Ouch.
For clarity the colours of the olympic rings are:
blue, yellow, black, green, and red
Not shiny flaming metal colour as Danny Boyle would have you believe.
So Red Rain - peter Gabrile
I think there is a Coldplay song that Julie will suggest foer Yellow
Pale Blue Eyes - Velvet Underground
etcetera
Frank Zappa - "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow"
ReplyDeleteBowie - "Red Sails"
ReplyDeleteCracker
DeleteThought you would like that ☺
DeleteChance for "Plaque is Plaque" by Los Bravos again.
ReplyDeleteShame "Brown Girl In The Ring" doesnt quite fit.
ReplyDeleteThere's not enough Boney M on GIO.
Agreed.....
DeleteHere's another one for you Norrie:
ReplyDeleteThe Jam - "Pretty Green"
Billy - what can i say!
DeleteGet it on !!!!
DeleteMad Mac, Agent Provocateur par excellence!!
ReplyDeleteI've just had a look on the other side and I'm surprised they haven't ganged up on you yet.
Thon Zoha (he who writes in and thanks them when they play Police and Queen)will be first in line with the dagger.
You watch yoursel.
Did anyone see this poll carried out by the Performing Rights Society last week? Britain's Most Popular Sporting Songs?
ReplyDeleteThe Top 20 sporting songs are:
1. Jump – Van Halen
2. Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
3. Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
4. Gold – Spandau Ballet
5. Thriller – Michael Jackson
6. Wake Me Up! – Wham!
7. The Winner Takes It All – Abba
8. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
9. We Are the Champions – Queen
10. Shine – Take That
11. Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson
12. The Long & Winding Road – The Beatles
13. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
14. Simply the Best – Tina Turner
15. Jump Around – House of Pain
16. Gonna Fly Now – from Rocky
17. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
18. Don't Stop Believin' – Journey
19. Chariots of Fire (Theme)
20. We Will Rock You – Queen
Fail to see the sporting link in some of them.
At least there's no Bicycle Race...
DeleteOh Danny Boyle,
ReplyDeleteThe rings, the rings not golden,
TBC?
From set to set and to the Running Track,
ReplyDeleteThe Games are here and the Cyclists are the only ones winning,
Tis them, Tis them we all must cheer on.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Uncle Vic is covering
next week's themes.
Story Songs!!
DeleteYou'll get Teddy Bear on, SG.
Patrick, you must have at least 3 A4s of them.
I don't like Vic no more.
ReplyDeleteHoo no, ma lass?
DeleteNo more The Last DJ, plays what he wants to play.
DeleteVic's become a corporate man.
Alison Again and Playlists have been stuck since Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteI live in an apartment on the 99th floor of my block.
ReplyDeleteA shoo-in for Storey Songs.
Re wee Vic covering next week .. I'm intrigued about a fun runner suddenly becoming a subject matter expert .. or was there an open e-mail circulated round the whole of the BEEB calling for applications for aspiring Sports Commentators for events others would rather avoid.
ReplyDeleteObserving Twitter conversations between BB & Mandi re his Olympic jaunt .. Beeb types would have you believe even cleaning "lavvies" to be the best job in the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it that gives these "luvvies" such a high all the time?
well why doesn't he go and clean the lavvies and let us run the show?
ReplyDeleteJust the small issue of the Snr Producer who gave us Colin & Justin!
ReplyDeleteI'll answer my own question .. Sweet smell of s ... uccess!
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