Good morning simmering Simon, team and refreshed blogchums,



Hope all is well in the blogosphere. Simon, I think you'd look charming with an eye patch and a parrot on your shoulder, I'm sure Shona would lend you Jocko for the occasion! ;o)



The only two Rocket Science oldies that spring to mind this early:



ROCKET MAN - ELTON JOHN



THE SCIENTIST - COLDPLAY



Happy Tuesday all!



Jx

THOMAS DOLBY - She Blinded me With Science



KATE BUSH - Rocket Man



ADAM ANT - Apollo 9

Morning Simon, team, NYM, and well-catered bloggers,



Your Lordship's sounding a bit like a grumpy old daily male. Letters must be written. Formal complaint must be lodged. (Oh, and while you're in Norwich can you pop in to see my mum and check that she's alright?).



#rocketscienceoldies



COMPLICATED - Avril Lavigne



NEUTRON DANCE - Pointer Sisters



EINSTEIN A GO-GO - Landscape

Morning all



First thought:



'E=MC2' - Big Audio Dynamite



N x

Good Morning Simon and Everyone of Blogland





Jilly is right Simon! You can borrow Jocko my parrot for the occasion ;0)



All I can think of for now is



ROCKET MAN - ELTON JOHN



Off to have another think.....

Woo hoo nice early morning post!!

This fits in with my hectic (from 9.30 onwards) schedule...hard to get on the blog after that till about lunchtime! Pesky work.

Anywho:

YES yes yes

ROCKET MAN by Sir Elt, or course

or

SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE by Tomas Dolby

SPACE ODDITY by David Bowie



Back later after a flurry of work and some more thinking...

ps lovely day here!

LOVE MISSILE F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik



SPUTNIK - Jerry Engler



ATOMIC - Blondie

URBAN SPACEMAN - BONZO DOG DOODA BAND

And fnally..



TELSTAR - The Tornados



Still not *actually* sure what Rocket Science really is...



I'm off.



*gone*

Struggling with the theme today. Does Simon mean all things to do with Rockets etc or does he mean things that are very difficult?



IT DON'T COME EASY - RINGO STARR

After more tea have come up with:



'Metal Guru' - T. Rex

'Atomic' - Blondie

'Silver Machine' - Hawkwind

'Lifted' - Lighthouse Family

'Saturn Five' - Inspiral Carpets

SATELLITE OF LOVE - Lou Reed

1970s old enough?



From the 1970 album Benefit, a song about the 1969 lunar landing -



For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me - Jethro Tull





From the 1975 album Rock of the Westies, a song about an Eagle comic character -



Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) - Elton John





Keep it Centrifugal!

STAR MAN - DAVID BOWIE

#5



Shona,



Does Jocko say "Tickets, please!" whenever a bus passes?





;o)

Good Morning All;



I'm extra bleary eyed today, and more than a bit grumpy.



I can only think of one oldie suggestion...



ROCKET - DEF LEPPARD

Hmmm, Rocket Science, how about ....



THE ONLY WAY IS UP - YAZZ





I think I'll leave it there!

Hmm, tea drunk - working up to caffeine



STARMAN/LIFE ON MARS (great TV series!) by the same Mr D Bowie



THE FUSE by Jackson Browne (is there one on a rocket??..there always was in the Roadrunner cartoons, and rockets always made by ACME)



MAD MAN MOON by Genesis



I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE (under my feet) Carole King



MOONDANCE by Van the grumpy old Man



Off now for coffee - still a lovely day here - the leaves are turning in the Uni parks, which my building looks over - it's gawjus!!

#15 Nearly Scotchgit. He says:



Fares please

Fares please

Come on

Get off

My bus!

Wow im in my elementso many to choose from

Rocket man elton John obvious 

Hello spaceboy pet shop boys/Bowie 

Most sings by Bowie 

Starman

Ziggystardust/lady stardust 

Space oddity

Ashes to ashes 

Life on mars 

Spaceman-Babylon zoo 

Where do the children play-cat Stevens 

Traveller in time-Uriah heep 

Square one-Coldplay 

Speed of sound-coldplay 

The scientist-coldpay 



There was a fab playdays song from the good old days of cbbc 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00006FY92/ref=aw_d_iv_music?is=l

I can't find it anywhere but talked about "being home for tea in 2003" with a great catchy tune! A perfect way of rhyming the planets somehow! 

I think it was called mice in space but I don't remember 





Or we could have abc-Jackson 5 since we all know rocket science is easy

Ticket to the moon - ELO



Morning, morning.

#15 Scotchgit from previous blog - that's my whole point. No one is getting on or off the buses. In 38 journeys, 2 people got on and 2 people got off. The buses are every 2 minutes. It is crazy!

Hi everyone



A few songs for today's theme.... I was way out yesterday apart from the Lobo song!



ROCKET MAN ~ Elton John



SPACE ODDITY ~ David Bowie



SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE - Thomas Dolby



ROCKET LOVE ~ Stevie Wonder

One way ticket toe the moon - Boney M.



What?



WHAT?

#24 Hee hee Sal!



TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - THE EAGLES

Ah forgot one now have yo wait 180

The man who sold the world-Bowie (haunting tune) It can also represent the coalition government "oh no not me we never lost control you face to face with the man who sold the world" "he said I was his friend"

Oops, put my foot in it again!

Scottish rocket science -





SET PHASERS TAE MALKY!





I adore Gabriel Quigley!



:o)

Or maybe:



'Bennie and the Jets' - Elton John

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Tricky one today - or maybe my head is still a bit mushy. I can only come up with:



THE SCIENTIST - Coldplay



TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - Eagles



E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite



PHYSICAL - Olivia Newton John



~X~

So far away-sure straits

Man on the moon -rem

How to save a life-the fray ( because brain surgery isn't rocket science

Having had a chance to scroll back, I see most people seem to have interpreted the theme as ROCKETS and SPACE, rather than rocket SCIENCE which was how I understood it... no harm in making it broader I guess...



;o)

Design for Life - Manic Street Preachers

Living by numbers - New Musik

Mr Know it all - Kelly Clarkson

Nobodys Fool - Haircut 100

Rocket Man - elton John

Sail to the moon - Radiohead

Space Bound - Eminen

Space Oddity - David Bowie

the logical Song _ Supertramp

The Scientist - Coldplay



Saw the Walking the Dog documentary last night - Nice to know that most dog people are as potty as I am. Quite moving how some people live for their pets - can understand how they feel. I can see myself and my husband in a few years being just as potty once our daughter has left home

SLEEPING SATELLITE - TASMIN ARCHER (after much tweeting from Bob Harris about it being No 1 20 years ago)



COUNTDOWN - RUSH (as Simon is so fond of The Spirit of Radio)



And if we're talking Boney M, how about...



NIGHT FLIGHT TO VENUS - BONEY M



I had the album when I was little, and I loved it!

Hi Simon and everyone



Well done to all menshees last night. A storming night for the blog! (thank you for mine Simon and thank you Amelia for letting me know!)



I have an interview at 3 today at "Animal Health" (an offshoot of DEFRA) for an Audit Support 6 month contract in Worcester. All I am worried about is that a pre requisite is that they require intermediate to Advanced Excel skills, now I consider Advanced Excel skills to be VLOOKUP and PIVOT tables which scare the hell out of me...however there are some excellent tutorials on that famous video website!!!



I have also heard from a firm of Accountants in Wednesfield (nr Wolverhampton) who want a contractor but they dont pay an hourly rate but on the basis of one third of the fee they charge the clients I would be working on. So I have accepted this basis and am just waiting for a reply to my email.



That aside I still have that meeting tomorrow about some freelancing work.



Blimey, just like buses springs to mind!!



Now for choons:



1. SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE - Thomas Dolby

2. EINSTEIN A GO GO - Landscape

3. E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite

4. THE SCIENTIST - Coldplay

5. ROCKET MAN - Elton John

6. ATOMIC - Blondie

7. QUESTION - Moody Blues

8. FIX YOU - Coldplay

9. LOGICAL SONG - Superttramp

10. WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles



Oh well lots of prepping to do.



Have a nice day.



Laters



Mandy ;)

Can I suggest:



TICKET TO THE MOON - ELO



BEAT DIS - BOMB THE BASS (for its intro from Thunderbirds....!)

Good Morning all



ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - THE BEATLES



ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS



Sky rockets in flight... AFTERNOON DELIGHT - STARLAND VOCAL BAND

Another moon choon ;)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu0o6u1VmGE

And.....



WALKING ON THE MILKY WAY - OMD

5-4-3-2-1 - MANFRED MANN

#36 Jeffrey - On that basis, I could go for International Rescue by Fuzzbox... But I won't. ;-)

Mad Professor Blyth - The Hollies.

How's about



SKY HIGH - JIGSAW

MAN ON THE MOON - REM



I'd also like to lend my support to



EINSTEIN A GO-GO - LANDSCAPE (which I suggested yesterday for a different reason)



Rocket to Russia by the Ramones would have been great, but it's an album, shame.



Shona - from yesterday's blog - Oidhche mhath is Gaelic for 'goodnight'.

Sorry, the Great British Bake Off is where it is at!



GB

Star Trekkin' - the firm

Thunderbirds are go - FAB featuring MC Parker

#44 Simon, I agree with you!



I'd hoped the GBBO would be today's theme with the final on tonight!

Oh Ok then a quick U2 suggestion! "Bullet the Blue Sky" please.



GB

CHAIN REACTION - DIANA ROSS

What, no votes for the William Shatner "version" of Rocket Man? ;-)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Morning All,



'Atomic' Blondie



'Enola Gay' OMD



'Clever Trevor' Ian Dury & the Blockheads



Have a good day everybody

FAT LARRY'S BAND - Zoom



DEL AMITRI - Don't Come Home Too Soon



HERBIE HANCOCK - Rock It (tenuous, i know)

#46 Florence - We only had GBBO oldies a couple of weeks ago though, when Paul Hollywood was on DT.



#50 Brandon - I can think of another Ian Dury and the Blockheads song that might fit this theme, but alas, the lyrics would not be radio friendly. But there ain't half been some clever... People! ;-)

Oh yes, I have some parish news. I became a great aunt at the weekend - Mr B's nephew's partner gave birth to a little girl. I think Great Aunt Deborah has a certain ring to it, don't you...?



;o)

Talking of rings.....



We're hoping to get to Richmond Park in the next day or so, can anyone give any tips about seeing the 'Ring necked Parakeets' that are supposed to fly freely around there?



Lets hope they aren't as elusive as the Spoonbills seem to be so far..!

For anyone that hasn't heard this story, yer tiz...



https://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Rose-ringed_Parakeet

#49 Zoe I love that Fuzzbox record so I definitely second a bit of International Rescue! I recall a drunken student night when that record was out where we had to (had to?) go out and buy cans/bottles of lager but all from different countries. It would be simple now but back in the day it was tricky.



I downloaded the original series intro to Star Trek last night in preparation for treading the boards this Friday in The Vinyl Frontier (Norden Farm Maidenhead £5 a ticket only!) - the bit which starts with Cpt Kirk saying 'Space - the final frontier...' altough I've promised my wife to keep the 'funnies' down to a minimum....

Morning Simon & lovely blog folk



Late to the party today …







ROCKET TO THE MOON – RUNRIG (fantastic song)



LIPPY KIDS – ELBOW (hardly old I know but a good song)



ROCKET - GOLDFRAPP



ROCKETMAN – KATE BUSH



RACE FOR THE PRIZE – FLAMMING LIPS



CURBSIDE PROPHET – JASON MRAZ (Waiting for my rocket to come …)



SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE – THOMAS DOLBY



GALAXY SONG – MONTY PYTHON



WHY DOES THE SUN SHINE? – THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS



THE ELEMENTS – TOM LEHRER

Congrats on the arrival of the new baby Deebee. I never get, how that Family connection thingy works.



I've looked at this and am even more confuddled..



https://www.squidoo.com/family-relationship-chart

Fly me to the moon-frank sinatra

The final countdown-Europe

Man on the moon child's song

Thunderbirds theme tune

Shooting star-cliff richard Ans the shadows

YOU MAKE IT EASY: James Taylor...unlike, supposedly, ROCKET SCIENCE which is not...

#49 I'll second that Bill Shatner classic!!

and also 2nd/3rd whatever

FAT LARRY'S BAND - Zoom

Good Morning Each!



'Silver Machine' by Hawkwind



...come to that, hows about the whole of the double album 'Space Ritual' by Hawkwind. Simon could pop his feet up, and put the kettle on. Think only of yourself.



'Flying Saucer Baby' by Carmen Ghia and the Hotrods



'Fly Me To The Moon' by Frank Sinatra



'Houston' by R.E.M.



'Space Cowboy' by Jamiroquai

BIG SCIENCE by LAURIE ANDERSON

ROCKET IN MY POCKET by LITTLE FEAT

ROCKET by MUD

#56 - I make no promises but I'm hoping to come along if I can meet all my Friday deadlines in time...

rocket man-elton john



rocket-herbie hancock

Hello. Remember me? I used to have time to do blogging!!



Hope att Blogpoppets, DTT, NYM and Wombles are well.



I do read the blog so any cheery hellos/waves will be much appreciated at any time!!



Some toon choices before I run away:



JET-Paul McCartney & Wings

SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE-Thomas Dolby

LIVING BY NUMBERS-New Musik

WALKING ON THE MOON-Police



and PLEASE could we have Star Trekkin' by the Firm, just for a giggle. I'm quite happy to have the HOIB for the team!!



Have good days all,



Lots of Love,



Mrs B xx

#63 Sir C - if you can make it, thank you. If you can't thank you for even contemplating it!

Good afternoon all - busy morning on the blog! The sun is shining here but the wind tis blowing hard....



The scales have indicated a ½lb loss this week, which is in the right direction so good news there.



Congratulations Great Aunt Deborah - it does sound very grand!



No choon offers today - many already offered which I can't improve on so good luck one and all.



JW

#58 - Sal - I see what you mean about the relatives table. As clear as a not very clear thing.

Just don't have any known relatives, that's probably the best solution. It's always worked for me.

#53 surely your blogger name should be changed to reflect your new 'Gravitas' as a Great Aunt?

I always think the name Maud suits the prefix Great Aunt.

Deebee sounds so soft and gentle, although, having said that - I had a great aunt Nancy (Auntie Nan) who was an early prototype for a roly poly and sooooo cuddly.

#61 Yeeees Silver Machine - lovely. That's what I used to play in my bedroom to frighten my parents! Matt, sorry, Dr Mösh should approve...

Actually, if the term Great Aunt, is applicable to your niece/nephews offspring, then I am a Great Aunt,, yes.... Great Aunt Sallie, to a 19 year old. YIKES!!

Congratulations Deebee on becoming a Great Aunt! I'm sure you'll be a great aunt anyway ;)

You were obviously a child bride, Sal!!!!! ;0)



JW

My sister in law might have been Jennie ;)

Nice to see Mrs Boris pooping by *waves*



I am a Great Aunt several times over to Mr W's nieces/nephews' offspring but so many scattered all over the country, they won't know who I am - or him come to think of it. Those closer to home, know us well but fortunately drop the "Great" bit when speaking with us. Great Aunt Regular Blogger Shona is just too much of a mouthful really ;0)

Hello Mrs Boris - good to see you again!



Right off to the dentist, plastic card in hand.............



See you later



JW

Sunny Hi!



Jet - Wings

To quote Deebee, I too have some Parish news. My lovely step daughter has just rung to say she has passed her theory driving test and I am delighted for her at 17 and a half years old.



However, there is a bit of me hanging back at being quite so delighted for the practical....................

*waves to Mrs Boris*



#58 Well I thought I understood it Sal, but after reading that I'm not quite so sure...



#69 I'm tempted, but there's always the risk our leader would read it out - and it DOES make me sound ancient! I'd like to think I am soft and gentle and I do like a nice cuddle, although I can't exactly claim to be roly poly...



My brother has a friend who has a great niece who's only 2 years younger than him - how does that work?



#77 Congratulations to your step daughter, Shona! I'm sure she'll be fine on the practical.



:o)

My daughter was an auntie at 11!!

She's now doing a babysitting course at school and pretty much knows the ropes.

She could, legally, be a great-aunt at 27 - but we won't court disaaaster with that one, as it will mean me becoming a great-grandma too. eeek.

#78



Great Aunt Deborah,



My baby sister also bears the title (and name) of Great Aunt Deborah, so you're in good company!



As to the other matter, a wee listen to Ray Stevens will enlighten you!



;o)

#80 Thank Goodness for the family tree diagram with that song Scotch Git ;0)

#81



Shona,



Indeed! The single life is less complicated by far!



















happily divorced git

#82 You do make me laugh Scotch Git! X



Where is Florence today? I had rather hoped of a picture of Simon dressed as a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder ;)

Florence pooped by at #23 but no picture.



It is like the Maire Celeste in here today and I think an early finish is in order.

#80 LOL! I can't open the link as I'm at work, but I do know that song.



;o)

I'm shutting the shutters for the day and getting ready to skip up the road. Enjoy the show everyone and good luck with your choices.



*sneaks out back door*



*Skippety, skip, skip, skip*

Afternoon all



Busy all day so no chance for suggestions. Will rest on my slightly fraudulent mensh from yesterday as I too went for Stone rather than the old Stax version of Walking the Dog.

Afternoon all!



Special greetings to my fellow Great Aunts, congrats on the new arrival Deebee!



I became Great Aunt Jilly just last month and it put me in mind of a character from a period drama! A title with gravitas indeed although I really can't pull that off successfully, lol.



Jennie, I hope the dentist was pain free, physically and financially ;)



I hope those that are able to catch the show enjoy it muchly.



Jx

Afternoon all



Quite round these parts today.



I am not an aunt. Or a great aunt. But I do have a half-brother-in-law who is younger than my oldest son. Work it out.



#54 Sal - That's my neck o'the woods! You really can't avoid them in the park - they screech all the time and are everywhere. In fact, they're just so normal now that I hardly even notice them. They also swoop around the houses and gardens too. Are you driving or on the train/tube here? Can give you lots of top tips on where to park, go, etc. And depending on what day, we might manage a mini-meet?

Well done Jilly and Buzzy for Rocket Man!!

#89 Quite quiet, actually.



Well done Jilly and Buzzy too!

I'm disappointed to discover that rocket science is just a different name for aerospace engineering.



Which sounds less glamorous, and more like a course at Swindon Poly.

#92 ;0)



Well done Suzieee and Mandy for She Blinded Me With Science - I'm not familiar with that one.

#54 Sal, I'm about 25 miles south-east of Richmond Park and, as I've mentioned previously, we often get flocks of green parakeets flying through here or squawking noisily in the trees at the foot of our garden. So, if Richmond Park produces a blank, there's always a cuppa going here, lol ;o)



Well done Suzieee and Mandy for Thomas Dolby and my fellow menshee, Buzzy for EJ.

Pah!! Too near the news to get a menshe for the Bonzos. *gutted*



Still, it was good to hear the Urban Spaceman all the same.

Aww, no mention for Amelia for Lippy Kids either;(

Well doen Alison on your 3 worder. It's a bit of a change for me getting to blog during the show even though I feel like Shona no mates ;)

Shona - I did, rather embarrassingly, go woo-hoo, perhaps louder than I meant to as I was wandering round Marks, when Ben picked Lippy Kids - fantastic song. Great interview too.

Thanks John and Jilly.



I almost wish I'd mentioned it earlier. Unlike the parakeets, ours is only a flying visit.



Hopefully a few moments to take some pics, then off to do the real reason for going up there.



Next time eh? Would be lovely :)



Alison, just heard your three worder, it was a big tide today, so inevitably followed by an exceptionally low tide. Tomorrows is even higher.



Right, off for my evening bike ride, lights on!!



Happy Days :)

Dont suppose someone could come up with a space helmet?