Midnight Mixtape: Shakespeare

Shakespeare

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson covering for a poorly Colin Murray (GWS!) was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (09/11/2023) with Songs that reference Shakespeare or his immortal work celebrating the 400th birthday this week of his first folio!

Songs in contention

• Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
• Killers - Romeo and Juliet
• Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
• Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness
• Beatles - I Am the Walrus
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper {Romeo and Juliet}
• David Essex - A winter's tale {Tony Livsey's choice}
• Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
• Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do
• Crowded House - Weather with you
• Elvis - Lonesome onight
• Shakespears Sister - You're history
• Reflections - Just like Romeo and Juliet
• Chris De Burgh - Fatal Hesitation
• Nick Lowe - Cruel to be kind
• Lumineers - Ophelia
• Eagles - Get over it
• Elvis Costello - Miss Macbeth
• Cud - Rich & Strange
• BA Roberston - To be or not to be {Clare McDonnell's choice}
• Rush - Limelight
• Band - Ophelia
• Joni Mithcell - Talk to me
• Supergrass - Richard III
• Kids from Fame - Desdemona
• Cole Porter (Kiss me Kate) - Brush up your Shakespeare
• Bach - Air on G String
• Genesie - Cinema show
• Taylor Swift - Love Story
• Radiohead - Exit Music (for a Film)
• France Gail - Shakespeare et Pire Encore

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
2. Elvis Costello - Miss Macbeth
3. Joni Mithcell - Talk to me
4. David Essex - A winter's tale
5. Reflections - Just like Romeo and Juliet
6. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
[Side 2]
7. Taylor Swift - Love Story
8. Kids from Fame - Desdemona
8. Elvis - Lonesome onight
10. Band - Ophelia
11. Cole Porter (Kiss me Kate) - Brush up your Shakespeare
12. Radiohead - Exit Music (for a Film)
Hidden: Bach - Air on G String

Previous Appearances

6 debuts with Bach, Cole Porter, Joni Mitchell, Mumford & Sons, Reflections and Kids from Fame* debut. (*Note: excluding Irene Cara's "Fame" from the fame mixtape)
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
The Band	2	When I paint my masterpiece (Spanish 2, #112)
David Essex	2	A Winter's tale (Winter, #33)
Dire Straits	3	Sultans of swing (Royals, #7) Sultans of Swing (Baseball, #120)
Taylor Swift	3	All too well (Autumn, #69) Bad Blood (Blood, #35)
Elvis	6	(LMBY) Teddy Bear (Toys, #30) Heartbreak Hotel (Hotels, #70) Jailhouse Rock (Prison, #34) Lonesome tonight (Alone, #57) Return to sender (Tennis, #53)
Elvis Costello	7	Shipbuilding (Trumpets*, #2) 45 (Records, #97) Good year for the roses (Roses, #38) Indoor Fireworks (Fireworks, #24) Shipbuilding (Louder than War, #22) Shipbuilding (Ship Ahoy, #43)
Radiohead	9	Fake Plastic Trees (Radio*, #29) Fake plastic trees (Plants*, #107) Airbag (Fast, #45) Idioteque (Oh Brother, #14) My iron lung (Breathing, #82) The bends (Under the Sea, #51) There There (Groundhog Day 2, #88) Everything in it's right place (Day/Night Before, #110) Idioteque (End of the world, #118)