Good Morning Simon and Troops



LOL at you full frontal with Child 2!



BEND ME SHAPE - AMEN CORNER

Hello again everyone



Any excuse for the first song on my list!



OLD AND WISE ~ Alan Parsons' Project



BEND IT ~ Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch



BEND ME SHAPE ME ~ Amen Corner



UP AROUND THE BEND ~ Creedance Clearwater Revival

Morning all - and it rained and rained...............



BEND ME SHAPE ME - AMEN CORNER



JW

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



BEND ME SHAPE ME by Amen Corner



BEND IT by Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch



FLEXIBLE by Depeche Mode



KARMA CHAMELEON by Culture Club



UNBELIEVABLE by EMF



~X~

Good Morning all, still raining over here!



BEND IT - DAVE DEE DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TITCH

Morning All,



'Upside Down' Diana Ross



Have a good day everybody

Good morning slight damp around the edges Simon, team and poppets all,



I knew if I posted over the page a new blog'd magically appear!



So to yoga and bendiness ...



BEND ME SHAPE ME - AMEN CORNER



STRETCH OUT AND WAIT - THE SMITHS



UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS



PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN



UP AROUND THE BEND - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL



BEND DOWN LOW - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS





Jx

*sneaks into the back of the classroom*



TWIST AND SHOUT - The Beatles

How about some U2, Stuck in a moment you can't get out of.

After all thats what the rest of us experience when we do yoga!!



Actually got some blue sky in north yorkshire hallelujah

To be able to do yoga at that age you must surely have



POSITIVE THINKING - MORCOMBE AND WISE

Good morning,



BREATHE AGAIN by Toni Braxton

WALKING THE DOG by Rufus Thomas

TWIST AND SHOUT by The Beatles



Have a good day.x

Hubbs and I went to see 'What the butler saw' in Southport many moons ago. Why don't I remember the full frontal? Are Southport too reserved for this kind of behaviour?



Dont like to bragg or anything, but its GLORIOUS sunshine here in the north or England, (should I hide now before people start throwing things at me?).

How about for todays choice,



MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5



~gill~

*puts hands up and looks innocent, pretending he's been here all the time*



HOW DO YOU DO IT? - Gerry and The Pacemakers



REACH - SClub7

#8/13 Nice to see you back JBG, you've been missed!!



A few more choons...



RUBBERBAND MAN - THE SPINNERS



HEAD OVER FEET - ALANIS MORISSETTE



INSTANT KARMA - JOHN LENNON

LADY WILLPOWER - GARY PLUCKET & UNION GAP

LEST'S TWIST AGAIN - CHUBBY CHECKER

Advise for the young of heart - tears for Fears

Better Man - Robbie Willia,s

Feeling Good - Muse

Hips don't Lie - Shakira

I'm still standing - Eton John

Moves LIke Jagger - Maroon 5

Teenage Kicks - Undertones

Good Morning All :)



Still not raining here, but grey skies ahead once again...



Can't linger, the twins will be back from respite at any moment, so I'd better be ready!



On Yoga, I've tried it, and I am pretty bendy and flexible, probably not as much as the 93 year old though :-/



Oldie suggestions...



INSTANT KARMA - JOHN LENNON



PEACEFUL EASY FEELING - THE EAGLES



MR SOFT - STEVE HARLEY AND COCKNEY REBEL



EASY - THE COMMODORES



For the less flexible amongst us...



STUCK IN A MOMENT (THAT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF) - U2

Head Over Heels - ABBA

YOU'RE SO PHYSICAL ~ Adam and The Ants

Namaste from The Shire :-D



RADIOHEAD KARMA POLICE



JOHN LENNON INSTANT KARMA





RUFUS THOMAS WALKIN' THE DOG



PSL xxx

#11 Right. That's the mensh chasning out the way. Now down to the real reason for being on the blog ;-)



From previous blogs:



Billie, Your casserole sounded divine.



Billie again, I also love the Paul O'Grady Show. It's a great end to the weekend. Did you know he's doing a personal Friday Night Is Music Night this week? Needless to say The Avengers will feature. Was blown away by his autobiographies.



Jilly, Thanks for the Jools Holland recommendation. Will have to find a convenient time to watch it.



Shona, Really hope Tony is on the mend. Poor bloke.



#12 Gill, You aren't bragging my lovely. Knowing it is in this country somewhere gives the rest of us hope.

Good morning Simon, DT team and blogsters,



Oldies choices:



STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF by U2



LORD OF KARMA by TEARS FOR FEARS







madchick

SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE - BOB DYLAN

Morning



I dreamt last night the theme was ancestors.



I have lost a piece of paper at work. I cannot do anything else until I find this piece of paper.







The Bends – Radiohead



Karma Police – Radiohead



Break My Body – The Pixies



Breathe – Whiskeytown



Breathe – Kylie



Head Over Heels – The Go Betweens



Relax, Take it Easy – Mika



Autumn Almanac – The Kinks



Forever Young – Madness

or



FREE YOUR MIND - EN VOGUE



RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

#17 ponyclubmum and #23 madchickster. Shall we go for a T4F trio?



HEAD OVER HEELS - Tears for Fears

Hello all,

DT team, bloggers, soggy petpoppets and of course the DT dude still suffering in a Mary Whitehouse-type -of -way from being unexpectedly flashed...!

Grey cold and damp here, having rained for about 24 hrs yesterday - I hear it's nice in the North though - nice change!

Tweeted these:

DOWN ON MY KNEES Trisha Yearwood;

OVER MY SHOULDER Mike and his mechanics;

OLD MAN Neil Young

GENTLE HUM The Finn Brothers (for the Ohhhmmmmmmm)

Or of course anything by ELBOW or THE POSERS

Will go and research those two see if there's anything appropriate..



Course 'The LOTUS eaters' did a song called 'IT HURTS' which might be appropriate for some of us who think Yoga is as easy as it was when we were young and then do an early morning session while on a St Lucia holiday that was absolutely CRIPPLING - but that's probably just me...



Laters peeps

PULLING MUSSELS (MUSCLES??) - SQUEEZE?



RELEASE ME - ENGLEBERT

#27 And why not, JBG? Can't have too much of a good thing!



Nice to see you back.

Happy Tuesdays All Round and Hello Simon, the Driveteam and Constructors and thanks for such an enjoyable broadcast yesterday evening - although I did miss some bits, deliberately so ... ahem

*cough* Ceelo ..



;^D



No choon choosing for me today, but if I'm struck by an original and compelling tune for today's #OldiesTheme - I shall drop a hint - maybe an anagram or a cryptic clue? - that someone may want to take up and run with ....



Maybe baby

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD RELAX



PSL

Sunshine on Leith - The Proclaimers (for sun salutations)

I'm freezing and have a blow heater blasting out as much hot air as possible.



I really need to get some work done.



Catch you later



Shona x

PERRY COMO - It's Impossible



THE BEATLES - You Can't Do That



REM - Everybody Hurts



JOSH WINK - Higher State of Consciousness



FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Relax

A few more oldie suggestions (whilst I'm waiting) ...



LET IT OUT (LET IT ALL HANG OUT) - THE HOMBRES



BREATHING - KATE BUSH



FEELING GOOD - NINA SIMONE or MICHAEL BUBLE



BODY TALK - IMAGINATION



SLOW - RUMER

'Breaking Us In Two' Joe Jackson

Good Morning Each!



'Thunderbolt' by Johnny And The Hurricanes (I can do this one)



'Lotus' by R.E.M. (I can pretty much get this one)



as for the others...



'Mis-shapes' by Pulp



'Ouch' by The Rutles



'Stretch Out And Wait' by The Smiths



'The Crunch' by The Rah Band

BEND & BREAK - KEANE



Will give a full report on last week's gig asap. It was, as expected, fantastic.

Hi Simon and everyone



So funny the full frontal anecdote!!!



Nice to be back:



1. BEND ME SHAPE ME - Amen Corner

2. INSIDE OUT - Odyssey

3. PHYSICAL - Olivia Newton John

4. YOUNG AT HEART - Bluebells

5. First picture of you - LOTUS EATERS

6. HURTS SO GOOD - Susan Cadogan or Jimmy Somerville

7. EVERY BREATHE YOU TAKE - Police

8. UPSIDE DOWN - Diana Ross

9. BEND IT - Dave Dee dozy mick and titch

10. BREATHE AGAIN - Toni Braxton



Well done E N G E R L A N D! onwards and upwards to Friday and the Swedes!



Does Luka Modric play for Spurs? I heard his name loads in the Croatia game on Sunday!



Have nice day



Laters



Mandy ;)

feel inspired to go to yoga after all this....

It's coffee time (where's CBuzz this morning?) and time for a catch up.



From yesterday's blog - Hoffs #136 yes, I watched 'Britain in a day' last night. Absolutely fascinating, and very cleverly done. Just one gripe though - why do they always depict 'religious' people (loathe that word, but I can't think of another right now) as slightly batty? Some of us are quite normal, you know...



;o)



and #139 Has the torch passed your 'other' house yet, Mo?



Lots more to say (probably) but I'll leave it there for now as I'm worried the whole lot might get swallowed up in the ether...



~X~

Hello again.



In the past I have asked for clarification when a blogger posts something I am not clear about.



What is this thing people are talking about - dry weather, blue sky etc. I have not heard of these things and my newly acquired webbed feet are worried that they be surplus to requirements. Could I get a refund do you think?



;o)



JW

Morning one and all



A little late to the party today (although this has been sitting half done for over 30 minutes!)



Zoe - enjoy any last hours of peace :) What did you think of True Blood? I'm not sure, it's all a bit "messy" (which isn't unusual at the start) - but there seems to be too much going on and none of it terribly compelling.....



Oldies:

Karma Killer - Robbie Williams

Reach Out - The Four Tops

The Reflex - Duran Duran

Strong - Robbie Williams

Found this review - - - - - -

https://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/may/17/what-the-butler-saw-review



Oo-er



:^D

A LOTUS ON IRISH STREAMS by MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (a lovely quiet instrumental)

BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT by RACHEL STEVENS

WHY DID YOU DO IT by STRETCH

#43 Jennie - they say what comes around goes around - it will be your turn soon x

Nononononono - it's 'what goes around comes around'

... and I've had to wait three minutes to state the bleedin' obvious. lol.







#OldiesTheme



*stage whisper*

pssssst! There are a couple of choons featuring the five-letter word which means the sing-song noise yogists make ..... one by an 80s band with Mr Hadley vocalist; the other from Deebeedeeebs favourite band ..

#48 *and PiL*

Actually that reminds me. I failed with this yesterday, but it sort of fits in with the chanting thing, so why not...



'Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um' by Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders/

This must be the least subscribed to Oldies Theme we've ever had - even the #FunTimePunTime tunes are hard to come by ...



... do you suppose it's because she is a 'lady' and is of an age that should rightly be revered and she is really rather an impressive example of womanhood so anything a bit jokey or facetious would be .... well - just disrespectful?







THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES IS MORE BENDY THAN THE MALE - SPACE



AIN'T NO BODY - CHAKRA KHAN





:^)

Right - I've waited long enough so I'm going to request the very atmospheric:





BREATHE - PINK FLOYD



from DSOTM

Afternoon all



The only thing that springs to mind is the possible HOIB contender:



'I Want To Be A Tree' - Tim Pope



N x

If you stayed in the lotus position for too long would you get



NEEDLES AND PINS - THE SEARCHERS



JW

Since SImon mantioned 'nimble', how about the tune from the old Nimble advert....



I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO ~ Honeybus



;o)

Or howsabout

HOLDING BACK THE YEARS Simply Red

MOVING Kate Bush (secret to keeping flexible, in old age apparently..)



Had another one poised but have forgotten it already...(yesterday's theme was right up my street)

#51 Katy - you can always be relied on to keep things moving along!



For some #lunctimepuntime for this amazing woman (Tao Porchon-Lynch, not you!)



TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY - Tanita BIKRAM



I'M EVERY WOMAN - CHAKRA Khan



(see what I did there?)

#51 / #57 *feeling really stupid now cos it looks like I just copied your Chakra which would not be clever or polite or even funny, but I didn't actually see it, honest*

What about



RUPTURE - NADIA ALI



What a nice dentist I have. He's phoned to say not come through to Dundee for my appointment today as we won't get through due to the torch. It's in Scone now and Perth area now. So I can put the gnashers away today.



I think Coffeebuzz must be at his revival machine after carrying the torch all that way~0)

Where is Harry? Any sign on Fac***ok? Hope he is too busy to join us.......



JW

well thats the fride and cupboards re-stocked and the bank emptied :-(



I've booked in to yoga at 2.15 at my health club not been in ages....thank you Simon for geeing me on. I love it and feel so chilled (spaced-out actually) I usually stay in the coffee lounge for a while after as I'm sure I'm not safe to drive!



PSL

I love St Etienne (the band not the French town or their footy team) and



HUG MY SOUL by St Etienne fits the bill



as does



MY SWEET LORD by George Harrison or BOW DOWN MISTER by Boy George for all their Hare Krishna gubbins.

I got thrown out of yoga class for laughing when I was at college. My "ums" were deeper than everyone else's and I couldn't stop giggling.

My sun has gone ...... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Still no rain thankfully though. On the down side we havent had a working phone line since Friday evening which begs a question, How on earth am I getting on the internet? Nope, I dont know either, but it's a situation the whole street is 'enjoying'. I suppose back in the days before mobiles where common use, this would have been more of a problem than it is. It's still something of an inconvenience though.



Keep thinking happy thoughts people :-)

~gill~

Not helped either by the man next to me who was letting out "ums" from another part of his anatomy~

Afternoon all! Apologies for tardiness.



Couldn't come up with anything different to what has already been suggested above but I had a mensh yesterday so all is well with my world. Difficult theme though?



Any sign of the rain stopping yet? Really feel for those who are affected. My first few months in Stavanger were very wet. It stops being funny after a very short time :-(



The red flashing circle is almost in Jeremy Vine territory (quite different from the flasher Lord Ammo & child 2 encountered last night). Read his (JV's) book at the weekend. Fascinating stuff for anyone who is interested in news & current affairs reporting. Not for anyone who is looking for the personal stuff.



x

#48 one of those songs has planted itself in my head, Katy. Maybe time for some ipod intervention.



#43 Jennie, LOL! That is one of my favourite posts ever!



x

I have to report that it appears to have stopped raining!! How long for I don't know but .......................



JW

It sounds like Jeremy Vine has blue sky and sunshine at Scone, Perthshire, as he awaits the torch, which he said should be with him in another five minutes...

It was raining when I woke up, as I blogged with you lovelies earlier it was raining, on the way to my hair appointment it continued to rain, my shiny new bob (a la Billie if you will!) got drizzled on, my shopping trip was a rather wet affair, home now for lunch and watching the rain as I type and eat home made chicken and spring veg soup, now off to walk the hound and guess what .... it's still blimmin' raining!



Will someone take pity and send some blue sky this way?



;)

Ooohhh Shona and Katy, Dougie McLean is chatting on Jeremy Vine's programme and is singing and it sounds like he's got a group of children backing him and it sounds lovely!!! I'm looking forward to seeing Dougie and his band in August!!!

Oops... meant to add they're singing 'Holding the Eternal Flame' that includes the words 'along the silvery Tay'! Too late, ended now... da*n that 3-minute delay :o)

I've just interrupted my beef casserole prep. to come on here Florence to say the same to you!!



Love that Jeremy Vine isn't afraid to play really apt tunes for the theme, even though they haven't been in the charts - that was simply lovely.



One day, Christy - one day.







:^)

RUBBERBAND GIRL by KATE BUSH

#67 Glad to make you happy ;0)



Supposed to be doing the ironing but not one of my favourite jobs - blogging much more interesting!



Simon talking about his soggy fox reminded me about our latest visitors. In the evening, at about 8ish, mum fox brings her 2 cubs into the garden to see if any peanuts have fallen out of the feeders. They then spend a while chasing each other round and up and down the bank behind the pond. Lovely to see.



I hope the torch is progressing ok!



JW

Glad you heard it too, Katy! Steve Wright has just said he enjoyed it!

Darn! I missed Dougie McLean but I did hear the tuneful Bay City Rollers on JV when I was home at lunchtime.



I have just had the biggest scare! Someone I do not know from IT came in to speak to me - in a very serious tone. I thought I had been rumbled about blogging - honestly my heart was pounding.



It was nothing. Phew!

Shona, are you not supposed to be blogging... or just not at work?



I'm not supposed to be either as I have 15 metres of curtain fabric to cut and sew!!!

Good afternoon, everyone!



Sorry I'm late. The dog ate my homework, I missed the bus, and got a flat tyre, forgot about a dentist appointment....



We had three summer students start yesterday and they managed to spend all day at an induction course.



I had to spend most of my morning undoing the 'corporate line' teaching of the induction trainer and teaching them 'how it really is'



Now they all know where the coffee machine is and that I don't take milk or sugar ;)



Cappuchino anyone?



.....cc

...SSSS

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cBzz

Ironing half finished - just waiting for the drier to spit out the next load.



I don't drink coffee, thanks CoffeeBuzz; any tea in your machine?



JW

#80 JW, In a moment of desparation one of my colleagues recently used frothy milk, from the machine, in his tea (no 'proper' milk in the fridge).

This has now been dubbed a tetley-chino.



For the record, although I imagine you could all guess, he said it tasted awful.



'normal' tea it is, then...



..SSSS

C|tttt|

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--

cBzz

Thanks CoffeeBuzz. Lovely cuppa!



JW

#65

Tee hee!

Those yoga poses can put a strain one's sphincter muscles...tricky when you're of a certain age.

A bit like my skipping class - I have to do the pelvic floor face before I start jumping to save my blushes!!

Afternoon All;



Well, O.M.G as they (the young folk) say! You may (or may not) recall, that when I blogged this morning, I was waiting for the mr to return with the twins, after collecting them from respite. I thought they were taking a while getting back, but didn't think that anything was amiss, until I got a call from the mr to say that they were all o.k, but that they'd been in an accident, and two of the tyres were punctured (he couldn't see any other damage) So, I ended up having a ride in a police car to go and help get the twins home, as they were very distressed, and not able to understand what had happened due to their disabilities.



What a day! All is calm and settled now, and South Yorkshire police were fantastic. The damage to the car was minimal, and no-one was hurt, so it's count your blessings time, methinks.



#44 Autumn Gale - I did watch True Blood S5 01 last night, and I agree with your assessment. It was very messy, with too many characters and storylines competing for airtime (again). Not even the sight of Eric in his 'birthday suit' could compensate for the rest of the dire stuff. I think this show has lost the plot, and more than that, I don't really care about any of the characters any more. I'll give it a few more episodes, before I decide whether to pull the plug, but next to Game of Thrones (which ended it's S2 run last week) it's pretty weak in comparison.



Going to try and calm my nerves now, maybe I could do with a bit of Yoga... ;-)

#84



Zoe, OMG indeed. I'm glad everyone's ok, though.



Peppermint tea, to calm the nerves?



...SSS

C|@@|

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cBzz

#85 Thank you CoffeeBuzz :)



Peppermint tea is nice, the mister recommends Chamomile for calming stress though, but I prefer the taste of peppermint.

OMG indeed Zoe! So glad everyone was safe and sound, must have caused a big fright all round. Nice to know the police were supportive. (((((hugs))))) to calm your nerves x



p.s. I, too, am losing the love for True Blood, such a shame as it has the potential to be great TV. I also have nearly the whole current series of Dexter to watch... but can't really be bothered and I used to love that show too.



Jx

#87 Thank you Jilly :)



Yes, it's a shame about True Blood. I also used to love Dexter, but I sort of drifted off of it after S4, I don't know why really, maybe because I didn't agree with what happened to Rita. :-/

Here's a picture from a friend who saw the torch being carried at lunchtime today!



https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/554389_10150957674671731_1133772187_n.jpg

So relieved to hear all is ok, Zoe. Can't imagine how you felt between getting that call and seeing them all for yourself. Hugs!



An americano if you please, cBzz. All that running with the torch earlier has fair worn me out ;-)



x

#84

Oh dear, Zoe. Spotted your tweet a few moments ago and wondered about the detail. Horrible experience for the Mr, too, whilst carrying such precious cargo.

As Billie says: In the blink of an eye ...

Thank the heavens above and the powers that decree these things that they're all fine and safe back home.

x

#90 Mo...



...sss

..SSS

C|cc|

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Off home, 'see' you all tomorrow...

*hopes all is well with HtS*



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cBzz

Yes, where is Harry? Has he got permission to be absent for so long ;) Only jesting, I too hope all is well with him.



Nice to see JBG back today, I haven't seen a note from him yet though!





I like that Amy McDonald tune.



:)

Thanks Viking Mo & Katy Mac, all safe and sound now, thank goodness :)



Drivetime is helping me to calm my shattered nerves, wondering which oldie will be up first...



Ah, Bend Me, Shape me... It had to be really, didn't it? ;-)

Well done Shona and Jennie Wren for the Amen Corner mensh :)

Well done Shona and Jenny Wren, getting the mensh :)

So glad the boys are OK and back home safe. Cars can always be replaced, people are so much more precious xx

Good luck with the menches everyone, (a tea for me thanks coffeebuzz)

~gill~

'Can You Feel It?'





Why? This one is lost on me, I'm afraid.

Hmm that is a very odd way of trying to attract listeners to the SW show.



x

*waits 3 minutes*



me too, Katy



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