LNL Midnight Mixtape: Telephone

Midnight Mixtape: News

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee> to look at listener selections (23/01/2025) with Songs that reference Telephone on the news of growing numbers of people, especially the younger generations suffer telephobia, a fear of making and receiving phone calls.

Songs in contention

• Drake - Hotline Bling
• Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
• Haircut 100 - Love plus one
• Carly Rae Jepson - Call me maybe
• Nick Cave - 15ft of pure white snow
• Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
• Super Furry Animals - Wherever I lay my phone (that's my home)
• Lady Gaga & Beyonce - Telephone
• Arctic Monkeys - Why'd you only call me when you're high?
• Meri Wilson - Telephone man
• Rockwell - Obscene phone caller
• Nas & AZ - Phone tap
• Blondie - Call me
• Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
• Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
• Lionel Richie - Hello
• Robert Cray - Phone booth
• De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring
• Yazoo - Bad Connection
• Jam - Girl on the phone
• Lou Reed - New York Telephone Connection
• City Boy - 5705
• ELO - Telephone Line
• Fun Boy Three - Telephone always rings
• Deacon Blue - When will you (make my telephone ring)
• New Order - Regret
• Jim Reeves - Put your sweet lips closer to the phone
• Spagna - Call me
• Fall - Telephone Thing
• Maroon 5 - Payphone
• Rose Murphy - Busy Line
• OMD - Red Frame/White Light
• ABBA - Ring ring
• Wilson Pickett - 634-5789
• Clash - London calling
• John Williams - ET Flying Theme
• Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
• Dr Hook - Sylvia's Mother

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

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

[Side 1]
1. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
2. ELO - Telephone Line
3. Fun Boy Three - Telephone always rings
4. Rose Murphy - Busy Line
5. De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring
6. City Boy - 5705

[Side 2]
7. Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
8. ABBA - Ring Ring
9. Deacon Blue - When will you (make my phone ring)
10. Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
11. Wilson Pickett - 634-5789
12. Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust

[Bonus]
John Williams - ET (Flying Theme)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before: City Boy, Fun boy three and Rose Murphy. Of those that have been on before. ELO was on last week. John Williams is the only act to appear twice on the same mixtape (Alien mixtape with ET Theme and Star Wars Cantina Band)

• 9: Deacon Blue (8+1)
• 6: De La Soul
• 4: Blondie, Glen Campbell
• 3: John Williams (2+1), Wilson Pickett
• 2: ABBA
• 1: ELO, Haircut 100, Joan Baez