Weekend Playlist: Banned

Weekend Playlist: Banned

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Wee Bear looking at X/twitter selections (22/10/2026) with Songs that reference banning or banishment or songs that been banned.
This was inspired by the release of Frankie goes to Hollywood's Relax on Saturday which go on to be banned and become a UK #1 in 1983.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] Strange Fruit
1. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
2. Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
4. Bessie Smith - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
5. Stranglers - Peaches
6. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

[Side 2] A little respect
7. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
8. Five man electrical band - Signs
9. Erasure - A little respect
10. Amyl & Sniffers - Chewing gum
11. Prince - Darling Nikki
12. Gainsbourg & Birkin - Je t'aime

[Bonus]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Alexandre Desplat - Cleared of all charges
Chuck Berry - My ding-a-ling

Midnight Mixtape: Insects

Midnight Mixtape: Insects

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/10/2026) with Songs that reference Insects! Theme was based on the news of a massive wasps' nest in an office being dismantled.

Songs in contention

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the bumblebee
• Melanie - Alexander Beetle
• XTC - Ladybird
• Who - Boris the spider
• Altered Images - Insects
• Bob Lind - Elusive butterfly
• Nancy Sinatra & Lee Aizlewood - Lady bird
• Cure - Lullaby
• Cure - Caterpillar
• U2 - The Fly
• XTC - Fly in the wall
• XTC - Across the ante
• XTC - I'm bugged
• Modest mouse - Do the Cockroach
• Depeche Mode - Fly on a windscreen
• Wire - I am the fly
• Echo & Bunnymen - Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
• Richard Thompson - Beeswing
• Fall - Cyber insekt
• Disney Studio Chorus/Mousercise - Bug a boo
• Gary Lucas - Glo worm
• Christy Moore - Reel in the flicking light
• Slim Harpo - I'm a king bee
• Wham! - Wake me up (before you go go)
• Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
• Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
• Blur - Beetlebum
• Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes
• Brian Eno - Spider & I
• Funkadelic - Maggot brain
• Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
• Shaggy - Boombastic
• Editors - Escape the nest
• Adam Ant - Ant music
• Edgar Broughton - Moth
• B Bumble & Stingers - Nut rocker
• Elvis - I got stung
• Mission - Butterfly on the wheel
• Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly
• Norah Jones - What am I to
• Wings - Little lamb Dragonfly
• Bob Dylan - Locusts
• Cole Porter - Let's do it
• Burl Ives - Ugly bug ball
• Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Altered Images - Insect
2. Cure - Caterpillar
3. Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
4. Modest Mouse - Doin' the cockroach
5. Gary Lucas - Glo worm
6. B Bumble & Stingers - Nut rocker
[Side 2]
7. Adam & Ants - Ant music
8. XTC - Lady bird
9. Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly
10. Blur - Beetlebum
11. Jim Stafford - Spider & Snakes
12. Christy Moore - Reel in the flickering light
HIDDEN TRACK: Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before B Bumble & Stingers, Bob Lind, Curtis Mayfield (3), Gary Lucas, Herb Alpert, Jim Stafford, Modest Mouse (1), XTC (1) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Adam Ant (10)
• 5: Blur (13)
• 2: Christy Moore (3)
• 1: Altered Images (1), Cure (8)

Weekend Playlist: TV & Radio

Weekend Playlist: TV & Radio

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (16/10/2026) with Songs that reference TV and Radio.
This was commemorate BBC being founded in 1922 (Oct 18)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final double playlist!

[Side 1] BBC1
Public Service Broadcasting - Theme from PSB
Of Monsters & Men - Television Love
Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (and nothin' on)
Freak Power - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
Fountains of Wayne - Hackensack
Black Flag - TV Party

[Side 2] Radio 1
Robbie Williams - Radio
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Selecter - On my Radio
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Jason Isbell - Traveling alone
Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves

[Bonus]
Ming Tea - BBC
Buggles - Video killed the Radio Star


[Side 3] BBC2
A-ha - Sun always shines on TV
Lily Allen - Chinese
Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy - Television...
Dire Straits - Money for nothing 
James - Lost a friend
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill your Television

[Side 4] Radio 2
Stefanie Sun - Radio
Joy Division - Transmission 
Sam Cooke - Having a party
Donna Summer - On the Radio
Stereophonics - I wouldn’t believe your radio
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Radio Radio

[Bonus]
TV on the Radio - Dreams
CHVRCHES - Dead Air

Midnight Mixtape: Streets

Midnight Mixtape: Streets

On the midnight mixtape, Sarah Mulkerrins was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (14/10/2025) with Songs that reference streets (following on Dr Beat's feature of streets on his musicology hour!)

Songs in contention

• Roxy Music - Street life
• Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
• Sesame Street Theme
• Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways
• Paolo Nutini - These Streets
• Beatles - Penny Lane
• Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
• Pogues - Sunnyside of the street
• Genesis - Cul de sac
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Free - Alright now
• Ralph McTell - Strweta of London
• Counting Crowes - Sullivan Streer
• Rod Stewart - Handbags & gladrags
• Morrissey - Last night on Maudlin Street
• Cure - Fascination Street
• Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
• Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Bridge Street Song
• Vic Damone - On the street where you live
• Leonard & Friends - Street player
• Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Street Tuff
• Radiohead - Street Spirit
• Mike Post - Hill Street Blues
• Eric Spear - Coronation Street
• Neil - My white bicycle
• Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue
• Commitments - Dark end of the street
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Rolling Stones - Street fighting man
• Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
• Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi
• Nick Cave - Jubilee Street
• U2 - Where the street have no name
• Sting - Moon over bourbon street
• Joe Dassain - Les Champs Elysees
• Monkees - Pleasant Valley sunday
• Talking Heads - Road to nowhere

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
2. Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
3. Roxy Music - Street life
4. Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
5. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
6. Eric Spear - Coronation Street
[Side 2]
7. Radiohead - Street Spirit 
8. Paolo Nutini - The Streets
9. Vic Damone - On the street where you live
10. Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue
11. Rod Stewart - Handbags & gladrags
12. Mike Post - Hill Street Blues
Hidden: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Bobby Womack, Eric Spear, Van Morrison, Vic Damone... (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Bob Dylan (17)
• 6: Bruce Springsteen (12)
• 5: Radiohead (15)
• 4: Rod Stewart (4)
• 2: Ramones (2), ROxy Music (2), Paolo Nutini (2)
• 1: Ray Charles (3)

Weekend Playlist - Rock'n'Roll

Weekend Playlist: Rock'n'Roll

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (09/10/2026) with Songs that reference drugs.
This was inspired by the Goon's "Bloodnok's Rock & Roll Call" in the UK Top 10, 70 years ago. (And the completion of the "Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll triology")

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Rock'n'Roll
Joan Jett - I love Rock & Roll
Bob Seger - Old time Rock & Roll
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock'n'Roll
Killers - Glamourous indie Rock & Roll
Oasis - Rock'n'Roll star
Rolling Stones - It's only Rock'n'Roll
[Side 2] Around the clock
David Essex - Rock on
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
Nickelback - Rockstar
Muddy Waters - Blues had a baby and they named it Rock & Roll
Starship - We built this city
Bill Haley - Rock around the clock
[Hidden]
Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll
Mojo Nixon - Elvis is everywhere
Chuck Berry - Johnny Be Goode

Midnight Mixtape: Talking Too

Midnight Mixtape: Talking Too

On the midnight mixtape, Laura McGhie was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (09/10/2022) with Songs that haven spoken part in them! This is on the news of the discovery that Till the bells rings could be first film to have spoken word instead of the Jazz Singer. (Note this theme was covered by Paul McNamee and Tony Livesey in late April)

Songs in contention

• Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
• Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
• Talking heads - Once in a lifetime
• Shangri-las - Leader of the pack
• Julian Clary - Leader of the pack
• Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
• Faithless - Insomnia
• 10cc - I'm not in love
• Birds - 2 4 2 foxtrot
• Mary Wilson - Telephone man
• Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
• Simple Minds - This is your land
• Atomic Kitten - Never ever
• Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's free to wear suncream
• Gil Scott Heron - Revolution will not be televised
• Frank Zappa - I'm the slime
• Peter Sellers - Hard day's night
• Captain Sensible - Happy talk
• Weird Al Yankovic - Albuquerque
• Les Crane - Desiderata
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• A house - Endless art
• Floaters - Float on
• Tubeway army - Are friends electric?
• Blur - Parklife
• Meatloaf - Hot summer night
• William Shatner - That's me trying
• Jamie T - Shelia
• Lottery Winners - Letters to myself
• Adam Ant - Stand & deliver
• Bucks Fizz - Land of make belief
• Beats international - Dub be good to me
• Eminem - Stan
• Manic Street preachers
• Duran - Danceophobia
• Dolly Parton - I will always love you
• Starship - We built this city
• Paul Hardcastle - 19

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
Blur - Parklife
Public Service Broadcasting - Go
Beats International - Dub be good to me
Lottery Winners - Letter to myself
Faithless - Insomnia
[Side 2]
Shangri-Las - Leader of the pack
Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution will not be televised
Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
Peter Sellers - Hard day's night
Hidden: William Shatner - That's me trying

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before: Beats International, Lottery Winners, Shangri-Las, Paul Hardcastle (1), Peter Sellers, William Shatner. (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: Blur (12), Talking Heads (7)
• 2: Gil Scott Heron (2), Iron Maiden (7), Public Service Broadcasting (2)
• 1: Faithless (2), Jimmy Nail (3)

Note a lot songs on X were not mentioned and here's an "X" version of the mixtape based on that

[Side 1]
Fred Neil - Everybody's talking
Guns N'Roses - Civil War
Orb - Little fluffy clouds
David Bowie - Modern Love
Shania Twain - You're still the one
Warren G - Regulate
[Side 2]
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Coasters - Yakety Yak
PJ Harvey - This mess we're in
Joe Gideon & Shark - Kathy Ray
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Kool & the Gang - Get down on it
Hidden Track: Talk Talk - Talk Talk

Weekend Playlist: Drugs

Weekend Playlist: Drugs

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Paul the trucker looking at X/twitter selections (01/10/2026) with Songs that reference drugs.
This was inspired by the release of D-Mob's "We call it acieed", 38 years ago (Oct 3rd)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Tripped up!
Beatles - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Groove Armada - Purple Haze
Weezer - Hash pipe
Cypress Hill - Hits from the bong
Car seat headrest - Drugs with friends

[Side 2] Down and out!
Dillinger - Cocaine in my brain
Soulwax - E-Talking
Brian Ennals & Infinity Knives - Coke Jaw
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Enuff z'Nuff - Fly high Michelle
Berlin - Pink & Velvet

[Bonus]
La's - There she goes
Rolling Stones - Mother's little helper
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tightrope