

Twist & Shout - The Beatles

Scream if you Want to go Faster - Gerri Halliwell

Shout - Tears for Fears

Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

Shout - Lulu



Back in a bit .....

REBEL YELL - Billy Idol



AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT - Stevie Wonder



FRUSTRATION - Soft Cell



FOR CRYING OUT LOUD - Meatloaf

I'M THE SON OF HICKORY HOLLER'S TRAMP - O C Smith

WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH - Julian Cope



ALL MY RAGE - Laura Marling



DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - Oasis



Got to go now. Busy day.



I SAID I'VE GOT TO GO NOW!

Happy Thursdays all round and HELLO! SIMON DRIVETEAM & CONSTRUCTORS!





Shouty hollery oldies:





REBEL YELL - BILLY IDOL



SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS



STOP STOP STOP! - HOLLIES



HOLLER - SPICE GIRLS



SHOUT SHOUT KNOCK YOURSELF OUT - ROCKY SHARP AND THE REPLAYS





:^D

Morning all

Already tweeted most of the above, Tears for Fears, Billy Idol and also

SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT by Chubby Checker...



Did anyone follow the Scream pics that Radcliffe and Maconie had sent in yesterday afternoon via twooter? What a scream!

: - 0



A chap with a 'scream' shaped nan bread in front of his face was my favourite. They're going to try and put them up in picture form, but no sign yet on their BBC webpages...

Quite appropriate as it's curried lamb shank today - I've had that in a restaurant and it was truly yummy.

*sign* off to make my porridge.

Laters, hopefully with more shouting tunes,

CRY FOR HELP - Rick Astley



CRY - Godley & Creme



CRYING - Don McLean or Roy Orbison



HELP - Beatles

Good morning, everybody!



Can I have a shout out for...



CRY WOLF - A-HA

ROCKS - PRIMAL SCREAM

TWIST AND SHOUT - DEACON BLUE

TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT

CRYIN' - ROY ORBISON



Off to the coffee machine...



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kkcBzz

LOSING MY MIND - Liza Minnelli & Pet Shop Boys

Would love to hear the beautiful and haunting:





I HEAR YOU NOW - JON AND VANGELIS





:^)

Good morning everyone



CRYING IN THE RAIN ~ Everley Brothers



TWIST AND SHOUT ~ Beatles



SHOUT ~ Tears For Fears



THE CRYING GAME ~ Dave Berry



SHOUT, SHOUT, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT ~ Rocky Sharpe & The Replays



SHOUT ~ Isley Brothers

For the repeated line



"You never make me scream."



IT'S NOT FAIR - Lily Allen

DO YOU HEAR ME NOW? - DONOVAN or BERT JANSCH

Loudness in general ...





TURN THE MUSIC UP! - THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION



THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - HUMAN LEAGUE



SOUND OF THE SUBURBS - MEMBERS



SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND - GIRLS ALOUD



:^)

SHOUT AT THE DEVIL - Motley Crue

Morning all :-)



SHOUT...THE ISLEY BROTHERS



JUMP AROUND...HOUSE OF PAIN



SHOUT TO THE TOP....STYLE COUNCIL



PSL still hugging my AGA :-D

Good Morning Simon and Poppeteers



SHOUT - LULU



SUGAR BABY LOVE - RUBETTES (screams throughout the song)



HEY YA - OUTKAST (kind of screams at the chorus)



CRAZY HORSES - OSMONDS (keyboard sounds like screams)



LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL - JIMMY OSMOND (screams at the thought)

HOWL - Florence & The Machine

DON'T CRY OUT LOUD ~ Elkie Brooks



FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM ~ Elvis Costello



SCREAM ~ Usher

TWIST AND SHOUT...CHAKA DEMUS

WE CLOSE OUR EYES - Go West

CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING? ~ Mike and The Mechanics

Good morning Simon, Team and fellow blogpoppets,



I would definitely like to hear the TFF 'Shout' that most have already suggested.



My contributions to the pot:



CRY by GODLEY & CREME



CAN'T KEEP IT IN by CAT STEVENS



MASTERBLASTER by STEVIE WONDER



madchick x

KICKING & SCREAMING - Miley Cyrus

Hi Simon and everyone



Is that picture scream the one that looks like that character in the film scary movie and Scream? I have this image in my head.



Anyway scream oldies its is:



1. SHOUT - Tears for Fears

2. SHOUT - Lulu

3. SCREAM - Michael and Janet Jackson

4. SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER - Ginger Spice

5. THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING - UB40

6. SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council

7. YOUR THE VOICE - John Farnham

8. HOLLER - Spice Girls

9. TWIST AND SHOUT - The Beatles

10. ART FOR ARTS SAKE - 10 cc



Oh well must step on it.



Have a nice day.



Mandy ;)



RIP my friends sisters dog who was put to sleep last night as apparently had doggie skin cancer for 2 months. RIP Jasper ....go and play with Lassie and the Angels. xxxxx

CALL OF THE WILD - MIDGE URE



GIRLS TALK - DAVE EDMUNDS



;^)

Oooh have thought of another:



SHOUT SHOUT by THE PROCLAIMERS

THE WIND CRIES MARY - JIMI HENDRIX

MADNESS (IS ALL IN THE MIND) - Madness



THE END OF THE WORLD - Skeeta Davis

And if you want a quieter contrast to all this shouty music:



CRY FOR HELP by RICK ASTLEY

I actually like the following (Andy Bell of Erasure is on backing vocals), so no sniggering at the back please:



SHOUT - Ant & Dec



But I also nominate:



GO LET IT OUT - Oasis

Too early for puns?

Not when you drink as many coffees as I do...



ICE-CREAM MAN - VAN HALEN



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kkcBzz

TALKING LOUD & CLEAR by ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

My son tells me that Green Day do a great SHOUT version live, but he's not sure it's recorded apart from live CD's by them.

Oh and I have a 3 worder already:



GUESTS OUTSTAYING WELCOME



The weekend approaches, and I have used the £150 worth of food bought before they arrived - and they're here until next Tuesday!! Oh and one is a vegetarian so rather than make 2 main courses, we've all gone vege and I crave, CRAVE I tell you juicy red meat and bacon!



Other theme choons:



BROKEN MAN'S LAMENT by Emmylou Harris (well, he does look like a broken man - and it is Whispering Bob Thursday)

or

CRYING TO THE SKY by Be Bop Deluxe





Speaking of old men, mine came in last night having seen Ian Anderson (I declined a ticket) and it was only 10.05pm!

Rock n roll ain't what it used to be.....

Re Ithingy shuffle, after Emmylou Harris, mine put me straight onto Howard Jones - & I had lovely memories of his phenomenal live Live Aid opening song 'There was a time when there was nothing at all, just a distant hum'...



We have a friend who listens to mainly instrumental music and HAS NEVER listened to a CD through the way it was recorded...all his music is on shuffle, all the time. Can't get my head round that at all.

Imagine all the 'concept' albums of the 60/70/80's all being jumbled up on shuffle - ARG! *makes face like the scream painting*



ps you'll all be pleased to hear The Scream painting looks a treat in our downstairs loo, and covers a nasty damp patch. Cheaper than getting in a plasterer, anyday.

#39 Suzieeeeeee, well worth the $112000000, then?



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kkcBzz

Good morning,



BEHIND THE MASK by Eric Clapton



Have a good day.x

#21 Shona, LOL about Little Jimmy!



#36 Caffeine Ken, LOL at that suggestion as well!



#38 Suzie, I feel your sirloin pain. Makes me think of that scene in Shirley Valentine where she gives the veggie dog a great big juicy steak.



#39 Suzie again, Ah Live Aid. What a fantastic moment in time that was. Phil Collins dashing across the Atlantic, Queen's Radio Ga Ga, Bob Geldolf swearing, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones dressed up as coppers, Status Quo getting things off to a great start and Paul McCartney's mike not working at the end. We watched it on a big screen on a campsite in rainy Cornwall. Where was everyone else?

Good morning all - damp, cloudy and drizzly today. Hope others in this vicinity are relatively dry - lots of drought last night.



SHOUT - LULU

TWIST AND SHOUT - THE BEATLES



Off to read back



JW

Morning All,



'Shout To The Top' Style Council



Have a good day everybody

Morning Simon, team and poppets



You've all been very busy this morning!



I think every screamy shouty number has been covered so I will second, third or fourth the few I'd most like to hear..



THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING - UB40



SHOUT TO THE TOP - THE STYLE COUNCIL



SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS



Hope everyone has a good day.

Jx

Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, its COLDER than it looks !



Morning all, I have high hopes for having a bath today. Realised this morning that the mirror fitted yesterday is not straight (whoops), lets hope he can get the blind on right.



I remember a creative writing test way back when I was at school where the accompanying image was 'the Scream'. It threw up some fantastic stories.

Can I suggest...



STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT - OASIS

Stay dry and warm folks,

~gill~

Hi Jilly nice to see you back again x



BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE...ISLEY BROTHERS



PSL

'Let's Hear It For The Boy' Deniece Williams

Well, I can't think of anything that hasn't already been suggested so I think I shall give up on mensh chasing this week. I got one yesterday for Paolo Nutini anyway (which I'd Tweeted rather than blog-suggested), and I think after my/not my ARFO opener last week I'm unlikely to get another! Maybe I'll tweet instead so as to still be in with a chance :o)



Forgot to mention my first three singles. Like a few others on here I mainly bought albums (I had two paper rounds so I was fabulously wealthy!) but the first three actual singles (all of which I still have) were:



Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

Status Quo - What You're Proposin'

AC/DC - Rock'n'Roll Ain't Noise Pollution



I don't know what the attraction was but I can confirm that the first of those was bought, like a couple of fellow bloggers, from the Watford branch of WHS.

Hi all



Back from London, and safely installed back in my office in Cornwall. Yesterday I went to Essex for the first time. As I entered the company's car park, having been told to report to the boardroom, the first car I saw was Alan Sugar's Rolls Royce. Thought I'd entered some sort of 3rd dimension reality TV show. Luckily I got offered a sandwich rather than a p45.



Tough today, hard to think of anything original



support suggestions for

Shout - Tears For Fears

Rebel Yell - Billy Idol



Country Girl - Primal Scream

#50 Where in Essex did you go? If I had known I would have invited you round for a cup of tea and one of Little Girl's home made "nana nuffins" (banana muffins for anyone aged over 3 years).

Hi Simon,



I would like to echo some choices for oldies...



SCREAM - Michael & Janet Jackson

WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH - Julian Cope

SHOUT - Ant & Dec

HOLLER - Spice Girls



Thanks,

Coffee/catchup time...



Can I second KatyMatey's Jon and Vangelis suggestion #14 - lovely song!



I have my fruity mp3 player on shuffle most of the time, and yes it's great to rediscover songs you'd forgotten you had - or cringe at ones you wish you didn't have. In fact, a fun game for the next time Simon goes on hols - or a quiet Friday - would be for bloggers to put their mp3 on shuffle and list the first 3 songs it comes up with...



Meant to say - Dougal, from yesterday's blog: thanks for the welcome back!



~X~

Good Morning All;



I also like putting my iPod on shuffle, and enjoying what pops up. I've certainly put some strange delights on there, but there's a heck of a lot of Country music too (thank you Bob Harris) On the matter of Country music, I do like the sound of Simon's 2Day gig this year, I'll be listening :)



Oldies? Well, I will have to turn the radio right down if that Lulu song gets an airing, I HATE it! But I'll throw my weight behind...



REBEL YELL - BILLY IDOL



TWIST AND SHOUT - THE BEATLES



GO LET IT OUT - OASIS



FRENZY - SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS (a shuffle favourite!)

Just remembered this one.....



BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN ~ The Smiths

I doubt whether Simon would play a Ramones' song two days running! ;o)



LOUDMOUTH ~ The Ramones

Picking up on a couple of earlier discussions (better late than never...!)



Handwriting - yes, mine has got worse over the years. I used to pride myself on my neat script when I was at school. Now to my shame it's become rather an untidy scrawl. I don't think it's necessarily to do with age though - my Mum is 78 and still has lovely handwriting.



First singles bought - I'm sure mine were far too uncool to mention here. Donny Osmond's 'Too Young' must have been one of them, so that will give you an idea. I used to buy quite a lot of singles in my teens - there was a magazine you could get where you could send off for them by post. I think it came out monthly, and I used to love flicking through it. And it was always really exciting when a new single arrived in the post and I put it on the turntable for the first time. I used to have a little record player that was like a small case you could carry around - you took the lid off and it became the speaker.



~X~

My handwriting is awful!

I remember some of my primary school teachers hinting in school reports that I should consider a career in general practice. The inference being, I suppose, that all GPs handwriting on prescriptions was something of a scrawl.



At university, we had to prepare technical drawings by hand (none of that computer-aided nonsense) and I'm ashamed to admit that I adopted the engineers cop-out of writing EVERYTHING in capitals. A trait that I still carry on with today. Mrs CoffeeBuzz-to-be does not approve, what with her being a primary teacher and all!



--

kkcBzz

Unlike Shona's schools, I'm afraid we only have 2 interactive whiteboards and so my handwriting gets regular critiquing from my classes. I tend to write loads (and for Economics there's a lot of diagrams). My writing's not too bad but I tend to run letters together and so there's regular calls of "Miss xxxx what does that say!

#54 I go through phases of using shuffle on my idevice. Also on my Squeezebox (other music streamers etc.....) which has access to my whole collection on the server. I'm so glad that project is now complete (apart from around 60 classical CDs still to do) and it's just business as usual adding new CDs on when bought.



I sometimes wonder exactly how random these things are though. I was once offered up Beth Orton's "Thinking About Tomorrow" three times in a fortnight by the phone. Not that I'm complaining, it's lush (assuming my understanding of youngspeak is accurate!)

GHOST TRAIN - THE SPECIALS

I remember the handwriting classes we had at junior school. They involved lots of doodling patterns in pencil on tracing paper. It was compulsory to use fountain pens for English and some other lessons and I would invariably end up with ink over my hands by the last bell. My school reports always pointed out that my handwriting could be neater.



I came quite late into buying singles for myself. I think the first three were probably, a yellow 45"(does anyone remember coloured vinyl?) Banana Splits (The Dickies), Never Let Her Slip Away by Andrew Gold and Olivers Army - Elvis Costello. My parents had bought me Donny albums for birthdays etc when I was younger. My first treasured album, still have it, my paper round paid for it, was ELO's Out Of The Blue.



I loved those record players where you could stack up the 45's and there was this satisfying plop as each fell down and the stylus came across. No such thing as ipod shuffle then! Happy Days as Sal would say!

#58 KingKencoCoffeeBuzz... if you write everything in capital letters it must take you ages to write a letter! Do you write birthday cards in capital letters too, or do you leave the card writing to Mrs Buzz, as most men seem to do?! ;o)

Ah, handwriting. I'm a leftie so my handwriting was a disaster at school (they said it might cost me grades) and has got worse since. I think it's a physical impossibility for a leftie to write neatly unless they wrap their wrist round the top of the page as some people do, but doesn't that just transfer the ink smudges from the your fingers to your inside wrist?

#63 Florence, Indeed I do write greetings cards in capitals. Over the years I've developed a technique to speed up the writing process.



Mrs CoffeeBuzz-to-be won't hear of me fobbing off all the card writing onto her. And quite right too.

I like writing, even though I'm awful at it. I tried the online card people for a while but I found it a little soul-less and reverted to manual.



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kkCbzz

#64/#63 I should maybe have mentioned my leftie-ness too :)

My granny was a leftie too had 'hens feet' handwriting, as a result of institutionalised standardisation. She was forced to use her right hand at school.



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kkcBzz

#62 I hardly bought any singles of the 7 inch variety. I would occasionally buy 12inch singles when they had additional tracks or live stuff on them that wasn't on the album, but otherwise I didn't bother with them. I know I have Genesis' Spot the Pigeon EP and also the Paperlate EP on 7 inch, and two or three other Genesis singles that I bought second hand from a shop in Reading when I was a student, just for the B-sides. Plus Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow, and maybe a dozen or so other assorted 7 inch singles, but that's it. I bought "A Day at the Races" in around 1976 when I was thirteen and that was me a died in the wool albums person from that day onwards.



I can only think of two CD singles that I've ever bought. Energy Orchard's "Belfast", and Maria McKee's "Show Me Heaven" which was on one of those mini-sized CDs which sits in the inner-bit of the tray. That's the lot.

#51 Julia40 Thanks, I'd have enjoyed a muffin. The meeting was shorter than originally planned so I had 2 hours to kill before my train home. - I went to Loughton. Apparently Lord Sugar's son rents a floor of the office block where our Company Head Office is based.

Soz, was in a meeting - the boss was asked for a reference for me, so we had to have the 'why do you want to leave' discussion.



#40 yes, exactly - so much more of a treat using the downstairs 'facilities' now...



#42 'great big juicy steak' you are a cruel woman...*off to look a photos of juicy, dripping red meat..*

RE Live Aid, I was watching at home, nursing #1 child, 3 months old at the time - and was blubbing every time they showed tiny malnourished babies in the intervals...pregnancy hormones were still bubbling around. It was the first time I had seen such effective filming set to music - does anyone remember The Cars and DRIVE - don't watch this if you're feeling sad!

https://youtu.be/fZG3ZLQ4MO8



I heard that the chap doing the editing for the film was sitting in a hotel room, where this song was playing on the radio, or MTV and he realised how effective it was behind what he was watching....and a whole new genre was born



#53 sounds like a good game!!

1st three shuffled songs today (lower cased so they aren't spotted for choons) are twenty minutes by clifford t ward;I must be saved madeleine peyroux; nick drake fruit tree.

Wonder how different it'll be tomorrow!

Hi Simon,Team and Bloggers!



I much perfer typing to writing and it feels awkward for me to actaully handwrite something.



Twist and Shout by you know who has to be played and don't we all know the words by heart.



LB, x

#53 Great suggestion for a game Deebee although I'm laughing at how I will be able to join in. My mp3 player is a notebook with songs in it. Perhaps I could just flick through the pages and pick the first 3 songs on the page. Yes, I know I'm JUST SO LAST CENTURY.

Afternoon all



Maybe too late but will try with:



'Ready To Go' - Republica

#62 Madchickster, I remember coloured vinyl and had some singles that were bright orange. Coming Through The Rye and some songs from Wizard of Oz on them which I remember playing on a little plastic record player before I got a "real" one for my 10th birthday - a suitcase one similar to Deebee's.



I still have all my singles from way back then and most in their original sleeves. The ones with pictures on the sleeves include "Twist and Shout", "Yummy, Yummy Yummy and Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport.



I knew how to live it up as a child

#61 methinks that after all these days of rain and cloud that I have a touch of the sun.

can't understand how I got the title soooo wrong.

Going back to the handwriting, I once gave a policeman a ticking off for his poor handwriting when he was taking a statement from me when my car got damaged in the night by some lout using the bonnet as a trampoline. ;( I only did it because he asked me if I was sure I hadn't hit a deer! How very dare he.

#62 RE stacking up records on a player, do you remember how warped LP's used to get so if they were stacked on top of each other on the record player, the stylus was like a boat going up and down and jumped...we blue-tacked a penny to the stylus, for some weight - that sorted it.

A bad scratch on my parent's Cliff & the shadows LP was 'attempted' to be covered up by using clear nail varnish...still can't believe I thought that it would then play absolutely fine!!

#numpty

Heading back to work now and a late meeting which means missing a wee bit of the show ;(

Not sure who kicked off the first singles reminisce but I've referenced mine in the past couple of days as being from what is seeming to be the epicentre of home counties singles purchasing in the late 70's - namely Watford WHS!

I bought my first album from the Watford Boots (I know, kids of today just wouldn't believe it) - Blondie's Parallel Lines.

Which brings me on to why the chart is how it is today - a distant cousin to our charts. My theories are multiple but the main reason I think that the charts semm like a different world is that the downloading demographic (14-30?) listens to Radio 1/Capital etc and buys those singles. If a Radio 2 listener hears a song my theory is that they are a) less likely to download it and b) will wait for an album or the Now series next issue. Take a song like '100 sinners' by The Feeling ('Sally's gonna get drunk whatever'). It had saturation Radio 2 airplay for about a month and a half. In the 'old days' that would have translated into a top 20 placing at the least. Its actual chart placing? The heady heights of 127! It won't be until today's downloaders are approaching middle age that we'll have a what I would call a 'real' chart again. No TOTP doesn't help either.

Before a rush of you say 'I download singles' I know I'm generalising but its just a theory.

#71 did you know that you can buy something called a Notebook - it's a posh version of a laptop?

Every so slightly more £xpensive...

#79 Suzieeeeeee - saw in a card shop the other day an A4 pad of paper, in the Waldo Pancake range, with a front cover that says '1970s Laptop'!

#78 no, you are right - CDs are now relatively cheap (I think?) to buy as opposed to the equivalent number of single tracks - aren't they?

As a kid, (first singles purchases from: Studio Musica in Shirley, Boots/Smiths/Woolworths Solihull)

Quite often though, if I don't like a track (there are a few on the new Paul Weller I can't get on with) I just don't put them on the ithingy. It's like cherry picking the best bits off the CD.

Agree about the lack of a TOTP type prog to actually stir up some excitement/band rivalry (and give information) about who's where in the charts.



Jools tends to do newcomers, oldcomers, and not really chart orientated. Which is a good thing.



You know how we tend to spot our song suggestions on R2 on other progs? The Persuaders theme which I mentioned as one of my first singles bought, was on Rad/Maconie show on Tuesday (as part of their tea time theme time comp).

They play three songs which listeners have to guess the link for (3.30ish) - if any of you can get on t'internet R6 then, it's a good comp. Brain-racking time.



Off to make soup and dream of steak...

#80 Ah ah! Maybe paper pads will come back..instead of i ones.



I use a paper-based one at work, and btw my handwriting is APPALLING.

No excuse, just rusty and usually rushing it.

Letters I had as a kid from my Grandmother in Scotland showed her as having the most beautiful mellifluous (is that an appropriate word for handwriting? but you know what I mean) looped handwriting - I think they were all taught to write in beautiful joined up script as my M-in-Law has the same style.

Good afternoon everyone............you know me...........lateness will never stop me from suggesting oldies.....................................................................





DANCE OF THE SCREAMERS - IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS



SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN - AMEN CORNER



PUMP UP THE VOLUME - MARRS



SAY IT LOUD - JAMES BROWN



NOISE NOISE NOISE - THE DAMNED



SCREAM - MICHAEL JACKSON



REBEL YELL - BILLY IDOL



for the price of the painting.......HIGHER AND HIGHER - JACKIE WILSON



plus it always reminds me of the nightmare where you scream and no sound comes out of your mouth.................so........................



SOUND OF SILENCE - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL







Me done........hope you are all well.........will catch up now............



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



P.S Just in case it hasn't been suggested................ ;0))



SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS!!



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#78 Bought many a record at Boots in Watford, and several CDs too. Up to the first floor and to your right. Boots seemed to sell and awful lot of different things then, and if they didn't have it you could cross the road to Timothy Whites (which was also owned by Boots, I believe) and probably get it there.

#66 KingKenCoffeeBuzz... Re left-handedness, I have friends who have quite a few left-handers in their families and most of them seem to be husbands, sons or brothers so I wonder if it is hereditary in some way. A guy I used to work for was left-handed and he had three sons who were all left-handed and all were very artistic and good at painting and creative arty stuff.



A while back I was wondering about famous people and whether or not they are left or right-handed and I started observing TV presenters, musical people, people I have had an autograph from, actors etc and I have come to the conclusion that there seems to be more male left-handers than female.... my husband thinks this has become an obsession with me because every now and again I say "there's another left-hander and it's a man!"



Has anyone noticed how many MPs/leaders etc are left handed. Some I have noticed include President Obama, David Cameron, George Osborne, Ed Milliband, Alistair Campbell, Douglas Alexander, Michael Portillo and John Prescott.



Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are all left-handed.



Eamonn Holmes, David Dimbleby, David Attenborough, Richard Madeley, Phil Tuffnell, Paul Hollywood (baker), Martin Hughes-Games (Springwatch), Adrian Chiles, Piers Morgan, Graham Norton, John Bishop, Kevin Bridges, Christy Moore, Mick Hucknall, Mike Scott of The Waterboys, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Brian May, Jack Bruce, Ken Barlow (Corrie) and Hugh Grant are amongst the many more I could list!



So many left-handers seem to be either very outgoing, artistic, funny (as there are a lot of comedians who are left-handed) and I wonder if any bloggers have any thoughts on left/right-handers, or whether the topic bores you!!!!

Working from home ... ahem.

Gave me the opportunity to see David Cassidy on Loose Women just now

Boy - does he have a few tales to tell!



Is 'How Can I Be Sure' just one of the finest songs ever? Still think I prefer the Dusty Springfield version, mind.

:^)



I think most who notice these things in here will realise that I love listening to music. Strangely enough - I don't use portable devices ... and earbuds are anathema to me.

#85 I am SURROUNDED by left-handers!

My son, husband, nephew, a grandad - and as you say all male.

Although one of my oldest friends is a lefty and female.

My son writes for a music magazine (and has comedy stand-up dreams) Hubby is a muso, now in his spare time, but was a pro 15 years ago.

Nephew and grandad are/were in normal professions.

The interesting thing is whether they eat, hold a bat/racket and kick a ball as a lefty - my husband can play golf right handed but my son has left handed clubs and is left-footed.

#87 / #85 Afternoon all. Interestingly (to me) almost all the lefties I have known have been female. None of them especially artistic to my knowledge.



For myself, I can't decide whether I am left or right. I'm not ambidextrous, and I write and use cutlery right-handed but otherwise I'm probably more left than right handed. (I've never been one to stick to convention).

I'm not particularly artistic (just confused !).

#62 coloured vinyl?

Yes, had (or have in attic somewhere) A 12" in red vinyl of the Police's Roxanne.

Took it to show my bessie mate, it was all still in sealed plastic, no intention of opening it - while we were in the kitchen, her younger sister opened it and PLAYED it. Zoot alors.

She's now a TV producer, the sis, not the bessie mate!

#85

Apart from my granny, I'm the only left-hander (that I know of) in our family.



My male friends are split 50/50 by handedness and I only know of 1 female friend who is left-handed.



*I always hold a fork in my left hand;

*I play guitar right-handed; (not very well, but that has nothing to do with handedness)

*I hold a racquet/bat in my left hand



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#78 I have made the mistake of not downloading a single that I like and waiting for the album to come out, then being disappointed in the other tracks. These days I just download stuff I know I'm going to like.. But I did dowload The Feeling's '100 Sinners'...



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#86 Each to their own, KatyMatey - we are all different. I wouldn't be without my portable devices - they have got me through many a long plane journey, and I often get strange looks when I'm walking the dogpoppet, chuckling away to myself at some podcast or other.



I'm sure there were other things I was going to comment on, but I'd better go and get on with some more work...



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Oh yes, just for information really - Mandy and I have both had problems with tweeting our leader today. Some of our tweets haven't appeared on his timeline. No idea if the problem is to do with Simon's account, our accounts or Twitter in general, but if you've tweeted him today you might want to check that he's got it. I can't imagine he would have blocked us...



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#86 I'm glad you said that, Katy. I don't have any portable listening devices, either. Infact, my offspring are amazed that I can use a lap top!

Is Brian May really left-handed? I don't think I've ever seen one of the well-know leftie-guitarists perform live, although I recall Steve Hackett's bass player a few years back (To Watch the Storms era) was a leftie. Have seen Phil Collins of the well-known leftie drummers.

#92

According to twooter, only 5 people replied to SM's request this morning!

Mine not listed under his original twoot.

No wonder I'm having a mensh drought...

Afternoon all



Quick catch up:



#86#93 - I don't have a portable listening device either!



Re. handwriting - Mr T is a 'leftie', always writes in capitals, and even that is almost illegible! I'm right handed, but do everything, except eating and writing, with my left hand.

Best scream in rock:



Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!



Willy the Shake

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Well folks, I'm away home.



Offshore survival course tomorrow, so no ARFO for me (maybe less confusion for the YTS laddie, eh?)



Good luck with the menshes this evening and with the ARFO's tomorrow.

Holiday Monday here, but might poop in over the weekend to say "hello" and to pass on the ARFO crown.



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Good afternoon all. Hmm, a few conversations to catch up on. Good stuff. How is everyone today?



Can't for the life of me remember the first singles I bought. I have a feeling Dave Edmunds Girls Talk would be in there. And probably bought from Boots in Dundee (up the stairs & turn right - do you think all stores were set up identically?). Must get up to the loft one of these days. I have kept all my vinyl.



I wouldn't be without my ipod. It's a must have travel companion for me. Also keeps me sane when I need to shut out background noise at work.



By chance I came across The Proclaimers on Richard Bacon's 5 live show. And live streamed too. Played a couple of songs. Excellent stuff. Worth a listen back if you like them.



My handwriting has also deteriorated. I think because I am usually in a rush when scribing. But, if I need to absorb something I still find pen & paper is the best way of getting it to take hold in my brain.



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Afternoon All!



Only just in time! Phew!