October 22, 2016

 

 

and the bid for drunkenness exalted,

with a bag of crisps, so lightly salted,

 

and then before we say adieu,

we make a move on a sweet cashew.

 

Then, down the street, in the next bar,

we raise ‘good health’ with another jar,

 

and wash it down, with some pork scratchings,

as fat in arteries forms new attachings.

 

Then ‘one for the road’, the road to hell,

when ‘Last orders’ heard from that demon bell.

 

As steps retraced, are now updated,

and centuries of gold nectar, still appreciated.

 

 

 

 

It’s a clause

in the contract;

a codicil

of love.

A passage

to freedom,

and ultimately

a deal breaker.

Sign on the

dotted line –

I don’t think so!

 

 

 

 

Let’s meet and talk mumbo-jumbo,

and put the world to rights.

Let’s yap until our throats dry,

about nothing until dawn lights.

 

Let’s skate around the houses,

and up and down the alleyways,

without revealing anything obvious,

that on our cautious tongue stays.

 

Let’s have a drink, then another,

and one more to make memory flee,

until we forget if we’ve done what we came for,

so another guilt trip, there won’t be.

 

 

 

 

Please wait for me, I will be there.

T’is my intention – take a chair.

 

and rest your legs – relieve the strain.

Do take a brolly, in case there’s rain.

 

Please wait for me, I’m seldom early.

Don’t lose your rag, or act quite surly.

 

The wait, I promise, worth your while.

I’m eager for your welcoming smile.

 

Please wait for me – my timing crap.

So don’t you worry, or get in a flap.

 

or think the date, you have misread,

or my words misheard – all is not dead.

 

Please wait for me, a minute more.

Your strongest feeling’s, please ignore.

 

Don’t teach me a lesson, or curse and swear.

I’m trying my damnedest, to be right there.

 

 

October 18, 2016

 

Tune in to 

Tonys Time Machine

Wednesday 19th October

11 am – 1pm

to hear great Music & Sound clips,

and Interviews from

Ramsbottom Festival,

 

Tony’s right hand – Vikki

will be at the helm, as usual.

 

Tony will also be chatting with

Sam Priestly  (Director) 

who will be reading the poem

‘For The Love Of Manchester’

written by

Harriet Blackbury

 

October 15, 2016

 

 

In 86, on time, at the station,

arrived A-Ha with ‘Train Of Thought’,

and Randy Crawford’s moving 81 hit –

‘A Rainy Night In Georgia’, our imagination caught.

 

At No.13 with ‘Steamy Windows’,

in 90, was Tina Turner,

and ‘Wheels Of Steel’ sang Saxon in 80,

stoking this all night burner.

 

In 69, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

with ‘Tracks Of My Tears’, in a Top10 place.

And in 76, Linda Ronstadt also,

‘Tracks Of My Tears’ – did embrace.

 

In 93 came Peter Gabriel,

at No.10 with his hit song ‘Steam’.

Also covering this track in 94

were Brian Harvey and East 17.

 

Charles McDevitt’s Skiffle Group & Nancy Whiskey

came thundering through at speed.

Reaching No5 in 57 with their

‘Freight Train’ – a hit indeed.

 

In 95, ‘Train Of Thought’ by Escrima,

also came into view,

And in 03, ‘Train On The Track’

gave Kelly Rowland, a Top 20 pew.

 

In 82, Colin Blunstone, with his version of,

‘Tracks Of My Tears’ –  was at his best.

And in 93, ‘Tracks Of My Tears’, again,

arrived at Platform16  for Go West.

 

‘The Train Is Coming’ sang Shaggy,

featuring Wayne Wonder in 96,

and ‘Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye’, in 70,

at No.9, by Steam, in this final carriage mix.

 

Wherever your destination

Whatever your reason for going;

be it business or pleasure, be sure,

your route, the railway track is knowing.

 

No matter how fast new developments

appear in this mad-cap technical dream,

There is no better way to reach your destination

than to arrive, relaxed, having got there by STEAM.

 

Written by Harriet Blackbury

 

 

 

October 11, 2016

 

 

 

 

Something for everyone on

Tonys Time Machine

Wednesday  12th October

11 am – 1pm

Hear Tony’s Interviews with

Ramsbottom Cricket Club Legends –

Jon Fielding  and Brian Fielding.

 

also on todays Show is

Tony’s visit in 22 hour time

to meet & listen to

Steve Howe.

and  Rock Music by

Gorilla Riot and The Travelling Man.

 

Gill Harris will be reading For The Love Of Motown 2

written by Harriet Blackbury

and

Denise Fielding will be reading For The Love Of Dancing

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

 

October 4, 2016

 

Tune in to 

Tonys Time Machine

Wednesday  5th October

11am – 1pm

for

The Italian Job – Part 2

with Tony’s ‘live’ Interviews from Palermo,

and great music. 

Also,

Vikki will be reading

For The Love Of Italy and Beyond

written by

Harriet Blackbury

(Blackbury-poems.com)

 

October 1, 2016

 

 

In 67,  ‘See Emily Play’ at Number 6

after ‘Arnold Layne’ came from Pink Floyd.

And twelve years later in 79, their No.1 hit

‘Another Brick In The Wall’, we all so enjoyed.

 

In 78, Elvis Costello had a hit with –

‘(I Don’t Wanna go to ) Chelsea’

and in 82, in the Top 30 were The Cure,

singing about  – ‘A Letter To Elsie’.

 

In 67, Mamas & The Papas sang ‘Words Of Love’,

and In 02, with ‘Word Love’, Rhianna had her say.

Not in agreement, in 06, was Richard Ashcroft,

suggesting ‘Words Just Get In The Way’.

 

At Number 5 in 73 was Roger Daltrey,

with his solo hit ‘Giving it all away’

and Chaka Demur & Pliers, with ‘Twist and Shout’

20 years later, up to Number 1 – made their way.

 

In 94, this Jamaican Duo again in the charts,

reaching No.27 with ‘Murder She Wrote’.

And in 96 their ‘Every Kinda People’,

was another song getting our vote.

 

In 67, at Number 5 were The Box Tops,

with their delivery of – ‘The Letter’,

and in 70, in the Top 40 with this song,

Joe Cocker’s rendition – a gritty pace setter.

 

At No.6 in 02 with, ‘A Mind Of It’s Own’

Victoria Beckham’s third solo hit,  let us know,

just what she was capable of,

when singing ‘live’ on a top TV show.

 

In 78, Rita Coolidge sang ‘Words’,

ten years after The Bee Gees gave us this hit,

And also in 68 – a second Number One,

‘I Just Gotta Get A Message To You’,  their remit.

 

‘Paperback Writer’, a hit for The Beatles

in 66,  with their tenth Number One,

and back again in the charts of 76,

this favourite song, once more shone.

 

In 77, again came Roger Daltrey,

giving us ‘Written In The Wind’

and with his version of ‘Elusive Butterfly’,

in 66, at No.5 was Bob Lind.

 

In at No.16 in 97 were The Charlatans,

‘Tellin Stories’ in their special way.

Also in 97 – ‘Still Waters (Run Deep),

gave the Bee Gees another chart stay.

 

In 79 with ‘Turn Up The Music’,

at No.8 were The Players Association.

And in 06 with ‘Land Of A Thousand Words,

came another Scissor Sisters creation.

 

To some, words don’t come easy.

For others, the rhythm just flows,

But many writers unable to annunciate,

so no Performance or Hand-Waving Shows.

 

To some, words are second nature,

whilst others – by research are led.

But one thing of which I’m quite certain;

many writers are quite off their head !

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her heart in the right place –

True, there was money to be made.

Their loneliness, her enterprise;

her own personal crusade.

 

A Luncheon with a difference,

offered hot or cold.

With an optional feather duster,

for those feeling rather bold.

 

She saw a gap in the market,

for men, (and there were many),

to whom she offered a needy service,

cashing in on the odd penny.

 

And yet so gentle was her soul,

although mischievous her gain.

But always good for a laugh,

was dearest Cynthia Payne.

 

I hope she’s gone to heaven,

and not to a hell below,

so she can part the clouds,

and continue with her show

 

Rest In Peace   (1932 – 2015)

 

 

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