Midnight Mixtape: July

July Mixtapes

Gone too soon Mixtape

Mixtape: #8 Gone too soon
Date: (15/07/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Mike Bubbins

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Aaliyah - Try again
Otis Redding - Dock of the bay
Avicii - Wake me up
Jimi Hendrix - The wind cries Mary

[Side 2]
Amy Winehouse - Back to black
Nirvana - Breed
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
Doors - Light my fire
Nick Drake - Northern Sky

Hidden:
Manic Street Preachers - Love us

Wales Mixtape

Mixtape: #9 Wales
Date: (22/07/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Mike Bubbins

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Hen wiad fy nhaddau (Land of my fathers) - (Land of my Fathers)
Tom Jones - Green green grass of home
Manic Street Preachers - If you tolerate
Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart
Deeside - The alarm
Stereophonics - Local boy in the photograph

[Side 2]
Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
Bronwen Lewis - Can't help falling in love
Goldie Lookin Chains - Guns don't kill people
Mary Hopkin - Those were the days
Catatonia - International Velvet

Hidden:
Super Furry Animals - The man don't

Elvis Mixtape

Mixtape: #10 Elvis
Date: (29/07/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Mike Bubbins

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Jailhouse Rock
Don't
One night
Love me tender
American Trilogy
Guitar Man

[Side 2]
Burning love
In the Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
I just can't help believing
Way down
If I coul dream

Hidden:
ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas

Movie Stars Mixtape

Mixtape: #58 Movie Stars
Date: (01/07/22)
Host: Nick Bright
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
Queen - Flash
Stan Bush - Touch
Berlin - Take my breath away
Creedence Clearwater - Bad moon rising
Michael Sembello - Maniac

[Side 2]
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Survivor - Eye of the tiger
Gerard McCann - Cry little sister
Huey Lewis & The News - Power of love
Prince - Purple Rain
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - Time of my life

Hidden:
Harold Ealtermeyer - Axel F

End of the road Mixtape

Mixtape: #59 End of the road
Date: (08/07/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
Sam Brown - Stop!
Doors - The end
Semisonic - Closing Time
Travelling Wilburys - End of the line
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time to say goodbye

[Side 2]
Foo Fighters - Long road to ruin
Skeeter Davis - End of the world
Marvin Gaye - End of our road
James - Moving on
Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your lover
Boyz II Man - End of the road

Hidden:
Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world

Got wood Mixtape

Mixtape: #60 Got wood
Date: (15/07/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: John Robb

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Amii Stewart - Knock on wood
Lead Belly - Where do you sleep last night
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - The Woodman
Paul Weller - Wildwood
Parton/Ronstadt/Harris - Rosewood Casket
Doves - Cedar Room

[Side 2]
Beatles - Norwegian Wood
Pulp - Disco 2000
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
Bob Marley - No woman no cry
Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend
Laurel + Hardy - ... Lonesome Pine

Hidden:
Cure - A Forest

Liar Liar

Mixtape: #61 Liar Liar
Date: (22/07/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Charles & Eddie - Would I lie to you?
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
Chuck Berry - Don't you lie to me
Kelis - Caught out there
Eagles - Lying eyes
Libertines - Can't stand me now

[Side 2]
Eurythmics - Would I lie to you?
Castaways - Liar Liar
Shakira - Hips don't lie
Fall - Lie dream of a casino soul
Shaggy - It wasn't me
Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt

Hidden:
Milli Vanilli - Girl you know it's true

Summer lovin' Mixtape

Mixtape: #62 Summer lovin'
Date: (29/07/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Grease - Summer Nights
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme some lovin'
Arab Strap - The first big weekend
Lovin' spoonful - Summer in the city
Blur - Girls & Boys
Don Henley - Boys of summer

[Side 2]
Meatloaf - You took the words right out of my mouth
HAIM - Summer girl
Wham! - Club Tropicana
Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The first time)
Undertones - Here comes the summer
Ice Cube - It was a good day

Hidden:
Donna Summer - I feel love

Plants Mixtape

Mixtape: #107 Plants
Date: (06/07/23)
Host: Johnny I'Anson
Guest: Nat Jamieson

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Richie Havens - Going back to my roots
Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the grapevine
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where the wild roses grow
Pixies - Cactus
Ace of Base - Life is a flower

[Side 2]
Guns N Roses - Paradise City
Levi Stubbs (Little shop of horrors) - Feed me (git it) Seymour
Squid - Houseplants
Kacey Musgraves - Dandelion
Stereophonics - Thousand Trees
Blossoms - Blown Rose

Hidden:
Radiohead - Fake plastic trees

Books Mixtape

Mixtape: #108 Books
Date: (13/07/23)
Host: Nick Bright
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Limahl - Neverending story
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
David Bowie - 1984
Cure - Killing an Arab
Metallica - For whom the bell tolls
Leonard Nimoy - Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

[Side 2]
Beatles - Paperback writer
Kinks - Picture Book
Teardrop explodes - Read it in books
Simple Minds - Book of brilliant things
Simply Red - Picture book
Bob Seger - Turn the Page

Hidden:
Go Betweens - Karen

Breaking Law Mixtape

Mixtape: #109 Breaking Law
Date: (20/07/23)
Host: Qasa Alom
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Clash - I fought the law 
Coolio - Gangsta's paradise
Prodigy - Their Law
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff
Jorja Smith - Blue Lights

[Side 2]
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Bessie Smith - Send me to the electric chair
Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
AC/DC - Dirty deeds done dirt cheap

Hidden:
Supergrass - Caught by the fuzz

Day/Night Before Mixtape

Mixtape: #110 Day/Night Before
Date: (27/07/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Strokes - Last night
Ash - Kung fu
Indeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
Matthew Wilder - Break my stride
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
Cure - In between day

[Side 2]
Radiohead - Everything in it's right place
Mark Lanegan - Where did you sleep last night?
Electric Prunes - I had too much to dream (last night)
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday morning coming down
Beatles - Yesterday
Sinead O'Connor - He moved through the fair

Hidden:
Shirelles - Will you (still) love me tomorrow

Weekend Playlist: Olympic Sports 1

Weekend Playlist: Olympic Sports

Here's a weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator walt4it looking at X/twitter selections (25/07/2024) with Songs that reference Olympic Sports.
The start of Paris Olympics was on 26th July 2024 with an opening ceremony highlighting a female gamesmaker holding an umbrella up for Tony Estanguet, hot-air balloon holding the Olympic Flame and Celine Dion.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1]
1. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
2. Herbie Hancock - Rock it
3. America - A horse with no name
4. Surfaris - Wipeout
5. Rod Stewart - Sailing
6. Who - Relay
[Side 2]
7. Dio - Holy Diver
8. Beautiful South - Perfect 10
9. Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973
10. Peter Gabriel - I go swimming
11. Embrace - Target
12. Ian Brown - Marathon Man
[Bonus]
Amy Winehouse - Between the Cheats
Vangelis - Chariots of fire

Long list

• Aloe blacc - Let the games begin
• America - A horse with no name
• Amy Winehouse - Between the Cheats
• Ash - Kung Fu
• Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
• Bagpuss - The Ballet Shoe
• Beautiful South - Perfect 10
• Blur - No distance left to run
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
• Cat Stevens - Father & Son
• Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
• Dio - Holy Diver
• Drums - Lets go surfing
• Eagles - Long run
• ELO - Livin' Thing
• Embrace - Target
• Gene - Olympian
• Gomez - Whippin Piccaddilly
• Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973
• Herbie Hancock - Rock it
• Hollies - He ain't heavy He's my brother
• Ian Brown - Marathon Man
• Irene Cara - Breakdance
• Jeff Foxworthy - Redneck Games
• Leo Arnaud - Bugler's Dream
• Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
• Metallica - Don't tread on me
• Micronaut ft Saskia Streck - Fencing
• P!nk - Beam me up
• Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
• Peter Gabriel - I go swimming
• Pointer Sisters - Jump
• Queen - Bicycle Race
• Queen - Don't stop me now
• Queen - We are the champions
• Quiver & Sutherland Brothers - Arms of Mary
• Radiohead - Climbing up the walls
• REM - Man on the moon
• Rod Stewart - Sailing
• Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
• Snow Patrol - Run
• Spandau Ballet - Gold
• Starsailor - Four to the floor
• Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver
• Surfaris - Wipeout
• Tears for Fears - Head over heels
• Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
• Van Halen - Jump
• Van Morrison & Tom Jones - Carrying a torch
• Vangelis - Chariots of fire
• Verve - Drugs don't work
• Who - Relay

Weekend Playlist: Moon

Weekend Playlist: Moon

Here's a weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Helen looking at X/twitter selections (18/07/2024) with Songs that reference France.
This is to mark 55 years of the first moon landing on the 21st July. The whole journey actually was from July 16-24, 1969.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1] "New" Moon
1. Waterboys - Whole of the moon
2. R.E.M. - Man on the moon
3. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
4. Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon
5. Police - Walking on the moon
6. Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

[Side 2] "Full" Moon
7. (TBD) - Blue Moon
8. Audrey Hepburn - Moon River
9. Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad moon rising
11. Van Morrison - Moondance
12. Harry Chaplin - Cats in the cradle

[Bonus]
Pink Floyd - Eclipse
Fat Bottomed Boys - Moonlight Serenade

Long list

• Audrey Hepburn - Moon River
• Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
• Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
• Bruno Mars - Talking to the moon
• Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad moon rising
• Dan Reed Network - Blame it on the moon
• Dvorak - Song to the moon
• Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon
• Ella fitzgerald - Reaching for the moon
• Ernesto vs Bastian - Dark side of the moon
• Fat Bottomed Boys - Moonlight Serenade
• Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
• Gay Dad - To Earth with love
• Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the moon
• Harry Chaplin - Cats in the cradle
• Inspiral Carpets - Saturn 5
• Marc Almond - Luna
• Marcels - Blue Moon
• Marianne Faithfull - No moon in Paris
• Max Boyce - Ballad of Morgan the Moon
• Paul Weller - Moon on your pyjamas
• Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
• Pink Floyd - Eclipse
• Police - Walking on the moon
• Public Sector Broadcasting - Go
• R.E.M. - Man on the moon
• Roxette - First girl on the moon
• Supra - Blue Moon
• Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
• Tasmin Archer
• The Silencers - Painted Moon
• Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the moonlight
• Tom McRae - 2nd Law
• Van Morrison - Moondance
• Waterboys - Whole of the moon
• Watercress - Spacegirl
• YG Marley - Praise jah in the moonlight

Weekend Playlist: France

Weekend Playlist: France

Here's a weekend playlist created by Adrian and Benny looking at X/twitter selections (11/07/2024) with Songs that reference France.
Bastille Day or French Independence Day was on July 14th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[1er Cote] Chanteurs natifs
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Pt2
Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
Jane Birkin & Mickey 3d - Je m'appelle Jane
Anggun - La neige au Sahara
Indochine - J'ai demande a la lune
Dalida - Le temps des fleurs

[2eme Cote] Chanteurs non-natifs
Dario G - Carnaval De Paris
Visage - Fade to Grey
Kylie Minogue - Je ne sais pas pourquoi
ELO - Hold on tight
Blur - To the end
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways

[Chansons Cachees]
Beatles - All you need love
Plastic Betrand - Ca plane pour moi
Edith Piaf – Je ne regrette rien

Long list

• Adam & Ants - Young Parisians
• Anggun - La neige au Sahara
• Au revoir simone (friendly fires) - Paris
• Beatles - All you need love
• Berlioz - last marseillaise
• Berlioz - last marseillaise
• Bill Wyman - Je suis un rockstar
• Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face {les yeux sans visage}
• Blondie - Denis
• Blur - To the end
• Christine and the Queens - Tilted
• Dalida - Le temps des fleurs
• Dario G - Carnaval De Paris
• Debbie Harry - French Kissin' in the USA
• Edith Piaf – Je ne regrette rien
• ELO - Hold on tight
• Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways
• Indochine - J'ai demandé à la lune
• Jane Birkin & Mickey 3d - Je m'appelle Jane
• Jean Ferrat - Ma France
• Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Pt2
• Judy Collins - My Father
• Juliette Greco - Les temps des cerises
• Kraftwerk - Tour de France
• Kylie Minogue - Je ne sais pas pourquoi
• Lizot Z feat Holly molly - Menage a trois
• Madness - Le grand pantalon (Baggy Trousers)
• Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D'Amour
• Marc Ogeret - L'Internationale
• Max Boyce - French Trip
• Megadeth - Tout Le Monde
• OMD - Joan of Arc
• Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go my lovely
• Placebo - Nancy boy
• Plastic Betrand - Ca plane pour moi
• Renaud - Morgane de Toi
• Robbie Neville - C'est la vie
• Serge Reggiani - Maximilien
• Smokie - I'll meet you at midnight
• Stereolab - Frecnh Disko
• Stranglers - Nice is Nice
• Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
• Tatiana Eva/Avalon Jazz Band - I love Paris
• Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
• Visage - Fade to Grey
• Wedding Present - Pourquoi es tu devenue si raisonnable
• xtina/lil kim/mya/p!nk - Lady Marmalade

Weekend Playlist: Politics

Weekend Playlist: Politics

Here's a weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator SnailOB looking at X/twitter selections (04/07/2024) with Songs that reference politics.
General Election season is in full swing with the UK General Election taking place on Thursday, July 4th, which is also American Independence Day. America of course have their own elections at the end of the year. France is also in the process of selecting a new president continuing on July 7th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1]
Alice Cooper - Elected
Willie Nelson - Vote 'em out
Specials - Vote for me
Switchfoot - Politicians
Re-Flex - Politics of Dancing
Camera Obscura - Desire Lines

[Side 2]
Sinead O'Connor - Black boys on mopeds
Billy Bragg - Between the wars
Alan Price - Jarrow Song
Paul Heaton & Rianne Downey - Heatongrad
Nomad - Devotion
Heaven 17 - (We don't need this) Fascist groove thang

[Bonus]
Extreme - When I'm president
Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

Long list

• Alan Price - Jarrow Song
• Alice Cooper - Elected
• Alice Cooper - Generation Landslide
• Aztec Camera - Good Morning Britain
• Billy Bragg - Between the wars
• Buffalo Springfield - For what it’s worth
• Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
• Coldplay - Politik
• D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better
• David Ford - You've never had it so good
• Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
• Extreme - When I'm president
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Gill Scott heron - Revolution will not be televised
• Heaven 17 - (We don't need this) Fascist groove thang
• Hue & Cry - Labour of love
• Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
• Manic Street Preachers - Life becoming a landslide
• Manic Street Preachers - Socialist Serenade
• Nomad - Devotion
• Notsensibles - I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher
• Parliament - Mothership Connection
• Paul Heaton & Rianne Downey - Heatongrad {Election}
• Rage Against the Machine - Mic Check
• Re-Flex - Politics of Dancing
• Sinead O'Connor - Black boys on mopeds
• Skunk Anasnie - Yes it's ****ing political
• Specials - Vote for me
• Switchfoot - Politicians
• Thunder - Low life in high places
• VIM - Maggie's Last Party
• Willie Nelson - Vote 'em out
• Wire - Reuters {Prices have risen since the government fell}
• World Party - Message in the Box

Bonus GE2024 Recap Mixtape

[Side 1]
Culture Beat - Crying in the rain
D:Ream - Things can only get better
Iggy Pop - I'm a conservative
Hue & Cry - Labour of love
Phil Ochs - Love me I'm a liberal
Lisa Stansfield - Change

[Side 2]
Miike Snow - Paddling out
Kelis - Milkshake
Pulp - Disco 2000
Al3jandro - I'm leaving early
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Elvis - Surrender

[Bonus]
ABBA - Dancing Queen
M People - Movin' on up
Mr Tumble - There's a party