Good morning all from a sunny place but with an autumnal feel in the air

Richard the third oldies, well suggest we start at the beginning with his birth place



FOTHERINGHAY - FAIRPORT CONVENTION

Hello again Simon and blogpoppets



Pleased your foxes have gone to ground, Simon. Do you really do the washing and ironing in your house? If child 3 has only one pair of socks, you could have dried them off in the microwave!



I don't fancy the sound of Nigel's cold Chinese wotsit tonight!



RICHARD lll ~ Supergrass



DIG IT ~ The Beatles



KING OF THE MOUNTAIN ~ Kate Bush



DIGGING THE DIRT ~ Peter Gabriel



GOING UNDERGROUND ~ The Jam

Morning all (again)

It sure is a crisp lovely sunny sky here, streaked with feathery clouds..

but I digress, this whole archeological dig has had me facinated. I hope, wish and pray that he will actually turn out to be Richard III, not just a random Monk/Friar who died of a sore throat.



Have tweeted



KING OF THE ROAD by Roger Miller (or Boney M if it's not too late for an HOIB)



Will go off not for a thunk and some caffeine,



Laters

Good luck Jeffrey of Maidenhead tonight on Mastermind and when you're having a bit of a chat with John Humphrys, see if you can work the word 'blogpoppets' into your converstion!!!

Good Morning All;



Just a quickie, I've got a lot on today...



Oldie suggestions...



RICHARD III - SUPERGRASS



TWO PRINCES - THE SPIN DOCTORS



MY HUMPS - BLACK EYED PEAS



A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES - ELVIS COSTELLO



SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN - TEN POLE TUDOR



MONKEY ON MY BACK - AEROSMITH

Good morning,



Well is it him?



KING OF WISHFUL THINKING by Go West



Have a good day.x

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



#RichardIIIoldies



CAN YOU DIG IT - Mock Turtles



THE BUMP - Kenny



A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES - Elvis Costello (see what I did there?)



~X~

#3 and also off to learn to spell 'now' (forgot to ask in my BBC blog survey this morning for a spellchecker to be installed on the blog!)

LOL on second thoughts that Aerosmith song isn't exactly radio friendly... :O

#5 #7 Ha! Snap, Zoe!



:o)

Can You Dig It? - Mock Turtles



#2 Going Underground's a good record so I'd like to second that choice.



As to drying socks in microwave - shakes head, rolls eyes... ;¬)

Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears For Fears

Famous Last Words - Tears for Fears

Hole in te head - Sugababes

King - UB40

King in a catholic style - China Crisis

Kiss from a Rose- Seal

Love is a balltefield - Pat Benitar

Monarchy of Roses - red Hot Chilli Peppers

The Rose - Westlife

Two TRibes - Frankie goes to Hollywood

#10 Deebee - Great minds think alike! ;-)



A few more oldie suggestions...



KING OF PAIN - THE POLICE



LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - PAT BENATAR



BACK STABBERS - THE O'JAYS

CAN YOU DIG IT - MOCK TURTLES



KING OF THE ROAD - ROGER MILLER



'THE SONG ABOUT DIGGING A HOLE' (!) - BERNARD CRIBBINGS



JW

I bet NCP must be rubbing their hands together!

500 years (give or take) at £6.00 per day....



As for song choice - BIG YELLOW TAXI (just for the line "they paved paradise....")

Perhaps more apt than Joni's version, would be the one by the COUNTING (Carion) CROWS?

How do we know it's him?



BRING ME TO LIFE by EVANESCENCE

or

TAKE ME OUT by FRANZ FERDINAND



and surely

THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR by THE CLASH

needs consideration



Then we can try

HOW LONG by ACE

THE BOY DOES NOTHING by ALESHA DIXON

LINGER by THE CRANBERRIES

BROADSWORD by JETHRO TULL

NO QUARTER by LED ZEPPELIN

TWISTED by SKUNK ANANSIE



If nothing else I like the look of that lot as a playlist. I may have to put it together to keep me moving whilst gardening. Have a nice day all

Hi Simon and everyone



Congratulations to all menshes last night and thank you Simon for mine, one of those Status Quo toons that does not sound like a predictable Quo sound!



#4 LOL Florence, would be cool if he did sneak it in!!!



# 5 Zoe, My Humps, made me laugh!!!



Sniffling today but don't feel rougn, may be an allergy, but you must crack on:



1. SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Girls Alouid

2. DO THE BUMP - Kenny (remember doing the actions to this when I was 9 and jumping up to my Aunty and Uncle's behind at their wedding as could not reach!)

3. POISON - Alice Cooper

4. FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - Cheryl Cole

5. LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - Pat Benatar

6. KING OF WISHFUL THINKING - Go West

7. Please Release me - Englebert HUMPerdink

8. CAN YOU DIG IT? Mock Turtles

9. DIGGING YOUR SCENE - Blow Monkeys

10. RULE THE WORLD - Take That



Well must fly



Have a nice day



Laters



Mandy ;)

GOING UNDERGROUND - THE JAM



JW

"A horse, a horse; my kingdom for a ......................"



HORSE WITH NO NAME - AMERICA



JW

Good morning Simon & blog people



Gazza – from last night, yes I meant the county not the town, sorry.





Bones - Radiohead



King of the Road – The Proclaimers



Blood Roses – Tori Amos



Good Year for the Roses – Elvis Costello



Winter Song - Nico



Going Underground – The Jam



In Search of a Rose – The Waterboys



Winter Winds – Mumford & Sons



Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell



White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes

Massive support for Broadsword - Jethro Tull (see #16)





Failing that, a smashin' wee song from Sweden, seldom heard on the wireless...



The King has Lost his Crown - Abba





Keep it Norse Country!

Firstly, good fortune to Jeffrey of Maidenhead who sounds for all the world like a figure from the era of Richard III.



Secondly, I remember Blacks Camping & Leisure (also no longer extant) running an advertising campaign under the banner of 'Now is the winter of our discount tent' in the late 70s / early 80s



#19 - JW - curse you - that was my idea also, so I'll have to second it.



Maybe then



WILD HORSES - PATTI SMITH

CRAZY HORSES - OSMONDS (but please don't play it)



We'll probably find out the body belongs to a local who died from crisp poisoning...(as advertised by Gary Lineker).

Morning all



Thank you to Deebee for the birthday wishes on the old blog and those that have been posted on fb.



Can I suggest



KING - LOVE AND PRIDE

THE ALARM - THE DAY THE RAVENS LEFT THE TOWER

and second etc



ELVIS COSTELLO - A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES

which is one of my favourite EC tracks.



Good luck again to Jeffrey (or RostronPoskett) for the recording of mastermind. I'm sure you'll do well.



Cheers



A

Simon, enjoyed the blog greatly today and poor #3 with damp socks! ;^)



The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell



Off to physio and love the sun pouring down.



LB, x

Happy Birthday Andy – hope you have a good day.



Last night’s Dr Mösh tune - Kill the King would also be appropriate today.



There is a slightly amusing Horrible Histories song about Richard III.





I Live on a Battlefield – Nick Lowe



Diggin’ an Early Grave – Duke Special

Morning all



Here you are! I only found the new blog via FB -kept cliking on the Next button above and only got the 'other' blog from yesterday!



As I'm late, can I add my vote to:



GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES - Elvis Costello



please!



Tortie x

Oops - here's the missing 'c' from #26



And the missing birthday greetings to Andy - hope you have a great day!



T x

Happy birthday Andy- and many more of them!



Sorry #22 Parsley_Cat. You can share - I'd rather not be cursed! ;0)



JW

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and nicely dried out bloggers



Thanks for the mensh last night. And good luck to Jeffrey/RR for his Mastermind recording today - I heard CE giving him a shoutout earlier this morning:



#richard3oldies



BONES - Michael Kiwanuka



THE BONES OF YOU - Elbow



Or, on a more tenuous note...



OVER THE RAINBOW - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole version might be rather fine



SINCE YOU BEEN GONE -RAINBOW



JBG

Because every schoolboy knows Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (see what I did there?)

Good luck Jeffery in Madenhead for your Mastermind endevors. Stay calm and all will be fine ;-)



Can't beleive your sent your youngest to school with wet socks Simon. Heads have rolled for less in this house, be thankfull your not my fella!!!!!

Use an iron/hairdryer/radiator next time. (mother has spoken)

~gill~

Good Morning Each!



'Tricky Dicky Rides Again' by Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood and Paul Kossoff



'That's Rich' by Buddy Rich



'Blond Or Rouge' by Wallenberg

RAINBOW CONNECTION= KERMIT THE FROG or THE CARPENTERS or WILLIE NELSON

(Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain)





HELLO (IS IT ME YOUR LOOKING FOR)- LIONEL RICHIE

Morning All,



'Stuck Between A Rock and a Hard Place' Rolling Stones



'King' UB40



'Hanging Around' Stranglers



Have a good day everybody

#29 JBG - Just read back and noticed we are on the same wavelength, good luck with the selection

Morning! Hope all Drivetime bloggers are enjoying a sunny day - watched the Tour of Britain yesterday and saw that it was very wet in Harry the Snapper country.



Tried to post earlier but computer crashed. Would like to suggest:



DIGGIN' UP BONES - RANDY TRAVIS (such a cool name!)





Simon, don't worry about damp socks. They are certainly better than no socks. Might be sunny here but decidedly chilly. Forgot my socks this morning. Big mistake.



Happy birthday Andy!



Off to read back now.....

22 - Parsley Cat - like the discount tent story.



Jeffery / Rostronposkett - GOOD LUCK TODAY!!



Bye x

Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel

You Raise Me Up - by loads of people!

I'd Die for You - Bon Jovi

If I Die in Battle - Van Canto

hi all



happy birthday andy



KING MIDAS IN REVERSE-THE HOLLIES



SHAKING ALL OVER-JONNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES(it mentions bones in it)

As nobody has mentioned the rather obvious 'elephant in the room' involving this topic, what about Tin Soldier by THE SMALL FAECES...?

(Sorry, couldn't resist it!!!!)

Good afternoon all! Wet & miserable here today. No mensh chasing for me. Lots to do before I disappear on holiday on Sunday and still catching up from being away for the last year. I don't expect to be able to use my phone never mind the internet where I'm going. Part feels like I am losing a limb/part feels like a break from all such things isn't a bad thing. Oh and it is one of only 2 countries in the world where you can't get a certain American soft drink. But I'll be ok for cigars ;-)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDY T



GOOD LUCK TONIGHT JEFFREY OF MAIDENHEAD



x

Afternoon All



Not really getting a chance to live up to my new name at the moment as work is making too many demands this wee.



Just a quick poop by to wave hello and say good luck with the menshes later.



Poor child 3 Simon! Athlete's foot spray at the ready please.



Catch you later



Shona X

#28 - JW - my earlier comment was meant in a jovial, pantomime sort of way and seemed to fit the mediaeval, Shakespearian theme.



I much enjoyed Simon's heavy promotion of the blog on last night's show. Didn't notice Sally's 3am contribution as promised, though. I waited up specially (not).



#40 - Mo - you read the same feature I did, then. Didn't realise North Korea was noted for cigars !

KINGS by STEELY DAN "We've seen the last of good King Richard"

RICHARD by JONI MITCHELL

OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD by LOUIS JORDAN

Hello all



I, like Shona, find that work is too busy for regular contributions, but I am still here, honest guv!!!!



Happy birthday to Andy



Good Luck Jefferey-If good wishes carry you through, you'll walk it as we're all with you!!!



Toon Choices:



Kings of the Wild Frontier-Adam & the Ants

King of Wishful thinking-Go West

Senses working overtime-XTC (on account of 'How did anyone guess he was there!)





Love to all,



Mrs B xx

A King buried in a car park in Leicester?



HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? - Take That (Wah!!!!)

Better late than never......



THE BACK STABBERS THE OJAYS



;)))



JT69

By the way, I heard last night's homework was from occasional blogger Daniel Tooley - well done that man!

HELLO!



We have moved! We have Broadband!





Has anyone suggested



IT HAS BEEN A HARD DAY'S NIGHT read by Peter Sellers as Richard 111 ?



Am I too late?

Hello Billie - Happy New Home! Can I borrow a cup of sugar?

#42 - I took it jovially - honest!! It is so difficult to show that in print. I did try with the winking smily face....



Hello Billie - I've made a cake to welcome you to your new home. Here it comes..>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>



JW

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IN THE AIR TONIGHT PHIL COLLINS



JT69

Hello again



Thank you very much for the cake Paul, plent to go round there I think.



Happy Birthday also to Drivetime's own Traffic Totty (if that's not too sexist!)



Happy Birthday Ms Boazman!



Going to see Stuart Maconie's show at the Saltaire Festival tonight, as a surprise birthday treat, which should be good.



Cheers



A

#46 - I think that's another play altogether.



#48 - Billie - why didn't I think of that ? What a terrific recording. I'm sure he did another Beatles 'cover' in similar guise but can't remember what it might have been. (Lady_S - if lurking - am I right, or imagining this ?)

Happy birthday Sally Traffic - what's it like to be 21??



JW

#48 Good to see you back here so soon, Billie. Hope the move went well and that you can find everything. My electric toothbrush got "lost" during my move. Always a good idea to check all compartments of a case.



#42 Parsley_Cat LOL



x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY TRAFFIC



x

I hope your move went well, Billie... and a Happy Birthday to Sally x

#54 He did a song with Sophia Loren, Parsley Cat-Goodness Gracious Me!



www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKMy15O1tCw



Mrs B x

#54 Apparently according to the search engine, he also did She loves you and Help!

Who Are You? - The Who



Willy the Shake

x

#48 Billie - woohoo!! Nice to see you back. Hope it all went well.



Happy birthday Sally!



~X~

Happy Birthday Andy



Welcome back Billie. Hope the move went well.



Off to read back ....

It's Jaspers birthday too. Jasper is 5 today. Jasper is our cat. I haven't bought him anything. However, one of those layers of cake, above, is made of tuna. Perhaps I should have mentioned this earlier. Sorry, an'all!

How remiss of us to miss it. Happy Birthday Jasper.

Good afternoon,



I shouldn't be here so don't anyone look or react as I "walk" in please ;-)



Many Happy Returns to Andy.



#22 Parsley Cat, That advert is exactly what sprung to my mind when I saw the title of this blog. I think Blacks still exist though. There was a very smart branch outside Fenchurch Street station not so long ago. Haven't been up there for a while.



#40 Mo, In case I don't get the chance to pop in and say it before you go - Have a fab holiday. The end of your post has me thinking of Alan Partridge saying "Rolled on the thighs of a virgin".



Reallly must dash...

(Clears throat)

Happy Birthday Andy !

Happy Birthday Sally T !

Happy Birthday Jasper the cat !

and

Welcome Back Billie !!

(evening all)

~gill~

Congrats to "Zo" for Two Princes.



Must go & get changed for Keep Fit ..... or rather, "Hopefully Get Fit"....

Happy Birthday Andy and our lovely Sally Traffic!



Billie, do moves go well...I've never had one of those.



hi julia, she said using invisible lower case.



LB,x

Happy Birthday Andy and



Happy Birthday Sally Traffic



& Happy Birthday Jasper the cat



Good luck Billie in your new home

Well done to Zoe for the first song... the only one I have heard so far.



Happy Birthday to Jasper the Cat.

https://milocat.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/birthday_cat__cake.jpg?w=300&h=300

Thankyou all for your "Welcomes Back"! Ha!



It is very nice to be back on the blog - but - in a different way - it was nice to listen to the show over the last three nights without even knowing what the theme was - let alone knowing what you had all suggested.



"The Move" went very well indeed. The only really traumatic bit was forcing the two cats into their individual carriers and then putting them in the car to bring them here. The older one -13 - hates his carrier when he has to go to the vet and scratches away at the grill making his claws bleed - alternately screaming and hyperventilating.



It was only a short journey - thankfully - and they are both fine now. They're doing their thing now - working out which window oversees what - and piecing it together in their heads. They have actually asked to go outside, but several more days yet before that.



Broadband was another problem - it's taken almost 4 days to settle down!



Happy Birthday to Andy!

Happy Birthday to Sally Traffic!

Happy Birthday to Jasper Cat!



And Congrats to Zo(e) on your mensh!

#56 Mo - couldn't lay my hand on everything but not too bad. Loads of boxes to empty. We've been talking about "stuff" and all the "stuff" we accumulate - even though we gave a lot away through "Freecycle".



#68 Autumn Gail - good luck at your "I'm fit - but going to get fitter" classes!



#50 Jennie - Cake?

Ah! Bechod!



Still a FINE piece!

#48. Seemingly, yes!

#75 #48 Paul - Ha!

Oooh birthdays!



Happy birthday Andy, Sally and Jasper. Did I hear Simon say Happy 35th Birthday to Sally? Surely a tongue in cheek remark ;)



Billie, best wishes and happiness in your new home. X



I won't get a chance to go for an ARFO tomorrow ;(( All day meeting but looking forward to an early finish *crosses fingets*



Have nice evenings all :)

#73 - I sent the 'cake' by 'blogmail' Billie - thought it would be good as a housewarming pressie! Sorry if I confused you!



See you all tomorrow



JW

And how could I forget ?



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JASPER THE CAT



JW

My cats just wanted to say 'Meow Meow' to Jasper. It has been an evening or red wine and spilled nuts in our house (ow er misses). Wash your mouths out people I spilled a bag of peanuts.(!) Intended to watch Dallas from last night but ended up with Grand Designs instead. Just can't beat it:-)

Totally looking forward to seeing Zoe & deebee at tea time tomorrow. You wont be able to miss me as Im comming straight from work I will have my BRIGHT YELLOW coat on. Just look out for the lollypop lady.

~gill~

Evening Blogpoppets!



Happy birthday to Jasper the Cat. So that's how old in cat years? If he was a dog it would be 35 - think it's about the same for cats. So very much in the prime of cathood...



Well dones for menshes to Zo - Simon's having fun with our names this week, isn't he - and also to Andy for Elvis Costello. Enjoyed the show today, and for once I managed to hear most of it.



#66 Did somebody say something...?



Anyway, time I was off to bed. Night all. I won't be around tomorrow, so play nicely. I'm going to Salford.



;o)

Morning peps :-)

Good morning all - anyone out there?



JW

Good Morning!

WOW !

That was an amazing echo ! Thanks ladies :-)

~gill~

Morning everyone



Is it Friday already? Sunny and very windy outside today, hope it's nice where you are!

Absolutly blowing a gale here in Wigan. Hubbs just told me that when im stood at the side of the road in the wind, I look 'interesting'. I shall remember that next time im being blown over at work.:-)

So tired this morning, didnt sleep well at all, which will teach me to eat protine filled food close to bedtime. Really, it was the peanuts not the wine, honest.

~gill~

Hope you soon begin to feel better Gill-withagee... a good walk in the wind will help blow away cobwebs and hangovers!

Hello everybody.......



After a wet and blustery start here, its turning into a nice day.. :0))







JT69