Sunday 13 October 2024

Weekend Playlist: Chess

Weekend Playlist: Chess

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator LyricSlinger looking at X/twitter selections (10/10/2024) with Songs that reference Chess.
This is to commemorate National Chess Day (in the States) on October 12th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list
[Side 1] Chess Pieces
1	Colm Wilkinson - The Bishop
2	Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of the knights
3	Muse - Knights of Cydonia
4	Aerosmith - Kings & Queens
5	Killing Joke - Chessboards
6	Willie Nelson - That’s Life

[Side 2] About Chess
7	Half Man Half Biscuit - Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
8	Prefab Sprout - Cue Fanfare
9	Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
10	Fun boy 3 & Bananarama - It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
11	Arcade Fire - Deep Blue
12	Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

[Bonus]
H1	Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
H2	Noel Harrison - Windmills of your Mind

Long list

  • Aerosmith - Kings & Queens
  • Alterbridge - Pawns and Kings
  • Annihilator - Knight jumps Queen
  • Arcade Fire - Deep Blue
  • Average white band - Pick Up The Pieces
  • Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
  • Bob Dylan - Only a pawn in their game
  • Busta Rhymes - Turn it up
  • Don McLean – Castles in the air
  • Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train
  • Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
  • Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
  • Coldplay - Til KINGdom come
  • Colm Wilkinson - The Bishop
  • Conan Gray - Checkmate
  • David Essex - One night in Bangkok
  • Don McLean - Castles in the air
  • Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I know him so well
  • Emile Ford & Checkmates - What do you want to make these eyes at me for?
  • Faith no more - War Pigs
  • Frank Sinatra - That's Life
  • Willie Nelson - That’s Life
  • Fugees - Ready or not
  • Fun boy 3 & Bananarama - It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
  • Gerry Cinnamon - Canter
  • Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
  • Half Man Half Biscuit - Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
  • Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the sky
  • Jay Z - This life forever
  • Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
  • Killing Joke - Chessboards
  • Kingmaker - Queen Jane
  • Limp Bizkit - Stalemate
  • Lisa Goasdoue - White Knights
  • Love - The Castle
  • Michael Jackson - Black or white
  • Moxy The Band - Pawns
  • Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
  • Muse - Knights of Cydonia
  • Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
  • Noel Harrison - Windmills of your Mind
  • Prefab Sprout - Cue Fanfare
  • Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause
  • Queen - Killer Queen
  • Rod Wave - Checkmate
  • Roger Miller - King of the Road
  • Scott Walker - Seventh Seal
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of the knights
  • Shack - Black & White
  • Sharwater - Rooks
  • Stephen Bishop - On and on
  • Taylor Swift - Dear John
  • Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a thousand men
  • Thompson Twins - King for a Day
  • Tik Tok - Ballad of Bobby Fischer
  • Wamdue Project - King of my Castle
  • Wu Tang Clan - The Mysteries of Chessboxing
  • Yes - I've seen all good people

Sunday 6 October 2024

Sunday 29 September 2024

Midnight Mixtape: September

Oh Sister Mixtape

Mixtape: #15 Oh Sister
Date: (03/09/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster
Guest: Cleopatra

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme
Wilson Phillips - Hold on
Ronettes - Be my baby
Sister Sledge - Lost in music
Breeders - Cannonball
Eternal - I wanna be the only one

[Side 2]
HAIM - Want you back
All Saints - Never ever
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Andrews Sisters - Beer barrel polk
Heart - Alone
Bangles - Eternal Flame

Hidden:
Shakespear's Sister - Stay

One Name Mixtape

Mixtape: #16 One Name
Date: (10/09/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Prince - Let's go crazy
Adele - Set fire to the rain
Eminem ft Dido - Stan
Enya - Orinoco Flow
Madonna - Vogue
Avicii - Wake me up

[Side 2]
Adamski - Killer
Bjork - It's oh so quiet
Lulu - Shout
Sade - Your love is king
Tricky - Hell is round the corner
Sia - Chandelier

Hidden:
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire

One Name Mixtape

Mixtape: #17 TV Themes
Date: (17/09/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Jimi Jamison - Baywatch
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Red right hand
Jed Clampett - Beverly Hillbillies
Tom Waits - Way down in the hole
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Because of you
Massive Attack - Teardrop

[Side 2]
Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Fresh Prince of Bel
Johnny Mandel - Suicide is painless
Public Enemy - Harder than you think
Oasis - Half the world
Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends
Gary Portnoy & Judy Hart Angelo - Where everybody knows your name

Hidden:
Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Heart

Non-Sport Mixtape

Mixtape: #18 Non-Sport
Date: (24/09/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Fugees - Ready or not
Undertones - My perfect cousin
Ice Cube - It was a good day
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Belle & Sebastian - Stars of track and field
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I want for Christmas is Dukla Prague away kit

[Side 2]
AJ Tracey - False 9
REM - Man on the moon
Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
Streets - Don't mug yourself
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday

Hidden:
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson said

Magic Mixtape

Mixtape: #67 Magic
Date: (02/09/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Prodigy - Voodoo People
Pilot - Magic
Perry Como - Magic moments
Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon

[Side 2]
Queen - It's a kind of magic
De La Soul - (3 is) The magic number
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Police - Every little thing she does is magic
Carlos Santana - Black magic woman
Nina Simone - I put a spell on you

Hidden:
Jamie and the Magic Torch - (Theme Tune)

Choirs Mixtape

Mixtape: #68 Choirs
Date: (16/09/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Take That - Never forget
Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall (part 2)
Handels Messiah - Amen Chorus
Madonna - Like a prayer
Kanye West - Jesus walks
Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh happy day

[Side 2]
Rolling Stones - You can't always get...
Foreigner - I wanna know what love is
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles..
Primal Scream - Movin on up
St Winifred's - THere's no one quite like grandma
Paul McCartney - We all stand together

Hidden:
Polyphonic Spree - Light and day

Autumn Mixtape

Mixtape: #69 Autumn
Date: (23/09/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
Ella & Louis - Autumn in New York
White Stripes - Dead leaves...
Tom Waits - Last Leaf
Taylor Swift - All too well
Estelle White - Autumn Days (Hymn)

[Side 2]
Kinks - Authun Almanac
Green Day - ...When September ends
Isley Brothers - Harvest for the world
Miles Davis - Autumn Leaves
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Beth Orton - Last leaves of Autumn

Hidden:
Earth Wind & Fire - September

Hotels Mixtape

Mixtape: #70 Hotels
Date: (30/09/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Doors - Roadhouse Blues
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Fred Astaire - Putting on the Ritz
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel
Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
Chris Isaac - Blue Hotel

[Side 2]
Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Elbow - Fugitive otel
Ella Fitzgerald - There's a small hotel
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Last Weekend
Eagles - Hotel California

Hidden:
Fawlty Towers - (Theme Tune)

In the Wash Mixtape

Mixtape: #116 In the Wash
Date: (07/09/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Green Day - BASKET Case
Sonic Youth - WASHING MACHINE
Dead or Alive - You SPIN me right round
Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff - Dizzy
Curtis Mayfield - DIRTY LAUNDRY
Outkast - So FRESH so CLEAN

[Side 2]
Lancashire Hotpots - Tissue in the WASH
Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry
Madonna - HUNG up
Vivien Goldman - LAUNDERETTE
Simon & Garfunkel - My little town
Kursaal Flyers - Little does she know

Hidden:
Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the Grapevine

Aliens Mixtape

Mixtape: #117 Aliens
Date: (14/09/23)
Host: Laura Mcghie
Guest: Nat Jamieson

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Pixies - The happening/Motorway to Roswell
Ash - Girl from Mars
Ella Fitzgerald - 2 little men in a flying saucer
Little shop of horrors - Mean green monster from outer space
Tubeway Army - Praying to the aliens
Katy Perry - ET

[Side 2]
John Williams - Flying theme (ET)
Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Blondie - Rapture
Blink 182 - Aliens exist
Byrds - Mr Spaceman
Fountains of Wayne - I want an alien for Christmas

Hidden:
John Williams - Cantina Band (A new hope)

End of the world Mixtape

Mixtape: #118 End of the world
Date: (21/09/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Jeff Wayne - Eve of the war
Metallica - For whom the bell tolls
Soundgarden - Black hole sun
Aphrodite's Child - Four horsemen
Johnny Cash - The man comes around
Doors - The End

[Side 2]
Prince - 1999
REM - End of the word as we know it
DJ Shadow - 6 Days feat Mos Def (soulwax rmx)
Radiohead - Idioteque
Flight of the Conchords - Robots
Europe - Final Countdown

Hidden:
Super Furry Animals - It's not the end of the world

Perfect Mixtape

Mixtape: #119 Perfect
Date: (28/09/23)
Host: Johnny I'Anson
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Undertones - My Perfect Cousin
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Perfect Skin
Chet Baker - My Ideal
Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment
Fairground Attraction - Perfect

[Side 2]
Beautiful South - Perfect 10
Beyonce - Pretty hurts
Carly Simon - Nobody does it better
Kodaline - Perfect World
Declan J Donovan - Perfectly Imperfect
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London (keep me in your heart)

Hidden:
Christine Perfect - I'd rather go blind

Weekend Playlist: Money

Weekend Playlist: Money

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Annie looking at X/twitter selections (26/09/2024) with Songs that reference money.
This was inspired by the 12th anniversairy of the Martin Lewis Money Show on Sep 25.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list
[Side 1] Classic Money
1. Flying Lizards - MONEY
2. Pink Floyd - MONEY
3. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's make lots of MONEY)
4. Dire Straits - MONEY for nothing
5. Simply Red - MONEY's too tight to mention
6. ABBA - MONEY MONEY MONEY
[Side 2] Dodgy Money
7. Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (MONEY Talks)
8. Meja - All about the MONEY
9. Bleachers - Don't take the MONEY
10. Dennis Brown - MONEY in my pocket
11. Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and MONEY
12. O'Jays - (For the love of) MONEY
[Bonus] Time for a quickie.. or two?
*Lunchmoney Lewis - Bills
*Oystar - I fought the Lloyds bank charges

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list
[Side 3] Monetary Values
1. Pretenders - Brass in my pocket
2. Kate Bush - There goes a tenner
3. Barenaked Ladies - If I had a million dollars
4. Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man
5. Beatles - Taxman
6. Beautiful South - Root of all evil
[Side 4] Money Lingo
7. Transvision Vamp - I want your love
8. Shack - Lend's Some Dough
9. Albert King - Chump Change
10. Eddie from Ohio - Payday in the Village
11. Shania Twain - Ka-Ching
12. Jessie J - Price Tag
[Bonus]
*Johnny Cash - The Gambler
*Eric B & Rakim - Paid in full

Long list

  • ABBA - Money Money Money
  • AC/DC - Moneytalks
  • Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
  • Aerosmith - Eat The Rich
  • Albert King - Chump Change
  • Barenaked Ladies - If I had a million dollars
  • Beatles - Taxman
  • Beautiful South - Root of all evil
  • Ben Folds - Still Fighting it
  • Bing Crosby - Brother, can you spare a dime
  • Bleachers - Don't take the money
  • Bob Dylan - Saved
  • Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer
  • Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More
  • Chats - Bus Money
  • Cheaptrick - Taxman, Mr Thief
  • David Ford - Ballad of Miss Lily
  • Deacon Blue - Dignity
  • Dennis Brown - Money in my pocket
  • Dire Straits - Money for nothing
  • Eddie from Ohio - Payday in the Village
  • Eric B & Rakim - Paid in full
  • Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man
  • Flying Lizards - Money
  • Good Charlotte - Girls and boys / Lifestyles of the rich and famous
  • Gourds - Piss and Moan Blues
  • Hard-Fi - Cash Machine
  • Huey Lewis & News - Power of Love
  • Ima robot - Greenback Boogie
  • Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
  • Jamie T - If you got the money
  • Jessie J - Price Tag
  • Joan Jett - I love rock'n'roll
  • Johnny Cash - The Gambler
  • Kate Bush - There goes a tenner
  • Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
  • Lily Allen - The Fear
  • Lunchmoney Lewis - Bills
  • Madness - E.R.N.I.E.
  • Manu Pilas - Bella Ciao La casa de Papel
  • Meja - All about the money
  • MIA - Paper Planes
  • Muddy Waters - I'm your hoochie coochie man
  • Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
  • O'Jays - (For the love of) Money
  • Only Fools & Horses
  • Oystar - I fought the Lloyds bank charges
  • Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)
  • Pet Shop Boys - Rent
  • Pink Floyd - Money
  • Pretenders - Brass in my pocket
  • Prince - Money don't matter tonight
  • Pulp - Common People
  • Screaming Trees - Dollar Bill
  • Shack - Lend's Some Dough
  • Shania Twain - Ka-Ching
  • Simply Red - Money's too tight to mention
  • Space - Money
  • Spandau Ballet - Gold
  • Stanley Holloway - Three ha'pence a foot
  • Struts - Dirty Sexy Money
  • Todd Snider - Easy Money
  • Transvision Vamp - I want your love
  • U2 - Bullet the blue sky
  • Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money
  • Wonderstuff - It's your money I'm after baby

Sunday 22 September 2024

Weekend Playlist: Pause

Weekend Playlist: Pause

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Chris F looking at X/twitter selections (19/09/2024) with Songs that reference or have pauses.
This was inspired by the release of INXS' "Need you tonight" released on Sep 21, 1987 which features a pause towards the end of the song after Michael Hutchene sings "I'm lonely"

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list
[Side 1] (Intro Pauses)
1. Poison - Every rose has its thorn
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Nature Boy
3. Police - Roxanne
4. Breeders - Cannonball
5. Wrench - The Almighty
6. Gary Numan - Here in the black

[Side 2] (Anywhere Pauses)
7. Cockney Rebel - Make me smile
8. Cake - Short skirt/Long jacket
9. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
10. Hammer - U can't touch this
11. Roxy Music - In every dream home a heartache
12. INXS - Need you tonight

[Bonus]
Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause	
Plain White Ts - Pause

Long list

  • Aerosmith - Livin' on the edge
  • B52s - Love shack
  • Bobby Darin - Sunday in New York
  • Breeders - Cannonball
  • Cake - Short skirt/Long jacket
  • Cockney Rebel - Make me smile
  • Common Linnets - Calm after the storm (2:35)
  • Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip - Waiting for the beat to kick in
  • DJ Snake/Lil Jon - Turn down for what
  • Elvis Presley - Impossible Dream
  • Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
  • Gary Numan - Here in the black
  • Gary Numan - When the world comes apart
  • George & Aretha - I knew you were waiting@IanEason
  • Gorillaz - Dare
  • Hammer - U can't touch this
  • Holly Valance - Kiss kiss
  • John Cage - 4'33
  • Libby Jade - Pausing Clocks
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Nature Boy
  • Of monsters and men - Little Talks
  • Patti Lapage - That doggie in the window
  • Plain White Ts - Pause
  • Poison - Every rose has its thorn
  • Police - Roxanne
  • Prince - Sexy MF
  • Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause
  • Public Service Broadcasting - The Other Side
  • Pulp - Mile End
  • Queen - Breakthrough
  • REM - Everybody hurts
  • Ren - Hi Ren
  • Robert Flack - Killing me softly
  • Roxy Music - In every dream home a heartache
  • Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of silence
  • Stone Roses - I am the resurrection
  • Stylistics - Stop look listen to your heart
  • Taylor Swift - Anti-hero (Live)
  • Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
  • Wrench - The Almighty

Musical Pauses Long list

  • Alanis - All I really want (3:38)
  • Artic Monkeys - Brianstorm (2:38)
  • Beatles - Helter Skelter (3:40)
  • Beastie Boys - Sabotage (1:38)
  • Britney - (You drive me) Crazy (2:13)
  • Blue oyster cult - Don't fear the reaper (2:29)
  • Hammer - U can't touch this (2:10)
  • INXS - Need you tonight (2:36)
  • LCD - Zorba's Dance (2:04)
  • NIN - March of the pigs? (1:28)
  • PSBs - Heart (3:57)
  • P!nk - Sober (1:22)
  • Pixies - Where is my mind? (0:03)
  • Rokysopp - Remind me (video) (3:50)
  • Roxette - The Look (3:10)
  • Salt'n'Pepa - Don't you want me (2:11)
  • Scatman John - Scatman (0:05)
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (3:07)
  • Strokes - Hard to explain (2:05)

Lyrical Pauses Long list

  • 2Pac - Thug luv {pause for the cause}
  • Alanis Morrisette - Comfort {Without no warning, no pause, no pity}
  • Alanis Morrisette - Her {I beg for pauses}
  • Artic Monkeys - 2013 {You can press pause and rewind}
  • Big Daddy Kane - Prince of Darkness {stop, hold up, pause, quit}
  • Bjork - Solstice {Pause on the ball}
  • Bow wow wow - C30 C60 C90 Go {hit it pause it}
  • Cat Stevens - Lilywhite {I pause}
  • Chris Stapleton - Watch you burn {let it give you pause}
  • Clash - Koka Kola {It's the pause that refreshes in the corridors
  • Culture Beat - Anything {Do you want a break or do you need a pause}
  • Dido - Hunter {One long pause}
  • DJ Yoda - Pause
  • Dolly Parton - My Tennesse Hills {where the deer pause in flight}
  • Doors - Horse Latitudes
  • Dwight Yokam - Free to go {oh that love only pauses for}
  • Elvis - Impossible dream {without question or pause}
  • Eric B & Rakin - My melody {a puase but don't stop the tape recorder}
  • Frank Sinatra - September of my years {never pauses at wishing well}
  • Fu-Schickens - True Fuschick
  • Happy Mondays - 24 hour party people {press the pause of the self destruct}
  • Johnny Cash - Hard times {Let us pause}
  • Kacey Musgraves - SImple times {Wish i could put this game on pause}
  • Leonard Cohen - Go no more a-rolling {the heart must pause to breathe}
  • Manfred Mann - Bantustan {He pauses and gazes down the dirt}
  • Mary J Bilge - Hard times come again no more {Let us pause}
  • Miley Cyrus - Ashtrays and heartbreaks {can't let me see them weak I need to pause}
  • Morrissey - November spawned a monster {Must pause and draw the line}
  • Outkast - Toilet Tisha {Pause, just like a brother}
  • P!nk - For Now {Freeze frame, pause, rewind, stop}
  • Phil Ochs - Spanish Civil War Song {Did you ever pause and cry?}
  • Pink Floyd - San Tropez {I pause for a while}
  • Pitbull - Crash the party
  • Pitbull - Hurry up and wait
  • Police - Synchronicity {scientific pause}
  • Prince - Call my name Pyours would give one pause}
  • Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause
  • Rick Astley - In the name of love {And without pause}
  • Robbie Williams - Strong {The pause button's broke}
  • Robert Palmer - Remember to remember {No haste, no pause, no rest}
  • Rolling Stones - Casino Boogie {Pause for business}
  • Run DMC - Pause
  • Smashing Pumpkins - Soot and stars {i pause with my pen}
  • Snap! - Rhythm is a dancer {Pause, it's not in place}
  • Style Council - Walls come tumbling down {We're still on pause with the video machine}
  • Tanita Tikiram - Twist in my sobriety {Timid smile and pause to free}
  • Taylor Swift - Evermore {I rewind the tape but all it does is pause}
  • Taylor Swift - You are in love {Pauses then say}
  • Tribe called Quest - Find a away {I pause and I pant}

Monday 16 September 2024

Weekend Playlist: Hard & Soft

Weekend Playlist: Hard & Soft

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator wet kipper looking at X/twitter selections (12/09/2024) with Songs that reference hard and/or soft.
This was inspired by the release of Pet Shop Boys' "So hard" (Sep 24, 1990) and Felt Hat day (Sep 15) and Play-doh day (Sep 16).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list.
[Side 1] Hard Side
1. Beatles - Hard days night
2. Hard-Fi - Hard to beat
3. Chicago - Hard habit to break
4. Bob Dylan - A hard rain's a-gonna fall
5. Jess Glynne - Don't be so hard on yourself
6. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

[Side 2] Soft Side
7. Roberta Flack - Killing me softly
8. Prince - Soft and Wet
9. Chris Rea - Soft top Hard shoulder
10. Lady Donli - Soft Life
11. Soup Dragons - Soft as your face
12. Cockney Rebel/Steve Harley - Mr Soft

[Bonus]
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Long list

  • Aerosmith - Remember
  • Andrew WK - Party Hard
  • Arlo Parks - Softly
  • Ashford & Simpson - Solid
  • Beatles - Hard days night
  • Billie Eilish - Hit me hard and soft
  • Black Crowes - Hard to handle
  • Black Crowes - Twice as hard
  • Bob Dylan - A hard rain's a-gonna fall
  • Bon Jovi - (It's hard)
  • Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
  • Cardiacs - Is this the life
  • Cat Stevens - Hard headed woman
  • Chet Baker - Do it the hard way?
  • Chicago - Hard habit to break
  • Chris Rea - Soft top Hard shoulder
  • Cockney Rebel/Steve Harley - Mr Soft
  • Counting Crows - Hard Candy
  • Doors - Soft Parade
  • Elton John - Sorry seems to be the hardest word
  • FGTH - Rage Hard
  • Fugees - Killing me softly
  • Gangstagrass - Long hard time to come
  • Gloria Gaynor - Don't go soft on me
  • Hard-Fi - Hard to beat
  • Human League - Hard Times
  • Interrupters - Hard way
  • Jean Jacques Goldman - Doux
  • Jess Glynne - Don't be so hard on yourself
  • Jimmy Buffet - There's nothing about soft about hard times
  • Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
  • Kings of Leon - Soft
  • KT Tunstall - Hard Girls
  • Lady Donli - Soft Life
  • Lethal Bizzle - Go Hard
  • Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah
  • Paul Heaton - Quicksand
  • Paul McCartney - A Certain Softness
  • Paul Simon - You can call me Al
  • Paul Young - Softly Whispering I Love You
  • Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
  • Primal screen - Rocks
  • Prince - Soft and Wet
  • Quarterflash - Harden my heart
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Roberta Flack - Killing me softly
  • Run DMC - Hard times
  • Soft Boys - I want to destroy you
  • Soft Cell - Tainted Love
  • Soft Machine - Teeth
  • Soup Dragons - Soft as your face
  • St Etienne - Soft like me
  • Stevie Salas & Color Code - The Harder They Come
  • Strokes - Hard to explain
  • System of the down - Hypnotize
  • The Fugees - Killing Me Softly
  • The National - Pink Rabbits
  • U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky
  • Which do you choose, a hard or soft option.
  • Will.I.Am ft J-Lo & Mick Jagger - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

Sunday 8 September 2024

Weekend Playlist: Supermarket

Weekend Playlist: Supermarkets

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Snail OB/a> looking at X/twitter selections (05/09/2024) with Songs that reference supermarkets or things you would find in a supermarket.
This was inspired by the fact the first supermarket (Piggly Wiggly) opened in USA on 6th September, 1916. Also Dale Winton's Supermarket Sweep hit the airwaves on the same day in 1993. It was revived by Rylan in 2019 where the first episode was aired on 9th September that year.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list
[Side 1] Supermarket Sweep
Wet Leg - Supermarket
Half Man Half Biscuit - The Announcement
Pulp - Common people
Belle & Sebastian - The state I am in
Clash - Lost in the supermarket
Chas'n'Dave – Rabbit

[Side 2] At the Supermarket
Judy Garland - Trolley Song
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Haircut 100 - Baked Beans
Friday Club - Window Shopping
Blondie - One way or another
Jam - Town called Malice {Co-op}

[Bonus]
Jane's Addiction - Been caught stealing
Members - Sound of the suburbs
Soup Dragons - I'm free

Long list

  • Adrian Zmed - Prowlin' (Grease 2)
  • Beautiful South - Window Shopping for Blinds
  • Belle & Sebastian - The state I am in
  • Bennet - Mum's gone to Iceland
  • Blondie - One way or another
  • Bruce Springsteen - Queen of the Supermarket
  • Bryn Terfel - Bread of Heaven
  • Chas'n'Dave – Rabbit
  • Clash - Lost in the supermarket
  • Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox
  • Dollyrots - Chain Stores, Crack Whores and KFC
  • Fat Les - Vindaloo
  • Friday Club - Window Shopping
  • Green Day - Basket Case
  • Haircut 100 - Baked Beans
  • Half Man Half Biscuit - The Announcement
  • Jam - Town called Malice {Co-op}
  • Jane's Addiction - Been caught stealing
  • Judy Garland - Trolley Song
  • Lyricslinger - Crawler at the back gate
  • Madness - Shop around
  • Members - Sound of the suburbs
  • Miranda - Pink Sunglasses
  • Mott the Hoople - Al di young dudes
  • Nicky Tesco - Sounds of Suburbs
  • Otis Redding - Try a lidl tenderness
  • Pet Shop Boys - Left to my own devices
  • Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
  • Pet Shop Boys - Shopping
  • Pulp - Common people
  • Sammy Stinx - Shopping in Lidi
  • Sleaford Mods - Tilldipper
  • Sleeper - Inbetweener
  • Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
  • Snap! - Oops up
  • Soft Cell - Persuasion
  • Soup Dragons - I'm free
  • Space - Me & you vs the world
  • The Drifters - Sweets for My Sweet
  • Tom Jones - Till
  • Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
  • Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
  • Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
  • Waterboys - A girl called Johnny
  • Wet Leg - Supermarket