Thursday, 6 July 2023

Midnight Mixtape: Plants

Plants

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Nat Jamieson to look at listener selections (06/07/2023) with Songs that reference plants (relating to Gympie Gympie being introduced to the poison garden at Alnwick Garden).

Songs in contention

  • Ace of Base - Life is a flower
  • Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
  • Richie Havens- Going back to my roots
  • Genesis - Giant Hogweed @NeilOrmrodITO
  • Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the grapevine
  • Guns N Roses - Paradise City (where the grass is green)
  • Little house of horrors · Feed me Seymour
  • Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - Where the wild roses grow
  • Eagles - Hotel California
  • Seal - Kiss from a rose
  • Pixies - Cactus
  • Tom Jones - Green green grass of home
  • Elton john - Rocketman
  • Stereophonics - Thousand Trees
  • Rolling Stones - Poison Ivy
  • Blossoms - Blown Rose
  • Elvis Costello - Good year for the roses
  • Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
  • Eurythmics - Thorn in my side
  • Squid - Houseplants
  • Kacey Musgraves - Dandelion
  • Radiohead - Fake plastic trees (fake Chinese rubber plant)
  • Peter Tosh - Legalize it

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
2. Richie Havens- Going back to my roots
3. Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the grapevine
4. Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - Where the wild roses grow
5. Pixies - Cactus
6. Ace of Base - Life is a flower
[Side 2]
7. Guns N Roses - Paradise City (where the grass is green)
8. Levi Stubbs (Little shop of horrors) · Feed me (git it) Seymour
9. Squid -- Houseplants
10. Kacey Musgraves - Dandelion
11. Stereophonics - Thousand Trees
12. Blossoms - Blown Rose
Hidden: Radiohead - Fake plastic trees

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