Hello and Welcome Back Simon, the Drive Team and Constructors



Right ... on with the choon choosing ... er, hang on



What was the theme?

Good morning again Simon, Drivetime team and fellow blogpoppets,



Forgetful oldies? How about these:



DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME - SIMPLE MINDS



WALK ON BY - STRANGLERS



TAKE A LOOK AROUND - TEMPTATIONS



DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - BILLY IDOL



FORGET THAT GIRL - MONKEES



I WON'T FORGET HER - A-HA



madchick x

Good Morning One and All;



It's still the school holidays for some of us! *Faints* *Gets back up*



Nice to have you back, Simon :)



I've never forgotten my twins, and left them high and dry (increased vigilance due to their disabilities) Twin 2 has escaped from various places on a few occasions though... Terrifying experiences :(



Oldie suggestions...



I KEEP FORGETTIN' - MICHAEL McDONALD



DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER - THE BEEGEES



YOUR SONG - ELTON JOHN



SONG FOR WHOEVER - THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

Hi again everyone



"Welcome back, Simon"



I once left my son asleep in his buggy at the foot of the stairs in a Clarks' shoe shop in Altrincham, Cheshire, after taking my daughter upstairs to buy new shoes when she was about three years old! After we had got outside and walked along the stret for a few minutes, my daughter reminded me that her baby brother was still in the shop!



DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME~ The Bee Gees



TRY TO REMEMBER ~ Gladys Knight and The Pips



FORGET ME NOT ~ Eden Kane



DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME ~ Simple Minds



FORGET HIM ~ Bobby Rydell

Good morning Simon, Team and blogpoppets. How nice to have the full team back together again. Has it only been a week?



Is the theme a nod to Mr C forgetting to tell us that he had forgotten his daughter ;-)



Forgetful tunes:



FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN



DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS



RAGIO GA GA - QUEEN



FORGET ME NOTS - PATRICE RUSHEN



BRILLIANT MISTAKE - ELVIS COSTELLO



ACT OF REMEMBRANCE - THE PROCLAIMERS



GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME - GERRY RAFFERTY



OBLIVIOUS - AZTEC CAMERA



OK so some are a bit tenuous but are particular favourites that I would love to hear played.



Hope to be back later.



x

DON'T YOU [FORGET ABOUT ] SIMPLE MINDS







:^)

Morning :-)



THE FOUR TOPS....WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL



LORRAINE ELLISON....STAY WITH ME



AL GREEN....LET'S STAY TOGETHER



THE COMMUNARDS...DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY



PATRICE RUSHEN...FORGET ME NOTS



PSL xxx

#6 ME

VIOLA WILLS...GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU



EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL......MISSING



PSL xx

Baby's come back - Mcfly

Cant stand losing you - Police

Dont you forget about me - Simple Minds

How you remind me - Nickelback

Whats my name? - Rhianna

Whats the frequency Kenneth? - REM

Morning bloggers all and Simon.



A wet and miserable Monday morning sees me back to work (boo!) and the blog (yay!).



I haven't had a chance to catch up with las week's goings-on, so I hope everyone is well and survived the rain-soaked week intact.



I can't complain as this is a short half-term for me, but getting up this morning was a chore .... and it's so cold in my office I think I'm going to have to sit here with my coat on.



Oldies:

Never Forget - Take That

Don't You Remember - Adele

Please Remember Me - Tim McGraw



Back shortly ......

How about a bit of Elvis - I forgot to remember to forget her



Though probably counts as a remembering song...

Morning all & welcome back Simon



Well normal service resumed. Lovely day here, washing fluttering in the breeze, first coffee of the day outside, what more could you want? Yay indeed.



I was once left when I was about 5, mum thought dad had me, dad thought … They eventually found me with a policeman on the town hall steps.



Now, what was I meant to be doing next?





Forget Myself – Elbow



Scatterbrain – Radiohead



Somebody Remembers the Rose - Whiskeytown



Never Forget – Take That



Where is my Mind – Pixies



The Back of my Mind – Teenage Fanclub



Act of Remembrance - The Proclaimers (albeit rather the opposite of the theme)



Lost in the Supermarket – The Clash



Lost – The Cure

...or Radiohead - High & Dry



xx

DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES....BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN



PSL

Yay to Julia40 for a blog mensh! Glad you enjoyed the reading and meeting the main man.



x

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Well done Julia40 for getting your own special blog mensh!



Songs for forgetting:



DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME by Simple Minds



SOMETHING TO REMEMBER by Madonna



DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME by the Bee Gees



IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN by the Pierces



TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN by the Chi Lites



~X~

Do you know what, I thought I was being really clever with my Bee Gees suggestion - thought 'nobody else will think of that one, it's quite old and a bit obscure'. And I see Zoe #3 and Florence #4 have also come up with it! Great minds indeed...



;o)

#18 Deebee, I love that Chi Lites track. Good choice!

SWEET CHILD O MINE - GUNS N ROSES



DONT LEAVE ME THIS WAY - COMMUNARDS



IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - CHICAGO



BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU - THE FOUNDATIONS





:^)

Welcome back Lord Ammo !!!

Were not worthy, were not worthy...

~gill~

PETER GABRIEL - I Don't Remember



THE WOMBLES - Remember You're A Womble



THE WHO - Who Are You?



CARLY SIMON - Why?

Good morning, everybody!



Erm ... here goes...



WHAT'S HER NAME - GREEN DAY

SONG FOR WHOEVER - THE BEATIFUL SOUTH

DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS



Started writing this with zero comments, I imagine there will be many by now.

Any repeats from me are, therefore, 'seconding'.



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

Morning All,



'Who's That Girl?' Eurythmics



Have a good day everybody

LOOKING AFTER NO 1 - BOOMTOWN RATS



LOSE IT - SUPERGRASS



MISSING YOU - CHRIS DE BURGH

Good morning,



Gosh! A blog mensh. What an honour. Thank you Simon. It was lovely meeting you (and we found out afterwards that the Suffolk chips are indeed rather special).



Thank you too to Mo and Deebee for the congrats.



#1 Katy, Very funny!



#9 PSL, Your second suggestion is particularly clever.



My suggestions are rather tenuous:



HEY JUDE by The Beatles (isn't St Jude the Patron Saint of lost causes?)



GET BACK by The Beatles



Have to say that if I forgot to bring Mr 40 (39 actually) back from the pub he would be absolutely delighted.



Have a good day.x

Welcome back Simon!



That's not my name - Ting Tings

IN MY DAUGHTER'S EYES - MARTINA MCBRIDE



MY LITTLE GIRL - TIM MCGRAW



THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES - KATE BUSH



TURN AROUND - DIANA ROSS



MY GIRL - THE TEMPTATIONS



THE LAST THING ON MY MIND - JOHNNY CASH



LAST THING ON MY MIND - RONAN KEATING

I'd like Radio 2 favourite:



NEVER FORGET YOU - The Noisettes

I remember being lost in supermarkets and the like when young, and the terror I felt at not knowing where my parent was. Cherub seems far more relaxed about the whole thing, remarking 'It's OK, I knew you'd find me' upon our reunion. Of course she's only been 'lost' on a couple of occasions, myself on the other hand being the shorted of 6 siblings regulaly got stranded in the coat-racks of M&S.



Anywho, heres some selections from me n hubbs for today.



CALL ME IRRISPONSIBLE - FRANK SINATRA OR MICHAEL BUBLE

TURN BACK THE CLOCK - JOHNNY HATES JAZZ

ALL BY MYSELF - ERIC CARMAN

LEAVE RIGHT NOW - WILL YOUNG

I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME - GEORGE MICHAEL & ARETHA FRANKLIN



Off now to put a long awaited cheque in the bank (praise the lord its arrived, weve only been waiting 3 months for it)

~gill~

YOU KNOW THAT WAS THE LAST THING ON MY MIND - TOM PAXTON



♫Well I should have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind, you know that was

the last thing on my mind ...



:`^(

Can't help thinking that this might have been part of the 15 minute window:



WISHIN' & HOPIN' - Dusty Springfield

The Waters of Forgetfulness – Gerry Rafferty



Forget Her – Jeff Buckley



Jacqueline – Franz Ferdinand (somewhat tenuous even for me but it does mentions chips & holidays too)

Was it AlexG who was left in a crib under the table a Chinese Restaurant ...?

Seem to remember some chat in here ... ooh *years* ago



:^D

#34 Katy, I've been thinking about that blog story too but can't remember... Think you could be right about it being AlexG though. May have been around the time we lost Little Girl at a party in the park gig where we were surrounded by about 1000 off duty police officers all of whom had probably spent time in their careers looking for lost children.

I have just read Simon's blog properly as I didn't have time earlier and have to say *well done* to Julia40 for getting your own special mensh from Simon! What a lovely start to the week for you!



:o))

An even more tenuous suggestion. Leaving your child behind is:



SOMETHIN' STUPID by Frank and Nancy Sinatra

Good morning all from a wet and windy place



FUN FUN FUN - THE BEACHBOYS

('Seems she forgot all about the library. Like she told her old man now')

Forgot to say earlier, well done Julia40 for getting a blog mensh from Simon :-)



#18 Deebee - Blame the Beegees fest I had, after poor Robin's passing. Is it that obscure? I suppose it could be counted as one of their lesser known songs. Don't forget to remember, indeed ;-)

#36 Well thank you Flo! Yes, a lovely start to the week. Not sure all the day will go as well though. Suspect I might get detention when I go back to Big Girl's school this afternoon.



They had a name the national flag quiz this morning to kick off the Olympics theme in school. Grown ups escorted the children round the classrooms where the flags were displayed. Big Girl's teacher caught me and a Grandmother (who, I might add, is the retired Head Mistress of the school) taking a crafty look at a world map with a national flag border.



I'm long overdue a teenage rebellion. Never got detention when I was at school. What other naughtiness can I get up to today?

Good morning all,



First thoughts:



'Careless Memories' - Duran Duran

'My Brain Is Like A Sieve' - Thomas Dolby



N x

#34 #35 Yes, I think it was Alex-G who told that story.



Having trouble posting, so I'm keeping brief...



;o)

#39 I suppose it's only obscure in so far as it doesn't get as much airplay as the likes of 'Saturday Night Fever', 'Jive talking', 'How deep is your love', etc...



~X~

Good morning all - droughting again here.



Just popping in to say won't be around much til this afternoon - more medical stuff that I won't go into here....





See you later



JW

THE UNICORN SONG - THE IRISH ROVERS

Any excuse to listen to this song....



KAYLEIGH ~ Marillion



"Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wall?"



Derek Dick (Fish) lives near me as do his lovely parents and they do such a lot for local charities... and Kayleigh is such a nice song!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuN2PyQYiTc



Zoe and Deebee and I all came up with the Bee Gees' song, 'Don't Forget To Remember Me', which I think is one of their nicest and it would be good to hear it!

Speaking of forgetfulness, forgot to congratulate Julia40 on her mench in the blog dispatches. Your badge will be in the post :-)

~gill~

Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind

Ohhh, Driver you've made me think of another one with that.



LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - PET SHOP BOYS



~gill~

I can now understand the excitement of those who have already had the Olympic torch in their area. Little Miss Cynical here is getting totally absorbed in following a flashing red circle move across a map towards my real home town. Oops, they've taken a wrong turning ;-)



cBzz, I hope you are limbering up in readiness for the (virtual) handover later.



x

A few more oldie suggestions to add to the mix...



AMNESIA - CHUMBAWAMBA



FUNNY, FAMILIAR, FORGOTTEN FEELINGS - TOM JONES



LOSING MY MIND - LIZA MINELLI & THE PET SHOP BOYS

IF HE SHOULD EVER LEAVE YOU....TOM JONES



PSL

#40 Julia - hehehehee. Belated or Overdue Teenage Rebellion ... a great subject for blog chattery!



#46 Florence - yup - love that song as well - even considered posting it as a choon choice although my matching memory lyric- wise was more to do with the floor in Belsize Park .. ahem



#50 Mo - ooh ... a flashing red circle, you say, moving across a map, you say ..? How do I access that then?





:^D

HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME....THE TAMS



PSL

#53 via the BBC news website. It's much more interesting than anything else I should be doing ;-)



x

#44 Jennie W - hope all is as fine as it can be. Know what you mean about medical stuff - it's crucial and needs dealing with ... but sometimes best left out of chattage. 'Though having said that - I don't believe anyone here really minds and t'is often the best place to offload or share - if appropriate, obviously.

x

#44 Jennie, I hope all goes well for you this afternoon.



x

THE STYLISTICS 'YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW'



"you're a big girl now, no more daddy's litle girl"



PSL

Good Morning Each! Some cracking suggestions already this morning.

My twopennyworth...



'Um Um Um Um Um Um' by Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders



'I Can't Recall' by The Everley Brothers



'Remember Then' by Showaddywaddy (or The Firebirds, or The Earls)



'Show Me The Way To Go Home' by any one of loads of artists. Julie London is probably preferable to Max Bygraves, but hey, each to his/her own.

Ah, it's after noon already. What did I do with that morning?

It's great to have you back Simon!



Although it has been mentioned many times before:



DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS



( I taught the son of the bass player of Simple Minds many moons ago - but I'm sure I've bored you with that one before).



Off to the field



Catch you later



Shona x

RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME - DOCTOR JOHN

PETER FRAMPTON - Show Me The Way



THE JACKSONS - Let Me Show You The Way To Go

#55 Thanks Mo - will access when I get a break later





SO good to see the return above of our Missing Mensh Chasers - now for the rest ...



John B? Harry? Cutbushers? Glenn? Mandy ... you can all come out to play again - Simon's back!





*said with considerable tongue in cheekiness*

........forgot my coat and forgot to say....



Well done Julia40 on getting a mensh from Simon this morning!



Olympic Torch will be passing my office on Wednesday at 11.10am precisely.



Jennie, hope all goes well for you this afternoon. X

#44 Hope all goes well for you Jennie, and #56 very well said, KatyMatey.



~X~

#22 I DONT REMEMBER by PETER GABRIEL is a great choice.

Also DONT LEAVE ME THIS WAY by THE COMMUNARDS (spelling?)

GO NOW by THE HOLLIES



Alot of people may have turned the tv off by half time.



Good to have you back.

Very exciting French Open final.... come on Djokovic!



Trying to find "things to do" which don't take me too far from my desk



Break point ..... oh no .... Championship Point to Nadal... yikes!

#60 Hi PoS long time no see *waves*



Must check when the torch comes through my village....another two weeks away yet.



PSL

Ah well. I guess it was too much to ask for from Djokovic against Nadal. Such a shame, no grand slam for him.

Afternoon all! Welcome back Mr Mayo and much waving to the Drivetime Crew.....



Just taking a break from the post-half-term 'dig-out' - thought I might listen to a spot of Mr Vine but had to turn off immediately because of a most unpleasant discussion on RATS - yuk yuk yuk!



So many good song suggestions today - esp #49 Gill. I tweeted my only suggestion earlier - seconding Brandon on #24:



WHO'S THAT GIRL - EURYTHMICS



Just a couple of notices:



#44 - Jennie - Thinking of you this afternoon x



#26 - Julia40 - Congrats on the M-I-D and LOL on the pub suggestion. Mr H would feel the same.



As for forgetting.... I lost Teen Hoffs when he was a littlie, in M&S. I went absolutely nuts, rushing round shrieking and on the verge of tears, until I found him My mother who was with me stayed absolutely calm, which I found strange until I realised that she was a veteran 'forgetter'.



1) She left me in my pram outside a shop but took the dog home who had been lying underneath the pram. She was making lunch at home and wondered why the dog was whining at the door and then remembered...



2) She left me in a department store in Leicester when I was about 6 and went off down the street to another shop. I managed to find her though.



So, if my mum was choosing a choon this afternoon it would be:



TIME AFTER TIME - CYNDI LAUPER



More cleaning beckons......

Oops - '.' missing full stop for my last post.



Also, #40 - Julia40 - I'll join you for a rebellion - never dared do anything when I was younger. Last New Year's Eve Mr H suggested that I should 'do something adventurous' this year and with only six months of 2012 left, I need to get on with it - you are welcome to come along - just need to decide what to do......

#40/#72 rebellions.....look forward to reading what you come up with. My rebellious years were pretty tame. I think I have made up for it now on the adventurous front but can't think that anything I have done could really be considered rebellious. Must ask Mum if she agrees when I see her at the weekend. Also to follow up with her on being left behind. Don't remember it happening.



x

#73 - Hello Mo!! Any rebellious suggestions would be gratefully received!

I wonder why the 'news' about the Prime Minister's daughter has taken so long to reach the newspapers! I thought perhaps it was yesterday, but it was two months ago!!

No trad jazz or skiffle at the Jubilee concert. I thought that music was popular at the beginning of the Queen's reign.

I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET by ELVIS PRESLEY

FUNNY FAMILIAR FORGOTTEN FEELINGS by TOM JONES

FORGOT ABOUT DRE by EMINEM

DO YOU REMEMBER by THE SCAFFOLD

I DON'T REMEMBER by PETER GABRIEL

I meant to add this song since the little girl who was left is called Nancy !!!



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



SEEMS SO LONG AGO, NANCY ~ Leonard Cohen

Three word Monday: STRESS FREE SEPARATION



(The first time that Mini-Hoffs has said goodbye and gone into school without crying. A momentous day. Really.)

A couple more - probably too late but they'll help with the daytime playlists for the rest of the week ...





REAL GONE KID - DEACON BLUE



GONE GONE GONE - ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS

Having to type really short posts today, or the computer says no :o(



#40 #72 #73 can I join in the 'recycled' teenage rebellion?



#78 That is good news Hoffs. Well done Mini-Hoffs!



#X~

#78 Crikey Hoffs - that must be a relief.



Mine couldn't wait to get shot of me and into the classroom in their early school days - nary a lip tremor ...



#obviouslyaboringMum





:^D

#80 So .... this Teenage Rebellion.



Belated or Overdue or Recycled. Anything goes.



OK ... I had a green vodka jelly shot the other night ... at a 'youthful enough to be my offspring' party. And yesterday I told my girls and their partners not to tell my Mum.





:^D

Hello everyone - still droughting here.



Medical bits dealt with - thinking about them is often worse than what actually happens isn't it? Very nice doctor too which helps!



Thank you for all your kind thoughts - much appreciated. :0)



JW

With today's theme in mind, I've just seen this on a Facebook page but it has nothing to do with me...!!!



https://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/556111_3347600657304_1347815486_n.jpg

Hi Simon, DT Team and super duper bloggers,



All tunes suggested are perfect and what a difficult choice.

Flo,I too wondered why old news is new news?



Off to dry off,

LB, x

#83 Jennie - I'm pleased to hear things went better than feared.



#82 Get you Katy: Green vodka jelly shot....! Sounds vile - and very 'teenaged' ;)

I got a '50 things everyone must do at least once in a lifetime' box of cards from secret santa at work...some are do-able others not so....

# do a strp tease

#21 touch an iceberg

#33 have a food fight

#43 take a midnight skinny dip



needless to say we all had agiggle and a fib in the office has to how many we had all done!



PSL

#82 I was just thinking that I was the most boring teenager ever... Clean and tidy, spotless room with books etc colour-coded and arranged into categories, loved school and reading... But I forgot that I was 17 when I got embroiled in a "scandal" and rebelled to the max, and left home (for good) So, I don't think I really need to, or feel the need to, rebel now. :-/

Talking of forgetting things, I have a dental appointment this afternoon and I have forgotten whether I am seeing the dentist or the hygienist. I really hope it's the former... at least I remembered I had an appointment!



#87 Sounds like fun PSL!



~X~

#82 #88 I am so unrebellious - a friend of mine had a tattoo done for her 50th birthday (she's Welsh, and it was a little dragon on her shoulder). And while I admired it, at the same time I was thinking to myself "I could never do that - my Mum wouldn't approve at all..."



;o)

Phew!Had a busy meeting-filled morning, followed by an 'out of office' experience.



Will have to read back.



#50 Mo, just shapenning my 'spikes'. Flaming Baton handover approximately 18:30.



--

cBzz

Oh man... just thought of this one (far too late of course)



TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY - BOBBY VEE



It's one of my favorate songs ever, and I fully plan to request it at my daughters wedding :-)

~gill~

Helloo again - thanks for the comments re: Mini Hoffs. Double good news, he came out of school in a good mood too. Phew!



#80 - Deebee - yes, please, definitely join in the late-teen rebellion, the more the merrier!



#82 - KatyM - I like it! Can you get the same result with gin and raspberry jelly, I wonder, just looking in my store cupboard.....



#87 - PSL - Excellent ideas - but, rather embarrassingly, can already tick two of those. Will have a think about the other two and get back to you.....



#88 - Zoe - OK - but if you change your mind, you know where we are...



And shimmying in with a late three worder:



BROKEN BOILER CONDEMNED. Delightful 'Jim' couldn't fix it - not on Friday, nor today, unfortunately.



Words can't describe how much I am looking forward to the show tonight...............

#86 AutumnGale - it was delicious.

*whispers* Actually I had two





#87

PSL - yup - I can hold up my hand to one or two - or maybe three ... on your list



:^D

#94 - Two shots AND you have touched an iceberg?! Blimey, that's good going...

...in all fairness, 'what' chance is there in many of us touching an iceberg? Or want to for that matter?



Come on Psl, lets be 'aving the rest, I thought it might have caught Harrys attention, hope all is ok?



Things are a tad on the wet side out there today!



Happy days, all the same :)

Oooh 'ello Sal - where d'you spring from?!



Jolly good to see you, mind x

Hello all,



Been another one of those days so no time for choon chasing earlier but have to say you've done a fab job in coming up with a great playlist.. I hope at least a few of you are rewarded with a mensh!



I had quite a rebellious/adventurous, some might say downright naughty side to me in my younger days. And, I think if I look close enough it's never too far from the surface now ;)



Been a lousy day weather-wise. I know I shouldn't complain as some poor souls have it much worse where they are but I am truly sick of getting rained on .. and then some!



Jennie, glad all went well for you at the Docs.



Hoffs, pleased to hear mini Hoffs, and yourself, had a good day.



Zoe, I hope your 'holidays' are going well and quickly!



Cbzz and Mo, good luck with the handover ;)



Enjoy the show if you are able to catch it .... I am looking forward to it muchly :)



Jillyx



p.s. Katy - pass the shots! lol

I see from reading back, that I am not alone in having problems posting. I have written endless posts both here and next door, only for them not to actually appear once sent.



Its very tedious, nothing much more than my usual waffle, but a waffle that I wished to share, nevertheless!

#96 - Hello Sal! Iceberg lettuce?!