Friday, 18 August 2023

Midnight Mixtape: Dentist

Dentist

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (17/08/2023) with songs that might reference a trip to the dentists from teeth to jabs, from pain to fillings but not too many bridges as that's been done before!

Songs in contention

  • Supergrass - Alright
  • Faithless - Insomnia
  • Bobby Darin - Mack the knife
  • Young Fathers - I Saw
  • Pam Ayers - ...I wish I looked after my teeth!
  • Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth
  • Therapy? - Teethgrinder
  • Kaiser Chiefs - Oh my god
  • Craig David - Fill me in
  • Max Bygraves - Pink toothbrush
  • Ben E King - Brace yourself
  • Painkiller - Turin Breaks
  • Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
  • Eels - Novacaine for the soul
  • Joni Mitchell - Dr Junk
  • Steve Martin - Dentist! (Little Shop of Horrors)
  • Leftfield ft John Lydon - Open Up
  • Supernaturals - Smile
  • Killers - Smile
  • Barry Manilow - Can't smile without you
  • Shins - New Slang
  • Half Man Half Biscuit - 27 Yards of Dental Floss
  • Stormzy - Crown
  • Gap Band - Oops sise your head
  • Goldie - Inner City Life
  • Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (2:30)
  • Roots Manuva - Toothbrush
  • Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me?
  • Maccabees @felixwhite - Toothpaste Kisses
  • Kate Nash - Mouthwash
  • Weird Al Yankovic - Cavity Search
  • Dirt Devils - The Drill

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Leftfield ft John Lydon - Open Up
2. Steve Martin - Dentist! (Little Shop of Horrors)
3. Supergrass - Alright
4. Young Fathers - I saw
5. Max Bygraves - Pink toothbrush
6. Maccabees @felixwhite - Toothpaste Kisses
[Side 2]
7. Eels - Novacaine for the soul
8. Shins - New Slang
9. Stormzy - Crown
10. Therapy? - Teethgrinder
11. Kate Nash - Mouthwash
12. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Hidden: Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me?
Thank you for Mog created an "applified" playlist.

Previous Appearances

No less than NINE debuts with Eels, Kate Nash, Leftfield and Lydon (as a soloist), Maccabees, Max Bygraves, Stormzy, The Shins, Therapy and Young Fathers.
You could make it ten as it is the first time for Steve Martin but technically, it's a second appearance for Little House of Horrors..
Of the other acts with previous appearances:
Artist#Other Appearances
Culture Club2Do you really want to hurt me? (Couples, #65)
Little shop of horrors2Feed me Seymour (Plants, #107)
Supergrass2Caught by the fuzz (Breaking Law*, #109)
Pink Floyd8Another brick in the wall (Respect, #41)
Another brick in the wall (Choirs, #68)
Bike (Toys*, #30)
Brain Damage (Brain, #75)
Breathe (in the air) (Breathing, #82)
Comfortably Numb (Hello, #50)
Run like hell (Running 2, #99)

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