One for the musos out there...
As some of you will have noticed, Mr Chris Packham has an impish sense of humour. On the day of the Cup Final he revealed a T-shirt that he had invented so he could keep himself, the crew, and the audience up to date with the score. On Thursday he unveiled a T-shirt with a space hopper's face on it. But some of the more culturally astute of you have picked up on another little trick of his...
Yes, it turns out that Mr Packham has, for his own entertainment, been doing a bit of name dropping. Specifically, he has been dropping the names of song sung by a single band into each programme. And not just once or twice, but a different song title for every day the show has been on.
So my questions to you are: one, what are the song titles that he has so casually slipped into each programme (one for each day of transmission)? And two, what is the name of the band that sang them?
Post your answers below!
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Heard first cuckoo in England Sunday 30th May 10,am Buckland Dinham Somerset. Heard 5 cuckoos in different parts of Italy during Easter week. Tuscany/Lazio/Umbria.
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Re cuckoos--Our cuckoo was back about a month ago and Swifts arrived 2 weeks ago later than the swallows as usual.I don't know where the cuckoo nests but somewhere in farm or national forest land behind us at Woodville Road Overseal DE126LX
Our swifts have nested in our neighbours roof space for some years now and increased in number from 4 to about 14!! I spotted them fighting with the sparrows for nest space last week!!
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Chris did blurt out something rather bizarre at the end of a sentence.. Will have to rewind a few times to work out what he said.. Something about a 'baby'
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We have heard a Cuckoo in our home village of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset and at Aldermaston, Berkshire where our narrow boat is moored, we heard them back at the end of April.
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Our son heard a cuckoo at Rydal Water, Cumbria, friday 29th May about 12.30pm.
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A question for Chris or Kate. How can we stop a neighbours cats decimating the wild birds we feed in our garden? We have Great Tits, Blue Tits, Goldfinches, Robins, Dunnocks, Black Birds, all being slowly killed by 2 black cats of our neighbours. They are never kept in of a night time. Any suggestions?
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While i was at work i heard a blackbird making a alarming noise, it was a magpie stealing there chicks it was a awful thing to see. i wanted to save them but it was to late
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Chris said... "You just haven't earnt it yet , baby" the title of a Smiths sog
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Sorry haven't a clue about the songs, so far, but am in admiration of Chris' statement (if I heard correctly) that he has 2.5k Punk singles in his record collection. Now then - can he recite all the titles/bands!
Would also add his Nature knowledge and willingness to keep finding out has me in admiration too. (Btw there's nowt wrong with full size Poodles - it's just the gear knob at the tip of their tails no longer has an evolutionary function ;o)
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it's The Smiths.
good taste that man, i t-shirts and bands.
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How can we stop a neighbours cats decimating the wild birds we feed in our garden? .... They are never kept in of a night time. Any suggestions?
1. Stop feeding your birds
2. Wait for neighbour's cats to die of malnutrition, or old age.
3. Begin feeding your birds again.
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Re: Song titles...
Well it's definitely The Smiths and so far I think it's been
'Hand in Glove'
'What Difference Does it Make?'
'Handsome Devil'
'Frankly Mr Shankly'
'You Just Haven't Earned it Yet Baby'
Can't wait to see how he squeezes in the one about the DJ...that will be quite an achievement even for Chris. The scamp! :)
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"how soon is now?" must get in.
"panic" should be easy with the kestrel around (that's the one about the DJ) although "meat is murder" could also be used.
i can't wait to hear "there is a light that never goes out" pop up.
now... shall we have a bet on the mention of "vicar in a tutu"?
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If this Chris IS into a Smiths theme then I doubt he will find a context for "Girlfriend in a Coma"
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to be honest, we picked up on "You just haven't earned it yet, baby" and attributed it to the song by the late and much missed Kirsty MacColl. Might have known she'd be too mainstream for the punkish Mr Packham though ;)
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I was wondering why I ended up singing Smiths songs in the evening ( so much for the power of television), and wondered after hearing about the punk record collection whether the remark had anything to do with it, not noticing that there was one every evening.
Do the birds in his garden sing "I wanna be sedated" (Ramones) instead of "Come on Eilleen" I am asking myself.
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*stands and claps*
oh yes. Chris is the man. "vicar in a tutu" gets in.
we are not worthy.
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Bigmouth strikes again for tomorrow?
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gulating v gular fluttering OR alternatively put Chris v Simon
Well ONE nil to Simon;
Gulating is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies and one of the present day law courts of western Norway, gular fluttering is the sytem by which some birds can cool down by rapidly moving the skin/membranes of the throat
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I'm loving springwatch, but loving the wait for the next Smiths song to be dropped in to the programme!!! Surely he can't wind in Girlfriend in a coma!!! Perhaps The queen is dead or meat is murder after the poor lapwing chicks are dwindling!!
Sally xx
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I'm hoping for Sweet and Tender Hooligan for tomorrow's show.
Not sure Chris will be able to drop in Shoplifters of the World Unite though.
Thanks for adding an extra dimension to a great show.
Has Kate heard of The Smiths?
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I watch each night to see what t-shirt chris is going to be wearing next. My son has a thing for unusual t-shirts and so I really do appreciate the humour behind them. Last night - no t-shirt (shucks) but as for the song titles - hahaha. Love your humour Chris. You and Kate fire off each other very very well and make the show so entertaining as well as teaching people so much about nature. Well done - and pick another t-shirt (I wait to see which one next - I loved the spacehopper one)
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How about Oscillate Wildly? There's a lot of oscillating going on out there in the wild - birds and other wee beasties nipping out for food and bringing it back to their babies, badgers trundling about outside their sets at night, bees and butterflies flitting around the flowers. And zippy naturalists' brains riffing on streams of consciousness.
Cheers, Caitlin.
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Vicar in a Tutu, easy to spot once one knew what to look for. Associations with Tutu drift more towards the poodles than the bird for me.
Also found his comment about camping very funny.
Overall spring watch is getting better every year. There seem to be more facts and info about wildlife and less of what I would call cuddly childlike language which I think is good (although I do understand that that bit is catering for the family with small children but it can get on your nerves after a while).
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A couple of months ago I saw a sparrow hawk attack a bird in my garden and fly off with it while I was putting my washing out.
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Late last summer we had a short-eared owl land in the top of our parasol on our decking outside our lounge window. It flew down and caught something in the garden, flew back onto to parasol briefly before flying off with it's prey. It was almost dark, so hard to make out much detail.
West Haddon, Northants
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Some suggestions for Chris and his Smiths tracks! eg young birds in the nest: "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "I Started Something I Coudn't Finish", "Some Girls are Bigger Than Others","Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", + the dippers-"Rubber Ring". badgers-"Stretch Out And Wait"? + 3 easy ones? "Stop Me If You Think Youve Heard This One Before", "Panic", "Well I Wonder", finally a tough challenge: "The Queen is Dead".
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i am one of the many who havent heard of the smiths, couldnt Chris
be a Queen fan instead??
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how about "heaven knows i'm miserable now", "barbarism begins at home", "that joke isn't funny any more", "back to the old house", or if he runs out of ideas: "i started something i couldn't finish"
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Perhaps if asked how he has coped taking over from Mr Oddie, chris could reply William it was really nothing!
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Chris is excellent,great program watching it everyday....and yes he is doing `Smiths` songs everyday,today was `Charming man`,keep them coming..cant wait for`What difference does it make` and `Panic`,and the wildlife is great,just the other day i dug my garden over and within minutes i had a bird coming back repeatedly collecting worms,taking a full beak of them away,then straight back,i just gave up and watched him all day instead,and we have a squirrel living with us also. Great work by all the team,keep it up..."and i would go out tonight, but i havent got a shirt to wear".
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Come on Chris, get `Well i wonder` or `Reel around the fountain` in, try some hard ones,but hey your doing just great..even being talked about on `Morrissey Solo` site and the daily papers...."A rush and a push and the land will be ours" Top show,keep it up.
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