Midnight Mixtape: August

80s Movies Mixtape

Mixtape: #11 80s Movies Before
Date: (05/08/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

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

Holidays Mixtape

Mixtape: #12 Holidays
Date: (12/08/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday
Frank Sinatra - Come fly with me
Typically Tropical - Barbados
Weezer - Island in the sun
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Madonna - Holiday

[Side 2]
Dizzee Rascal - Holiday
Franz Ferdinand - Jacqueline
Beach Boys - Kokomo
Blur - Girls & Boys
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
Wham! - Club Tropicana

Hidden:
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

Devils Mixtape

Mixtape: #13 Devils
Date: (19/08/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Iron Maiden - The number of the beast
Rolling stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Chemical Brothers - Golden Path
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Max Romeo - I chase the devil
Tenacious D - Tribute

[Side 2]
Charlie Daniels - Devil went down
Pixies - Monkey gone to Heaven
6th gate - Dance with the Devil
Slayer - South of Heaven
Nina Simone - Sinner man
Beck - Devil's Haircut

Hidden:
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Red right hand

Oh Brother Mixtape

Mixtape: #14 Oh Brother
Date: (26/08/21)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Everly Brothers - All I have to do is dream
INXS - Need you tonight
Crowded House - It's only natural
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Bee Gees - You should be dancing
Orbital - Chime

[Side 2]
Bros - I owe you nothing
Radiohead - Idioteque
Kings of Leon - Use somebody
Jackson 5 - I want you back
Jesus and Mary Chain - April skies
Oasis - Don't look back in Anger

Hidden:
Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith

Sugar Mixtape

Mixtape: #63 Sugar
Date: (05/08/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Charlie Webster

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Julie Andrews - A spoonful of sugar
Robin Shulz - Sugar
Archies - Sugar Sugar
System of a down - Sugar
Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips like sugar

[Side 2]
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the sugar plum fairy
CJ Lewis - Sweets for my sweet
Fall out boy - Sugar we're going down
Nina Simone - I want a little sugar
Four Tops - I can't help myself (Sugar pie)
Def Leppard - Pour some sugar on me

Hidden:
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines

Rainbows Mixtape

Mixtape: #64 Rainbows
Date: (12/08/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Kermit the Frog - Rainbow Connection
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
Waterboys - Whole of the moon
Cyndi Lauper - True Colours
Rainbow TV - (Theme Tune)
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world

[Side 2]
Rolling Stones - She's a rainbow
Finlay Quaye - Sunday Shining
Berri - Sunshine after the rain
Lesley Gore - Sunshine lollipops and rainbows
Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows
Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow

Hidden:
Rainbow - Since you've been gone

Couples Mixtape

Mixtape: #65 Couples
Date: (19/08/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
White Stripes - Fell in love with a girl
Johnny Cash/June Carter - Jackson
Beyonce & Jay Z - Crazy in love
Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl
Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

[Side 2]
No doubt - Don't Speak
Ike & Tina Turner - River deep mountain high
Kylie & Jason - Especially for you
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling slowly
Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Wannadies - You and me song

Hidden:
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands in the stream

White Album Mixtape

Mixtape: #66 White Album
Date: (26/08/22)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: John Robb

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
Dido - White flag
Offspring - Pretty fly (for a white guy)
Oh wonder - White blood
Moody Blues - Nights in white satin

[Side 2]
Clash - White Riot
T-Rex - Ride a white swan
Jefferson Airplane - White rabbit
Jackie Lee - White horses
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Procol Harum - Whiter shade of pale

Hidden:
Barry White - First last my everything

Spanish 1 Mixtape

Mixtape: #111 Spanish 1
Date: (03/08/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Sylvia Vrethammar - Y Viva Espana
Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee - Despacito
Pixies - Isla de encanta
Gipsy Kings - Bamboleo
Ben E King - Spanish Harlem
Los Del Río - Sevilla tiene un color especial

[Side 2]
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe - Barcelona
Santana - Oye como va
Cypress Hill - Yo Quiero Fumar (I want to get high)
Richie Valens - La Bamba
Shakira - Hips don't lie
Ricky Martin - Livin' la vida loca

Hidden:
Gibson Brothers - Cuba

Spanish 2 Mixtape

Mixtape: #112 Spanish 2
Date: (10/08/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Nat Jamieson

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll
Aztec Camera - Spanish Horses
Los Bunkers - Ahora que no estas
Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - 7 Spanish Angels
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe
Gloria Estefan - No Te Olvidare

[Side 2]
Rodrigo Amarante - Tuyo (Narcos Theme)
Gentle Giant - 2 weeks in Spain
Aretha Franklin - Mr Spain
Foals - Spanish Sahara
Counting Crows - Holiday in Spain
Rhythms Del Muno/Bebe - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Spanish)

Hidden:
The Band - When I paint my masterpiece

Dentist Mixtape

Mixtape: #113 Dentist
Date: (17/08/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Leftfield ft John Lydon - Open Up
Steve Martin - Dentist! (Little Shop of Horrors)
Supergrass - Alright
Young Fathers - I saw
Max Bygraves - Pink toothbrush
Maccabees @felixwhite - Toothpaste kisses

[Side 2]
Eels - Novacaine for the soul
Shins - New Slang
Stormzy - Crown
Therapy? - Teethgrinder
Kate Nash - Mouthwash
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Hidden:
Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me?

Thunder & Lightning Mixtape

Mixtape: #114 Thunder & Lightning
Date: (24/08/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Claire Lim

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
A-ha - Crying in the rain
Tom Verlaine/Television - Breakin' in my heart
Men at work - Down under
Dennis Brown - Lightning and Thunder

[Side 2]
Nick Cave - Tepula
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
N-Trance - Set u free
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning

Hidden:
PJ & Duncan - Let's get ready to rumble

Fame Mixtape

Mixtape: #115 Fame
Date: (31/08/23)
Host: Colin Murray
Guest: Paul McNamee

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
Lily Allen - The Fear
Bros - When I be famous?
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
Irene Cara - Fame
Oasis - Rock n Roll Star

[Side 2]
Duran Duran - Girls on film
Just Jack - Starz in their eyes
Joan Boez - Diamond and Rust
David Bowie - Fame
dEUS - Hotellounge
Buggies - Video killed the radio star

Hidden:
Carter USM - Sheriff Fatman

Weekend Playlist: Rock Paper Scissors

Weekend Playlist: Rock Paper Scissors

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Paul the Trucker looking at X/twitter selections (22/08/2024) with Songs that reference rock paper scissors.
This is to commemorate World Rock Paper Scissors Day on 27th August.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1] Rock/Paper
Simon & Garfunkel - I am a rock	@jtb6619 @ali8766 @WhiskyMcA
Primal Scream - Rocks	@AdrianWhitby2 @snailob
Clash - Rock the Casbah	@tractor_welsh
Apollo 440 - Stop the Rock	@tiswas_1973
M.I.A. - Paper Planes	@QuizmanDan @sajid90114287
Lady Gaga - Paper Gangster	@NatalieBear6

[Side 2] Paper/Scissors
Beatles - Paperback writer	@Alistai92697452
Oyster Band - We could leave right now	@AdrianTudorDr
At the drive in - One armed scissor	@trimmtrabb82
Slipknot - Scissors	@thejaykies @WhiskyMcA
Ben Lee - Running with scissors	@jtb6619
Scissor Sisters - I don't feel like dancing	@GrahamG76

[Bonus]
Mavis Staples - Anytime	@wooshy90
Rush - Hand over fist	@TheLyricSlinger
Roshambo - Roshambo - Salem Ilese	@jgwithice

Long list

• Andrew Bird - Sisyphus
• Apollo 440 - Stop the Rock
• At the drive in - One armed scissor
• B52s - Rock Lobster
• Barenaked Ladies - Big Bang Theory Theme
• Beatles - A day in the life {reading the news}
• Beatles - Paperback writer
• Beautiful South - Artifical Flowers {with paper and shears}
• Ben Lee - Running with scissors
• Bryan Adams - Kids wanna rock
• Catatonia - Stone by stone (Paper Scissors Stone)
• Chris Brown ft Timbaland - Paper Scissors Rock
• Clash - Rock the Casbah
• Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over {catch the deluge in a paper cup}
• Def Leppard - Rock! Rock!
• Emeli Sande - Read all about it (part 3)
• Fraggle Rock Theme
• Heaton & Abbott - My Own Mother’s Son
• Holding Absence - Scissors
• Lady Gaga - Paper Gangster
• Linkum - Granit Gaze
• Little Big - Rock Paper Scissors
• M.I.A. - Paper Planes
• Mavis Staples - Anytime
• Nick Cave - Rock of Gilbratar
• Oumou Sow - Ciseeaux ď'or
• Oyster Band - We could leave right now
• Paper Lace - BUlly don't be a hero
• Paul Simon - Loves me like a rock
• Primal Scream - Rocks
• Rolling Stones - Yesterday's Papers
• Roshambo - Salem Ilese
• Rush - Hand over fist
• Scissor Sisters - I don't feel like dancing
• Simon & Garfunkel - I am a rock
• Slipknot - Scissors
• Status Quo - Paper Plane
• Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone
• XTC - Scissor Man

Weekend Playlist: Feet

Weekend Playlist: Feet

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Lisa B looking at X/twitter selections (15/08/2024) with Songs that reference foot or feet (but no shoes).
This is to commemorate the start of the new premier league season over the weekend and "I love my feet" day on Sunday 17th August.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1] Foot
Kasabian - Club foot
Camera Obscura - Fooloose & fancy free
James Brown - Get on the good foot
Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the dark
Norah Jones - Toes
Kenny Loggins - Footloose

[Side 2] Feet
Alanis Morrisette - Head over feet
Queens of stone Age - Feet don't fail me
Crowded House - Fall at your feet
Joy Crookes - Feet don't fail me now
Caroline Jones - Bare feet
Gloria Estefan - Get on your feet

[Bonus]
Martika - I feel the Earth move
Tribe Called Quest - Can I kick it?
Eric Idle - One foot in the grave

Long list

• Alanis Morrisette - Head over feet
• Ash - Walking Barefoot
• Camera Obscura - Fooloose & fancy free
• Carole King - I feel the Earth move
• Caroline Jones - Bare feet
• Chic - My feet keep dancing
• Chickenfoot - Big foot
• Crash Test Dummies - God shuffled his feet
• Crowded House - Fall at your feet
• Crowded House - Nails in my feet
• Dr & Medics - No-one loves you when you have no shoes
• Embrace - World at your feet
• Eric Idle - One foot in the grave
• Frances Nero - Footsteps following me
• George Michael - Careless Whisper {guilty feet got no rhythm}
• Gloria Estefan - Get on your feet
• Goldfrapp - Tip toe
• Gracie Fields - Pass shoot goal
• Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the dark
• James Brown - Get on the good foot
• Johnny Cash - Big Foot
• Joy Crookes - Feet don't fail me now
• Junior Senior - Move your feet
• Kasabian - Club foot
• Kathy Kirby - Following in father's footsteps
• Kenny Loggins - Footloose
• Leon Redbone - Your Feets Too Big
• Louisana Man - Feet don't fail me now
• Marc Coen - Walking in Memphis
• Martika – I feel the earth move
• Markus & Rakan - Six foot six Jimi
• Motorhead - On your feet or on your knees
• Mud - Tiger feet
• Need to Breathe - Feet don't fail me now
• Norah Jones - Toes
• Oysterband - When I'm up I can't get down
• Parliament - Agony of defeet
• Pixies - Where is my mind?
• PVMNTS - Standing (on my own two feet)
• Queens of stone Age - Feet don't fail me
• REM - Stand
• Rick James - Superfreak
• Robert Parker - Barefootin'
• Squeeze - Footprints
• Stevie Wonder - Knock me off my feet
• Third World - Stand up on your own two feet
• Toploader - Achilles Heel
• Tracy Chapman - Cold Feet
• Tribe Called Quest - Can I kick it?
• Tribe Called Quest - Footprints
• Tribe Called Quest - Little Foot/Big Foot
• U2 - Ground beneath her feet
• Zac Brown - Toes in the water
• PJ Harvey - 50 foot Queenie

Great Football Songbook

Great Football Songbook

On August 18th 2024, Colin Murray introduced a weekly feature to look primarily at football anthems for different clubs starting with Sheffield United's "Greasy Chip Butty" song.

Club	Song	Orig
Sheff Utd	Greasy Chip Butty	John Denver - Annie's Song
Notts F	City Ground	Paul McCartney - Mull of Kintyre
Man City	Blue Moon	Connee Boswell - Blue Moon

Weekend Playlist: Olympic Sports 2

Weekend Playlist: Olympic Sports II

This is a second edition of the Olympic weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator walt4it looking at X/twitter selections (08/08/2024) with Songs that reference Olympic events, finals and (closing) ceremony.
The closing ceremony and end of the Paris Olympics was on 11th August 2024 where the Olympic flag was handed to Los Angeles for 2028!

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1] Going for Gold
Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat Song 
Saw Doctors - To win just once
Shed 7 - Going for Gold
Vincent Delerm - La Natation Synchronisée
Radiohead - Climbing up the walls
Queen - Bicycle Race

[Side 2] Closing Ceremony
Gene - Olympian
Idlewild - Bronze Medal
U2 - Silver & Gold
UB40 - Champion
Semisonic - Closing Time 
Tina Arena - The Flame

[Bonus]
Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma 
Sound of Music - Climb every mountain
Dr Douglas & Dr Bucknor - Baton in hand

Long list

• Aerosmith - Dream On
• America - Horse with no name
• BA Robertson - Knocked It Off
• Bangles - Eternal Flame
• Belle & Sebastian - Stars of Track & Field
• Ben folds five - Boxing
• Cece Peniston - Finally
• Charlie Parker ft Miles Davies - Steeplechase
• Corrs - Breathless
• Courtney Barnett - Aqua Profunda
• Daft Punk - One more time
• Divine Comedy - Come Home Billy Bird
• Dr Tyron Douglas & Dr Wayne Bucknor - Baton in hand
• Europe - Final Countdown
• Gene - Olympian
• Hans Zimmer - Going for gold
• Idlewild - Bronze Medal
• Irene Cara - Breakdance
• Journey - Don't stop belivin'
• Kenny Rogers - Buried Treasure
• Marley's Ghost - Run on (for a long time)
• New Order - Ceremony
• Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat Song
• Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
• Phil Fuldner - The Final
• Queen - Bicycle Race
• Queen - We are the champions
• Radiohead - Climbing up the Walls
• Saw Doctors - To win just once
• Semisonic - Closing Time
• Shed Seven - Going for Gold
• Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
• Sound of Music - Climb every mountain
• Sparks - Let's go surfing
• Spyridon samaras - Olympic Hymn
• Squeeze - Sunday Street
• T-Rex - Cosmic Dancer
• The Cult - Ceremony
• They might be giants - Circular Karate Chop
• Tiffany - I think we're alone now
• Tina Arena - The Flame
• Tom Petty - Even the losers
• UB40 - Champion
• U2 – Silver and Gold
• Underworld - Caliban’s Dream
• Vincent Delerm - La natation synchronisée
• XTC - Yacht Dance
• Yello - The Race

Weekend Playlist: Q&A

Weekend Playlist: Q&A

Here's a weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Quiz Man Dan looking at X/twitter selections (01/08/2024) with Songs that reference Questions and Answers.
Last week (25/07/2024) was the airing of Colin Murray's first Q&A which had former spy and best selling author Matthew Dunn on.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1] Questions
Destiny's Child - Independent Woman
Marvin Gaye - What's going on?
REM - What's the frequencty Kenneth?
Annie Lennox - Why?
Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him?
Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way?

[Side 2] Q&A
Depeche Mode - A Question of Time
Johnny Nash - There are more questions than answers
Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind
Chris De Burgh - Carry me
Biffy Clyro - Questions and Answers
Del Shannon - Answer to everything

[Bonus]
Question Mark & Mysterions - 96 Tears
The Answer - Never too late

Long list

• 10,000 Maniacs - What’s the Matter Here
• AC/DC - Who made who
• Annie Lennox - Why?
• Artists For Action - Which Side Are You On
• Badly Drawn Boy - Have you feed the fish
• Barbara Dickson - Answer Me
• Barenaked Ladies - Call and answer
• Betty Boo - Where are you baby?
• Biffy Clyro - Questions and Answers
• Big Fibbers - Mama started screaming
• Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love?
• Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind
• Bronski Beat - Why?
• Bryan Adams - Why do you have to be so hard to love?
• Chris De Burgh - Carry me
• Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's question
• David Bowie - Life on Mars?
• Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
• Del Shannon - Answer to everything
• Depeche Mode - A Question of Lust
• Depeche Mode - A Question of Time
• Destiny's Child - Independent Woman
• Dionne Warwick - Do you know the way to San Jose?
• Elvis Costello - What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?
• Garth Brooks - Unanswered Prayers
• Hazel O'Connor - Will you?
• Human League - Don't you want me?
• Iron Maiden - Can I play with madness
• Jesus Jones - Who? where? why?
• Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him?
• Johnny Nash - There are more questions than answers
• KWS - Please Don't Go
• KLF - What time is love?
• Leadbelly - Where did you sleep last night?
• Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way?
• Limahl - Never Ending Story {the answer to a never ending story}
• Marvin Gaye - What's going on?
• Moody Blues - Question
• New Model Army - Stupid Questions
• Paloma Faith - Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?
• Patti Page - How much Is that doggie in the window
• Pet Shop Boys - What have I done to deserve this?
• Pixies - Where is my mind?
• Pulp - Do you remember the first time?
• Question Mark & Mysterions - 96 Tears
• Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
• REM - What's the frequency Kenneth?
• Scooter - The Question is, What is the question?
• Sham 69 - Questions & Answers
• Soft Cell - What?
• South Park - What Would Brian Boitano Do?
• Spandau Ballet - To cut a long story short
• Sparks - When do I get to sing 'my way'
• Streets - Wrong answers only
• Terry Hall - What's wrong with me
• The Answer - Never too late
• The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
• Tony Christie - Is this the way to Amarillo?
• Travis - Why does it always rain on me
• Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me?
• War - Why Can't we be friends?
• Where the streets have no name