Sunday, 26 January 2025

Weekend Playlist: Speeches

Weekend Playlist: Speeches

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator SnailOB looking at X/twitter selections (24/01/2025) with Songs that reference speeches.
This was to commemorates primarily Burns Night, a celebration of the birth of Robert Burns on 25th January, 1759. Speeches (aka immortal memory) are a feature of a Burns Supper and the gov.uk website lists a special "Burns Night Speech. Notable for his speeches, particularly his "We shall fight on the beaches", Sir Winston Churchill passed away 60 years ago on January 24th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list
[Side 1] Hope
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's free to wear sunscreen
Sinead O'Connor - Don't cry for me Argentina
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Primal Scream - Loaded
Johnny Cash - Gettysburg Address
Dreadzone - Little Britain

[Side 2] Drama
Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution will not be televised
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Guns 'N Roses - Civil War
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Pink Floyd - Keep Talking
Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky

[Bonus]
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
10cc - Rubber Bullets

Long list

  • 10000 Maniacs - Don't talk
  • 10cc - Rubber Bullets
  • ABBA - I have a dream
  • Art of Noise - Instruments of Darkness
  • Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's free to wear sunscreen
  • Cardiacs - Alphabet Business Concern
  • Cerys Matthews - Salutations
  • Coldplay - Everglow
  • Def Leppard - Gods of War
  • Dreadzone - Little Britain
  • Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
  • Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
  • Fun-da-mental - Wrath of the black man
  • Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution will not be televised
  • Gladys Knight - The way we were
  • Guns 'N Roses - Civil War
  • Guns 'n Roses - Madagascar
  • Idlewild - In remote part/Scottish Ficton
  • Iron Maiden - Aces High
  • Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
  • Johnny Cash - Gettysburg Address
  • Kinks - Mr Churchill says
  • Living Colour - Cult of Personality
  • Manic Street Preachers - Let Robeson sing
  • Mel Gibson - Freedom
  • Neneh Cherry - Manchild
  • Oingo Boingo - Nothing to fear (but fear itself)
  • Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky
  • Pink Floyd - Keep Talking
  • Pixies - Bagboy
  • Primal Scream - Loaded
  • Prince - Sign o'the times
  • Prodigy - Charly
  • Public Enemy - Fight the Power
  • Public Service Broadcasting - Gagarin
  • Public Service Broadcasting - Race for Space
  • Simple Minds - All the things she said
  • Sinead O'Connor - Don't cry for me Argentina
  • Talk Talk - Talk Talk

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