Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



I'd like to suggest:



I BELIEVE I CAN FLY - R Kelly



DOWN TO EARTH - Curiosity Killed the Cat



DOWN TO EARTH - Peter Gabriel



SKY HIGH - Jigsaw



SPEED OF SOUND - Coldplay



~X~

Reach for the stars - S club 7.

Morning Sir, team, NYM and busy busy bloggers



It IS that time of year, so much to do, no holidays, no half term, kids in full swing at school, everyone’s present in the workplace and they all want it NOW. And breathe......



#felixbaumgartneroldies



EIGHT MILES HIGH – The Byrds



DROP THE PILOT – Joan Armatrading



I CAN SEE FOR MILES – The Who



ALL TIME HIGH – Rita Coolidge (but oh, “that” note)



SPEED OF SOUND - Coldplay



FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT – Bonnie Tyler

Hi everyone on this almost lovely Wednesday!



How about:



FREE FALLIN - TOM PETTY?



Cheers xx

Has to be FREE FALLING by Tom Petty, doesn't it ?



Rather abortive effort yesterday - we tried to keep up with developments on the web, but not much happened.



From yesterday's blog - #127 - Sal - no hirundines here (Central Lancashire) for some time now. Plenty of fields, though - it isn't all dark satanic mills (although we do have quite a lot of them, too).

There's a kind of hush - Hermans Hermits.



Head over heels - Abba.



One way or another - Blondie.

Good morning Simon!



How about:-



I BELIEVE I CAN FLY - R. KELLY



FREE FALLING - TOM PETTY



TIME FOR ME TO FLY - REO SPEEDWAGON

Good Morning Each!



'Pressure Drop' by Toots and The Maytals (or Robert Palmer)



'High Flying Adored' by David Essex (or one of many others)



'Arc Of A Diver' by Steve Winwood



'I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down' by Elvis Costello



'Down, Down' by Status Quo

Morning All,



Don't know why but this popped into mi' little head when I saw today's theme



Drop the Boy - Bros.



Hopefully I'll be back later with a more sensible suggestion.



A.

Morning All,



'Hanging Around' The Stranglers



Have a good day everybody

OOh thanks for that Parsley Cat. Lancashire is most definitely not all satanic mills :)



Dont bring me down - ELO

Morning all



WIND BENEATH MY WINGS by Bet Middler



It would take a very big man with a very big pointy stick to get me to jump off at that height.

Good morning everyone



A bit chilly to start but nice and sunny up north.



I BELIEVE I CAN FLY ~ R Kelly



HIGH FLY ~ John Miles



FLY LIKE AN EAGLE ~ Steve Miller Band



HIGH HOPES ~ Pink Floyd



FLY AWAY ~ John Denver

I feel the earth move - Martika.

TOP OF THE WORLD by The Carpenters

I WON'T LET YOU DOWN - Ph. D



BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - Bob Dylan



CATCH THE WIND - Donovan

Morning all



A quick poop by for now and I hope all is well with the blogsphere...



Oldies for now:

Speed of Sound - Coldplay

Crazy - Patsy Cline / Gnarls Barclay

Stupid Boy - Keith Urban

Born to Try - Delta Goodrem (not something you hear often!)

Morning,





Tumble and fall - Feeder



Falling - Kate Rusby



Falling from the sky - Shed Seven



I can't come down - Embrace



Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin



Don't let me down - The Wonderstuff



Blame it on the weatherman - B*witched



Weather with you - Crowded House



Weather to fly - Elbow



Cast your fate to the wind - Sound Orchestral



Windy - The Association



Maybe Tomorrow - Scooch



Tomorrow - James



Space Oddity - David Bowie



Out of Space - The Prodigy



Spaceman - Killers or Babylon Zoo

Ok, I've had a little think. How's about



Close to the edge - 30 seconds to Mars

Edge of Desire - John Mayer

Edge of Heaven - Wham



More appropriate if I say so misen.



A.

Good morning again



I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - ARETHA FRANKLIN



GO NOW - THE MOODY BLUES



I CLOSE MY EYES - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD



BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF



JW

Free Fallin' by Tom Petty is a great suggestion!



From the hard rock canon, how about:



Holy Diver - Dio



Jump - Van Halen



Speed King - Deep Purple



And as I get the impression Simon likes a lateral link, how about:



Silly Love Songs by Wings (from 'Wings at the Speed of Sound')



Amelia by Bell X1 (a song about an aviation pioneer by a band named after the first plane to break the sound barrier - OK that really is tenuous but it's a great song!)



Finally, if it doesn't happen because of "weather hold", we can have:



Waitin' on a Sunny Day - Broooce Springsteen



Have fun y'all.

Morning all



LIFE BY THE DROP - Stevie Ray Vaughan



Or with my pessimist's hat on.....



DROPS IN THE RIVER - Fleet Foxes

DOWN DOWN - STATUS QUO



JW

Good morning Everyone and, of course, the fast living, slowly drowning Simon, the Team and the Very Nice Young Man,



First tune to come to my head is:-



FREE FALLING - TOM PETTY - love this tune.



Rightio, boss is out 'til later this afternoon so I'm playing out today. Off to have a catch up on on blog happenings.



~ xx

'Nearer My God To Thee' by Nelson Eddy



'Race With The Devil' by Judas Priest



'Look Up (To See Whats Coming Down)' by Santana



'Come Home Quickly Darling' by Micah P Hinson



'Standing At The Sky's Edge' by Richard Hawley



'Out Of Thin Air' by Howard Jones



'Be Back Soon' by Rowan Atkinson, or Ron Moody



'Funky Felix' by Seguida

I've been trying to think of this one since I found out the theme, and it's just come to me:



HIGH FLY - John Miles



~X~

ZOOM - FAT LARRY'S BAND



JW

Nice one Jennie!



Just one look and my heart went BOOM!



Yikes!!

'Freebird' Lynyrd Skynyrd

PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING - HANK LOCKLIN

(Keep it Country!)



JW

Morning all



THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - Lulu



Back later



T x

Supersonic - Oasis

Wish I Could Fly - Roxette

#31 I should have added: although I hope he lands safely and not falling!

At the risk of qualifying for a HOIB, DON'T STOP ME NOW by Queen works well - 'I'm travelling at the speed of light...' (although he WILL be in trouble if that happens).



#12 - Alison - it would take pointy sticks to get me there in the first place.

DON'T LOOK DOWN - The Divine Comedy



or



DON'T LOOK DOWN - Go West



#31 T-C Good one. Was trying to think of that, but all I could remember was the David Bowie film. And then I got confused with the man who SOLD the WORLD. Doh. More coffee needed....

Thanks for the mention last night



A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay

Cloudbusting - Kate Bush

Gravity _ embrace

jump - Van Halen

Rocket Man - elton John



Also support for Free falling and Down Down

OK its not an oldie, its barely even a newie but surely...



SKYFALL - Adele........?!



or FLYING WITHOUT WINGS - Westlife



or SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER - Geri Halliwell

YOU CAN'T CATCH ME - Chuck Berry (or Rolling Stones)



PARACHUTE - Cheryl Cole



Chuck and Cheryl, only on R2!

#38. I thought a certain Mr Cowell was responsible for the Cheryl Chucking.

Help Me - Joni Mitchell

(Help me, I think I'm falling...)



Willy the Shake

x

#12 #34 I think Lynn Bowles summed it up nicely yesterday when she said "why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good plane?"



:o)

Hi Simon and everyone



Well done to the mentions last night.



Few more potential sniffs on the job front yesterday, I definitely think the option is to hit accountancy practices with the idea of using a contractor and surely the more I email a bite and a bullseye will come!



Now for Mr Felix.



1. FREEFALLIN - Tom Petty

2. STRAIGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH - Curiosity Killed The Cat

3. PICK UP THE PIECES - Average White Band

4. DOWN DOWN - Status Quo

5. WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley

6. SKYFALL - Adele

7. FREEBIRD - Lynryd Skynrd

8. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME - Scisssors Sisters

9. CLOUDBUSTING - Kate Bush

10.FALLING - Alicia Keys



Oh well must jump to it ( pardon the pun!)



Laters



Mandy ;)

#41 - I totally agree with her Deebee!



Perhaps my Monday suggestion would still be apt -



WHY - ANNIE LENNOX



- update on flat-pack table - the company are sending out a "furniture technician" to look at and hopefully sort out the problem. Service indeed! So it wasn't the fact that the Mr and Next Door Neighbour looked at the instructions at the last minute that was the problem?!!



JW

Greetings Mayo Man & ALL Blog Ops...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Man - A busy blog anda busy dee!!!!!!!!!!!!

Same for me as am doing a BIG job on me 'ouse terdee 'oping it will 'elp me back injury but without overdoing it!!!!!!!!



It is INDEED BOOOOM dee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When Dr Mooosh is let loose on the airwaves with WROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



But did yer know in Thai 'boom' is a rude word... ;-)))



On the subject of Rihanna.... This is my favourite tune... MEGA tune that gets right under me skin!!!!!

Don't know why but one dee it just 'it me.... Almost in an 'motional way but without being sad.... A don't know what it is!!!!!!

Maybe it reminds me of chilling by the beach and good times in the sun abroad.... This is sort of the ultimate feel good tune ter listen too if yer say in Thailnad or Jamaica on the beach with a cool drink... With the warm breeze sitting there getting a tan while watching people enjoying themselves......



https://youtu.be/ZR0v0i63PQ4



As for skydiving at 126,000 feet being dealyed by the weather.... A didn't think yer 'ad weather that 'igh up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



For tunes in relation ter this nutter.... 'ow about another tune that makes me a little 'motional and is a favourite of mesen:



Lighthouse Family - 'igh!!!!!!!!!!!



Off ter try and knock a 'ole in me wall if me back will let me.... Tatty bye!

EAGLE - Abba



would work:



"And I dream I'm an eagle

And I dream I can spread my wings

Flyin' high, high, I'm a bird in the sky

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

High, high, what a feeling to fly

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please"



In fact the whole song fits, but I won't quote it here for fear of being wombled...



Good luck with the job hunting, Mandy!



~X~

I can't remember what HOIB stands for, but this might be fitting! ;o)



I WISH I COULD FLY ~ Orville the Duck



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGnuMxFnc1k

Just thought of a slightly tenuous tune



If Paradise is Half as Nice (as heaven that you take me to...), Amen Corner



I've thought of another but can't remember the name of the song or who sang it. I've got the tune going round in my head but the lyrics are very sketchy. Hopefully the fog will lift and I'll remember. :)



#44 - Bingo, I know I'm supposed to read your prose in a Liverpudlian accent but it always comes over in a Geordie accent for me. Hope you don't mind and I hope the back holds out.



Tortie - liking the Lulu suggestnio ;)



~ xx

Morning all!



Another vote for "Speed of Sound" by Coldplay.



GB

#31, Tortie, #42 Toots. You've both been around this blog long enough to remember Nicrolastic posting as Nic the Pedant? Well, I've 'nic'ked his hat. The Man Who Fell To Earth, by Lulu? Whassat then? Didn't Lulu's man sell the world? As usual, I stand to be corrected. ;0)

Ha! Remembered the tune and it turns out to be extremely tenuous but I'm going to suggest it anyway as the melody is going round and round and round in my head.



I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO, HONEYBUS



~ xx

Morning Simon and fine folk of the blog



Another glorious day here









FLY – NICK DRAKE



RING OF FIRE – Johnny Cash



JUMP – Van Halen



DOWN DOWN – STATUS QUO



YOU IN THE SKY – The Waterboys



HIGHER THAN THE SUN – Primal Scream



FALLING AND LAUGHING – Orange Juice



LET DOWN – Radiohead



I CANT STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN – Elvis Costello



FALL AT YOUR FEET – Crowded House

Eight Miles High - The Byrds

Phew late to the party after a bit of field walking.



SPINNING AROUND IN THE AIR - THE PROCLAIMERS



Off to read back..............

Good luck to man what character





Speed of sound Coldplay

The letter -the box tops 

Brocken wings -mr mister 

Rocket man -elton John 

Don't stop me now- queen 

Flying without wings

I believe I can fly

The great gig in the sky-pink floyd

The great beyond rem



I can see for miles -the who

I feel free -cream

#49 - Paul The Pedant of Sheffield - I stand (well I'm sitting actually but you know what I mean) corrected - you are 100% right. Blame it on busy workload and being just plain daft.



Who cares!!! I got the 50 - a-woo and a-hoo :) xx

Some more:



HOLD THE LINE - TOTO



DIZZY - TOMMY ROE



CRAZY - PATSY CLINE



HOLD ON - WILSON PHILLIPS



WAY DOWN - ELVIS



Work beckons.......................catch you later

Good Morning All;



Gah! Late to the party again, Simon isn't the only one who is a busy bee, although my list of chores is in no way as exciting as his.



Oldie suggestions (sorry for duplications, haven't read back yet)



VERTIGO - U2



GET OFF OF MY CLOUD - ROLLING STONES



SONIC BOOM BOY - WESTWORLD



FALLING - JULIE CRUSE

Suitable refreshed and caffeinated....





SUPERFLY - Curtis Mayfield





PoS and T-C - and I thought I was confused at #35



Anyone fitting Florence for the HOIB at #46. All time low.

#31, #47, #49



The Man Who Fell to Earth was Thomas Jerome Newton, portrayed in the fillum by David Bowie, who composed the wee tune The Man Who Sold The World.





Simon,



Actually, it is WORLD PORRIDGE DAY!



In Scotland, every day is National Porridge Day!





:o)

I'm the Urbaum Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Do-Dah Band

#55, \toots. I only know 'cos I made the same mistake in a pub quiz. Turned out that Bowie wrote the Lulu song, and starred in the film The Man Who Fell To earth, so it's his fault. Anyway, winter draws on, and we haven't celebrated a half century for a while, so here's a scarf...



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What about any of the following



Space Oddity - David Bowie



Yes- like the suggestion of #38 Parachute by Cheryl Cole



Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange

#58 But obviously not that refreshed. Feel free to add a "y" or "?" as needed



#39 PoS Ha!



I hope the Curiosity's song (as we used to call them back in the day) gets an airing. Bet Rebecca knows all the words.





Anyone round here ever done a parachute? I did, he said somewhat nonchalantly. Only once, when I was 18, but "only" 2000 ft. Never again! They say the 2nd time is the worst, as you know what's going to happen and are more aware. Yikes.

#58, Johanny B Goode. I really must pay more attention. It's sitting at the back, you see. It affords far too much leeway for distractions. I'm still after dumplings.

insert *jump*



I give up.



#64 PoS Did I hear earlier this week she's also offering up juicy plums?

Dumplings with dinner here tonight Paul :)



Gill, if you are there... first attempt at GF ones, I'll let you know!!



What a glorious day here 15.6C and climbing.

Darn it pressed the wrong button

MORNING (just) again...



PATIENCE by TT (wah!)



Especially for CLP

Marshall Crenshaw - You're My Favourite Waste of Time



SUMMER BREEZE by the Isley Bros - that's apparently what kept him earth-bound (and a radio failure) - he needed to hear R2, natch!!



For Felix himself: 'Wishing, waiting, hoping' by Dusty Springfield



Laters, if work allows



Mwah

D'oh! That last one on my #57 should have been...



FALLING - JULEE CRUISE (the old Twin Peaks theme)



I'll also add...



DANGERZONE - KENNY LOGGINS



LEARNING TO FLY - PINK FLOYD



HIGH - JAMES BLUNT

Felix Baumgartner can be translated as 'Happy Treegardener'. On that basis, I'd like to suggest The Lumberjack Song from Monty Python.



How tenuous can you get ?

#49 I sit corrected too PoS! Got the film/ song title mixed up!

THE CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN - Kane Gang





Play that after Curiosity Killed the Cat, and we can all dance around in our tukka boots and get smashed on Malibu!

#59 - SG - thank you for the national porridge day reminder, I meant to ask our esteemed leader about porridge with toppings. What's that all about? Porridge should be made from oatmeal with a pinch of salt, soaked overnight and cooked in the morning, served with milk poured into a little well formed in the middle. Mouthwateringly good.



#61 - Thank you so much for the scarf, Paul, snuggling into it as I type.



#63 - JBG - Mmmm impressive (only 'cos you said it with such nonchalance; I'm always impressed by nonchalance).



~ xx

One last one from me (and keeping it Country!)



A SOFT PLACE TO FALL - ALLISON MOORER

#58 Johann the Good... just like Felix, Orville did also want to fly!!! ;o)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - I'm Going Down



STATUS QUO - Down Down



PHIL COLLINS - In The Air Tonight



WEST WORLD - Sonic Boom Boy



or indeed

CARLY SIMON - Why?

Good morning all, a little late to the blog today



Some excellent tune suggestions above and difficult to add to.



For a stuntman of 43 still trying to achieve these feats may I suggest



STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS - PAUL SIMON



EXPECTING TO FLY - BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD



DONT THINK TWICE - BOB DYLAN



CANT HELP BUT WONDER WHERE i'M BOUND - TOM PAXTON / SIMON & GARFUNKLE

hi all



free fallin-tom petty



sky high-jigsaw



up up and away-5th dimention



jump-van halen



jump-pointer sisters

TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN

How did it get so late?



Missed most of the show last night as was gallivanting – just catching up now – thank you for my mention.



Mandy – good luck with the job hunting / client chasing. I love your Picking Up the Pieces suggestion!



#21 Robert – HELLO! – Amelia is an inspired choice and someone else that has heard of Bell X1 on here is fantastic. Paul Noone has an amazing voice – I’m seeing them again next month.



John – I almost did a parachute jump but I lost an argument with a horse the day before that put pay to my plans.



Well done on your mention for the Kaiser Chiefs last night PCM – following on from what Flo & Deebee were saying about meeting famous folk – I hobnobbed backstage with them once – I have the bad photos to prove it – great fun.



The iplayer app is growing on me – I listen to the radio all day on the phone and had used TuneIn Radio for live listening and the old iplayer for catchup. Good to have both in the same place, the sleep timer and alarm function are good too. I like the playing now along the bottom. It is missing a rewind 30 second button.



My ears are bleeding – 413 million people are wrong – Kpop?

As our esteemed leader has announced that he has 'Viking' blood in his genes, I am sure that a jaunty horned helmet could be placed atop his noggin by a clever blogger (Flo??)!

Of the above - just read back - would like to second/third



WIND BENEATH MY WINGS by Bet Midler #12

I'm with you on the neccessity for the a big man and a pointy stick to get me out of that spaceship/balloon basket thingy



A SOFT PLACE TO FALL - ALLISON MOORER #73 (it's not the falling through space I would be worried about so much as the hard landing I might get if my 'chute (and back-up 'chute eeek) failed to open...not many bushes in the desert to break the fall - just cactii (ouch)



Now it really is lunchtime and I'm off into the city to see how many tourists I can mow down with my bike #itsthelittlethings

Too late?



TONIGHT WE FLY - THE DIVINE COMEDY

#79 - Amelia - Bell X1 - Chuck Yeager and the early sound barrier attempts. A milestone in aviation history.



#80 - Suzieeeee - seeing as you have broached the idea of the jump not completing successfully, the most appropriate song for that would be...

GOING UNDERGROUND - THE JAM



As for K-pop, I could suggest what the K might stand for (usual spelling with a C). Simon wasn't impressed either, was he ?

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS by Mark Owen (wah!)

FLOAT ON by the Floaters (always a favourite with SM so he can do his 'voice')

#79 Amelia, has tha' just listened to Gangnam Style then? lol.

I'm spinning around

#85 are you buzzy? Poor you!!

:-S

Sit down and have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

#82 he he

Seems unlikely BUT:



HIT THE GROUND RUNNING by Keith Urban

UP UP AND AWAY (would you like to ride in my beautiful baloon) - FIFTH DIMENSION



MR BLUE SKY = ELO

(as the weather has to be perfect)

Flash -queen "saviour of the universe"

Off to the chiropodist this afternoon - life is one big social whirl this week! The lengths I go to, to lose weight!!



JW

It's nice to see we've had another busy morning on the blog. Will try to catch up...



You know we all have those songs that make us turn off the radio.... 'Wind Beneath my Wings' does it for me ..... I just can't bear it!

#80 Suzieeeeee with a zee... stop encouraging me...



Viking-blooded Simon in a horny helmet? Oh, go on then!!!!



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Don't quite know what to say Flo!

#92 - "Oohh," I say - said in a Matt-type voice...................



JW

Tommorrow. From Annie.

BILLY IDOL - Catch My Fall



PHIL COLLINS - Long Long Way To Go



STATUS QUO - Let Me Fly

Play nicely while I'm gone - see you soon............



JW

#92 BRILL!!

Tak!

Nearly spilt my tea. Liking the leather strappings around the ample calves, too.

Pher and Whoaaar

That's old Norse for 'Ooo I say, get in there'

In honour of the discussion yesterday about Noggin the Nog (or bad if you like) - this is my lunchtime watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bKAYH3Sl8s

*childhood memories*

100?