Friday 27 October 2023

Midnight MIxtape: Dog Talk

Say what to Dogs?

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (26/10/2023) with Songs that reference things you'd say to a dog!

Songs in contention

  • James - Sit down
  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get down
  • Drake - Hold on, we're going home
  • Shakespear's Sister - Stay
  • Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay
  • David Bowie - Stay
  • Lisa Loeb - Stay
  • Prince - Gett Off
  • Queen - You're my best friend
  • Status Quo - Down down
  • Snoop Dogg - Drop it like it's hot
  • Woodkid - Run boy run
  • Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
  • Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
  • Pantera - Walk
  • Run DMC vs Aerosmith - Walk this way
  • Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
  • Paul Johnson - Get get down
  • James Brown - Get up offa that thing {Clare from 5-drive's choice}
  • Norah Jones - Man of the hour
  • Strokes - Modern Age / Last night / Take it or leave it
  • Sydney Youngblood - Sit & Wait
  • Gene Chandler - Get down
  • Jon Batiste - Drink Water
  • Barron Knights - Get down Shep
  • Kiss - Lick it up
  • Kosheen - Catch
  • Van Halen - Jump
  • Barenaked Ladies - What a good boy
  • Beatles - Hey Bulldog
  • Chemical Brothers - Do it again

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Queen - You're my best friend
2. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
3. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
4. Drake - Hold on, we're going home
5. Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay
6. Paul Johnson - Get get down
[Side 2]
7. James - Sit down
8. Pantera - Walk
9. James Brown - Get up offa that thing {Clare}
10. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get down
11. Snoop Dogg - Drop it like it's hot
12. Norah Jones - Man of the hour
Hidden: Strokes - (e.g. Modern Age / Last night / Take it or leave it)
Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

Five debutants with Gilbert O'Sullivan, Maurice Williams & Zodiacs, Norah Jones, Pantera and Paul Johnson.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:
Artist#Other Appearances
Drake2...going home (Homeward Bound, #81)
Strokes2Last night (Day/Night Before, #110)
Snoop Dogg3Murder is the case (Prison, #34)
Who am I (What's my name)? (Dogs*, #39)
James Brown3Get up Sex Machine (Bridges*, #86)
Out of sight (See Clearly, #71)
Chuck Berry4Don't you lie to me (Liar Liar, #61)
Maybellene (Car Showroom 1, #76)
Promised Land (New Beginnings, #32)
James4Moving on (End of the Road, #59)
Sit down (Set the table*, #74)
Sit down (New Years, #83)
Dexy's Midnight Runners5Because of you (TV Themes, #17)
Geno (Trumpets, #2)
Jackie Wilson said (Non Sport*, #18)
There there my dear (Search*, #102)
Queen15A Winter's tale (Winter, #33)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Foreign, #4)
Flash (80s Movies, #11)
Flash (Superheroes, #25)
Flash (Planets*, #78)
Flash (Cleaning up, #104)
It's a kind of magic (Magic, #67)
Keep Passing... (Windows, #101)
Somebody to love (Question of Love*, #20)
Take my breath away (Breathing, #82)
The show must go on (Human Spirit 1, #90)
We are the champions (Best, #49)
We will rock you (Shortest, #6)
We will rock you (Two Instruments, #79)

Friday 20 October 2023

Midnight Mixtape: Shy

Shy

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (19/10/2023) with Songs that reference shyness/bashfulness!

Songs in contention

  • Aha - Take on me
  • Whitney - How will I know
  • Killers - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
  • Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
  • Herman's Hermits - I'm into Something Good
  • Placebo - Nancy Boy
  • Cat Stevens - Don't be shy
  • Cowardly Lion - If I had a heart
  • Gloria Estefan - 1-2-3
  • Diana King - Shy Guy
  • Great White - Once bitten twice shy
  • Amy Macdonald - This is the life
  • Smiths - Ask
  • Adele - Someone like you
  • Pointer Sisters - He's so shy
  • Nick Cave - Shyness (Letter to Daniel and Vera)
  • Abba - Name of the game
  • Idlewild - Actually it’s darkness
  • Ben Folds Five - Underground
  • Bananarama - Shy Boy
  • Katie Melua - Shy Boy
  • Snow Patrol - Spitting Games
  • K.Flay - Shy
  • Kristine Blond - Love Shy
  • Merv Griffin - I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
  • Chi-lites - Have you seen her?
  • New Jeans - Supershy
  • Billy Joel - Leave a Tender Moment {quiet and shy}
  • Mario Lanza (Carousel) - If I loved you
  • Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Nick Cave - Shyness (Letter to Daniel and Vera)
2. Adele - Someone like you
3. Abba - Name of the game
4. Pointer Sisters - He's so shy
5. Diana King - Shy Guy
6. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
[Side 2]
7. Placebo - Nancy Boy
8. K.Flay - Shy
9. Idlewild - Actually it’s darkness
10. Great White - Once bitten twice shy
11. Killers - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
12. Ben Folds Five - Underground
Hidden: Chi-lites - Have you seen her?
Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

SEVEN debuts with Abba, Diana King, Great White, Idlewild, Kajagoogoo, K.Flay and Placebo.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:
Artist#Other Appearances
Ben Folds 52Brick (Day in life of, #85)
Chi-lites2Have you seen her? (Search, #102)
Pointer Sisters2Automatic (Oh Sister, #15)
Killers3All these things are done (Human Spirit 2, #91)
Somebody told me (Rumours, #37)
Adele5Hello (Hello, #50)
Rumour has it (Rumours, #37)
Set fire to the rain (One name, #16)
Skyfall (Bond, #19)
Nick Cave10Tepula (Thunder&Lightning, #114)
Red right hand (Devils*, #13)
Red right hand (TV Themes, #17)
Red right hand (Snooker, #47)
Ship Song (Ship Ahoy, #43)
Ship Song (Bridges, #86)
Where the wild roses grow (Roses, #38)
Where the wild roses grow (Plants, #107)
Henry Lee (Hundred, #100)

Friday 13 October 2023

Midnight Mixtape: Rats

Rats

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (12/10/2023) with Songs that reference rats!

Songs in contention

  • Michael Jackson - Ben
  • Roland Rat Superstar - Rat Rapping
  • Walkmen - The Rat
  • Drifters - Rat Race
  • Dr Rubberfunk - Riding with the Ratman
  • Blur - Country House
  • Specials - Rat Race
  • Placebo - Slave to the wage
  • Partners in Kryme - Turtle Power
  • Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
  • Badly Drawn Boy - Year of the Rat
  • Honeyblood - Super Rat
  • Grandmaster Flash - The Message
  • Pearl Jam - Rats
  • UB40 - Rat in mi Kitchen
  • Big Mama Thornton - I smell a rat
  • Al Bowlly - Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugarplum fairy
  • Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
  • Stranglers - Down in the sewer
  • Damned - Smash it up (hidden)
  • Supergrass - Sun hits the sky (hidden)
  • Rat Pack - Mr Bojangles (hidden)
  • Queen - Great King Rat (not played)
  • Editors - Racing Rats
  • Kelis & Andre 3000 - Millionaire

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Big Mama Thornton - I smell a rat
2. Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
3. Kelis & Andre 3000 - Millionaire
4. Walkmen - The Rat
5. Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite Pas De Deux (Dance of the Sugarplum fairy/Rat King)
6. Stranglers - Down in the sewer
[Side 2]
7. Specials - Rat Race
8. Michael Jackson - Ben
9. Dr Rubberfunk - Riding with the Ratman
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
11. Drifters - Rat Race
12. Badly Drawn Boy - Year of the Rat
Hidden: Sammy Davis Jr (Rat Pack) - Mr Bojangles
Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified" playlist.

Previous Appearances

Four debuts with Dr Rubberfunk, Drifters, Tchaikovsky and Walkmen.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:
Artist#Other Appearances
Badly Drawn Boy2Silent sigh (Breathing. #82)
Big Mamma Thorton2Hound Dog (Dogs, #39)
Boomtown rats2I don't like Mondays (Day in life of, #85)
Kelis2Caught out there (Liar Liar, #61)
Smashing Pumpkins2Tonight Tonight (Groundhog Day 2, #88)
Michael Jackson3Billie Jean (Tennis, #53)
Leave me alone (Alone, #57)
Pearl Jam3Spin the black circle (Records, #97)
Yellow Ledbetter (Snooker, #47)
Sammy Davis Jr3I gotta be me (Human Spirit 2, #91)
Mr Bojangles (Whistle, #94)
Specials4Enjoy yourself (New Years, #83)
Ghost Town (Monster, #23)
Too much too young (Shortest, #6)
Stranglers5Duchess (Royals, #7)
Mercury rising (Planets, #78)
No more heroes (North Pole, #80)
Something better change (New Beginnings, #32)

Friday 6 October 2023

Midnight Mixtape: Baseball

Baseball

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (05/10/2023) with Songs that reference baseball!

Songs in contention

  • Timmy Trumpet - Narco (Edwin Diaz)
  • Gene Kelly - Take me out to the ball game
  • Carly Simon - Take me out to the ball game
  • Billy Joel (The Forms) - We didn't start the fire
  • Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
  • All American Rejects - Swing Swing
  • Count Basie - Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?
  • K7 - Come baby come
  • Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
  • Eddie Vedder - All the Way
  • Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
  • Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
  • Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
  • Don Henley - Boys of Summer
  • Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
  • Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
  • John Fogerty - Centerfield
  • Simpsons - Talkin' softball
  • Madonna - This is used to be my playground
  • Troggs - Wild Thing
  • Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline [not played]
  • Sam & Dave - Knock it out the park
  • Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
  • Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
  • Pavement - Major Leagues
  • Ramones - Beat on the brat (with a baseball bat)
  • Hoddle & Waddle - Diamond lights
  • Lindisfarne - Run for Home
  • Todd Snider - America's Favorite Pastime

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Big Hitters
1. Carly Simon - Take me out to the ball game
2. Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
3. Count Basie - Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?
4. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
6. Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
[Side 2] Big Play
7. Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
8. K7 - Come baby come
9. Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
10. John Fogerty - Centerfield
11. Sam & Dave - Knock it out the park
12. Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Hidden: Simpsons - Talkin' softball
Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

FIVE debuts with Count Basie, John Fogerty, K7, Sam & Dave, The Simpsons.
Of the other acts with previous appearances: /tr>
Artist#Other Appearances
Beastie Boys2Intergalactic (Planets, #78)
Dire Straits2Sultans of swing (Royals, #7)
Echo & The Bunnymen2Lips like sugar, #(Sugar, #63)
Belle & Sebastian3Stars of track and field (Non Sport, #18)
The boy with the Arab strap (Scotland, #5)
Don Henley3Boys of summer (Summer Lovin, #62)
Boys of Summer (Car Showroom 1, #76)
Kenny Rogers4The Gambler (Cards, #84)
The Gambler (Good Advice, #103)
(w/ Dolly Parton) Islands in the stream, #(Couples*, #65)
Carly Simon5You're so vain (Movie Stars*, #58)
Let the river run (Running 2, #99)
Nobody does it better (The Spy who loved me), #Bond, #19)
Nobody does it better (Perfect, #119)
Simon & Garfunkel8Bridge over troubled water (Bridges, #86)
El Condor Pasa (Toolbox, #55)
Homeward bound (Homeward Bound, #81)
Mrs Robinson (Non Sport, #18)
Sound of Silence (Whisper, #48)
Sound of Silence (Hello, #50)
My little town (Washing/Drying, #116)