Weekend Playlist: Think

Weekend Playlist: Think

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (10/09/2026) with Songs that reference thinking.
This was commemorate Positive Thinking Day on Monday (13/09)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] I Think, Therefore I Am
Aretha Franklin - Think
Guns N'Roses - Think about you
Tiffany - I think we’re alone now
Cars - You may think
Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby
Garbage - I think I'm paranoid

[Side 2] Mind Games
Super Furry Animals - Hermann loves Pauline
Pet Shop Boys - Always on my mind
Indigo Girls - Galileo
Rodríguez - I wonder
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Ian Dury - There ain't half been some clever bastards

[Bonus]
Ray Bolger & Judy Garland - If I only had a brain
Jem - They
John Lennon - Imagine

Midnight Mixtape: Conflict/Resolution

Midnight Mixtape: Conflict/Resolution

On the midnight mixtape, Gordon Smart was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (09/09/2026) with Songs that reference Conflict and resolution!

Songs in contention

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Conflict
1. Libertines - Can't stand me now
2. Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
3. U2 - Sunday bloody Sunday
4. Skids - Into the valley
5. Kelis - Caught out there
6. Beastie Boys - Fight for your right to party
[Side 2] Resolution
7. Bob Dylan - Blowing in the wind
8. REO speedwagon - Keep on loving you
9. Beatles - We can work it out
10. Cranberries - No need to argue
11. Almanac Singers - Which side are you on
12. Bob Marley - One love
Hidden: Stylistics - Break up to make up

Weekend Playlist: Beards

Weekend Playlist: Beards

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Snail looking at X/twitter selections (03/09/2026) with Songs that reference or related to beards and facial hair.
This was commemorate International Beard day which is celebrated on the first Saturday of September (Sep 5).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Sparks - Moustache
Willie Nelson - I'd have to be crazy
Ash - Kung Fu
David McWilliams - Days of Pearly Spencer
Beautiful South - Have fun
Jacques Brel - La chanson de Jacky

[Side 2]
ZZ Top - I'm bad I'm nationwide
Proclaimers - I'd ask the questions
Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd lady
Green Jelly - Three little pigs
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Ke$ha - Your love is my drug 

[Hidden]
Keala Settle - This is me
Black Sabbath - Wizard
Squeeze - She doesn't have to shave

Midnight Mixtape: Reunions

Midnight Mixtape: Reunions

On the midnight mixtape, Gordon Smart was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (03/09/2026) with Songs that reference or relate to reunions on Gordon Smart reuniting with musicologist Joe Bennett this week!

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side A]
Pulp - Disco 2000
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack - Back together again
Blondie - Maria
Take That - Patience
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
[Side B]
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the black parade
Thin Lizzy - Boys are back in town
Oscar Peterson Trio - Reunion blues
Pretenders - Back on the chain gang
Rod Stewart - Sailing
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
[Hidden]
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Songs in contention

Blondie - Maria
Sex Pistols - God save the Queen
Fleetwood Mac - I'm so afraid
Undertones - There goes Norman
Jane's Addiction - Ocean size
Sugababes - Freak like me
Take That - Patience
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
A Certain Ratio - Samo
Peaches & Herb - Reunited
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack - Back together again
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner [Suggestion from Paul]
Waterboys - Come back to Galway [Suggestion from Paul]
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
Rod Stewart - Sailing
Billie Holiday - Back in your own back yard
Marc Almond - Boy who came back
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas 
Cliff Richard - Reunion of the heart
Pretenders - Back on the chain gang
Pulp - Year 2000
Paul Simon - Mother & child reunion
Spice Girls - Spice up your life
Erasure - Stop!
Chainsmokers & Halsey - Closer [suggestion from Joel Mitchell]
Tom McRae - All gone now
Erasure - Reunion
Coco - Remember Me (Lullaby)
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth - See You Again
Vera Lynn - We'll meet again
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the black parade
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Stone Roses - All for one
Alabama - Old Friends
Pearl Jam - Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town
Helen Shapiro - Walking back to happiness
Oscar Peterson - Reunion Blues
Thin Lizzy - Boys are back in town
Selena Gomez - Back to you
Janet Jackson - Together again
Moody Blues - Lovely to see you
Neil Diamond - Hello again
Beach Boys - God only knows
Smiths - Reel around the fountain

Weekend Playlist: Fancy Dress

Weekend Playlist: Fancy Dress

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Walt looking at X/twitter selections (28/08/2026) with Songs that reference fancy dress.
This was commemorate International cosplay day which is celebrated on the last Saturday of August.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Tim Curry (RHPS) - Sweet Tranvestite
Adam Ant - Prince Charming
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Taco - Putting on the Ritz
Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers
Alice Cooper - Man behind the mask
[Side 2]
ZZ Top - Sharp dressed man
Madonna - Dress you up
Elvis - Devil in disguise
Pulp - Grown ups
Kinks - Dedicated follower of fashion
Dolly Parton - Coat of many colours

[Hidden]
Sinead O'Connor - Emperor's new clothes

Midnight Mixtape: Musicals

Musicals

On the midnight mixtape, Laura McGhie was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (27/08/2026) with Songs featured in musicals in celebration of Dolly Parton (who starred in 9 to 5) and Tim Cirry (Rocky Horror Show amongst other musicals) who recently passed away.

Songs in contention

Tim Curry - Sweet Transvestite {Rocky Horror Picture Show}
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Who - Pinball Wizard {Tommy}
Donny Osmond - Any dream will do {Joseph}
John Travolta & ONJ - Summer Nights {Grease}
Rocky Horror Show - Time Warp
Lea Salonga - I dreamed a dream
Gene Wilder - Pure imagination {Charlie & Chocolate Factory}
Loren Allred - Never enough {Greatest Showman}
Bonnie Tyler - Cappuccino Girls
Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life {Spamalot}
ABBA - Mamma Mia
Aretha - Think {Blues brothers}
Elaine Paige - Memory {Cats}
Celine Dion - My heart will go on {Titanic}
Ben Platt - You will be found {Dear Evan Hansen}
Jack Wild & Mark Lester - Consider yourself {Oliver!}
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I had the) Time of my life {Dirty Dancing}
Gari Glaysher - Empty chairs at empty tables {Les Miserables}
Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly
Crusaders - Streetlife {Sharkey's machine/Jackie}
George Thorogood - Bad to the bone {T2}
Leslie Odom Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda - Dear Theodosia {Hamilton}
Gene Kelly - Singing in the rain
Liza Minnelli - All that jazz {Chicago}
Doris Day - Deadwood Stage {Calamity Jane}
Judy Garland - Somewhere over the rainbow {Wizard of Oz}
Aileen Quinn - It's a hard knock life {Annie}
John Morris - Springtime for Hitler {Producers}
Michael Crawford - Music of the night {Phantom of the Opera}

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Gene Kelly - Singing in the rain
Doris Day - Deadwood stage (Calamity Jane)
Bonnie Tyler - Cappuccino Girls
Grease - Summer nights
Elaine Paige - Memory (Cats)
[Side 2]
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time warp
Who - Pinball wizard
Gene Wilder - Pure imagination
Aileen Quinn - It's a hard knock life (Annie)
Oliver - Consider yourself
Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
[Hidden]
Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly

Dolly Mixtape

Dolly Mixtape

In memory of Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026), I put together a mixtape of songs covered by Dolly, duets, songs referencing Dolly and Dolly Parton songs coverd by other artists

[Side A] Dolly Covers/Duets
1. Dolly - Let it be (Beatles)
2. Dolly - Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepplin)
3. Dolly - She drives me crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
4. Dolly & Kenny - Islands in the stream
5. Dolly & Norah - Creepin' in
6. Dolly & Kermit - Everyday people

[Side B] Dolly Refs/Cover of Dolly
1. Lainey Wilson - What would Dolly do WWDD
2. Beastie Boys - Shazam!
3. Ashley Anne - Dear Dolly
4. Whitney - I will always love you
5. White Stripes - Jolene
6. Sinead O'Connor - Dagger through the heart

[Bonus Tracks]
Clare Torry - Love is like a butterfly (Theme from Butterflies)
Pras Michel - Ghetto Superstar