Wah hey!!

Early bog....off to have a thunk



Laters

Morning all. Grey old morning here in South Bucks. Good old British summer time.



NHS Songs....?



GREGORY ISAACS - Night Nurse



THOMPSON TWINS - Doctor Doctor



ROBERT PALMER - Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)



Back later once I've thunk a little...

#1

Ha ha EARLY BLOG is what I meant to say...first gaffe of the day - and not the last

HOSPITAL FOOD by the EELS

Won't get played - not quite R2 material.



MEDICINE JAR by Wings?

Morning Suzieeeeee



BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU by Robert Palmer (as in "Doctor, Doctor. Give me the news)



Have a good day.x

For A&E



STATUS QUO - Accident Prone



ELVIS COSTELLO - Accidents Will Happen



SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - Somebody Help Me



HOT CHOCOLATE - I'll Put You Together Again

Katy, Many thanks for the gawjus hat on the last blog. My first one ever! No, I didn't see the space station.

DID YE GET HEALED? by Van the Grumpy Old Man



DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU SICK Gilbert O'Sullivan



EVERYBODY HURTS by REM



EVERYTHING IS FREE by Gillian Welch (good old NHS)



Off to make tea, it's my turn

Morning. How about:



Patience - Take That



Too tenuous?

Morning again all!



In the stylee of this 'ere blog, we could make it a new word - 'bog' for blog- oh maybe not - 'Simon Mayo's Bog' does NOT sound pleasant at all.



Ah kettle's boiled...



I thnk Robert Palmer is a shoe-in, surely? If not, I'll eat my holiday hat

PEGGY LEE - Fever



RY COODER - Little Sister



SKYHOOKS - Women in Uniform



That's all I can think of for now, bit it's plenty!



Have a good day all

Good Morning Again Everyone



DEAR DOCTOR - ROLLING STONES



WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN - BRUCE SPRINSTEIN



FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST - ROD STEWART



PATIENCE (patients?) -TAKE THAT - (Wah!)

#8 Brilliant! I like a bit of lateral thinking....



#9 and who would want to be a Bogpoppet, anyway?

#8 Great minds Amy......................

Good morning all



THE TROLLEY SONG = JUDY GARLAND

Morning all! I feel like Simon today - all nervous about school starting, and getting organised. I'm a teacher, and I'm up today looking for resources, before going into work for the next couple of days to set my classroom up for the new school year.



Song choices?



BECOMING MORE LIKE ALFIE - THE DIVINE COMEDY (Just like glasses come free on the NHS)



DOCTOR, DOCTOR - THE THOMPSON TWINS

Morning all



High time there was some UFO on the radio I reckon:



DOCTOR DOCTOR - UFO



Or maybe some Little Feat:



ROCK & ROLL DOCTOR - LITTLE FEAT



I'm intrigued about the leader's mention of the arrival of the American version of Itch. Does that mean they've Americanised it? Has it suffered the same fate as the 7/7 remberance part in the opening ceremony of not being relevent to American audiences?

Hi Simon and everyone



Revelation of the week...by his own admission Martin Kemp not a good singer which is why he played bass....no matter though as extremely picturesque to look at!



Great institution of GB plc is the NHS, born in the year my mom was and Prince Charles!!!



So choons:



1. HEALING HANDS - Elton John

2. DOCTOR DOCTOR - Thompson Twins

3. NIGHT NURSE - Simply Red

4. PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN - Hot Chocolate

5. ONE AND ONE IS ONE - MEDICINE HEAD

6. BAD MEDICINE - Bon Jovi

7. ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN - Elvis Costello

8. FRIDAY AND I'M IN LOVE - THE CURE

9. BITTEREST PILL - Style Council

10. THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - D Ream

11. A BETTER MAN - Brian Kennedy



Have a nice day



Laters



Mandy ;)

Good Morning Simon and Driveteam. Hope this finds you all in rude health ...



#NHSOldiesTheme:





DOCTOR DOCTOR - THOMPSON TWINS



THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - D:REAM



NATIONAL EXPRESS - DIVINE COMEDY [video is about NHS psychiatric service]



COLDPLAY - FIX YOU



REM - EVERYBODY HURTS



HOSPITAL BED - BEN FOLDS FIVE



HEAL THE WORLD - MICHAEL JACKSON



THE HEALING GAME - VAN MORRISON

Good morning all,



Thought I'd make an effort and get here early, but see I've been beaten to it!



Not real 'oldie' material but all that comes to mind at the moment ...



HOSPITAL FOOD - DAVID GRAY



A & E - GOLDFRAPP



FIX YOU - COLDPLAY



Right, thinking cap on ...



GoD

Good morning all,



Thanks for playing my tune last night, Simon, and for giving the new moniker an airing.



Congrats to Sir Cumfy, Billie (with her full title), Deebee and Amelia for their menshes. It is great to have Autumn Gale back in the fold, too.



Oldies for today:



DOCTOR MY EYES - JACKSON BROWNE



HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - BEE GEES



MEDICINE MAN - ELTON JOHN



LIKE A SURGEON - WIERD AL YANKOVIC



mc x

Good morning everyone,



#oldies

HEAL THE WORLD - MICHAEL JACKSON



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

#20 Not my tune obviously!





...... You know what I mean!

JEREMIAH PEABODYS POLY UNSATURATED, QUICK DISOLVING, FAST ACTING, PLEASANT TASTING, GREEN AND PURPLE PILLS - RAY STEVENS

Less obvious ..



BRAND NEW START - PAUL WELLER



ONE AND ONE IS ONE - MEDICINE HEAD



SALE OF THE CENTURY - SLEEPER

How about



Lily the Pink - Scaffold

#12 True, Bogpoppet is not right at all..



#20 YES! Doctor my eyes Darn - my favourite artiste and he didn't pop into my head!

That was funny hearing SM get his tongue around the soooper-long Billy monika.



Wouldn't say I'm slow this morning - but only JUST got the TT 'Patience' lateral thunking link to NHS....maybe I should make coffee instead of decaf tea?!

Well, It IS Tuesday, so Jamie Cullum night..



I'M PULLING THROUGH Diana Krall



Or



IN THE WARM ROOM Mme Bush (is it me, or are hospitals always TOO darn hot)

Good Morning All;



I've been too busy to blog lately, and will probably continue to be so until 2 weeks today, when the twins go back to school.



I'm full of nervous energy though, for a variety of reasons, some good, some very good, and some not-sure-if-good-or-bad yet!



I hope all bloggers are doing o.k :-)



Oldie suggestions....



WIRES - ATHLETE



GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA - THE SMITHS



THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST - ROD STEWART



GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - SOPHIA LOREN & PETER SELLERS

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



So you're all looking like film stars on DT now? When are we going to get the webcam back then...?



;o)



NHS lyrics - no time to check back so will probably be some duplicates



DIZZY - Vic Reeves (or Tommy Roe)



DOCTOR DOCTOR - Thompson Twins



DOCTOR MY EYES - Jackson Browne



GETTING BETTER - Beatles



IT'S GETTING BETTER - Mama Cass



DOCTOR'S ORDERS - Carol Douglas



SHEER HEART ATTACK - Queen



FEVER - Peggy Lee



~X~

Only caught bits and pieces of the show last night on the way to and fro from the shop 'where every little helps'. I was fortunate enough though to catch Billies full name check (well done Simon for attempting that on air, could have gone horribly wrong!)



A couple more ...



MEDICATED GOO - TRAFFIC



CARDIAC ARREST - MADNESS



8-)

#29 NHS lyrics? Oh, you know what I meant...



;o)



Glad to see I haven't got too many duplicates... Can I also second Mandy's Bon Jovi suggestion. I had that on my list but forgot to post it in my haste to get my choices in quickly before getting on with work - ho hum, I probably have more than enough anyway...



Laters...



~X~

A few cheeky ones ...





HEART IN A CAGE - THE STROKES



HUMAN - THE KILLERS



TIRED OF WAITING - THE KINKS



SPIRIT IN THE SKY - DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS



PATIENCE - GUNS N ROSES







;^)

MADNESS - Cardiac Arrest

I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU - THE REMBRANTS



98.6 - KEITH



ALL I WANT IS YOU - U2 or GLENN cAMPBELL

(all the promises we made from the Cradle to the Grave)

Morning all



Still busy at work so just a quick poop in to say hello!



Can I second Ken's suggestion of UFO - DOCTOR DOCTOR



and also THE WHO - SEE ME FEEL ME.



cheers



A

Morning all.



A swift droop by from me.



Cant you hear my heartbeat? - Hermans Hermits.



Yikes!!

BUDDY HOLLY - Heartbeat

A few more oldie suggestions...



THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE - JANET JACKSON/LUTHER VANDROSS



PEOPLE HELP THE PEOPLE - CHERRY GHOST or BIRDY



COMFORTABLY NUMB - PINK FLOYD



PAIN KILLER - TURIN BREAKS

Oh, but of course ...



SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT - ELTON JOHN



A 'doh' moment!



8-)

Hello to Simon and the team, plus fellow bloggers



Bedshaped - Keane

Bring me to Life - Evanescence

Design for Life - Manic Street Preachers

Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins

Everybody Hurts - REM

Heaven can wait - Meat Loaf

I need a doctor - Dr Dre ft Eminen and Skylar Grey

Jar of Hearts - Christine Perri

Live to Tell - Madonna

Night Nurse - Simple Red

Open up your heart - M People

Suicide is Painless - MASH

A&E - Goldfrapp

How to Save a Life - Fray

Good morning all - cloudy and muggy today



SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT - ELTON JOHN



is my thought for a choon (Thanks NHS for giving me my Mr back 14 years ago)



JW

NHS Oldies? Maybe start with this lament from the USA healthcare system:



I WISH (I KNEW HOW IT FELT TO BE FREE) - Lighthouse Family



or



TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF - The Three Degrees



or



BEDSHAPED - Keane

Morning all



I too have the nervous, going back to school feeling today. First day back in the office, lots of odd stuff happened when I was off ….





St James Infirmary Blues – Louis Armstrong (or about 117 other folk)



Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - Editors



Bad Medicine – Bon Jovi



Nurse With The Pills – Whiskeytown



Hospital – Modern Lovers



Pills - New York Dolls

Morning all



My sickly selection:



'Next' - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

'Don't Make Me Wait Too Long' - Bazza White

'Doctor Beat' - Miami Sound Machine

'Take Good Care Of My Baby' - Bobb Vee



N xx

#40 Some inspired choons there pcm :)



One more from me before getting my head down proper.



BREATH LIFE INTO ME - MICA PARIS



Back dreckly ...

Hi All,



Bad Case Of Loving You - Robert Palmer



Lovely star filled skies for gazing last night and hope we have a full sunny day today. I have school shoe buying to look forward to, the rest I can buy online without having to take shopping phobic, bit stroppy 13 year old boy away from the xbox for a few hours ~sigh.



LB, x

Hello again



I'm not here really but



#43 seconding St James infirmary Blues as it was on Paul Jones' show last night being played by Hugh Laurie when he was live at Cheltenham Jazz festival - and hat a great version it was too.



Cheers



A

... sneaked back, and this, just for the lyrics ...



COCONUT - HARRY NILSSON



gone again ....

Mr Ambulance Driver – The Flaming Lips

Good Morning Each!



'Sick Man Blues' by The Goodies



'Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors' by Editors



'Under The Knife' by Motorhead



'Night Nurse' by Gregory Isaacs



'Dr. Feelgood' by Dr. Feelgood



'Down At The Doctors' by Dr. Feelgood



'I Left My Heart In Papworth General' by Half Man Half Biscuit



'They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!' by Napoleon X1V



'!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT' by Napoleon X1V

I don't remember being nervous about the new year when I was at school, in fact I used to look forward to it - something about new beginnings, crisp clean notebooks, new uniform, etc. A week or so in, and it turned out to be just the same as the previous term... The big ones for me were going up to "big" school - those 18 year olds seemed sooo grown up to us not-quite 11 year olds, they were like gods and we were not worthy - and later going into the sixth form, where we were the first ones to have use of the new common room that had just been built. Ah, those were the days...



#41 Aww, Jennie *hugs*



~X~

DEAR DOCTOR by THE ROLLING STONES

DOCTOR ROBERT by THE BEATLES

GETTING BETTER by THE BEATLES

DOCTOR KITCH by LORD KITCHENER ( played on Radio Caroline but not on Radios One or Two, at the time. Not even when it was covered by Judge Dread!)

#39 / #41 - I must have been typing while you were posting Glenn - snap! Can we share?



#51 Aww, indeed Deebee! Luckily he was in an observation ward, in bed 13 - :0 - when he keeled over. Talk about being in the right place!



I too used to like the beginning of a new school year, with unused books, waiting to be written in - very neatly, of course! - new uniform, two sizes too big - "You'll grow into it"



As a teacher I used to wonder how on earth I could ever teach the new 4 year olds to read, write etc but it seemed to all come together within a few weeks



JW

#41 I do hope that gets played, Jennie. Right place, indeed x

#41 I'll vote for that one too Jennie. X



All the little children starting school here today and secondary school children/ young people tomorrow. I used to love the start of a new term both as a pupil and teacher and Head Teacher. I kind of miss that feeling not being in a school anymore except it was lovely to welcome all the newbees to teaching last week ;) Some of them barely out of nappies themselves.

hi all



GARY GILMORE'S EYES-THE ADVERTS



BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU-ROBERT PALMER

THE UNIVERSAL - SMALL FACES or BLUR

Afternoon all



Just typed long post - and lost it :((



So will just add a few of my oldies suggestions:

Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi

The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve

(not really in the spirit of promoting the 'brand' - but after seeing a couple of mins of that documentary about prescription drugs last night - they might be apt!)

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

Something for the Pain - Bon Jovi

Sisters - The Andrews Sisters

Wait - Take That



And now I'm going to be a real smartie-pants: The NHS was founded in 1948 and therefore:

When I'm Sixty Four - The Beatles

#58 I like your thinking Autumn_Gale and I think you're on to a winner with When I'm 64!

Morning all



Apologoes for intermitting bloggetry.... I have been lurking from time to time



WALK RIGHT IN (SIT RIGHT DOWN) - The Rooftop Singers

Me too Autumn

:^(



I was attempting to say -

#41/#51 NHS as 'saviour' resonates with me too.

Plus - your request J, reminded me of one of my favourites - the radio-friendly:



SAVE TONIGHT - EAGLE EYE CHERRY







:^)

Simon,



You can squeeze this in somewhere. 1:38 Short & Sweet.





Nursie - Jethro Tull





:o)

How about:



DOLLAR - Give Me Back My Heart!



:o)

#53 More than happy to share Jennie, it's a great choon, and glad to hear it has good news overtones for you 80)



GoD

#58 Autumn Gale, what channel was that documentary on? Sounds quite interesting...

#65 Sir C I think it was BBC1 - Fake Britain

Afternoon all! How about....



CHERRY BLOSSOM CLINIC - The Move

Why do people say they are going to phone you back in 20 minutes, and then don't?!!



Have now wasted an hour an half - grrrr



JW

#68 I'll tell you in 20 minutes...

Afternoon One & All,



The sun has gone and the rain appears.



First day back from holidays and all I could think of was:-



Mary Poppins (AKA Julie Andrews) A Spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.



I have no doubts it won't get played and it's too late in the afternoon now to be even considered; but for a moment or two it made me smile.



Bet your all singing it in your head now. Laugh out Loud.. . . .

#16 and yes, the American copy of a book will have to feature such clangers as 'color' 'theater' and my personal favourite 'math'

ie 'you do the math'

Arg I feel a red pen moment coming on...

#71 I'm sure I've read loads of American thrillers where they don't bother to make those changes for the UK audience. I guess we must just be more sophisiticated, more flexible and more worldly-wise than our friends across the pond.

#70 ♪♫ in the most delightful way...♪♫



#71 Yes, agree with all of those. Also, working for a research organisation it irritates me the way people emphasise the first syllable - 'reesearch'. It's 'research'... Although I guess that doesn't come across in the written word.



~X~

#71 One I've come across recently is 'Burglarized'. I had to re-read it a couple of times just to make sure.

#73 Thanks Dee



Had to take the opportunity to pop back, haven't been blogging for over two weeks.



Must crack on, two weeks with no one doing anything on my desk means lots to do, taken me all day just to check my email. Needless to say, but lots of them were hit with the Delete Button, why do people 'copy you in' when your not there to action the point they are trying to make!



Sharon

#68/69 - I suspect it's that they just got distracted our have a really short attent.....

#74 and when does organised become organized? Is it an Americanisation, or two meanings?

Could look it up I suppose, but one of you lot are bound to know..

#76 I see what you did there, very witt....

#78 Suzieeeeeee, One of my lecturers at university always made a point of using 'ize' endings. He said it was a matter of preference and that the OED shows 'ize' in all such words, with 'ise' as an optional spelling.



This link seems to back him up

https://oxforddictionaries.com/words/ize-ise-or-yse



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

Actually managing to hear a bit of the show today ...



... and amongst others - bloggers Lilac Blue and Pendleton Trott got the nod for Robert Palmer's 'Bad Case of Loving You'



:^)

Oh goody a mensch, thank you Simon (I'm sorry Sir Cumference, you should have gotten one as well!). BlogVeteran No5 and Glenn of Devon for Fix You by Coldplay got a good choice mention too. :^)

Well done Pendleton Trott, Lilac Blue and Glen of Devon for oldies choons. Were there others? And I missed a 3 worder for me. Thanks to the lovely Amelia for texting me to let me know. Ketchup later methinks.

Oooh "Our most enthusiastic bloggers". Well done Sir Cumfy!

Simon did not forget, Sir Cumference got his own for I'll Put You together Again, by Hot Chocolate! Well done Sir. :^)

What a fab mention for SirC! That were the ones I heard too Shona, well done all.



Happy to see you didn't get struck Shona.

#83 - 85 Well, I suppose 3 of the songs played were among my suggestions. :o)

Loads of blog mensches tonight - well done all!



Have good evenings



JW

#85 Just drenched, Amelia. What weather we are having! The rain has been torrential at times today.

I had a mainly dry walk although bikes on pavement driving me mad.

If anyone was watching the news today and saw the filming at the Edinburgh Book Festival, it certainly brought back happy memories for me (and no doubt the lovely Amelia too! X)

Evening all.



I had a catch up today, with a friend that I dont see as often as I would like, stuff going on and all that...



She has two daughters, aged 2 and 4. They are both very bright and the conversation between all of us flows quite freely.



Anyway, the plans were, to go to the packhorse bridge in the lovely village of Dunster, however, parking is limited and we got caught up in a proper gridlock, where no-one could get out, yet everyone thought they could still get in, I ask you!



Unfortunately, this is the street where my docs is also situated and I had to call in for prescriptions, golly what a price, but needs must!



We then went down to Dunster beach. What fun we had. I dug out some toys that my Children played with a good 15 years ago. They have now been handed down, with the promise of a return in the next ten years or so for the next generation.



You see, apart from the price of parking, which we could have got away with, if we parked just outside the gates... the day cost nothing. I baked a gluten free lemon cake and my friend supplied the lemonade.



The kids, were just so happy splashing in the waterfalls from the recent heavy rain we have had, and we chucked plastic skittles into the water and chased after them.



I drew circles in the sand for them to stand in, then another a bit further away and so on and so forth, each time, they had to leap a little further to reach the next circle.



The grand price of a great afternoon out, for all of us?



The best thing in life. You can make them happen, just a little imagination.



Happy Days :)

#91 Aww That's lovely Sal. The best thingd in life are free indeed.



Apart from buying tickets to go and see Simon, obviously. XX

Worth every penny by the sounds of it Shona :)

Morning all. Up bright(ish) and early for some exercise before work. Missed the second half of last night's show, so following reports in #83, #84 and #85 above I had to use the listen again feature...



I just hope 'enthusiastic' was meant in a positively prolific way, as opposed to any implied degree of manic-ness... :o)



Anyway, nice to get a mensh, but OSMs are just as good as far as I'm concerned.



Now, if I can just crack the ARFO...

Good morning all - the sun is trying very hard to wake up and there is a slight breeze. A beautiful start to the day.



What a lovely day you had Sal. As you say, you don't have to spend a fortune to have a good time and I bet the children enjoyed it just as much as you!



Mr is golfing today, hence the early start - I can watch the blue-eyed Mr Hollywood in peace. What a way to start the day!



JW

Good Morning All



Hooray! It's not raining and there is a patch of blue sky up there. For the first time this week, I won't get a good drenching before heading off to work.



Puppies will be pleased;)

Good Morning All,



Didnt hear much of the show yesterday, but today should be able to suggest a couple of tunes and listen later



Have a good day everybody

Good morning everyone,



Like Brandon, I missed quite a bit of the show yesterday, but endeavour to do better today!



Beautiful sunny morning here, too, Shona.



Sal, I really enjoyed reading about your trip to Dunster with your friend - I bet the children wont forget the fun they had. There is something special about older childrens toys handed down. I remember my cousin (who is 10 yrs older than me) letting me have some of her books and dolls clothes. I still have a few of the books. Another cousin gave my sister and I a big tin of white lego - we had hours of fun building houses and cars. Lego was always white then, the bases were grey.



Happy days!