Friday, 26 September 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Who's Who

Midnight Mixtape: Who's who

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (25/09/2025) with Songs that reference Who as The Who finish their North American leg of their "The Song is over" farewell tour!

Songs in contention

  • Who - Who are you?
  • David Bowie - Man who saved the world
  • Creedance clearwater - Who'll stop the rain
  • U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
  • Snoop Dogg - Who am I (what's my name?)
  • Script - The man who can't be moved
  • AC/DC - Who made who?
  • Velvet underground - Who loves the sun
  • Zane - Who?
  • Arctic Monkeys - Only ones who know
  • Alan Jackson - Who says you can't have it all
  • Journey - Who's crying now?
  • Bob Marley - Who the cap fit
  • Shaggy - It wasn't me **hidden**
  • Eminem - My name is **hidden**
  • Radiohead - You and whose army?
  • Baha Men - Who let the dogs out
  • Daniel Caesar - Who hurt you
  • Spice Girls - Who do oyu think you are
  • Men at work - Who can it be now?
  • Flo rida - Who that girl
  • Storm - Who am I (what's my name?)
  • Taylor Swift - The smallest man who ever lived
  • Luther Vandross - Anyone who had a heart
  • Three days grace - Someone who cares
  • John Mayer - Who says
  • Miley Cyrus - Who owns my heart
  • John Legend - Who did that to you?
  • Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)
  • P!nk - Who knew
  • Casting Crowns - Who am I
  • Jackson 5 - Who's loving you?
  • Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran - Who we love
  • Khruangbin - Man who took my sunglasses
  • Butthole Surfers - Who was in my room last night
  • Jessie J - Who you are
  • Aretha Franklin - Who's zoomin' who?
  • Manic Street Preachers - Girl who wanted to be god
  • Lulu - Man who saved the world
  • Wham! - I'm your man
  • Neil Diamond - I am I said
  • Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
  • Eurythmics - Who's that girl
  • Genesis - Who dunnit?
  • Nick Cave - We no who u r
  • New Order - Who's Joe?
  • Bill Withers - Who is he…?
  • Chainsmokers - Who do you love?
  • Ben E King - I (who have nothing)
  • Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis
  • Connie Francis - Who's sorry now?
  • Housemartins - People who grinned themselves to death
  • Hazell Dean - Who's leaving you
  • Charley Rich - Who will the next fool be
  • Chesney Hawkes - I am the one and only **hidden**
  • Beatles - I am the walrus **hidden**
  • Helen Reddy - I am woman **hidden**

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Who - Who are you?
2. Creedance clearwater - Who'll stop the rain
3. U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
4. Velvet underground - Who loves the sun
5. Radiohead - You and whose army?
6. Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)

[Side 2]
7. Aretha Franklin - Who's zoomin' who?
8. Snoop Dogg - Who am I (what's my name?)
9. Ben E King - I (who have nothing)
10. Charley Rich - Who will the next fool be
11. Connie Francis - Who's sorry now?
12. Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
Hidden: Eminem - My name is

Monday, 22 September 2025

Weekend Playlist: Midnight

Weekend Playlist: Midnight

Here's the weekend playlist created by SnailOB with help from guest curator Quiz Man Dan looking at X/twitter selections (19/09/2024) with Songs that reference midnight.
This was inspired by the birthday for Gary Cole who was the lead in TV series, Midnight Caller.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Approaching Midnight
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
3. Kylie & Years & Years - Second to midnight
4. Yazoo - Midnight
5. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
6. Maria Maldour - Midnight at the Oasis

[Side 2] After Midnight
7. Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
8. Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
9. Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
10. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
11. ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
12. Judas Priest - Living after midnight

[Bonus]
Faith no more - Midnight Cowboy Theme
Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme

Long list

  • Icicle Works - Evangeline
  • Stranglers - Midnight summer dream
  • Michael Jackson - Thriller
  • Beethoven - Midnight Blue (Sonata #8 Pathique)
  • Crimson Blizzard - Estrella de medianoche
  • ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
  • Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
  • Maria Maldour - Midnight at the Oasis
  • Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
  • Cure - The walk
  • Harry Nilsson - Everybidy;s talking
  • Kenny Ball - Midnight to Moscow
  • Brand New Heavies - Midnight at the Oasis
  • Ocean colour scene - 40 past midnight
  • Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
  • Donna Summer - Working the midnight shift
  • Praga Khan - Breakast in Vegas
  • Bruce Springsteen - Chimes of Freedom
  • Billy Joel - River of dreams
  • Nilsson - Everybody’s talking (Midnight Cowboy)
  • Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme
  • Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme
  • DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
  • JJ Cale - After Midnight
  • Miles Davis - Round Midnight
  • Bee Gees - You should be dancing
  • Linkin Park - What I’ve done
  • Pat Monahan - Always midnight
  • Beck - Sexx laws
  • Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
  • Madness - In the middle of the night
  • Meatloaf - Midnight at the Lost & Found
  • Bob Dylan - Soon after midnight
  • Chris Stapleton - Midnight train to Memphis
  • Kate Ceberano - You always got the blues
  • Eric Clapton - After Midnight
  • Frank Sinatra - Tell me at midnight
  • Fleetwood Mac - Isn’t it midnight
  • Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight
  • Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider
  • Kylie & Years & Years - Second to midnight
  • Jade - Midnight Cowboy
  • Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
  • Massive Attack - Live with me
  • Rupert Holmes - Escape
  • One direction - Midnight Memories
  • Taylor Swift - Midnight Rain
  • Kenny Burrell - Midnight blue
  • Rolling Stones - Midnight Gambler
  • Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight
  • Judas Priest - Living after midnight
  • Lead Belly - Midnight Special
  • Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
  • Madonna - Like a prayer
  • Faith no more - Midnight Cowboy Theme
  • Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero
  • Elaine Paige - Memory (Cats)
  • Texas - Midnight
  • Sex Pistols - Rock around the clock
  • Steve Miller Band - Joker
  • Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby
  • Rolling Stones - Brown sugar
  • Shakin’ Stevens - Green door
  • Yazoo - Midnight
  • Jon Bon Jovi - Midnight in Chelsea
  • Killers - Midnight Show
  • David Collings - Midnight is a place
  • Journey - Don’t stop believin’
  • M83 - Midnight City
  • Timmy Trumpet - Narco
  • Midnight Oil - Beds are burning

Friday, 19 September 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: American Movies

Midnight Mixtape: American Movies

On the midnight mixtape, Adam Fleming was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (18/09/2025) with best songs featured in American films!

Songs in contention

  • Celine Dion - Because you loved me
  • Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
  • Martha & Vandelias - Nowhere to run
  • Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink
  • Pixies - Where is my mind?
  • Onerepublic - I ain’t worried
  • Starship - Nothing’s gonna stop us now
  • Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warner - I had the time of my life
  • Huey Lewis & News - Power of love
  • Roy Orbison - Pretty woman
  • John Williams - Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
  • Redbone - C’mon and get your love
  • Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
  • BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head
  • Eric Weissberg - Duelling Banjos
  • Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thing
  • Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
  • Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle of you
  • Dick Dale & Deftones - Misrilou
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
  • Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
  • Michel Legrand - Windmills of your mind
  • Harry Nilsson - Everybody’s talkin’
  • Whitney - I will always love you
  • Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
  • Joe Esposito - You're the best
  • Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
  • Boyz II Men - End of the road
  • Beta Band - Dry the Rain
  • Bee Gees - Stayin’ alive
  • Otis Day & Knights - Shout
  • Righteous Brothers - Unchained melody
  • Rascal Flatts - Life is a highway
  • Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's door
  • Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - One from the heart
  • Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul
  • Tom Petty - American girl
  • Ennio Morricone - Good bad and the ugly
  • Tangerine dream - Love on a real train
  • Max Richter - On the nature of daylight
  • John Parr - St Elmo's Fire
  • Huey Lewis - Hip to be square
  • Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul - Fallin'
  • Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
  • Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
  • Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
  • Gary Jules - Mad World

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Huey Lewis - Hip to be square
2. Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
3. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink
4. Beta Band - Dry the Rain
5. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
6. Whitney - I will always love you

[Side 2]
7. Bee Gees - Stayin’ alive
8. Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle of you
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
10. Redbone - C’mon and get your love
11. Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul
12. BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head

Hidden: Max Richter - On the nature of daylight

Previous Appearances

From the livesey midnight mixtapes, only 3 acts had been on before, Huey Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Whitney.

Monday, 15 September 2025

Weekend Playlist: Germany

Weekend Playlist: Germany

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from co-curator Ian looking at X/twitter selections (12/09/2025) with Songs that reference Germany.
This is commemorate the 13th being German Language Day.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Beethoven - 5th Symphony in C minor
2. Nicole - A little bit of peace
3. Die Toten Hosen - Tag Wie Diese
4. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
5. Rammstein - Deutschland
6. Abor & Tyna - Baller

[Side 2]
7. Nena - 99 Luftballons
8. Passions - I’m in love with a German film star
9. Editors - Munich
10. Tina Turner - Crazy in the night
11. Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
12. Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

[Bonus]
David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
Mario Lanza - Drink Drink Drink (Student Prince)

Long list

  • After the Fire - Der Kommissar
  • Passions - I'm in love with a German film star
  • Salzburg Sauerkraut Singers - Drinking Song
  • Mobiles - Drowning in Berin
  • Christy Moore - Joxer goes to Stuttgart
  • Edith Piaf - L'homme de Berlin
  • OMD - Dresden
  • Nick Lowe - Little Hitler
  • ELO - Roll over Beethoven
  • Enigma - Sadeness Pt 1
  • Leonard Cohen - First we take Manhatten
  • M - Pop muzik
  • Offspring - Pretty fly for a white guy
  • Stephen Eicher - Guggisberglied
  • David Bowie - Helden
  • Praga Khan - Tausend Sterne
  • Ben Folds - Cologne
  • Boomtown Rats - Eva Braun
  • Spector - Reeperbahn
  • Amon Düül II - Deutsch Nepal
  • Der Reigen - Sergius Golowin
  • Wilco - Impossible Germany
  • Boney M - Rasputin
  • David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
  • DJ Tomekk - 1,2,3 rhymes galore (New York to Germany)
  • Beethoven - 5th Symphony in C minor
  • Cabaret - Tomorrow belongs to me
  • Producers - Springtime for Hitler
  • Nena - 99 Luftballons
  • Dead Kennedys - California uber alles
  • Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
  • Ramones - Blitzrieg Bop
  • Berlin - Dancing in Berlin
  • Das Beatles - Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand
  • Falco - Der Kommissar (Official Video)
  • ABBA - Waterloo (German)
  • Peter Schilling - Major Tom
  • Haddaway - Rock my heart
  • Editors - Munich
  • Bloc Party - Kreuzberg
  • Lady Gaga - Scheiße
  • Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
  • Horst Jankowski - A walkin the black forest
  • Passions - I’m in love with a German film star
  • Student Prince - Drink Drink Drink
  • Elvis Costello - Oliver’s Army
  • U2 - Zoo station
  • La Dusseldorf - Rheinita
  • Public Service Broadcasting ft Andreya Casablanca - My Blue Heaven
  • Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun
  • Elvis Presley - Wooden heart
  • Doro Pesch & Warlock - East meets West
  • Electric Boys - Hangover in Hannover
  • Scorpions - Still loving you
  • Joe Fagin - That’s living alright
  • Nicole - A little bit of peace
  • Elaiza - Fight against myself
  • Kirsty MacColl - Berlin
  • Trio - Da da da
  • Dexy’s - There there my dear
  • Tina Turner - Crazy in the night
  • Blur - Parklife
  • Abor & Tyna - Baller
  • Fettes Brot - Jein
  • Kraftwerk - Autobahn
  • Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
  • Rammstein - Deutschland
  • Die Toten Hosen - Tag Wie Diese
  • Falco - Rock me Amadeus

Friday, 12 September 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Song titles not in lyrics

Midnight Mixtape: Song titles not in lyrics

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (11/09/2025) with Songs whose name does not feature in its lyrics, for example Bohemian Rhapsody is not mentioned anywhere in the song!

Songs in contention

  • Slayer - Dead Skin Mask
  • Blur - Song 2
  • New Order - Blue Monday
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  • David Bowie - Space Oddity
  • Who - Baba O’Riley
  • Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
  • Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
  • Cure - Lullaby
  • Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
  • Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
  • Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian restaurant
  • Helicopter - Bloc Party
  • Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
  • Beyonce - Countdown
  • All Saints - Pure Shores
  • Supergrass - Richard III
  • Black Sabbath - Paranoid
  • Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
  • System of a down - Chop Suey
  • Muse - Knights of Cydonia
  • Beatles - Ballad of John & Yoko
  • Dubliners - 7 drunken nights
  • Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
  • Coldplay - Viva la vida
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
  • Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
  • Rush - Spirit of Radio
  • Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
  • Joy Division - Atmosphere
  • Alice in Chains - Rotten apple
  • Scooter - Logical Song
  • Chris Brown - Under the influence
  • Neil Young - After the gold rush
  • Elvis - Mystery train
  • Tom Waits - Tom Traubert’s blues
  • UB40 - Food for thought
  • Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
  • SL2 - On a ragga tip
  • 4 Non Blondes - What’s up
  • Sleaford Mods - Tarantula Deadly Cargo
  • Groove Armada - At the river
  • Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker
  • Talking heads - Life during wartime
  • Outkast - Rosa Parks
  • Ariana Grande - 7 rings
  • Oasis - Acquiesce
  • Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor
  • Smiths - How soon is now
  • Beautiful South - Song for whoever
  • Stereophonics - Dakota
  • OMD - Souvenir
  • John Denver - Annie’s Song

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Beyonce - Countdown
2. Rush - Spirit of Radio
3. New Order - Blue Monday
4. Helicopter - Bloc Party
5. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
6. OMD - Souvenir
[Side 2]
7. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
8. John Denver - Annie’s Song
9. Who - Baba O’Riley
10. Supergrass - Richard III
11. Beatles - Ballad of John & Yoko
12. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian restaurant
Hidden: Dubliners - 7 drunken nights

Previous Appearances

From the livesey midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before Helicopter (never been on Colin Murray's mixtapes neither), New Order, Nik Kershaw, OMD, Rush, Supergrass Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 5: Beatles
  • 2: Dubliners, John Denver, Who
  • 1: Beyonce, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin

Monday, 8 September 2025

Weekend Playlist: International

Weekend Playlist: International

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Welsh Tractor Girl looking at X/twitter selections (05/09/2025) with Songs that reference international.
This was inspired by the international break in the football league for World Cup 2026 qualifiers and the fact that 28 years ago on Friday, Austin Powers International Man of Mystery was debuted in the cinema.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Catatonia - International velvet
Jesus Jones - International bright young thing
Morrissey - Last of the International playboys
Specials - International jet set
Pitbull - International love
Prince - International lover

[Side 2]
Lisa Stansfield & Barry White - All around the world
Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing in the streets
B52s - Roam
ELO - All over the world
Shakira - Waka waka
Daft Punk - Around the world

[Bonus]
Beats International - Dub be good to me
Thunderbirds (Barry Gray) - Thunderbirds Theme

Long list

  • HMHB - All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit
  • Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers
  • B52s - Roam
  • Amala - Inter Milan Anthem
  • OMD - International
  • Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - On the floor
  • Fountains of Wayne - Bought for a song
  • JLS ft Dev - She makes me wanna
  • Seabound - Go international
  • Ramones - Touring
  • Donovan - International man
  • Louise - Arms around the world
  • Proclaimers - Letter from America
  • Jesus Jones - International bright young thing
  • Falco - Vienna calling
  • Christians - Harvest for the world
  • Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
  • Morrissey - Last of the International playboys
  • REM - It’s the end of the world
  • Thunderbirds (Barry Gray) - Thunderbirds Theme
  • Cardiacs - Arnaid
  • Del Amitri - Driving with the handbrakes on
  • DC Cross - International bury the hatchet day
  • Armand Hammer - Native sun
  • Joe Strummer & Mescaleros - Global a Go-Go
  • Croweded House - World where you live
  • Laurie London - He’s got the whole world in his hands
  • Imagine Dragons - On top of the world
  • Specials - International jet set
  • EnglandNewOrder - World in motion
  • Fuzzbox - international rescue
  • Waylon Jennings - Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song)
  • Prince - International lover
  • Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing in the streets
  • World Party - Thank you world
  • New Seekers - I’d like to teach the world to sing
  • Beats International - Dub be good to me
  • Shakira - Waka waka
  • Blur - Globe alone
  • Beyonce - World wide woman
  • Frank Turner - International hide & seek champions
  • Bob Sinclair - World hold on
  • Katy Perry - International smile
  • Lisa Stansfield - All around the world
  • Depeche Mode - World in my eyes
  • Teenage Fan Club - Foreign Land
  • Pitbull - International love
  • U2 - Beautiful day
  • Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful world Beautiful people
  • INXS - Calling all nations
  • Dan Reed Network - Long way to go
  • System of a down - Metro
  • RHCP - Around the world
  • They might be giants - Istanbul
  • Alphaville - Big in Japan
  • Tom McRae - Border song
  • Sugababes - Supernatural
  • Paul Smion - All around the world (or the myth of fingerprints)
  • Catatonia - International velvet
  • Clash - This is radio clash
  • 2Pac - How do you want it
  • Daft Punk - Around the world
  • ELO - All over the world
  • Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
  • M - Pop muzik
  • Billy Bragg - Internationale
  • Deee-Lite - Deee-Lite Theme
  • Sandy B - Make the world go round
  • Louie Armstrong - We have all the time in the world

Friday, 5 September 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Ages

Midnight Mixtape: Ages

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by <Claire Lim to look at listener selections (05/109/2025) with Songs that reference Ages!

Songs in contention

  • T-Rex - Cosmic Dancer
  • Janis Ian - 17
  • Neil Young - Old man
  • Billy Bragg - A new England
  • Madness - House of Fun
  • ABBA - Dancing queen
  • Taylor Swift - 22
  • Stereophonics - Local boy…
  • Elton John - Between 17 and 20
  • Crocketts - 6 soon to be 7
  • Beyonce - Schoolin’ Life
  • Lorde - Perfect Places
  • Giorgio Moroder - 74 is the new 24
  • Sound of music (1000 Strings) - 16 going on 17
  • Bobby Gainsboro - Summer (The first time)
  • Lily Allen - 22
  • Albert King - Born under a bad sign
  • Blink 182 - What’s my age again?
  • Beatles - When I’m 64
  • Pete Wingfield - 18 with a bullet
  • Paul Hardcastle - 19
  • Dr Hook - Only 16
  • Wham! - Young Guns
  • Bryan Adams - 18 til I die
  • Neil Sedaka - Happy birthday sweet 16
  • Alice Cooper - I’m 18
  • Stevie Nicks - Edge of 17
  • Britney - Pieces of me
  • Ellie Goulding - 16
  • Queen - Who wants to live forever
  • Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud
  • Chuck Berry - Sweet little 16
  • Skid Row - 18 & life
  • Regents - 7 teen
  • MK - 17
  • Undertones - My perfect cousin
  • Fureys - Sweet sixteen
  • Sam Fender - 17 going under
  • Vevlet Underground - New age
  • Frank Sinatra - It was a very good year
  • Scouting for Girls - She’s so lovely
  • Stephen Duffy - 23
  • Bob Dylan - My back pages
  • Fountaines DC - It’s amazing to be young
  • Courteeners - Not 19 forever
  • Sam Cooke - Only 16
  • Brotherhood of Man - Save your kisses for me
  • Stiff little Fingers - Tin Soldiers
  • Benny Hill - Ernie
  • Johnny Cash - Boy called Sue
  • Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
  • Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
  • Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
  • Claire & Friends - It’s orrible being in love (when you’re 8 ½)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Undertones - My perfect cousin
2. Stevie Nicks - Edge of 17
3. Wham! - Young Guns
4. Billy Bragg - A new England
5. Stereophonics - Local boy…
6. Blink 182 - What’s my age again?

[Side 2]
7. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
8. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
9. Scouting for Girls - She’s so lovely
10. Beatles - When I’m 64
11. Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud
12. Giorgio Moroder - 74 is the new 24
Hidden: Queen - Who wants to live forever

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before Stevie Nicks and Scouting for girls. From the Livesey mixtape additionally Undertones, Stereophonics, Blink 182, Happy Mondays, Ed Sheeran, Giogrgio Moroder have not appeared before Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 19: Beatles
  • 17: Queen
  • 5: Billy Bragg, Stereophonics
  • 4: Undertones, Wham!
  • 3: Ed Sheeran
  • 1: Blink 182, Giorgio Moroder, Happy Mondays, Mott the Hoople

Saturday, 30 August 2025

Weekend Playlist: Beaches

Weekend Playlist: Beaches

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (29/08/2025) with Songs that reference beaches.
This was to commemorate National Beach Day on August 30.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1] On the Beach
All Saints - Pure shores
Chris Rea - On the beach
Beabadoobee - Beaches
Stranglers - Peaches
First Class - Beach baby
Martha & Muffins - Echo beah
Beach boys - Surfin’ USA

[Side 2] Beautiful Beaches
Nicki Minaj - Starships
George Formby - With my little stick of Blackpool rock
Squeeze - Pulling mussells (from the shell)
James - Beautiful Beaches
DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer
Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sands

[Bonus]
Kooks - Seaside
Keane - Soverign light cafe
Dido - Sand in my shoes

Long list

  • All Saints - Pure shores
  • Chris Rea - On the beach
  • Beabadoobee - Beaches
  • Stranglers - Peaches
  • First Class - Beach baby
  • Martha & Muffins - Echo beah
  • Beach boys - Surfin’ USA
  • Nicki Minaj - Starships
  • George Formby - With my little stick of Blackpool rock
  • Squeeze - Pulling mussells (from the shell)
  • James - Beautiful Beaches
  • DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer
  • Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sands
  • Kooks - Seaside
  • Keane - Soverign light cafe
  • Dido - Sand in my shoes
  • B52s - Rock Lobster
  • Florrie Forde - I do like to be beside the seaside
  • Beach boys - Girls on the beach
  • Fisherman’s Friends - Cornwall my home
  • Susie Lewis - Cornish beach
  • Brian Eno - On some faraway beach
  • David Sylvian - Waterfront
  • Wolf Alice - Beach II
  • Blur - Girls & Boys
  • Peaches - F*** the pain away
  • Vanessa Paradis - La Plage
  • Bruce Springsteen - 4th July Asbury Park (Sandy)
  • Leftfield Phat Planet - Surfer
  • Taylor Swift - Last grea American dynasty
  • Cardiacs - Hope day
  • Liran Donin - Noam sea & sand
  • Neil Young - On a beach
  • Phantom Band - Island
  • Drifters - Down on the beach tonight
  • Blake Shelton - Some beach
  • T-Spoon - Sex on the beach
  • John Travolta (Grease) - Sandy
  • Ash - Walking barefoot
  • Joe Satriani - Days at the beach (new rays from an ancient sun)
  • New Edition (The) - Get a little sand between your toes
  • Aerosmith - Remember (walking in the sand)
  • Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
  • Stan Getz/Astrud Giberto - Girl from Ipanema
  • Flock of seagulls - I rain (so far away)
  • Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
  • Drifters - Under the boardwalk
  • U2 - Every breaking wave
  • Cure - Killing an arab
  • Kenny Loggins - Playing with boys
  • York - OTB (On the beach)
  • Groove Armada - At the river
  • Miley Cyrus - Malibu
  • Weezer - Island in the sun
  • Imagine Dragons - Take me to the beach
  • Acker Bilk - Stranger on the shore
  • Drifters - I’ve got sand in my shoes
  • Morcheeba - The sea
  • Sinead O’Connor - Jackie
  • Fat Boys & Beach boys - Wipeout
  • Men they couldn’t hang - Island in the rain
  • Mata - Lloret de mar
  • Athlete - Dungerness
  • Hamish Hawk - Grey seals
  • Sparks - Let’s go surfing
  • Bette Midler - Under the boardwalk
  • Who - Sea & Sand
  • Bon Jovi - 99 in the shade
  • Thunder - Englishman on holiday
  • Wire train - I will not fail
  • Tom McRae - Walking to Hawaii
  • Kirsty MacColl - Hes on the beach
  • New Order - The Beach
  • Beastie Boys - Shake your rump
  • Bombalurina - Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
  • POTUSA - Dune buggy
  • Moby - Porcelain (The Beach)
  • Bobby Darin - Beyond the sea
  • Chas & Dave - Marate
  • Lana Del Rey - 1949
  • Nalin & Kane - Beachball
  • George Ezra - Shotgun

Friday, 29 August 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Uncool

h2>Midnight Mixtape: Uncool On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (28/08/2025) with Songs that are bangers by 'uncool' artists!

Songs in contention

  • Cliff Richard - Devil woman
  • Dennis Waterman - I could be so good for you
  • Bucks Fizz - Land of make believe
  • Chas & Dave - Ain’t no pleasing you
  • Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
  • Chesney Hawkes - One and only
  • Aphordite’s Child - Four Horsemen
  • Engelbert Humperdinck - Release me
  • Spice Girls - Who do you think you are?
  • Johnny Logan - What’s another year?
  • Garth Brooks - Thunder Rolls
  • Simply Red - Holding back the years
  • Chris De Burgh - Don’t pay the ferryman
  • Coldplay - The scientist
  • Barry Manilow - Mandy
  • Neil Diamond - Forever in blue jeans
  • Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl
  • Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
  • Five Star - There’s a brand new world
  • Bryan Adams - One night love affair
  • U2 - With or without you
  • 1975 - Settle down
  • Rick Astley - Cry for help
  • Paul Anka - Black hole sun
  • Bananarama - Cruel Summer
  • Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you
  • William Shatner - Comoon People
  • Mumford & Sons - The cave
  • Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
  • Middle of the road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep
  • Huey Lewis & News - Hip to be square
  • Jimmy Nail - Ain’t no doubt
  • Demis Roussos - O my friends you’ve been untrue
  • Brotherhood of man - Save your kisses for me
  • Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody
  • Phil Collins - In the air tonight
  • David Gray - This year’s love
  • Members - Sound of the suburbs
  • Jason Donovan - Too many broken hearts
  • John Denver - Annie’s song
  • ABBA - Super trooper
  • Val Doonican - Walk tall
  • Osmonds - Crazy horses
  • Bay City Rollers - Saturday nights
  • Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you
  • Jim Reeves - He’ll have to go
  • Hall & Oates - You make me feel like dancing
  • Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways
  • Lee Marvin - Wandering star

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Cliff Richard - Devil woman
2. Dennis Waterman - I could be so good for you
3. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
4. Engelbert Humperdinck - Release me
5. Huey Lewis & News - Hip to be square
6. Tony Christie - Sleep like a baby
[Side 2]
7. Osmonds - Crazy horses
8. Chas & Dave - Ain't no pleasing you
9. Mumford & Sons - The cave
10. Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
11. Val Doonican - Walk talk
12. Barry Manilow - Mandy
Hidden: Lee Marvin - Wandering star

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before Chas & Dave, Dennis Waterman, Lee Marvin, Osmonds, Tony Christie, Val Doonican Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 2: Jimmy Nail
  • 1: Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck, Huey Lewis & News, Mumford & Sons, Vanilla Ice

Sunday, 24 August 2025

Weekend Playlist: Volcanoes

Weekend Playlist: Volcano

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Whichwasnice1 looking at X/twitter selections (22/08/2025) with Songs that reference Volcanoes inspired by Vesuvius Day which occurs 24/08.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Lyricslingre for the spotified list

[Side 1] Hot
Presidents of the United States - Volcano
Damien Rice - Volcano
Perry Farrell - Hot Lava (from South Park)
Missy Higgins – Craters
Leftfield - Release the pressure
Ash - Burn baby burn

[Side 2] Cool
B52s - Lava
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Bjork - Mutual Core
Jack Bruce - Concul at sunset
Dead Milkmen - Born to love volcanoes
Bullet for my valentine - Ashes of the innocent

[Bonus]
La Maison Tellier - Sur un volcan
Van Halen - Eruption (Guitar Solo)
Psychedelic Source Records - Lava

Long list

  • Johnny Cash - I get everywhere
  • La Maison Tellier - Sur un volcan
  • Andrea Bocelli - Funiculi Funicula
  • Dead Milkmen - Born to love volcanoes
  • Eruption - One way ticket
  • B52s - Lava
  • Gorillaz - Fire coming out of a Monkey's Head
  • Pixies - Bird dream of the Olympus Mons
  • Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
  • U2 - Volcano
  • Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers
  • David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
  • Rick Wakeman - Mount Etna
  • Babyshambles - Killamangiro
  • Kasabian - Fast Fuse
  • Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
  • Armand Hammer - The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • Meshell Ndegeocello - Another Country
  • Psychedelic Source Records - Lava
  • Bear's Den - Above the clouds of Pompeii
  • Genesis - Dance on a volcano
  • Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
  • Ash - Burn baby burn
  • Will Smith - Boom! Shake the Room
  • Bruce Springsteen - I'm on fire
  • Eruption - I can't stand the rain
  • Johnny Cash - Ring of fire
  • Bastille - Pompeii
  • Janis Joplin - Buried alive in the blues
  • Van Halen - Eruption (Guitar Solo)
  • Bjork - Mutual Core
  • Damien Rice - Volcano
  • Missy Higgins – Craters
  • Morcheeba - Molten
  • Jack Bruce - Concul at sunset
  • Bullet for my valentine - Ashes of the innocent
  • Lord Echo - Molten Lava
  • Bastille - Things we lost in the fire
  • Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
  • Linkin Park - Heavy is the Crown
  • Slipknot - Sulfur
  • David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
  • Westworld – Sonic Boom Boy
  • Iron & Wine - Cinder and Smoke
  • Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
  • Perry Farrell - Hot Lava (from South Park)
  • Mazzy Star - Into Dust
  • Kuana Torres Kahele, Napua Greig, James Ford Murphy - Lava
  • Bjork - Possibly maybe
  • Def Leppard - Ring of fine
  • Bryan Adams - Into the fire
  • Chemical Brothers ft Flaming Lips - Golden Path
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Magma
  • Presidents of the United States - Volcano
  • Shaggy - Mr Boombastic*
  • Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
  • Leftfield - Release the pressure
  • Rammstein - Zerstören (Destroy)
  • Underworld - Born Slippy*
  • Martika (or Carole King) - I feel The Earth move
  • Trammps (or Tina Turner) - Disco Inferno
  • KIBOOMERS - Floor is Lava

Friday, 22 August 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Buildings

Midnight Mixtape: Buildings

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/08/2025) with Songs that reference buildings on the news of an entire 113 year old Swedish church was moved 5km down the road to a new dstination this week!

Songs in contention

  • Blur - Country house
  • Simon & Garfunkel - So long Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Ed Sheeran - Castles in the sky
  • Talking Heads - Burning down the house
  • Culture Club - Church of the poison mind
  • Hosier - Take me to church
  • XTC - Towers of London
  • Madness - Our house
  • Jay-Z/Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
  • B52s - Love shack
  • Commodores - Brick house
  • Linkin Park - Burn it down
  • Kate Nash - Foundations
  • Unit 4+2 - Concrete and clay
  • Aretha Franklin - The house that Jack built
  • David Byrne - Glass concrete stone
  • Eagles - Hotel California
  • Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings
  • Tasmin Archer - Lords of the new church
  • Pixies - Alec Eiffel
  • Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion...
  • Bad Religion - Skyscraper
  • Johnny Dowd - Corner Laundromat
  • David Bowie - Thru' these architect's eyes
  • Arctic Monkeys - brick by brick
  • Rolling Stones - Citadel
  • Dionne Warwick - A house is not a home
  • R Dean Taylor - There's Ghost in my house
  • Verve - I see houses
  • Modest Mouse - Little Motel
  • Foundations - Build me up buttercup
  • Animals - House of the rising sun
  • Handsome Family - Cathedrals
  • Miley Cyrus - Wreaking ball
  • Elvis - Heartbreak hotel
  • Housemartins - Build
  • Brooks & Dunn - Proud of the house we built
  • No doubt - Under construction
  • Elton - Burning buildings
  • Bruce Springsteen - Mansion on the hill
  • Starship - We built this city
  • Andy Williams - House of Bamboo
  • Barenaked Ladies - Old apartment
  • Stackridge - 32 West mall
  • Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it races
  • Underworld - Skyscraper
  • Paramore - Brick by boring brick
  • Dixie Cups - Chapel of love
  • Rufus Wainwright - Sanssouci

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Architects
1. Blur - Country house
2. David Bowie - Thru' these architect's eyes
3. Pixies - Alec Eiffel
4. B52s - Love shack
5. Animals - House of the rising sun
6. Stackridge - 32 West mall

[Side 2] Houses
7. Talking Heads - Burning down the house
8. Verve - I see houses
9. Culture Club - Church of the poison mind
10. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
11. Eagles - Hotel California
12. Dionne Warwick - A house is not a home

Hidden: Miley Cyrus - Wreaking ball

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before, Animals and Stackridge Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 12: David Bowie
  • 10: Blur
  • 9: Pixies
  • 5: Eagles
  • 4: Talking Heads (3+1)
  • 3: Dionne Warwick (2+1)
  • 2: B52s, Culture Lub
  • 1: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, Verbe

Monday, 18 August 2025

Weekend Playlist: Promises

Weekend Playlist: Promises

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Graham looking at X/twitter selections (15/08/2025) with Songs that reference promises.
This was inspired by the release of Calvin Harris' "Promises" featuring Sam Smith on Sunday, 8 years ago (17/08/2018)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Promise Me
1. Girls Aloud - The Promise
2. Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle
3. Shayne Ward - No Promises
4. Beverley Craven - Promise me
5. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
6. Eric Clapton - Promises

[Side 2] Promises Promises
7. When in Rome - The Promise
8. Robin S - Show me love
9. Beautiful South - A little time
10. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
11. Leona Lewis - Footprints in the sand
12. Terrorvision - Promises

[Bonus] 
My Chemical Romance - I'm not okay (I promise)
New Order - Broken Promise
UB40 - Promises & Lies

Long list

  • Radiohead - I promise
  • Bruce Springsteen - The Promise
  • Cock Robin - The promise you made
  • Jon & Vangelis - Beside
  • Oysterband - We'll be there
  • Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle
  • Christone "kingfish" Ingram - Empty promises
  • Terry Kowaski - Empty promises
  • Alarm - Declaration
  • Carpenters - We've only just begun
  • Script - The man who can't be moved
  • Beverly Craven - Promise me
  • Julie Covington - Don't cry for Me Argentina
  • Police - Every breath you take
  • Thin Lizzy - Don't believe a word
  • Cranberries - Promises
  • Eric Clapton - Promises
  • Terrorvision - Promises
  • All 4 One - I swear
  • Bruce Springsteen - If I should fall behind
  • José Gonzales - Heartbeats
  • Michael Garrick Septet featuring Joe Harriott - Promises
  • Richard & Linda Thompson - Dimming of the Day
  • Talk Talk - I believe in you
  • Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love
  • Nero - Promises
  • Shayne Ward - No Promises
  • Madness - Promises Promises
  • Tracy Chapman - The Promise
  • UB40 - Promises and lies
  • Dwight Yoakam - Promise you can't keep
  • Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
  • Vince Gill - Pocket full of gold
  • Dionne Warwick - Promises Promises
  • Buzzcocks - Promises
  • Dennis Brown & Aswad - Promised Land
  • John Denver & Muppets - Poems, Prayers and Promises
  • Cast - Promised land
  • My Chemical Romance - I'm not okay
  • Shania Twain - From this moment on
  • Muse - Starlight
  • Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
  • Queens of the Stone - The lost art of keeping a secret
  • Girls aloud - Promise
  • Broken Records - A Promise
  • King Creosote - Something to believe in
  • Ultravox - Western Promise
  • Aerosmith - Lick and Promise
  • Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
  • Saw Doctors - It won't be tonight
  • Chumbawamba - The day the Nazi died
  • Foo Fighters - Everlong
  • Jam - Going underground
  • Garbage - Vow
  • Michael Nyman - The heart asks pleasure first / The Promise (The Piano)
  • New Order - Broken Promise
  • Beautiful South - A Little Time
  • Robin S - Show Me Love
  • Delirious - Promise
  • Take That - Promises
  • Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
  • Rammstein - Du Hast
  • Calvin Harris ft Sam Smith - Promises
  • Joe Smooth - Promised land
  • When in Rome - The Promise

Friday, 15 August 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Sleeping

Midnight Mixtape: Sleeping

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (13/08/2025) with Songs that reference sleeping! This is to do with a feature about Conch shells being a rememdy for snoring and helping people to sleep better.

Songs in contention

  • Pretenders - I go to sleep
  • Natalie Imbruglia - When you're sleeping
  • Crystal Gayle - Talking in my sleep
  • Faithless - Insomnia
  • Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie
  • Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
  • Salad & Terry Hall - Dream a little dream
  • Smiths - Asleep
  • Empire of the sun - Walking on a dream
  • Tight fit - Lion sleeps tonight
  • Teardrop explodes - Sleeping gas
  • Beatles - I'm only sleeping
  • Metallica - Enter sandman
  • Seekers - Morningtown Ride
  • Roy Orbison - In dreams
  • Leonard Cohen - Lullaby
  • 5 Eurythmics - Sweet dreams
  • Gillan - Sleeping on the job
  • Graham Nash - Sleep song
  • Keith Whitley - Don't close your eyes
  • Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep deprivation
  • Suede - Sleeping pills
  • Romantics - Talking in your sleep
  • Simple Minds - Big Sleep
  • Sam Smith - How do you sleep?
  • 5th Dimension - (Last night) I didn't get to sleep at all
  • Melissa Ehteridge - You can sleep while I drive
  • Wham! - Wake me up before you go-go
  • Colter Wall - Sleeping on the blacktop
  • Jack White - I guess I should go to sleep
  • Beck - Sleeping bag
  • Robert Wyatt - Heaps of sheeps
  • Ray Peterson - Goodnight my love
  • Radiohead - Go to sleep
  • Rotimi - In my bed
  • Alyson Williams - Sleeptalk
  • Go West - We close our eyes
  • Billy Woods - Sleep
  • Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Sleeping Dancer Sleep
  • Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing
  • Annie Lennox - Into the west
  • REM - I don't sleep I dream
  • Mamas & Papas - Dream a little dream of me
  • Beastie Boys - No Sleep till Brooklyn
  • Boo Radleys - Wake up Boo
  • Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
  • Matt Bianco - Get out of your lazy bed
  • Suzanne Vega - Tired of sleeping
  • Charlatans - Can't get out of bed
  • XTC - Wake up

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
2. Faithless - Insomnia
3. Radiohead - Go to sleep
4. Robert Wyatt - Heaps of sheeps
5. Eurythmics - Sweet dreams
6. Beastie Boys - No Sleep till Brooklyn
[Side 2]
7. Roy Orbison - In dreams
8. Metallica - Enter sandman
9. Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie
10. Wham! - Wake me up before you go-go
11. Matt Bianco - Get out of your lazy bed
12. Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Sleeping Dancer Sleep
Hidden: Seekers - Morningtown Ride

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before, Art Blakey, Robert Wyatt, Roy Orbison, Matt Bianco, Seekers Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 16: Kate Bush (4)
  • 10: Faithless (10)
  • 7: Metallica (1)
  • 4: Beastie Boys (2)
  • 3: Wham! (1)
  • 2: Eurythmics (0), Everly Brothers
  • 1: Faithless (0)

Sunday, 10 August 2025

Weekend Playlist: Wizard of Oz

Weekend Playlist: Wizard of Oz

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Lennway looking at X/twitter selections (08/08/2025) with Songs that reference the Wizard of Oz.
This was commemorate the release of Wizard of Oz on 10/08/1939.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Who - Pinball Wizard
2. Alison Moyet - Dorothy
3. Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
4. America - Tin man
5. Pink Floyd - Scarecrow
6. Donovan - Season of the witch

[Side 2]
7. National - Not in Kansas
8. Seekers - Emerald City
9. Scissor Sisters - Return to Oz
10. Kate Bush - Red shoes
11. T-Rex - Teenage Daydream
12. Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road

[Bonus]
Toto - Africa
Kansas - Dust in the wind
Men At Work - Down Under

Long list

  • Beatles - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  • Gary Numan - Magic
  • Marie de Malicorne - La Nuit Des Sorcières
  • Angel Witch - Angel Witch
  • Redbone - Witch queen of New Orleans
  • Black Sabbath - Wizard
  • Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road
  • Elvis Costello - The angels wanna wear my Red Shoes
  • Nina Simone - I put a spell on you
  • Don McLean - Magdalene Lane
  • Rick Springfield - Living in Oz
  • Tracy Chapman - Remember the Tinman
  • Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
  • Scissor Sisters - Return to Oz
  • Waterboys - My love is my rock in the Weary Land
  • Eagles - Witchy Woman
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
  • Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard
  • Dave Gardner - Mad Witch
  • Gang Starr - You Know My Steez
  • Minor Threat - Cashing in
  • Doug Wood Band - Drag Racer (BBC Snooker Theme)
  • Fall out boy - Alpha dog
  • Tracy Chapman - Remember the Tinman
  • Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft
  • America - Tin man
  • Madness - The Wizard
  • Men At Work - Down Under
  • Bon Jovi - Let's dance
  • Kate Bush - Waking the witch
  • National - Not in Kansas
  • John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - I'm your Witch Doctor
  • Lily Allen - Hot air balloon
  • Suede - Asbestos
  • Kate Bush - Red shoes
  • Arctic Monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks
  • Panic at the Disco - Northern Downpour
  • Wizzard - See my baby jive
  • Angus & Julia Stone - Yellow brick road
  • Mission - Swim with the dolphins
  • Rufus Wainwright - Oh What a world
  • Who - Pinball Wizard
  • Alison Moyet - Dorothy
  • Pink Floyd - Scarecrow
  • Furniture - Love your shoes
  • Mogwai - Lion rumpus
  • Kansas - Dust in the wind
  • Aerosmith - Farm
  • Metallica - Frayed ends of Sanity
  • T Rex - Teenage Daydream
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Burn the witch
  • Sinead O'Connor - John I love you
  • Bon Jovi - Mystery Train
  • Tamperer ft Maya - Feel it
  • Glen Campbell - There's no place like home
  • Make A Wish - Beatsteaks
  • Donovan - Season of the witch
  • Seekers - Emerald City
  • Toto - Africa
  • Chad Jackson - Hear the drummer (get wicked)

Friday, 8 August 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Doctors

Midnight Mixtape: Doctors

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (07/08/2025) with Songs that reference Doctors to celebrate the return of Dr Beat Joe Bennett to late nights on BBC5 live!

Songs in contention

  • Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
  • Steely Dan - Dr Wu
  • P!nk - Just a pill
  • Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
  • Hannah Marcus - Demerol
  • Kiss - Calling Dr love
  • Dr Dre ft Eminem & Skylar Grey - I need a doctor
  • Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
  • Bee-Gees - Stayin' alive
  • Huey & News - I want a new drug
  • Robert Palmer - Bad case of loving you
  • Queen - Another bites of the dust
  • Sheryl Crow - First cut is the deepest
  • Weird Al Yanokvic - Like a surgeon
  • Shawn Mendes - Stitches
  • Counting Crows - Hospital
  • Dolly Parton - Chemo Hero
  • Cheaptrick - The doctor
  • First Choice - Doctor Love
  • David Saville - Witch Doctor
  • Black Keys - Fever
  • Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
  • Harry Styles - Medicine
  • Doobie Brothers - The doctor
  • Fray - How to save a life
  • Cutting Crew - I just died in your arms tonight
  • Velvet Underground/Fatima Mansions - Lady Godiva's operation
  • Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine
  • Bea Miller - I can't breathe
  • Ramones - I wanna be sedated
  • Wyclef ft Wayne Wonder - I am your doctor
  • David Gray - Hospital Food
  • Marvlettes - You're my remedy
  • Colbie Caillat - Oxygen
  • Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
  • Evanescence - My Immortal
  • Stephanie Mills - Medicine Song
  • Caged the elephant - Cold cold cold
  • Coldplay - Fix you
  • David Bowie - Lazarus
  • Garbage - Trick is to keep breathing
  • Alanis Morrisette - Not the doctor
  • Frank Ocean - Novocaine
  • Verve - Drugs don't work
  • Aqua - Dr Jones
  • Madness - Cardiac arrest
  • Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Dr Pressure
  • Pogues - Sick bed of Cuchulainn
  • Fugazi - Waiting room
  • Kasabian - Club foot
  • Dr Feelgood - Down at the doctors
  • Smiths - Girlfriend in a coma
  • Wet Leg - CPR
  • Black Sabbath - Rock'n'Roll Doctor
  • White Stripes - The nurse

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Ramones - I wanna be sedated
2. Marvlettes - You're my remedy
3. Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
4. Madness - Cardiac arrest
5. Dr Feelgood - Down at the doctors
6. Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine

[Side 2]
7. Hannah Marcus - Demerol
8. Gregory Isaacs - Night nurse
9. Coldplay - Fix you
10. Fugazi - Waiting room
11. Black Sabbath - Rock'n'Roll doctor
12. Verve - Drugs don't work
Hidden: David Bowie - Lazarus

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before, Dr Feelgood, Fugazi, Gregory Isaacs, Hannah Marcus, Ramones, Verve Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 11: David Bowie (8+3)
  • 7: Rolling Stones
  • 5: Madness
  • 4: Black Sabbath (3+1)
  • 2: Bee Gees
  • 1: Coldplay, Marvelettes

Sunday, 3 August 2025

Weekend Playlist: Hairdressing

Weekend Playlist: Hairdressing

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (01/08/2025) with Songs that reference hairdressing.
This was to commemorate "Hair Gloss Day" on August 3rd.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Hair
1. De la soul - Can you keep a secret
2. Pavement - Cut your hair
3. Monkees - Daydream believer
4. South Pacific - Gonna wash that man right out of my hair
5. Jens Lekman - Shirin
6. We are scientists - I cut my own hair

[Side 2] Hairstyle
7. Little mix - Hair
8. 1 giant leap - Braided hair
9. Sparks - Veronica lake
10. Beck - Devil's haircut
11. Creatures - Festival of colours
12. Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend

[Bonus]
Wandering hearts - Almost cut my hair
Norman Beaton - Don't scratch my soca
Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts

Long list

  • De la soul - Can you keep a secret
  • Echo & Bunmymen - Cutter
  • Norman Beaton - Don't scratch my soca
  • Wandering hearts - Almost cut my hair
  • South Pacific - Gonna wash that man right out of my hair
  • Flaming lips - She doesn't use jelly
  • Sparks - Veronica lake
  • Monkees - Randy scouse git
  • Morrissey - Hairdresser on fire
  • Who - Cut my hair
  • Shania Twain - Man i feel like a woman
  • Monkees - Daydream believer
  • Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend
  • Capital Cities - Farrah Fawcett Hair
  • Nirvana - Hairspray queen
  • Beck - Devil's haircut
  • Scissor Sisters - Hair baby
  • Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
  • We are scientists - I cut my own hair
  • Dead Prez - The Beauty Within
  • Pulp - Help the aged
  • Pavement - Cut your hair
  • At the drivein - One armed scissor
  • Fugees - Nappy heads
  • 1 giant leap - Braided hair
  • Super furry animals - Something for the weekend
  • Ben Lee - Running with scissors
  • Dollar - Mirror mirror
  • Bob Seger - Turn the page
  • Cowsills - Hair
  • Mark Ronson - Uptown funk
  • John Lennon - Oh Yoko
  • Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray) - Good morning Baltimore
  • Rod Stewart - First cut is the deepest
  • Lumineees - Flowers in your hair
  • Super furry animals - Ice hockey hair
  • Symarip - Skinhead moonstomp
  • Alma - Dye my hair
  • Reveremd & Makers - Haircut
  • David Bowie - Sorrow
  • Shania Twain - That don't impress me much
  • Frabkie Avalon (Grease) - Beauty school dropout
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
  • Lauryn Hill - Doo wap
  • Mivhael Jackson - Man in the mirror
  • Beastie Boys - Fight for your right to party
  • Pulp - Common people
  • Scissor Sisters - Laura
  • Cutting crew - Died in your arms
  • Little mix - Hair
  • McFly - 5 colours in her hair
  • Odyssey - Going back to my roots
  • Oasis - Morning glory
  • Lorde - Buzzcut season
  • Tesla - Signs
  • Type o negative - Black #1
  • Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament 74
  • Jens Lekman - Shirin
  • Tom McRae - You cut her hair
  • Tom Jones - Delilah
  • Beatles - Penny lane
  • Bryan Adams - Cuts like a knife
  • Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts
  • Idles - Never fight a man with a perm
  • Shampoo - Shampoo you
  • Sleaford Mods - Moptop
  • Beatles - Day in the life of
  • Ricky Martin - She bangs
  • Veggie Tales - Hairbrush song
  • Patrick Juvet - L'enfant aux cheveux blancs
  • Yello - Si senor the hairy grill
  • Creatures - Festival of colours
  • PJ Harvey - Hair
  • Tori Amos - General Joy

Friday, 1 August 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: One hit wonders

Midnight Mixtape: One hit wonders

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (31/07/2025) with Songs that are one hit wonders!

Songs in contention

  • Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
  • Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
  • Laurie Anderson - O Superman
  • Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
  • Toni Basil - Mickey
  • Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas
  • McAlmont & Butler - Yes
  • Black - Wonderful Life
  • Buggles - Video killed the radio star
  • Cameo - Word up
  • Cardiacs - Is this the life
  • Charlene - I've never been to me
  • Deee-Lite - Groove is in the heart
  • Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
  • Martha & Muffins - Echo beach
  • Tony DiBart - The real thing
  • Joe Dolce - Shaddp you face
  • Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting
  • Clive Dunn - Grandad
  • Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsboro - Je t'aime
  • Gotye - Somebody that I used to know
  • Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the sky
  • Benny Hill - Ernie
  • House of Pain - Jump around
  • It's Immaterial - Driving away from home
  • Gary Jules - Mad world
  • Knack - My Sharona
  • La's - There she goes
  • Lotus Eaters - First picture of you
  • MARRS - Pump up the volume
  • Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
  • Lee Marvin - Wandrin' Star
  • Nena - 99 red balloons
  • New Radicals - You get what you give
  • Nizlopi - JCB Song
  • Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go?
  • Teletubbies - Teletubbies say eh-oh
  • Anita Ward - Ring my bell
  • Wheatus - Teenage dirtbag
  • Firm - Star Trekkin'
  • Men without hats - Safety Dance
  • John Otway - Cor baby that's really free
  • Chesney Hawkes - One and only
  • Las Ketchup - Ketchup Song

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Deee-Lite - Groove is in the heart
2. McAlmont & Butler - Yes
3. Althea & Donna - Uptown top ranking
4. Cameo - Word up
5. House of Pain - Jump around
6. MARRS - Pump up the volume
[Side 2]
7. Joe Dolce - Shaddap you face
8. Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
9. Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go?
10. Nena - 99 red balloons
11. Martha & Muffins - Echo beach
12. La's - There she goes
Hidden: New Radicals - You get what you give

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, all but McAlmont & Butler and M/A/R/R/S have never appeared before. Both McAlmont & Butler (Bring it act on "Returns" LNL mixtape) and M/A/R/R/S ("Pump up the volume" on "Records" mixtape) have appeared once before.

Monday, 28 July 2025

Weekend Playlist: Never

Weekend Playlist: Never

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Alexandra looking at X/twitter selections (25/07/2025) with Songs that reference Never.
This was inspired by the release of Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up", 38 years ago on Sunday (27/07/2025).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Never
1. Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
2. INXS - Never tear us apart
3. George Benson - Never give up on a good thing
4. Limahl - Never ending story
5. Metallica - Enter Sandman
6. Luther Vandross - Never too much

[Side 2] Never Again
7. Tom Jones - I'll never fall in love again
8. All Saints - Never ever
9. Deacon Blue - I'll never fall in love again
10. Taylor Swift - We are never ever getting back together
11. Lady Gaga - I'll never love again
12. Gerry & Pacemakers - You'll never walk alone

[Bonus]
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
My Vitriol - Always your way

Long list

  • Embrace ft Kerri Watt - Never
  • Spear of destiny - Never take me alive
  • Jesus & Mary Chain - Never understand
  • Fleetwood Mac - Never going back again
  • Sparks - Never turn your back on Mother Earth
  • Classix Nouveau - Never never comes
  • Crane Wives - Never love an anchor
  • Joe Cocker - N'oubliez jamais
  • Spear of Destiny - Never take me alive
  • Daniel Beddingfield - Never gonna leave your side
  • Sister Sledge - Mama never told me
  • Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California
  • Assembly - Never Never
  • Ian Dury - Clever Trevor
  • Bob Seger - Rock n Roll never forgets
  • Gerry & Pacemakers - You'll never walk alone
  • Smiths - There is a light that never goes out
  • Heart - Never
  • John Holt - Never Never Never
  • En Vogue - My lovin' (You'll never gonna get it)
  • Marc Almond - Pain of never
  • Pigeon Detectives - I'm not sorry
  • My Vitriol - Always your way
  • Outkast - Ms Jackson
  • Digable Planets - For Corners
  • Steve White & The Protest Family - Never mind your Bollocks
  • This Will Destroy You - They move on tracks of never-ending light
  • Fray - Never say never
  • Lathums - I'll never forget the time I spent with you
  • View - Superstar Tradesman
  • Deacon Blue - I'll never fall in love again
  • Streets - Never went to church
  • ‪Kenny Rogers - Coward of the county
  • All Saints - Never ever
  • Limahl - Never ending story
  • Dwight Yoakam - It's never alright
  • Eric Carmen - Never gonna fall in love again
  • Tom Jones - I'll never fall in love again
  • Grange Hill Cast - Just say No
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tell me
  • Gloria Gaynor - Never can say goodbye
  • Jesus Jones - Never enough
  • Lady Gaga - I'll never love again
  • Lumidee - Never leave you
  • Elvis Presley - Always on my mind
  • Black Sabbath - Never say die
  • Kaiser Chiefs - Never miss a beat
  • Taylor Swift - We are never ever getting back together
  • George Benson - Never give up on a good thing
  • Katy Perry - Never really over
  • Mel C & Lisa Left-eye Lopez - Never be the same again
  • Depeche Mode/Terry Hoax - Policy of Truth
  • Foo Fighters - Tired of you
  • Portishead - Roads
  • INXS - Never tear us apart
  • Depeche Mode - Never let me down again
  • Dogs D'Amour - How come it never rains
  • Metallica - Enter Sandman
  • W.A.S.P - Scream until you like it
  • Mazzy Star - Fade into you
  • Meat Loaf - I'd do anything for love
  • Puressence - Never be the same again
  • Heart - Never
  • Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
  • Roxette - Things will never be the same
  • Bryan Adams - There will never be another tonight
  • New Order - Dreams never end
  • Lani Hall - Never say never again
  • Motorhead - God was never on your side
  • Luther Vandross - Never too much
  • Greatest Showman - Never Enough
  • Sonia - You'llnNever stop me loving you
  • Andrew Gold - Never let her slip away
  • Prince - I could never take the place of your man
  • Elvis Presley - It's now or never
  • Dionne Warwick - I'll never fall in love again
  • Barry White - Never never gonna give you up
  • Faith Evans - Love like this
  • Sandra - (I'll never be) Maria Magdalena

Friday, 25 July 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Not giving up

Midnight Mixtape: Don't give up

On the midnight mixtape, Connor Phillips was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (24/07/2025) with Songs that reference not giving up on the news the England Lionesses reaching the final of the Women's Eurow 2025!

Songs in contention

  • Journey - Don't stop movin'
  • Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
  • Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
  • Christina Aguilera - Fighter
  • Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't give up
  • David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium
  • David Soul - Don't give up on us
  • 2Pac - Keep your head up
  • Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
  • 5ive - Keep on movin'
  • Wren - Hold on
  • Corey Hart - Never surrender
  • Bon Jovi - It's my life
  • Tom Petty - I won't back down
  • Chumbawamba - Tubthumpin'
  • Matthew Wilder - Break my stride
  • Ben Howard - Keep your head up
  • Twisted sister - we're not gonna take it
  • Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
  • Destiny's Child - Survivor
  • Elton John - I'm still standing
  • P!nk - Try
  • NIN - We're in this together
  • Labi Siffre - Something inside so strong
  • Barrington Levy - Struggler
  • Rush - Marathon
  • Cure - Fight
  • Fleetwood Mac - Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
  • New Radicals - You only get what you give
  • Ozzy Osbourne - I don't wanna stop
  • Wilson Phillips - Hold on

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium
2. Christina Aguilera - Fighter
3. Destiny's Child - Survivor
4. Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
5. Journey - Don't stop believin'
6. 5ive - Keep on movin'
[Side 2]
7. Elton John - I'm still standing
8. Tom Petty - I won't back down
9. Ben Howard - Keep your head up
10. David Soul - Don't give up on us
11. Labi Siffre - Something inside so strong
12. Peter Gabriel ft Kate Bush - Don't give up
Bonus: Ozzy Osbourne - I don't wanna stop
Hidden: 2Pac - Keep your head up

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before, 5ive, Ben Howard, David Soul, Journey, Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 15: Kate Bush
  • 8: Elton John
  • 7:
  • 6:
  • 5: Peter Gabriel
  • 4: Labi Siffre
  • 3: Tom Petty
  • 2: Destiny's Child, Gloria Gaynor, (Sia)
  • 1: 2Pac, Christina Aguilera, David Guetta, Ozzy Osbourne

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Teens (Non-Starter)

Midnight Mixtape: Teenagers

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright to look at listener selections (17/07/2025) with best songs about being a teenager with the voting age in the UK being reduced from 18 to 16!

Songs in contention

  • Alberto y los Trios Paranoios - Kill
  • Alice Cooper - I'm 18
  • Ash - Oh yeah
  • Beatles - I saw her standing there
  • Beatles - She's leaving home
  • Billy Idol - Sweet 16
  • Blur - Girls & Boys
  • Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
  • Broken Science Scene - Anthems for a 17yo
  • Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
  • Chicks - Travellin' Soldier
  • Chuck Berry - You never can tell
  • Cliff Richard - Young ones
  • Climie Fisher - Love changes everything
  • Clive Pig & Hopeful Chinamen - Happy birthday sweeet 16
  • Commercials - 16 again & again
  • David Bowie - Young Americans
  • Depeche Mode - Little 15
  • Dion & Belmonts - Teenager in love
  • Echosmith - Cool kids
  • El Wali - Youth of the Nation
  • Elbow - Lippy kids
  • Fred Wedlock - Oldest swinger in town
  • Fureys - WHen you were sweet 16
  • Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
  • Half man half biscuit - I was a teenage armchair honved fan
  • Heaven 17 - Come live with me
  • House of Love - Shine on
  • Jam - Saturday's Kids/When you're young
  • Janis Ian - At 17
  • Jesus & Mary Chain - Teenage Lust
  • John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
  • Katy Perry - Teenage dream
  • Ladytron - 17
  • Madness - House of fun
  • Marvelettes - When you're young and in love
  • Mott the Hoople - All the young dudes
  • My chemical romance - Teenagers
  • Nina Simone - To be young gifted & black
  • Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
  • Partners in Kryme - Turtle Power
  • Paul Hardcastle - 19
  • Pete Wingfield - 18 with a bullet
  • Placebo - Teenage Angst
  • Queen - Radio ga ga
  • Queen - These are the days of our lives
  • Ramones - I don't want to grow up
  • Sam Cooke - Only 16
  • Sam Fender - Seventeen going under
  • Sonic Youth - Teenage riot
  • Sound of Music - 16 going on 17
  • Stephen Duffy - 17
  • H Supergrass - Alright
  • Supergrass - Caught by Fuzz
  • Sweet - Six teens
  • Sweet - Teenage Rampage
  • T-Rex - Teenage Dream
  • Taylor Swift - 15
  • Tom Waits - I don't wanna grow up
  • Undertones - Teenage kicks
  • Wheatus - Teenage dirtbag
  • Who - Baba O'Reilly
  • Who - Kids are alright
  • Who - My generation

Final Mixtape

No final mixtape because of the Lioness penalty shootout exploits in the QFs of the Women's Euro 2025. This is merely for information proposes
[Side 1]
1. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
2. Undertones - Teenage kicks
3. Dion & Belmonts - Teenager in love
4. Queen - Radio ga ga
5. Wheatus - Teenage dirtbag
6. Who - Baba O'Reilly
[Side 2]
7. Elbow - Lippy kids
8. Echosmith - Cool kids
9. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
10. Janis Ian - At 17
11. Alice Cooper - I'm 18
12. Paul Hardcastle - 19
Hidden: Supergrass - Alright

Monday, 21 July 2025

Weekend Playlist: Guns

Weekend Playlist: Guns

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Stephen looking at X/twitter selections (18/07/2025) with Songs that reference guns or weapons.
This was inspired by the release of Gun n'Roses anthemic studio album, "Appetite for destruction" which was released on 21st July 1987.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list (Guns 1)
[Side 1] Me & my gun
1. M.I.A. - Paper planes
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday night special
3. PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise
4. Tori Amos - Me and a gun
5. Aerosmith - Janie's got a gun
6. Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues

[Side 2] Multi guns
7. Gun n' Roses - Civil War
8. Angelic upstarts - Guns for the Afghan rebels
9. Cranberries - Zombie
10. Foster the people - Pumped up kicks
11. INXS - Guns in the Sky
12. John Farnham - You're the voice

[Bonus A]
Nirvana - Come as you are
B52s - Love shack
Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list (Guns 2)
[Side 3] 3,2,1 Bang!
13. ShrapKnel & Controller 7 - Deep Space 9 Millie pulled a pistol
14. New Order - 1963
15. Bruce Springsteen - 41 Shots
16. Motorhead - 1916
17. Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
18. Alarm - 68 Guns

[Side 4] Other Weapons
19. Grinderman - Depth charge Ethel
20. Fairpoint Convention - Matty Groves
21. Fischer Z - Cruise missles
22. Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missle
23. Cher - If I could turn back time
24. Taylor Swift - Call it what you want

[Bonus B]
Fixx - Red skies
Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The Ghost of Tom Joad

Long list

  • Fairpoint Convention - Matty Groves
  • Dean Martin - My rifle my pony and me
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Angelic upstarts - Guns for the Afghan rebels
  • Alarm - 68 Guns
  • Junior Walker - Shotgun
  • Bruce Springsteen - 41 Shots
  • Cher - Bang Bang
  • New Order - 1963
  • Fischer Z - Cruise missles
  • Moby - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
  • John Farnham - You're the voice
  • Cher - If I could turn back time
  • Aerosmith - Janie's got a gun
  • Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missle
  • Andy White - Religious Peruasion
  • Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99
  • Jam - Eton Rifles
  • Prefab Sprout (or Cher) - Gunman
  • Clash - Guns of Brixton
  • Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
  • Wham! - Young Guns
  • Kasabian - Fire
  • Nirvana - In bloom
  • Space - Me & you vs the world
  • ShrapKnel & Controller 7 - Deep Space 9 Millie pulled a pistol
  • Neneh Cherry - Shot gun shack
  • Run The Jewels - A few words for the firing squad
  • Bon Jovi - Blaze of glory
  • Planet Perfecto - Bullet in the gun
  • Wombats - Lemon to the knife
  • M.I.A. - Paper planes
  • Clash - Guns of Brixton
  • Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang
  • Selecter - Celebrate the bullet
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday night special
  • Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
  • Marty Robbins - Big Iron
  • Garth Brooks - Thunder rolls
  • Madonna - Revolver
  • Tommy Shaw - Girls with guns
  • INXS - Guns in the Sky
  • Cannonball - The Breeders
  • Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
  • Stiff Little fingers - Each dollar a bullet
  • Depeche Mode - Barrel of a gun
  • Nirvana - Come as you are
  • Betty Hutton - You can’t get a man with a gun
  • George Ezra - Shotgun
  • Tori Amos - Me and a gun
  • Rage against the machine - Bullet in the head
  • Fatboy Slim - Weapon of choice
  • Foster the people - Pumped up kicks
  • Madonna - God Control
  • Sam Fender - The Borders
  • PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise
  • Fixx - Red skies
  • Tom McRae - Boy with the bubblegun
  • Cranberries - Zombie
  • House of Pain - Jump Around
  • Grinderman - Depth charge Ethel
  • Public Enemy - Louder than a bomb
  • Taylor Swift - Call it what you want
  • Clash - Guns on the roof
  • Gun n' Roses - Civil War
  • Motorhead - 1916
  • Skid Row - 18 and live
  • Warren Zevon - Roland the headlessThompson Gunner
  • Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
  • Dire Straits - Brothers in arms
  • Green Day - 21 guns
  • ABBA - Fernando
  • Mike Oldfield ft Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow
  • Buffalo Springfield - For what it's worth
  • Ice Cube - It was a good day
  • Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  • Bon Jovi - Stick to your guns
  • JX - Son of a gun
  • Rod Stewart - Shotgun wedding
  • Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The Ghost of Tom Joad
  • Guns of Navarone - Night Boat to Cairo
  • Kirsty MacColl - Miss Otis Regrets
  • B52s - Love shack
  • Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Weekend Playlist: Life

Weekend Playlist: Life

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (11/07/2025) with Songs that reference life or lives.
This was inspired by the 40th anniversairy of Live Aid!

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist 1!

[Side 1] Journey of Life
1. Queen - Radio Ga Ga
2. David Bowie - Life on Mars
3. Snow Patrol - Life on Earth
4. Tom Cochrane - Life is a highway
5. Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
6. Cars - Drive
Bonus: Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley

[Side 2] Living your life
7. Noah and whale - LIFEGOESON
8. Ezra Collective (Ft Sampa the great) - Life goes on
9. John Cougar - Jack and Diane
10. Jay-Z - Hard knock life
11. Frank Sinatra - That's life
12. Wings - Live and let die
Bonus: Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

[Hidden]
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's only love

Here's the final playlist 2!

[Side 3] Help Life
1. Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas
2. Fray - How to save a life
3. Indeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
4. Evanescence - Bring me to life
5. Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
6. Bill Withers - Lean on me
Bonus: Birdy - People help the people

[Side 4] Celebrate Life
7. American Authors - Best day of my life
8. OPUS - Live is life
9. Black - Wonderful life
10. Level 42 - Sun goes down (livin' it up)
11. Talk Talk - Life's what you make it
12. Iggy Pop - Lust for life
Bonus: Amy Macdonald - This is the life

[Hidden]
David Bowie - Heroes

Long list

  • James - Life's a f***ing miracle
  • Richard Ashcroft - This thing called life
  • James - Sit down
  • David Bowie - Heroes
  • Cars - Drive
  • Hampshire/Horsey (Oliver!) - Consider yourself
  • Oasis - Live forever
  • Iggy Pop - Lust for life
  • Elton John - Someone saved my life tonight
  • Frank Sinatra - That's life
  • Japan - Quiet Life
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA..What a life
  • Inner City - Good life
  • Manic Street Preachers - A design for life
  • Noah and whale - LIFEGOESON
  • Jay-Z - Hard knock life
  • Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
  • Good Life Theme
  • Queen - One vision
  • Elton John - Someone saved my life
  • Four Tops - Reach out I'll be there
  • Buju Banton - Helping hand
  • Joan Armatrading - Help yourself
  • Birdy - People help the people
  • American Authors - Best day of my life
  • Amy Macdonald - This is the life
  • Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
  • Self Esteem - How can I help you
  • Catmando - Today's the first day of your life
  • Indeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
  • 21 Pilots - My blood
  • Fray - How to save a life
  • Passenger - Life’s for the living
  • Band - Life is a carnival
  • Rascal Flatts - Life is a highway
  • 10cc - Life is a minestrone
  • Madness - Run for your life
  • OPUS - Live is life
  • Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
  • Steve Winwood - Back in the high life again
  • Talking Heads - Life during wartime
  • Simple Minds - Life in a Day
  • David Bowie - Life on Mars
  • Tina Turner - One of the living
  • Snow Patrol - Life on Earth
  • Dream Academy - Life in a Northern town
  • Oasis - Live Forever
  • George Harrison - What is life
  • Wings - Live and let die
  • Band Aid - One year on
  • Queen - Radio Ga Ga
  • Girls Aloud/Pretenders - I'll stand by you
  • John Cougar - Jack and Diane
  • Skid Row - 18 & Life
  • Thunder - Low life in high places
  • Talk Talk - Life's what you make it
  • Eric Idle - Always look on the bright Side of life
  • Dido - See the sun
  • Evanescence - Bring me to life
  • Mike & Mechanics - Get up
  • Audioslave - Show me how to live
  • Eagles - Life in the fast lane
  • Level 42 - Sun goes down (livin' it up)
  • Black - Wondeful life
  • Kirsty MacColl - Still life
  • Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
  • Carole King - You've got a friend
  • Ezra Collective (Ft Sampa the great) - Life goes on
  • Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley
  • Glasvegas - Geraldine
  • Kris Kristofferson - Help me make it through the night
  • Levellers - One way
  • Slade - Do you believe in miracles?
  • Shania Twain - C'est la vie
  • Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's only love
  • Tina Turner - Help
  • USA for africa - We are the world
  • Bill Withers - Lean on me

Friday, 11 July 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Foreign Words

Midnight Mixtape: Foreign Words

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (10/07/2025) with Songs with foreign words in them! This comes after King Charles III speaking French at the French state banquet.

Songs in contention

  • David Bowie - It's no game (part 1)
  • Beck - Loser
  • Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato
  • Lana Del Rey - Carmen
  • Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
  • Wyclef Jean ft Lauren Hill - Sang Fezi
  • Doris Day - Que sera sera
  • Visage - Fade to grey
  • Blondie - Sunday girl
  • Bill Wyman - Je suis un rockstar
  • Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont
  • Wizkid - Essence
  • Beatles - Michelle
  • Eighth Wonder - I'm not scared
  • Manhatten Transfer - Chanson d'amour
  • Roxy Music - Song for Europe
  • Ian Drury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
  • DCUP & Yolanda be cool - We no speak Americano
  • Stardust - Music sounds better with you
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Cabron
  • ABBA - Hasta Manana
  • Dean Martin - Volare
  • Simon Dupree - Kites
  • LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
  • M83 - Bibi the dog
  • Plastic Bertrand - Ca plane pour moi
  • Clash - Spanish Bombs
  • Blur - To the end
  • PSY - Gangnam Style
  • Franz Ferdinand - Darts of pleasure
  • 4hero - Les fleur
  • Ricky Martin - Living la vida loca
  • Talking Heads - Psycho killer
  • Paul Young & Zucchero - Senza una donna
  • ELO - Hold on tight
  • Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando quando quando
  • Kylie - Your disco needs you
  • U2 - Vertigo
  • Cat Stevens - Rubylove
  • Elvis - Wooden heart
  • Falco - Rock me Amadeus
  • Lionel Richie - All night long
  • Lady Gaga - Bad romance
  • Stevie Wonder - Ma Cheire amour
  • Shakira - Hips don't lie
  • Chic - Le Freak
  • Tom Tom club - Wordy rappinghood
  • Kula Shaker - Tattva
  • Burna boy - Last last
  • Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soul of her shoes

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Beck - Loser
2. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
3. Kula Shaker - Tattva
4. Franz Ferdinand - Darts of pleasure
5. Wyclef Jean - Sang Fezi
6. Lionel Richie - All night long
[Side 2]
7. Dean Martin - Volare
8. Simon Dupree - Kites
9. David Bowie - It's no game
10. ELO - Hold on tight
11. Cat Stevens - Rubylove
12. Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soul of her shoes
Hidden: Roxy Music - Song for Europe

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before Kula Shaker, Wyclef Jean, Simon Dupree, Cat Stevens and Roxy Music. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 10: David Bowie (8+2)
  • 6: Paul Simon (5+1)
  • 4: Beck, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
  • 3: Dean Martin (2+1)
  • 2: ELO, Franz Ferninand, Lionel Richie (1+1)

Sunday, 6 July 2025

Weekend Playlist: Health

Weekend Playlist: Health

Here's the weekend playlist created by Cookie and Fozzie looking at X/twitter selections (04/07/2024) with Songs that reference health (but not solely doctors/nurses).
This theme based on the 77th anniversairy of the NHS.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] What seems to be the matter?
1. Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
2. Kylie - Fever
3. Matchbox 20 - Unwell
4. The The - Infected
5. Smiths - Still Ill
6. George Michael - Heal the pain

[Side 2] Making me feel better
7. Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
8. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
9. Dr Feelgood - She does it right
10. Julie Andrews - A spoonful of sugar (Sound of Music)
11. P!nk - Just like a pill
12. Sellers & Loren - Goodness gracious me

[Bonus]
Simple Minds - Alive & kicking
Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
Cure - Numb

Long list

  • Carter USM - Is wrestling fixed?
  • Dolly Parton - Chemo Hero
  • Weird Al Yankovic - Like a surgeon
  • Damned - Street of dreams
  • Dr Feelgood - She does it right
  • Nick Lowe - Dose of you
  • Fischer Z - Pretty Paracetamol
  • The The - Infected
  • Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive
  • Red hot chili peppers - Scar tissue
  • Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
  • Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
  • Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
  • Smiths - Still III
  • Sellers & Loren - Goodness gracious me
  • Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat
  • Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
  • Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
  • Soft Play - Cut and run
  • Harry Nillson - Coconut
  • Radiohead - Fitter happier
  • Billy woods x Messiah Music - Pollo Rico
  • Joe Gideon - Heart attack girl
  • NRG - I need your lovin'
  • David Gray - Hospital Food
  • Huey Lewis & The News - I want a new drug
  • Owl City - Hospital Flowers
  • Conor Oberst - Bright eyes
  • Jam - Bitterest Pill
  • Madness - House of fun
  • Prodigy - Take me to the hospital
  • Dr Hook & Medicine Show - Sylvia's mother
  • Jason Isbell - Elephant
  • Robert Palmer - Bad case of loving you
  • Cheaptrick - The doctor
  • Simple Minds - Alive & kicking
  • Julie Andrews - A spoonful of sugar (Sound of Music)
  • Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
  • Fray - How to save a life
  • Disturbed - A reason to fight
  • Kylie - Fever
  • Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
  • Garbage - I think I'm paranoid
  • Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb
  • Marvin Gaye - Sexual healing
  • George Michael - Heal the pain
  • U2 - Electric Co
  • Athlete - Wires
  • Alice Cooper - Ballad of Dwight Fry
  • Metallica - Welcome home (sanitarium)
  • Quiet Riot - Bang your head
  • Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
  • P!nk - Just like a pill
  • Ramones - I wanna be sedated
  • Beatles - Dr Robert
  • Garbage - Medication
  • Goldfrapp - A&E
  • Cold War Kids - Hospital beds
  • Lemonheads - My drug buddy
  • Radiohead - My iron lung
  • Switchfoot - Mess of me
  • Faithless - God is a DJ
  • Elton John - Healing Hands
  • Ultra Nate - Found a cure

Friday, 4 July 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Landforms

Midnight Mixtape: Landforms

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (03/07/2025) with Songs that have a connection with natural landforms (like mountains, rivers, lakes, caves, oases)!
This is on the news that Oasis' long awaited reunion tour starts on Friday.

Songs in contention

  • Marvin & Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough
  • Mumford & Sons - The Cave
  • Billie Ellish - Ocean Eyes
  • John Denver - Take me home country roads
  • Biffy Clyro - Mountains
  • Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Brand New Heavies/Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
  • Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side
  • Kenny & Dolly - Islands in the stream
  • Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
  • Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river
  • Nick Cave - Song of the lake
  • Ed Sheeran - I see fire
  • Weeknd - Hills
  • Nightwish - Ocean of strange islands
  • CMAT - Geography teacher
  • Doors - Yes the river knows
  • Blue Nile - Over the hillside
  • Noah Cahan - Caves
  • Neil Young - Deep Forbidden Lake
  • Yes - Roundabout
  • James Bay - Hold back the river
  • Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
  • Bob Seger - Fire Lake
  • Mountains - Valleys
  • Jam - Going underground
  • Steely Dan - Caves of Altamira
  • 10cc - Waterfall
  • Milky Chance - Down by the river
  • Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
  • Tauren Wells - Hills and valleys
  • Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
  • Billy Joel - River of dreams
  • Stevie Nicks - Love is like a river
  • Dan Mangan - Peaks & Valleys
  • Skids - Into the valley
  • Groove Armada - At the river
  • Pendlefolk - Old Pendle
  • Osmonds - Down by the lazy river
  • Jake Xerxes Fussell - River St Johns
  • Ike & Tina - River deep mountain high
  • JJ Cale - River runs deep
  • Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
  • Stone Roses - Waterfall
  • Toyah - Thunder in the mountains
  • Bjork - Hyperballad
  • Gorillaz - On melancholy hill
  • Doves - Winter Hill
  • Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
  • Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
  • Erasure - Blue Savannah
  • ELO - Mr Blue Sky
  • Nicki Minaj - Starship
  • Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1] Peaks & Valleys
1. Marvin & Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough
2. Ike & Tina - River deep mountain high
3. Blue Nile - Over the hillside
4. Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
5. Pendlefolk - Old Pendle
6. Skids - Into the valley

[Side 2] Waterside
7. 10cc - Waterfall
8. Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
9. Bjork - Hyperballad
10. John Denver - Take me home country roads
11. Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
12. Nick Cave - Song of the lake
Hidden: CMAT - Geography teacher

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before Pendlefolk, Skids and CMAAT... Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 11: Nick Cave, Marvin Gaye (9+2)
  • 6: 10cc (4+2)
  • 5: Tina Turner (4+1)
  • 4: Otis Redding
  • 3: John Denver (2+1), Willie Nelson (2+1)
  • 2: Bjork
  • 1: Blue Nile, Fat Domino

Sunday, 29 June 2025

Weekend Playlist: Hearts

Weekend Playlist: Hearts

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator a href="https://twitter.com/Rhonddalad">Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (27/06/2025) with Songs that reference hearts.
This was inspired by World Series of Poker which currently taking place in Las Vegas.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1] Heartfelt (Love)
1. Bluebells - Young at heart
2. Feargal Sharkey - Good heart
3. Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart
4. Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put a little love in your heart
5. Janis Joplin - Piece of my heart
6. Alison Moyet - Love letters

[Side 2] Heartbreak
7. Blondie - Heart of Glass
8. Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
9. Heart - Heartless
10. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
11. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't go breaking my heart
12. Olivia Rodrigo - Happier

[Bonus]
Phil Collins - 2 Hearts
Dave Edmunds - Queen of hearts
Dubstar - Stars

Long list

  • Bruce Springsteen - Two hearts
  • Psychedelic Furs - Heartbeat
  • Saw Doctors - Me heart is living in the 60;s still
  • Heart of Lothian by Marillion
  • Mon Cœur by Josephine Baker
  • Positive Noise - Change of heart
  • Brian O'Higgins - A stor mo chroi
  • Only boys aloud - Calon lan
  • Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
  • Blondie - Heart of glass
  • Bluebells - Young at heart
  • Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't go breaking my heart
  • Hart to Hart Theme
  • Queen - Sheer heart attack
  • Runrig - Hearts of olden glory
  • Taylor Swift - I can do it with a broken heart
  • Cardiacs - Baby heart dirt
  • Gerry Rafferty - Whatever's written in your heart
  • Squeeze - Someone else's heart
  • Patrick Shiroishi - Beachside Lonelyhearts
  • Reverse - Abstract Heart
  • Wilco - I am trying to break your heart
  • T'Pau - Heart & Soul
  • Courteeners - Are you in love with a notion?
  • Martha Wainwright - Bring back my heart
  • Rufus Wainwright - Harvester of hearts
  • Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put a little love in your heart
  • Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart
  • Libertines - Heart Of The Matter
  • Rolling Stones - Heart of stone
  • Olivia Rodrigo - Happier
  • Neil Young - Heart of Gold
  • Coronas - Hearts for eyes
  • Depeche Mode - It's called a heart
  • Heart - These Dreams
  • Nirvana - Heart-shaped box
  • Christina Perri - Jar of hearts
  • MARINA & Diamonds - How to be a heartbreaker
  • Sugababes - Jungle
  • Sting - Shape of my heart
  • Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart
  • Bring me the horizon - Can you feel my heart
  • Sinead O'Connor - In this heart
  • Lloyd Cole & The Commotions = Are you ready to be heartbroken?
  • Spiritualized - Broken heart
  • U2 - Two hearts Beat As One
  • Phil Collins - 2 Hearts
  • Alice Cooper - Only my heart talkin'
  • Feargal Sharkey - A good heart
  • Amateur Transplants - Anaesthetist’s Hymn
  • Tom McRae - My vampire heart
  • Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
  • Heart - Heartless
  • Dubstar - Stars
  • Heart - Sylvan Song/Dream of the archer
  • Colin Chisholm - Heart Song
  • John Parr - Restless Heart
  • Moby - Why does my heart feel so bad?
  • Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness gracious me
  • Runrig - Hearthammer
  • Alison Moyet - Love Letters
  • Deee-Lite - Groove is in the heart
  • Taylor Dayne - Tell it to my heart
  • Janis Joplin - Piece of my heart
  • Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
  • Roxette - Listen to your heart
  • Toni Braxton - Un-break my heart

Friday, 27 June 2025

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Live Tracks

Midnight Mixtape: Live Recordings

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (26/06/2025) for best live recordings in tribute to the Glastonbury festival noted for lots of excellent live performances!

Songs in contention

  • Specials - Too much too young
  • Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
  • Pulp - Common People
  • Lovin' Spoonful - Darling be home soon
  • INXS - Need you tonight
  • UFO - Doctor Doctor Please
  • Rush - Closer to the heart
  • Runrig - Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond
  • Miles Davis - My funny valentine
  • U2 - I will follow
  • Van Morrison - These dreams of you
  • Jaimie Branch - Theme 001
  • Yes - I've seen all good people
  • Florence & Machine - Drumming Song
  • Thin Lizzy - Rosalie/Jailbreak
  • Slade - Hear me calling
  • Bob Marley - No woman no cry
  • Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll
  • Beatles - Don't let me down
  • Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
  • Talking Heads - Girlfriend is better
  • Metallica - Ecstasy of Gold
  • Beyonce - Formation
  • Marillon - Garden Party
  • Bob Dylan - I shall be released
  • Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
  • Peter Frampton - Show me the way
  • Stiff Little Fingers - Running bear
  • Nirvana - Man who sold the world
  • Jimi Hendrix - Killing floor
  • Mariah Carey - I'll be there
  • Paul Weller - What was I made for?
  • Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song
  • Kings of Leon - Fans
  • Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues/Boy named Sue
  • Elvis Presley - America Trilogy
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - Your cheating heart
  • Who - Heaven & Hell [Live in Leeds]
  • Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is coming to town
  • Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
  • George Michael & Elton John - Don't let the sun go down on me
  • Elvis Presley - Are you lonesome tonight?
  • Queen & George Michael - Somebody to love
  • Sam Cooke - Bring it on home to me
  • Queen - Spread your wings
  • Simon & Garfunkel - Late in the evening
  • Elton John - Benny and the Jets (not played)
  • Stone Roses - Made of Stone (Amateurs)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues/Boy named Sue
2. Beatles - Don't let me down
3. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is coming to town
4. Elvis Presley - Are you lonesome tonight?
5. Specials - Too much too young
6. Bob Marley - No woman no cry

[Side 2]
7. Pulp - Common People
8. Mariah Carey - I'll be there
9. Thin Lizzy - Rosalie/Jailbreak
10. Jimi Hendrix - Killing Floor
11. George Michael & Elton John - Don't let the sun go down on me
12. Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song
Hidden: Stone Roses - Made of Stone (Amateurs)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 1 act had never been on before...Mariah Varey! Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 18: Beatles (15+3)
  • 14: Johnny Cash (11+3)
  • 12: Elvis (10+2)
  • 11: Bob Marley (first time on Livesey)
  • 7: Bruce Springsteen (6+1), Pulp (5+2)
  • 6: Thin Lizzy (5+1)
  • 5: George Michael (4+1), Specials (4+1), Jimi Hendrix (3+2)
  • 3: Stone Roses (first time on Livesey)
  • 1: Leonard Cohen (first time on Livesey)