Weekend Playlist: Beaches

Weekend Playlist: Beaches

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (29/08/2025) with Songs that reference beaches.
This was to commemorate National Beach Day on August 30.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] On the Beach
All Saints - Pure shores
Chris Rea - On the beach
Beabadoobee - Beaches
Stranglers - Peaches
First Class - Beach baby
Martha & Muffins - Echo beah
Beach boys - Surfin’ USA

[Side 2] Beautiful Beaches
Nicki Minaj - Starships
George Formby - With my little stick of Blackpool rock
Squeeze - Pulling mussells (from the shell)
James - Beautiful Beaches
DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer
Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sands

[Bonus]
Kooks - Seaside
Keane - Soverign light cafe
Dido - Sand in my shoes

Long list

• All Saints - Pure shores
• Chris Rea - On the beach
• Beabadoobee - Beaches
• Stranglers - Peaches
• First Class - Beach baby
• Martha & Muffins - Echo beah
• Beach boys - Surfin’ USA
• Nicki Minaj - Starships
• George Formby - With my little stick of Blackpool rock
• Squeeze - Pulling mussells (from the shell)
• James - Beautiful Beaches
• DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer
• Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sands
• Kooks - Seaside
• Keane - Soverign light cafe
• Dido - Sand in my shoes
• B52s - Rock Lobster
• Florrie Forde - I do like to be beside the seaside
• Beach boys - Girls on the beach
• Fisherman’s Friends - Cornwall my home
• Susie Lewis - Cornish beach
• Brian Eno - On some faraway beach
• David Sylvian - Waterfront
• Wolf Alice - Beach II
• Blur - Girls & Boys
• Peaches - F*** the pain away
• Vanessa Paradis - La Plage
• Bruce Springsteen - 4th July Asbury Park (Sandy)
• Leftfield Phat Planet - Surfer
• Taylor Swift - Last grea American dynasty
• Cardiacs - Hope day
• Liran Donin - Noam sea & sand
• Neil Young - On a beach
• Phantom Band - Island
• Drifters - Down on the beach tonight
• Blake Shelton - Some beach
• T-Spoon - Sex on the beach
• John Travolta (Grease) - Sandy
• Ash - Walking barefoot
• Joe Satriani - Days at the beach (new rays from an ancient sun)
• New Edition (The) - Get a little sand between your toes
• Aerosmith - Remember (walking in the sand)
• Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
• Stan Getz/Astrud Giberto - Girl from Ipanema
• Flock of seagulls - I rain (so far away)
• Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
• Drifters - Under the boardwalk
• U2 - Every breaking wave
• Cure - Killing an arab
• Kenny Loggins - Playing with boys
• York - OTB (On the beach)
• Groove Armada - At the river
• Miley Cyrus - Malibu
• Weezer - Island in the sun
• Imagine Dragons - Take me to the beach
• Acker Bilk - Stranger on the shore
• Drifters - I’ve got sand in my shoes
• Morcheeba - The sea
• Sinead O’Connor - Jackie
• Fat Boys & Beach boys - Wipeout
• Men they couldn’t hang - Island in the rain
• Mata - Lloret de mar
• Athlete - Dungerness
• Hamish Hawk - Grey seals
• Sparks - Let’s go surfing
• Bette Midler - Under the boardwalk
• Who - Sea & Sand
• Bon Jovi - 99 in the shade
• Thunder - Englishman on holiday
• Wire train - I will not fail
• Tom McRae - Walking to Hawaii
• Kirsty MacColl - Hes on the beach
• New Order - The Beach
• Beastie Boys - Shake your rump
• Bombalurina - Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
• POTUSA - Dune buggy
• Moby - Porcelain (The Beach)
• Bobby Darin - Beyond the sea
• Chas & Dave - Marate
• Lana Del Rey - 1949
• Nalin & Kane - Beachball
• George Ezra - Shotgun

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Uncool

h2>Midnight Mixtape: Uncool On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (28/08/2025) with Songs that are bangers by 'uncool' artists!

Songs in contention

• Cliff Richard - Devil woman
• Dennis Waterman - I could be so good for you
• Bucks Fizz - Land of make believe
• Chas & Dave - Ain’t no pleasing you
• Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
• Chesney Hawkes - One and only
• Aphordite’s Child - Four Horsemen
• Engelbert Humperdinck - Release me
• Spice Girls - Who do you think you are?
• Johnny Logan - What’s another year?
• Garth Brooks - Thunder Rolls
• Simply Red - Holding back the years
• Chris De Burgh - Don’t pay the ferryman
• Coldplay - The scientist
• Barry Manilow - Mandy
• Neil Diamond - Forever in blue jeans
• Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl
• Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
• Five Star - There’s a brand new world
• Bryan Adams - One night love affair
• U2 - With or without you
• 1975 - Settle down
• Rick Astley - Cry for help
• Paul Anka - Black hole sun
• Bananarama - Cruel Summer
• Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you
• William Shatner - Comoon People
• Mumford & Sons - The cave
• Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
• Middle of the road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep
• Huey Lewis & News - Hip to be square
• Jimmy Nail - Ain’t no doubt
• Demis Roussos - O my friends you’ve been untrue
• Brotherhood of man - Save your kisses for me
• Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody
• Phil Collins - In the air tonight
• David Gray - This year’s love
• Members - Sound of the suburbs
• Jason Donovan - Too many broken hearts
• John Denver - Annie’s song
• ABBA - Super trooper
• Val Doonican - Walk tall
• Osmonds - Crazy horses
• Bay City Rollers - Saturday nights
• Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you
• Jim Reeves - He’ll have to go
• Hall & Oates - You make me feel like dancing
• Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways
• Lee Marvin - Wandering star

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Cliff Richard - Devil woman
2. Dennis Waterman - I could be so good for you
3. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
4. Engelbert Humperdinck - Release me
5. Huey Lewis & News - Hip to be square
6. Tony Christie - Sleep like a baby
[Side 2]
7. Osmonds - Crazy horses
8. Chas & Dave - Ain't no pleasing you
9. Mumford & Sons - The cave
10. Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
11. Val Doonican - Walk talk
12. Barry Manilow - Mandy
Hidden: Lee Marvin - Wandering star

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before Chas & Dave, Dennis Waterman, Lee Marvin, Osmonds, Tony Christie, Val Doonican Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 2: Jimmy Nail
• 1: Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck, Huey Lewis & News, Mumford & Sons, Vanilla Ice

Weekend Playlist: Volcanoes

Weekend Playlist: Volcano

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Whichwasnice1 looking at X/twitter selections (22/08/2025) with Songs that reference Volcanoes inspired by Vesuvius Day which occurs 24/08.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] Hot
Presidents of the United States - Volcano
Damien Rice - Volcano
Perry Farrell - Hot Lava (from South Park)
Missy Higgins – Craters
Leftfield - Release the pressure
Ash - Burn baby burn

[Side 2] Cool
B52s - Lava
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Bjork - Mutual Core
Jack Bruce - Concul at sunset
Dead Milkmen - Born to love volcanoes
Bullet for my valentine - Ashes of the innocent

[Bonus]
La Maison Tellier - Sur un volcan
Van Halen - Eruption (Guitar Solo)
Psychedelic Source Records - Lava

Long list

• Johnny Cash - I get everywhere
• La Maison Tellier - Sur un volcan
• Andrea Bocelli - Funiculi Funicula
• Dead Milkmen - Born to love volcanoes
• Eruption - One way ticket
• B52s - Lava
• Gorillaz - Fire coming out of a Monkey's Head
• Pixies - Bird dream of the Olympus Mons
• Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
• U2 - Volcano
• Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers
• David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
• Rick Wakeman - Mount Etna
• Babyshambles - Killamangiro
• Kasabian - Fast Fuse
• Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
• Armand Hammer - The Gods Must Be Crazy
• Meshell Ndegeocello - Another Country
• Psychedelic Source Records - Lava
• Bear's Den - Above the clouds of Pompeii
• Genesis - Dance on a volcano
• Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
• Ash - Burn baby burn
• Will Smith - Boom! Shake the Room
• Bruce Springsteen - I'm on fire
• Eruption - I can't stand the rain
• Johnny Cash - Ring of fire
• Bastille - Pompeii
• Janis Joplin - Buried alive in the blues
• Van Halen - Eruption (Guitar Solo)
• Bjork - Mutual Core
• Damien Rice - Volcano
• Missy Higgins – Craters
• Morcheeba - Molten
• Jack Bruce - Concul at sunset
• Bullet for my valentine - Ashes of the innocent
• Lord Echo - Molten Lava
• Bastille - Things we lost in the fire
• Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
• Linkin Park - Heavy is the Crown
• Slipknot - Sulfur
• David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
• Westworld – Sonic Boom Boy
• Iron & Wine - Cinder and Smoke
• Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
• Perry Farrell - Hot Lava (from South Park)
• Mazzy Star - Into Dust
• Kuana Torres Kahele, Napua Greig, James Ford Murphy - Lava
• Bjork - Possibly maybe
• Def Leppard - Ring of fine
• Bryan Adams - Into the fire
• Chemical Brothers ft Flaming Lips - Golden Path
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Magma
• Presidents of the United States - Volcano
• Shaggy - Mr Boombastic*
• Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
• Leftfield - Release the pressure
• Rammstein - Zerstören (Destroy)
• Underworld - Born Slippy*
• Martika (or Carole King) - I feel The Earth move
• Trammps (or Tina Turner) - Disco Inferno
• KIBOOMERS - Floor is Lava

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Buildings

Midnight Mixtape: Buildings

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/08/2025) with Songs that reference buildings on the news of an entire 113 year old Swedish church was moved 5km down the road to a new dstination this week!

Songs in contention

• Blur - Country house
• Simon & Garfunkel - So long Frank Lloyd Wright
• Ed Sheeran - Castles in the sky
• Talking Heads - Burning down the house
• Culture Club - Church of the poison mind
• Hosier - Take me to church
• XTC - Towers of London
• Madness - Our house
• Jay-Z/Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
• B52s - Love shack
• Commodores - Brick house
• Linkin Park - Burn it down
• Kate Nash - Foundations
• Unit 4+2 - Concrete and clay
• Aretha Franklin - The house that Jack built
• David Byrne - Glass concrete stone
• Eagles - Hotel California
• Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings
• Tasmin Archer - Lords of the new church
• Pixies - Alec Eiffel
• Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion...
• Bad Religion - Skyscraper
• Johnny Dowd - Corner Laundromat
• David Bowie - Thru' these architect's eyes
• Arctic Monkeys - brick by brick
• Rolling Stones - Citadel
• Dionne Warwick - A house is not a home
• R Dean Taylor - There's Ghost in my house
• Verve - I see houses
• Modest Mouse - Little Motel
• Foundations - Build me up buttercup
• Animals - House of the rising sun
• Handsome Family - Cathedrals
• Miley Cyrus - Wreaking ball
• Elvis - Heartbreak hotel
• Housemartins - Build
• Brooks & Dunn - Proud of the house we built
• No doubt - Under construction
• Elton - Burning buildings
• Bruce Springsteen - Mansion on the hill
• Starship - We built this city
• Andy Williams - House of Bamboo
• Barenaked Ladies - Old apartment
• Stackridge - 32 West mall
• Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it races
• Underworld - Skyscraper
• Paramore - Brick by boring brick
• Dixie Cups - Chapel of love
• Rufus Wainwright - Sanssouci

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Architects
1. Blur - Country house
2. David Bowie - Thru' these architect's eyes
3. Pixies - Alec Eiffel
4. B52s - Love shack
5. Animals - House of the rising sun
6. Stackridge - 32 West mall

[Side 2] Houses
7. Talking Heads - Burning down the house
8. Verve - I see houses
9. Culture Club - Church of the poison mind
10. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
11. Eagles - Hotel California
12. Dionne Warwick - A house is not a home

Hidden: Miley Cyrus - Wreaking ball

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before, Animals and Stackridge Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 12: David Bowie
• 10: Blur
• 9: Pixies
• 5: Eagles
• 4: Talking Heads (3+1)
• 3: Dionne Warwick (2+1)
• 2: B52s, Culture Lub
• 1: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, Verbe

Weekend Playlist: Promises

Weekend Playlist: Promises

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Graham looking at X/twitter selections (15/08/2025) with Songs that reference promises.
This was inspired by the release of Calvin Harris' "Promises" featuring Sam Smith on Sunday, 8 years ago (17/08/2018)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Promise Me
1. Girls Aloud - The Promise
2. Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle
3. Shayne Ward - No Promises
4. Beverley Craven - Promise me
5. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
6. Eric Clapton - Promises

[Side 2] Promises Promises
7. When in Rome - The Promise
8. Robin S - Show me love
9. Beautiful South - A little time
10. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
11. Leona Lewis - Footprints in the sand
12. Terrorvision - Promises

[Bonus] 
My Chemical Romance - I'm not okay (I promise)
New Order - Broken Promise
UB40 - Promises & Lies

Long list

• Radiohead - I promise
• Bruce Springsteen - The Promise
• Cock Robin - The promise you made
• Jon & Vangelis - Beside
• Oysterband - We'll be there
• Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle
• Christone "kingfish" Ingram - Empty promises
• Terry Kowaski - Empty promises
• Alarm - Declaration
• Carpenters - We've only just begun
• Script - The man who can't be moved
• Beverly Craven - Promise me
• Julie Covington - Don't cry for Me Argentina
• Police - Every breath you take
• Thin Lizzy - Don't believe a word
• Cranberries - Promises
• Eric Clapton - Promises
• Terrorvision - Promises
• All 4 One - I swear
• Bruce Springsteen - If I should fall behind
• José Gonzales - Heartbeats
• Michael Garrick Septet featuring Joe Harriott - Promises
• Richard & Linda Thompson - Dimming of the Day
• Talk Talk - I believe in you
• Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love
• Nero - Promises
• Shayne Ward - No Promises
• Madness - Promises Promises
• Tracy Chapman - The Promise
• UB40 - Promises and lies
• Dwight Yoakam - Promise you can't keep
• Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
• Vince Gill - Pocket full of gold
• Dionne Warwick - Promises Promises
• Buzzcocks - Promises
• Dennis Brown & Aswad - Promised Land
• John Denver & Muppets - Poems, Prayers and Promises
• Cast - Promised land
• My Chemical Romance - I'm not okay
• Shania Twain - From this moment on
• Muse - Starlight
• Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
• Queens of the Stone - The lost art of keeping a secret
• Girls aloud - Promise
• Broken Records - A Promise
• King Creosote - Something to believe in
• Ultravox - Western Promise
• Aerosmith - Lick and Promise
• Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
• Saw Doctors - It won't be tonight
• Chumbawamba - The day the Nazi died
• Foo Fighters - Everlong
• Jam - Going underground
• Garbage - Vow
• Michael Nyman - The heart asks pleasure first / The Promise (The Piano)
• New Order - Broken Promise
• Beautiful South - A Little Time
• Robin S - Show Me Love
• Delirious - Promise
• Take That - Promises
• Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
• Rammstein - Du Hast
• Calvin Harris ft Sam Smith - Promises
• Joe Smooth - Promised land
• When in Rome - The Promise

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Sleeping

Midnight Mixtape: Sleeping

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (13/08/2025) with Songs that reference sleeping! This is to do with a feature about Conch shells being a rememdy for snoring and helping people to sleep better.

Songs in contention

• Pretenders - I go to sleep
• Natalie Imbruglia - When you're sleeping
• Crystal Gayle - Talking in my sleep
• Faithless - Insomnia
• Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie
• Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
• Salad & Terry Hall - Dream a little dream
• Smiths - Asleep
• Empire of the sun - Walking on a dream
• Tight fit - Lion sleeps tonight
• Teardrop explodes - Sleeping gas
• Beatles - I'm only sleeping
• Metallica - Enter sandman
• Seekers - Morningtown Ride
• Roy Orbison - In dreams
• Leonard Cohen - Lullaby
• 5 Eurythmics - Sweet dreams
• Gillan - Sleeping on the job
• Graham Nash - Sleep song
• Keith Whitley - Don't close your eyes
• Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep deprivation
• Suede - Sleeping pills
• Romantics - Talking in your sleep
• Simple Minds - Big Sleep
• Sam Smith - How do you sleep?
• 5th Dimension - (Last night) I didn't get to sleep at all
• Melissa Ehteridge - You can sleep while I drive
• Wham! - Wake me up before you go-go
• Colter Wall - Sleeping on the blacktop
• Jack White - I guess I should go to sleep
• Beck - Sleeping bag
• Robert Wyatt - Heaps of sheeps
• Ray Peterson - Goodnight my love
• Radiohead - Go to sleep
• Rotimi - In my bed
• Alyson Williams - Sleeptalk
• Go West - We close our eyes
• Billy Woods - Sleep
• Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Sleeping Dancer Sleep
• Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing
• Annie Lennox - Into the west
• REM - I don't sleep I dream
• Mamas & Papas - Dream a little dream of me
• Beastie Boys - No Sleep till Brooklyn
• Boo Radleys - Wake up Boo
• Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
• Matt Bianco - Get out of your lazy bed
• Suzanne Vega - Tired of sleeping
• Charlatans - Can't get out of bed
• XTC - Wake up

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
2. Faithless - Insomnia
3. Radiohead - Go to sleep
4. Robert Wyatt - Heaps of sheeps
5. Eurythmics - Sweet dreams
6. Beastie Boys - No Sleep till Brooklyn
[Side 2]
7. Roy Orbison - In dreams
8. Metallica - Enter sandman
9. Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie
10. Wham! - Wake me up before you go-go
11. Matt Bianco - Get out of your lazy bed
12. Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Sleeping Dancer Sleep
Hidden: Seekers - Morningtown Ride

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before, Art Blakey, Robert Wyatt, Roy Orbison, Matt Bianco, Seekers Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 16: Kate Bush (4)
• 10: Faithless (10)
• 7: Metallica (1)
• 4: Beastie Boys (2)
• 3: Wham! (1)
• 2: Eurythmics (0), Everly Brothers
• 1: Faithless (0)

Weekend Playlist: Wizard of Oz

Weekend Playlist: Wizard of Oz

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Lennway looking at X/twitter selections (08/08/2025) with Songs that reference the Wizard of Oz.
This was commemorate the release of Wizard of Oz on 10/08/1939.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Who - Pinball Wizard
2. Alison Moyet - Dorothy
3. Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
4. America - Tin man
5. Pink Floyd - Scarecrow
6. Donovan - Season of the witch

[Side 2]
7. National - Not in Kansas
8. Seekers - Emerald City
9. Scissor Sisters - Return to Oz
10. Kate Bush - Red shoes
11. T-Rex - Teenage Daydream
12. Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road

[Bonus]
Toto - Africa
Kansas - Dust in the wind
Men At Work - Down Under

Long list

• Beatles - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• Gary Numan - Magic
• Marie de Malicorne - La Nuit Des Sorcières
• Angel Witch - Angel Witch
• Redbone - Witch queen of New Orleans
• Black Sabbath - Wizard
• Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road
• Elvis Costello - The angels wanna wear my Red Shoes
• Nina Simone - I put a spell on you
• Don McLean - Magdalene Lane
• Rick Springfield - Living in Oz
• Tracy Chapman - Remember the Tinman
• Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
• Scissor Sisters - Return to Oz
• Waterboys - My love is my rock in the Weary Land
• Eagles - Witchy Woman
• Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
• Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard
• Dave Gardner - Mad Witch
• Gang Starr - You Know My Steez
• Minor Threat - Cashing in
• Doug Wood Band - Drag Racer (BBC Snooker Theme)
• Fall out boy - Alpha dog
• Tracy Chapman - Remember the Tinman
• Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft
• America - Tin man
• Madness - The Wizard
• Men At Work - Down Under
• Bon Jovi - Let's dance
• Kate Bush - Waking the witch
• National - Not in Kansas
• John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - I'm your Witch Doctor
• Lily Allen - Hot air balloon
• Suede - Asbestos
• Kate Bush - Red shoes
• Arctic Monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks
• Panic at the Disco - Northern Downpour
• Wizzard - See my baby jive
• Angus & Julia Stone - Yellow brick road
• Mission - Swim with the dolphins
• Rufus Wainwright - Oh What a world
• Who - Pinball Wizard
• Alison Moyet - Dorothy
• Pink Floyd - Scarecrow
• Furniture - Love your shoes
• Mogwai - Lion rumpus
• Kansas - Dust in the wind
• Aerosmith - Farm
• Metallica - Frayed ends of Sanity
• T Rex - Teenage Daydream
• Queens of the Stone Age - Burn the witch
• Sinead O'Connor - John I love you
• Bon Jovi - Mystery Train
• Tamperer ft Maya - Feel it
• Glen Campbell - There's no place like home
• Make A Wish - Beatsteaks
• Donovan - Season of the witch
• Seekers - Emerald City
• Toto - Africa
• Chad Jackson - Hear the drummer (get wicked)