Midnight Mixtape: Last Orders

Last orders

This was the final weeknight midnight mixtape! Colin Murray was joined by both Paul McNamee and Claire Lim to look at listener selections (21/12/2023) with Songs that reference last orders but NOT really sad goodbye but a cheers, time to go home, one more time, farewell friend, last orders, last time, tip of cap kinda vibe!

Songs in contention

• Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
• Boyz II Men - End of the road
• Cure - Close to me
• Semisonic - Closing Time
• Tom Waits - I hope I dont fall in love with you
• We are scientists - After hours
• (Sound of music) - So long farewell
• Daft Punk - One more time
• Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
• Keane - This is the last time
• Julie London/Andrew Sisters - Show me the way to go home
• Woody Guthrie - So long it's been good to know you
• Giorgio Moroder/Phil Oakey - Together in electric dreams
• Billy Joel - Piano Man
• Green Day - Good riddance
• Terry Bush - Littlest Hobo (Maybe tomorrow)
• Divine Comedy - Tonight we fly
• Muse - Time is running out
• Modest mouse - Float on
• Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time to say goodbye
• Toots & Maytals - Take me home country roads
• Killers - All these things that I've done
• Frank Sinatra - One for my baby
• Pogues - Body of an American
• Pogues - Sally MacLennane
• Sinead - Parting Glass
• Communards - Never can say goodbye
• Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
• Crowded House - Don't dream it's over
• Leonard Cohen - Closing time
• Edith Piaf - Je ne regrette rien
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird
• Led Zeppelin - Ramble on

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Daft Punk - One more time
2. Giorgio Moroder/Phil Oakey - Together in electric dreams
3. Divine Comedy - Tonight we fly
4. Billy Joel - Piano Man
5. Frank Sinatra - One for my baby 
6. Killers - All these things that I've done
[Side 2]
7. Cure - Close to me
8. Boyz II Men - End of the road
9. Modest mouse - Float on
10. Tom Waits - I hope I dont fall in love with you
11. Green Day - Good riddance
12. Edith Piaf - Je ne regrette rien
Hidden: Abba - Thank you for the music

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

Just two debuts with...Giorgio Moroder/Phil Oakey and the floating Modest mouse. Together in electric dreams was the original pening theme to the weeknight midnight mixtape before being exchanged for Timmy Trumpet's "Narco".
It should also be noted that both Billy Joel ("We didn't start the fire") and Frank Sinatra ("My way") and join Johnny Cash going on back-to-back mixtapes on Colin's watch.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Abba	2	Name of the game (Shyness, #122)
Boyz II Men	2	End of the road (End of the road, #59)
Daft Punk	2	Harder Better Faster Stronger (Fast, #45)
Edith Piaf	2	La vie en rose (Roses, #38)
Green Day	4	...When September ends (Autumn, #69) BASKET Case (Washing/Drying, #116) Good Riddance (Memories, #46)
Killers	4	All these things are done (Human Spirit 2, #91) Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll (Shyness, #122) Somebody told me (Rumours, #37)
Divine Comedy	6	Frog Princess (Royals, #7) Lost Property (Lost, #92) My imaginary friend (Imagination, #72) Something for the weekend (Wood, #60) Sunrise (Ireland, #42)
Tom Waits	6	Last Leaf (Autumn, #69) Rain Dogs (Dogs, #39) Red shoes (by the drugstore} (Shoes, #124) Way down in the hole (TV Themes, #17) What's he building in there? (Toolbox, #55)
Cure	7	A Forest (Wood*, #60) Hot hot hot (Groundhog Day 2, #88) In between day (Day/Night Before, #110) Killing an Arab (Books, #108) Lullaby (Whisper, #48) Lullaby (Superheroes, #25)
Frank Sinatra	7	Come fly with me (Holidays, #12) It was a very good year (Memories, #46) Mack the knife (Under the Sea, #51) My way (Human Spirit 1, #90) My way (Referred Songs, #131) Send in the clowns (Eyes*, #40)
Billy Joel	8	...Italian restaurant (Set the table, #74) Downeaster Alexa (Ship Ahoy, #43) For the longest time (Two Instruments, #79) River of Dreams (River, #36) Stiletto (Shoes, #124) We didn't start the fire (Movie Stars, #58) We didn't start the fire (Songs that reference, #130)