My turn for a pristine blog, then ?



I'd have to go for



LILY THE PINK - SCAFFOLD



Another Brick in the wall would go well, but I think that's featured already this week.



Back later if I have any more (good) ideas).

Morning everyone





Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen



Man in a Shed – Nick Drake



If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary



Grandpa Was a Carpenter - John Prine



Build – The Housemartins



Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones



We Built this City - Starship



Made of Stone – Stone Roses



Our House – Madness



The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin



High Rise - Hawkwind

Good Morning Simon



How I remember the old days of chart listening too and really enjoy POTPs on a Saturday.



Oldies suggestions today:



UP ON THE ROOF - THE DRIFTERS



LITTLE BOXES - PETE SEEGER



UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF - THE SUPREMES



BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - THE FOUNDATIONS



I'M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU - THE STYLISTICS



Have a great day everyone. Busy day ahead and out in the field this afternoon.



Catch you later



Shona x

Good Morning again -



Suggestions -



THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT – Tracie (Style Council)



WE BUILT THIS CITY – Starship



CONCRETE AND CLAY – Unit 4 + 2



BRICK BY BRICK – Artic Monkeys



GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN – Sammy Davis



UP ON THE ROOF – Drifters



LOVE SHACK – B 52s



LITTLE BOXES - Pete Seeger

OUR HOUSE – Crosby Stills & Nash



OUR HOUSE - Madness



SLEDGEHAMMER - Peter Gabriel



HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Animals



BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP – Foundations – A DOUBLE!



BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE – Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon

Hi again Simon and bloggers



Sounds like your fox has moved on, Simon. I remember listening to the top 20 chart songs and recording my favourites on my old reel-to-reel tape recorder.



RELAX ~ Frankie Goes To Hollywood



ROOM FOR THE LIFE ~ Kate Bush



LITTLE BOXES ~ Pete Seeger



IF I WERE A CARPENTER ~ Bobby Darin



LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW ~ The Hollies



UP ON THE ROOF ~ James Taylor



IN MY ROOM ~ The Beach Boys

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and pop-pickin bloggers



Want to get in quick with this one...



CONCRETE JUNGLE - Specials

When the builders are in one needs to have the kettle on all the time -



I LIKE A NICE CUP OF TEA – Binnie Hale





- from Black & White Days!

Few more....



THE ATTIC ~ Paul Weller



HIGHER WINDOW ~ Josh Groban



WHAT'S HE BUILDING? ~ Tom Waits

WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN - Style Council



#4 Billie - I used to love that Tracie song. Will find it and listen again!





BIG YELLOW TAXI - Joni Mitchell

Morning All



could I suggest:



OUR HOUSE-Madness

BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP-The Foundations (could work on two counts then!)

GET DOWN-Gilbert O 'Sullivan ("just like a cat on a hot tin roof")

WE BUILT THIS CITY-Starship

COUNTRY HOUSE-Blur

BIG YELLOW TAXI-Joni Mitchell ("they paved paradise")



Will read back and will try to pop in at lunchtime.



Love Mrs B xx

FIXING A HOLE - Beatles



COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED - Gladys & Her Pips

#4 / 10 Billie - correction. That's not the song I loved! Goes off into the world of Sp*tify to find what it was...

Hi Simon and everyone



Everything back to normal at the kickboxing club and was bought some Perranporth fudge and toffee for babysitting the club, I am my mates kickboxing "wife" as I have to make look after him while teaching including now making sure he does not forget the wedding ring, I said it looks like a washer but it is actually Titanium! Oops! honesty is the best policy! Anyway give it a week and the ring will be safe at home in a drawer somewhere!



Congrats to all menshes especially to Deebee on a particular nice mention using your naughty name when you were little!



Was having a think of choons on way in this morning:



1. BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - The Foundations

2l. WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship

3. She Said - PLAN B

4. Lily The Pink - SCAFFOLD

5. HIGHER AND HIGHER - Jackie Wilson

6. WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN - Style Council

7. WHITE LADDER - David Gray

8. Running in the family - LEVEL 42

9. UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF - The Supremes

10. UP ON THE ROOF - Robson and Jerome



Have a lovely day



Laters



Mandy ;)

For the 2 storey extensions: HIGHER AND HIGHER - Jackie Wilson



For the basement extensions: GOING UNDERGROUND - The Jam



For the conservatory disasters: WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS - Annie Lennox

Good morning again



CONCRETE AND CLAY - UNIT 4 +2



OUR HOUSE - MADNESS



THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - THE ANIMALS



ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD



And I can't resist it - A (S)HARD DAYS NIGHT - BEATLES



Sorry, I'll go now



JW

THIS OLE HOUSE - Shakey - or the older version by Rosemary Clooney

BRICK HOUSE - Commodores

Our House - Madness

This Old House - Shakin' Stevens



Moving On Up - M People



Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations



Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbins



Making Plans for Nigel - XTC



Planning Permission - The Darkness

HOUSE - Patrick Wolf

THE SMITHS - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish



LIMAHL - Never Ending Story

Hi Simon and the crew



Thanks for the mention. In mourning as the equestrian area of Greenwich Park closed yesterday. The arena sand is being offered for sale at £100 per tonne. My husband wont let me get any.



Another brick in the wall - -Pink Floyd (I know its already been used this week, but a great song)

Bright Lights, bigger city - Cee Lo Green

Design for Life- Manic Street preachers

Digging your scene - Blow MOnkeys

Home Loan Blues - Simply Red (New houses great - but not good if you cant get a mortgage)

Off the Wall - Michael JAckson

Rise- -Gabrielle

Sledge Hammer - Peter Gabriel

Must be off now. Deebee - if you're around, see my post at the end of yesterday's blog.



#10/13 Billie - can't find it! Must be getting old. But enjoying listening to Beat Surrender very LOUD!



Have a good day everyone and enjoy the sunshine



JBG

"How much will all this work cost?"



GOD ONLY KNOWS - THE BEACH BOYS



JW

#8 your suggestion reminded me of this gem from Bernard Cribbins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4



'Right said Fred, have to take the wall down, that there wall is gonna have to go

Took the wall down, even with it all down, we was getting nowhere

And so, we, had a cup of tea'

Yes, I know it's all about shifting a piano, but hey walls and doors are mentioned!!

so please

RIGHT SAID FRED Bernard Cribbins



Would like to add

IF I WERE A CARPENTER but please please pretty please by the amazing Tim Hardin wot wrote it.

and

DIG DOWN DEEP by Marc Cohen

HEAVENLY HOMES by Be-bop Deluxe

HOME AND DRY by Gerry Rafferty

HOME AGAIN by Carole King

FULLHOUSE by Kate Bush





Oh and RE School run to Solihull - how posh! A lift?!! I used to DREAM of getting a lift to Solihull from our 4+ miles away shack in Shirley. Had to get the 154 bus to High/St St Alphege church and walk 1.5+ miles through Malvern park....and you tell the kids these days and they don't BELIEVE you



I remember sitting, tape recorder microphone in hand, pointed at the radio ready to record the Sunday night chart rundown (was that legal??) Still have the tapes somewhere with whatever DJ talking over the records playing.....

Couldn't listen to the Hairy Cornflake/Simon Bates/Tony Blackburn or whoever was on R1 on the way to school, no ipod, see (my mum had Terry Wogan on at home).

This House is Empty Now – Elvis Costello



My Father's House – Bruce Springsteen

Design for Life - Manic Street Preachers

Fixing a Hole - The Beatles



Willy the Shake

x

Morning,



Build - The Housemartins



Wide open spaces - The Dixie Chicks



Out of space - The Prodigy



Country House - Blur



Anyway, anyhow, anywhere - The Who



Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols



Shed Seven - This is my house

Good Morning All;



Just got back from the doctors, minus some blood... Foot thing appears not to be serious anyway, just a cyst, but alas, I have other ailments. :(



Our lovely leader was my morning radio listening, back in the day, I was late for school many a morning because I couldn't tear myself away, my mum solved teh problem (sort of) by buying me a walkman.



Oldie suggestions...



BUILD - HOUSEMARTINS



BUILDING A BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART - WAX



IF I WERE A CARPENTER - THE FOUR TOPS or JOHNNY CASH



BEDSITTER - SOFT CELL



I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN - PAUL YOUNG



THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - ALAN PRICE SET

Good morning folks,



For all those NIMBY'S out there:



VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - KATE RUSBY or THE KINKS



x

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



No choon choosing for me today. I'm basking in the success of my (almost) passport name from yesterday... oh, and Simon - for future reference my middle name is Jane...



;o)



#23 JBG - I would recommend getting the Park and Ride, if you don't want to have to take out a mortgage. I can't remember where in the country you are so don't know which direction you're coming from, but there is one just off junction 11 of the M11 (Trumpington Road), and there are others around the perimiter of the city too. The Grand Arcade car park is very central for the shops and colleges, but popular on a Saturday and quite expensive. Queen Anne Terrace car park is also fairly central, and cheaper - I'm sure you'll find both of these on G**gle. It depends where in Cambridge you are going. Hope that helps, and good luck to your daughter!



~X~

#32 just realised I may not have got the gender of GoodChild1 right - but good luck anyway!



~X~

#30 - glad to hear that your lump is nothing too serious. I hope they sort out your other ailments too. A hug is coming your way>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>



JW

Having read through I 'think' this hassent been chosen but do forgive if ive missed it.



CAN YOU DIG IT - MOCK TURTLES



Really enjoyed the return of Dallas last night, but thought John Ross didnt look like he was having nearly as much fun being BAD as his dad used to. Come on lad, up your game.!



Re taping the charts, there are many songs that to this day when I hear them I expect to hear Broono Brooks's voice at the end of. I was NEVER quick enough with the pause button :-)

~gill~

#30 Glad to hear your lump wasn't anything too serious Zoe.



#35 Gill, I wouldn't have minded hearing Bruno Brooke's voice - I used to have a bit of a soft spot for him... And he was a Level 42 fan...



:o)

Good Morning Each!



Builders, building...



'Tea For Two' by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli



'Skip It' by Stéphane Grappelli and Stuff Smith



'I'll Be There' by Jackson 5



'Up On The Roof' by Kenny Lynch. That'd be an unexpected bit of PRS money.



'Making Plans For Nigel. by XTC



'Build' by The Housemartins



'Digging Your Scene' by The Blow Monkeys

Good Morning all, a little late to the blog I fear today.



Could write a lot of stuff today about government pronouncements on planning and the relaxations proposed but fear I might be put on the naughty step.



So I will just stick to the task in hand and choose some builder and buildings tunes



HANDYMAN - JIMMY JONES or JAMES TAYLOR



WALLS - TOM PETTY or GLENN CAMPBELL



CEMENT MIXER (PUTTY PUTTY) - SLIM GAILLARD

(great song but too old I fear to be played on show)



EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - ALICIA KEYS

#34 Thanks Jennie. :-) I'm being tested for Coeliac disease, amongst other things, which seems to be quite common these days. Funnily enough, I read an article recently (based on research from the Mayo clinic - No relation, I presume?) which suggests that higher levels of gluten intolerance could be linked to modern wheat crops...



https://io9.com/5931255/is-modern-wheat-making-you-sensitive-to-gluten



#35 Gill - I've seen all of the new Dallas episodes, and I loved it! I don't think John Ross is supposed to be quite as dastardly as his daddy (yet!) But keep watching!



#36 Thanks Deebee. :-)

The Sick Note - The Dubliners





(Perhaps more commonly known as The Bricklayer's Song)

Morning All,



'Walls Come Tumbling Down' Style Council



'Elevation' U2



'Castles In The Air' Don Mclean



'Another Nail in My Heart' Squeeze



'Solid As A Rock' Ashford & Simpson



Have a good day everybody

How about

"There's a hole in my bucket" - by Harry Belafonte.

Builders use buckets and there were some very battered examples being used by the guys who did my kitchen!



ttfn, Crumpy :O)

Caffeine-inspired auggestion:



For all those gleaming modernist cubes being added to the back of everybody's houses with limestone floors and glossy kitchens...



WHITE ROOM - Cream



#32/33 Thanks Deebee - Sounds like the P&R will be the best option as we're likely to be there all day. And, yes, it's a he!

Meanwhile, in a different direction, did anybody else remember this:



ARCHITECTURE & MORALITY - OMD



Not sure it even classifies as a "song" or "music" - more like sound art or aural art. I remember when that album came out, thinking it was the most mind blowing thing ever. Now it just sounds like a few good singles, with some weird noises for extra padding! The artwork on the cover is still a classic though.

hi all



WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE-PAULA COLE

How about this one



"Why Paddy's Not at Work Today" I know its been done by the dubliners and the Clancy Brothers.



Tells the tail of how not to get a pile of bricks down from the 14th floor.

My cassette recorder had a built in mic, so it used to sit in front of the left speaker of the radiogram, and my sister's matching machine used to sit in front of the right speaker of the radiogram to record the chart show when it was simulcast on Radio 2 IIRC in the days before Radio 1 went FM. So I had the left channel and she had the right channel of the stereo output. Oops!



Can still remember Tom Browne playing Match of the Day and announcing it as "from the splendid Spot The Pigeon EP" which I think was my first ever experience of hearing Genesis. Many years of prog listening later, it was all his fault :-)

Hello all - a quick pop by in a spare 2 mins.



Can I also vote for oldies:

Build - The Housemartins

Afternoon all



#30 Glad to hear the lump on the foot wasn't serious, hope the doc can resolve what else is going on for you.



Notfeeling the best today, as went to the dentist yesterday for what should have been two fillings and ended up as being one filling and one extraction. So I now have one less molar and one sore jaw!



Can I suggest, as we're in a Bernard Cribbens state of mind that



BERNARD CRIBBENS - HOLE IN THE GROUND



might be more appropriate to the theme also what about



PAULA COLE - WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE?



cheers



A

KIRSTY MacCOLL - Don't Come The Cowboy With me, Sonny Jim



WILLIE NELSON - Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

ACE - How Long (Has This Between Going On?)



And with reference to a builder's quote:

THE BEATLES - It's All Too Much



SPICE GIRLS - Too Much



THIN LIZZY - Don't Believe a Word

Seems like today could be the day that the NYM/NYW could choose something a bit different to the norm - go on; give us a giggle for a change!!! There are some fun choons above.



JW

It's been a while since we had a bit of lunchtime punnagery:



#conservatoryoldies





THE FIRST TIME EVEREST SAW YOUR FACE - Roberta Flack



WHEN ANGLIAN WINDOWS - George Formby



AMDEGA YOUR SCENE - The Blow Monkeys

There's any number of Cowboy songs but my selection would be:



THIS COWBOY SONG: Sting (and Pato Banton) or



CAN WE FIX IT? - Bob the Builder (before you sniff derisively the second biggest selling non-human single in the UK!)



I totally second BUILD by the Housemartins which has to be one of my fave tunes ever. The vid is a good one too.



and finally one of my Dad's favourite tunes:



BRICK HOUSE - Commodores

Oh Zoe ! not another coeliac on the blog ! Fear not, your in good company and were taking over the world dont you know.:-)

~gill~

#53 'White Van in Hammersmith Palais' The Clash

Afternoon all. Killing time at the airport. Off to glorious Yorkshire for the weekend.



Zoe - glad your foot is nothing too serious and I hope the remaining tests reveal nothing too serious. I think modern bread production causes a lot of problems, the so called Chorleywood process means the gluten doesn't get a chance to fully develop. I make my own using a bread maker. Takes 2 minutes & is cheaper too.



I hope 6 Music have been told how to pronounce Gavin Esler, they made a right hash of it earlier.

Good afternoon!



My day hasn't gone to plan but I'm here now.



What have I missed?



x

Afternoon All!



Just made it in time!





Quiet on here ........................

Ha!



"Blogger Bill" ! Ha!

Welldone Mrs. Boris for the Foundations mensh!

Wow! This is fun!



Billie, Shona & Florence menshed for Pete Seegar! Welldone Us!











iseemtobetalkingtomyself

Still at work - over 11 hours :(



Can you hear the violins?! ;)



Haven't managed to hear most of the show, but I did hear menshes for Billie, Shona & Florence. Well done.

A quick hello as we have visitors so I have only caught snatches of the show when I've been in and out of the kitchen and caught Little Boxes just before the news and I enjoyed sharing it with Billie and Shona! :o)

Well done Bill and Shona and Florence! And Mandy earlier, I think?



Surprised that the Randy Edelman version of Concrete and Clay was played, instead of the (IMHO) much better Unit 4 + 2 version - as suggested by my venerable blogfriends above.



Can I ask somebody to Copy and Paste my ARFO suggestion tomorrow, please, as I won't be around at all - but will be in the car at 5pm to listen in!



******************************

Simon, team, NYM and TGIF Bloggers,



For today's ARFO, please give your wise and considered opinion to these fine and uplifting toons:



GOING UNDERGROUND - The Jam



WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN - Style Council



BEAT SURRENDER - Style Council



All much deserving to be initiated into the ARFO Hall of Fame.



Thankyouverymuch



John B. Good

I agree JBG and I was hoping Concrete and Clay would have been played, especially by Unit 4+2, my favourite version!



I'll post your Arfo choices for you, JBG unless someone beats me to it. GOOD LUCK!

John - I'll do the C&P for you. Enjoy your day!







I agree with you re: Unit4 + 2 and there were no menshes for it anyway - says she - being greedy!

Thanks Florence and Billie.

An OSM for you Billie, for Concrete and Clay! :o)

Three word Thursday...



Hundreds of hirundines!



I think they are gathering up supplies before heading South :(



8c, this morning as I drove to the hospital. Brrrrrrrrrrrr!

Ha! "William on the blog" ! Ha!



3 menshes tonight in 3 different guises! I don't know when that last happened but it has and I am SO SAD I could look it up! HA!

Not sad at all Billie, mearly dedicated :-)

well done honey B !!

~gill~

It was 28th. September 2010 when the theme was RED - Labour Party Conference I think - and I got 3 menshes for "99 Red Balloons", "Red River Rock" and "Little Red Corvette"!



I am really smiling - beaming in fact - I've enjoyed playing the game today and feel very aligned - all of the songs played were my suggestions! And as I said earlier, I agree with JBG about Concrete & Clay.



I must admit to laughing out loud at my own suggestion, this morning, of "Come Back & Finish What You Started"! Ha!







Sausage & Mash ...............

#70 - Sal - or swathes of swallows or masses of martins. All fuelling ready for departure. Summer must be over then.



Billie - outstanding performance on tune selection. I've only managed two menshes so far - on successive days. Still can't believe I was successful with 'Tour de France' for the Tour de France theme. Nothing like stating the bl**ding obvious...

Hi Parsley Cat.



Where abouts in the country are you?



I was lucky enough to still see them on the Sarf Downs at the end of October last year.



Quite a few of the returning migraters (?) are here already, teal, widgeon and geese in huge flocks.



Today, I had a shock, as a sparrow hawk hit my back window and sat on the washing line, looking somewhat stunned!! I usually lob the watering can at him, if he pounces into any of the shrubs, after the little chatterbox sparrows.



I know its nature, just dont let me see it :)

Well done Alison from Eastleigh on your 3 worder. Also to Mandy, Mrs Boris, Billie, Flo and 'lil' ol' me.



2 menshes this week *beams and beams*



So I won't greedy and try for an ARFO tomorrow. Out in the field all morning but hope to catch up for a chat later ;)

#75 - Leyland (near Preston in Lancashire). We have Martin Mere (WWT) just down the road, so get all the wildfowl including Whooper Swans in winter as well as having the Ribble marshes (RSPB) for similar visitors. Ithink there has been an odd osprey appear at migration time, too, but you have to be lucky to catch those sort of events.



A friend of mine (whose PC I'm using at this moment) has taken photos of a sparrow hawk with the remains of something unidentifiable in her garden. Oh an we also have peregrines nesting on old mills and churches as well as in disused quarries nearby. The dark, satanic mills came in useful in the end !

Oh wow Parsley Cat. I will look up those places. Isn't it amazing, just where peregrines will nest?

Sal - I forgot to ask where you are based.

Well done all menschees - Billie, you did very well!



Have great evenings one and all



JW

#78 Sal, it is amazing where Peregrine Falcons will nest... every year since 2003, a pair of Peregrine Falcons have hatched and reared youngsters on the roof of a nuclear power station about 20 minutes from here, where it is sheltered and nice and cosy for them. My friend, a huge bird lover, is the environmental officer there, and she can watch them, via a CCTV, from her office desk and she often sends me pics of their progress during their time on the roof.



https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/7945155696_600fc43f22.jpg

oops... meant to add this link about the birds above....

https://www.scotsman.com/business/wing-your-way-to-bird-challenge-1-1156512

Yer tiz Parsley Cat...



2 minutes and 20 in, if you look very quickly, is where I live :)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eSsgu7nPM

Did you hear about this Flo?



https://www.examiner.com/article/animal-lover-russian-president-putin-teaching-endangered-cranes-to-fly

Sal, I hadn't seen that story but I just think it's AMAZING how birds will follow a microlight and reading through your link I saw some lovely pictures of those beautiful Cranes.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198963/Now-Putin-bird-man-Latest-animal-stunt-sees-Russian-president-skies-micro-glider-chief-crane.html



Did you watch the wonderful Earthflight series ealier this year on BBC 2 because some of the filming was done a few minutes from here where a local microlight guy had befriended some geese from the moment they hatched and they followed him everywhere for several months.. he even took them to a wedding with him. They flew alongside him and the programme showed the Bass Rock where the thousands of Gannets are from February until October/November and also Tantallon Castle on the mainland, just across from the rock.



https://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01428/SNA26BIRD1---25_12_1428462a.jpg



It's really nice that several bloggers are bird-lovers and chat about birds from time to time.

Sal, these Cranes from the article are beautiful...



https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/09/06/article-2198963-14DC2C9E000005DC-821_634x417.jpg

My friend is a serious professional person. We are sat on the floor, wine in hand, giving serious consideration to ARFO songs.



Congratulations to all mentionees today.

Morning All,



Didnt hear all of the show last night but enjoyed the bits I did.



Mornings starting to get a bit chilly



Have a good day everybody and see you on the ARF blog

Good Morning All!



Lovely reading the late night posts.



It's a bit Autumnal here ......................