Midnight Mixtape: Breaking the Law

Breaking the Law

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (20/07/2023) with Songs that reference breaking the law!

Songs in contention

• Clash - I fought the law
• Coolio - Gangsta's paradise
• Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete [Qasa suggested: Highway Patrol Man]
• Dennis Waterman - I could be good for you (Minder)
• Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues [Paul mentioned: Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty]
• Plan B - Stay too long
• Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff
• Cagney & Lacey Theme Tune
• Jay-Z - 99 Problems
• Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
• Jane's Addiction - Been caught stealing
• Killers - Jenny was a friend of mine
• Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
• Prodigy - Their Law
• Clash - Bankrobber
• Nirvana - Polly
• Bob Dylan - Hurricane
• Stars of CCTV - Hard Fi
• 10cc - Good morning judge
• AC/DC - Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
• Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak [Paul mentioned: Arborist - Taxi]
• Bessie Smith - Send me to the 'lectric Chair
• Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
• Elvis Costello - Let them all talk
• Junior Marvin - Police and thieves
• Elvis - Jailhouse Rock
• Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles
• Judas Priest - Breaking the law
• Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
• Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
• Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Clash - I fought the law
2. Coolio - Gangsta's paradise
3. Prodigy - Their Law
4. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
5. Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff
6. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
[Side 2]
7. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
8. Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
9. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
10. Bessie Smith - Send me to the 'lectric Chair
11. Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
12. AC/DC - Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Hidden: Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz

Previous Appearances

Strange coincidence is that there are 3 "Smiths" in this mixtape. Should also be noted the similarity to the prison mixtape where Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Clash and Johnny Cash Thin Lizzy all appeared with the same song. In fact, Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" joins Queen's "Flash" and Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines" on 4 song appearances.
5 First-time appearances for Bardot & Serge, Bessie Smith, Coolio, Jorja Smith and Supergrass. Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Smiths	2	"Panic" (Radio)
Prodigy	4	"Breathe" (Breathing) "Out of space" (Brain) "Voodoo People" (Magic)
Thin Lizzy	4	"Boys are back in town" (Homeward Bound) "Jailbreak" (Prison) "Whiskey in the jar" (Ireland)
AC/DC	5	"Highway to Hell" (Devils) "If you want blood..." (Blood) "It's a long way to the top" (12 Days of Christmas) "Rock n Roll Train" (Trains)
Clash	5	"I fought the law" (Prison) "Should I stay or Should I go?" (Foreign) "White Riot" (Shortest, White Album)
Johnny Cash	8	"Folsom Prison Blues" (Prison/Hello/Trains) "Hurt" (Blood) "In my life" (Beatles) "Ring of fire" (12 Days of xmas) "Jackson" [with June Carter] (Couples)
Bob Dylan	9	"Blind Willie McTell" (See Clearly) "Blowin in the wind" (Two Instruments) "Don't think twice, it's alright" (Good Advice) "Hurricane" (Prison) "If you see her say hello" (Hello) "Lay lady lay" (12 Days of Chrismas) "Like a rolling stone" (Greatest Album) "Masters of war (Louder than War)
Bob Marley	10	"Dreamland" (Dreams) "I shot the sheriff" (Prison) "Is this love?" (Question of Love) "No woman no cry" (Wood, Council Estate) "Redemption Song" (New Beginnings/Respect/Human Spirit II) "Three little birds" (12 Days of Xmas)