Well - am I first again? If Parsley_cat is there..

Mac the horse



Mahgnitton Ytisrevinu &



Emgas impressions.



Oh and a suitable ARFO -



DAVE EDMUNDS - GIRLS TALK

Get in nice and early with any one of these:



TOMMY GUN - The Clash



TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - The Specials



MONY MONY - Billy Idol

Morning all



Simon, no one would have guessed that you had to rise from your sick bed to do the shows - hope you have a better weekend than last!



ARFO:



KISS - Tom Jones



YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - Tom Jones



No real reason, except Kiss was played at my exercise class last night, and I realised I hadn't heard that version for ages!



T x

Nearly done? How apposite for my last day at work :o)



Songs to explode out of the radio? Any of the following would make my (last) day:



STATUS QUO - Paper Plane



CHICAGO - 25 or 6 to 4



SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND - Delilah



MADNESS - Wings of a Dove



ISAAC HAYES - Shaft



I'll hold off going to the pub until 5:05 just in case my luck's in for a change...

Good Morning All :)



Katy - Impressive list keeping again, from the previous blog. I'm still not keen on the current playlist A,B or indeed C, I wouldn't seek any of them out if they weren't foisted on me radio-wise, on a daily basis!



ARFO suggestions...



FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE - KELLY MARIE



MODERN GIRL - MEATLOAF



REBEL REBEL - DAVID BOWIE

Good morning Simon, DT Team and fellow blogsters,



Glad that the week is ending better healthwise than it started. BTW, I enjoy reading your daily rambling musings. I think we should set a minimum word limit - your publisher would agree, I'm sure! ;-)



I think you'll find that the following ARFO suggestions are neither gentle or subtle:



ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - BLONDIE



THE POWER OF LOVE - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS



SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS



ROCK THE CASBAH - THE CLASH



I shall try and endeavour to have a nifty Friday, not sure about the elegant bit though - not with the hayfever that has suddenly gripped me. I am sporting a 'nice' red nose and seem to be prone to loud involuntary bursts of sneezing. A delicate petal I am not! ;-)



x

Zoe - re. the lyrics to the Stooshe (sp?) song - I thought she was "falling for the master" -so I keep thinking of John Simm as the last Master in Dr Who!

#5 & #7 Zoe, I agree, nothing for me stands out from the current playlist. Tortie, I don't particularly like the lyrics to that Stooshe song, I think your version sounds much better! ;-)

Good Morning (again) Simona and Poppeteers



I'll have another try with



BAMA LAMA BAMA LOO - LITTLE RICHARD



Have a good day everyone.



Shona X

Morning all - again - did post earlier on yesterday's blog because I didn't think I would be around much today.



Mr Mayo, may I congratulate you on reaching Friday in one piece (ish). From the fab shows that you and the team have presented this week, no-one would have known that anything was wrong. I hope that you will be able to relax with your family at the weekend (As the Eagles would say 'Take it Easy') and will, by Monday, be back into tip toparoo condition.



Sadly, sports day has been postponed. Much sadness for Mini Hoffs. Typically, as the decision was made, the sun came out. Mini Hoffs now in the classroom for the day and Mister Hoffs and I have a whole day ahead of us and a picnic to eat.....



My usual ARFO suggestion today please:



BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU - DANDY WARHOLS



Righto, off to play. Have a fab day everyone and a wonderful weekend xx

Good morning all - warm and breezy today.



Hope everyone in Blogland has escaped the worst of the weather....



ARFO



LETS TWIST AGAIN - CHUBBY CHECKER



I can see all the drivers tapping steering wheels and jiggling in their seats to this - surely the NYM can too ?!



JW

Happy Friday to all Blogchumsters ... and also to Simon, the Driveteam and ARF Choon Choosers,



So - five of the best 'explode out of the radio and batter everyone into submission' old favourites from me today:



THE IMMIGRANT SONG - LED ZEPPELIN

♪´¯`♫ .. Ah, ah,

'We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow..'



REWARD - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES

♪´¯`♫ 'Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news ..'



KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED - SIMON & GARFUNKEL

♪´¯`♫ ' ... one step ahead of the shoeshine .. '



UP AROUND THE BEND - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

♪´¯`♫ 'There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' just as fast as my feet can fly... '



WHAT IS LIFE - GEORGE HARRISON

♪´¯`♫ 'Tell me, who am I without you, by my side .. '

#5 #7 #8



Official lyric from the shouty Stooshe song: [sic]

"daddy i’ve fallen for a monster - somehow he’s scaring me to death - yeah!

he’s big and he’s bad - i love him like mad - mamma he’s the best i ever had

oh.. yes he is"



Classy eh?



:^/

"Editions of You" - Roxy Music - P L E A S E :)

#13 The thing is: R2's average audience is aged 52 and a half years young ...

Why do Jeff Smith and his Playlist Committee continue to foist kids' music on this audience?



And why do DT production think the listeners want to hear the youthful - and let's be honest, young female - end of the wide ranging new release list? [see end of yesterday's blog].

There's a perversity here that doesn't sit easily with me.

Morning Niceties Ter Yersen Mayo Mate & ALL Bloggies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Mate - A sure didn't detect any ill 'ealth when listening ter yer most nice radio show yesterdee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

In fact the EXACT opposite..... Yer sounded on fine form yesterdee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



As for length of blogs don't worry about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A don't when drving me upter 44 tonne truck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Sometimes me LGV (aych GV) ave gotta short trailer ter get inter tighter spots..... Sometimes ave gotta full length trailer if am delivering to a supermarket with a bigger yard..... either way ave still gotta manourve both trailer with finesse regardless of length....... Reegardless of length...... A feel yer should 'ave the same thoughts over the length of yer blogs Si pal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



'ope this 'elps!!!!!!!



For the ARF gig opener.... 'ow about The Darkness and Fridee Night..... Perfect ter bring some light ter people's lives on a Fridee night.... (well 17.05 but it's 'eading ter Fridee night)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



'ope this 'elps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



PS Over on the CLP blog some bloggers 'ave been sending me BIG words thatta don't understand..... Can anyone 'elp me on these LARGE words.... too BIG for me mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ere's a copy of me blog: >>>





Mona Lott - Most glad ter 'elp on what me wording means.... Most glad!!!!!!!



But ter be brief.... What does 'succinct' mean??????!!!



Magic Bus Driver - Can a just add a couple of points in reply ter blog above: >>>



A didn't say meself that cars are a work of art!!!!!!

A simply asked the question could a car be a work of art if any angry ex-girlfirend art teacher was ter paint me car.... Be-it without me knowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Also as with Mona Lott yer speaking too BIG for me mind..... What does 'oustentatious' mean????????

'as it got anything terdo with Austin cars.... aka The Allegro???????????



Perhaps this could be one of CLP's dreamcars: >>>



https://autocade.net/index.php/Austin_Allegro_2





BizzyDeevs - Thank you so much.... A will always remember the time we were out in Liverpool with the lovely Beezer aka Jane... When you said to me that I 'ave the most lovely accent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ave always 'ated the sound of me voice..... But after yer said that it mean't alot and 'as stayed with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In fact it was from that moment a started ter 'ave..... 'ideas'.... Me delushions of grandeur started of 'aving me own radio show at R2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And 'ave noot given up yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



But a notice yer write 'for the record' yer love me accent...... are yer saying a should make a record?????????????????



Bit like Sir Terrance Logan and Jimmy Young (who was 81) and get in the R2 back door that way???????????????????



'ope this 'elps!!!!!!

Good morning everyone



Pleased that Simon has managed to survive until the end of the week and I wish him a pleasant, healthy weekend!



I also hate that Stooshe song and looking at Katy's playlist on the previous page, like Zoe, I'm also not keen on most of the songs listed, but there is one I like on the 'A' list that Ken Bruce plays every day but I have never heard Simon play it -- Gossip's 'Move In The Right Direction'.



I thought about Katy this week when on several days, for the second song of the programme, Simon played either Emeli Sandé or Amy Macdonald, both of which have been played endlessly and surely more times than others on the list!



I'll polish the ARFO crown this afternoon, so it's nice and sparkly, ready to hopefully hand over to a blogpoppet. I wasn't going to choose a song for today, but it's difficult not to join in....



SUGAR BABY LOVE ~ The Rubettes



OUT OF TIME ~ Chris Farlowe

how could it ever come to pass? Why it was only yesterday - whoah where did time go? hear the needle hit the groove , She bangs the drums - Stone Roses for a Friday opener.

Good morning, everyone!



I'll chip in my ARFO now and try to participate more later on.



SCHOOLS OUT - ALICE COOPER

(for Mrs coffeeBuzz-to-be)



Trying to skive off early today. I'm going out this evening, with some male friends, for not so much a 'stag night' as a 'few beers and a curry'



Sir C, if I'm in the pub first, I'll get the round in.



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

#1 - Lady_Stormrider



Always number one !

You beat me to it this morning. Good to see you are well and life is treating you accordingly. Genuinely pleased to see home life looks happy if occasionally slightly chaotic, but it would be boring if too settled and predictable. It would be great to catch up with you properly - there are 24 years to go over !



Hope Scotland was good fun and the torch regatta will be a once in a lifetime experience - even worth the soaking.



As it's Sunday 1st July this weekend (and neither of us will ever forget THAT date), there could only be one ARFO tune in my mind and it's the one you suggested.



GIRLS TALK - DAVE EDMUNDS

Morning all .. please may I request



IT'S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME by Billy Joel



The community choir I am a member of sings And So It Goes from his Storm Front album, which isn't ARFO materail but is a brilliant number .. we love it ..



Fab Fridays to you all x

#5 - Sir Cumfy - little addendum to your quiz question yesterday about act that had a number one with entirely different lineup to first hit: when doing some revision (oh yes!) it came to me that there is another act that had a number 1 in the 70's and 90's that had a completely line up both times....



Katy - on the subject of playlists I'm a fence-sitter, I see that it helps to have a foundation of new music from which to base all the rest on but also that it does from time to time expose us to stuff we don't want to hear on an a-list rotation. I've high-horsed about this before but the charts always used to form the basis of radio 1 & 2's output but the glue that held all this together was TOTP, the absence of which must be frustrating the hell out of record companies (why else did Cowell want to buy the name?). In addition the charts are mainly R1 playlisted songs as that is where the downloading demographic listens to its music - I download about three songs a month but mainly oldies I hear on R2 or the odd chart newcomer - generally I wait for the latest Now CD. We won't get a 'proper' chart until the current 30 something downloaders have moved onto R2.

RE Yesterdee's blog commentations:



Queen Florence - Sorry yer ave difficulty reading me blogs..... Beleive me a 'ave difficulty wreeting them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just think a cross between Paul O'Grady & John Bishop!!!!!!!!!!! ;-))))



Zoe-Double-Ewe - Zoe... YO Zoe.... A agree it's smells of badness if a celeb seems ter be doing alotta charity work and banging on aobut like they are just doing it ter look good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



BUT 'aving said that a if I was a celebrity would use my status ter rasie alotta money for charity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

For years ave wanted te rdo the London Marathon.... but as am from a tiny family.... And work in an enviroment were it's not the kind of place ter ask collegues for money for charity.... There's no point me doing the London Marathon which does really upset me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ter be 'ones tit bugs me.... Every year a think about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

But it would fill me a feleing of failure if a only raised a tiny amount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



But if a wa sa famous celeb.... Bit like Jimmy Saville..... a would use me following ter promote me charity work yer raise more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I couldn't raise millions as a am now..... but Jimmy saville wa sable to as 'e was a well known celeb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



So i'm all up for any celeb who does good for charity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



As for what David Walliams did swimming the Thames - UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (And the Channel too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)



'ope this 'elps!!!!!!

PS Soz about me bad wording/ mixed up words above - Sometimes a get so overexcited me keys can't keep up with me fast flowing fingers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bingo Star, maybe I should try to read your posts with a Liverpool accent in my mind, then I might understand them a little better! Or how about you record your blog posts and put them on YouTube? ;o)

Incidentally I'd like the Stooshe song if the lyrics weren't so contradictory and, well, bad!

#15 & #22 I just hope that the new Keith Allen 'Fit Les' Olympic earworm doesn't show up on the playlist. Message behind it or not, it is dire.

Ello Queen Florence - A VERY much would like ter record me blogs and put them on youtube.... BUT the only problem with that am worried the ploice might recognise me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How remiss of me not to thank Simon for his stalwart efforts this week. I'm sure that non-blog readers, and those who didn't pick up on the subtle on-air quips, wouldn't have known that anything was amiss. Some folk have to soldier on, come what may, but there's quite a few who would take the opportunity for a duvet day...or two! ;-)



#7 & #8 - Tortie & Madchick - I think I prefer that version of the lyrics too, and John Simm is a cutie, if a bit on the short side... I saw him onstage in Hamlet, and although I expected him to be on the small side, he was almost pocket-sized!

#29 Zoe I saw him in Hamlet too - Sheffield Crucible 2010? I didn't think he seemed short!

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Simon, glad to hear you got through the week, and I hope you have a relaxing weekend and return fighting fit on Monday. And please don't shorten your blog posts - I look forward to your musings each day...



:o)



I don't really have anything much to add to the discussion about playlists. I agree with KatyMatey #15 that there seem to be far too many younger female artists getting airplay, and quite frankly they are all much of a muchness as far as I can tell... However, it is what it is - we can moan about it, in fact as the target audience I think we should if we are less than impressed with the playlist - but I'm not convinced that anything much will change...



#1 and #20 Am I being slower than a slow thing at half speed...? Do you two know each other in 'real life'?? Small world indeed!



#17 Flo, if you get the ARFO two weeks running I will eat my rather gorgeous hat that Katy awarded me for yesterdays 100th post...!



;o)

Bingo - sometimes I think it might be far more worthy if extremely wealthy celebs - like John Bishop and David Walliams [I cite them because of recent high profile - but we all know there are others] - just cut out the middleman and make a personal donation of a million or so - instead of doing something physical and telly-worthy and keep banging on about it so that thousands of people who don't really have any cash to spare are shamed into making a donation.

Once again - it's the relatively poor who are dipping into their meagre coffers in order to boost charity funds which are falling short because of decisions made by wealthy and powerful people.



Chris Evans Drive & Dine is different. Those bidders are wealthy people - they're just lucky enough to have the choice of their 'reward' for such public donations.

Good morning from The Shire...one heck of an electrical storm here last night rattle and banged with torrential rain for almost an hour. The lake project ( week 9 *in Geordie BB type accent* for those still counting) looked well almost lake like!



ARFO (or afro with this humidity *monica hair*)



LOVE MAN.....OTIS REDDING



YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE...CANDI STATON



DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC...TAVARES



later bloggers away to parent the parents....domestic/paperwork/appointments/IT lesson....



PSL xxx

Morning All,



Thank you Simon for continuing with the shows whilst not feeling well, hope you are feeling fully recovered soon



ARF suggestion



'Dignity' Deacon Blue



'Everyday' Buddy Holly



'Rave On' Buddy Holly



Have a good day everybody

Deebee, don't worry, you won't have to eat your rather delicious hat at 5:05pm! :o)

Morning all



Slightly frustrating morning, not even had coffee yet!



Anyway the day can only get better and yay for it being Friday even if it is still dreich outside. A little sun last night did wonders for my mood.



As Simon tweeted the closure of The Word magazine will be a huge loss. It is the only magazine I buy and every month it has been a delight. Trying to think of a suitable AFRO. Ray Davies is on the current cover so the best I can do for the moment (caffeine deprived as I am) is



You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Till the End of the Day - The Kinks

Or



It's The End of The Wor(l)d As We Know it (and I feel fine) - REM (sorry)

#22 hmmm... you have me there. Unless the England team featured on Three Lions...

#38 - Envoking the spirit of Magnus Magnusson I'm going to give you it as correct albeit the wrong working out as the answer could be contested! Back Home 1970, Englandneworder 1990....although certain players do mainly feature on the second one the whole squad are singing parts of the chorus and are credited!

#23 & #32 Bingo & Katy - I suppose one could argue, as I have done myself, that as long as charities are getting the money, to continue their good works, then it is by the by if some get knighthoods and O.B.Es on the strength of it. I can see that what the likes of David Walliams have done, is inspirational to a lot of folk, and a lot of money was raised in the process. But as Katy points out, many of these celebs are in a position to donate £1million+ without breaking a sweat.



I know for a fact that famous folks' PR people, keep them informed on what are the "hot" charities i.e the ones they should be seen to be supporting, and put in appearances for charity dinners etc. Again one could say, what does it matter so long as the charity gets the money and has it's profile raised. But it seems a bit tacky that charities should be en vogue, like shoes or dresses.



I have taken issue, with the comic relief organisers, over charity auctions. The Radio 2 (ironically titled) 'Things That Money Can't Buy' charity auction & Dine & Disco falls into the same category. I know they wish to raise the largest sum of money (as was put to me in defence of the Comic Relief auctions) but these things are only in the reach of those who have thousands of pounds to spare. In this case, why not just have a charity dinner for the rich folks, or put them on eBay with a minimum starting price? I suggested that a few items, in the charity auction, be at least put to some kind of raffle i.e you call a number charging £1 or such, and your name is put into the raffle to win the auction prize. I think this has been done, on a very limited basis, but I'm sure they could raise as much, if not more, by doing that.



#30 Tortie - I am short-sighted after all! ;D I was on the front row, and he looked pretty small to me. I think it didn't help, that one of the jackets he was wearing looked about 2 sizes too big for him!

Hey

My suggestion is:

BTO Not Fragile.

Should get things going with a bang!

Morning all (just)



ARFO: Let's try again with Wonderful World - Joey Ramone



Re the playlist - I don't mind playing 'new music' - I think R2 has a much younger audience than it used to be (at heart, if not in body). The problem is the repetitivess! 3 or 4 times a day is just not necessary!

Also - I agree with the Stooche track - hideous

Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd





Keep it Southern Fried!

I can see the argument for celebrities just giving away money to charity but for me that misses two key issues. One, the charity misses out on using the celebrities brand (it is a dog eat dog world out there) to raise the profile of their charity. The second is the human aspect. I was lucky enough to run the New York marathon last year for charity. Rubbish time but I was really delighted with the support I got and the feeling of achievement I felt when I crossed the finish line cannot be underestimated. Only the celebrities can know if they are using charity to promote the charity or their brand. Let's hope their heart's are true.



BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - RADIO NOWHERE

U2 - VERTIGO

SIMPLE MINDS - DON'T YOU (Forget about me)

AMY MCDONALD - THIS IS THE LIFE



Festival of Speed on Sunday, maybe

LEADER OF THE PACK

BRUCE - PINK CADILLAC

DAVID BOWIE - DRIVE IN SATURDAY

#13 Katy - That song has appalling lyrics! It's funny, because it was my reading of an article, on why the Twilight series is so anti-feminist, that led me to contemplate the lyrics of that song. Could have been written for Bella Swan, methinks ;-)



I was also not surprised to find out that current literary "sensation", 50 Shades Of Grey, started life as Twilight fanfiction...



BTW I don't really consider myself to be a rampant feminist, not of the bra burning kind at any rate, I need my bras! ;D

Hi Everyone,



Simon, hope you lose that grippy illness over the weekend. Actually, you have sounded tip-top all week - what a star. I have a general question that someone here may have an answer to. How can one stop the constant PPI recorded phone calls? I've not spent this much time at home during the day to realize how often these persistant, annoying, calls come in. It's driving me nuts!



Deebee - I'm ambivalent about the girl band Stooshe's song Black Heart lyrics, yet I like Lego House - beautiful harmonies.



ARFO:

Ball Of Confusion - Temptations

Love Train - O'Jays

Respect- Aretha Franklin

Rolling on the river (Proud Mary) - Tina Turner



Gentle hugs,

LB, x

#playlist - There will never be a consensus on playlist entries, I suppose, but I do agree with comments, both ^^^^, and yesterday regarding overplaying. Turning a track into an earworm doesn't necessarily make it good, in my opinion. The Stooche track, for example, was one I originally didn't mind (not outstanding, nothing new, but non-offensive, musically). The high repeat rate on R2 had me paying more attention to the lyrics and forming an opinion similar to those ^^^^. There have been other songs that I really liked on the first few plays, but the overplaying would usually put me off.

Ultimately, though, it's not 'radio coffeeBuzz' and there's no obligation to listen so I listen to the bits I like, keeping my mind's ear open for new 'likes'.

*--End-of-Rant--*



Phew! Coffee required...



--

cBzz

hello all



arfo





THE FINAL COUNTDOWN-EUROPE

#48 UncleG

A sterling choice!

I might put that one in next week, if you don't mind, as it'll be the day before the Big Day for Mrs coffeeBuzz-to-be and I.



--

cBzz

I get the feeling the presenters are just tolerating some of the playlist stuff they have to play. I don't detect a lot of excitement around the time of the playlist song at 6:10pm ish.



But the converse, Gretchen Peters seemed to be saying when she was here that it was massive to have one of the tracks from her album on the playlist. And I suppose if the odd gem makes it onto the list and gains awareness among listeners other than those who listen to Bob, then maybe it achieves something worthwhile.



There's clearly a lot of concern in the musicians' community at the way things are. At the John Hiatt gig the other night he made reference to having spotted someone with their iPad pointing at the stage "filming" the gig. He said "if you could just put it up on a site with, say, 5 million hits. From young people. So if you could sneak it alongside some Dubstep, that would be good".



Then with reference to his next release in September...." you'll be able to find it....well, I don't really know where you can find them these days. I guess there are still a few independent stores. And it'll be on download...for free. Just join Spotify"



Great singers, songwriters and musicians are making hardly anything from their music. And when they express concern, media bloggers tell them they need to realise that their product is no longer worth $5.



I find that really sad as I don't see how music can survive if the artist's work isn't worth anything financially. Will we be left with a diet of Cowell-backed stuff and the last few remaining acts that can fill stadiums? A horrible thought.

I forgot to say earlier: sorry to hear you're still not feeling great Simon. You've done a marvellous job this week and no-one was any the wiser. I hope a relaxing weekend does the trick.



Did anyone else see Nadal v Rosol last night? I was flicking back and forwards to the football, but in the end the tennis was just so jaw-dropping that I couldn't tear myself away. Incredible play from Rosol.



Re Twilight etc - the whole feminist argument about it has always seemed flawed from the start to me. It's actually not terribly different from a whole lot of other YA romance out there - and once you add in the vampire aspect then the morals or otherwise of the story become far too confused. I liked Twilight well-enough, not great, but perfectly fine. I haven't read "50 Shades of Grey" yet, can't decide whether "posh-prawn" (just in case there's mods around) is my cup of tea of not. For the record, I have nothing against low-class-prawn!

#51 I thought Nadal showed his class at the end as well. He must have been totally gutted, but still stopped to sign autographs as he was leaving the court. Impressive ambassador for his sport.

ARFO suggestion:



BLUE ON BLACK - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

#20 Paisley_cat - 1st July that was a long long time ago and your memory was always better than mine. But I do remember Southport and



'NOT' THE TIMES (as well as the outrageous 70p cover charge)



#31 DeeBee - you are spot on as ever!



I was going to post about playlists and I remember Nick Berry 'Every loser wins' losing a certain Mr Grundy his job when he refused to play it when it was on the playlist.

Hello again.



Back for the chatter...



My neighbour said to me a while ago that she was getting fed up with some of the music on Radio 2 because it didn't appeal to her age group (70+). Most of the programmes with content she likes have been taken off and replaced with more 'modern' music. I got to thinking about the more elderly listeners and wondered what on earth they make of CE, for example, when they have been used to Sir Tel and more 'gentle' presenters. I know things must change but as our elderly population increases, should they not be considered too and not fobbed off with one or two programmes on late at night when they have probably gone to bed!



And Stoosh.........:0(((



JW

#54 - 'NOT' THE TIMES I wish I knew what had happened to that. It disappeared some long time ago. Noel Edmonds everywhere. And he's STILL on TV now. Blue Peter's changed a bit though.



#31 - DeeBee no fooling you.

#52 Ken - I totally agree, very classy, especially as he was incredibly grumpy throughout the match and had a permanent sneer on his face. He is a great ambassador and sportsman. As a Djokovic fan I wasn't too sad to see him go though - it makes life interesting!

Hi Simon and everyone.



Hope you get to feel 100% after the weekend Simon, although one could not tell you have been poorly this week, what a trooper!



Thank you for my mention last night for Lying Eyes and congrats to fellow menshees Zoe and Billie.



The Torch hits Brummie again this weekend and Coventry.



Had a 2nd PPI payment yesterday that's four grand in total! Drinks on me hey!!



And for an ARFO:



Hows about:



1. GENO - Dexys Midnight Runners

2. RUNAROUND SUE - Dion

3. BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil.



Finally, as the 2nd tune played on a Friday is always the muppet toon manamaman, is this an ARSO ( All Request Second Opener) ?!! Just a thought!



Must jump back on it



Have a nice afternoon



Laters



Mandy ;)

Good ARFternoon Each!



Suggestions...



'Yakety Yak' by The Coasters. Less than two minutes of complete roistering and doistering.



'Witch Doctor' by David Seville Just over two minutes of...err...)



'La Bamba' by Ritchie Valens



'Mr Bass Man' by Johnny Cymbal



'Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)' by Frank Wilson

On the charity discussion:



I have a couple of friends who run charities. They are always desperately trying to think of fundraising ideas. If they could get a celebrity to endorse their charity, I'm sure they would jump at the chance, whatever the celeb's motivation was. As long as it isn't actually illegal then surely the end justifies the means. I wouldn't begrudge the recipients of donations from the likes of Children in Need and Comic/Sport Relief a penny of the money they receive. And in these belt-tightening times, I find it quite salutory that people are still prepared to give generously to such causes.



#54 #56 ;o)

#58 Mandy - ARSO LOL!



*TORCH RELAY*

I think Toots has had enough - dashing around Lincs and Notts and Derbyshire for 3 days -

Anyway - the 'Lympic Torch is going to CherylDeevs & Nic first thing and then it'll be with you - yes you Mandy! from Saturday pm until Monday am - hope that's OK!



:^D

#54 Then there's



WISHBONE ASH - Live at Lenton Hall 'THE KING WILL COME' - a good but late ARFO.

And



THE DYING FLIES - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH. From their world tour (of four halls of residence).

Hello everyone,

Reconnez Cherie - Wreckless Eric

for the ARFO please,

Happy weekends all

Twigsan

Skiving off time :)



Good luck with the ARFO's eveyone!



Have a good night out, sir C.



--

cBzz

#36 & #37

wendy - twitter is twittering about The Word closure



Am proud to have started the hashtag rolling ..



#SaveTheWord



:`(

An extremely late good arfternoon to everyone!



Firstly, thank you for playing my choon last night Simon - woohoo for me and the rest of last night's blog menshkins!



Far too late for an ARFO suggestion from but but fingers crossed for all who have suggested.



Have wonderful weekends one and all,



N xx

#9 Sorry Simon. I seem to have given you a sex change.



#17 Flo, I'll share Sugar Baby Love with you please.

#50 Ken - yup. The recorded sound sure doesn't make any dollar nowadays - but on the plus side - acts now have to play live and tour much more then they used to.

That's a bonus for us the punters.

#68 ^^^ Seriously bad grammar in my post above - excuses?



I am online form filling - gah!

I am feeling Fridayish

Weekend gig in Wales has been cancelled

Larmer Tree Festival is a goer

My knees are smothered in marmalade

My name is Mitzi







Two of the above are a bit untrue

#66 I love "menshkins" - that should definitely be adopted as a blog-word...



;o))



#69 Woohoo for the Larmer Tree Festival! Not that I've ever been, but I pass the Larmer Tree on my way to and from Mum's...



~X~

#69 Hey Mitzi - is that a new cellulite treatment on your knees ;)



Was reading something a while ago about celebs having "knee-lift" surgery!

Simon, please play Friday I'm in Love by The Cure. A jolly tune to start what I am sure will be a jolly good show. Thanks in anticipation. Am I too late? Next week then.

#65 Katy indeed #SaveTheWord my timeline has been full all day of people lamenting its demise

#62 - oh yes, the Flies. Possibly the worst band in the world ever.



Vogon poetry springs to mind...

Afternoon everyone,



Picnic eaten. Husband in hospital*. Mini Hoffs home. Typical Friday afternoon really.



#13 - KatyM - Stooshe (sp?) AAaaarrgghhhhh. It makes me really cross when I hear it. I can't even explain why I don't like it at all - just don't like any of it, all of the time. Grrr.



Shona - thought you'd like to know, I offered my husband a red banana after lunch today and he gave me a very strange look in return....



If it was a three word Friday, mine would be: Bought Pink Shoes.



*fell over on Tuesday, hurt his thumb and now, 3 days later when it is twice as big as it should be and still hurting just as much, he thinks he ought to see someone. #stubborn.

Just booking flights, how can they charge £12 to check in ONLINE. If they had added the cost to the flights in the first place I wouldn't be ranting .... now they want another £7 to choose a seat, not a special seat, just ANY seat (it is a 45 minute flight I don't care where I sit) now a £5 booking fee or more with a credit card.



I know it is always the same but just needed to vent ....

#70 Larmer joy. OH working there - hence tickets.



#71 AG - cellulite on my knees? How very dare you :^D

Yeah - Slebs and lifts. Seems they can 'lift' or 'tuck' everything except neck and hands.



#73 #SaveTheWord - shirley the website could easily become an Online edition? Some of those talking points that became hilarious threads - do you recall the Annoying Things Parents Do At Mealtimes one? Tears of laughter

#67 #77 The Deep Dark Woods at Larmer - don't miss them Katy!

The crown is sparkling and hopefully will be handed to a blogger in a few minutes!



https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm11/mgsell/animated-crown.gif

Just noticed that Simon had already tweeted the song a few minutes ago, so sadly not a blogger, unless he's called LennyLaw!



"All Request Friday opener with a @TheWordMagazine tribute suggested by @lennylaw. Turn up and nod".

PS: Is it Dirk Thrust by another name?

Woohoo for Word Up by Gun

And and for the fabulous DIRK THRUST a.k.a. Lenny Law -



a *s*p*a*r*k*l*y ARFO crown

:^D

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Simon got a mensh today in the BBC news article reporting the Word demise. ;)

#81 As you can see from my post Flo .... indeed Dirk is Lenny, Lenny is Dirk - it's all absolutely fabulously bonkers

#77 - KatyM - have a good time at the Larmer Tree - hopefully good weather for you. Have always wanted to go - maybe next year when Mini-H is a bit older.



Congrats to King Lenny Dirk Thrust-Law on the ARFO.



Have good weekends all. See you soon x

Did you hear "Twilight" Billie? Chris Tarrant played it as his penultimate tune today! Not much chance for the ARFO then, I thought.



JW

#78 Ken - Yes indeed - that's the End Of The Road Festival [also at Larmer] end of August - line up includes John Grant AND Alabama Shakes. Hope to get there. It's barely half an hour's drive.



In the meantime - we're doing this - in 12 days or so ..

https://www.larmertreefestival.co.uk/line-up-2012/types/line-up.html

#85 Hoffs - sorry meant to say earlier - hope Mr Hoffs gets the thumb sorted immediately.



As for Larmer Tree - many of our friends have taken their offspring from a very early age - it's such a family friendly festival. However. the cunningly planned dedicated youngsters areas keeps the ki .., baby goats, wonderfully occupied and well away from those of us who are child - free. Not keen on the Creche masquerading as a Field style of festival where the pesky blighters roam free range and weave in and out of your legs in the beer tent.

Elf and Safety an all that



:^)



However,

Evening All!



Superb ARFO for today! Welldone to Dirk - sorry - King Lenny! I curtsy!



When I posted @#133 last night - it wasn't my intention to stir up Stooshe (sp?) rage. I just said "I dislke this song!" Ha!



#86 Jennie - I didn't catch CT - but it's Sal who is the ELO Twilight fan not me. Thanks anyway.



Hi LilacBlue!



Interesting discussions about charity fund-raising.

#89 - I actually said "dislike" - not "dislke"! Ha!

Sorry Billie! Keep up my standard of getting names wrong!



So ... Sal, did you hear Chris Tarrant play "Twilight" today, just before the ARFO, so you nearly made it!



JW

#89 Don't worry Billie - I was whingeing on about Stooshe et al long before your #133 post - Monday or Tuesday I think



:^D

Hadn't realised they had two different festivals at Larmer.



One of the gigs I was going to next week has been rescheduled to November at a different venue. Unspecified "situation beyond their control relating to recording of the new album". I guess that means they either haven't got it finished in time or the record company didn't like it and want changes. Hmm.

Have a good evening and weekend all.



JW

Sorry I've not been around much today - it has been a funny old day and with a trip to the hairdresser at 5pm, I missed an hour of the show but congratulations to King Lenny all the same.



Hoffs, LOL at Mr Hoffs giving you a funny look about a red banana. Hope his thumb gets better and he gets out of hospital soon. It sounds a sore one.



Time to relax tonight and Indian Take Away ordered. Up tomorrow at 5am to wave Mr W off on his travels for the day ;(



But hope you all have a great weekend and no doubt I'll be pooping on now and again;)

#88 - Katy - I agree with you, which is why we haven't ventured there before now. May be even a better idea to go just with our two older boys. Just something we have always wanted to do and now its not far away and the posters are everywhere, its even more enticing!



#95 - Shona - like the hair-do! Enjoy your take-away and hope you manage to hop back into bed when Mr W has departed.



Mr H back. Not broken, just badly strained so all strapped up. Probable ligament damage. Apparently it might take up to 5 weeks to get better. Its his writing hand too. Not good, but at least not broken.



Just saw a tweet from PSL who is making pizza and dancing to Otis Redding - sounds like a good plan....

Hi! Me again!



Mr. BP is just finishing off one of his "signature dishes" - Ha! - which is Cauliflower Cheese/Ham/Pasta Bake. LOVE it!



It's my Birthday next week - same day as Jennie - I've been given an early present - he does this - the sheet music for the keyboard for Meatloaf's CD "Bat Out of Hell". So tonight I have played "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" - rather well for the first time if I may say so myself. But I just skriked at the lyrics -



Baby we can talk all night

But that ain't gettin us nowhere

I told you everything I possibly can

There's nothing left inside of here

And maybe you can cry all night

But that'll never change the way I feel

The snow is really piling up outside

I wish you wouldn't make me leave here



I poured it on and I poured it out

I tried to show you just how much I care

I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout

But you've been cold to me so long

I'm crying icicles instead of tears



And all I can do is keep on telling you

I want you, I need you

But-there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad



You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach

You'll never drill for oil on a city street

I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks

But there ain't no Coup de Ville hiding at the bottom

Of a Cracker Jack box



I can't lie, I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not

No matter how I try

I'll never be able to give you something

Something that I just haven't got



*****There's only one girl I'll ever love

And that was so many years ago

And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart

She never loved me back

Oh I know*****



I remember how she left me on a stormy night

She kissed me and got out of our bed

And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door

She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on telling me

She kept on telling me

She kept on telling me

I want you, I need you

But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

I want you, I need you

But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad.



Baby we can talk all night

But that ain't getting us nowhere -











*****









Skriking Now - please -











Ha!

hi all another week finished getting closer to my 30th



#49 coffeebuzz you can have that tune next week,i only chose that song as it the final cowntdown to the olympics (1 month 2 go now)and also the final of the euros this weekend.



billie can you post a video of you playing the keyboard we all wont to here you play x



a lot of places have been having bad weather this week its been nice this week in wellingborough,the only time it rained was during the night on wednsday its been very warm here.

no one here i might as well try 4 the...

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