Sunday, 16 November 2025

Weekend Playlist: Reptiles

Weekend Playlist: Reptiles

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator (Stockport) Stephen looking at X/twitter selections (14/11/2025) with Songs that reference reptiles.
This was to commemorate Steve Irwin on Steve Irwin Day on Saturday (15th Novemeber).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Reptiles
1. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Les Crocodiles
2. Bill Haley & Comets - See you later alligator
3. Strokes - Reptila
4. Shovels & Rope - Leaving Louisana in the broad daylight
5. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
6. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down

[Side 2] Snakes
7. Alice Cooper - Black mamba
8. Pixies - Snakes
9. Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Rattlesnakes
10. Al Wilson - Snake
11. Goldie Boutilier - Snake Eyes
12. Underworld - King of snake (everything…)

[Bonus]
Nick Lowe - So it goes
Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon
Wiggles ft Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter

Long list

  • Big Country - Republican Party Reptile
  • Embrace - Chameleon
  • Embrace - Snake Oil
  • Dolly Parton - Snakes in the grass
  • Psycho Reptiles - Monster from the bog
  • Peter Best - Crocodile Dundee Theme
  • Motorhead - Love me like a reptile
  • Doors - Celebration of the Lizard
  • Jimmy Nail - Crocodile shoes
  • Muppets - Never smile at crocodile
  • Elton John - Crocodile Rock
  • Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes
  • Gary Numan - Music for Chameleons
  • Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive)
  • Python Lee Jackson - In a broken dream
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg - Les Crocodiles
  • Hooverphonic - Pink fluffy dinosaurs
  • Partners in Kryne - Turtle Power
  • Everything everything - No Reptiles
  • Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
  • REM - Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter
  • Bill Haley & Comets - See you later alligator
  • Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
  • Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
  • Whitesnake - Here I go again
  • Phantom Band - Crocodile
  • Sacco & Vanzetti - Kill your own snakes
  • Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down
  • Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
  • REM - It’s the end of the world
  • Pixies - Snakes
  • T-Rex - 20th Ceontury Boy
  • Underworld - King of snake (everything…)
  • Bow Wow Wow - Go wild in the country
  • Goldie Boutilier - Snake Eyes
  • Nine Inch Nails - Reptile
  • Alice Cooper - Snakebite
  • Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
  • Shovels & Rope - Leaving Louisana in the broad daylight
  • Bonnie Raitt - Fundamental things
  • Jack van Cleaf - Rattlesnake
  • Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
  • David Bowie - Jean Genie
  • Flying Lizards - Money
  • Nick Lowe - So it goes
  • Was (Not Was) - Walk the dinosaur
  • Al Wilson - Snake
  • Bee Gees - Night Fever
  • Of monsters & men - Alligator
  • Rose Betts - This year’s gonna be different
  • Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon
  • King Crimson - Cirkus
  • Underworld - Crocodile
  • REM - Sidewinder sleeps tonite
  • Rugrats - Reptar I love you
  • Certain Ratio - Bitten by a lizard
  • Grateful Dead - Terrapin Sauce
  • Lee Morgan - Sidewinder
  • Alice Cooper - Black mamba
  • Dogs d’amour - Ballad of Jack
  • Watercress - Alligators
  • JVKE - This is what heartbreak feels like
  • Skid Row - Rattlesnake shake
  • Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
  • Strokes - Reptila
  • Art of Noise - Chameleon’s dish
  • Coast to Coast - (Do) the hucklebuck
  • Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
  • King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Gila Monster
  • Schnappi - Das kleine krokodil
  • Duran Duran - Union of the snake
  • Eric Idle - One foot in the grave
  • Steve Vai - Little Alligator
  • Flanders & Swann - The spider
  • Paula Abdul - Cold hearted
  • Upsetters - Croaking Lizard
  • Wiggles ft Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter
  • Turtles - Happy together

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Gold

Midnight Mixtape: Gold

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (15/11/2025) with Songs that reference Gold to celebrate Livesey's 50 mixtape!

Songs in contention

  • Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
  • Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
  • Tina Turner - Goldeneye
  • Eels - Goldy
  • Hidden Camera - Golden Streams
  • Spandau Ballet - Gold
  • Fleetwood Mac - Gold dust woman
  • Sting - Fields of Gold
  • Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
  • Steely Dan - Good teeth
  • Nico - We’ve got gold
  • Beyonce - Hey Goldmember
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion
  • David Bowie - Golden Years
  • Stranglers - Golden Brown
  • Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
  • Harry Styles - Golden
  • Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
  • Mika - We Are Golden
  • Bonnie Tyler - Band Of Gold
  • Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
  • Bad Company - Silver, blue and gold
  • Razorlight - Golden touch
  • Chemical Brothers / Flaming Lips - The Golden Path
  • Artist Formerly Known As Prince - Gold
  • Jesus & Mary Chain - Almost gold
  • Siouxsie & Banshees - Ornmants of gold
  • U2 - All I want is you
  • Pointer Sisters - Goldmine
  • Andrew Gold - Thank you for being a friend (Golden Girls)
  • Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Golden Age
  • Klaxons - Golden skans
  • Mott The Hoople - Golden age of Rock 'N' Roll
  • Beautiful South - Good as Gold
  • Dolly Parton - After The Goldrush
  • K Pop Demon hunters - Golden
  • Simple Minds - New gold dream
  • Pavement - Gold soundz
  • DJ Fresh - Gold Dust
  • Martin Stephenson & Daintees - Little red bottle
  • Stevie Wonder - Golden lady
  • Beatles - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight
  • James Gilreath - Gold mother
  • Death Cab For Cutie - Gold rush
  • Shed Seven - Going for Gold
  • Aztec Camera - Working in a goldmine
  • T Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action
  • (Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a spotified and applified playlist.
[Side 1] New Gold
1. Spandau Ballet - Gold
2. Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
3. Razorlight - Golden touch
4. Klaxons - Golden skans
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion
6. Shed Seven - Going for Gold
[Side 2] Classic Gold
7. Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
8. Tina Turner - Goldeneye
9. Stevie Wonder - Golden lady
10. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
11. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
12. Beautiful South - Good as Gold
Hidden: Andrew Gold - Thank you for being a friend (Golden Girls)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, Spandau Ballet, Razorlight, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Andrew Gold have never been on before... Only Shed Seven, Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner have appeared on a final Livesey mixtape. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 7: Stevie Wonder (6+1)
  • 5: Shirley Bassey, Tina Turner (4+1)
  • 3: Neil Young
  • 2: Beautiful South, Shed Seven (1+1)
  • 1: Black Keys, Freda Payne, Klaxons

Most times made on Livesey's mixtape

After 50 mixtapes...
  • 7: Beatles
  • 6: Kate Bush
  • 5: David Bowie, Who
  • 4: AC/DC, Arctic Monkeys, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Pogues, Queen

Monday, 10 November 2025

Weekend Playlist: Tongue Twister

Weekend Playlist: Tongue Twisters

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator Heather looking at X/twitter selections (07/11/2025) with Songs that are or reference tongue twisters.
This was inspired by the fact that it is international tongue twister day on Sunday.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
Danny Kaye - Tounge Twisters
Tom Lehrer - Elements
Julie Andrews - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
Allergies ft Andy Cooper - Rock Rock

[Side 2]
Trashcan Sinatras - Only tongue can tell 
Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
Furniture - Love your shoes
Sundays - Here's where the story ends
Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (Click Song)
Tanya Tagaq - Tongues

[Bonus]
Cat - Tongue tied (Red Dwarf)
Till Lindemann - Zunge

Long list

  • Adriano Celetanio - Prisencolinensingincuisol
  • Aerosmith - Lick and a promise
  • Alison Moyet - Is this love?
  • Allergies ft Andy Cooper - Rock Rock
  • Arcade Fire - Speaking in tongues
  • Arno - Enleve ta langue
  • Barenaked Ledies - One week
  • Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire
  • Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
  • Cat - Tongue tied (Red Dwarf)
  • Cult - She sells sanctuary
  • Danny Kaye - Tounge Twisters
  • De La Soul - Pease Porridge
  • Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina
  • Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
  • Depeche Mode - Wagging Tongue
  • Dire Straits - Twisting by the pool
  • DJ Format - Separated at birth
  • Eagles of death metal - Speaking in tongues
  • Eminem - Rap God
  • Eurythmics - Who's that girl
  • Extreme - Suzi (wants her all day what)
  • Freestyle Fellowship - 7th Seal
  • Furniture - Love your shoes
  • Future Sound of London - Her tongue is like a jellyfish
  • Group love - Tongue tied
  • Happy Mondays - Step on
  • Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
  • Julie Andrews - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  • King Crimson - Larks Tongue
  • Meatloaf - Hot patootie (Rocky Horror)
  • Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (Click Song)
  • Moonface - Love the house you're in
  • Moses supposes - Singing in the rain
  • Neil Finn - Loose tongue
  • Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
  • Police - De do do do…
  • Primus - Tommy the cat
  • Quantum jump - Lone ranger
  • RA the rugged man - Definition of a rap flow
  • Radiohead - Myxomatosis
  • Ram Jam - Black Betty
  • REM - It's the end of the world as we know it
  • Ren - Money Game Part 2
  • Run DMC - It's tricky
  • Run DMC - Peter Piper
  • Salt'n'Pepa - Shake your thang (ItHs your thang)
  • Scatman John - Scatman
  • Seamus Kennedy - Pheasant plucker song
  • Sergeant Buzfuz - Tongues they wag away
  • Shania Twain - No one needs to know
  • Shirley Ellis - Clapping song
  • Shirley Ellis - Name game
  • Sundays - Here's where the story ends
  • Switchfoot - Native tongue
  • Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my sobriety
  • Tanya Tagaq - Tongues
  • Till Lindemann - Zunge
  • Tom Lehrer - Elements
  • Trashcan Sinatras - Only tongue can tell
  • Twista (ft Kanye & Jamie Foxx) - Slow Jamz
  • U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
  • US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
  • Weird Al Yankovic - Hardware Store
  • Wildhearts - Caffeine Bomb
  • Zebra Katz - Tear the house up

Friday, 7 November 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Brackets

Midnight Mixtape: Brackets

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (06/11/2025) with Songs that have brackets in the title following on the previous week's theme of DIY!

Songs in contention

  • Clash - (White man) In Hammersmith Palais
  • Cheeky Girls - Cheeky Song (Touch my bum)
  • Jam - The bitterest pill (I ever had to swallow)
  • Bryan Adams - (Everything I do) I do it for you
  • Queen - Las Palabras de Amor (Words of love)
  • White Stripes - Pretty good looking (for a girl
  • Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't fear) The reaper
  • Meatloaf - I'll do anything for love (but i won't do that)
  • Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo chile (Slight Return)
  • REM - It's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
  • Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have)
  • Wet Wet Wet - Angel Eyes (home & away)
  • Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons - December 1963 (Oh what a night)
  • (We've got a) Fuzzbox (and we're gonna use it) - Pink Sunshine
  • T-Pain - Up down (Do this all day)
  • Rolling Stones - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
  • Libertines - Up the Bracket
  • Billy Joel - Moving out (Anthony’s song)
  • My Chemical Romance - I'm not ok (I Promise)
  • Boomtown Rats - (I never loved) Eva Braun
  • Beastie Boys - (You gotta) Fight for your right (to party)
  • Otis Redding - (Sitting on) Dock of the bay
  • Elvis Costello - (Angels wanna wear my) Red Shoes
  • Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out)
  • Doors - Break on through on other side
  • Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a white guy)
  • Bloc Party - Song for Clay (Disppear here)
  • Tina Turner - We don't need another hero (Thunderdome)
  • Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This bird has flown)
  • Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen (To your heart)
  • Shangri-las - Remember (Walking in the sand)
  • Tom McRae - End of the world news (Dose me up)
  • Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
  • James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
  • The The - Armageddon Days (Are here again)
  • Duke Ellington/Ella Fitzgerald - It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)
  • Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I knew you were waiting (for me)
  • JoJo - Leave (Get out)
  • Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west)
  • Dawn Penn - You don't love me (No No No)
  • Eurythmics - Beethoven (I love to listen)
  • Stevie Wonder - Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours)
  • Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (The best that you can do)
  • Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)
  • Tribe called Quest - Jazz (We've got)
  • Elvis Presley - (Marie's the name) His latest flame
  • Proclaimers - (I'm gonna be) 500 miles
  • Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
  • Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Bridge Street Song (Feelin' Groovy)
  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (Come up and see me)
  • Hall & Oates - I can't go for that (No can do)
  • Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it)
  • Sean Paul - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me
  • Elton John - Rocket Man (It’s going to be a long long time)
  • Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A little bit of)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified" and "applified" playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have)
2. White Stripes - Pretty good looking (for a girl)
3. Meatloaf - I'll do anything for love (but I won't do that)
4. Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
5. James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
6. Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out)

[Side 2]
7. Duke Ellington - It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)
8. Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it)
9. Dawn Penn - You don't love me (No No No)
10. Undertones - You've got my number (Why don't you use it!)
11. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (Come up and see me)
12. Stevie Wonder - Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours)
Hidden: Libertines - Up the Bracket

Previous Appearances

From this era of Livesey mixtapes, all but 4 have never been on before. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 2: Radiohead (12)
  • 1: James Brown (4), Undertones (5), White stripes (6)

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Weekend Playlist: Roads

Weekend Playlist: Roads

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (31/10/2025) with Songs that reference Roadst.
This was to commemorate the opening of the M1 on Sunday (02/11/1959).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list
[Side 1] Traffic Jam
Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
Green Day - Boulevard off broken dreams
Kelly Clarkson - High road
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic
America - Ventura Highway
Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway

[Side 2] Drive all night
Canned Heat - On the road again
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Van Morrison - Bright side of the road

[Bonus]
A1 - Take on me
Spice Girls - Stop
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas

Long list

  • Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
  • Primitives - Crash
  • Trashcan Sinatras - Maybe I should drive
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Manhatten
  • Iron Maiden - 22 Acacia Avenue
  • Sinead O'Connor - Raglan Road
  • Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
  • Eagles - Life in the fast lane
  • Radiohead - Street spirit
  • Chris Rea - Road to Hell
  • Bon Jovi - Runaway
  • Sheryl Crow - Every day is a winding road
  • Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Hiway
  • dEUS - Instant Street
  • Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elysées
  • America - Ventura Highway
  • Aztec Camera - Killermont St
  • David Ford - Song for the road
  • Van Morrison - Bright side of the road
  • Jane Wiedlin - Rush hour
  • Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic
  • Queen - I'm in love with my car
  • Radar Love - Golden Earring
  • Willie Nelson - On the road again
  • AC/DC - Highway to hell
  • Beatles - Why don't we do it in the road
  • Grand Funk Railroad - Some kind of Wonderful
  • East River Pipe - Down 42nd Street to the Light
  • Heshoo Beshoo Group - Armitage Road
  • Primal Scream - Kowalski
  • 3 Doors down - Road I'm on
  • Allman Brothers - Jessica (Top Gear)
  • Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
  • Stereophonics - Traffic
  • A1 - Take on me
  • Toots & Maytals - (Take me home) Country roads
  • Saw Doctors - N17
  • Billy Bragg - A13 Trunk Road
  • Gorillaz - M1 A1
  • Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
  • Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
  • Beatles - Long and winding road
  • Go-Gos - Skidmarks on my heart
  • Ocean colour Scene - One for the road
  • Tracy Chapman - Crossroads
  • Richard Hawley - Not the only road
  • Spice Girls - Stop
  • Flaming Lips - Go
  • I Royals - Coronation Street
  • Proclaimers - King of the Road
  • Doors - Roadhouse Blues
  • U2 - Where the streets have no name
  • Kelly Clarkson - High road
  • Kraftwerk - Autobahn
  • Ian Brown - Longsight M13
  • Portishead - Roads
  • Deep Purple - Highway star
  • B52s - Love Shack
  • Kirsty MacColl - Walking down Madison
  • Doves - M62
  • Jimmy Cliff - Hard road to travel
  • Catatonia - Road Rage
  • Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
  • Billy Gibbons - I was a highway
  • Cinderella - Gypsy Road
  • Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
  • Levellers - The Road
  • Tom McRae - Silent boulevard
  • Lock - Everlasting road
  • Robert Plant - Tie dye on the highway
  • St Etienne - Like a motorway
  • Bryan Adams - Open Road
  • New Order - 60 miles an hour
  • Blur - He thought of cars
  • Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway
  • Shara Nelson - Down that road
  • Stock, Aitken & Waterman - Roadblock
  • Green Day - Boulevard off broken dreams
  • Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
  • Zazie - Rue de la Paix
  • Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
  • Canned Heat - On the road again
  • Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night
  • Satoshi Tomiie ft Kelli Ali - Love in traffic
  • Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas
  • Ralph McTell - Streets of London

LNL Midnight Mixtape: DIY

Midnight Mixtape: DIY

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (30/10/2025) with Songs that reference anything found at a DIY store! The inspiration was wen it was suggested by Tony and Paul previously when Peter Gabriel's "Red rain" was mentioned and that he'd (with Sledgehammer) have better chance if it was a "things you'd find in a DIY store".

Songs in contention

  • Michael Torke - Architrade
  • Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
  • English Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
  • Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
  • Rolling Stones - Paint it black
  • Shed Seven - Waiting for the catch
  • Dr Hook - Sharing the night together
  • Peter Paul Mary - I had a hammer in the morning
  • Muse - Plug in baby
  • Black Crowes - Hard to handle
  • Metallica - Hit the lights
  • Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string
  • Gary Numan - Metal
  • Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Lights
  • Shakin' Stevens - Green door
  • Squeeze - Another nail in my heart
  • Pretenders - Back in the chain gang
  • Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay
  • MC Hammer - U can’t touch this
  • Blur - Coping
  • Motorhead - Ace of Spades
  • Bread - If (picture paints 1000 words)
  • Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
  • Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
  • Melanie - Brand new key
  • White Stripes - Screwdriver
  • Pulp - Common people
  • Queen - Hammer to fall
  • Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
  • Barenaked Ladies - Duct tape heart
  • Floaters - Float on
  • Tom Robinson - Wallpaper
  • Minor Threat - Filler
  • CCS - Taps turn on the water
  • Nova Twins - Toolbox
  • Coldplay - Fix you
  • Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
  • Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
  • Elton John - Screw you
  • Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
  • Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder she wrote
  • Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sand
  • Spinners - Rubberband man
  • Athlete - Wires
  • Breeders - Divine hammer
  • Jam - Bricks & mortar
  • Nick Berry - Every loser wins
  • Patty Loveless - Timber I’m falling in love
  • Peter Bjorn John - Young Folks
  • Soft Cell - Torch
  • Taylor Swift - Wood
  • Tom Waits - New coat of paint
  • Stereophonics - Hanging on your hinges
  • Zach Bryan - Sandpaper
  • Tubes - Power Tools

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified and "applified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
2. English Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
3. Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
4. Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string
5. Pretenders - Back in the chain gang
6. Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
[Side 2]
7. Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
8. Spinners - Rubberband man
9. Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay
10. Athlete - Wires
11. Rolling Stones - Paint it black
12. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Hidden: Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite

Previous Appearances

From this era of Livesey mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before English Beat*, Hank Williams(1), Tim Hardin*, Dream Warriors*, Spinners(1), Unit4+2*, Athlete(1), Motorhead(3) have not been on before (* neither on Colin's Midnight Mixtapes) Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 3: Peter Gabriel (6)
  • 1: Pretenders (2), Rolling Stones (8), Sandie Shaw (2), Smiths (3)

Sunday, 26 October 2025

Weekend Playlist: West & East

Weekend Playlist: West/East

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Andrew looking at X/twitter selections (24/10/2025) with Songs that reference West and/or East.
This was inspired by the 40th anniversary of the release the Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls" as well as the World Series starting between LA Dodgers (West) and Toronto Blue Jays (East).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list
[Side 1] West Side
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Nick Cave - West country girl
Deacon Blue - Kings of the Western World
Tupac - California Love
Escape Club - Wild Wild West
Beach Boys - California girls

[Side 2] East End
Big Country - East of Eden
Gene Pitney - Mecca
Jerry Reed - East bound and down
Water Boys - Raggle taggle gypsy
Wet Wet Wet - East of the river
Beatles - Back in the USSR

[Bonus]
Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows
Anita Dobson - Anyone can fall in love (Eastenders theme)
Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)

Long list

  • Big Country - East of Eden
  • Deacon Blue - Kings of the Western World
  • Theatre of Hate - Do you believe in the Westworld?
  • Franglish ft. Fally Ipupa - Est/Ouest
  • Proclaimers - Scotland’s story
  • Water Boys - Raggle taggle gypsy
  • Clash - Gates of the west
  • Chris De Burgh - Eastern Wind
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • Go West - King of wishful thinking
  • Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows
  • Godspeed you! - East Hastings (28 days later)
  • John Denver - Take me home, country roads
  • ELO - Wild west hero
  • Herman’s Hermit - East West
  • Beach Boys - California girls
  • Kingsmen - Week end
  • Wet Wet Wet - East of the river
  • Escape Club - Wild Wild West
  • Head East - Never been any reason
  • Tupac - California Love
  • Man from Atlantis - Which way's East?
  • Parlor Greens - West Memphis
  • Zara McFarlane - East of the River Nile
  • Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)
  • Casting Crowns - East to West
  • Steely Dan - East St Louis Toodle-oo
  • Chris Stapleton - Outlaw state of mind
  • Tom Waits - Golin’ out west
  • East of Eden - Jig a jig
  • Blur - Under the westway
  • Dire Straits - Eastbound train
  • Jerry Reed - East bound and down
  • Beatles - Back in the USSR
  • Marty Robbins - ElPaso
  • Will Smith - Wild wild west
  • Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the west
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn - Blues at sunrise
  • Zella Day - East of Eden
  • Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
  • Anita Dobson - Anyone can fall in love (Eastenders theme)
  • Green Day - East Jesus nowhere
  • Lana Del Ray - West coast
  • Catatonia - Goldfish & Paracetamol
  • Lily Allen - West End Girl
  • Nick Cave - West country girl
  • Sensational Barnet Bros - Janner song
  • Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
  • Simple Minds - East of Easter
  • Ultravox - Western Promise
  • Billy Gibbons - West coast junkie
  • Bob Seger - East side story
  • Gene Pitney - Mecca
  • Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
  • Annie Lennox - Into the West
  • Tom McRae - How the west was won
  • Pet Shop Boys - Go west
  • Bryan Adams - East side story
  • Blackstreet - No Diggity
  • Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
  • David Hasselhoff - Looking for freedom
  • Jean Michel Jarre - Souvenir of China
  • Survivor - Burning heart
  • Corries - Westering home
  • Ella Fitzgerald - East of the sun
  • Tasmin Archer - Lords ot the new church